The way they are perched to catch on everything is a deliberate display of wealth.  It is saying, “I can afford to lose this diamond.”

^^This!

Well the joke is on them because my dog doesn’t even like ice cream.

Summer drinks are completely different from winter drinks.

Dammit, now I want a fancy grilled cheese.

Last week the heat was so oppressive that all I ate one day was Italian ice and pickles.

White wine, a mojito, or a gin and tonic. Sometimes I will add charcueterie or a bowl of cereal.

Yet my MIL swears that Metarie is such a safe place to live. It isn’t like New Orleans.

That tiramisu story is great. I thought it was going to be like my first attempt that did not set up for some reason and formed a soupy sludge (that tasted good, but looked gross).

Several years ago, my husband became obsessed with making the Thanksgiving turkey (I think he was jealous of the attention) and has left the giblets in their pouch at least 3 times.  He is no longer allowed to start cooking without me verifying the giblets have been removed.

The irony is that the security lines make us more vulnerable.  If a terrorist wanted to be effective, they could detonate a bomb or start shooting when we are all corralled in line.

Of my good friends from high school, I am the only one who stayed away.  The others all even left for a while, but returned and started having kids.  They are just as miserable as they ever were in that shitty little town with no decent jobs, but they all returned.  I do not understand.  After my parents die, I will…

Eh.  Whatever.  I wasn’t popular in high school, so outside of the portrait section, there is not a single picture of me in any of the yearbooks.

In my recent flying experience, the big airports don’t care. But those small town airports (which have been demanding that I remove the granola bar from my purse for over a year) have to inspect every single thing. Small town bureaucrats love to exercise their power, and the TSA agents at regional airports think…

The republican party is all about scapegoating and not taking personal responsibility.

Not only can a boss reprimand and an employee at any time during business hours, if the employee does something outside of business hours that damages the business, they can be fired. So if your representatives do something unofficially that is counter to their official responsibilities, hold them accountable.

Men get terrified at the prospect that they might be treated like women are or held to the same standards.

I agree completely. Women have reached the point where we don’t need men to stay out of poverty or navigate our way through society, but men haven’t accepted that they need to step up to the plate and that their old behavior isn’t good enough.

I don’t like pilsners, but I hate what hops have done to beer. They have completely overtaken everything, so you can’t taste anything but nasty, hoppy bitterness. I have gone into a few bewpubs and ended up just drinking water because they didn’t have anything with less than 40 IBU’s on the menu.

You and me both. Making coffee at home takes a lot less time, hassle, and money than going to a coffee shop. Do people like waiting in line? Occasionally I will get a Cortado or something if I am out shopping, but I am not going to a coffee shop for drip coffee.