You are a saint, thank you! 

Sadly true

Thanks! We’ve loved it here so far. I imagine once all my paperwork gets sorted that it’ll go easier (until we have to move).

We’re lucky to get public education in the U.S. 

I just moved to Ireland and while applying for our tax number, the clerk recommended that we apply for the child benefit, which apparently is one of the things they just GIVE you to make live slightly easier in this absurdly expensive place.

When Democrats slide so far to the right that they actually reflect Koch values.

This is a solid plan. We’ve been bringing along an extra bag in case our carryon gets weighed (which I’ve only experienced from carriers who actually have decent luggage policies like Qatar Airways), at which point said bag becomes my “personal item” and we don’t have to throw away our precious possessions like some…

I’d be more concerned about the long-term effects of user patterns. I’m a professor and all of my students consider Facebook to be something that old people use. Granted, the company has done well by diversifying and merging in ways that enhance its product and bottom line, but I think that once things start rolling…

This is how I got a ticket for “wasting finite resources” for going 6 over on rural Arizona.

I was going to show up in court to demonstrate the minimal change in RPM between the two speeds, but figured I’d probably get hit with contempt of court or put on the Cochise County Sheriff’s permanent shit list if I didn’t…

The other day, my wife was complaining about how difficult it was to cut an apple with the chipped shitty carcass of a paring knife that our landlord left us. A knife that she grabbed instead of a petty knife that I keep razor fucking sharp, which was immediately adjacent to the shitty knife, and in a nice protective…

For anyone who thinks that this will have any real political consequences for Trump: I have some Michael Cohen-brokered low-income properties run by a Sean Hannity shell company for rent! At great prices!

That’s a good question. When I was trying to aggregate for a bigger purchase I wound up throwing it into stocks and mutual funds to juice my earnings a bit. I did lose quite a bit on a few investments (damn you solar), but overall I wound up adding nearly 40% to my initial investments by keeping things diversified and…

High yield savings accounts aren’t yielding much nowadays. I have an Ally account that pays out 1.65% (possibly higher, they keep inching up on me), which even annualized is pretty unremarkable, albeit better than nothing.

Actually, that’s a fair cross section of the Kingman population

European butters like Kerrygold are really good because the fat content is a bit higher than American styles. Also, Irish milk is really good (related note: just moved to Ireland). 

However, a fun variation on this question is lactic (cultured) vs. regular butter.

Aeroflot is surprisingly decent nowadays! 

As someone who lived in Arizona for 26 years, I think this whole article is appalling, and hold that pico de gallo and salsa are definitely two different things. For instance, if you’re adding roasted tomatillos, you’re not really making pico (salsa fresca) any more.

Ford pardoned Nixon for any and all crimes that were committed or may have been committed during his presidency, so conviction or even investigation isn’t necessary. Trump could conceivably throw out a blanket pardon for his entire team from like 2000 to yesterday and it would technically be constitutional, albeit…

Despite the fact that my bowels are undoubtedly teeming with all sorts of parasites, macro and micro, from eating every weird thing I could get my teeth into, raw chicken has never really appealed to me. I have nothing against trying it, but I think it’s the smell and texture that dissuade me. Fresh raw fish is…

Chris, how did Devin hurt you? Do you want to talk about it?