I will be happy when the best and brightest genetic engineers are able to grow high-THC eggplant!

Panera is a mixed bag. My standard order there is a broccoli-cheddar soup and Greek salad combo. I've been known to indulge in the occasional pumpkin muffie, too. Their food portions are a good size for me, including sandwiches — but I've started avoiding the bread products. Their baguettes are so rubbery that you…

Holy shit, that's brilliant! FTW!

After more decades of life than most readers here have probably experienced, I've come to realize that the ONLY way I can get motivated to work is if I'm part of a team. That is not an exaggeration — it's a necessity. It's possible for me to focus on work while alone at a desk, but there has to be some kind of group…

Hmmm, can't they just order a latte, light on the milk? (Foam hater here.)

I thought pork steak was supposed to be slow-cooked in barbecue sauce, not prepared like a beef steak. I've never had it, though. Although I'm a transplant to Missouri, both barbecue sauces and pork are things that I can take or leave at best.

Mark Sanford is in a relationship and it's complicated ....

Mr. Sububi and I traveled in Italy for several weeks at a time when the dollar-euro exchange rate was not in our favor. We definitely enjoyed the great food, but limited big restaurant dinners to evenings. We'd grab the customary continental breakfast in the hotel, then usually shop somewhere (usually at a produce…

How the holy fuck does someone get to .413 and still be able to crawl behind the wheel of a car? Did she get into the car first and then rig up an IV ethanol drip?

I personally adore Coke Freestyle; I'll actually pass up both alcohol and coffee if that option is available in an eatery. My usual mix is a Coke Zero with orange flavor, although the strawberry Sprite Zero will do if I don't need the caffeine. One of my friends swears by the ginger ale with lime, but it's a truly…

I've actually done that. But in my own house, not in a restaurant. And not because I really wanted rosé. I just happened to have a small amount of so-so red wine and a small amount of so-so white wine around and I wanted to see what the mixture would taste like.

Mr. Sububi and I once came back from a week's vacation to four or five voice messages (left over the course several days) from someone who was obviously very concerned why his doctor's office hadn't gotten back to him with some test results. That was a real head scratcher; we figured that the greeting that began "Ruby…

Just in: The Ravens have terminated Rice's contract. I doubt they'd have done so without the outcry from fans.

Yes, but do they have one with Spam, Spam, Spam, baked beans, egg, sausage, and Spam?

Aside from the really weird ones that I keep to myself: One of my college crushes keeps posting pictures of his 20-year-old self on Facebook. I imagine time-traveling (in my present form, weirdly enough) and subjecting that adorable gawky geek to a serious and relentless cougar attack.

Yikes. Which lips?

Roll him in wasp attack pheromones instead. Much more effective! (But be sure to wear protective gear!)

That's probably why it's so often served with an accompaniment of fruit or jam. To me, Brie tastes like bitter cardboard and nothing else. The first time I ever enjoyed it was when I had some with fruit. (And I normally prefer my fruit and my cheese served separately.)

They really don't need another requisite spare. That family has enough potential heirs and heiresses to pack a clown car.

Not surprising. People stick their unwashed hands into it all the time, and I doubt those fonts are ever cleaned.