World Market Explorers Program is great. They don’t even bother with cards, you just type your phone number in every time. They have a variety of great discounts in-store and online (including on wine!), and for every 6 bags of ground coffee you buy, you get one free.

Our Chinese food delivery person could tell that our dog had died because he didn’t bark like crazy when the delivery person knocked on the door :-(

At the zoo where I volunteer, a Russian woman told me that Russian people *love* squirrels because while they do have squirrels in Russia, they are very rare.

This season has been SO GOOD.

On Mother’s Day I give my mother the gift of pretending she wasn’t emotionally abusive to me for 26 years. Every other day of the year, all bets are off.

I wonder if 8th and Dale ever got plowed

I recently got Verizon FiOS’ “Custom TV” plan. It’s about the same price I was paying before for the lowest “internet+cable” package, but I feel better about it because I get to (kind of) choose what channels I want.

they need to invent a plant that wakes you up at 3am if you forgot to water it

Mars is the ultimate fixer-upper. You gotta put in new atmosphere and everything.

I liked what they did with the finale, but I seem to be literally the only person who does. Oh well.

When I was using a dating site frequently I once went out with SIX Michaels in a row. At least I didn’t have to worry about forgetting anyone’s name, I suppose.

Too Electral!

if they would just get pregnant like they’re supposed to they wouldn’t have to worry about bleeding out of their wherevers! Damn hussies.

We live in a big city so the chances that we’re going to end up someplace where burying our poop is a possibility are slim. Further proof that it’s important to tailor your bug-out-bag to your own situation!

There are dozens of places you can buy pre-made bug-out-bags and almost none of them (except a few special pink ladybags) come with menstruation supplies at all. It’s such bullshit. My office had a training on emergency preparedness and when I asked the FEMALE presenter about menstruation supplies, she said she had…

If you love yourself, google “sleeping wombat”. You’re welcome.

there used to be animals.io9.com or something like that, but now every variation I can think of just redirects to gizmodo :-(

I love the one poor Wookie cookie that has no teeth.

Before baking the food, heat the oven to 350.

I still get that song randomly stuck in my head sometimes.