I may just try this. Except it will be at 5 or 6 instead of 7, so not too great a change, because I can’t get the kid from day care until at least then.

It’s true.

This presupposes that I would want to wear this.

I’m gonna be the grouch here, but PTA is essentially pointless at my kid’s school. It doesn’t do anything obvious to help the school do what the school should already be doing but doesn’t do well (read: communicating items of interest in a timely manner to parents), it doesn’t noticeably improve the school grounds or…

I didn’t see this addressed in the comments, Claire, but do you mean to repeat steps 3 and 4? Or did you mean 4 and 5? I would normally salt the onions only once, and while the pan was heating up, so that they start to sweat before I put them in the pan.

Sunnyvale is SF Bay, but a half-day drive to SoCal wouldn’t be a bad idea for the reasons stated. I’d pass on that Suburban, though and go with the Delica or the FJ.

I think Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is okay, but my kid really likes it. We did watch Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood yesterday, though, and she sat in rapt attention through the whole thing. I think she’ll like it as we move forward, but she’ll probably wonder why Lady Elaine is a janky old puppet instead of a slick-looking…

I had the same fears you did when I first tried to show my then-four-year-old Mr. Rogers. After having watched a few episodes of Daniel Tiger, I had to show her the source material. She wanted to go back to DT, so I let her after one show.

Your secret is safe with me. I don’t care how people drink, so long as they’re not making me drink their swill or using my stuff to throw away.

Why do my 1-star reviews look like my kid wrote them?

I have an older cocktail recipe book that claims the Old Fashioned (the previous incarnation before the archeo-mixologists resurrected this one, with the muddled orange and maraschino cherry and... water) was invented by a Civil War colonel or general or something so that he could drink whiskey (because that’s what…

Oh, HELL yes. How did I not think of this before? Great, Claire. Great!

Can you even imagine such a thing? I don’t think that’s what the tone of this article is implying, though, do you?

Oh my God, this had me dying laughing. Your brother is awesome. Awesome.

Question: Does this not prove that you’re onto something, and that crypto is for chumps? The gubmint doesn’t try to regulate things that don’t hurt it’s feelings.

Well, sure. Literally, but IPA gives you a hangover... it’s the kind where you’re sick about the fact that you were drinking IPA last night. /s

Could be. I don’t think I saw that one, though. Thanks!

When my then-fiance and I started talking wedding plans, she asked me, “What do you think the budget should be?” I had no frame of reference for what a wedding would/should cost, while she had been married before. I said, innocently, “I dunno, maybe 10 grand?” When she told me that that was a good place to start, I…

I always thought, what with the length of time they allow you to claim it before it gets rolled back in, that I’d have my name legally changed to something weird. I dunno, Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass or Kilgore Trout or Raymond Luxury-Yacht (pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove, of course). Then claim my winnings, change…

We’ve been trying all these things for years. Maybe my kid is truly just a little monster. The stress is... stressful... and constant. I shouldn’t enjoy dropping her off at school as much as I do, and then going to work.