But the frame is included with the mattress set? I used my very first paycheck to buy a $400 queen mattress set from Original Mattress Factory (so not very expensive but still a nice bed). (Prior to that, I was sleeping on the floor.) It came with a frame. When I had to replace that bed, it came with with a frame.…

I do! I'm weirdly proud of the fact that I almost always finish a tube of lip balm.

I do! I'm weirdly proud of the fact that I almost always finish a tube of lip balm.

That's exactly why I won;t buy that brand. My little slim tube of Burt's Bees fits nicely in a pocket. That spherical shape looks terribly inconvenient.

That's exactly why I won;t buy that brand. My little slim tube of Burt's Bees fits nicely in a pocket. That…

I occasionally have terribly chapped lips. (They chap a little and then I compulsively pick at them. I know, ew.) I highly recommend the mango butter version. No peppermint oil, very soothing and healing.

I occasionally have terribly chapped lips. (They chap a little and then I compulsively pick at them. I know, ew.) I…

Well, I'm black. I didn't think the world was perfect but I definitely didn't think racism wasn't as prevalent as my parents made it out to be. I mean, their lives when they were 12 (segregation still in effect, pre-VRA, pre-Civil Rights movement) were light years away from my experience.

Eh, there's not a single country that's free of violence, period.

Well, to be fair, many 12 year old are super idealistic. They also don't understand the different degrees of racism. In school, you learn about slavery, the KKK, lynchings, segregation, etc. If you then learn about how those things were made illegal and/or you don't see them happening, it's really easy to say racism…

Someone just broke King Tut's burial mask a couple of months ago. (At least that was a accident though.)

I guess it's pretty telling that I'm currently enrolled in a sleep study as a control (survey based). That is, I'm enrolled as someone who sleeps *really* well. Have me lie down with a blanket between the hours of 6pm and 10am (can't take daytime naps anymore) and I can usually be asleep within 10 minutes.

Are people really that affected by the sun? Don't people just follow their daily routines regardless? I get up when my alarm goes off regardless of the amount light. I eat breakfast around the same time, which is based on my work start time, and that determines when I'm hungry for lunch (~5 hours post breakfast with a…

The Lolita I know goes by Lolly. Not sure if that's much better.

No, I get circadian rhythms.

I'm in my 30s. I'd much rather have the extra hour at night. I get weird about going places after dark. When it gets dark at, like, 4pm, I feel trapped. It's not like I'm able to enjoy the sun at 6am . . .

What's the deal with the kid in the second to last gif? It looks like he's being thrown into the wall. Magic?

I don't understand how this affects adults so much. If you have kids, I understand because they don't respect time (Fuck yo' clock!). But is it seriously that big of a deal for an adult to get one less hour of sleep? Have people never had an unexpected late night and had to deal the next day? I mean, there's plenty of…

Good sleuthing!

That's what I'm not sure of. I tried to investigate the origin of the Samoa treat (for all of 20 seconds) and as you might expect all of the hits referenced the Girl Scout cookie. My instinct is that it's an older dessert and the Girl Scouts made their version. I can't image why the Girl Scouts would pick a random…

Are you old enough to remember the old school grasshopper cookies? Two chocolate cookie wafers with a delicious green, mint creme in the middle. Like a mint Oreo.I don't know when they changed the product but I remember going to town on those in the early 80s.

I bought a delicious chocolate-coconut confection (no cookie though) from Whole Foods called a Samoa. Not sure if there was a treat named Samoa pre-Girl Scout cookie or if Whole Foods ripped off the Girl Scouts.

I much prefer the option of an online RSVP. I simply cannot get myself together enough to make it to a PO box.