When I was a kid, seeing a leech swimming in the lake was always simultaneously thrilling and terrifying. I had no idea they make cocoons!

AGREED. I was a sickly kid who was constantly on various liquid meds and cough syrups, and to this day I cannot stand anything cherry or grape flavored. Just tastes like medicine to me.

I always wear dishwashing gloves so I can get the water really really hot. Makes a big difference on grease.

One of my faves is unsalted butter, cheese powder, and chili powder.

I wasn’t very enthused about Olympic hockey without NHL players but Butler plays for my local team so now I’m interested in what happens again, I guess. (Though I think the US Men’s team will probably get slaughtered.)

This is part of the reason why I — long-time fan fiction reader and writer, and archive founder—have stepped away from all of it for now. I’m not closing the door completely but for the last year or so have not been interested in fandom at all. It makes me feel old and tired, and I guess I’m just too reasonable to fit…

As a fellow Midwesterner let me tell you that the introduction of French’s fried jalapeños has revolutionized my hot dish cookery.

I consider frozen pizza its own category of pizza and do not judge it in relation to other kinds of pizza. I enjoy it for what it is.

We get that once in a while and put extra cheese on it because we are from Wisconsin.

I saw that at Target and didn’t buy it. Now I wish I had.

I’ve been a subscriber since back when it was just one city (Chicago) and since a subscription gives you access to all cities it just keeps increasing in value. And as a hockey fan it’s really been a godsend—I can read about multiple teams all on one site, with no ads.

Well you can’t say they didn’t unify Packers fans. So far the ones I know are unified in being “disappointed” and “betrayed” and “enraged” and “disgusted.” So much winning!

So true. I wash mine after every wear. Maybe if I wear them for just a few hours I can get away with a second go before having to wash them back into shape. Otherwise nope.

I use a bit of apple cider vinegar. Like the way the flavor works w the carrots and celery.

I don’t have children but this article drew my interest and a few laughs because I was recently forced to move back in with my parents due to Unfortunate Life Events and my mother and step-dad (ages 65 and 74) aren’t shy at all about nudity and bathroom use and it’s quite harrowing. I guess in this house the answer is…

Exactly. I get an extra 2.5 hours a week on my check by eating at my desk.

DENTAL PLAN.

I am at that age where I went to everyone’s weddings and now I’m being invited to their second weddings or their kids’ weddings and nope sorry I am DONE.

When my demoted-to-period-and-workout underwear finally get too sad even for that I take them with me when I travel and toss them instead of bringing them home.

All I could focus on was the fact that with his shorts all scrunched up like that it looked like he was wearing a diaper.