I take a few of those laundry detergent capsules in a tightly sealed container.

Yes, the place advertised how fast their washers are. And they had separate dryers. 

I wanna be Finnish so badly. The Finnsh people I’ve met are polite, charming and witty. I wonder if some nice Finn would like to adopt a slightly (ahem!) older child.

To your excellent point about packaging no light: I know of no locale on the planet where people don’t wash clothing.

I recently picked up a friend at LAX who’d just flown in from Chicago. She was wearing an overcoat and wouldn’t need it again until she arrived back in Chicago.

Sincere apologies.

Sweetie, you can put the coffee filter directly into the funnel. It will strain out the solids, and you avoid washing a strainer. 

Yep. It’s what they do in Europe. Or they use comforters with washable duvet covers as blanket and sheet both. 

May I simply say, the photo of the three children as youngsters is GREAT. The big sister looks together and in-charge. The middle sister looks like she’s just marking time until she’s ready to take over the planet for her own ends. The son looks like he completely understands who’s in charge, what his role is in all…

You’re mistaken. One of the many beauties of English is that it’s so plastic. We invent vocabulary. We noun verbs and verb nouns. We have no Academie Anglais to police our vocabulary or our usage. And that’s a good thing.

My educated guess is that you’re getting in the way of the other bar patrons. There’s not much elbow room at a booked-up sushi bar.

The main difference between the two is who is responsible for withholding taxes on earned income: independent contractors and freelancers withhold and pay their own taxes, while employees have their taxes automatically withheld by their employer.

O. M. G. My two food goddesses. Together. In one place. On Pi day. Stella and Claire together at last!

I bake my cornbread in a pie plate, so ...

Leaving the root intact also reduces the amount of tear-producing amino acid sulfoxides the onion releases.

Charles Kushner is a sleazy, venal, wicked thug and racketeer. He’s got the conviction and felony prison sentence to prove it. The crime for which he was finally convicted was particularly cruel — seeking to ruin his own sister’s marriage by blackmailing the brother-in-law who cooperated with law enforcement to…

Yep, you’re on the right track. Simply use as little water as possible in your stock, and reduce your stock until it’s more flavorful. My only issue with the Costco carcasses — and our family eats about one Costco chicken per week — is they’re salty. So when you use your stock, taste it, and be cognizant of the salt…

First, anyone else present should be disclosed. No one likes to be blindsided by finding out that what they thought was a private conversation ... wasn’t.

A car is not an investment. It’s a depreciating asset. Thinking of a vehicle as an investment is part of this entire problem. 

This goes double for Babybel; I use that wax for my art.