You experienced Pinemouth.

I read Bunnicula as a child and was really taken by it. So, my parents decided to honor this love by telling me that the Easter Bunny was a vampire.

I obviously didn’t try the pesto you had so I can’t be sure what caused that bitter taste, but if you put extra virgin olive oil through a blender or food processor you will get an incredibly bitter taste. Did you use extra virgin oil when you were making the pesto?

From an Italian mother we learned the somewhat expensive but completely worth it Pignoli are important for a traditional rendering but when younger and money was a little tight I tried a less expensive type apparently from China and they had such a bitter flavor with a terrible aftertaste. I am hoping you are able to…

Exactly the same thing happened to us. It apparently is a Chinese strain of pine nut that’s crossed over to other countries’ crops. So awful.

Was the festival Firefly?

I know this isn’t the point of your post, but I went to a wedding two years ago in upstate NY and stayed in Utica, and while I thought it had obviously seen better times, I actually found it somewhat charming. At least, I wouldn’t call it post-apocalyptic. I’ve lived in a couple horrifying cities that are, on their…

Every single hotel I’ve been to with a pool required a key card to get into it. 

Oh boy. I was twenty...somethingish when this came out and I watched every episode. Every comment that says, “I was in 2nd grade when this came out” or “I was 10" just makes me cringe because it reminds me how old I am compared to the average Jez commenter.

One of my favorite cozy mystery series. Enjoy!

Is it me, or do you guys think McConnell doesn’t realize Adam wasn’t actually a mayor at 18 who bankrupted his city? Like, I get the idea he thinks he is literally reminding Adam of his previous failure....

Hmm. I’ve had a variety of holiday-related disasters - being stuck on a plane which flew over the tail-end of the Great Storm of 1987 (fucking hell, never again), being on a 747 that experienced rather dramatic turbulence flying over Indonesia (always fun when you’re trying to quaff a G&T and the wee telly says you’ve…

The first summer after my husband and I married, we went on a vacation with his extended family. He has two sisters and a brother, and one of his sisters in particular - I’ll call her Mary - can be very bossy and judgmental. I was young and nervous about making a good impression with the family, especially her, since…

my mum doesnt remember the births of me or my siblings. she went in got knocked out, cut up and boom. baby. seeing as how we were going to tear her up one way or another, either from a virginal birth or c-section, i cannot for the life of me think its my place to say what she did was wrong. and if anyone dares tell…

Can we please raise the bar during the primary so that it’s higher than “he isn’t Trump”. FFS

That topic has been done, a lot. I’d for sure read a Jez piece on it, but there’s a ton of great investigative pieces on the true scams that MLMs are. The Dream podcast is a great example, and Samantha Bee just did a piece on them. I’ve read pieces from Washington Post, Medium, Bloomberg, etc.

Both of these ingredients have their uses. I am never going to make aioli with garlic powder, but for a spice rub I am on board.

When we were little we moved to Europe for my father’s job, and then we moved back when I was in 9th grade. Clothing in Europe used to be (and possibly still is) at least two seasons ahead of the US, and we had been buying European stuff for years (it’s what’s available in Europe...) For example, everyone in the US…

They’re nerds. I am sure this isn’t the first time they’ve Photoshopped a woman into a picture with them.

I miss Hyperbole and a half. I really hope she's doing ok.