Hmm, I've been trying to figure out what you mean, but I'm afraid I don't understand your point. Try again?

Women do indeed have the ability to determine what they want, and we should take them at their word about whether they want sex, just as we would a man. The girl in this story is not a woman. She’s 15 and the former victim of child sex trafficking. As a 15yo, she’s not capable of making any determinations about…

My pussy likes the ladies.

In my professional world, it’s called working as part of a team, which is actually a well-valued skill across many disciplines. Basically, what you have to figure out is how to manage your teammates. I have a junior teammate, and I ride his ass daily. Me: “you have to meet this goal, and according to the metrics, that…

This same thing happened to my husband, except his lymph node was so swollen it looked like it was the size of a lemon. An urgent care doc had told him that it was from an ingrown hair and gave him penicillin. When we got to the emergency room the next morning, they told him that he could have lost his jaw if he had…

There actually aren’t any “cute young girls” on staff at Margot. All the servers at Margot are professional and expect their tables to be pro diners, rightly. It should be said that Margot is an institution in East Nashville, and it doesn’t surprise me one bit that that was her reaction. Just to add another layer to…

You should watch “The Gay Shoe Clerk” (Porter, 1903.). It has a close-up that includes quite a bit of calf!

I actually witnessed it at a bar in Nashville. The guy from NM didn't get served, and when he and his friends left, we spent about 30 minutes trying to convince the bartender that NM is a state.

I took a class on adventure literature, which basically meant that it was a class on scurvy. (My professor, the inimitable Dr. Lamb, is quoted in Wikipedia.) Apparently, chronic scurvy affects eyesight, caused by bleeding within the eyes, and he showed us some early paintings by polar explorers that were pretty wild.…

Also epee

For a brief moment, I worked in this one sushi restaurant that was terrible. Among other things I witnessed, one was a sushi “chef” who would wear his gloves in the bathroom. One of the foh guys would regularly wear his apron in the bathroom. When it became clear to me that these people would never get sent home, I…

This. It’s called a kalimotxo, and I think it’s Basque. Equal parts red wine and Coke. I like an orange slice garnish, but you can do lemon instead. It’s my go-to for happy hours at the office because the box wine I use lasts until the next happy hour. (every other Friday)

I worked as a part-time manager at a local restaurant, and one of our servers was a single mom. If she wasn't making enough tips to cover daycare, she would lock herself in the bathroom and cry. Very sad situation because she would want to be cut at that point, which meant she was taking a big gamble: do you stay and…

I live in Nashville so I encounter this all the time (typically small-change musicians). The most recent time (Saturday) I replied with “you do realize that real famous people don’t say that?”

Many (maybe all?) restaurants have policies against overserving, especially in states like TN where servers and bartenders themselves are liable for overserving someone. Unfortunately, we all know that it only takes one asshole manager to not give a shit about the policy or a server’s personal liability

Maryland was the location for many of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles. If you ever get down that way, visit Federal Hill in Baltimore. You'll notice that the Union cannon that's still there is facing INTO the city.

Maybe she acquired Jake Leg. Which incidentally inspired some pretty great songs in the 20s.

The Corrections was quite good, but where he really shows a gift for writing from the pov of the ladies is in Freedom. It contains a 50-page excerpt of a woman’s diary, which sounds like the rest of the novel but about lady things. Badly done, Mr. Franzen. If you’re going to be such a dick, you have to be a better…

It's adorable that you think a long blunt cut is manageable.

My favorite was the night this one couple came in and she ordered half a burger. When it was explained to her that we don’t make half burgers, she was relentless. Now. The burger is house ground on a soft artisan roll with Vidalia onion rings, house pickles, pimento cheese, and house ketchup. It is $16, it was fucking…