Absolutely. If you search the term “security theater” you’ll read a lot of stuff that totally makes sense and also make you wonder why you’d never seen it that way before. Like, how the creation of the color-coded “threat” system was a gigantic mistake. When is the world ever NOT in peril? So of course it’s always…

At least once a week I think “oh, they must have posted that here by mistake”. Not that a food podcast post is totally irrelevant, but yeah. It’s not helping anyone’s adequacies or lack thereof.

Ditto! Even if it’s not this sophisticated or fancy. If there was a set of La-Z-Boy recliners in a semi-quiet area where you could chain your suitcase to the wall or whatever, I’d pay for it! I got delayed once and had a crazy headache so I “treated” myself to one of those airport massage places. It was spendy as…

That’s the hitch in the whole “security theater”! Their system isn’t nearly as sophisticated as you’d think/hope. When they “scan” your ticket at the TSA checkpoint (when they can, not all tickets have QR codes) it is supposedly validating some data, but the data isn’t complete details about your flight/seat or…

This is extremely interesting and is always one of my concerns as well. I’ve seen a fair number of kids be homeschooled for a number of years and then enter public or private schools in, say, high school and those poor kids don’t stand a chance. Yes, people can be socialized by interacting with other children and…

I remember stealing sips of beer as a kid (there are family photos of this dating back to my first year of life) but my parents didn’t drink so I never developed the taste for alcohol. Instead, my parents were mega hippies and always had weed — growing in the back yard, in bongs on the coffee table, stashed in the…

A friend’s family owns a company that makes frozen meatballs and so he’s always considered it his “mission” to taste every meatball he encounters to see how it stacks up or how they can improve their recipe. He calls himself an “entrepreneur and connoisseur of meatballs” and we laugh in his stupid face every time. But…

Ditto with DVDs. I’m less casual ever since I bought the boxed set of Spaced and a friend was so excited and needed to see it RIGHT NOW so I loaned the whole box set... that was about 7 years ago and he’s never watched a single episode or given the box back yet. Luckily, the show is on Netflix so I can still watch…

Agree! My book loaning policy is a “loan forward” system where I definitely DO NOT want it back. If I love a book so much that I want people to read it, I buy extra copies. I won’t be a jerk and give you a book for your birthday, but if I say “oh, have you read Devil in the White City?” and you say no, I’ve got an…

Which is weird because those are two things that bugs can’t really get in to. We don’t have roaches, but I swear our house is built on top of an anthill. We get massive swarms of ants when the weather gets hot and so we’re used to securing our food in air-tight containers to keep them out. But I’ve never resorted to…

I feel the same! We had a BBQ last weekend for the 4th of July and there were the mandatory hot dogs being served, so we bought a bottle of ketchup which cost something like $1.50. Not terribly expensive. I wanted to throw it away at the end of the day because WHEN will we ever use it? But everyone shamed me for being…

I’d never thought about the standing/kneeling barf debate until my mom was pregnant and had terrible nausea throughout. She’d always go to the kitchen sink — which is key! Garbage disposal!! — because it was too hard to bend down and deal with the toilet when she was so large n’ lovely. I learned my lesson the hard…

Not to kick a vegan while they’re down, but why do vegans/vegetarians try SO HARD to replicate food that they’ve sworn off? They have a principled stance against beef, but have no problem eating soy tacos that are flavored with a fake beef substitute... and it’s the same with milk. We don’t really need milk and it’s a…

This may sound stupid, but stick a post-it note with a request for what you want on the face of the vending machine. Believe it or not, most are owned/refilled by independent operators (a guy I worked with owned about 20 machines around town; a decent side-income BTW) and since they want your money they will sell…

Ditto! I know several people like this, which is a bummer because everywhere (even quick-serve food like Chili’s) is trying to “class” itself up by adding in dark greens to their salad mix, which I have to pick out. Visually appealing, yes, but not worth the stomachache later. Those purpley-leafy lettuces just get me…

I love doing this! I’ll usually start off plain and then as the days progress add more things in (seeds, raisins, etc.) and then a dash of curry for a whole new flavor. Makes the “same thing” totally different at every meal.

If impersonation is against the law, why do security companies get away with it? They will get uniforms that look extremely similar to police, including badges and other insignia and their cars are painted white/black and have logos on the side that resemble local police logos. A security company that my HOA uses…

Experience always outweighs a degree. No matter what they say on applications, if you have even 1 year in a relevant field you’re better qualified than a college graduate who probably doesn’t have any real-world experience in their chosen field. So don’t be discouraged when a job listing asks for a degree - apply…

That’s awesome! I wasn’t able to find anything to help with my cramps (except a hysterectomy - now I feel great!) but I do have one particular chocolate bar that is the best muscle relaxer I’ve ever had. I have a bad back so I have anti-spasmodic/muscle relaxers for it and those don’t seem to help the pain as much as…

Because he doesn’t actually write anything. He collects random tidbits and then compiles them with his name on the cover. His books are the listicles of literature. If he published a book called “...with this one weird trick!” people would buy it by the millions.