Malala Yousafzai is trying to open doors for girls so that they can have better lives based on their own choices and at the risk of her own life. Lila Rose, you...not so much.

This is where the dollar store candy comes into play. Those chewy candies wrapped in orange and black? Give them by the handfuls to the adult and un-costumed teens. Save the good stuff for the younger kids who will squeal in delight later that night when they are auditing their loot.

Friends were poor, they had a pot luck wedding. Just asked everyone to bring a favourite dish that would feed 5 or 6. I think that they invited around 40 people, they didn't try to organize it to make sure that it wasn't all potato salad. It was a true pot luck and it was good. It was a long, long time ago so I'm…

Meant to add, I grew up poor in a large family and learned how to save and cook the inedibles. Chicken gizzards, mackeral which used to be a real cheap fish, lots of macaroni and boiled potatoes. Canned tomato soup was a treat on paydays. Sorry, off on another tangent.

There are only two of us and sometimes one, so though I can roast a chicken, sometimes it's faster to buy the ready-roasted ones esp. when on sale. I know when the local store marks down the old ones and if I can get there before the other bargain hunters, it's worthwhile.

When I didn't have a car, I would make one major trip a month to buy everything and take a cab home, it was worth it.

Same here, One rotisserie chicken; first day, one chicken meal with extra potatoes and carrots which are saved. Second day, sandwiches, third day maybe another sandwich, fourth day, carcass is boiled down for chicken pot pie made with the extra veggies from the first day. I only buy the rotisserie chicken when it's…

I made this cake for a nine year old boy's birthday. Nine year old boys LOVE stuff like this, after laughing hysterically at each other's farts and burps, they ate every bit of it.

I am so ashamed that he is a Canadian. We are not like this, most of would walk uphill in a snowstorm to get a Timmies.

Don't like her but like that she takes time away from baby.

When I was a kid, the saying was that if you killed a spider it would rain.

Pretty funny, though Bogart really could wear a fedora.

Not really, but if you show up in full biker leathers wearing a fedora, singing a Leonard Cohen song while playing a guitar and have read Down and Out in London and Paris, then you have a chance.

You can tell a lot about people by how they behave when they travel because it's out of their comfort zone and so many things can happen that are beyond your control. One ex spent hours bitching because our plane was delayed because of weather. A few minutes of grumbling, fine, but 4-5 hours of sustained whining puts…

The onion added a bit of crispness and hot which contrasts with the melted cheese. Slice the onion really finely, it's really good.

Yes, to not killing spiders. The hands are great, I love strong looking male hands esp if there is a little bit of hair on them.

I forgot travel, must be able to travel well without pissing and moaning about every little inconvenience.

No, just love fedoras and berets

There's been posts recently about guys and their incredible standards for GFs/future wives. While we sneer/laugh/snort at them, let's turn it around. What is your wish list for a future partner? We can be just as unrealistic as the guys!

Grilled cheese and onion sandwich with cream of tomato soup. One of the best fall dinners ever, ready in under 30 minutes.