I might have some old implements in storage somewhere, but years of apartment living has meant that a lot of weird old stuff didn’t get to me. What I do have are a few old baby dishes, the sort of thing that are made for display rather than use. My favorite has a “billy goats gruff” theme; it’s enameled tin:

Jack in the Box’s standard menu has over 70 non-beverage items on it. How the hell is anyone supposed to make a decision with that when they’re sober, much less when they’re high or drunk?

A friend of mine once observed “You know how Seinfeld is a show about nothing? Cheesecake Factory is a restaurant about everything.” If the menu has tabs, you know you’re in trouble.

So you are saying I should do it now.

Dear Nobody,

Your local walmart likely has Parmalat in the baking section. That’s my go-to as it doesn’t have to refrigerated until opened and is shelf stable for over a year. I just bought 10 packs. All good til May 2021.

I wonder how many are due to people now avoiding health care environments, or those environments seeming less welcoming, making them at least partially related.

Traditionally, the starter yeast for a proper nuka bed comes from mixing the nukadoko every day with unwashed hands. Basically turning it like compost. The Japanese woman who taught me how to make one told me that everyone’s pickles would taste slightly different because their personal flora would affect the makeup of…

So in this game, Dumbledore is doing what he should have done with Harry in the actual books? Letting him grieve and making sure he was emotionally dealing with things, rather than repeatedly manipulating him into eventually sacrificing his life (and don’t give me that “he knew he would come back” because he totally…

I had the misfortune of this chapter coming at the wrong time. My father was in the hospital from late January until April 3rd, when he passed away from COVID-19. (He had a major operation at the end of February, and was recovering when he caught the virus.) Rowan has, obviously, been a footnote under the…

Okay, Lex.