I think it’s okay to cut someone of any age a lot of slack for his or her birthday. Don’t be mean to him, don’t fire him from his job, don’t end a relationship with him if you want it to stay amicable, yada yada. But “not getting married that weekend because it’s too close to the birthday of someone you dated five…

Or you could change your name and move to another country!

I don’t remember where I first heard of this three-axis model, but it distinguishes among homo/hetero/bi-erotic, -sexual, and -romantic. The “erotic” part is what turns you on, the “sexual” part is about what you actually want to do sexually, and the “romantic” part is about with whom you can fall in love. (That…

Fear of fruit makes my head spin. Yes, there’s sugar in sweet fruits. But I don’t buy that we’re getting dangerous sugar overdoses from eating too many fresh apples and peaches. We’re getting fiber and vitamins from them, and it’s hard to take in enough fresh fruit to make it the sugar equivalent of candy.

Well, quitting is a good start. Staying the hell out forever would be an even better choice for him.

The closest I ever came to a threesome was a spontaneous attempted FFM with one of my best friends and her on-again off-again BF. The “spontaneous” part was the deal-breaker; it was obvious that she was uncomfortable with it, I became increasingly uncomfortable with it, and although I felt no reason to fear her BF, I…

After I put on my usual light touch of powder blush, I like to give the brush a quick swipe just under each brow bone at the end. For some reason, the usual method of highlighting that area with light-colored eyeshadow is completely invisible on me, but putting a little hint of blush there does wonders for my overly…

There’s also a vegetarian version. Being a flexitarian type, I have both (on my iPad and iPhone). There is some overlap, though, especially on the side dishes, so if you’re not likely to cook a lot of meatless meals, the original is probably sufficient.

Shouldn’t he have been called “Tire Irons”?

This is one of those interesting cases because of two competing facts:

Mike Huckabee is an ignorant, smirking, obnoxious, bigoted asshole.

Well, after a few more years away from him, maybe her friends could send her a cake decorated with the words “5 YEARS DOUCHEBAG FREE”?

For sure. First things that came to my mind regarding the guy who tried to pour alcohol into the semiconscious woman: Either he’d drugged her in anticipation of date rape, or else she was ODing on heroin or pain pills. Good on the manager for calling the cops on that asshole.

I sometimes slip up with gendered pronouns when referring to recently-transitioned friends. Not because I have any problem with their being trans, but because I knew them for so many years before their transitions that the no-longer-appropriate pronouns are burned into my brain. When I meet a trans person I didn’t…

I usually make tuna burgers or bean burgers. Drain some canned tuna or beans, toss into the food processor and chop up with a slice of bread (for tuna) or some chickpea flour (for beans), a chunk of onion, and maybe a piece of bell pepper. Sometimes I add a little chunk of frozen kale or spinach for color. Stir in a…

But then why would an opened can of soda be okay? (I’m assuming by “opened can”, they open the can and hand it to you separately from the cup, rather than pouring the soda into the cup and handing only the cup to you.)

I think it was also because Merlot was the bone broth of 2004. Everyone was drinking it whether they liked it or not. (Me, I like Merlot. But at the time I wouldn’t have been surprised to see Merlot-flavored toothpaste at the supermarket.)

I love them steamed with garlic and olive oil. I also like them roasted, but to my taste, roasting brings out a cloying sweetness that needs to be cut with a squeeze of lemon at the table. Then, they’re perfect.

I have a special loathing for Stephen Harper, and I’m not even Canadian.