I would hate to have to associate with men who check out one another’s wallets judgementally. If I like it, I really never even consider what the other guys are going to think. My aesthetics are fine.

I would hate to have to associate with men who check out one another’s wallets judgementally. If I like it, I really…

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My poor Mom was always on a tight budget when we were kids and was forever sneaking weird things like squash, zucchini, eggplant, etc. into our foods, sometimes trying to disguise it with lots of brown sugar. To this day, I avoid all of these vegetables (I know, you have a recipe that will convince me otherwise) and…

The crappy switch on the timer that turns my coffee maker on every morning before I wake up is my favorite switch. I rarely have to actually touch it and the fragrant aroma of freshly brewed coffee is a lovely thing to be greeted by when first opening my eyes.

Mention your dog/mule, while you’re at it.

I listen to a lot of “Best of” compilations of opera and also classical-type music. Beneath the intricacies of the whole piece are melodies that really take hold and I find myself humming parts of an opera by Puccini or Verdi days after I’ve put away the CD. There’s a reason why some operas are still popular a hundred…

They’re mostly awesome within the genre of country music and pretty much “medium” in the big picture, depending on where you’re from.

With murders up roughly 50% for the year, Chicago has tallied more homicides than the much larger cities of New York and Los Angeles combined. It’s a city that’s been run by Democrats for 85 years and it’s the American city with the highest per capita murder rate.

No, it’s mostly found on the “right” side of the fence. They’re the ones who have cultivated mistrust of the government, of progress, of intellectualism, and of the value of a solid liberal arts education. Of course, they want you to believe that BOTH sides strugggle with the ability to think critically but that…

The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced that scheduled meditation is a waste of time. I get my best thinking done walking five blocks to and from the subway. When I am actually on the train, a good book is what I want.

Maybe you’re right; I asked a question and offered an opinion. I always thought of baking as a process in cooking that involves various ingredients that are transformed by high heat into a finished product like bread, cake, or a casserole. This seems more like a scientific procedure that one would perform in a…

Is heating an ingredient in the oven considered baking? I don’t think so.

I stick to bratwurst, preferably ones sold loose at a European-style butcher. In no way meant to have nutritional integrity, they are delicious.

So no deep frying or boiling water? That’s limiting.

That doesn’t seem so scary. /s

I’m convinced that the big plastic bottles (1.5L) are designed to deliver an excessive amount of mouthwash into your mouth. I’d like a more measured delivery (I’m usually rushing when I take a slug and forget to tip the bottle with care.)

I’m convinced that the big plastic bottles (1.5L) are designed to deliver an excessive amount of mouthwash into your…

One a number of reasons I no longer live in South Florida: palmetto bugs and tap water that was warm and nasty tasting.

Not really, in spite of what some people say when they refer to physical and behavioral resemblances rather than to whether or not organisms are evolutionarily related. While cockroaches and shrimp share some common characteristics, including segmented bodies and legs, and a hard outer skeleton, they belong to two…

Understood, and if you are truly hiking in the wilderness, it’s better to be over-prepared. No argument there.

Then the whole premise of the article was pointless-I saw a headline that implied “packing a day-pack” and this is “packing for a very serious excursion.” I think most of us came here for advice on what to pack for a typical hike into the countryside; instead, we got advice on how to pack when hiking the highest…