Au Gratin usually refers to a cheesy topping (though it can just be bread crumbs or anything that makes it have a crispy, browned crust on top), while "scalloped" is a white, milk-based sauce and usually does NOT include cheese. There are regions where they are used interchangeably.

Quinoa can be bitter. I agree with the person who said to try both red and white and see what you prefer. I also find that it helps to rinse it before you cook it (I use a very fine strainer basket and put under running water). I often use it in a pilaf with 1 part brown basmati rice, 1 part millet, 1 part quinoa -…

Between this and his response to Boston, he is extra ON this week.

Yes!! That is EXACTLY the face!

Wait.... that's actually A Thing?!?

Sooooo pretty!

When I was in high school we did a Bible study about sexual purity that broke down ALL sexual contact from holding hands to full on SEX into ten different "levels". I think you were basically PLAYING WITH FIRE as soon as you got to any sort of kissing or anything that caused too much "arousal."

So much This. The people who post this crap are never the ones actually working for these other causes/issues. They just want to be dramatic and out-pain everyone else. Guess what? I can have a shitty day at work, even though there are starving children in Africa. I also recognize that overall I am pretty damn…

I'm glad you're okay.

Click on the little dialogue box in the right top corner of his comment (next to the star).

Yes. The first time it happened it was about 6:30 am and I was on my way to the hospital (clinical in nursing school). My first thought: "SERIOUSLY, I haven't even had my coffee yet!"

I am wondering the same thing. WTF does that even mean?

Ha! I might have to co-opt this and tweak it a bit for NYC this year. "You run better than the MTA!"

Congratulations on your race! And I'm glad that you and yours are safe.

Beautifully written. I only recently started running and racing in order to qualify for the NYC 2014 marathon. I've lived here for 11 years and LOVE cheering on the marathon runners each year. I have several friends running in NYC this year, and you can bet that I will be there cheering them on (inevitable…

I have been thinking about this too. I feel like, for me, it's in part the type of event that was hit (a marathon! running!), and in part because I am fucking exhausted by all the horror of the past year(s) AND I already work with a highly traumatized population and I really just cannot process one more terrible…

Thanks, I will! Sounds like a great resource.

I know. But the woman who writes the blog links to a lot of CDC studies and other sources that are actually reputable (with some good ol' Mercola and other "natural news" funness mixed in). So it's not *totally* just some crazy person spouting off (though she gets reeeallly speculative sometimes). I usually get too…

I always file as soon as I get my W-2, so once tax day actually roles around I'm usually like "oh, yeah, taxes. Been there, done that." This year I got enough back to enjoy the extra $$ but not so much that I want to change my filing status so that I'm not giving the government a free loan.

Someone posted this on my FB feed, and I am finding it oddly comforting right now: