I was surprised how much my Colman’s mustard powder faded in the tin over time. Freshly opened, a teaspoon goes a long long way. It’s now a couple of years old and I’m absolutely going to replace it before Thanksgiving, because last time I made mac and cheese, I needed two tablespoons to get even a hint of mustard…

I have empathy for you. My Dad was color blind, not the traditional red-green kind, but some kind where all things reddish looked the same to him, and all things blue/green looked the same (but different from red).  I’d say, “That’s a nice sweater, with the pink and purple stripes”, and he’d look at me like I was mad,…

Traveler checks ... wow, that took me back. I don’t think I’ve seen or used those since the 1980s.   1990 onwards, I just got a bit of pocket money spends for holidays, in foreign currency, and used a credit card for the rest.

My Dad was an excellent judge of character, and used to form opinions on people based on just a short interaction. I remember him saying about one guy, “Didn’t like him, never trust someone wearing child-molester glasses”. I was maybe 10 or 12 at the time, and didn’t know what “child-molester glasses” were (I didn’t…

Well that would be a big giant waste of his big giant fivehead, if he didn’t.  Dude could use that thing to break down doors, never might fight flailing airdancers like McCarthy.

Wasn’t it Edward (and not Andrew) who tried out briefly with the Marines, and then quit and went into “entertainment”? I was pretty surprised when he married Sophie, as I was convinced he was gay.

“singing”

The official collective noun for cats is a clowder, but, honestly I absolutely prefer “shit-load”. As the cleaner of a litter box for my entire adult life, even just one cat is a shit-load.

The good news: Party at Grimes’ house.

My dog is an absolute idiot and the worst judge of character. One of my neighbors is a Trumper; she’s racist, has no moderation filter so she says what she thinks, and I can’t stand her. My dog thinks she’s the shiznit.

I dunno about her making nice money (from her book, anyway). Who’s going to buy it? Republicans who think J6 was “a nice day out” aren’t going to buy it. Toxic males aren’t going to buy it. And all I’m seeing from liberals like myself is “haha, she got her face eaten by a leopard, and then she wrote a book about how…

I’m definitely getting early Madonna looks.  Normally, Sophie Turner looks like Paris Hilton.

I’m definitely getting early Madonna looks.  Normally, Sophie Turner looks like Paris Hilton.

I broke my foot last Halloween. I had a boot and could walk, but curbside pickup was much easier and more comfortable. So that’s what I did for three months. I used Safeway exclusively, and was extremely impressed with the freshness of the fruit and veg they picked for me. They absolutely weren’t picking the scabby…

I thought God caused abortions?  Any woman who has unprotected sex and then does not find herself pregnant six weeks or so later (or even six months or so later, after a positive pregnancy test early on) has been aborted by God.

Since it wasn’t in the story, and the info is out there (I found it on wikipedia so no one is doxxing anyone here), the Zilis twins are called Strider and Azure.

We (boomers) don’t have cell phones. This was clearly someone younger, who is far more comfortable than the likes of me, with a walkie talkie that plays Candy Crush.

Thank you for explaining that!  It never occurred to me that it was supposed to be someone’s take on Siobhan.  I just saw the “shiv” and thought it was some gansta thing, that some 2000 era crunchy mom thought would be a cool name for her kid.  I’ve never seen Siobhan spelled weirdly before.

I didn’t know that thing I smashed was a horcrux, honest. I thought it was a garden variety skull-shaped poison ring.

I got a Starbuck’s latte two weeks ago and the cash register was surrounded by fresh bananas.