Oh! I forgot one. Also, while you´re learning what you like and what you can do in the kitchen, don´t by perishable stuff with a short shelf life (unless you know you´re going to use it in time). Apples last for frickin´ ever, for example, while bananas turn black on me if I turn around to pour myself some coffee.

This one is for Question #2, re: cooking.

1. Buy lots of cheap spices and learn how to combine them to make different flavors. Sometimes you can buy a spice rack that comes pre-filled for not a whole lot of money. That way, even if you´re having the same old baked chicken, it can be garlic chicken, Italian chicken,…

I once had a nice first date with a nice guy. He made me laugh and was easy to talk to, but I didn´t get any instant sparks or connection. Ok, fine, sometimes it´s not the instant type.

I thought the original video was beyond stupid. It´s hard not to feel the rapey vibes when mostly-naked women were cavorting onscreen with fully dressed dudes telling them, 'I know you want it.'

But this was so fun! I have never seen this segment! And I like that it shows Robin Thicke having fun with his song, as…

I am the same. Luckily, I haven´t lost anyone through tragedy or sudden death, but I lost my grandfather when I was 7 and my beloved grandmother (his wife) at 17.

As much as I wish that I could remember their faces perfectly, or that I had somehow enshrined our time together in living memory, I didn´t. My memories of…

I thought this was a parody, or a funny safe-sex ad that encourages teens to use protection or else they could get possessed by a demon.

I was confused about that, too, but I think that this is considered a short-term solution for people who have epilepsy as a result of head trauma (in which case the seizures will stop as the brain heals) or the increase in seizures that follow conventional epilepsy surgury (which should decrease as the brain heals?).

I…

Whoa! What is this man? Is he a model? Singer? Dancer?

'Butt-fucking all night...'

I was actually thinking about this earlier today. About voices and pitch and how to have an arresting, interesting voice. One of those people with ... The Voice like Benedict Cumbersex or Don LaFontaine. I know some of it is just bred-in-the-bone talent, but some is vocal training.

I love you. Let´s run away together.

And what the fuck happened to Annie? Did she get hit on the head? Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. (I am behind on my Community watching, severely. I heard that last season wasn´t so good and was afraid to watch it. Now I´m fucking terrified.)

This is lovely, and a comfort to anyone who has ever lost someone beloved.

Though I see most people throwing up their fists in solidarity with Scott, there is a grumpypants thread where someone is against this kind of 'oversharing.' I get that this isn´t what everyone would choose to do ...

Personally, I think that…

Well. I feel a bit weird for saying this (OVERSHARING, AM I?) but I´m 30 and I still hold hands with my Dad when I see him.

To be totally fair, journalists develop an ear for the good quotes. You just know when you hear it: 'Ok, that was my closing quote,' or 'That one goes in the lede.'

Holy crap. It´s been a long time since I´ve been forced to look at commercials. I was not prepared for this madness.

I know this is obvious, but NO ONE EATS LIKE THAT. Seriously. Did this actually give Carl´s Jr. a bump in sales?

I agree that this is probably a good idea. You sound like you´ve covered the bases in terms of finding an acceptable guy, which is better than I did (wherein I found an acceptable guy who turned out to, in fact, be a lunatic). You like this guy and trust him and he has a bit more experience than you, so it won´t be a…

TrlLamGirl,

Ha. It just came to me. I had another teacher interview me for a class she was taking that asked her to write a paper on the things teachers most wish they had learned in their course work, and for me that was it.

I just have no idea what to do sometimes when a parent comes at me with an issue, either…

Yay, the baby conversation. I think it´s totally normal to have doubts, and any sane person would. Having kids is no longer just 'what you do' when you get to be a certain age and are married/coupled. Sometimes your household requires two careers going. Sometimes people can´t have children naturally. Sometimes people…

Ugh. Ugh. I have the same friend, but in my case her name is 'Mom.'

I am always completely shocked when people ask if they should move to teaching as an 'easier' job as opposed to what they are doing now. (This is not a shot at you, Mo23. You´re doing exactly the right thing by getting insight from others.) I´ve also heard of people who work in other demanding fields, like scientific…