Cigarettes are also gluten free.

The "st" snare.

Thanks, but no thanks. It was a party, and we got an extension of our subway system out of it (which we should have had before, but tell the federal government that). But it wasn't worth the "unexpected" expenses, i.e. corruption. Or the expected ones, either.

And well-delivered, too. He was getting into it.

Children that are too old to be in stroller, yet too young for common sense, or to move in a straight line. This goes double if they are riding a bicycle or scooter on the sidewalk, and triple if they are wear a helmet so big that it falls over their adorable little eyes.

Is there any way to play that does not involve killing off the natives? Speaking personally, I'd be fairly hostile to invaders — it may be only a nest, but it's home. Did the worms fly in from some other planet? Why are they "alien" worms?

If no one ever said sorry, I'd like to say sorry to you now. To my mind, it's a typical example of the human tendency to identify with the more powerful or "winning" side. When I was bullied at school, only about one in ten teachers would step in on my behalf. The rest seem scared that they would be bullied themselves.

Aw, poor Tara. Leave her alone. Cats have their own worlds and territories, and don't like them upset.

I've sometimes wondered why Oberon wanted Titania's changeling boy so much.

I'm holding on to the hope there's an Our Mutual Friend craze, and it's a tribute to Bella Wilfer.

Typical. When something is a big success, people rush in and take the credit.

Maybe they should complain about species-ism.

Oh, for...okay. Getting myself under control.

"Gospel. God loves it. Kidnappers hate it."

Real tomatoes (the ones you grow at home, not the nerf balls you get at the store) are pretty sweet. Before European cuisine decided what to do with them, tomatoes were called "love apples".

Ube is the best! Have you ever had ube-filled sweet buns?

Oh, lord. Are we going to go through a does-Hillary-bake-cookies?-type controversy again?

But perhaps the best response to the whole ordeal belongs to one Facebook participant: "1970 called, they want their flier back."

Bullies do not tend to respond well to irony. I have learned this the hard way.

More shutting the barn door after the probably unrelated but vaguely guilty-looking and within reach thing has bolted.