Perhaps the writer is a furry?

- Marraige is a constant battle for the moral high ground.

Almost 33 years here. (I was a teen bride!) This year has suuuuucccccckkkked big time with parents being ill, me traveling with my mother back and forth across three states for cancer treatments and losing both of them within six weeks of one another. So we missed our anniversary in a haze of airline drop-offs and…

I think Ireland will be fine. They have a perfect climate for pasture raising dairy cattle.

Odd comparison. Most of the US is damn near empty.

Oh goddamn it... it is.

Oh crap—is Irish butter included in these stupid EU tariffs?

Soup? https://www.koreanbapsang.com/kimchi-jjigae-kimchi-stew/  Not that extra firm wouldn’t work, but since you’re just heating the tofu up in the broth, the texture is probably better with a soft tofu.  

I’m going to assume you are 12 and didn’t live in a time when smoking was everywhere.

You’re misinterpreting the statutes in question

If the patio is part of the restaurant, and that jurisdiction prohibits smoking in restaurants, said law also prohibits smoking on the patio. The fact that it’s outside is immaterial 

For the same reason the law regulates lots of unhealthy activities 

There’s an easy solution for this that most places ignore: Just let the restaurant make their own policy and have them post signs indicating what it is.

People are literally working on the patio. The patio is part of the workplace, even though it’s not inside.

Because people work in these businesses that do not get to vote with there business and a bartender or waitress should not have to inhale secondhand smoke all night because the owner of their establishments are greedy for that smoker money. 

I think the argument is the patio is a public place. It is also a place of employment, as Salty and her brethren are literally working.

The mere mention of tofu gets a violent reaction from some folks.

Stabbing them with a knife is probably overkill, but you have a fork.

Learn something new. Me, I prefer to pan fry it (the harder cheese tofu) with a touch of Gochujang, a dab of sesame oil and some scallions.

Dear Sarah,

Even the squeeze bottle kinds are pretty damn thick. Gochujang is more closely related to shit like Miso than it is general hot sauce. And its as much an ingredient as it is a condiment. Actual Korean recipes I’ve used seldom just squirt it on as is, even when its a condiment its more a base. So I think mixing it with…