Yup, this is the way. Seems like a waste of water (and it is), but it avoids re-contamination.

Rationally speaking, our system of federalism does not require a federal ID and strongly argues against it. Irrationally speaking, large swaths of the populace on both sides of the political spectrum would view a mandatory federal ID as some totalitarian maneuver so that the Government (i.e., Big Brother) can track…

Agreed. If he wanted it only to be attributed to a Baylor official, he needed to get that agreed to up front. At least he didn’t begin the email with “This is off the record, but...” -- which, to be clear, would also have been inoperative because he didn’t get the reporter’s agreement ahead of time.

No, look at his response to me. He knows it goes on. He just thinks if a woman can’t protect herself, she shouldn’t be at the bar.

Seriously, dude? (And I feel comfortable calling you that because no woman would express such a sentiment.) Talk to any of your female friends (assuming you have any) that go to bars/clubs. I’m sure at least one of them has talked to a guy who struggles with taking ‘no’ for an answer. Or read Nico’s comment up above…

NBC has run a terrifying/innovative feature on a trend trendy parents are calling: “free-range parenting.”

Honestly, I would expect nothing else from a cooking school instructor. Not that they’re ignorant, but they typically have a set idea of ‘how things should be cooked’ and eschew any other methods that don’t fit that idea. They are not known for being part of the vanguard of cooking. As uberculture mentioned above,…

That was nice -- and it basically guarantees they get the call right.

The method I’ve employed successfully, esp. at a small plates restaurant, is to not order everything you want up front. My wife and I place an order for 2 dishes and tell our server that we’re figuring out what we want next. Depending on how leisurely we’re trying to make the meal (and how hungry we are), we’ll order…

TFL dinner is a ~5-hour affair. Keller isn’t rushing you out in 45 minutes. 

If the meal costs more than $21.12, and it isn’t some Fly By Night establishment, you should be able to eat your meal at your pace — which, if you have Moving Pictures to see, might be more Rush-ed — so you can enjoy the Caress of Steel utensils in your hands as you consume your meal. If you’re willing to Roll the…

Prix fixe. 

Trump: Malevolence tempered by incompetence.

each episode of which delves into the biography of one of history’s greatest monsters (Stalin, Hitler, Carter)

I am not convinced he would object to the label. 

I think we’re better off with white supremacist. It has a clear history and meaning, isn’t as innocuous as white nationalist, and isn’t as inflammatory as Nazi. I think the problem with ‘fascist’ is that most people don’t really know what it means -- and don’t even start with ur- and proto-, you’ll really confuse…

I suppose so, but you can’t raise it up too much lest you not be able to reach over the top bar. My wife is < 5 ft, so I actually cut the legs of the crib down so it’d be easier for her to go over the top bar. At the end of the day, you still have to bend over and reach down at least ~30", but raising the entire crib…

Wrong. Climate change should not be partisan, but the GOP has chosen to make it partisan. 

Interesting.... We have both, and I prefer Magna-Tiles. The kids — they run in cycles. Sometimes they’ll pull out the Magformers, sometimes the Magna-Tiles. I think I like the Magna-Tiles more because the structures seem to be more stable. The Magformers are less painful though, I’ll give them that.  

it’s a stretch to reach over the side and get her all the way down to the mattress.