Off topic, but I just started a bit when I saw the Lifehacker “Coming and Going” logo, which looks a bit like the KKK’s “blood drop cross” logo...

This is an unpopular opinion, but Thor 2 is probably the MCU movie that I enjoyed the most prior to Ragnarok. The first 2 Iron Man movies were great (even if the first was still getting the genre), Winter Soldier is awesome... but most of the movies suffer from foot dragging, clumsy exposition and gratuitous chasing…

I love all of the French sauces (bernaise and poivre especially).

However, I will make the obvious statement that a bit of soy sauce or other fermented condiment is a great mix with steak. I know we don’t automatically go there when we consider steak sauces, unless you count A-1 and its abominable cousins, but I…

Every year I come here hoping that your Cardinals article will be inaccurate, and every year I am ashamed and disappointed that it is absolutely spot on. We’ll definitely be going 8-8 this year, definitely due to injuries to the OL and probably after starting 6-2, just so God can make it sting even more.

Nonviolence worked in those cases because of the monopoly of power on the side of the state/imperial rulers and their capacity for violence. It ONLY works because the balance of power makes violent resistance impossible or impractical. Gandhi’s form of protest was successful because he advocated dismantling the…

A more subtle form of grieving can come when relationships change dramatically, marking the figurative death of one relationship and the necessity of adapting to another.

I once thought I was dying because I ate a whole pack of Trader Joe’s dried dragonfruit that a former roommate had left in the cupboard. Not only do you get a rich hue of red, but there are tons of black flecks from the chewed up seeds. Tell those symptoms to Dr. Google and you get fireworks.

It’s easy in Ireland. Lead with the weather, follow with the price of rents and that’s 30 minutes of conversation right there. 

I actually kind of wish that Topher had played Spiderman, but mostly because I have a weird and unexplainable hatred for Tobey Maguire.

I’m also willing to take chances on this, though I’ll definitely cook it through if I suspect my microbe colonies are getting too aggressive. My rescue recipes usually involve soy sauce, garlic and ginger, which hide that “aged” flavor well... 

Depends on the party? 

Don’t eat or buy anything near the castle, it’s expensive and generally appeals to tourists/the lowest common denominator. My wife and son were both conned into unnecessary items in the tourist shops within seconds.

Yeah Jeets!

I wish I had a better Euro selection nowadays (I’m in a beer country). When I was in the Emirates I had access to warehouse booze stores that had decent selections of things like Hungarian, Bulgarian and Portuguese wines, which ranged in flavor from fascinating to really good.

If your insurance product requires a consumer protection warning, you probably shouldn’t be allowed to sell it.

If it’s a party, I avoid French wine. American palates are usually more attuned to the Californian styles (of red in particular), which tend to be fruitier and more immediately enjoyable - unless I’m dining with a bunch of my effete, cork sniffing friends who can afford to order whole bottles of wine at dinner, in…

Nah, these fuckers live by crying wolf to their support base. They’re probably still flush. 

The REAL crown jewels on display in the old palace are actually pretty cool and well protected. And there are plenty of crowns for the princes and princesses.

I cannot imagine a more Californian response to that. I tip my hat to you.

My main problem with beer flights is that I typically wind up with one or two beers that I don’t really want or like and then I regret not ordering the larger version of the one I really enjoyed.