And I was specifically told by the doctor treating me for my constant bladder infections to pee before and after. Guess he knew job security when he saw it.

Sally Kern looks like she might have played on the women's softball team while attending community college, had a "confusing incident" after a party celebrating winning regionals, and has spent the rest of her life trying to "put things right with her Lord."

What's the deal with no lights? I'm the same way! I'll be in the bathroom, brushing my teeth or hair or whatever and a hand will pop through the doorway and turn on the lights. Thanks, if I wanted to be blinded, I'd have gotten Crest Whitening Strips!

I was pureeing soup with my stick blender, and some of the glop was sticking to the blades. It wasn't enough to not unplug it, but for some reason, my right hand KNOWINGLY pressed the "on" button while my left hand's delicate fingers were in there. I am the person who uses a long stick to clear snow out of a…

OMG, I had completely forgotten about Ione Quimby Griggs until now. She was a tiny little lady-reporter who always wore lovely hats (I recall them with veils but I might be mentally embroidering) and gloves. I worked in circulation at the Milwaukee Journal in the early 1980s, and was delighted to spot her in the…

I never know how to garnish my antibacterial soup - tips?

I'm willing to try it, but I predict we will continue to lead a life with a fridge full of competing condiments.

My husband and I will never agree on this. I put his "mayo" on the grocery list as "Bullshit mayo" while he insists mine is disgusting. I finally made him compare the ingredient lists of Hellman's and Miracle Whip and pointed out they're the same damned thing, with the addition of sugar to Miracle Whip. We once ran…

It's the baby.

We're trying. And trying and trying and trying and I swear to god we have crazy-ass carpetbaggers coming in from the moon to vote lately. Glen Grothman is the worst of the worst - even The Hon. Gov. Scott Walker is to the left of this loony toon.

The "good" news is that Mr. Walker's future will soon be on a national…

I'm still in a funk after watching this. I relate so very much to Olive, in that my family finds me "difficult" because I don't "go along to get along" and I am not afraid of confrontation. Most of my family prefers to avoid things that are uncomfortable in the hope they'll eventually go away.

Siren, whose recent claim to fame was getting pasted by a tornado because due to repairs, they had no...siren.

I scare so damned easily yet I have been checking and checking for this thread all week. WTF is wrong with us?!

Could be Machine Shed based on the description (other than the business practices - I have no knowledge one way or another about that).

I worked in a small pizza joint in a tourist town the summer after freshman year of college. Across the street was the bowling alley which was also know for "finer" dining (really). One evening, a couple came in with their kids (about 8 and 10 years old) and asked if the kids could be seated by the window, because…

My husband is at a concert I was DYING to go to, but he doesn't like concerts so I didn't suggest getting tickets when it was announced. Then his mother calls and says, "As a surprise for your dad's birthday, I got three tickets to the Jethro Tull concert for you, your dad and your brother." I am seriously bummed as…

Now that I know what Eiffel Tower is, I can suggest it!

Boiled first, so it's like butter-fried pasta with whatever you want to sprinkle on top. That being said, there's a new local "Bavarian" restaurant (Cafe' Bavaria, I'm looking at you) that claims to serve spaetzle but it's just spaghetti. I asked a waitress and she said, "It's more like commercial spaetzle." WTF?

Karl Ratzsch's in Milwaukee and the Kegel Inn (yup, don't even) in West Allis (just west of Milwaukee). Because Milwaukee.

I'm in Wauwatosa (adjacent to the city of Milwaukee) and these are everywhere here as well. Granted, he actually lives here - his sons went to high school and are buds with my nephew. Thanks for reminding me to get that Burke sign in my yard ASAP.