And then touching the object isn’t itself enough, you need to introduce those particles into your own body through your eyes/nose/mouth. This is why I’m not sweating touching surfaces but just maintaining social distance as much as humanly possible and using hand sanitizer/washing my hands frequently, including the…

The thing is, detectable levels of virus don’t correspond to easily transmissable levels of virus. Whenever a package is contaminated with fomites, a clock starts running. The virus is typically going to decay quickly for the first few hours, and different temperatures/humidity levels etc. can accelerate that further.

The cousins were basically killer androids! It’s interesting because there are plenty of low-level drug dealers who are shown as highly sympathetic (Nacho, for one) but the Salamancas just seem to be sadistic bullies.

People who are rich enough can live behind gated communities and hire security. It’s certainly not right that they wouldn’t care about anyone else, but being selfish is part of the human condition and I’m not surprised that many (although not all) of them vote to strip away safety nets. What surprises me is when the…

That’s not really true. The mortgage payment freeze only applies where people have lost work (part time qualifies in addition to full time), doesn’t apply to commercial properties AND is just “guidance” in any event. The typical landlord that owns an apartment building would certainly not qualify. https://therealdeal.c…

Is this really just about the wealthy though? How many lower-income and downright poor people voted for Trump and ignore progressive voices like Elizabeth Warren. Absolutely the deck is stacked against the poor in this country but they’ve made it even less of a fight than they could have by voting against their own…

This is what Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are about though: People are not all good or all bad. (Well, with the possible exception of the Salamancas who seem to be pretty much all bad). Kim is flawed, just like most of the people you know. Part of her craves security and mainstream respect after her chaotic…

The thing is though, for Kim calling off Jimmy and apologizing to Rich was GETTING INTO THE CAR. It wasn’t what she thought was the right thing to do or even what she wanted to do, but a choice she made to just get along. She asked Jimmy to help her in the first place and doubled down even when he advised her against…

But. . . Des Moines at least isn’t getting pronounced right. I once worked in an office with someone from France and she had to help me book a trip there. (Beautiful town btw, I loved the library!) “Des” is pronounced pretty much the same by the French but she pronounced “Moines” more like “mwan” as compared to…

I know someone who just got back from a trip to Japan last weekend. He said that from his perspective everything seemed normal, there were people out and about, nothing was closed and flights both ways were busy. Who knows what might happen in a few weeks though, and a couple of days after he came back our company…

These poor women look like someone threw them into a Goodwill, shut the lights off and gave them 10 minutes to get dressed for the day.

HAHAHAHA - I envy your having agita over your mother voting for Bloomberg. My own immigrant Chinese mother voted for Trump in the last election and I had to tell her we were no longer going to discuss politics if she wanted me to keep coming home for holidays. A few months back she told me that she was disillusioned…

I can’t waste the energy to look up his profile, but it’s not uncommon for projects to take months or years to come out after filming. He also would still get credits for cameos or work in student films, etc. So it could be correct that he didn’t sign any significant paid new work after 2016.

Oh honey - women like good food MORE than anyone. I know if you asked me if I could choose between getting laid and having a fabulous slice of cake tonight. . . I would pick the cake hands down. If I could have both the cake AND getting laid that’s an unbeatable combination, but if all I can get is the cake I’ll take…

Ha, that soup is typically made for pregnant women/nursing mothers if you ask my Chinese mother. The only times she ever made it were when my niece and nephew were born. 

There was a detailed article in the NYTimes about this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/nyregion/bts-grand-central.html They filmed during a weekend when things are slower and did setup in the late evening, with the actual filming occurring when the station was actually closed.

As she mentioned you also don’t need to cook the roux if you’re really in a rush or don’t want to get a pan dirty. I have used skimmed fat and flour or olive oil and flour stirred together as roux, or you could also do one with melted butter in the microwave and blast it a little more to cook the flour a little bit. 

Lucky you. I’m a beleaguered “spinster aunt” who has been planning vacations and holidays for my extended family for many years. This includes suggesting destinations, choosing hotels, flights and activities, serving as chief navigator and planner during the trip, personally making Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners…

While I wouldn’t do cruises on my own, they are a great solution for multi-generational trips, particularly with older family who are starting to have mobility problems. You can see a lot of different stuff without having to pack or unpack, can feed younger kids whenever they are hungry, and minimize the amount of…

I once tried a birthday cake flavored chewing gum - strangely enough I wasn’t drunk, the package design must have been incredible! It was foul :-(.