what’s the most powerful nation in the world?

I would have gone with “unerring-est” over “sharpest,” but applaud you, good weasel!

Fair!  :)

In mine I learned that baking soda and baking powder are VERY, VERY different and that one DEFINITELY makes muffins taste like bitter ass...

I’m on board with you for most of this; my partner and I emphatically requested zero gifts, and tried to foot as much of the food, entertainment, and lodging costs as possible for everyone for the whole weekend because some folks had to fly (NOT a destination wedding — we did it in our city of residence)... but, yeah,…

I mean, I’m an old and all, so your mileage on this may vary, but:

Best wishes, and good fortune!

I second all of the advice to go after the better opportunity; this is the U. S. — nobody is looking out for you except you.

My Chinese (by ethnicity only) - American wife assures me that it is actually extremely common in Asian households to use the dishwasher as a drying rack for the dishes one cleans by oneself by hand.

Respectfully disagree: this is the whipped cream. The cherry will be when these shitsticks still claim her as a dependent on their federal tax return in April.

While we’re likely not the majority, there are many of us that seethe at every instance of politicians, pundits, etc., using us (our images, our names, our fallen brethren) disingenuously as props — and we see this person for exactly who he is.

1. Yes, peppered. Crusted in the stuff. MMMMPH.

No worries! Thank you for taking the time in the first place to spit that solid summary!

The good parents will read the book to their kids, first (in my opinion).

Point of pedantry: the poem is in Middle English, not Old English. It’s one of four poems known collectively by their manuscript delineation of Cotton Nero A.x. (the others being Patience, Cleanness, and The Pearl). The anonymous Pearl-poet was essentially a contemporary of Chaucer, and just as skilled — in my opinion.

Allow me first to say that I generally enjoy seeing/reading your comments, so I in no way mean to affront you with this:

Fuck Melania.

I really, really like this.

Dammit, Pam, this, over and over again. Being “politically correct” means being simply “correct” — recognizing that the words commonly used in society to denote something undesired or unworthy are almost always linked to the abuse of a vulnerable class of our fellow citizens, like “gay,” “lame,” “retarded,” “pussy.”…

Because language matters, I think it might be important, however impotent, to note: the current holder of the office of the Vice Presidency was very clear in that he does not consider these to have been actual attacks. They were “attempted attacks” — not “thankfully unsuccessful attacks” or “reprehensible attacks.”