The ice is practically required if you want to make authentic tiki drinks, as that’s what was used in the original bars in the 1930s through ‘50s, and I swear it seems to make sodas fizzier,

“Yes, Mr. Principal, I understand that my child threw a truly horrific tantrum at the school, assaulted a teacher, smeared his feces on the wall, and attempted to burn the building down. But, the school-year ends in nine days! Do you really think it’s necessary to punish him at this point?”

No, the main clause of that sentence is definitely missing. My guess it was probably something like “Amazon will release AMAZON SIDEWALK, a device...” and ‘Amazon Sidewalk’ was probably going to contain a hyperlink to a press release.

I’ve seen other places recommend using a handful of uncooked white rice, grinding until it’s nearly powdered and then wiping it out. It’s worked pretty well for my cheap spice grinder.

You really only get 6-7 days out of an open bag before it has a noticeably stale quality to it. So we’re really only looking at 1 good weekend in this plan, and then all the rest of that bag is going to just be worse and worse quality.

Your pumpkin curry recipe is a revelation! We’ve been using this one for years, but I see now that it looks like a literal poor-man’s version of yours. It also critically confirms that this recipe should be used with a Jamaican/Caribbean curry mix, not an Indian one—we’ve been using garam masala all this time, and I…

My recommendation: have a weekday/weekend brew separation. Weekday brew is your cheaper work-horse 2lb bag from grocery store/wholesaler*/wherever, while weekend brew is the fancy indie roaster/single origin coffee that costs $1+/oz. That way should prevent you from going through either of them too quickly.

You forgot, “If you want to remember why you cut the cord in the first place: PlutoTV”.

Kinda wish the regulatory agencies would take the companies to task for fraud if this were really the case. I did buy a pack of Cottonelle’s “flushable” wipes, thinking that there had been some sort of improvement in the technology. I have IBS, and so on some mornings when I have three bowel movements in as many…

TP shortages during the initial months of COVID quarantine forced me to grab the grocery-store brand a couple times. That stuff was truly atrocious. Like, the rice-paper thin stuff you find at a gas station or rest area that feels like it’s just disintegrating in your hand as soon as you press it to your bum.

I’ve used this recipe for sweet potato and Chorizo chili for about five years, with minimal changes. I bloom the spices in the rendered fat before adding the water to help the flavor pop.

So uh, what guarantee do we have that the information we submit in order to “opt out” will not be collected and sold to advertisers for other purposes? I mean, let’s be clear here: the companies behind this website make their money by selling your data. The page contains some razor-sharp legalese language about opting…

If you really wanna get a rise out of him, try getting him to play Sin & Punishment*. That was one of maybe two games for the N64 that was designed with the “left position” (e.g. right thumb on the stick and left thumb on the D-pad) for the controller in mind. Apparently in the early days of the N64, Nintendo had…

Question:

Most of them are predicated on the idea of getting hired and then going remote. So if I’m suddenly laid off from my current remote job, I don’t want to be stuck in Bumf*ck, IN when trying to look for the next job.

Here’s an example: let’s say your family makes $75,000 per year. This means your family’s gross monthly income is $6,250 and your mortgage payment shouldn’t be more than $1,875, per Dogen’s guidelines. You should also limit your home’s purchase price to three times $75,000—or $225,000—and you should have 30% of…

Psh, that’s nothing. Pennsylvania has an underground mine that’s been on fire for over 50 years:

The technique here is pretty self-explanatory, but I have one more hot tip: Sift freshly-ground spices directly onto a sheet of parchment paper.

So uh, is there any chewing gum that’s actually made of, like, edible substances? I was looking at chewing gum’s history and synthetic tire rubber sounds pretty nasty, but birch bark tar doesn’t sound a whole lot bettter.

Well I suppose if you shucked one or two ears of corn and threw the husks into the trash it might not seem like much, but if you suddenly had to shuck an entire crate full of corn, the amount of husks left behind might spur you to try to think of something to do with them.