When I’ve done this in the past I’ll skip the rack and throw it straight on some parchment paper. I find that the “frying in its own oil” step is a crucial one, and have had no problems getting crispy bacon if I’m just willing to leave it in for long enough.

Possibly a dumb question, but to clarify- if “Your loans will be marked as paid during this time.”, does that mean the loans are actually being paid? Like 6 months of payments will be made towards the loan (or, rather, the loan amount will be reduced as if it were)?

I came here to say this! I’ve been binging Travel Man on Hulu. I need a Richard Ayoade fix hooked up to my veins, please.

One trick up my sleeve, particularly useful for repeat nightmares, is a trick that’s straight out of Harry Potter, but also used by real therapists (see Imagery Rehearsal Therapy). Any Harry Potter fan knows the way to defeat a Boggart (which is a manifestation of your greatest fear) - shout out “RIDDIKULUS” and…

Libby is a MASSIVE game changer. I’ve subscribed to Audible on and off over the years, and though I do really enjoy it, I would always feel kinda pressured about which book I’d use my credit on this month, and am I listening to them fast enough to rationalize a continued subscription. Libby may not have every option…

I do have one good McD’s ice cream story. I was lucky as a kid that my parents took me and my sibs on fancy trips, but that meant that 10 year old me, on a visit to China, was really struggling to adjust to local Chinese cuisine. About a week into the trip my parents wanted to go to a museum or something that wasn’t…

My first read on Chris was that he took himself a bit too seriously, and therefore I wasn’t all that pumped when he’d show up. It took about 2.5 episodes before I realized I was about as wrong as one could be. He’s the very best. Every minute he’s not around to be Claire’s rock of radical honestly and support is a…

I deserve the mocking I’m getting. Lay it on me!

Ha, mine too! I just posted my thoughts on the topic below. The fact that Stannis kept on correcting people about this on GoT made him immediately one of my favorite characters.

Something I texted my wife last week: “So I read a review of the new internet linguistics book you were telling me about [Because Internet]

As a Laker fan, it’s time to start rationalizing!! Ugh. I guess it's nice that OKC fans are pissed?

I just got my 6 year old son his first copy last week and he LOOOOVES it, just like I did. This would be heartbreaking if true.

awww, you should get to know me! That’s only a reference to the fact that my teams always are named after one of my keepers (in this case, Walker). The alternative names were worse (though I did enjoy being Bay of Puigs for a couple years).

Very sad. Also slightly interesting to see how the internet handles this. Case in point, the ESPN fantasy page just straight up erased him from the system. Makes for a slightly weird sight when checking the draft recap to see if it still had record of my drafting him.

I came here EXPRESSLY to recommend the Jabberwocky. My parents read it to me and now I recite it to mine. It’s not really that long, it’s exciting, and it ends with “COME TO MY ARMS MY BEAMISH BOY! Oh frabjous day! Calloo, Callay!” which is just an awesome excuse to squeeze the hell out of your kids.

Not sure what your anti-Marvel sentiment may be, but my wife typically hates superhero movies and LOVED into the spiderverse. And I’ve heard others who felt similarly. It’s basically designed to max out the interest and appeal to those who may not otherwise care about the MCU. You could do way worse things with 2…

I've been shouting "FUCK YOU HARLEY JARVIS" at friends all week. It's freaking evergreen. 

Also, what’s with the quotes around her? Are you saying her gender is in question? Also, fun civics fact for you - congressional districts have an average constituent size of about 710,000 people. Her’s is 708k (slightly smaller). No congressperson represents “several million” people, which is the entire point of the…

Here’s a brief overview. In short, this district is very young, well-educated, relatively poor, and very diverse by midwestern standards (36% people of color). It is BY FAR the most left-leaning district in the upper midwest (no republican has gotten more than 40% of the vote in over 50 years), and it’s tailor made…

I’m her constituent, and this kind of honesty and integrity is precisely why she’ll keep my vote. Kowtowing to people on both sides of the aisle who want her to stay quiet is precisely what I DO NOT want her to be doing.

Also, not for nothing, but her district has a MASSIVE East African immigrant population. I think…