Never put any dish in the dishwasher that has metal trim. The metal trim is usually a mix of silver or gold, and they will absolutely corrode/melt off in the dishwasher. As to knives, I just have the cheapo colored Cuisinarts and some brand I bought at Costco. I used to sell housewares. I never got into the expensive…

Straight out, I hate Eugenie’s wrap dress. It looks like something a hospital tech would wear. Boring and unflattering, but probably very comfortable. 

There are so many rules about clothing and appearances and all that. Meghan has tutors and stylists. She’ll be fine. Also, I think her wedding dress was beautiful and the fit was fine, because I would not want to be stuck in full body spanx during a ceremony that would go on for hours. It’s a wedding dress, not body…

The Queen seems to like Meghan better than Kate, which, I think, is way more important. 

I think that’s just the Midwest. I’m in California, and a lot of white women (except me) keep their hair long. Usually, it’s long enough to put in a decent ponytail, because you’ve gotta keep it out of the way at SoulCycle. (I actually kept my hair on the long side into my 40s, but I’ve got some autoimmune disorders…

That was the 80s. EPA was already improving in the 90s. What finally changed it, though, was a change in government, which decided to welcome investment and new business, instead of blocking it.

No one wants to live in Tracy. It’s hot. It’s a mess of rural farming, shopping centers, and chain restaurants. People move to the Bay Area for jobs, but also for the lifestyle, which is why people will live in SF then commute to Palo Alto.

Arpaio cost Arizona $63 million, but they still voted for him.

The best USB micro cables I’ve used have been Nokia. Motorola makes very good USB micro cables for charging in the car. They cost a little more than the cheap ones, but they last a lot longer. 

It’s annoying. I actually got that lecture from an immunologist. I don’t care that an adverse reaction is not necessarily an allergy, because I could get very sick or die anyway.

I live in NorCal, so often the weather is balmy, but the heat waves can really mess things up. I’ve noticed that the refrigerator runs more on warm days. How this would affect a freezer, I couldn’t say, but I think it would have some effect.

It works well for hard cheese, but soft cheese usually doesn’t freeze well.

I buy those big bags from Costco, then split out the cheese into quart size bags before I freeze them.

A lot of these firms also hire on recommendation. A white man refers his white friend from school, who is immediately given more attention than an unknown candidate. Then a lot of these firms do multiple interviews with the employees in the group they’re hiring for. If one employee in the group doesn’t want a POC or a…

I watched a couple of episodes. Lead was trying too hard to be Snipes. Dialogue was stiff. Obviously low budget.

I own all the soundtracks to all three Blade movies; they are the best.

I watched a couple of episodes of the show about one of his brothels, and it made me sick. I used to live in Nevada, in a county with legal prostitution, and both houses there were run by women. It made for a completely different dynamic. Hof charges outrageous rent, and business for the brothels has gone down over…

California made it almost impossible to send children to public schools unvaccinated. Most of the outbreaks have occurred at private schools that allow the exemptions.

The outbreaks in California schools have been mostly in private schools. Since California passed a law that public school attendance requires vaccinations, the chance of an outbreak in public schools is way down.

It isn’t.