There's so much going on in Talk week to week that we almost can't keep up. If you're in the same boat, here's a small selection of topics and responses that have piqued our interest this week.

From The Mailbag: Thanks Miss Ellie, Love Hambone

"In my next life, I wanna come back as Hambone......good eats (and plenty of 'em), lots of women hugging all over him, and gifts in the mail from admiring fans!!!!" —imwalkin

Who wouldn't want to have that loveable mug?

Grilling: Cornell Chicken

"I prefer Princeton chicken, in which someone else does the grilling while I mix and enjoy a martini." —shineyjoe

We Try 25 Kinds of Oreo

"The sugar high at the SE offices the day this taste taste occured must have been crazy. I imagine it would a much more nerdier version of a scene from the movie "Blow."" —Jim-Bob

Cocktail 101: How to Survive a Hangover

"I also like to sit on the floor of the shower with the water streaming over me. I find this to be the most pathetic position a man can put himself in and it helps me really own the awful situation I have put myself in." —Boerderij Kabouter

Bottom Shelf Beer: New Shock Top Flavors

"Didn't you also like the Shocktop pumpkin beer... or at least deemed it passable? I think I remember a post about Emily's expensive pumpkin-beer-loving needs.

But I empathize with your relationship to pepperoni. I'm a closeted pepperoni-lover, open pepperoni-judger. Or maybe just a jerk." —melzor

In Which We Make A Centuple-Stuf Oreo

"Did you see the episode of Modern Family in which Luke has built a multi-stuff tower and is trying to figure out how to eat it? Phil walks by and says, "Like an ear of corn, Buddy!"" [ed note: if only it were that easy]—kerosena

Eyewitness Booze Investigation: Gosling's Dark 'n Stormy

"Chill it, then pour it into a glass and top it with a dollop of Dukes mayonnaise.
Now THATS living the high life." —biminitwst