I think he got his Fridays mixed up. It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving, not the Friday before Independence Day that you bring your gun to the mall. There are no bargain waffle irons to be had today.

All these stories are making me feel better. Also, as newcomer to MI, I ADORE your avatar image. I won’t be happy till I have a petoskey stone to call my own!

Awww! We have a cat we adore, and hope to have a baby ginger in the near future, so I worry about the two of them getting along. A friend just had to give her cat to her brother because it was scratching her 18 month old human baby. And my SO’s mom had a dachsaund when he was born that had a serious vendetta against…

Cats have always made life worth living for me. The idea of spending a single day catless is my idea of hell.

I worked for several years as a Store Systems Integrator at Whole Foods and was in charge of day-to-day price/scan accuracy and auditing.

Does she also laugh at salads?

Good tip. My boyfriend booked an airbnb and mentioned to them it was a surprise for our anniversary. Obviously, it’s airbnb, so we didn’t get a room upgrade, but they did leave us a bottle of wine and a kind note. That was nice.

In general when I go out to bars my first drink has a really strong tip. I find this gets the bartender to notice me a little faster when the bar is crowded and I need another beer.

If I’m at a busy bar with a group of people and I’m hosting them (meaning I’ll be placing the orders), I’ll approach the bartender, put a $20 on the counter, and say “Hi I’m tipping you up front bec I can tell you’re busy. We’re sitting over here but I’ll order all our drinks.” Then I place my order. If the bill is…

Classy and inclusive. It sets the tone for the day and your marriage.

I think that’s bullshit. A plus one is a plus one. If the invite is not for a specific person, just a plus one, then what does it matter who that is?

After reading The Advocate article, which outlines her transgressions, I have to agree....particularly since she’d been warned. Academic freedom doesn’t mean you can make misogynistic jokes at your students’ expense or create a hostile environment by responding with “fuck, no” to student questions.

I was under the impression that the song was all about one guy. I didn’t figure out that it was, like, different hypothetical guys until my mom said something about Brad Pitt and I informed her that he is also a rocket scientist.

I like singing along to Disney tunes and some TSwift, but I know that subjecting other people to it violates the torture terms set out in the Geneva Convention. So I do it at home while cooking and dancing like a white girl in the kitchen, or with my BFF on road trips. Where it belongs.

Joyce is the kind of customer that would have complained if the roles were reversed - if she were eating out with her family and a loud-ass group wouldn’t stop singing, you know Joyce would be calling the manager over and asking for her meal to be comped.

What is especially amazing about this story is that Winton had no connection to the government and no relevant work experience that should have helped him do this. He wasn’t a diplomat. He didn’t live in Prague. He was just a guy who heard that there was a crisis, took 2 weeks off from work, and rescued 669 people.…

This may not be the best to watch in the office or in public:

I like the fact that she’s letting her vulnerability shine through by being somewhat awkward in her personal disclosures. Fame isn’t necessarily easy for everyone, and she went through what was probably an intensely humiliating experience. If she’s not 100% effortless, I find that more relatable.

listening to “that don’t impress much me much” as a child is what formed to basis of all of my future relations with men and i bow down to shania for that gift