We just wait until the Mets are terrible and snag seats behind home plate for $30 each. We usually don’t have to wait very long. 

I graduated high school in the early 90s and I don’t recall anything like this going around, but I was (and still am) famously oblivious to things like this. It’s a blessing and a curse to be able to tune this shit out. But I’m certain that if it had happened and had come to the attention of the adults around us,…

They are! It’s like watching a dog with three legs learning to tap dance. It’s so cute but ultimately will be unsuccessful and honestly, you really just want to put it out of its misery.

You’re wasting plenty of time with this ridiculous comment thread, you might as well dig through the Jez archives to “prove” your “point.”

In all honesty, if your list had come to the attention of your administrators, you probably *wouldn’t* have been punished in any significant way. It would have been like “knock it off” and that would have been that.

  Okay, buddy. Thanks for telling everyone how to be! 

Yeah, I wonder if Aunt Becky not wanting to make an official donation was because she wanted to avoid the “she bought her kid’s way in!” noise that might have been made, so she went a different route in hopes that her kid would still have her way bought but it wouldn’t be so public.

There is ONE DD near me that has a huge “BAKED ON PREMISES” sign and that’s the one I go to. The rest of them... ick.

I have not tackled his cassoulet, but it is always in the back of my mind. It’s a three-day adventure and I just don’t have the time right now!

You will not be disappointed. That book is a true treasure.

If it’s a major ingredient, it HAS to be listed on the label. Under a certain percentage, things can be labelled as “natural flavor” or “spices,” etc. But the amounts have to be small in order for that to happen. And there aren’t that many herbs/spices that are common allergens. 

JVN irritated me SO MUCH for half the first episode in the first season but then I just sort of got on the train and never got off. He is so positive and sparkly and affirming and just so NICE. I love him.

I have often said that IKEA needs a marriage counselor on-site.

We did fairly well in Germany, but when we got to Prague and attempted anything past “pivo” the server was like “yeah we totally understand, here’s the English menu.”  :)  But we tried!

It seems like it would be painful. She would have to lower her palate and her jaw and push her larynx forward while producing sound out of the back of her throat. And it feels like it would take a lot more air, so I’m going to pay attention to her and see if she takes a breath more often than would seem normal. 

The “this batch is far inferior to October’s batch” is essentially what drives one of the beer groups I’m in. There is SO much bitching and moaning and one of the breweries set up a blind taste test for the loudest of the loudmouths and... well, raise your hand if you’re surprised they failed the test.

... are you my Grandpa?

Yes, but... the ‘fun-size’ Heath bars you can get in bags are the perfect size. 

Right? Unfortunately, the town where I live doesn’t allow “livestock or farm animals” on the size lot I live on. I just need to be a little less half-assed about my pursuit for veal bones.  Or buy a plot of land and start a farm, but I could never do that. I’m a hypocrite - I’ll eat meat but I could never kill it…

I tried that with the four butchers within 20 miles of my house. They said they could hold them for me “when some became available” and I left my contact details and a willingness to pay stupid amounts of money. I check back regularly and hear either “we just don’t have any” or “oh... that’s right. Forgot about that.”