I’ve been to the Outer Banks a couple of times, and never used a car ferry. I can’t imagine it’s easier than driving across one of the bridges though.

Since you are on an unapologetic crusade to belittle anyone who avoids certain meats based on their beliefs, I won’t hesitate to say you are a horrible person and should have been fired from Lifehacker long ago.

What if you work for a relatively small nonprofit with a consistently tight operating budget even before the pandemic, during the pandemic you saw an organization-wide layoff take the staff size down to double-digits for the first time in two decades, took on new responsibilities that equates to an entire separate…

I see Lifehacker still loves promoting hate.

Ah yes. I can say from experience that it’s the perfect year to have your house and car destroyed by a tornado. Especially if you have a plan limit with Progressive that covers double the value of your home, and no “gotcha” carveouts. They’re just so excited to have a customer make a claim on such a plan that it makes…

Air-frying isn’t that much different than reheating pizza in the oven—the device is just a much smaller, more efficient version of the appliance—and will similarly revive your pizza to its fresh-from-the-pizzeria state after 3–4 minutes at 375 degrees.

Don’t forget to dip them in butter.

I read this and thought “why would they need writers on Shark Tank?” Then I looked it up on IMDb and discovered that G.O. Parsons was a writer for Discovery’s Shark Week, and possibly also that Joel Cunningham doesn’t know what Shark Tank is (it’s rich people being mean to poor people with ambitious, mostly bad…

I mean we’re out here dipping potato chips in butter, can’t really stand on principles about hand crushing garlic. I say just buy the pre-minced in a jar.

Anytime I can make you happy, SimuLord, I’m happy.

Yeah, not so much. Scarcity at launch for the PS4 lasted until the following summer, but it wasn’t nearly as hard to find one as it has been to find a PS5. The prominence of scalper bots this go-around has completely changed the game.

Yeah, not so much. Scarcity at launch for the PS4 lasted until the following summer, but it wasn’t nearly as hard to…

It also tastes great on top of your blood pressure pills!

Ah, just not putting every-day things on the top shelf is a pretty elegant solution, lol. My wife’s problem there is that her husband is tall and never thinks about that when putting things away. Well, that and the fact we just don’t have enough space.

Looks like the picture insert didn’t work, but I think I get what you mean. My wife has shared concerns about losing the pantry outright too. I know walk-ins are popular now; maybe we could do a subtle walk-in pantry on the diagonal in the corner to the left of the fridge. You’re right that the island would still be…

We’re not sure yet whether it will be sold or if we’ll be living there afterward. Probably a mix of both: Live there for a year or two, maybe try to save a bit extra so we can get into a nicer house (or location) than our current budget allows, then sell.

Thank you so much! It was definitely a trauma, but we were lucky that we weren’t injured, and to have a lot of friends and family offering support, shelter, wisdom, and free labor.

Thanks so much for sharing your experience and insights. I don’t think we’re entertaining a house-wide open plan remodel, just taking out the wall that separates the kitchen from the living room.

That makes a ton of sense. Thanks for the insight. As soon as I read your comment, I flashed on the photos from realty websites that have stood out to me, and the clean, simple layouts with new, modern (but probably cheap) furniture is a consistent theme. It doesn’t make a ton of sense logically, since you’d put your…

Answering my own (ancillary) question: