My mother -in-law bought me a santa suit and wanted me to wear it and hand out presents Christmas morning.

do with this scouts all the time.

yeah, i hit the spacebar twice.  whatever.   

We took our, at the time, 6th month old to an appointment of a for sale by owner home. and when the grandmother who was selling the place asked if she could hold him, why yes, yes you can. offer accepted the next day. out of about 20 or so.

Do you keep a knife in the brownie pan or get a fresh one after each use?

those are wadcutters. they designed for target shooting and make a nice clean hole in paper so you can see how you’re doing.

i do that all the time.

same. i can do almost anything on the grill. but can’t do a decent burger. you’d think it would be 101 stuff. but no. either too dry, or undercooked. fail after fail.

Been doing this for about a year. It’s very noticeable how improved any dish is. Also, it’s simple enough that your kids can do it.  just don’t forget the rinse.  did that once.  yeah.

For Christmas a few years ago my wife got me a weber summit. it’s a weber kettle that take a lot of the guess work out of smoking. it’s pricey. but if i had to save 1 thing, i’m strapping it to the car as we flee.

Just show up. I wouldn’t have thought you could distill it down to that, but here we are.

“This has always been a method of pushback from the powerful who think that equality means owning all of the pie”

And don’t use it to backfeed your house. You might kill a utility worker.

use the side of your chefs knife.  i do this routinely. 

I thought bowling was synonymous for “pitchers of cheap light lager.” 

Any ideas on what I can do with the dependent care FSA that’s sitting there? I was able to cut off new contributions and pay for a few things from Jan - March. But the after-school care that it was offsetting isn’t a thing right now.

“The whole reason we’re talking about this is because Elliot changed his name.”

I would his former name on first reference, as it’s the entire point of the story.

I was taught in j-school to write for clarity and that if an activist group tried to police your language, to throw their tips in the trash. you can’t cover this story without using the both names. otherwise there is no story.

I’m not sure this counts, but ..