I was joking (though perhaps not on the best subject) because of the ambiguities of the English language. “The” divorce suggests that it was brought on by the previous subject (the ring), and in any case I didn’t miss the point of your comment—you didn’t like the ring.

You divorced him because he screwed up on your ring?! Guys, take a lesson from this! And I don’t mean to get her a dream ring, but rather that you shouldn’t get married at all.

You didn’t propose? What are you, insane?! That gal’s a guy’s best wet dream! For the record, Katie is like that-she didn’t want an engagement ring, but she took a seasonable job on her own initiative to pay for a big TV for us. On top of that, it turned out to be the best investment of her whole entire life (next to…

She’s got a good thing going there. The question is, will the next one be an 11 k, or a 12 k?

Costco.

Costco.

I understand that (it’s a big problem with the hard water where I live). But removing the screen and soaking it in a bowl of vinegar is a heck of a lot easier and more effective than jamming a cotton ball against it. Plus, you can remove the little mineral chunks (I’ve never seen leaves and twigs—that would freak me…

In grad school I had a Japanese roommate who believed that and was not swayed by the contrary evidence that I was still alive and genki.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a faucet end that wasn’t designed to easily unscrew so that that debris filter screen (the source of the trouble mentioned) can be easily removed and cleaned. Watching the video, I can see that the faucet shown has a removeable cap—I’m astounded that the author doesn’t realize that. Shower…

Just before I read this I had a bowl of vanilla ice cream for lunch (hey, it’s hot in the D.C. area). It could have really used a squirt of orange or rose flavoring. Perhaps it’s just as well that it’s too hot to go out, otherwise I might march off to the store to get rose and orange blossom waters, then spend the…

Some Asians believe that having a fan blowing on you while you sleep will kill you. Fortunately, my Chinese wife isn’t among them or we’d have to sleep in different rooms.

If I could stream my Plex library to an Amazon Echo, I would be in heaven.

Google seems to have broken off our friendship. Where is the link to the Rent Cafe page containing the tool?

I’m planning to replace all the other animals (other than myself) in my house with robots, and only robots that can survive regular trips through my bathtub-size ultrasonic cleaner. I’m also looking for an app for my smart TV that will keep animals from appearing on the screen—you can’t be too safe these days.

A little hard on your muscle tone, too.

I’ve been thinking about installing one of those Pokémon Go mention blockers, but it looks like I’d miss an awful lot of posts from Gawker sites.

I’ve been thinking about installing one of those Pokémon Go mention blockers, but it looks like I’d miss an awful…

No rice?! What kind of un-Asian-American people write this stuff?!

Nah, it’s far closer, especially since you correctly pronounce the ‘i’ characters as ‘ee’ and not ‘ih’. Just deemphasize the “SHE” and Bob’s your uncle.

That was an awful lot of time spent to discover what I already knew, which is that Gary Johnson is the most rational current candidate for POTUS.

You need to reconsider and reverse the two. Then you’ll be okay.

Japanese technically has no stressed syllables. In practice, people add emphasis to convey feelings, but it’s perhaps not a good thing for Nihongo newbies to try to emulate.