What is that painting over the sofa? A woman wearing stockings, torn lingerie, on her hands and knees with a Japanese toy robot from the 1950's behind her? It sort of resembles a pulp sci-fi paperback cover, but it's a bit strange to find to see it and a dog dressed as Santa riding a Roomba at the same time.

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Find a copy of 2002's Secretary with James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal. It's far from a perfect film, but the premise that two people can mature and grow while involved in a full-on BDSM relationship is a unique one, and the film makes some truly fascinating observations on human sexuality.

Sigh. I used to have one of those. A nice one, too. But as any human being with a body part that hangs off the body in a sort of cantilevered fashion will eventually find out, gravity is not your friend.

I need a cigarette.

I'm from Detroit. Everything I know about milk I learned from Milky, the Twin Pines Magic Clown on WXYZ. Sadly, our milk was always store-bought as I could never convince my mother to try the "worry-free home delivery" from Twin Pines Dairy.

Turkey Hash. Specifically, Julia Child's Turkey Hash from The Way to Cook Everything. I've never gotten mine to crust over the way she says it will, but add a couple of fried or poached eggs on the top and you will be more popular than you can dream.

No food snobbery allowed. No looking down your nose at the fat-salt-sweet combo platters that have been handed down from 1950's suburban America to the present.

I hate the color blocking of Bentley's two-tone scheme, and have always believed it to be distracting. At this point I think the car looks better in side- and rear-view because they help me not to see the two tone effect.

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It may be the only automobile currently in production for which I can truly say that I have lust in my heart.

Otis Spunkmeyer Air (could not make that name up) flew two DC-3s on excursion flights around the SF Bay Area, between roughly 1990 and 1999. Never got around to taking one, and now of course it's too late....

Yesyesyesyes. Justin's PB Cups are what Reese's PB Cups want to be when they grow up. And Justin's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup is a religious experience.

Charleston Chews are still being made, but today the company is owned by Nabisco. Product web page at http://www.tootsie.com/candy/charlest….

Saw the broadcast on America's Test Kitchen last year, been using the method ever since. Cannot believe how easy and reliable the method is, and I find a soft boiled egg with a creamy yolk and some buttered toast the ultimate in comfort food.

Just about the best fun you can have is to ask a anti-glutenite exactly what gluten is... 99% of time they sputter and fooforaw around. Fun!

Sometimes all you want is a grilled cheese sandwich made with processed American cheese. Period. Because life has been hard, the fates cruel, friends unfaithful, and the world full of tumult. Also your job sucks, your hair is thinning, the DVR didn't record the program you wanted, your car needs expensive repairs and…

Good to know that the practice of slut shaming is gender free. Sadly.

"Hocking" = pawning, "hawking", as in "hawking your wares" = flamboyant selling.

If only... meanwhile, here in San Francisco I have spotted (several times, so I'm not hallucinating) a Checker station wagon. I could move into the back half and the driver would not know I'm there unless I throw a large party on Saturday night, and even then only if I invite him