1. Be a regular

People who pile on about how regional foods are gross are banal jackasses. I don't like crab or lobster but I'm not about to say lobster rolls and crab cakes are ocean bug patties just because I don't find it personally appealing.

Yep. I’m a Cincinnati native and it still took me a couple tries before I liked it, but now I can’t get enough For my wife and I, it’s our ultimate guilty pleasure. (God help us, they just built a Skyline literally two minutes from where we live!)

While you immerse yourself in all things Lizzo, if you have not seen it, I cannot recommend her Tiny Desk concert strongly enough. I have not been fortunate enough to see her live (I’m a 45 year old dad – I don’t see anyone live), but this gives at least a taste of how powerful her voice and presence are in person…

Pumpernickel by Philip Schultz

Monday mornings Grandma rose an hour early to make rye,
onion & challah, but it was pumpernickel she broke her hands for,
pumpernickel that demanded cornmeal, ripe caraway, mashed potatoes
& several Old Testament stories about patience & fortitude & for
which she cursed in five languages if…

OMG yep.. i’ve had a few different brands of Chik Patties or Nuggets and damn those things are tasty. I actually prefer them over real chicken patties and nuggets as well. 

Yeah, the nuggets are close enough to normal fast food nuggets that I see no reason to ever eat the meat kind. You also lose the ick factor of wondering what partially ground up gristly bits you’re going to bite into.

That’s what you, and everyone who doesn’t suffer allergies, want to believe. It isn’t true. I know an 80 year old doctor who is a world-renown immunologist and allergist. He will tell you that his clients from 50 years ago were discounted. That attempted tests resulted in client deaths. This doubting is not new. It’s…

They are both savory flavors, i dont see the problem here.  Do you just not like mayo?

That’s why Kevin got my vote despite my hatred for all cereal.

Fair enough. You clearly understand the rules. Apologies for my lack of consideration. :-)

Love a good Bill Of Rights-themed beer. 

Great preview Lauren! I for one, cant wait for Taurasi to be back, drilling Js off the dribble and stink-eyeing all would-be defenders.
Also, if/once healthy, that LA front-court is going to be awesome.

Fantastic preview Lauren. I'll be at the Mercury home-opener against the Aces, got me jazzed up now to see worst-to-first in person 

I would say something nice about the Storm, but I don’t want my knees to explode.

As a White Plains resident I enjoy attending Liberty games in the county center. It’s cozy, convenient and yes there’s no stench of James Dolan in the atmosphere. That being said, can they switch to blue and orange unis ?

I want to give a shout out to my series MVP, Brain Drain. Here is a list of things about him, which doubles as a list of things I love about him.
- He was an evil Hydra scientist named Werner Schmidt in the 1940s, until an alien spaceship accidentally landed on him.
- the aliens felt bad and wanted to put him back…

They don’t skimp on size and space. They’re just extremely efficient. They use different kinds of shelves than most stores do. Their grocery selection is just fine. The have creamy, crunchy, and organic peanut butter. But they have one brand of it instead of five. The same goes for most other items. The odd items,…

Every bit helps, but if you have the capacity to make them recurring donations (monthly or otherwise), go for it. These centers and NPOs need it now.

I just wrote a really long rant that, while enjoyable for me, ultimately I have decided to sum up thusly: