Not that anyone asked, but this is why there's such a thing as soup du jour.

I seem to recall hearing a rule-of-thumb to the effect that men who laugh nervously when confronted by homosexuality are likely to be closet cases.

The really crucial health disadvantage of obesity isn't among the healthy obese (obviously), or even obese people who have a few problems but they're out and around.

Black. White. Black. White. Black. White. Black. White.

Just out of curiosity, 1world, how old are you?

Not that you asked, but you might want to see if they can get their end-of-life wishes in separate documents (one for each parent), get them notarized (ideally, their primary physician should also sign it), and make sure these papers are some specified place (e.g., "bottom-left-hand drawer, mom's desk, in a folder…

There isn't a lot of support for heroic measures to extend the lives of permanently obtunded patients of any age.

Just a suggestion about braised/long-cooked dishes: Instead of cooking them on the stove, you might try bringing them to a boil on the stove (with maybe a little more liquid), covering them with a tight lid, and finishing them in the oven, using either of two strategies:

Yet another wingnut subsidy to bad parenting.

Forgive the obvious-stating, but these douche-bags don't do this because they're religious Jews. They do it because they're douche-bags. Their religion just offers a handy excuse to exercise their douche-baggery. [1] Christians and Muslims have douche-bags like that too.

Forgive the plug, but there's a product, Sunstar GUM Soft-Picks, which are these tiny green rubber brushes that are pliant enough to fit between your teeth and dislodge whatever lurks there. Drug stores usually display them near the floss. Their packaging claims they're as good as flossing. I don't know if that's…

Leftovers can be dipped in chocolate and served after dinner.

Beat me to it.

My guess: Mrs. B. just dropped some lobster salad on her skirt.

Or possibly dealing with two conversations, one with Boehner and another with someone across the table.

You may notice that only 24% want Roe overturned, which is roughly the same percentage (about 20-25%) that support every Tea Party piece of dumb-ass that comes down the pike, that represented George Bush's approval rating the last year of his administration, that think Sarah Palin is brilliant and hot whereas Two-Term…

Sorry. Didn't mean to sound like I was jumping on you.

Also, if your worst suspicions about women who have abortions were absolutely valid—whatever those suspicions are (including the idea that some are so ditzy that they'd rely entirely on abortion for birth control)—then the women in question wouldn't exactly be the ones to whom you'd most want to entrust a baby, now…

Using abortion as her primary means of birth control? People do stupid things all the time, so I can't say it never happens. But it's a shooting-a-fly-with-an-elephant-gun sort of strategy.

Women in their third trimesters whose pregnancies have something really wrong with them will fly to these providers—who get patients from all over the country for just this reason.