I bought Halloween candy a week ago... but only because the store had a great points offer for their loyalty program and those mini kit kats aren’t going bad before Oct 31...

Sisters I knew in high school were exactly this. One fair, blue-eyed and red headed. The other a brunette with brown eyes and an ability to tan. No family resemblance at all. 

I loved nothing more than digging for worms when I was a kid and splashing in puddles and using a magnifying glass to burn ants on the sidewalk. I also loved Barbies and ballet. Kids just like things that are fun (or torture, in the case of the ant burning...) and will have wide ranging interests if they are exposed…

The Twin Cities are amazing (I say that only as a tourist; I’m Canadian). Minneapolis is thought of as a mall and nothing else but both cities are awesome. So much to do and see, and a really great food and art scene. 

But can we talk about how I dressed like a fool for most of elementary school because I thought I was emulating Claudia but hitting more of a “what is Ms. Frizzle were an 8 year old child” vibe?

This is a beaver tail, a Canadian delicacy served with cinnamon sugar or drizzled with Nutella. 

Please edit this article to remove the word “gypped” is which is horribly derogatory. 

Jell-ICKles. Which you would know if your Dad also blasted the soundtrack on every family road trip. 

I believe the interview with Jane Goodall was done by Harry. I get the sense that the Michelle Obama piece is more of a conversation between Michelle and Meghan and not an interview by the latter of the former. 

Bobby and Jessica from season 3 did a climbing wall workout together! Just as another example of heroes and Fab 5ers keeping in touch. I get the sense that those too really do have a close relationship because of their shared personal experiences of being rejected by their religious adopted families when they came…

My uncle travels a lot and swears by bringing a netti pot and saline packet on the flight to do a sinus rinse about an hour before landing. You have to get hot water from the flight attendant and let it cool to lukewarm before going and doing the rinse in the bathroom (while touching no surfaces in the bathroom) but…

Same. I loved the intro so much. I thought it was hilarious. The talking sperm are so ridiculous that I actually think it made me more pro-choice - in an it’s utter garbage to think of this stuff going on in the uterus as life kind of way.

I’m not sure I get the snark over William’s comments (beyond the legitimate discussion about the word “decision”). He acknowledged that the issues would be the result of society’s failures and that’s something we all need to work to change. Given the scrutiny Meghan has faced, undoubtedly in large part because she is…

Fermented tea leaf salad is delicious. Anyone who has any reason to be in Ottawa should go to Rangoon and eat the tea leaf salad. I can not describe what it tastes like but it is absolutely delicious. 

This Jezebel article and the profile it references are both critical of the set design of kitchens in Nancy Meyers movies... https://jezebel.com/its-complicated-the-triumph-of-and-trouble-with-nanc-5428031

I was going to say this. I know of a federal judge who hires lots of female clerks, always a majority female, and always based on attractiveness. Not to say those women aren’t deserving and accomplished but the judge doesn’t earn any feminist kudos for his approach to hiring...

Which is also a good correction to this article - this Trooping the Colour was not Meghan’s first. She attended last year. She and Harry were married in May, so she was Duchess of Sussex at last year’s T the C.

My favourite example on this was at a session at a professional conference on workplace sexual harassment. The panel was entirely female, all highly experienced workplace investigators, lawyers, equity officers. Not one but TWO men in the audience went to the mic during the Q&A with “not a question but a comment”…

I don’t drink and the only time it can be awkward is in a networking/professional happy hour situation. For me, the key is to show up a bit late and order my own drink at the bar. I get a club soda with a wedge of lime. It looks like a gin and tonic and no one bugs me about it. Usually I nurse it, but you can always…

The obvious answer is to use it as a base for a pasta salad recipe. A huge pasta salad that you take to a block party or something.