I think that is a Craftsman-style fireplace, from what I can see here.

Man, once my waiter at Olive Garden brought my soup *with* the bill, and even then I didn’t have the item off. Of course, that’s more about me not being in the mood for even the tiniest confrontation that day, but I really can’t imagine having an item removed from the bill because it came too early.

The Scotch-Brite Dobie Sponge is good. They take a while to smell, if you do what you are supposed to and squeeze the damned things out when you are done washing dishes.

I’m impressed. And, though I’m sure you put them down there because they went bad, or went uneaten at dinner or something, I am definitely picturing a person going to the store, buying steak, bringing it home, and carefully feeding it to the garbage disposal. So thank you for that. :)

Thanks for this. My real worry when I pack is getting everything back into the bag when I return, both clean and dirty clothes, plus shoes, in a hygienic manner. Everything seems to expand after I’ve worn it.

Mine is called “Pinterest,” and it is mostly full of castles. It actually does make me feel better, as a 35 year old, to record my wants somewhere. Occasionally, I will realize I’ve pinned the same thing several times, and I might even try to acquire some version of it. (No castles, so far.)

The ideal scenario is that you scrape most of the food into trash or compost, but the little bits that still find their way down the drain because you aren’t picking oatmeal out of the pot grain-by-grain can be disposed. Then you throw some ice-cubes down it and run the thing at least once a week to keep it moving.

That is 100% false, but I’m keeping her regardless.

I didn’t say who was more electable. I’m simply pointing out that people can vote on personality and still disagree with each other. I don’t know know who I am voting for in the primary yet. I am open to everyone who has announced except Sanders. There is a lot of negative buzz today about Klobuchar, but I haven’t had…

I have a toddler, and I want a cat. When should I get one? When she’s 2? When she starts kindergarten? When she is old enough to beg me for a pet?  When she leaves for college? Now? (Opinions from cat-lovers only, please. If you hate cats, I don’t care that you think I should never get one.)

I don’t want Sanders to win the nomination because I think he would be a genuinely bad president. Better than Trump? Sure. Kim Kardashian is another person who would be a better president than Trump. It’s an extremely low bar. If either of them wins the Democratic nomination, they have my vote. It would be better for…

In addition to thinking she is better on policy, I also prefer Elizabeth Warren’s personality to Bernie’s. And the 2016 candidate with the worst personality (possibly of all people in the world) is the asshole sitting in the Oval Office playing on a golf simulator right now.

The fact is also that Bernie lost.

He was a worse candidate than Hillary, who lost to her by 4,000,000 votes, in a much more liberal voting block than the general election would have been. He also got a boost from Russia, and was treated with kid gloves by Republicans, neither of which would have been true if he had gotten past the primary.

“Anyway, I don’t have kids and don’t know much about them, but I’m kind of curious what parents think about this sort of cheap, under-the-table type of childcare.”

“Those actions are never referred to as dieting, because the intent isn’t for something as frivolous as weight loss.”

“People still have a difficult time recognizing similar behavior in men as problematic.”  This can be applied to so many things.

Thank you!

The ways I see this the most are:

Do you have a recipe?  I actually love to bake, and I used to do it all the time, and I am frankly unimpressed by the bread I can find locally for relatively cheap.  If a stand-mixer could actually help me make bread all the time, it would be worth it to me.