FYI, Beth, the research linking sugar alcohols and digestive issues is strongest on xylitol - there’s been a lot of it, partially because it’s the most commonly used - and some on sorbitol.

.......this is incredibly, horribly and tragically fucking offense to every single person out there with an intellectual/development mental disability. We have Average Joes thinking they can just go around using medical terms, that are incredibly stigmatizing, to discredit a Presidential candidate. There are people…

Most of u know that I have been a special needs teacher/administrator for nearly 18 years, the only job I have ever known. Excuse me now, there is a huge lump in my throat and I’m sobbing as I write this. Of the hundreds of children with special needs that I have worked with, I can tell you that every single one of…

As a fellow Bernie Bro, nothing has made me go running into Hillary’s arms like the behavior of the Republican party over the past three months. I went from saying my vote is irrelevant anyway so I’ll stay home (since I live in Mass), to thinking about voting for Jill Stein to being fully onboard with Hillary. Better…

While I do agree with the Sears attachment parenting philosophy, on the anti-vaccine front, the Sears are more full of shit than a too small diaper after a jar full of prunes.

I read this as an actress signing on for one project, and not wanting to have it switched for a totally different one. Filming a tv series is very different from filming a movie—logistically, financially... And also, she IS an A-list star right now. Doing a TV movie would be bad for her career. Can we recognize a…

Yes thank you - this is what I got out of this. It’s like getting a project assignment at any job, agreeing to the terms and conditions with your boss, and then somewhere down the line your boss completely changes the parameters (schedule, expectations, etc.) - and in this case they didn’t even seem to bother to let…

I don’t think she’s knocking TV as a medium—she’s appearing in an HBO limited series this fall (“Big Little Lies”). She’s saying that she contracted to do this particular project for film and isn’t necessarily up for it now changing to TV (which requires a different type of shooting schedule, etc.).

She’s The Usherette who sings Science Fiction Double Feature, bringing back the role from the stage version of the show (though usually that was played by the same actor doing Magenta).

I’ll tell them what. I’ll stop using the API scanners as soon as they fix the fucking 3-step bug. How about that?

My friend went into a Target yesterday, and saw a bunch of onesies that said “Future President” in with the boy baby clothes. There were no such onesies on the girl baby clothes side. She took half of them off the rack and moved them to the girl side, which is why we are friends.

(also, not a grandparent and not THAT old, but.. old to what s/he calls the World Wide Web. Lol. Man, that was funny).

I’m the artist of those hands and I absolutely have a copyright on that design. I don’t own the concept of hands making the whatever symbol, but I DO own that specific drawing, and they literally copy and pasted it.

Did you know that you can put pins on clothing other than your lapel? It’s fun! I have a pin of a poop emoji on my work tote bag. I am an adult (semi-)professional.

Starred for the effort, results, and all the sarcasm that actually did inform me. Thanks.

Third eye open, well done.

true—though I’ve also heard people have been having trouble creating those accounts the last few days, so my guess is some people just did Google because it was easier

The notion that they do though it’s unfortunately dominating the conversation now. And that attitude is precisely the problem. It seems that a lot of the cosplayers and their fans expect to operate under different rules than literally everyone else at the convention.

If you buy that $95 thermapen, the taste of your steaks alone will convince you that you made a good investment (not a shill for the company, but the thermapen is one of the best kitchen tools I’ve ever purchased).

My dream is that Alton Brown will do a short series called “That’s Another Episode” where he discusses all the ingredients/recipes that he excluded on Good Eats by saying “But that’s another episode.”