Dining out on Valentine's Day is the romantic equivalent of going out shopping on Black Friday — it's a hectic, overelaborate and anticlimactic way to bend to the whims of retail. (We're simply going for a picnic in the park — serene, beautiful scenery, and we get to instill it with romance in our own way.)

"What's archaic, contagious, and has a high rate of complications?" Ooo-oo, I know this one! It's willfully moronic, child-endangering scientific illiteracy, isn't it?!

We'll politely agree to disagree.

I do not wish to challenge your world view, especially since you have found a course of action which works for you. But there is absolutely no credible clinical evidence whatsoever that any homeopathy works beyond a placebo action, and it's been the subject of a vast number of studies in many countries.

Sorry to hear that. Be cautious, though — Vicks is not recommended for children under two. I assume the same goes for a night light, since the effect on the respiratory system would be the same (even if it's not a skin irritant).

No, unfortunately this is much worse. This amber necklace has become a craze because it has 'mystical pain-relieving powers' — obvious balderdash that even a cursory internet search would uncover. It's not intended to be chewed, but is a choking and strangling hazard.

They are homeopathic "drugs"

Adding resistance bands to a home routine makes an excellent stepping stone from pure body weight exercises to a full gym workout with weights. Many body weight exercises can be made gradually more taxing by incorporating incrementally tougher bands into the exercise.

You can use incrementally stronger resistance bands — wrap them around your wrists and then around your shoulder blades, to increase the exercise's load.

As with any worthwhile training, work your way up — Lindt offers bars with 50%, 70% and 85% and 90% cocoa!

My (limited) experience of baking chocolate is that it's a basic, high cocoa product, although usually only about 60%. To me, it somehow tastes strong, but also flat — bland, even.

My search for darker and tastier chocolate eventually led me to the weird, bittery, so-chocolatey-it's-not-really-chocolate-anymore of this:

You would say that, wouldn't you?

Also known as The Troll's Guide To Internet Commenting.

Thanks.

That's not strictly pedantic, it's merely wholly irrelevant.

This is useful, although I've long been using this style for my corresponding face shape to substantial acclaim.

I guess, but... *sigh* ...who has the time?

"...and true black mucus can indicate a rare fungal infection."

Yes, it may seem like a trivial distinction, but the words we use in our internal dialogue can be very powerful. 'Mistake' is an abstract concept and our minds can find it resistant to overcome — plus, it has a sense of finality, of being unrecoverable. 'Misstep' or 'setback' are far more visual terms, which encourage…