My Asian mother who orders hot water with every meal would just die ;-).

Ha, my much lamer musubi memory is picking them up at the Grab & Go (a Japanese convenience store) right over one of the entrances to the West 4th subway stop in NYC. It’s the train I’d take home from an exercise class I used to go to after work and that would be the perfect snack to tide me over before going home and…

I think it sounds kind of like inheriting a massive amount of money. Having to go to work every day to keep a roof over your head gives you purpose, and just being able to do anything you like, whenever you like, without any fear of consequences is trouble. There’s a reason why people born rich often end up…

Yep, and then there’s the techbro CEO types that don’t even HAVE the traditional credentials and were just able to talk a VC into giving them money based on having a cool haircut or something - while meanwhile female entrepreneurs seeking the same support are either ignored or, god forbid, sexually harassed/assaulted.

It’s the latter. I went to an Ivy league school and have a graduate degree and a well-paying professional job. I do feel that as a woman I needed to be smarter to get where I am than guys that I meet with comparable backgrounds, and I’ve found that I typically am smarter than the guys I’ve run across from a dating…

Yeah, not me. I have NEVER dated a guy who is smarter than me. To be fair, I have tended to pick guys more based on looks than perhaps I should have, but in my experience tons of straight guys, no matter how good their education/job/etc. are not really all that smart, due in part to getting tons of breaks that women…

He does put half and half and sugar in it at least, but I think the main attraction for him is that he can make a cup of coffee in 30 seconds this way (being Asian, my family keeps a hot water dispenser going on the counter at all times). My dad is a sweet man but no one would describe him as a gourmet!

I don’t watch Vanderpump Rules but was curious about how they’re handing a transition that has been hella awkward on a show I do watch, Southern Charm. After a certain point you have to acknowledge that people you’ve been following for the better part of a decade have experienced life changes, and that if they’re…

I just saw this monstrosity, and the sizing gets even more off when it comes to objects. Like, how are dice so large in comparison to spoons??? How can Victoria wear a watch around her neck and a ring around her arm??? Plus why do some of the cats wear shoes, some have hairy feet, some have regular human feet and in…

I know nothing about the Bachelor but am a party food expert. Those fried rollup things are definitely pigs in a blanket. Now I am sad I ate all the frozen Costco ones left over from my last party ;-).

I literally just got back from a trip to Kuala Lumpur and ate several meals on the Asian airline (Southern China Air) I flew in both directions. And this is just the worst possible idea. There are tons and tons of choices for cheap, delicious Asian food everywhere in KL, from carts, hawker stalls and mall food courts…

I have to think that she looked into this - she did say she plucked the hairs, and there isn’t much hair there in the photo. But regardless of the hair issue, the skin is clearly not a match for the surrounding skin in both color and texture. If you watch the episode you’ll see she ended up with a faint line that’s a…

To be fair, they DO reject one person every episode, sometimes because the person is clearly suffering from body dismorphia but sometimes because they state can’t help them. That’s not something they had to do and while there’s certainly a lot of glossing over (patients rarely talk about pain or a difficult recovery…

The right approach varies significantly based on the kind of cereal you like though. People who prefer granola-type cereals (or, god forbid, Grape Nuts) don’t have to worry so much about them getting soggy and don’t need to rush; meanwhile cornflakes kind of turn into wet newspaper if you let them sit too long so I…

My father drinks INSTANT coffee every morning - his own special blend of a mix of decaf and caff, typically Maxwell House/Folger’s depending on what’s on sale. He still talks about a coffee brand called “Two Guys” he once drank in the 1970s which he describes as the worst he’s ever had. If it was bad enough to…

I appreciate that this discussion is staying relatively civil, but I also think you’re not understanding what I am saying. I clearly agree that white people are at fault for Trump and said that. I also said that what matters is getting people who vote blue to get to the polls regardless of their race - but noted that…

It concerns me that when we focus on assigning blame to white voters, we also end up saying that minority voters don’t matter. And the reality is that they really can make a difference. Here’s a detailed analysis of swing states by the Center for American Progress (a liberal organization): https://www.americanprogress…

Ugh, so awful and so true. It makes me think of all those signs saying “ove Trumps Hate” you’d see at protests - sadly it’s a statement that has never been true.

Posted elsewhere but basically the issue is not large numbers of minority voters going for trump but rather their not voting for Clinton (whether that means voting for a third party or not voting at all). And it does seem to have made an impact: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-div…

There’s some truth to this, although it’s not really about minorities who voted for Trump - it’s more about minorities who didn’t vote for Clinton. According to Pew Research (a reputable, non-partisan organization) Trump got around the same share of whites as Romney did - yet unlike Romney he won because Clinton got a…