There's a Borders by the one in Emeryville, California, too! Now that I'm seeing all the responses I do wonder if Borders & P.F. Chang have an arrangement...

I used to ask for extra lime in my gin & tonics but the idea of "extra" must have baffled the bartenders because they'd usually put in one more tiny wedge and call it good. One time I asked the woman for "a lot of lime. Like, a whole lot" and she put in 5 wedges. Yay!

Irregular Choice is so bonkers. One of these days, I will own a pair.

You do you. No judgement here.

Had to deal with a student once who couldn't make an exam. Or rather, she did, but then said she wasn't feeling well, so sat for an hour on her phone before leaving. She later wrote a long email to the professor and cc'd me, the faculty assistant, all the specific and bloody details of recent problems she'd had with…

"Sorry, life happened" - the same fucking excuse I keep hearing for why editing/writing/art was late (or never even started on).

I like the products and the advice given by the people at Sephora, but I've noticed that (in the two Bay Area stores I frequent) all the sales associates tend to put the makeup on a bit heavy. Like really heavy. Like that is a lot of makeup.

Mostly I've been feeling sad that it was over so fast. I really tried to slow down and enjoy every moment, but it's only one day and then it's over. I regret not dancing more, not having an after-party, basically just not *having more fun* somehow, despite the fact that I had fun every minute of it. It was a wonderful…

Yeah, I'm a ketchup person. Eventually moved over to Tapatio sauce but will still put a little ketchup in there.

Used to date someone who only wanted to go to chain restaurants "for the irony" but I suspect it was because 1) he didn't want to try non-chain restaurants, 2) he actually liked the food there, and 3) chain restaurants were the only place that would put up with his shit. So many "date nights" at Denny's, Applebees,…

Christmastime would always bring people into the bookstore who you'd think had never purchased a book before in their lives. My favorite was a customer who was irritated that he couldn't find the "crab salad section" in Cooking.

Christmastime would always bring people into the bookstore who you'd think had never purchased a book before in their lives. My favorite was a customer who was irritated that he couldn't find the "crab salad section" in Cooking.

Word. Yesterday I was picking an outfit to go to dinner with friends, and everything I pulled out I kept thinking, "But this is an outfit I could wear to work. Don't I have anything a little more NSFW?" I think what I like to wear is just also work-appropriate, and now I feel compelled to wear edgier things on the…

Seconding the suggestions to get Retin-A. It's stronger than anything you can get in Sephora. You may need a referral from your doctor to get into the dermatology department, and even then not every location does lots of skin-care so you may have to then go to a different location. But once you secure an appointment…

Husband and I both immediately change into pajama pants when we get home from work. Best marriage EVAR.

My husband has a 9-year-old and 12-year-old. They've both been ordering for themselves for a little while now which is GREAT but they are also both soft-spoken which is NOT SO GREAT. The server can't hear them so they have to repeat themselves and get embarrassed. I used to be terrified of servers so I feel for them…

I wait until Tuesday so I can read more comments! Agony indeed.

My sister became a Christian in her 20s and married into a very Christian family. They were nice people, but the rest of our side of the family is not that religious, if at all.

omg and it was a Ren Faire wedding? I've found that for the most part, Faire Folk are very safe with their weapons, but drink way too much and get really handsy while faking chivalry. Also, everyone fancies themselves a brewer. I remember so many after-hours campfires where random strangers would walk by with their…

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