It’s true you can’t make wine from shitty grapes, but planting them right is hardly enough on its own—vines need care all the time to produce their best fruit.

A ton of wineries just buy grapes/grape juice and ferment it, or even buy bulk wholesale wine and blend/rebottle it.

I hate that too—I think I just finished hating on Drew Barrymore for exactly that, actually—but it looks like Fergie’s dad is the grower, in which case, I think by all means the family should take some credit if the juice is good. Wine is a group effort, the best winemaker in the world can’t make good wine from shit…

On the contrary, Thor: Ragnarok treats its main character appropriately! Have you ever read any of the original legends of Thor? He’s more than a little bit funny and doofus-y. It’s delightful. And more importantly, it’s an ingrained element of his character as a hero with hundreds of years of history that the…

So I just went to Fergie’s family’s winery website, and not only does it autoplay one of her songs on load (very bad user experience, v v bad) it is hideous. It is every cheeseball terrible assumption about what wine branding should look like that possibly exists.

That is a very circus-y image. I wonder if WaPo’s use of the word ‘zoo’ is technical due to the business name? (I’ll just assume the owner is using the term on purpose to avoid negative repercussions.)

Is this actually a travelling circus, or a very small zoo with animals that sometimes travel? I ask because the visions of an elephant in a circus are (deservedly) very negative, but I have a small zoo with some travelling animals close to me, and they do excellent work. The two situations are really not similar at…

The point of paying the $15 is not about owning a tiny piece of border land, it is about slowing down and annoying a segment of our current government. If it slows down the president’s plans to build a wall then it’s done its job.

That may be your preference for copper, but most people who work with it for sculpture and architecture usually choose copper specifically because it changes its appearance over time. That is a major part of its appeal as a material.

I liked the first one, and I will probably watch this anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think the basic premise of having a proposal (and announcement) be about the person/partnership is OF COURSE good. The point of marriage is to be with that other person, and making it about jewelry is dumb.

If someone asks for consent before groping, as specified in that comment, it’s not assault and really not comparable. If someone has a problem being asked for consent, well... there’s not much to be done about that. Being frank and forward isn’t problematic, just not everyone’s style. (Which is also okay, and those…

I didn’t read anything like this, though?

Do you honestly think that the process of trying to get pregnant involves constant sexual intercourse, or are you merely suggesting that I sit quietly and concentrate on my uterus whilst not otherwise engaged?

Adults wanting childfree spaces is not comparable to racial/gender/etc. segregation. (And I write this as a woman actively struggling to get pregnant currently.)

It is for sure coming, unless it’s already happened and no one’s bothered to alert me because I am now Too Old.

I’m here to recommend Poshmark to Clover as an alternative to brick and mortar clothes reselling. Unlike some other online clothing reseller places (cough *ThredUp* cough) people on Poshmark set their own prices for goods so they don’t get shafted. Does it take long/more work than dropping off bags somewhere? Yes. But…

Just give in! :) I’ve already accepted that at 34, my jeans all have the same cut and differ only in color and worn-in-ness: high rise, fitted, skinny leg (not painted on because comfort, but very fitted) and either hemmed to the ankle or cuffed to the ankle. This is flattering to my eyes and shows off my shoes.

I’ve sold some photos to stock companies (nothing fancy, just like Twenty20) as well as bought a TON of stock photography from iStock, Getty, Adobe Stock, etc.

Funny difference! I often think of people who are careful to say the full names of the grapes, taste just so, and stuff like that, as being new.