It’s Texas, Jake.

Many of them have come to accept a doctrine wherein lying to save souls is acceptable. I escaped the JWs, and one of their biggest tenets, when I was a kid (let's not go into all the crap they hid and did anyway), was strict honesty. You could refuse to answer a question, but, if you had to answer, it had to be the…

There’s a different approach when it comes to healthcare, as opposed to a regular business, because your life and health are at stake.

His hair and skin look really healthy, and he's put on a lot of weight, so this actually makes me pretty happy.

I have a hard time watching Australian shows because upspeak seems to be the standard. It's also becoming common in the UK.

Your salad sounds like the basic greek salad at the corner gyros place by my office, although they also add some tomato.

That's apparently correct, per a recent study, that concluded that people's brains are shrinking because we no longer have to know a lot of survival skills, because so much of our basic needs are supplied by others. Most of us first world people don't grow our own food, just push a button for heat or a/c, buy our…

I eat protein style at In n Out (I think Five Guys does it, too) because I have celiac, but I like the taste better.

The French 75s I had way back in the 80s were just champagne/sparkling wine and brandy. Gods I loved those things.

This is the best and deserves all the stars.

Well, you know, it’s impossible to thread a moving needle.

Ugh. I posted at a history site that she was raped, as was Heloise, and oh, my gods, was I yelled at.

The Sam Lin story. I read almost exactly the same story on a dying site a few years ago, but it was posted by a pub worker in the UK.

I'm allergic to coffee, but the thought of dealing with uncaffeinated, angry coworkers is already making me worried.

You are all so late to the Fassy party. I was ogling him when he played a fallen angel on Hex.

The wine train operates as more of a moving restaurant with a several hours long meal and different wines. It's not a party train.

That was freaky accurate: You’re working all weekend.

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I learned the hard way that lemongrass drives away fleas.

My ex brought in fleas several times from hanging out with a druggie neighbor. At the time, Raid was selling a flea catcher that used a soft light and a stick pad (a variation on the home made treatment of setting up a lamp in the middle of the room, surrounded by bowls of water with a bit of dish soap in them), and…