I’m reading this as tiny zoo, with a bit of travel. Doesn’t sound like a circus at all, and it does sound like the owner really does love and care for the elephants. If they’re being well treated, it does seem like it’d be extremely traumatic for them to suddenly be sent into a new environment without their people…

My husband is ex-British army, and we go to the Army-Navy rugby game in London every year. It is the best goddamn time ever. Great game to watch, fast-paced, and people do not routinely get carried off the field with potentially life-changing injuries. The crowd is always well-behaved, despite being comprised of…

Thanks for that update. I was saddened to think of this kickass woman potentially being saddled with a partner who didn’t 100% have her back. That’s cheered me right up!

Yeah, I frowned a bit too on that part. I’m hoping she was just speaking in generalities about how it mostly is for women and not directly about her husband. I’m pregnant right now and having a rough go of it. I’m barely making it to work, and contributing essentially nothing to my household beyond occasionally making…

I honestly thought before 24 weeks meant there was very little doctors could do except make mom and baby comfortable for the few hours they might have together, and 25-28 weeks were still very iffy. A friend of mine had her son at 28 weeks back in the beginning of September, and it was very touch and go for awhile-and…

I read the headline thinking, “bit late in the year now for watersports, isn’t it? Quite cold, in most places, by now?” Glad I’m not alone!

My dog legitimately stops eating when we leave him for a week on vacation. And this is while staying with our best friends, who are the owners of my dog’s best canine buddy. He normally adores being at their house, running around their huge backyard, rough-housing with his best mate, and he will tolerate our absence…

That’s what it was called! Ok, so not vodka then, my mistake. I was told it would ensure safe travels (I was working in Iraq at the time, I was headed back there following leave). I did get back safely, so hooray for chacha. I cannot fathom drinking that before school, oh my God. Did it work?

It didn’t have potato as far as I can recall, but there’s apparently a bunch of different versions. This one is pretty close to what I was eating, I think. http://simplyhomecooked.com/khachapuri-georgian-cheese-bread/

It is basically this, and it was heaven. http://simplyhomecooked.com/khachapuri-georgian-cheese-bread/

I’ve never seen it anywhere since. I think it’s mostly local productions - which is probably best for everyone’s livers!

My last morning, hungover as hell, the family I was staying with made me do vodka shots with breakfast. The ensuing plane ride was a little bit fuzzy!

Spent ten days at Christmas in a rural village in Georgia visiting a friend in the Peace Corps several years ago. Froze my ass off, but by God, what a trip! Some of the world’s most hospitable people, with delicious bread boats filled with cheese for breakfast and homemade wine-filled supras every evening. That wine…

That’s in my head now, damnit.

I suspect no one actually, deep down, loves kale.

At the risk of sounding like a five-year-old or a complete lunatic (I’m 32! And reasonably sane with a decent palette!), apples and string cheese make an awesome combo.

The thing that always got me about this show was that sometimes, the bad thing....won. Like, an episode would end with an innocent kid who looked and acted just like you and your siblings trapped in a mirror or what have you.

Haha, no, no one would have noticed. It was more like my magic talisman—wear nice undergarments and no one is going to try and blow you up today!

I’ve mentioned a few times that I worked out in Baghdad during the war. We had some first aid training in dealing with the kinds of wounds you get from explosions, gunshots, etc. It was also made clear that if anything were to happen (IED, for example) and you were injured, you were likely getting stripped…

You’ve inspired my look for tomorrow. Get ready, workplace of surprise hippopotamus!