Same thing has been happening to me! In my head I suddenly hear Pierce breaking in with “YOU’RE WELCOME! YOU’RE WELCOME FOR EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD!”

Ooh, that one also looks pretty solid

I worked at Starbucks when it came out and I put it on every shift - it’s a pretty solid compilation!

Was Kelly’s 80s Starbucks mix “Senses Working Overtime,” released around 2006?

At least the Issaquah hospital is pretty?

My high school boyfriend had a truly magnificent beard at 16 and I was all about it (it also add him look old enough that he rarely got carded for booze or cigarettes). It is the beard I have compared all other men’s to and I have found them all lacking.

The audiobooks are fantastic. I actually really didn't like the books on paper, but they're a blast playing in the background while I do repetitive tasks at work. Glad you're enjoying them!

Harry gets more tolerable, but his attitude towards women (and Jim Butcher’s portrayals of them) doesn’t particularly. That said, they pick up dramatically around book five or so. I'd recommend the audiobooks - I couldn't get through the first book reading it myself, but I love the audiobooks. I think the audiobook…

I fly at least twice a month, so most bullshit just fades into the background noise of inconvenience and weird smells. I do remember, though, a flight home from the West Coast behind what I eventually described to my husband as a demon child. I am not generally bothered by kids on planes - flying is weird and crying…

I have one of these - it's not as useful as a rotary grater but it's way easier to clean. Is it my best kitchen implement? Certainly not. But it sure is cute!

I have these! Their most common use is to measure out the milk for boxed mac and cheese, because my life is not at all how I pictured it when I bought them.

There have been a lot of changes to specific requirements, you're totally right about that!

This is how it’s worked for at least a decade. Status is only good through the year after you’ve earned it regardless of miles in the bank, and they’re very open about that. It definitely sucks to lose your status, but this isn’t the result of a recent policy change.

Is your concern here whether or not "the Simpsons" is singular or about the non-use of the subjunctive?

Ditto. I'll take any chance I can get.

A lot of Wisconsinites are so damn polite that while they detested Walker they did not vote in the recall election because they didn't think his brand of evil was a recall-able offense. They wanted to wait for the regular election to vote him out "properly."

That's the question that races through our minds while we cry ourselves to sleep each night.

Scott Walker has been doing such a frantic and bizarre job campaigning for reelection (attacking a Democrat for being a ruthless business person - interesting!) that I sincerely think there's a chance of prying him out of the Capitol before he can do any more lingering damage. That's no consolation to the women who…

We're a sophisticated bunch over here!

Great minds think alike. And so do ours, apparently! :)