The best advice that unfortunately took me way to long to learn- Not every time you turn on the stove does it have to be set to the highest heat.

Jon Bois also did a good deep dive into this on his YouTube channel here. What I recall was that St. Louis wasn’t their first choice- the games had been awarded to Chicago, but then St. Louis, which was hosting a world’s fair that year, threatened to have their own sporting event with blackjack and hookers unless they…

The capital of Canada is Ottawa, not Ottowa

Stop.

My landlord had just sold the house we lived in, so we needed to move ASAP. We were on different schedules, so prior to move day, only Rob* had seen the new place. He had a trade convention for his job, so he wasn’t going to be there for the move itself. I went to the new place the morning of the move, only to enter a…

Not to be rude, but what is the LQBTQ “lifestyle?” The one where I met my wife 29 years ago, have been with her as a committed couple for 28, adopted a horribly abused child, raised her to happy, healthy adulthood, married in my family church (where we’re active members of the congregation) as soon as it became legal…

7 wonders, a good mix of strategy to keep it entertaining, but enough luck to not swamp those who haven’t ever played before, overall good game.

7 wonders, a good mix of strategy to keep it entertaining, but enough luck to not swamp those who haven’t ever…

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered drunk and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of Buffalo football lore-

I started picking up on interesting things that seemed connected in one way or another to keep me in spiritual contact with him. Buying “New Headphones,” “Needing Help,” New Horizons,” “Nice Hair.” Friends had the initials of the streets he lived on. He was manipulating me through the use of the “language.” I was…

I don’t know. She did sing “Gymnasts, Trampolines and Thieves"

Canada Dry or bust. Accept no substitutes. Polar Bear, La Croix, Schweppes, Vintage, and all those imitators need to pay homage to Canada Dry. Those “competitors” are flat within a moments notice, have bizarre flavors, and less of a bite than good old Canada Dry. Gerolsteiner and Voss are great if you wanna be fancy,…

Canada Dry or bust. Accept no substitutes. Polar Bear, La Croix, Schweppes, Vintage, and all those imitators need to…

same

the hardest thing about writing the series was “the absence of Terry Pratchett from this world.”

Has a rising star ever fallen this hard, this fast?