Whoa, tampon bombs! I knew I shouldn’t have thrown out my extras after menopause. Who knew they were good for something else?

Excellent article, Eric!

I wonder how Tony Abbott would have done against a nest of huge stinging jack jumper ants. Or the little green weaver ants that jump out of trees in north Queensland and peevishly sink their sharp little mandibles into your neck.

The one bad experience I had in that department was in college, though I don’t remember whether the doctor was a GYN or an internist. Throughout all the years that I was releasing eggs, I had what I sometimes called “thermonuclear Mittelschmerz”. My egg follicles didn’t just ovulate — they exploded. It always hurt…

My GYN used to do my well-woman exam, including breast exam, when I was younger. My family practice doctor does it now. I haven’t seen a GYN since my uterus and ovaries were removed in 2003.

I used to be a member of a church, and almost every Sunday, some of us would go out to lunch together after the service. There were quite a few friendly, local, casual restaurants within a mile or two of the church, and we sort of rotated among them. We were always nice to our servers and tipped them properly…

For some reason, I can’t enjoy the full flavor profiles of any whiskey. I can drink brown liquors in mixed drinks, even in relatively strong cocktails like Manhattans. I can enjoy the initial flavors of some whiskeys when sipped straight or on the rocks. But then I invariably experience the back-of-the-throat burn as…

This has always been my experience, so I wondered if other people also experience it: Nothing really tastes the same to me twice, even if it’s the exact same substance, the exact same recipe, or even taken from the exact same container. Not wine, not coffee, not ice cream, not even toothpaste. In the same ballpark:…

Just annual? Amateurs!

Almost correct. Corporations in a competitive market have THEIR best interests in mind. Because they want to keep you as a customer and make a profit, it’s often in their best interest to ignore or hide quality and safety issues. If you as the consumer don’t know that the issues are there, you don’t have enough…

And extra points for the Home Movies GIF!

I’d go with this order, from best to worst. (I’ve always lived in temperate North America, though, so YMMV.!

Now I’m craving bi bim bap in a hot stone bowl!

Here’s what I don’t understand. I remember all the hype about the Jared’s “Subway Diet”, but in all the times I’ve been to or passed by a Subway in the last 10 years or so, I’ve never noticed any references to Jared, nor any images of him, on the premises. Did I miss something?

I’d love to know what well-regulated militia Flanagan belonged to.

Nothing really to do with the recall, but why is turkey bacon always terrible? I’ve had burgers, sausages, chili, spaghetti sauces, and cutlets made from turkey and chicken and they’re often quite good. Turkey tends to have a stronger flavor that’s more forward in these dishes, but if you actually like turkey (I…

Aside from fluctuating exchange rates, there’s also the issue of airfares. I’ve been to Scandinavia, where restaurants and other businesses patronized by tourists are extremely expensive by U.S. standards. I’ve also been to Australia, which was nowhere near that expensive — but it costs much, much more to fly from the…

(Bug pedant here, so apologies in advance for the lecture.)

It would be one thing if Trump had real hustle, but he doesn’t. He merely has a knack for getting his name in lights, and he inherited enough money to keep up that charade whether or not his businesses are doing well. (And I’m ignoring his other characteristics like public boorishness, pandering demagoguery,…