And where do you get this miraculous store brand cereal that has any sort of nutrition or staying power? Face it, cereal is basically cookies in milk (even the ‘healthy’ ones) and a bowl of cereal will stave off hunger for a short time, and nowhere can you get these two items for $3.

It was never a difficult choice for me. I felt relief afterwards. Birth control can fail, and raising a kid is damn expensive and time consuming, and not everyone wants that in their lives. Now that I’m menopausal, it’s not a worry for me, but it makes me even more of an activist for the women out there who don’t have…

Old timer here - still have the vhs tapes. Start from the beginning; it’s a slow start but two eps in and you’ll be hungry for more. Remember that it’s a product of it’s time, so some jokes will be dated. If you are not familiar with English humor some of it will seem strange, but yes, stick with it.

My body is going to SCIENCE! I don’t know which place or how yet, but that’s what I want. I don’t want to burden my only son (and few loved ones) with the ‘arrangements’ so it will have to be a place where they dispose of my remains, and no one else has to deal with it. I had an old family, catholic family who were…

Agreed. Christmas (or Yule, as it was called in my house) changed when my husband at the time, and my sister both agreed that the gift giving was a pain in the ass and meaningless. Gifts for the children, and then, not so many as to confound them, or as one year, my ex and I bought satellite TV (this was back when it…

Interesting that you bring that up, because yes, that’s how the pictures in our menu at the ice cream place I worked did it. Mashed potatoes, heavily coloured. This was back in the early 80’s, and my shop left what was once a big franchise to go independent, and we actually had green tea ice cream once in a while. I’d…

gah, I hate libertarians like that. One of the reasons I quit facebook was they were always picking fights with me, but couldn’t disscuss their views in a coherent manner. I would say what you said above, only to be told some non sequitor about politician A or B was immoral.

<<It is also, to date, the only car I’ve ever owned that caught fire.>>

No, it’s usually shitty people who want something for nothing, or people in it to try to debase honest working folks. I know Pinkham doesn’t like poop or vomit stories, but those same kind of people get off on messing up a bathroom or dining area because they get off on knowing that someone has to clean it up. Someone…

Hi there. I have been actually poor; making drop biscuits ramen eating poor, going through trashcans poor, while raising a hungry teenage boy by myself. It doesn’t matter that I have worked in restaurants, it doesn’t matter that we would go hungry at night sometimes, or had to wait in a line starting at 5 in the…

On the same note, I work at an airport that has a couple of bars. When flights get delayed, people drink. I like a drink myself before flying, helps take the edge off of the idea that I’m going to be in a tin can in the air. What sucks is that if the delays push further ahead, there’s more booze being consumed, and…

The movie was laughs.

Ah yes, praying for someone: Looking like you’re doing something productive and caring without doing anything effective at all.

I don’t know, and my kid was that age 20 years ago, and parents were pulling that shit then. My son was in little league, and I sat with the other moms on the grass, and got to hear about how “little Johnny will only eat x,y,&z. If he doesn’t like what is at the table, I always have bagel bites for him.”

Exactly. She wasn’t really forthcoming with the needed information. I understand regional differences, and you grew up calling it that, but when someone asks you for clarification, you give it. Reminds me of egg guy, who just wanted the eggs cooked ‘the usual way!’

One of the places where I cooked, we made a simple sauce out of fresh sour cream, a dash of vanilla and a tiny suspicion of confectioner’s sugar, beat smooth. It was good drizzled on our various desserts, fruit compote, and I have put it on chocolate cake - try it!

Those are the kind of places I frequent too, and I missed it. I guess because I am living on the Pacific coast, and I usually go for a shrimp cocktail or cevice.

I did. Sorta. It was more of an after-party, at a bar where were regulars, and were involved in the Darts team, and also played music there. We gave them notice; lots of notice. They said fine, knowing that having some free Celtic music and lots of customers paying full price, they were actually ecstatic. I made huge…

Well I feel kinda dumb too, but I learned a new thing today. I never knew about this queso blanco/queso flamedo etc types of cheese dips, and I live in a heavily Mexican populated area with a lot of great restaurants. I will keep an eye out for it, and learn how to make it.

What a wonderful scam, the bottled water scam. A couple decades ago, people drank tap water, and if it was nasty tasting, there were/are filters, or you could do like we did when I was a kid, drink it really cold (although I also drank water out of a garden hose, so there’s that). Now everyone thinks that the only…