Oh god, the "parenting the way you wish you were parented" thing. I hate this the worst and it is the reason I never want to have kids of my own. It's nothing but a welcome mat for neuroses.

How did a class act like the grandfather end up raising someone who would then go on to raise someone as colossally unprepared for real life as that kid?

But what if you want to use it on a salad with more than just lettuce and croutons? Caesar dressing has a place, and that place is far, far away from tomatoes and cucumbers and other salad accoutrements!

But what if you want to use it on a salad with more than just lettuce and croutons? Caesar dressing has a place, and that place is far, far away from tomatoes and cucumbers and other salad accoutrements!

Ah, but what KIND of vinaigrette? Personally, I like balsamic, but it has to be the real, thin sort of stuff that you have to shake to hell and back. None of this pre-emulsified, texture-of-paste stuff you get from the store.

This sounds like the best hot toddy EVER.

How can you say such a thing? It's chocolate with delicious things on top! It's like chocolate covered whatever, except flat and breakable!

The only good use for eggnog is as an ingredient in other things, like custards. Eggnog crème brulee is amazing. Drinking eggnog itself is asking for death.

Why would she put the radioactive cherries/orange peel in? Obviously this is part of her plan to slowly murder her siblings and inherit all the money. No human should eat anything that day-glo.

Now, a fruitcake that's made mostly of dried fruit and nuts that actually look like the original fruits and soaked in…

They're more like dry and floury. I mean, the flavor's pretty good, but the texture (unless you get candied, which is more edible) is generally abhorrent.

Agreed - there are times when you just have to accept that you are taking a bit more of a gamble than usual with your digestive tract because the food is JUST SO WORTH IT. China uses an adorable system of green happy faces, yellow mediocre faces, and red sad faces, and some of the best food I've had have been in…

Hell, my mother refuses to buy Japanese cars because of everything they did. (Born in Taiwan, but parents were Mainlanders). It's

Misfits yay! (even if it is from the much-inferior post-Nathan seasons)

That reminds me of a video on Youtube I saw about a couple of guys making cheese sticks out of Brie and Doritos. Apparently it was incredibly wrong, but tasted incredibly good.

Notice how the update doesn't say anything about being otherwise awful to the waitstaff. And nope, not buying it.

Because racists make no goddamn fucking sense.

Oh dear lord I have a crick in my neck and laughing makes it hurt I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN RIGHT NOW

One of the things I miss most about my ex is his amazing, perfectly shaped butt. Well, that, and his tendency to improve around the house as a hobby. Man redid his (rented) bathroom one day because he was bored.

FWIW, the worst thing I ever dealt with in Southern China were roaches, which are fairly common to any household in any large city. And they're not a patch on Palmetto bugs, which I hear are probably the Devil incarnate.

There was a really fascinating piece on the cost of living in Singapore on The Billfold a while back (http://thebillfold.com/2014/01/how-a-…). It sounds like a fantastic place, but like NYC, I don't think I could live there long-term. Part of the joy of living overseas to me is living fairly large for reasonably…