Re: White cheese story. The author has admirable restraint.

I do ask servers about the way the food is made. Because some places make claims that they don’t back up. Like the “all homemade” diner that serves corned beef hash or soup out of a can. And most servers I’ve encountered are quite gracious in letting me know what’s what. Now, folks behind a counter, like in a Subway,…

There was one “mesquite barbecue” entree, and the wife says to him “OH, mesquite! That keeps the mosquitoes away.”

Victoria has a rather famous sister, who at one time went by the name Tanya, and who now knows the penalty for wearing white after Labor Day is death.

Exactly!

THIS!

No, I think that is Cher. No one can throw a shoulder/elbow/hip quite like that. And I think that is the Bob Mackie dress that she’s talked about where they would add sequins, remove sequins, and just overall make it whatever magic they could afford on $5 because CBS didn’t have any money for the Sonny & Cher Show.…

Did you mean “’stationary’ and ‘stationery’”?

I have this question, too.

Literally?

I literally want some borscht right now. With a nice dollop of sour cream on top. Literally. Want. Some.

I was wondering if that might be the case.

I kept waiting to see the word Landmark because that is a company culture straight out of Landmark/Forum/EST.

In my last job (lo, many years ago), the company moved to a new home office in which they installed a “Sonic ice” machine. I don’t know if they still do (I left to go my own way), but there was a time when this was mentioned explicitly in job interviews for prospective employees. You know: “Up to 5% matching on your…

Thank you! And stear clear of the tinned salmon.

Yes! I’d invest in that!

This is an awesome confession. .. from a distance! ;-)

Most stores sell bags of it!

It’s the second upsell that bothers. And, it obviously works.

So glad you got it!