To be fair, the stuff in the deli is pink and it is fully cooked. Also, I’m a Jewish vegetarian so my knowledge of ham is limited to what shows up in food blogs I follow. 

Shoot some flaming arrows at his body, then. 

Of course it didn’t apply to him. He just wanted to come it and tell them that their entire culture is wrong and he would “fix” them. Who wouldn’t love that? 

Yes, the shock at not being welcomed with open arms by merely showing up in a place it is illegal to go because the people want to be left alone? That is some serious privilege. 

Yup. I know people who went deep into a few varieties of religious fundamentalism and came from vaguely religious or agnostic families who were of the “live and let live” persuasion. For someone who wants a cause to fight for, a close sense of belonging, or belief that there is a clear order to everything in the…

My grandmother always insisted on hosting Thanksgiving despite hating cooking and refusing to let anyone help in the kitchen. The year she “discovered” Stove Top and instant mashed potatoes, we thought we’d finally have as nice a meal as was going to happen in this family. Except the turkey just wouldn’t cook through…

Can I join you? I don’t like pie and I love cheesecake. Really, it’s pie crusts that I don’t like but people look at me like I’m a monster for only eating the filling. These are the same people who didn’t want to have any form of any potato at Thanksgiving. 

If anyone else thought that the “Taffy Apple Salad” was made up, it is actuall a real thing too: https://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipe/156638/easy-taffy-apple-salad

Honestly, I’d be pretty excited. Current ecoli outbreak aside, I’m trying to eat more salad so a really good dressing would be useful.

We used to hand out home made plum hooch, also poured into old wine bottles and handed out to neighbors. It made us popular despite not participating in most of the rest of our small town’s events.

Yup. It is also called bobtail. You know in ‘Jingle Bells’ where they sing, “Bells on bob tails ring...” That’s what they’re singing about. Originally, this was done on horses who were pulling things to keep their tail from getting tangled in lines. Also, some breeds have proportionally shorter tailbones than others. 

Is this going to be a self-published venture or is someone else incredibly stupid going to do this? Not only does this continue to make Samantha look pathetic and desperate for attention, but England’s libel laws are the stuff of legend. In the US, there’s leeway under “public figure” exceptions, but in England you…

She’ll just make shit up. She doesn’t need reality.

In national studies, prenatal care wasn’t a factor. Nor were education or wealth. This is not to say that access to quality prenatal care needs to improve, but the causes of death related to problems that arose during or immediately after labor. 

They can see Russia from their houses, so Uncle Putin’s turn to call in the military. They’ve already been buying up land for military installations along the border. 

I’ve heard it described as “the racial bribe” which I found to be apt because it only benefits the entity offering the bribe (white supremacy). The offer is “buy into the idea that certain groups are intrinsically lesser and we’ll let you kinda hang out near us.” The ones taking the bribe don’t seem to get that it…

The standing to sue when doing work as a government employee generally shields one from being sued for that work. Suing the yogurt shop for their intentional infliction of emotional distress and general racist assholery, shouldn’t generally get precluded from that. Granted, WA might have their own laws but government…

I’ve been afraid to wear a strapless for like a decade due to disasters with VS straplesses, but maybe it is time to try.

Autonomous machines are still horrible at sewing.

Had a similar experience. The salesperson just looked at me, she didn’t measure me. She just declared that the size I was wearing (38C) but uncomfortable in was actually correct. She then returned to her texting.