I can make a damn good poached egg and find it easy (thanks, Am. Test. Kitch best recipe). My son called them Cloud eggs when he was a cute little kid and not the preteen monster he is now.

This definitely surreal. I am currently sitting a little more than 100 yards from that Best Buy (I was going to try to estimate basketball court lengths but, eh). Right where I was last weekend because I have kids and leave the house at night to sit in Starbucks and do my fancy science stuff (and read GMG websites).

Just in my personal experience. First night we tried 2h + of child screaming and puking and zero seconds of calmness. Then just went in for changing sheets/clothes and another two hours.

100% this. First kid we tried all things. How many hours can you let a baby scream till he throws up. Because I’ll tell you, it is possible for a baby to never fall asleep.

Funny... My first born child (now 12) was over the top challenging from the very minute he was born (or if you count causing pre-eclampsia, maybe before). The first night in the hospital while other babies slept, recovering from the exhaustion of being born, he screamed and screamed. He didn’t really stop screaming…

Excellent point on risk reduction. Secondarily, I think more people need to be concerned about Hepatitis C at least as much as any other sti these days. Treatment is difficult, not always successful and very expensive. Many states cover medications for HIV+ individuals. And out of my curiosity, in <5 min I found…

There have been studies of this method to induce obesity in mice. It is done by repeated subcutaneous injection of neonatal mice with large quantities of MSG (like an adult male human injected with 1/4 to 1/2 lb of msg). When fed msg it did not increase obesity and did not increase obesity in adult mice.

Correct. I get hives from “too much” MSG but I don’t know how much that is. I also get hives from running and cold air. My solution to this is that if I get hives from a certain dish at a certain place I don’t get that dish at that place anymore. Haven’t had a problem since.

My husband is an Infectious Disease physician who works at a practice that treats the majority of hiv patients in our area. He and I have often discussed ways to decrease the stigma on HIV infection in general. The professional group associated with infectious diseases advocates yearly HIV screening for all sexually…

With respect to the question asker, if you really are taking it personally, then boycott. If you miss it too much take your kid there before 5. Whenever this kid banning topic comes up I have relatively strong feelings about it. First, I think restaurants should do whatever they want and I don’t take things personally…

No way. I’d be willing to divert to Hockessin on my way south to Newark. I’d never go to Middletown unless I was going to somewhere south of the bay bridge-tunnel... or maybe Bombay hook.

I like to bring a little magic to my kids.

All fruit are female (ovaries or the expansions thereof). So fruit is kind of like eggs. Which mean that vegetables are feminist.

Very nice and love the series in general. Let’s not forget people who die in jail awaiting trial because they can’t afford release.

The Guy with the improvised cardboard sign featuring Gritty and saying Fuck Nazis is a very Philly thing. Dude was just strolling old city, maybe hoping for some brunch or going to a library. Came upon some people counter protesting neo-Nazi/Proud Boy gathering and thought, Heck, that seems just as fun a way to spend…

Good luck with your wife and her pregnancy. I see no click-bait-y-ness in this.

All I know is that until I started traveling for meetings (which meant time at airports that aren’t Philly or on the west coast) I thought free-wifi was standard. The first time I was hoping to use wifi to finish a talk during a layover I was sorely disappointed. Less important now if you have a phone that can…

Not 100% on this (maybe like 99%) but she won the apparatus vault without a fall. Perhaps in part because she did not do the version of the vault that she fell on in the all-around.

I didn’t get diagnosed with ADHD until I was in graduate school. At that point finishing a PhD and running a household with two school aged kids overwhelmed my coping mechanisms. I had always known I had ADHD. I had largely hyperactive type. So in my case, as a girl, my hyperactive behaviors were definitely more…

For better or worse, Philadelphia is perhaps the most democratic leaning city in the country. It creates the strange scenario where the democratic mayoral primary carries the weight of most general elections.