You win! That's the best & most concise comment to describe this monstrosity.  

Exactly. I don’t actually need a home theater or a billiards room. My home would be a little larger than your 630 SF bungalow, but the emphasis would still be on functional (& nice) instead of gigantic & imposing. There’s a Toronto designer who works with one of my clients who did an amazing job with her own personal…

If I win $70 million in LottoMax, I will move to a nicer house. However, it won't be a gigantic house and it won't be ostentatious.  I'm not against living well, but I can't stand it when insecure narcissists feel the need to impress everyone.  "Trumpian" - you hit the nail on the head right there. 

It has all of the architects in Toronto laughing at how horrible it is. I have to be careful as to exactly how I word this, but one of my top clients was a vendor on this project. Their clientele is almost exclusively individuals with tons of money. I personally witnessed their truck being loaded for a delivery to…

Ugh. I apologize for my previous post. I’m an absolute idiot. “No Regrets” is a Tom Rush cover, NOT a John Prine cover. Sorry about that.  

Ugh. I’m an absolute idiot. “No Regrets” is a Tom Rush cover, NOT a John Prine cover. I apologize.  

I knew his name for years because he had sometimes played in our tiny local (musical) dive bar (and they would often frame & mount the flyers from some of the more prominent performers), but I had never really heard his music until Dean Wareham’s band, Luna, covered “No Regrets” on an EP. Thank you John (and thank you…

I’m pretty sure that being an MCU hero is a prerequisite for even being considered as a candidate for the title of “Best Chris”. Mr. Pine might’ve wowed Wonder Woman, but that’s it. He’s no Captain America and he’s definitely no Thor. I love Star Lord, but I'm not going to defend Chris Pratt. 

Esther, you have once again proven why you have become my favourite Jezebel writer. Don’t get me wrong, your dream was horrifying, but the fact that you wrote about it is amazing. Sometimes you write very real “normal” things (like Barf Bag), sometimes you write stuff like the rankings of your colleagues pets (as…

So what exactly happens if a sitting PM dies? I’m most familiar with the rules of succession for the U.S. and I've got no idea how it would work in the U.K. 

We didn't grow up Catholic, but my older brother has become a fiercely Catholic zealot (almost as enthusiastic as those evangelical kooks). He sent me some updates yesterday about how proud he is of my niece's terminally ill (inoperable brain cancer) friend because she wrote a letter to their archbishop complaining…

OK, you win, havarti it is. I’ll think of you when I’m next at the grocery store. I've got plenty of access to different mustards already, but I'll have to try to remember to pick up some Gulden's Spicy Brown Mustard the next time that I'm back in the U.S. (hopefully 2021? I'm definitely not travelling there for the…

It’s probably been more than a decade since I’ve made one, but now I’ve got a craving. I guess that I‘ll have to pick up some spam on my next trip to the grocery store, but now I have to decide what type of cheese to pair it with.  For some reason I'm thinking jarlsberg.  Maybe havarti? Along with a nice mustard. This…

What about a grilled spam & cheese sandwich? 

2 microwaved bean & cheese burritos + a coke zero.  Maybe some chocolate later on. 

You're almost correct, but they definitely aren't procuring supplies because that would involve actual work (which could be tracked & judged). No, I think that it's much more likely that they will endeavor to optimize the best strategies needed to architect the efficiencies required to most favorably produce a…

I just stopped in to see if they were still sticking with the absolutely horrible redesign and I’m shocked by Adam’s death. He was a friendly acquaintance over the years. He had worked as a hired hand in our drummer’s first band, then played a gig with us as a member of an unsigned band called the Wallflowers (before…

I concur. The lack of orange cats IS truly appalling. 

That’s surprising to me. I had just assumed that it wouldn’t be able to cling to or thrive on a non-porous surface. My misunderstanding is probably a perfect example of why you shouldn’t have people from the construction industry making decisions about protecting against viruses. 

Huh. In Ontario, the LCBO (very similar to Pennsylvania’s State Store system) & the Beer Store locations (beer only retailers, which are owned jointly by the giant international brewery conglomerates, and run strangely similar to methadone clinics) have been deemed essential services.  They have cut back their hours…