I think the Last Call articles have usually invited reader-generated content — they’ve generally had a leading question to start discussion because the free-for-all discussions rarely happened

Man, I think seeing The Takeout pivot toward reader-generated content is the thing that will finally drive me away from these godforsaken GMG sites. Between all the ads, the absolute disaster that the commenting system has been for the last year or so, etc., I’ve never seen a group of sites with more outward animosity…

It was one thing when the children of the athletes I watched when I was a kid started becoming pros, but I was a grown-ass adult when Patrick Surtain II’s dad was drafted. There’s NBA players out here who were born in 2002!

1984 RX7. I owned it in 2003/2004 and it was constantly in the shop...

I only have to snail mail something like twice a year and I can never seem to find a stamp despite seemingly buying a book of stamps every time I have to mail something. Put all the stamps in my stocking, please!

Bold of you to assume that my dinner is healthy...

Wash your sheets...

I have some concerns about his age, too. I’m sick and tired of people younger than me being infinitely more successful than I am...

I used dating apps for a few months following my divorce in 2017 and had an overall pretty good experience with them. It wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t the disaster that people often describe. I’m not on social media, but I have a very public job and a simple google search of my name and the city I live in turns up…

My first job out of college was as an AP for a talk radio network and we were have Dole in studio for an interview one day (if I remember correctly, this was shortly after Reagan’s death in 2004 and we were having him on to tell Reagan stories, but it’s been almost 20 years, so I could be mis-remembering the topic)…

lol...right.

I got a toilet seat once during a white elephant and it turned out to be a great present! Or at least one that got a lot more use than a typical $10 white elephant gift would...

Step 1: load the dishwasher with all the easy stuff: plates, glasses, bowls, etc., and wash them.

We make mason jar butter for Thanksgiving. About 15 minutes before dinner is served, someone fills a mason jar halfway with heavy cream and a bit of salt, then we pass it around and everyone takes a turn shaking it. By the time dinner is ready, we have fresh butter for the rolls.

If I’m trying to make someone think I’m fancy, I either buy the most expensive wine available at Grocery Outlet, or the median-priced wine at Trader Joe’s. If I’m not worrying about being fancy, I buy whatever wine has the coolest label among the <$10 options at Trader Joe’s.

I don’t even remember that at the end, so apparently “enjoyable” is not the same as “memorable” for me...haha.

I’ve always had a soft spot for ridiculous disaster movies (Day After Tomorrow and 2012 in particular) and stoner comedies (Half Baked, Dude Where’s My Car, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle). I know they aren’t “good” movies, but I like them, and not in an ironic “so bad they’re good” sense. I don’t think being…

I keep trying carbonated waters and I keep being underwhelmed and disappointed. They usually taste very chemically or saccharine and syrupy. So far my favorite and the one I get most often is Topo Chico lime. Close second is Spindrift raspberry lime. I have never had a La Croix that was palatable.

He has a point. When I gave my 5-year-old internet access and let them create a Twitter account and use it without supervision I never suspected they might encounter such horrible content! The internet should be a safe space for children!

A couple weeks ago a large FedEx package showed up on my porch. The address was mine, but the name wasn’t mine or either of the two previous tenants. Being the good citizen that I am, I called the delivery company and explained the mishap, which took far longer than is reasonable: they couldn’t seem to understand that…