I agree on the richness. I was talking about this the other day because where I live you can’t throw a rock in any direction without hitting a “cupcake boutique” and I don’t really like any of them. Maybe I was ruined by Betty Crocker, but I like moist cake and these upscale cupcakeries (NOT bakeries) make it a point…

I’ve never been to Popeyes (I don’t think they have them in California) but dang if our grocery store doesn’t make some GOOD fried chicken. I think they key ingredients in good tasting chicken is never changing the grease and not giving a shit about how it tastes. That’s why fast food fried chicken will always be…

What’s the worst thing to spill in the kitchen?

According to my friends in L&D, they all love getting food as a gift. And it’s mostly sweets (donuts, cookies, etc.) so if you bring something savory you’ll be the belle of the ball! If you can get a deli platter or 6 foot sandwich or whatever, you won’t need to push the call button because those nurses will be glued…

It wasn’t a deliberate decision, but somehow my mom’s infertility reversed itself in her 40's. My brother is 16 years younger than me. And this was in the era before fertility treatments/octomoms. It was a random occurrence that NOBODY believed. I was called a slut, trollop, you name it because everyone assumed it was …

One of my high school friends (I lost touch with him after college) was the nephew of one of the soccer players who was stranded in the Andes (from which the movie Alive was based) and had to eat dead people to survive. He said that his uncle was actually pretty mellow considering all that he’d been through but that…

When I was younger, I loved the idea of stickers on my car (everyone must know which bands I like!!) but I never put any on the paint. It was a strictly windows-only affair. I’ve noticed that, strangely, the more expensive the car and/or the more extreme the message, the more likely that a bumper sticker is to be…

I hope your “fried” was at the beach and not just in his own back yard.

“This is the shit that really concerns me when I’m singing along to John Newman.”

With concerts, I think it’s a “read the crowd” situation. I went to a concert over the summer for a punk rock band from the 70's/80's so most of the crowd was older and there was some sort of decision not to stand except while cheering - which was at the end of virtually every song. If you felt the need to stand up…

Same here, also in SoCal. It sometimes takes longer to use self checkout because the machines run slooooow on a dummy pace “did you forget anything in your basket? Did you? DID YOU?” and I almost always get one of those “unexpected item in the bagging area” alarms. Store employees hate these machines and hate the…

Re: Vibrating beds - I don’t think they exist anymore. The last one that I spotted in the wild was in 1995 at a no-name desert motel off Route 66 somewhere in the Utah area. It was the “magic fingers” brand and everything and we were so excited. It didn’t jiggle much at all (to be fair, it was probably 50 years old)…

Why would it be feminine/masculine to carry a bag at all? Especially since most diaper bags are patterned with, like, baby ducks or something it isn’t particularly “flattering” to anyone. It’s not like it’s meant to match your ensemble. It’s a utilitarian item.

When I rule the world, I will make it an FAA guideline that airplanes board and exit by row number. The needless “priority boarding” for status members is annoying as hell and the multiple muffled announcements over the shitty PA just confuse people more (“Am I Platinum? Well it’s my first flight ever and I’m seated…

I was thinking the same! I think we paid something in the $150 range, figuring that was “good enough” and I’ll admit that I don’t vacuum daily, but it’s lasted about 10 years of 2x/week vacuuming. Yeah, there’s a belt or something in there that needs replacement (it whines as loud as I do while it’s working) but it…

I was just commenting the same thing above. In my experience, pet insurance doesn’t cover what you need and in any case, you have to have cash-on-hand to pay before reimbursement. So why not just invest that money in savings? Pay it outright and be done with it?

After you compare rates, think about what you’re willing to pay and how much further it might go in a savings account, accruing interest. I have always had indoor cats and after their first year (vaccinations, neuter, etc.) they don’t need the vet much. And the first year stuff is so important that you can nearly…

My friend worked at a bank branch that was located very near a freeway on-ramp, so it was the “perfect” location for a robbery. She worked there for probably 5 or 6 years and dealt with dozens of robberies. Generally, they are low-key where someone passes a note or just says “give me all your money or I’ll shoot” - no…

I am YEARS late to this post, but for what it’s worth there is an excellent series of yoga and pilates videos that are made specifically for the “inflexible”. I also have chronic back problems (mild scoliosis, etc.) and the PT stuff helps only a little. But I’ve found that these videos are adaptive enough for even me,…

JetBlue used to run a video like this halfway through most of their flights and hand out little “in seat yoga” cards that would show you how to stretch without leaving your seat. It is actually really helpful but only if your seatmates are game. I’m pretty small and I don’t take up any space outside of my seat area,…