Also, I think most people forget that in a man vs beast scenario, the beast will always have the upperhand because they don’t watch movies. In every movie ever, they show a human being get shot or punched and they scream out in agony and fall down and maybe die immediately. That is not actually what happens to a…

Did you hear that Naugles is back?!

I can’t vouch for the current practice, but in the mid-90's I had a friend who worked at Taco Bell and he said that almost everything comes to the store dehydrated and shelf-stable. So the meat, beans, rice, etc. are freeze dried in plastic bags and the employees would add 2 cups of water to the warming tray and stir…

Right? I bought a package of expensive bacon not to long ago and it was moldy inside. Even for $9/lb I wasn’t willing to go back to the store and deal with the hassle and unfriendly employees. I just threw it away.

I wholeheartedly agree. My company is focused on data analytics and we are each required to produce a confounding number of reports and analysis and there are probably 5 of us out of 500+ that are even aware of Formulas and probably only 1 of us even understands the existence of Macros, even if we don’t know how to…

Right. It’s definitely cronyism and some of those rich jerks look at every situation and say “Aw, that’s sad. How can we make money off it?” And not just government officials, it’s everyone. I’m always appalled at marketing campaigns around disease, like “spend $1.50 on our yogurt, then spend 50 cents to mail the lid…

I see so much of this disattached parenting in public places, like the swimming pool, where it’s actually dangerous for parents to not pay attention. I get it that they want/need a break, but it’s a different story if your kid is playing in your backyard with their toy trucks from when they’re in a deep water…

Not a strictly “kid food” but growing up I ate a LOT of tortillas as meals and not out of poverty, but because it was delicious. I was an only child and my family didn’t do “kid food” so this was probably my closest approximation to eating something that the grown-ups weren’t also eating. One warmed tortilla (browned…

Bake it in the oven! Even crispness without getting overdone or dry.

I’m with you on this! I’m only 4'10" so everyone is “tall” to me and I am NO HELP whatsoever in determining height. But what’s hilarious is that my group of friends is a bunch of super tall people. In every group photo I am standing in everyone’s armpits because I am pretty much nipple-height to all of my pals.

Yes, it’s crazy. But sporting events are like Comic Con or Halloween — you dress up as ridiculous as you can because it’s FUN and you’re enjoying yourself and everyone around you is doing the same. No one gives a Spiderman getup a second glance on the convention floor, but when he shows up at the gas station it’s…

Firmly with you. Manage your crap or don’t bring it.

Ugh! The lady at my store that did this the other day told the cashier straight-up that she DGAF and unloaded an extremely full shopping cart into the TEN items or less lane. The cashier was too stunned to say anything and just rang her up.

The biggest lesson that I’m teaching my kidlets is that it’s not impolite to speak up on behalf of another person, particularly when they’re in peril. Most of us were taught to “mind our own business” but if you see someone being bullied or harassed, you should speak up. And in most cases if someone tells you to “mind…

This happened to me in Mexico. We were at a resort place and they had a cove that was perfect for snorkeling that they’d built steps into, etc. so we jump in and the guys at the equipment shack start yelling for everyone to get out of the water, but they’re trying to do it calmly but every third word is in Spanish, so…

Yeah, it always sounds so “conspiracy theorist” when you talk about this stuff but if you dig into the investments of the Bush White House, you won’t be surprised to see how many security companies, waste disposal companies, weapons companies, etc. they were/are all invested in. Not to say that I buy into any specific…

Wear gloves especially if you have sensitive skin/eczema! I didn’t even feel any burning but within a few minutes, my skin welted up with gigantic water blisters all over the backs of my hands and in between my fingers. That was from chopping jalapenos. I had the same reaction once when I moved a tube of BenGay (uses…

The WDW hotels seem like a good deal when you’re thinking “proximity” but regardless of where you stay, the transportation to/from the hotels and parks is a slog. The tip I give everyone is to stay off-property. I’m there a couple of times a year for work (and will always recommend January as prime time to visit) and…

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.