Not nearly often enough, I’m sure. I have cleaned it. At least once.

Is candy food? My friend and I would get boxes of Tart ‘n’ Tinys from the cafeteria snack bar, and dump them in our jacket pockets. Then we could surreptitiously sneak them into our mouths during biology class after lunch. This was before Tart ‘n’ Tinys were candy-coated, and they were just little slugs like tiny…

Speaking of Toro, in 1999 I needed a new mower and decided to spend a little bit more to get a Toro. It was great investment. I have not been gentle with that thing, but it just keeps going all these years later. I think the only things I’ve had to do to it are replace the spark coil and replace the front wheels,…

My grandmother was killed in a crash in 1978, which she probably would have survived if she had been wearing a seatbelt. Since that day, my family have always, always worn our seatbelts. It seems like in some cases, people just don’t get it until it directly affects them, due to a lack of imagination, or a lack of empa…

I don’t fly a lot, but the half-dozen or so times I flew international in the past 10 years, the food was honestly pretty good. I mean, it wasn’t gourmet or anything, but it was better than a Subway sandwich or something.

Maybe you’re thinking of the part about coming down from the trees, etc. at the very beginning of the book?

I freaking hate tab groups, but they are fast becoming impossible to turn off in most browsers. >:(

There are times when nothing satisfies like some Campbell’s tomato soup and a grilled cheese.

Ah, I’ve never run into that particular one myself. Plenty of other issues, though, as you say.

A guy I knew was whining about gas taxes in our state, and that he could get gas for such-and-such amount cheaper in the next state over. I told him that, yes, gas is a little cheaper there, but if you lived there you would be paying about $1600 per year in personal property tax on your cars that you don’t have to pay…

You just hit the blue “Reply” button at the top of the discussion. Next to “Sort by:”. Then yours is a main, top-level comment.

The dinner scene in the episode of Coupling called “Inferno” is pretty funny. I didn’t find a good video clip of it, but here’s a photo. You mention the funniest thing you’ve ever seen...one of the funniest I’ve ever seen is another episode of Coupling, the one called “The Girl With Two Breasts.”

Ah, I’m glad I read this far! I think you expressed exactly what I was thinking.

I was inspired by a beloved movie this weekend: I wanted to use some zucchini and decided to try making ratatouille. It came out pretty good! I’d make it again, but I will seed the eggplant next time. The recipe I was consulting said to peel and seed the tomatoes, which I did, but it didn’t specify on the eggplant.

History, for some reason. You would think it would be Discovery.

I’m in zone 6b, so it gets cold here. The rosemary is the Arp variety, which is the only one that might survive here. We had rosemary when we lived in Texas that thrived with basically no care, so I’m hoping the Arp will do that here. The sage will be no problem; I took it from a family member nearby, where it’s…

I like the chicken itself in that. I wish you could just get that flat chicken cutlet in a regular sandwich bun.

You can buy it on Amazon, although some quick searching only shows it available in combo packs with 1 or 2 of their other sauces.

Ah! I planted an herb garden this year, and I have a small crop of rosemary, oregano, sage, and basil. The first three are varieties that I hope will survive the winter and be perennial. But I had been wondering about how to more effectively use them, and somehow I never thought of drying them. Which seems silly now,…

I just wish it wasn’t my kids who are probably going to have to suffer through the worst of it. Being a computer guy, and knowing a bit about how complex dynamic systems work, it’s honestly starting to feel like there’s a very small but non-zero chance the entirety of human civilization could crash in our lifetimes. :(