My laughter had a lot of synergy with your post.

You and me both, brother.

I agree. It's a slippery slope. There's a potentially toxic psychological distancing that seems to occur, where identifying simply with being 'an American' and not necessarily falling into line with whatever the cultural stereotypes there are, can be equated with the pejorative of 'being white'. I remember some…

LMAO exactly.

I have mixed feelings about instilling "strong" pride and establishing identities based on culture. There's a certain inevitability towards tribalism with that makes me uneasy. I say this being mixed race (various asian and caucasian) myself, growing up never quite fully assimilating into social groups that majorly…

I like the saranwrap method, which has the most aesthetically pleasing and consistent results. Slightly more prep, but makes up for it in the cleanup.

If you're working with things like ginger, peppercorns, hot peppers, etc, I recommend using a teaball to separate those ingredients, to save yourself a straining job that can be messy, or leave you picking some stuff out, while leaving other things in. I learned this the hard way when someone I cooked dinner for bit…

Sounds like they're not looking for team-players, but groupthinkers

When combined with other costs savings from buying certain bulk items at warehouse stores, vs buying from a neighborhood grocer on an as-you-need basis, each thing adds up to a larger cumulative monthly saving. The hard part about this is the sacrifice on freezer space and sitting around waiting for it to thaw. A…

If you have the freezer space, these savings add up over the course of a year.

End of March through early April is an ideal time to visit Japan or South Korea, in time for cherry blossom season. This time is also ideal weather-wise.

Where watty come fram?

Yup, this would be if you think someone is purposefully following you. Doing this maneuver would make it clear if they are following you, as most people tailing someone would inadvertently brake to watch what you do in their rearview mirror and then try to turn around.

Finally! Domain registrars come and go. I don't mind paying a few dollars more for peace of mind that Google is stable and has a more intuitive management interface. Now if Google could do hosting...

This is some #evilweek

That is infuriating. I went through a divorce last year and the people closest to me made themselves available if I wanted to talk about it, but they never tried pressing or reminding me every time I saw them. Those that did wound up just making themselves frustrated because I didn't want to discuss it every time I…

Being flexible and creating a safe emotional space is really important. Certain life situations and how people prefer to cope with them can make it difficult for some to empathize with. One of my friends was going through a lot of inner turmoil over some major impending career changes and at the same time I was…

I'd like to take the picture myself and try to sneak in a slight non-regulation smile into it. I think the $110 is worth more than another 5 years of looking like I'm on death row, especially if my plans to travel more come to fruition :D

I still have a bit of time before I need to renew mine, but I'd really like to redo my passport photo and renewal is the only option... hmmm