Excuse me, Silence in the Library! Midnight is just Lifeboat rewritten. 

Born in 1971, in fact! 

I love this quote from a woman in Ireland: “Just because he has put some money into West Clare does not entitle him to come over here and be treated like a demi-God. It is time for Irish people to stand up and say we don’t like this man. He causes division wherever he goes. He is not a nice man.”

More than anything else this seems to be an indictment of social media in general. If she posted every day but the comments were moderated, or the comments were turned off, she wouldn’t have to deal with the 90% trash that makes up the internet. (Or she could decide to never, ever read the comments and have an…

1: “Monster is largely Herman’s story—that is, she recounts her conversations with Fogle at length.”

Soooo....nachos?

This is how the Republicans work: find somebody to hate. Stir up hate against them. Flex their muscles by passing laws to express that hate. Hang on to power by showing off how they hate better than anybody else. Due to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it’s harder to hate on abortion providers, so now the trans…

Oh thank goodness: https://www.businessinsider.com/sheetz-drops-policy-against-bad-teeth-after-insider-reporting-2023-2

Yeah, I’d really like to know why that baby is being fed hourly. That’s really frequent for a 6 mo old. 

This is great information, but it also makes me laugh-- I remember the wild days back around 2000 when we were all using different email clients and would argue the merits of Eudora vs. whatever else there was at the time. And oh, the howls of outrage when we were forced to go to Outlook! Now look... the free email…

Would now like to see a followup on how to clean this muffin tin, because I’m pretty sure that is sort of a project. 

and SOME do come up to 48G...

Pretty sure this needs some Dijon mustard! 

I compliment the author on being able to write a charming and funny article about pretty much nothing whatsoever. Great job! Gotta go, gonna eat candy.

Are you in the US? I heard the shipping was pricey.

While I am a great respecter of multi-appetizer dinners, I have to point out that the back of the typical fridge is not the source of the finest dip dinner that may be eaten. That honor belongs to a great mezze platter, perhaps from Egypt, Lebanon, or Greece... though generally the elements may be found at the grocery…

Nice! Now do it with only no-cruelty brands.

Nice! Now do it with only no-cruelty brands.

I really want to highlight what Alex Beresford said, though:

I see no reason why dyeing with turmeric would require vinegar or any acid. Turmeric acts as a substantive or direct dye (http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/naturaldyes.shtml). It forms a weak bond with the fiber, so it’s not lightfast or washfast, but it’s beautiful for all of that. I use Paula Burch as my main dye…

I’ve been trying in vain to find an estimate of how many people were at the rally vs. how many people marched on the Capitol. Have you found any sources?