By all means, and you’re welcome to it. I’m retired from any and all training any and all persons for much, much longer than the foreseeable future.

That’s a rhetorical question, isn’t it?

I used to do the IT training at a law firm, and I always put it this way to each new class:

For myself, I don’t find it labor intensive; slicing a pepper, adding it to the sugar and water mix, and straining the results doesn’t bother me.

And when making the habanero simply syrup, make sure your kitchen is as well ventilated as possible; put your exhaust fan over the store on “High”, open the kitchen windows if possible, consider using a portable electric fan...

What really works in parenting is social media humiliation. We do learn, though, that this particular parent is a self-important jackass.

A Delahaye, I believe. A French car, many Delahaye’s from the 1930’s are insanely beautiful. The treatment of the front and rear fenders, here in chrome but often created with contrasting paint schemes, is something of a signature look with automaker.

Sorry, Carly. Trump already has the moran vote locked in.

The same here. I not only love The Interval, but they make my favorite drink, the Brooklyn; rye, Dolin dry vermouth, Bigallet China China Amer (which is so much fun to say), and a bit of Luxardo maraschino. Very old world, very cold, very delicious.

Instead of a Nanny, hire a Manny. Oh. Wait...

A closet Presbyterian. We believe in pastel colors in the sanctuary and not much else. Thanks for the tip about Ambassador, I’ll look that up the next time I’m in NYC!

Sadly, yes. As part of her task to sell t-shirts that a well-know NYC street artist had silk-screened, she Bedazzled™ the shirts and thus destroyed their value as an “art piece”. (I’ve no idea if these shirts were actually valuable or not, but if they were she dropped their value to zero with the first shiny bead.)

A friendly, knowledgeable wine & spirits store is more precious than rubies. Yea, they will guide thee through the shadow of the valley of plonk and swill, and you shall emerge victorious, a shining bottle of 12-year-old scotch in thy hands and a sweeping vista of the hillside before thee.

Totally with you on wheat beers (Hefferveisen is my fave), and on other fronts...

I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt. (Emphasis added.)

In the biopic, the role of Ms. Tripp will be played by John Goodman.

Um... I have dessert forks. I use them, along with spoons, for dessert. To get everything off the plate, the creamy runny liquidy stuff as well as the cakey crusty crumby parts. They sit above the dinner plate until dessert time and act as a promise when you sit down to eat that, yes, there will be something good…

Garten’s recipe for brownies starts with one pound of butter and two pounds of chocolate, dark and unsweetened mixed. To be made in a standard 12 x 18 x 1 pan. It’s not for every day.

At our house, she’s known as Queen Helen of Fuckingfantastica and all who are mere mortals must bow to her.

Yeah, I know... but whose food do you want to eat?