secondbassoon
SecondBassoon
secondbassoon

I was messing around with a Vacu Vin — those wine saver jobbies that pump the air out of an open bottle of wine — and discovered that its suction properties meant I could attach it to my forehead. So I pranced around and shouted, “Look at me! I’m a UNICORN!” (there was drink taken). When the Vacu Vin came off, there

I think the Brits do fun big-boob bras the best! Panache and Freya have been knocking it out of the park for years. I stalk eBay and have many iterations of my personal lingerie holy grail (matching 36G bra and UK 18 undies) that I’ve purchased for less than $40 (both pieces). British sizes are a little different than

Yeah! And current healthcare standards recommend against testing unless you have visible lesions because the blood test is not particularly accurate (high rate of false positives). Also, the majority of population has HSV I or 2 and most don’t even know it, so it’s not like this is some rare and horrible STI.

I do a big cook-and-freeze about every month, so this is great suggestion. I usually freeze 1/2-cup portions (I tend to cook stuff designed to be eaten without rice, like chili or stew) separately, but using a mold instead of a bag for portioning makes a lot more sense. Thanks!

Hey now, I may be a basic bar bitch but I would never buy peanut butter with sugar in it. #TeamAdams

Oh geez don’t get me started on juice ... 

I think “no added sugar” is worth noting because there seems to be more and more evidence that not all sugar is created the same — refined sugar is looking worse and worse, but fruit sugars don’t seem to have the same degree of long-term impacts. Also I know that I feel better and my metabolic numbers are better (I

Sure, a lot of those bars are no healthier than a chocolate-covered granola bar (i.e. not healthy at all), but some are not too bad, nutrition-wise. My go-to Larabar flavor (lemon) is short on protein (only 4 grams), but it has no added sugar (16g sugars total) and 200 calories. And they’re about $1 each when

See also: raisins masquerading as chocolate chips

Sounds like the only good result of the European royals decamping to Brazil is choro music!

Yes! And also the ability to click on a word and look up its definition. When I reread old favorites in digital form, I’m always shocked to discover how many words whose meanings I didn’t actually know. Recent lookups: subfusc, Newgate knockers, and ulotrichous (from an essay on Victorian beards).  

I LOVE Harlots! The cast is amazing. The costumes are amazing. The sets are amazing. The (daylight- or candles-only) lighting is amazing. The scripts are not always 100 percent amazing but hey, you can’t win ‘em all.

I just listened to that song for the first time and I was like, “Wait, why DO all the camels come out?” but then I was like “Who cares! Let’s rock!”

Good to know! Guess I need to go further back than Anais Nin for my, um, vintage erotica research.

I dunno, the one thing that separates Fanny from other vintage porn in my eyes is the joyousness and lack of shame that runs through it. Unlike so much other porn (vintage and modern), the scenes it describes are of disports and diversions, not subjugation and coldness. I am certain that the life of an 18th-century

RIGHT? You can do MAGIC but the only methods of two-way communication talked about in the books are 1) owls and 2) head in fireplace.

I have to say, their flannel pajamas are the coziest flannels I’ve ever worn. Just bought a third pair because baby it’s cold outside.

I have to say, their flannel pajamas are the coziest flannels I’ve ever worn. Just bought a third pair because baby

I didn’t read it an objection to any old depiction of Baphomet, but rather an objection to copying the Satanic Temple’s particular expression of Baphomet. The show appears to have ripped off the Temple’s art. If the show had its own interpretation of a goat-headed statue, no problem, but they didn’t; they copied the

I have spent more time that I care to admit thinking about Sarah’s back story and came up with the following scenario: Sarah and her brother moved to England with their parents (at least one of whom was British) when they were adolescents (i.e. old enough that they retained their American accents). Their parents died

Cool, Land O’ Lakes has stopped backing a white supremacist.