I think in this case, the priest was more of a Francis-type guy. His thing was doing good and helping people and being Christ-like, so he wasn’t a huge stickler for rules and bullshit. Over the years, I ended up going to church quite a bit with my grandma, which is how I know this story in the first place.
I mean, I…

Go outside with your cousins who have pot, because duh, of course they do.

My grandmother was a pretty big Catholic, but in the “nice old lady who goes to church” sense, not the “die sinners!” sense. She was understandably upset when my atheist hippie parents made it known that they weren’t going to have me baptized. They weren’t hostile to the idea, it was just that church wasn’t for them…

That is generally what ends up happening. The recipe calls for like, 3 slices of bacon with a pound of sprouts but that’s just stupid. So it’s essentially a plate of bacon and garlic with a sprout garnish. HEALTHY!

Shocking.

I’ve had garlic ice cream and it was good! Not something I’d reach for all the time, but it was interesting. And I have been known to crumble bacon over dark chocolate ice cream, so...

You should poison her. “made this special, just for you, Karen!”

Raw turnips, though? HARD PASS. Or do you not consider that a true vegetable?

You are wrong, friend! WRONG, I SAY! I steam mine, then throw them in the cast-iron skillet with some bacon and garlic and a dash of soy sauce and people stab their grandmothers for them.

We are also an Arlo Guthrie household. By the time I was about 7, I could recite it and any version other than the “official” version we have on vinyl makes me stabby because IT’S NOT RIGHT! When What’s-His-Name and I first got together, I brought him into this tradition and now we are passing it down to WeePiglet.

The right time to eat Thanksgiving dinner is 4pm.

What’s-His-Name was telling me about this guy yesterday and I’m thinking either way, it’s a win: either he proves his claim and re-writes all of science or he dies in a cool fiery explosion and the world has one fewer stupid idiot. Win-win!

Oh, cool!

The waiting game is the #1 reason why I don’t make wine. ;)

For this batch, I did a cold-brew and threw it in the secondary fermentation. I can see the appeal of steeping grounds at flame-out, but I feel like that would run the risk of high acidity. Cold brew gives you a rounder coffee character.

“Pursuing shared feelings” with people who work for you,

NO ONE is making a proper Bitter anywhere near here! It’s a tragedy! With all the amazing different styles of beer available, it’s all hop-bomb IPAs or ultra stouts aged in unicorn-tear barrels with a limited release of 5 and a half bottles.

Oh man, that is sad. Poor girl. The burden of “should I or could I have done more” is a hard one to carry, but you were a child, basically, what more COULD you have done? Similar stories abound from my own hometown and only now, 25-ish years out of high school, are some people starting to “come back” to us. We lost a…

Woman, and yes - I did it ON PURPOSE! I am a “try anything once” kind of gal but I’ve learned that lesson!

I’m so sorry that happened to you!! If you ever get a chance to vomit on him again, you should do it. Every time. Going home for Thanksgiving? Go barf on that guy! Then kick him in the nuts and set him on fire.