I really don’t think it’s that simple.

Awwww. My husband was reluctant to get a dog at all, and when he agreed to get one he specifically wanted a larger breed, preferably male, that he could jog with. Of course, we ended up with the terrier-mix bitch that was practically levitating in her urge to get at as over the top of her pen. But he ended up adoring…

Yeah, my parent’s dog is a greyhound/we think rotweiller/??? mix, and she goes through “tough” toys like a hot knife through pudding. She’s shredded KONGS.

1. Oh God, what if I get pregnant? What if we can’t get an abortion in time? What if Mr. CrawledoutoftheSea has a religious awakening and wants to keep the baby? What if I get the abortion and people find out and I’m shunned?

I do this every morning after I leave the house for work. One of our cats shows no inclination to leave the house, but the other will tentatively sneak up to it and I’m terrified she’ll bolt one day, and it’ll be dark and I won’t see, and we haven’t had her long enough for her to know her way home, and it’s so cold…

I was so flippin’ happy when I saw this pop up on my recommended feed. This time of year I get really homesick for the UK and snuggling on the sofa, wincing whenever anyone said something like “I think I’ll turn the heat up a bit. What do you think?” is as close as I can get to a warm hug from my mam. It’s brill. I…

I mean, it’s still damn cute whichever way you hear it.

“It is the AMERICAN way. Hmm? Oh, It is the BRITISH way.”

Me too. That’s the bit that’s truest to how Christmas should feel to me.

I thought it was “No cheeses for us Meeses?” I could be laboring under an illusion.

Muppets Christmas Carol is literally the only version of A Christmas Carol I can watch without wanting to smother Tiny Tim with his own sense of self-righteousness and the damn turkey.

It’ll come. People round here keep saying how mild it is, and I want to smack them because for the last four years in a row it’s been super mild before Christmas and then horrible from mid January until late April. They’re just making the inevitable worse!

They’re not hard to find either. The thrift stores around me always have at least two or three London Fog trenches from the 70s and 80s, and usually some solid wool coats from the 60s.

I think this reflects changing fashions more than anything. Sweet wine was very popular in the 70s, then it got replaced by Chardonnay, which made way for Pinot Grigio, etc. etc. I will say that when a certain varietal gets very popular you tend to see a lot of poor quality examples on the market, which makes the…

That’s good to know! I remember reading an article at the time of the whole Hershey’s/LBB blow-up that said it would probably be fine to do so but that technically Hershey’s could sue you for trademark violations or something. I remember thinking at the time that seemed ludicrous.

This is going to sound very condescending, but people mostly just don’t know any better. Hershey’s is ubiquitous here, it’s what they ate as a kid, that’s what they think chocolate should taste like. I know a fair few Americans who have tried British and Swiss chocolate, and only one of them still prefers Hershey’s,…

Only since February of this year, and it only applies (I believe) to Cadbury’s chocolate produced in the UK. It’s a bit confusing and involves several layers of corporate babble, but basically Hershey’s now produces certain Cadbury’s products here in the US (same brand name, different formula), and has managed to…

I think I’ve eaten Blue Bunny once or twice. Not really worth it, as far as I can see. If I have a craving for ice-cream, it’s straight to Ben and Jerry’s for their Peanut Buttah Core. Or Talenti’s gelato if I’m feeling flush.

Really? I’m surprised they’re allowed to sell Cadbury’s anymore- unless they’re passing off the American Cadbury’s as British...

Yep, feel is usually the best way to determine the quality and longevity of an item, reguardless of where you’re buying it. I started noticing it a lot more when I started sewing myself. If you shop by feel you tend to get more genuine bargains, because you can identify the best of the cheap stuff and exclude the bad…