Just out of curiosity, why would these two ladies believe for one second that their food did not contain at least one sample of someone's bodily fluid?

Shut down by whom?

As a current resident of Alabama, I always associated Cracker Barrel with the South, not the Midwest.

Pinkham, I want to like you, and most days I do. However, it seems like you've got this mentality where you lump everything in the USA that's not within 50 miles of the ocean as "flyover country" full of Jesus-freak troglodytes who wouldn't know great food if it were force-fed to them.

Last night at work I had the pleasure of dealing with a grown man having a tantrum because I would not give him his prescriptions for free. He had no insurance and "no money", had gone to the hospital to get a prescription and brought it in already knowing he had no way to pay for it.

Why do people act like they are the center of the universe when clearly they are no more special than the lint from my navel?

Palette = palate. A palette is something with which you paint. A palate is in your mouth. The grammarian in me couldn't let it go.

It kind of sounds to me like they killed the employees/had them tied up in the back but had to serve people to avoid suspicion. Or aliens.

Anything that can make Yelp useless, I'm behind 100% When you can be a shit dick in a restaurant and still get treated like royalty because you might leave a bad Yelp review, there are some problems.

Punjabi is a region in India

Because ... that's representative of all or most Midwestern food? There is absolutely nothing that could be called gross in the West, Southwest, New England, Mid-Atlantic, South, etc.? Sue me but I don't think how Cracker Barrel cooks a steak necessarily says anything substantive about Midwestern food.

Pork Wine. The OTHER white wine.

I see you trollin' with your "Midwestern food sensibilities."

Hope you didn't pull a muscle making that huge stretch there, buddy.

Disliking a personality does not count as racist. I hate Adam Levine—does that make me an anti-Semite? No, it makes me a human capable of thought and evaluation.

don't beat yourself up. It happens to us all. But know I just replay the Maya Angelou quote "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. " Keep people like that a distance. Someone you say hi to at functions, casual run-ins, chat up with for five minutes every other month, but don't accept their…

I have dealt with/am dealing with this. We have had rough patches and there's a stressful ebb and flow to our relationship. Things will be fine, then I will feel resentful and angry. I distance myself until I have had a chance to cool off, then it is back to the same. Our relationship is all about her. I am an…

I tried to watch House of Cards. I couldn't. I couldn't pay attention. It was so boring to me.

your dog is great and all but... I'm all about your apartment. CUTE.

I'm very excited! I just learned that I'm having a baby boy after thinking it was a girl:)