I’m not vegan but I am casein intolerant. Casein = the protein in cow’s milk. Even a small amount makes me break out in horrible acne and if I eat enough dairy (like ice cream or a lot of cheese) I will also get mega head stuffiness...not fun. Since I can’t eat real cheese, vegan cheese is as good as it gets on my…

I love Kacey’s music. I dabble in most musical genres (except classical, I just can’t get into that shit) and Kacey is firmly in the country camp. I hate ‘Murica/flag waving/eagle soaring country. I also hate bro country. However, I love me some Kacey, Zac Brown Band, and Band Perry.

Yup. The most obnoxious people, loudly beating the I Heart NY drum, who sneer at other locales are almost always transplants. I say this as someone who grew up in a NYC suburb and has experienced one too many of these self-righteous assholes.

YES! Ditto on the lack of a close girlfriend for years. I have never regretted not wanting to have kids but I never realized it would leave me on the sidelines in the friend department!

I describe my summer style as REI-chic. Comfy but cute dresses that pack well (no wrinkles) and dry quickly (Prana Quinn is a fav of mine) paired with sandals that are cute but comfortable enough to hoof all over town if need be. Dresses are the all-time greatest scam. Everyone thinks I am “dressed up” when really all…

Making friends as an adult female is hard. I am in my late 30s and don’t have kids. Essentially, the lack of children pretty much makes you null and void when looking for new social circles. Just about everyone I know runs with a social circle that stems from them having kids in the same school, sports, or activities.

I have tried ALL THE LOTION, mostly in the winter since that is It’s So Dry My Hands Are Cracking season. Eucerin Hand Relief was the best thing ever...until I started making my own. I haven’t bought lotion in a year. I mix pure unrefined Shea butter with a little jojoba or almond oil, a couple drops of essential oil,…

Life-sized Garden Yeti, YOU WILL BE MINE.

Give Kacey Musgraves a try. IMO, she’s the most interesting female singer/songwriter in country music today.

I enjoyed reading this and my two worst fears were touched upon: 1. Vomiting and 2. Getting sick on a plane. However, if this was indeed norovirus then there are a whole lot of people out there that you shared your virus with by traveling around and vomiting your way across Iceland. Norovirus is so incredibly…

I live in southern New England where we have zero water woes, so maybe I am missing something here. Watering sidewalks? WHO DOES THAT? WHY? Per the article, why are people “watering hardscapes”?

I am 38 years old and have never eaten a corn dog. Not because of any moral opposition, just because the occasion has never arisen. I thought they were fair food, and my fair food jam happens to be fried dough, not fried tube meat. Do people really break corn dogs out at picnics and other at-home gatherings? Do you…

On her old Food Network show, I once saw her make a soup and the first step was to open a can of soup.

Agreed- I just finished reading Beyond Belief, a memoir by Jenna Miscavige Hill, who is Dave Miscavige’s niece. She grew up in Scientology, specifically the Sea Org, and the abuse and neglect she suffered at the hands of the church was nuts. Also enlightening was finding out the special treatment celebrities receive…

This is why I label myself “agnostic,” even though I guess I would technically be atheist. I don’t believe what any religion is selling but the word “atheist” gets peoples’ hackles up, implying that I actually think about religion or my lack thereof. I never think about religion, mythology, higher powers, invisible…

Is there really a difference between cults and religions? A cult is what religious people call a religion that doesn't have thousands of years of history to give it street cred.

I have been hating on maxi dresses for years, so looking through the comments apparently I am in the minority. I snorted at MILF Dalai Lama. I nodded my head in agreement about clingy jersey doing no one any favors. I SUPPORT YOUR CRUSADE AGAINST BIG COTTON, SARAH! I am a tall thin woman and don’t look good in a maxi…

No way. You can pry my $800 Bosch dishwasher from my cold dead hands. It is whisper quiet and has never given me one problem in the 4 years I have owned it.

I’m an Old (38), but have heard of Austin Mahone. He is a YouTube singer that all of the 12 year old girls swoon over. I think he may have got signed to some record label stemming from his YouTube success. If you don’t regularly talk to girls in the 15-and-under demographic, there is a 100% chance you will have no…

Co-sign. I wish I had the confidence and attitude at age 21 that I have in my late 30s.