Spices are in the aisles somewhere, so don't completely avoid them - if you want to stick with healthy eating habits it is tremendously helpful if that food tastes as good or better than the processed shit you've been eating; I've become a mad scientist with herbs & spices, and tend to make from scratch my own…

Apart from being vegan, and a "fat" vegan at that - plenty of potatoes and pasta in my diet, but very little candy and soda and fried things - I've had the most success with exercise when I actually wanted to drop some fat. If you are lazy and/or really despise gyms like me (in particular, cardio), you're much better…

"Ugly" in the headline is certainly redundant.

This is a common MYTH and can confirmed by a Physics 101 class - there is an upper and lower limit to how hot or cold your house can get based on the outside temp and your insulation factor; it doesn't get progressively colder down to infinity the longer that the heater is off unless you are gone for literally days or…

I don't follow soccer too much outside of the drinking contests that are the Wold Cup games, but I thought the headline was a joke. 5'11 200lb with a 400lb bench is not a waif by any means, but is it really noteworthy for a professional competitive athlete physically competing against other athletes? I knew soccer…

Not only are beef or any meat-based hot dogs made from the carcasses of said animal (and some unsaid ones*), they are made from the very worst and otherwise inedible parts that are left on the butcher block after the good parts are used for steaks or other cuts. Ground meat is also suspect, given my experience, but…

At all the places I worked retail, we could get written up if we were in the public area of the store and off the clock (even during lunch) and did not change/cover the uniform shirt or take off name tags or anything that says "I work here" - probably in large part for the very reason that you mention.

But wait, women do it too!

Maybe she was paying for the friends?

How do most bars/restaurants handle a pregnant woman asking for drinks? Can a policy be instituted that bans serving pregnant woman, similar to serving an already-intoxicated person - thereby shielding the business from liability should anything happen - or is that discriminatory in some way?

Word. Going on the testimony of people who have given birth to babies and passed a kidney stone, my understanding is that a sufficiently sized kidney stone is at least on par.

What is fair pay? That's a philosophical question, but most would agree that it is pay commensurate with one's productivity.

I applaud the nephew's restraint, because I don't think I could have been so calm. I would definitely have raped my uncle right there on the bedroom floor while administering the beating, sandwiched in between the pre-rape and post-rape beatings. Sorry, I mean "sexual assault."

So don't be friends with the boundary-steppers! Am I missing something? Your first comment was a general statement about all women that one may work with, not just those few inappropriate ones. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, so tell me if this is it.

That's a shitty work environment, so to protect your neck and still maintain a level of sanity just keep it superficial and remember not to share anything important - small talk about common ground in movies/music/sports/etc and keep it at that. Most importantly, never talk shit about anyone at all even customers or…

That's not a mutually respectful relationship - just another way of your spouse telling you that she doesn't trust your judgement in choosing who you hang out with, which is what a parent tells their child. In an adult relationship, that is Manipulation 101 and should be called out as such. If my wife didn't think I…

Be very careful about pre-gaming some drinks before the main event - if you're still nervous when you get there it's very easy to overdo it and be "that guy."

I agree with this but be careful then taking the friendship outside of work (happy hour excepted), especially if you're in a workplace that has a problem with gossip. Many people have something in their personal lives that they may not want getting around the office, whether it's as benign as political/religious views…

If that's true for you then you may need to work on trust issues in your marriage. Is work different than having a female friend at the gym or who is in the same sports league or other after-work activities that you might participate in without your wife?

Tangentially-related point - it's a bad idea to charge family/friends for side work, unless you have the time and ability to support them just like a random paid professional would be expected to. Great way to ruin a relationship otherwise.