Mine was 7th grade, 1970-71. My English teacher was also a registered nurse who taught our health and sex education class. She kept the class co-ed, taught us about reproduction and menstruation, passed around tampons and sanitary pads for everyone to examine (and yes, there was joking, but not as much as you’d…

Re: connecting cords & adapters, I use a label maker to label those suckers so that we always know what goes with what what. (Of course, labelling the storage bag itself for a move is good, too.)

Yeah, when I make home fries, it’s usually as an eggy breakfast accompaniment and it’s composed of leftover baby potatoes from the previous night’s dinner.

When tempered with creamy, fattier ingredients (such as sour cream or cream cheese), iIt’s downright delicious

Gojuchang and chili garlic sauce are my household go-tos. They’re wonderful.

Seriously! Most of the time I skim Lifehacker once or twice daily, then send pieces to Instapaper for later reading. I almost never remember to return here for the video-only portion -- as good as it may be.

My province has a free screening mammography program for eligible women who are 40 and up. I actually did mishear it as screaming mammography the first time I got called for it, so my “joke” wasn’t actually a joke. But those poor radiographers hear that one all. The. Time.

Not sure I want to grant real estate to any more bottles in my tiny fridge, so I may try mixing a dollop of Marmite in with the mayonnaise...

My apartment building includes heat and hot water (well, and cold water too - that’s understood), so there’s no economic reason to avoid wasting water: just my pure, pure love of Mother Earth.

Lynxes vs. bobcats!

I was born in the sixties and the media were most definitely talking about the “greenhouse effect” in the seventies. The term then morphed into “global warming” and “climate change”, but the essential argument never changed.

Ooh, I’ll consider that, especially if it’s not Nestle water. This approach is definitely convenient. The big drawback I can see is it’s also a crapton of plastic that can’t simply be refilled annually (which I can do with the water-cooler bottles).

Thanks for the suggestion! I may look around for another version (that one is $37 on Amazon Canada), but the idea is great. Much appreciated :)

Also, buy only reputable lubricants (Sliquid is a good one) and never, ever use a silicon-based lube on a silicon toy. There are water-based lubes for that.

Next up: how to fry a sausage without turning it into a wrangle-crazy banana.

It’s good to avoid doing anything impulsive with an inheritance. They can kick up some complex feelings and it’s not always the best time to make financial decisions.

Back when I was a young sprog in the eighties, I joined a commune* where it happened to be customary to use gender-neutral pronouns for everyone, no matter what. We used “co” for he/she/they and “cos” for his/her/their. After a week or two, it felt completely natural and we didn’t think twice about it.

It’s been a few days since iOS 13 arrived

I had some packets of water from first-aid kits that were well past their expiration date. Last week, after hanging onto them for years, I finally drained the water and threw it out. Now you’re saying I didn’t have to? *sob*

Storing water for emergencies is peculiarly tricky when you live in an apartment building. I’m…