Ah. I can handle that.

I'm sorry to tell you, but if your friend is saying that we shouldn't eat Fun Dip packages, he's got to be insane.

Is this because kids are eating plain, boring food like Kraft Dinner, mashed potatoes, and hotdogs and then jumping straight to these, or is there something inherently bad about these? I'm just curious if the results would be the same if the kids started eating spicy curry or habanero salsa or something similar out…

Um... Love the video, still can't stand the song.

I hate that this exists, but there are always women who root for and fantasize about serial killers, so it doesn't really shock me that this guy found someone.

Most important question - was she wearing a hoodie?

Well, we now know where this building should be moved to.

I think I just threw up a little at the thought of that.

I agree. I refuse to shop at Walmart, or Gap/Old Navy, or any other stores that refuse to take responsibility for the conditions in which their merchandise is made.

Yes, there are poor people here as well. However, I made the decision after the Bangladesh factory collapse not to shop at Walmart any more. If you do, you are absolutely contributing to the oppression of millions of people around the world. There are other places to get clothing- I get a lot second hand, or wait…

It's nice to think that, but when your children won't get fed if you miss a day of work, it's hard to pull that off.

Fuck I hate these stores, and all the others that build their whole business models on unrealistically low prices. Unfortunately it's so common these days that there aren't a tonne of stores left to shop at.

Yeah, she really is a sweet woman. She's one of those people who is automatically friends with everyone before they know it. She came over once to prepare my garden for winter (without asking) and within an hour she knew more about all of our neighbours than we did after living here for a year. It's why I can't…

I laughed at the marzipan- my mother swears by Dutch almond filling for baking. Nothing you can get here can apparently compare!

I know it's a ridiculous thing to complain about. She really does just want to show her love by buying things. I really don't like clutter, though, and there's no way to stop it. My brother-in-law (her other son) liked frogs when he was a kid, and now he's in his late 30s and he still gets frog-themed gifts at…

I give most of it away to my nieces. I mean, really? A pencil case? And she's given me about half a dozen notebooks so far. At least they like it all :)

I used it just now. It's- a dish brush. It looks like any other plastic dish brush. I honestly have no idea what's supposed to be different about it.

I visited my parents today, and my mother gave me a gift to take home- a dish brush. She was apparently convinced that Dutch dish brushes were superior to anything you can buy on this continent. It's kind of funny how even though she's been here for 50+ years and considers herself Canadian first, yet she's still…

When I taught ESL in China I took trains like that. They were awesome!

Gah! I was not asking for myself- I probably should have been more clear about that. Personally, I think it should be, but I simply didn't know if that was the case in the US or not.