Tipping related question: what if the server comps a round of drinks or brings an appetizer on the house? Generally I figure out the what the total would have been if the items weren’t comped and tip at least 20% from there. This usually happens at restaurants I go to regularly. I feel relatively comfortable with my…

Same. 20% is the baseline because tbh the math is easier.

Okay, FINE, I’ll try it. You (and the half stick of butter) convinced me.

I usually pick Asahi over Sapporo. And while I love drinking craft beers, if I’m eating something rich or spicy, oh give me all the lagers.

Neil Diamond’s voice is like a velvet blanket to keep you warm on a lonely night.

a cold Asahi is a great hot weather beer to pair with an oniony sandwich

That’s great. I hope more places start doing this.

Give me all the furikake + mochi crunch (arare) popcorn. They sell ready to mix seasoning packets at the movies. I like to throw in li hing mui sour gummi apples too because I need to cover all my junk food snack bases.

my mother became busy with grad school

This is my netflix list.

Yeah, I used to have longhand notes of books, but I would either forget them, or forget to update it.

But the best part of sending snail mail is the recipient trying to decipher my handwriting and wondering what the garbled message even means!

That is absolutely sweet your daughter has a pen pal. I loved having pen pals growing up.

Automatic for the People is truly a beautiful album.

Korean Fried Chicken is fucking awesome.

But the lengua tacos are the best!

All the haters can SHUT IT because Azuki the Hedgehog is a very good round boy and demonstrates that food can indeed (mostly) overcome grumpiness.

Found this at Costco, $11.50 for an 8 pack. It was pretty good! Not too salty with a nice creaminess. Dressed it up with green onion, pickled ginger, some char siu from the supermarket deli, and a shoyu egg. Looked impressive for a super easy dinner.

Please eat your pizza bones* or pizza krampus will come for you.