My rice cooker changed my life. The most frustrating part is that I’m fantastic at cooking most anything but I’ve screwed up rice on the stovetop more that anything else in my entire life. First knuckle method has never worked for me :(

That’s basically how the vote got split and we were stuck with gross Harper in a majority government in Canada and the damage he was able to do with that power was quite distressing. What is with humans unable to learn from past mistakes?

At 9 years old in 1993, Celine was my first ‘real’ concert. Nine years old, watching Beauty and the Beast weekly. And I fucking got to see her sing that song. I’m so, so happy that she’s still got it - even though I didn’t understand what ‘it’ was when I saw her - I knew it was a night I’ll always be grateful for.

As someone who’s son was stillborn, people who don’t give their children the best medical treatment possible enrages me to a point I didn’t realize I could reach. You’re lucky enough to have a child that’s alive and you chose to ignore all the medical knowledge that’s out there? If you didn’t get medical training, you…

Heart still puts on a pretty sweet show, as PhyllisNefler already mentioned. It’s often a surprise which Zeppelin tune they’ll cover as a bonus treat and the one I saw near blew the pants right off me. Anne Wilson’s pipes could put Plant to shame.

I had no idea the need for prosthetics meant you were incapable of murder. Glad I learned something new today.

It does, a little. I’m finding that if the offending artist is at least repentant (i.e., John Lennon - Getting Better) things aren’t quite as ruined. I sincerely hope his band-mates are awesome enough to counter his garbage.

Damnit. I just stumbled across Eagles of Death Metal’s music on some random streaming playlist the other day, and I really enjoyed it. Separating the art from the artist is tough, at least for me :(

I can’t help but wonder what that would do to the fine balance of micro flora in the longer term besides ridiculous pain of the short term. I’d rather be surprised with a punch than that - which I feel says something about this particular prank (which I really do feel was staged and hope every vagina owning human…

Does stating the obvious like that make you feel good, or just superior?

Just because the outcomes are predetermined doesn’t mean wrestlers aren’t real people and we can’t cheer them when they do well or mourn them when they’re gone. Do you watch action movies?

I feel so-called ‘good’ country is the “story songs”. Midnight in Montgomery, Fancy, Thunder Rolls, Independence Day being some of the best of the 90's. But to make things easier, I just tell people I don’t like country but there’s a special place in my heart for some of it, for sure. The current stuff on the radio…

Then what happens if the husband takes on a second wife who already has a daughter (in some cases only to bring said daughter into his fold)? That daughter should still be able to live with her mother. And this is where things get murky and the abuse happens, all under the guise of religious freedom. Tricky.

From what I’ve looked in to, part of the problem is that a lot of these polygamous situations in Utah actually do result in cases just like Jeffs’. It provides a legal loophole to take on underage ‘brides’ - which are essentially living in the house under the pretense of being help to the family, meanwhile being…

We have a municipal compost program so I always use a flyer or sheet of newspaper to catch my scraps and toss the whole thing in the bin when I’m done. Easiest thing ever! I assume an old flyer would would still be pretty easy compared to using a sheet pan even if you just toss it in the garbage?

Hey fellow Canuck, my employer too! My pregnancy ended in tragedy and I was given 4 months off for recovery - 3 of which was still considered ‘maternity’. I can’t imagine the same scenario in a country where I’d be told after my 2 weeks of vacation (if I’m lucky) were used up to get back to work after going through…

Every summer I would take out as many Dahl books from the library as I could and re-read them all. I also made some of my own marvelous medicine, and would try to sing the songs from James and the Giant Peach while lying in the field by my house. I don’t often miss my youth (being an adult is pretty rad when you get…

I’m still wondering if I should feel bad for wondering if he would have been an interesting case study on the effects of crack smoking on cancer. Is the possible “badness” of my curiosity negated by truly feeling for his family during a difficult time? Ultimately, I think we’re all not very good at navigating the…

As I was reading this article, I was hoping this would be posted. Thank you :)

People pay $$ to watch action movies, which are actors (and often their doubles) fake fighting choreographed moves to further plot lines and entertain. Same as professional wrestling, except it’s live and no one gets to yell “cut”.