Yes, there are a lot of people who just have the charisma thing going on, but most of them up it by being, appearing to be, incredibly interested in the person/people they’re talking with. Bill Clinton supposedly could remember the name of everyone he ever met. A coworker met him once, and she said she didn’t want to…

As a woman, I say that you should lie away.

Eggs, sausages, bacon, even french toast (I make mine very eggy). I even have a breakfast sandwich maker, so homemade egg mcmuffins.

My one piece of advice re: dealing with family:

$1 for plain tea or coffee at Starbucks. Something they just have to pour and put a cap on.

Congrats on the extremely limited vocabulary, bitch.

You literally need to stop yelling at people who have made different choices than you.

You’re lucky to have an HR department that correctly weighed the risks and fired the VP. Many, probably most, employees do not.

Don’t ask women out at their jobs. They’re trapped. I don’t care if you’ve gotten dates, it’s exactly the wrong place to do that.

Silly Cow Farms hot chocolate mix is my indulgence.

From the article:

The edges can get contaminated with whatever is in the can. I usually just rinse them in hot water and put them back in the drawer. (I love the proliferation of pop top cans.) Once in a while, I toss them in the dishwasher.

We used to go to a Creole restaurant (proprietor passed away and it closed) and it had the most amazing roasted chicken. I don’t know what it was basted with or marinated in, but it melted in your mouth and left behind rainbows of happiness.

Saw a bunch of techbros in hideous holiday sweaters today. Wish they were flying out of town.

It kinda goes off the rails the farther it goes along. I bought the book, but never finished it. But it’s hard to maintain a certain amount of freshness with anything.

Doug Jones and Camden Toy are doing pretty well without their faces showing.

Many, many years ago, when I was studying Japanese, one of the local TV stations, on Sunday nights, would get the feed from a station in Hawaii with various Japanese shows on it, with subtitles in English. I really got hooked on some shows, especially the one about the vigilantes who hid their identities and delivered…

That would be great. I’m all for thinning the herd.

I just rewatched Dog Soldiers today, and I’d add it to that list.

He’s probably going to lose his ranch in New Zealand, so I don’t know of any place outside the U.S. that’s going to welcome him.