bullies always use the excuse, “it was just a joke” when they get called on their shit.

I had a high school coach who thought it was fun to hand out these kinds of gag awards. I remember one of my teammates getting the Big Butt award. Mine was something along the lines of the Diva Award, which I got ostensibly because I was very serious and cared about winning (the reality is that I, as a sophomore, had…

“It’s shit like this that makes me embarrassed to call myself liberal.”

I would think a lot of that salt would fall off once it dries out a bit. Or you can brush it off gently. It's to dehydrate the skin, I believe.

You had me until you told me to “slice open with a sharp knife.” You never slice a potato open with a knife. You create a dotted line from end to end with a fork, and then squeeze the ends together until the skin bursts open. Slicing leaves a smooth surface that butter will slide right off of. Using a fork and…