I worked in an Italian restaurant for a while; made our own dough, our own pasta, all our own sauces, etc. It made me into a pizza and pasta snob, but I'll still eat a chain pizza. It's like McD, is it a burger, yes, is it a good burger, obviously not. You just have to set your expectations before.

ive had eggs last for nearly 2 months. the best way to test if you're not sure is to fill a glass with water and drop an egg in: because egg shells are actually porous, they release gas as they age, if it floats, don't use it. it's the same reason you get that dimple in hard boiled eggs if they aren't very fresh.

we’re doing everything we can at our restaurant; pickups are placed on a table about 12ft from the bar, customers coming in to order to-go have a table barrier from the bar, staff is only 4 ppl on the weekend, 2 on weekdays; but that doesn’t necessarily make me feel any better.

you can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning

I don’t really drink much milk, let alone chocolate milk, but I picked up a little whisk with a one inch head from the Asian grocery store awhile ago that would be perfect.

actually, not sure if we can file together as we’re aren’t legally married, we just call ourselves spouses because we’ve been together for 14 yrs and plan to get married. that got put on hold cause we bought a necessary 10k roof about 6 months before the date we had planned...

my wife already did her 2019 taxes, I haven’t yet. I qualify either way 2018 or 2019, she would have in 2018 but not 2019, and we would both qualify if filing together, but we still file individually...

note to self, buy stock in ThermoWorks this morning 

Maybe because the majority of my travel in the past has been international, I always just bring my passport. I have my RealID license now, but I just feel like my passport is easier.

Also highly recommend Crash Course on YouTube, or Khan Academy, or Brilliant, or any educational online service that is entertaining since I’m sure public school teachers are struggling to adapt to this paradigm.

I don’t have kids, but my wife and I are at home all day (she can telework, but I can’t) so we’re getting stuff done around the house.

When I was at the grocery store yesterday, cheaper beef, chicken, and pork were cleared out, but that left all the things I love; they had oxtail, marrow bones, bone in lamb stew meat, veal chops, whole brisket, baby back pork ribs. I didn’t splurge on any of it because we’re not trying to be crazy, but I definitely…

yeah, I don’t get it, didn’t even know people do this. I turn my laundry right-side out and zip zippers and button buttons, but otherwise, I just put that stuff in the wash.

I’ve some champagne pork liver pate that I got before all this, but now it’s time to bust it out (and the wife doesn’t want any, so it's all for me)

“...and on the worst days, when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tons, I sleep with my passport, one eye on the back door, so I can always run. I could get up, shower and in half an hour be gone. And come morning, I am disappeared, just an imprint on the bed sheets...” - Frank Turner

i didn't do the math on that recommendation, and don't know if the recommendation has changed since I was taught, but my decades of regular CPR training taught 1:10 bleach to water, which makes it much easier to make any amount you need

If the healthcare industry could unanimously decide to offer this service free by themselves, then no, we wouldn’t need a bill. But they won’t.

Also if you can rule out an eating disorder, don’t fat shame OR skinny shame. The amount of times I was told growing up “you’re too skinny, you need to eat a burger”. And my wife says she always got “should you really be eating that?”

its great for preserving fruits that oxidize easily if you need to prep them ahead. Just like mom used to put lemon juice on cut apples for school lunch, this works the same (disolved in water) without making your apples taste like lemon.

This one was easy for me and happened many years ago just because I hate the feeling on a palm on my face. My wife had to learn to just not touch my face, too, even before all this because it just makes me cringe.