I don’t understand. Extra ... space. On bookshelves?

Tampopo already covered this:

Most places are pretty gracious about it if you ask politely and are specific about what you want.

Not the focus of this piece, I know, but — why don’t they board the window seats first, then the middle seats, then the aisles? Wouldn’t that actually make more sense?

Unfortunately, even those of us who avoid Facebook may end up getting tagged in photos by friends who like to share everything they do online :(

My town has created an amazing series of bike lanes, but it took some road space from cars (and requires motorists to be more conscious at intersections), so we now have a large segment of the driving population who are continually bitching about it. Continually. 

No, they should NOT be on sidewalks. Ask any elderly person whose bones have been broken because a careless cyclist decided to drive on a “pedestrian” sidewalk. Cyclists belong on the road.

That may be true , but all the same — and speaking as an actual, living bisexual woman -- I would be thrilled to see Valkyrie explicitly represented as bi. 

Problem is, the noisiest food is often the stuff sold at the theatre.

I could have written your comment word-for-word. In my case, I was retiring, had reminded management of my pending retirement (8 months in advance), but found that they weren’t making preparations to replace me. So I filed a formal 2 months’ notice. This was mainly as a professional courtesy, but also to remind the…

When you’re learning another language — especially when it includes a newly challenging writing system (looking at you, Japanese!) — books for young children can be super-helpful.

It’s funny, I think of gratitude mainly as the internal attitude of appreciation for one’s good fortune (especially when it takes the form of a kindness or service that someone else performs for your benefit).

the reason I use .com on occasion is that often the prices on .com even with import fees and currency conversion are much better than here in Canada

This feature does not yet appear on Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.co.jp.

There are worse things than stepping on a stray nail clipping.

Ooh, check out smalin on YouTube! He does gorgeous animated musical scores.

I don’t get high (except on life!) and I’m going to do this anyway, because yum yum yum.

Since the silicone fibers are so thin, expect to only get 2-3 months of use out of each one before it starts breaking down. Luckily, at $10 for a 3-pack, that’s not a huge deal.

Since the silicone fibers are so thin, expect to only get 2-3 months of use out of each one before it starts…

It’s in our DNA! You know, the nucleobases? Guanine, adenine, thymine and sorrysine.

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