Lucky enough to have seen Top of the Lake: China Girl already;

Let me just say that this is the reason some people are justified in letting the paper hang off the back of the roll.

I believe the death you’re referring to was actually caused by a lack of oxygen. She was breathing nearly pure nitrogen, which is harmless – it makes up 78% of air – but if it displaces oxygen completely … that’s all, folks.

If it’s any consolation, someone you hate (Trump) can hurt you even worse.

When I was a student back in the ’70s, I had a wonderful dog that was given to me by one of my professors.

Stupidity is a terrible thing. Gleeful, willful, proud stupidity is just trolling, and you can eat shit and die now, thank you very much.

It’s worth linking to this piece by David Foster Wallace about McCain; it he hadn’t already taken his own life, being reminded of missing the assessment so profoundly might make him do it today.

I know facts are lost on these Repuglican idiots, but you’d have to completely circumnavigate the globe for Alaska to be considered “northeast.”

pschroeter, I swear to God this is the question I came here to answer.

Just seeing that lead photo and reading the headline was enough to fill my heart with pure lust for designer cheddar.

YES. Lettuce is great for texture! Especially a big crunchy layer of (non-nutritive) iceberg.

Oh man… I had no freaking idea. I’m sorry.

Great advice! I am totally unfamiliar with boiled cider.

That is depressing, and a genuine shame. Sorry for your loss. At least (unlike peanut butter) bananas rarely are included in foods where you wouldn’t expect them, so there’s not much chance of a nasty surprise. I hope.

Thank you for not reflexively condemning me.

When someone begins a post by stating that they are not a troll – as I am stating – it’s generally a bad sign.

I’m torn between expressing my contempt for Sessions and his ilk, and acknowledging they suffer from what amounts to some severe kind of mental illness.

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If you’re going to dirk, Dirk Gently.

My dad was a career engineer/field rep for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, noted manufacturer of jet engines. He’s gone now… his name was Julius.