I recently traded in my stability ball chair (basically a stability ball in a wheeled base with a very small backrest, but no armrests) for a regular chair after mysteriously sustaining a herniated disc. My one takeaway from the six months or so that I used it is this: if you are determined, you can find a way to…

Those bacon-wrapped hot dogs they sell from carts outside of bars work nicely also. Maybe it's the absorbent spongey bun?

My recommendation for a mixed alcohol hangover is chocolate milk, preferably of the whole variety. I don't know what it is exactly but it seems to coat the stomach lining in a soothing way.

I met Ryan Kwanten in a bar in Atlantic City once (after True Blood Season 1) and he was seriously nicer than most non-celebrities I've met in bars. I did, however, think he was pretty tiny. I am an Amazon myself so my perspective may be skewed somewhat, but there's no way he is taller than 5'8".

Many of the items they have available on their website appear under multiple listings with different models. I'm guessing that between tracking how many orders originate from each item listing and the fact that analytics and marketing automation software gives them a sophisticated view of user activity, they can see…

I once ate black forbidden rice at a fancy Vietnamese restaurant and the following morning I pooped out the same black forbidden rice in a virtually undisturbed state.

I completely agree with this. One additional factor that I think will come into play here is that many people who live in the Bay Area and work in tech do not necessarily live close to their offices because, unlike places where must industry is located in one city and its suburbs, you might go from one job at one end…

The only way my mother got my brothers to eat anything but refined carbs as young children was by telling them that it was brontosaurus food (vegetables) and tyrannosaurus food (protein). It worked surprisingly well.

My cat regularly eats entire mice. It's extremely convenient in terms of cleanup, but listening to her crunch through a mouse skeleton is kind of horrifying...

Twins run in my family also, and I am just hoping I don't have twins first. Going from zero babies to two babies seems like far too steep a learning curve. But as long as I had experience with one, having two after that doesn't seem SO bad (though certainly not ideal).

I have identical twin brothers, and my mom painted the big toe of the older one so she and my dad could tell them apart.

I think it might be a Chartreux, actually. Russian Blues usually have green eyes, while Chartreux eyes are more of a golden color.

Um, what? There have always been families in the Castro. It is a fairly large and mostly residential neighborhood. People seem to be envisioning the entire neighborhood as this Disneyland of gayness when in actuality there are about seven blocks that are like that and dozens and dozens of others that could be part…

I mean, there are lots of practical reasons why families with children would want to live in the Castro. Occupancy in SF is insanely high, so people will often take the first place that is available and meets their needs in any neighborhood they deem acceptable. Apart from one or two small pockets, the Castro is…

Or, get really drunk and then list off the things that bugged you about him while one of your friends videotapes it. I randomly happened to do this after my last breakup, and it unexpectedly worked like a charm, because every time I watched it afterward, not only did it remind me of all those shitty things, but it was…

It sounds silly, but the cock rings are one of the main things that people take issue with. It's one thing to see gross naked guys sitting around while flaccid, but when they are...how shall I put this delicately...partially or fully tumescent, it is quite another.

I think it's worth noting here that Scott Weiner is the supervisor for the district that includes the Castro, and is thus ostensibly introducing this ordinance because it represents the views of most of his constituency, including many of its gay members. Public nudity is one thing, but the Castro nudists really push…

All of them? Really? As a Castro dweller, I would very seriously beg to differ. I don't care one bit about public nudity but I really think they ought to enforce that ordinance more strictly.

They are supposed to use towels but many of them don't. I am neither strongly for or against this overall but as a Castro resident who frequently passes through the Castro/Market intersection where most of this nudity seems to be centered, I'm frequently grossed out by how many people sit on the public seating in the…