I usually don’t throw dishes out either, but this seems like an unnecessarily aggressive response. It’s not lazy to recook an entire meal, and much though we should all try to reduce food waste, an occasional thrown out home meal is an insignificant blip in the problem.

Shelter Cat Update!

Practice, practice, practice.

I can’t afford healthcare. So if something like that ever happened to me my only option is pretty much to just die. Which wouldn’t actually be all that bad honestly. Sometimes I kinda wanna die.

I LIVE for Marie’s Christmas decorations! We bring everyone we know there in December. Threw a surprise birthday party for my mom there in early January and was thrilled to see the decorations were still up.

And we just moved into Marie’s delivery area — great when we’re too lazy to drive there. Bonus.

On the (very rare) occasion that I don’t wear make up to work, people ask me if I am OK, because apparently I look sick. I love saying “nope, that’s just what my face looks like”  and watching them scramble :)

I also never really feel the impact of celebrity deaths. And definitely not in a too cool for school way, I just didn’t. But like I said elsewhere I felt like he was an example of someone that had beat their addiction and depression and was living and happy and meaningful life.

I’m with you, sis. His writing quite literally changed my life. This makes me so fucking sad.

I hope you’re doing okay, DrugstoreGlasses, I hope you’re being really gentle with yourself and you’ve got some supportive people to talk to, to get through this shitty time. I hope he can still be a hopeful story for you, because he did lead a meaningful life and he did so much good in the world, even if it didn’t…

Thank you so much for sharing that and so well said. I think so many of us here can relate to his attitude of hating a lot of people but loving humanity.

My husband is a chef, so I’ve always appreciated Bourdain because he does a good job at showing the true behind the scenes of a real kitchen. So many shows and networks (looking at you, food network) glamorize kitchen life, but in reality, it’s a pretty rough environment. Most people hear I’m married to a chef and…

I am a fan and always will be. This breaks my fucking heart.

Same here. His demons were also my demons. Sure, he could be an asshole. And pretentious. So can I. But he was also smart, funny, and respectful to the people and culture of the places he visited.

Dude, I am fucking really sad about this. I met him once and he was so nice and funny. I watched all his shows. I’m just really fucking sad about this. This comment isn’t even that coherent. Just, what the fuck. And Eric Ripert found his body?? Jesus.

As a chef myself I almost hated him for giving the real world a window into our chaotic hellscape with that friggin book, there’s a context to it that no outsider will ever get, a perspective that you probably couldn’t wrap your brain around fully without actually being in that world. He was absolutely right, our…

Yeah, that was the real one-two punch of the news this morning. I’ve been a long-time fan and follower of his work, and their friendship has always delighted me. I even had the chance to see them speak together once, and their dynamic was sweet and funny. Knowing that Eric was the one to find him, and thinking of his…

I immediately thought about that episode too, which was one of my very favorites. It came at such a crucial time, and it was like this little beacon of hope. Anthony’s style of interviewing - which was really just a warm, honest, conversation over good food, brought out the best in Obama. He was such a talent, and…

I am so sad. That fact that Eric was the one that found him makes this doubly devastating.

This is so fucking sad.

This is hitting me hard this morning and I’m still trying to come to grips. I’m currently doing the work to try to get a handle on my depression and it’s so fucking hard. And it’s expensive and time consuming and draining! But I’m hoping there is light on the other side. But when I hear about Anthony and Kate Spade,…