BTW, I got one response (which I can’t seem to access now*) that my fear of pthalates is unreasonable. I’m not super afraid of them - the major issue for me is that I can taste them. Tomatoes out of a can taste plasticy to me. It’s faint, but once I notice an off-flavor like that, I can’t un-notice it. Not getting a…

There’s basically one thing a server can do to make me under or not tip: Don’t check that everything’s OK after the order’s on the table. If there’s no issue, I still want to see you. If I don’t I’ll tip normally but have a word with your manager about your not following up. If there is an issue and you don’t check, I…

I run HEPA filters in my bedroom and my home office. Plus loratadine (Claritin) twice a day (I don’t wait to start to have a reaction, I just take it AM and PM. Makes thinga pretty bearable, except for all the sneezing.

I don’t think it does - just was asking as I haven’t shopped for marinara outside of New England, except for once in Tucson and that store didn’t have any of those brands. One not-available data point. So maybe they’re regional brands. From the replies, I’d now guess that they are not regional.

My primary use of bottled sause is marinara as a base for a sauce I’m putting together. Why not tinned tomatoes? Pthalates. They might be called ‘tin cans’ but they’re lined with plastinc containing, yup, pthalates. I can get decent tomatoes in glass - but they’re typically a bit more expensive than good marinara.

She said she likes her bedroom cool/cold. 

She said she likes her bedroom cool/cold. 

I like wool better than down (comfortable in a wider range of temeratures, does a better job of transporting any sweat away from your body), both for over and under the sheets. The first time I was in NZ (couple of decades ago) I was introduced to woolen ‘underblankets’ (mattress pads). I’ve been getting them from a…

I like wool better than down (comfortable in a wider range of temeratures, does a better job of transporting any…

would transform from rock hard to mushy garbage before anyone could get their hands on them

One word: Republicans

I’ve been using option 7: fertilize the soil. Hair goes into the compost bin.

I’ve been using option 7: fertilize the soil. Hair goes into the compost bin.

I don’t have a cat, but a furminator does an excellent job on our corgie. The last time I furminated the heck out of him, I had a big pile of fur. So I crammed it all into one of thise clear plastic produce bags and weighed it - I had a quarter pound of fur. I was wondering if there was a similar device for cats.

I don’t have a cat, but a furminator does an excellent job on our corgie. The last time I furminated the heck out of…

I hope it works :-)

Given his current ratings, this is pretty excellent. I’m hoping to see another 2018 in 2020. I’d go into why the Rebubs all need to get kicked out, but I think we all know that.

Pretty simple if you consider what the kneeling is supposed to draw attention to.

I’ll tell you. The smallest f***ing province in the Russian Empire, that’s where!

I’ve gotten rid of frosting on Rx goggles using toothpaste. A friend, who’s a now-retired airline captain mentioned that that’s what’s used to de-scuff the chin windows in the cockpit (side note: ever wonder how either pilot can see forward when the plane is pitched upwards on takeoff? Yeah, there are little windows…

One word: surimi

BTW, as someone who grew up learning that mammal retinas have two kinds of receptors (rods/cones) I find it fascinating that the ganglia connecting these receptors are also light sensitive - and might be an evolutionary hold-over.  And yes, blue light is exactly what they’re sensitive to, driving both melatonion…

BTW, as someone who grew up learning that mammal retinas have two kinds of receptors (rods/cones) I find it…

which found that many of us spend hours before bed with our eyes fixed on blue light-emitting screens.

which found that many of us spend hours before bed with our eyes fixed on blue light-emitting screens.

It’s not clear that the President was ever supposed to be like the Speaker - even when Senators were appointed rather than directly elected.