Years ago, the IRS credited my account with a payment my sister made to her account. How's is this even possible you may ask? Even IRS agents were confused. Anyhoo, 4 years after the event I got a refund I wasn't supposed to and my sister got a lien put on her house, which is when we figured out what happened. (I now…

I think it needs to be done in the moment, like when you go down and it's unappealing stop, move away and tell him to shower or nothing's happening. Dan Savage had this advice to someone with kind-of the same issue.

I went there on a road trip once! Paintings of child angels (aka dead babies) everywhere! People still don't believe me when I tell them about it.

so imagine a future where you celebrate everything at Applebee's.

Twice- twice!- there's been someone playing bagpipes at the top when I've been there.

That's Barton Springs, and it's a great place to cool off and spend an afternoon. My in-laws are in the area so I know a few things. The LBJ museum is really interesting, the university art museum is good. There's a huge Texas history museum that I enjoyed. South Congress street is fun to wander. Sadly, my in-laws…

I was guessing the old Hungry Tiger. That place was a gem.

this Captain Awkward page may help: http://captainawkward.com/2014/05/23/573…

I recently worked for Imagekind.com for a few months doing framing (and made it on to their promo video - whoot!). They do paper or canvas prints in sizes ranging from card to sofa. The framing is optional. Their quality is great and the people are great, and their prices seem reasonable.

This last Christmas I framed some "art" that was a family-tree-kind-of-thing, and the kids were Kale, Olive and Berry. Either a foodie family or just an Oregon family.

And this is one more reason I'm not going back to the church no matter how awesome the pope is. It's still run by a legion of men totally apart from the people, unlike (most) nuns who actually live and work within the community they're a part of. Nuns take the bus, cardinals are driven in Mercedes. Nuns talk to the…

And how do we know he was the one not wanting marriage in past relationships? It's assumed that any woman would marry him if asked but that's not necessarily true.

The camera was set up on a tripod, but it seemed whenever I walked by there was a guest taking the photo instead. I had asked my teen-age nephew, who is pretty antisocial and would be the only teen there, beforehand if he'd be interested in being paid to do it but he said no.

We had an artist friend paint a really cheesy mountain scene backdrop and for people to stand in front of and get their picture taken. We hooked the camera to a portable printer so the pictures could be printed out and then pasted on paper we provided, with markers and stickers and such, for a great guest book. Kind…

I'm sorry this has happened to you! At age 42 I had a pulmonary embolism (lung clot) last summer and was in the hospital for a few days and then on activity and travel restrictions for 6 months and Coumadin for life. It sucked. This happened because I never noticed the DVT that had to have formed in my leg, so I'm…

Legally the airlines are not allowed to include these fees in the fare price.

I bake more than cook, so the issues that pop for me with older cookbooks are broad directions like "bake in a hot oven until done". Um, no duh? I think older cookbooks were written with the idea that the user had already had a strong knowledge of what to do but just needed the ingredient list. In general the recipes…

I have a cookbook from 1965-ish that is called "Home Economic Teachers Favorite Dessert Recipes". I wonder if anyone you know is in it. Last summer I decided to make all the cookies in order of recipe and they were mostly pretty decent.

there's a Colorado version called Colorado Cache. My mom and aunts still use it for "nice" dinners.

Servers in Oregon get minimum wage (I think it's up to 10.10 here) and tips. And I swear there's more bars and restaurants in Portland than there are adults, so paying a better wage obviously isn't ruining the industry.