Wikipedia claims “Diet Coke from fountain dispensers still contains some saccharin to extend shelf life.” (the source is behind a paywall and I can’t be bothered to find a workaround as I do recall learning this before). This is why if you’re a fan of the cans, you feel like the stuff in the fountain tastes weird (in…

Maybe just assault?

I had to double check if it was Evil Week!

Pretty sure skip tracing is something else entirely.  :D

As a colon cancer survivor (almost 20 years now), I have had a lot of colonoscopies. There are several different laxative options out there - but most doctors only offer the one that they think is “best.” If you know you loathe the taste of one (I’m looking at you, magnesium citrate) then ask about other options. Some…

I wish I lived close enough to buy my next car from this dealership. Yes, this gives their PR a boost, but there’s no reason that you can’t be kind and have it work well for you too. Honestly, I’m shocked more companies don’t do this, as good customer service (even to a non-customer) will get them both new and repeat…

Also, if you replace the cream with sweetened condensed milk, you can call it fudge.

Swirling creamy peanut butter through it can cut the “ah, my teeth are melting” that you sometimes get from the sweetness of the chocolate. Plus it gives you the salty/umami thing, without grains of “why is my chocolate crunchy?” salt.

Thank you. I was wondering if I was going nuts. The fact that you don’t need a drywall anchor if you’re nailing (or whatever) into wood is why, for anything heavy on a drywall wall, you try to find a stud to nail or drill into. Putting an anchor like that into a plaster wall is a great way to wind up with plaster…

I typed my papers in elementary school on an old typewriter, the kind that didn’t take a white out cartridge. It did not teach me to “accept, embrace, honor and not be afraid of mistakes” rather it taught me that once made, mistakes are impossible to undo.  I was so jealous of people with home computers, who could…

I have found that Diet coke is the perfect accompaniment to anything fattening, and thus I have consumed a lot of it post-COVID.

I find it amusing that there’s a typo in the transcript of an article about writing (you’re not supposed to edit as you go in NaNoWriMo, right?). “So I think you’re writing community is really important,...”

Did you mean to leave her book titles blank?

I believe you’re missing a word? “Cops in the state are more likely to Black drivers.”

Right now yoga pants are normal attire for me?  But I’m still distancing, and they’re comfy and my ugly leggings are the wash.  And I am certain mine cost a fraction of what hers retail for.

As someone who once made the mistake: beware of putting furniture with metal frames in your pool (and it’s tempting, because they’re the heaviest!). They may do damage to the pool liner, causing it to bubble and eventually need replacing.

If it’s so easy and soothing, you should do it yourself.  You’ve earned it!  :)

Exactly. I also doubt that vinegar, rinsed off, followed by baking powder, rinsed off, is going to do a better job cleaning than the dose of Cascade or whatever detergent turns your crank. And wouldn’t washing lemon peel just cause bits of it to clog up your nice and clean filter (or deposit themselves on your…

I’m in the same boat. And this is just one more weight on the “oh hell no” side. I’ve definitely decided we are not returning in September. If someone else wants to send their kids to be guinea pigs and discover what works and what (gulp!) doesn’t to keep them safe, that’s on them, I guess. But I think I’ll wait and…

There’s something strange about their Fire numbers - they jump from nearly 60k back down to 30k in the last week of June?