Actually, it’s because lactose-free milk tends to be ultra high temp pasteurized rather than regular pasteurized, so there are far less bacteria left. Most lactose-free milk uses lactase to break the lactose into it’s simpler sugars, which is why Lactaid milk tastes sweet. This increase in easy-to-digest sugars would…

Yes, highly toxic to cats, especially when wet. Supposedly, permethrin-sprayed objects are no longer as toxic after they dry, but given that one of my kitties loved to lick things, I wouldn’t take the chance.

You can also check out clinical trials, especially ones that have the watch manufacturers as sponsors.  I got my FitBit Sense for free during the height of the pandemic as part of a study to see if the health metrics it collected could detect COVID early.

I developed an ear infection right before COVID shut the world down. I don’t remember if it was painful, but it was uncomfortable enough to see a doctor about it. Luckily, it was caught before it got bad enough for antibiotics and I only needed a powerful nose spray to open my eustachian tubes to allow for drainage…

If that’s the case, then COVID actually did something good.

I chose to go with the passport route because I didn’t feel like taking a day off to stand in line for hours on end at the DMV to get a REAL ID when I could renew my passport by mail. Yes, a passport is more expensive. But my time is worth so much more than that.  Add the fact that there are multiple locations where…

My friend and I share a popcorn and will usually finish one bucket by the middle of the trailers (we usually arrive hungry and movie popcorn just smells too good). Then one of us gets up to get a free refill and we polish that off by the middle of the movie.

My sister is a school resource officer.  The police have indeed checked their sources and found no credible threats.  But due to the panic among the parents and some school officials, they have to increase their presence at the schools in order to alleviate those fears.

Which variety of beans did you use? I just started a bottle this weekend using Tahitian beans in vodka, and they smelled sweet without much caramel.

This! I work in research and my lab is finding that so many of the research patients who have gotten a full course of COVID vaccine do not have measurable spike protein antibodies. Essentially, they are under protected and vulnerable. We are currently looking at whether the booster does anything, but it’s still pretty…

I had the same thoughts. The chicken strip quality was definitely better than I expected and the pillowy (honestly the best way to describe it) bread was a delightful surprise.  I really wish it was bigger though, especially since I too got the app price and the regular price is just too much.

My favorite commercially available PB ice cream is Ben & Jerry’s Peanut Butter Cup.  The ice cream base is PB, not vanilla.  It’s not an overly peanut buttery taste, but it’s the one I found tastes the most like PB.  Now, if they could put a PB swirl in it, and I would be very, very happy.

The past few years, I worked Crew for NYCC, and while I’d love to do it this year, I’m not taking the chance even though I’m fully vaxxed. I know that some people will try to get in with fake cards and there’ll be people who won’t wear a mask right or at all. And while ReedPop probably won’t require Crew to enforce…

That makes more sense. A nice size chunk of dry picric acid was found in our building (medical research institute) and the local bomb squad had to come in to remove it. They transported it to the beach and detonated it there (I was told it was a spectacular sight and left quite a big hole). It didn’t make much sense…

I concur.  Anker is my go-to for cables and chargers and I have only had one bad experience with a cord.  It broke after 6 months but a quick pic and email and customer service sent me a replacement. 

Cheez-its and Cheerios. He’d stick his paw into the box to steal one, not caring if I had my hand in there at the same time. Once, while I was snacking on Cheez-its out of the box while watching TV, he stuck the entire upper half of his body into the box to grab one. I miss my Cheez-it thief :(

We weren’t really fed anything out of the ordinary, but there was one thing they gave us only when we had sore throats: warm orange Jello. Much better than it sounds. They would make Jello (as per the package) and cool it just enough so that it didn’t scald us. We would drink it before it could solidify. The gelatin…

Looks similar to radiatore, but a looser curl and less ridges. Radiatore is my favorite shape for all the reasons mentioned. 

My father (and I) made it with milk instead of water. He put bananas and a little cream in it when it was done. I like brown sugar and a little on the firmer side. Now I go for Cream of Rice, since I can’t have the wheat.

I know, right?