No joke, last night I open my grill to cook some asada and a huge rat was under the grill! I never screamed that high in my life! I don’t live in a dense city either, suburbs in Orange County! First the Rona and now the rats have come to take over! 2020 is stressful 

Also I can tell this is written by someone who’s never actually eaten egg and soldiers. Egg cups arent whimsical or an anachronism. You physically cant dip the toast in the egg if nothing is holding the thing in place. Cutting it in half and sticking it on a plate would lead to it getting cold too fast and congealing.…

My understanding is that the non medical masks are 1) not for protecting ourselves but to protect others if we are asymptomatic and 2) an extra layer of protection when distance is hard to keep like when we are going out to do essential things like grocery shopping, picking up prescriptions, etc etc. I live in a…

As a small business owner that likely won’t be a small business owner when this is said and done, I agree. You’re right. You shouldn’t have to spend what little extra money you have trying to keep us afloat, and I don’t expect my customers to do that for me.
If people want to sew masks, more power to them. I’m just…

Seems like a great idea to me. Everyone likes to feel useful, and many children feel very frightened and powerless right now (not just children feel this way, of course). If I brought home a couple of chicks and told my daughter to care for them so we could have fresh eggs AND this would help keep people safe from the…

The mask I am currently wearing (at work, in a hospital, non-patient care) was sewn by my uncle. Rare, I know. The additional ones I ordered from etsy seem to be women quilters shifting their business. 

Sewing is a hobby, and luckily I had a great stash of cotton/elastic as well as free kits from a local fabric store, so I’ve done about 25 masks so far. My secret, shameful thought though is.... does anyone actually want these?

I’ve donated most of them to healthcare workers, and give away the rest to friends, and have…

Annually, U.S. hospitals alone used 2 BILLION N95 masks, all made using supply chains initiated in China.

The general consensus seems to be shifing.

This.

I got angry at a friend earlier this week who was trying to shame a person for charging $20 for the masks that they were sewing with custom fabric that they had designed (originally for a different purpose). I tried to make the point that it is not the responsibility of those of us with a passing understanding…

“It should have never come to this,” Michele Hoaglund told the Times. “We’re doing what the federal government should be doing.”

My mom sewed masks for my husband and me. When she asked if I wanted to come in and get them or if she should just leave them in the mailbox I started crying because I finally had to put into words how scared I am for her. I’m wishing your mother lots of health and energy through this stressful period. I’m grateful…

You get that sour dough starter is just wild caught yeast?

John can show you how

I want that pound cake so. bad.
#deepthoughts
#oohthatsoundsdirty

Hazel, you are really a mad genius.

I’m pretty tired of people shitting on how other people spend their time right now. “Oh, suddenly everyone’s a jogger!” “STFU about your sourdough starter!” “Who knew so many people were into knitting [eyeroll].” Lather, rinse, repeat. People have the ability to indulge their hobbies, workout routines, or start…

I think you’re correct that it was someone she knows.

The thing with #notallmen that makes me crazy is we know it’s not all men. And if you want to acknowledge that it’s not all men, the appropriate way to respond when finding out about something like this is that it’s horrific and abnormal, not defend someone.

I don’t think all drugs render one unconscious. I took two Adavan before a stressful gynecological appointment some years back at the advice of my GP. While I remember every minute of the appointment, after I left several hours are completely wiped from my memory although my friend was with me and said I was quite…

I had the same question, but reading her full piece it occurred to me that the assailant could be somebody she knew, so leaving with that person wouldn’t necessarily raise red flags.