I delivered pizza in high school and into college. You’re 100% correct. I would take up more shifts when the weather was awful. You usually do receive a better tip.

Last summer, I hiked for a week in Utah’s High Uinta’s wilderness area with a group of scouts and their leaders. I was shocked at how frequently these guys advocated drinking straight from some of the water sources. Thankfully, most of the nasty bugs like giardia and cryptosporidium average 7 days gestation. I’d hate…

Really Beth?

Why not let nature do what it does best, weed out the unnecessary.

Not like they’re all going to drop dead.

A little diarrhea here and there, some ironic dehydration, maybe a few thousand in hospital bills, it’s the great equalizer of the rift between us and them.

Done this many times, have been called a dipshit many times as well.

can confirm. Am dipshit and will try this sunday.

if you’re in outlook and composing a new email, go to the options tab on the ribbon, and choose “delivery delay.” You can set a “do not deliver before” and schedule delivery.

This is the worst job application I’ve ever received.

This goose was my muse. I ate my muse.

I know right, the nerve of someone using the creative process (and research) to work through and formulate her thoughts on a subject that directly impacts her and millions of people her age.

Best thing I spent my money on: finally paying off my student loans. I get to go into 2018 debt free. Honorable mention: maxing out retirement.

Same but not the building burning part. I happen to have a very nice coffee mug I leave there.

Claire Claire, I usually find your articles interesting .. but you crossed the Line .. Panetone ... wonderful stuff the food of angels .. sipping an Asti Spumante it is the way to open Christmas Presents. A gentle indulgence before the “oink Fest” of Christmas Dinner.. What’s next ... a put down of roast chestnuts ...…

I can also redline the engine in my car. Normally it runs about 1500 rpm, so pushing it to 6000 rpm all the time should net me 400% more performance than the sucker in the next lane.

Just remember that unless you’re already a rich asshole, all your hard work is only going to amount to making a rich asshole slightly richer.

Gentlefolk sounds silly but I use “friends.” Even if they’re not actually my friends.

Get to the Mexican and Asian sections of town for authentic restaurants. If you can’t read any signs, the food is going to be awesome.

As a person who has had to teach numerous newborn foals where the milk is, horses most certainly do have udders.

Why is that, MISTER? EDucate yourself on why it works.

I gave up bouillon and soup bases the day I realized chicken feet are cheap as hell, packed with collagen (and precursors of same), and not just a bunch of salt and turmeric/yellow #5.

"More than once (in the past month) I've been the guy waiting outside the Taco Bell entrance for an employee to unlock the doors at 9:30 a.m."
Fucking hell mate, and we're supposed to take eating advice off you?!