I used to live next to a gully in Maryland when I was in my early 20s, and it was years before I knew what those screams were. My stepfather came to visit, and he was standing out on my balcony when he saw a huge red fox in the woods.

Now if only they can teach him to SAY Baltimore correctly...

It used to astonish me how racist blue collar New York Italians were for just that reason, but I guess it doesn’t matter when great-grandma is no longer around to take a wooden spoon to their tushies while telling them all about what it was like to be discriminated against.

My home airport is very small with near-guaranteed layovers at massive hubs - 6-7am flights are about the only way I can get anywhere (going or coming home) in a reasonable amount of time for a reasonable cost. If there are delays if I’m flying too late in the afternoon, I risk being stuck overnight.

I totally feel for Sandy and everyone else who was traumatized by some asshole/s.

Leave a verbal response on a review, sure, but why the fuck does ANYONE think it’s appropriate to track somebody down and call them or come to their door? How on earth does trying to scare... I mean encourage someone to change their review bring good business?

It varies greatly depending on type, but in general:

White gravy with sausage on a split biscuit is also a thing in Eastern Carolina. I am not ignorant enough to mistake it for anything other than southern diner food, but I WILL eat it when it’s done right. 

I chop them up into tuna salad and macaroni salad (or tuna macaroni salad). I usually boil three or four at once: one goes into the salad (maybe two if it’s a large batch), and while they’re still semi-hot out of the pot, I eat the remainder straight out of the shell with a few grains of sea salt.

I’m in pretty much the same boat: 41, greasy Italian skin with dry patches on either side of my nose, lifelong acne (but no wrinkles!) I’ve never found anything that completely clears my skin, but there are a handful of things that keep it under control:

I’ve worked in retail for so long (and food service when I was a kid) that the concept of only eating when I am actually hungry is wholly foreign to me. I eat when my schedule allows. Sometimes that’s less than three hours after I just had a meal, sometimes I go 7-8 hours and I don’t always have snacks available,…

You just sear it on the outside a little. The inside is warm but still creamy!

I saw them at ... either Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s in the last week. I didn’t even look at the price, just laughed at the idea of a mini avocado. I have no problem using up a full-sized one - I carve out chunks, fry them in butter with a little garlic salt until it’s slightly brown and crusty on the edges, and top…

Never underestimate the power of a cold boot!

I think there’s a lot to the idea that your own personal health informs a lot of how you react compared to other people in the same environment, regardless of diet, etc.

I’ve had both. I prefer uncut because they’re fun to play with, and I would prefer that, short of medical necessity, circumcision be a choice a guy makes for himself when he’s of a reasonable age to understand what that means, but in personal practice, I don’t care either way as long as they’re clean and functional.

Perhaps it is my outrageous American-speaking-Fransh accent? (by outrageous I mean abominable and probably indecipherable)

Protip: not all coffee shops have their dairy accessible to their customers, and one derpy teenager behind the counter (who’s probably told “well Starbucks does this” a dozen times a day) doesn’t mean they’re all dumb.

When I travel, not being very literate in coffee terminology, I just ask for coffee or cafe au lait and drink what I get. I figure the experience is worth a couple bucks. I don’t always get what I expect (asked for coffee in Italy and got a tiny little cup of something very strong and kinda bitter), but I didn’t…

But when you take that walk, if you’re in an unfamiliar city, take note of where the bathrooms are, free or otherwise. At the slightest rumble or puff that indicates you might have anywhere from T-30 to T-5 minutes to launch, don’t wait, GO if you have access to a toilet.