My practice when there’s a death in my community is to bring a shopping bag full of TP, paper towels paper plates, napkins.

* If a child is able to take out a toy she’s able to return it to its place. Period.

I’m always flabbergasted by the ruckus people cause when they cannot sit next to their adult companions. If your companion is a small child, fine. If it’s your spouse, get over yourself, Karen. I once saw a woman almost get ejected from the plane by the pilot, who had been cleared for the runway queue, while the…

My male partner doesn’t understand north, south, east, and west, either.

This is a big, fat, it depends situation. If I’m flying I can make do with a chef’s knife and cutting board. If I’m traveling by car, packing a carton with a few favorite tools, spices, good salt, oil, a pepper mill — definitely worth the trunk space.

Cranberries, orange zest, Chinese black vinegar. 

To your point, it flabbergasts me that people think the junk that’s been taking up their physical and psychic space, and providing no value in their lives, is “worth X” — usually close to what they paid for it. I’m always just happy to have it gone. If someone else can use it, I’m thrilled; it’s gift!

The earnings (interest, dividends, capital gains, etc. ) on your “Fidelity account” (a regular brokerage account) are taxable. The earning on a Roth IRA will never be taxed.

Ack! Yet another post about retirement savings that fails to mention IRS Rule 72(T).

Do these come off the stalk easily at the table or do you need to cut them off?

I now buy all my spices online or from local ethnic stores. Those teeny bottles at the regular grocery store? Fuggedaboudit!

Why? Because among folks who can’t afford to eat meat every day, mac and cheese is a celebratory food. Mac and cheese for Thanksgiving is an ethnic and regional phenomenon, and that’s “why”. 

Quick, readers! What’s your voicemail passcode!!??

Lenses are made of different materials and have many different coatings. All those factors go into how easy it is to accumulate scratches, and if and how you can remove scratches at home.

I just opened a box yesterday. No MSG on the label. 

I’m a generics user from way back, but Dawn dishwashing liquid. Best grease cutter easily available.

English vocabulary is rich but it seems to lack a word describing “the phenomenon of mispronouncing a word you’ve read but never heard.” I’ve searched; I cannot find such a word.

Please credit Strunk & White. This piece verges on plagiarism.

“I regular-dated you to the point where we had sex, but let me now drop the bombshell it was just to get into your pants regularly — no strings no commitments, no friends; only benefits. You’re good with that, right?”

First, as Parliamentarian of Crows says, it’s essential to understand resumes (excepting maybe for C-level positions) are initially read by machine. When applying include as many of the ad’s keywords as you truthfully can.