The thing is, the truth could’ve still made a fascinating, and by far more honest, think piece. He could’ve started with “When I heard that the best burger place in the world had shuttered, I was sure it was my fault.” Then, Stanich’s side of the tale, followed by the uglier real story. Alexamder could’ve reflected on…

I adore a good spinach and artichoke dip, with a browned cheesy crust on top. (Exactly once a year, I make a meal out of the stuff. No shame.)

mmmmm this really highlights one of the things I hate the most about Christianity: that damn persecution complex. I grew up in the church, and I remember how my younger self would imagine my future death as a martyr with a fervor that truly alarms me now.

I sneeze when I think sexy thoughts, which is apparently a thing. I made the mistake of telling my husband this once and now I can’t sneeze without him wiggling his eyebrows at me.

Also, as someone who lives in Missouri... yeah, Missouri sucks. That’s fair. I do enjoy all the free museums in St. Louis, but I guess that’s more of a perk for if you’re already stuck here than a good reason to actually visit this hellstate.

Arkansas is a yes to me solely because of Eureka Springs, which is like if someone took two blocks of San Francisco and plunked it down in the Ozarks. You’ve got your steep streets, your funky Victorian architecture (bath houses!) and even a surprising amount of liberalism for Arkansas (four Pride parades a year??).…

I got spanked and all it did was make me kinky (and, like, terrified of disappointing authority figures). Obviously, I’d be mortified to tell my very straight-laced conservative Christian parents that, but I bet if I did it’d finally convince them that spanking children is a mistake.

I’m well aware... But at the time, there was some weird propaganda about Pokemon making the rounds in churches, which my parents believed for some reason.

Are you aboard the fish spatula bandwagon yet? because I have to say, mine definitely changed my life for the better when it comes to flipping delicate finicky things like fried eggs, pancakes and fish.

Next extravagant purchase: get someone to turn that photo into an oil painting. Damn!

Part of the Satanic Temple’s shtick is classifying themselves as a religious organization in order to make political points about things like freedom of religion, separation of church and state, etc. For example...

Bahaha!

What great kiddos. Holtzman’s my favorite too. :)

(knock knock) Kittygram!

Oh dear. Which characters, if I might ask?

Aww, thanks. I’m digging the MBMBAM reference in your username. :)

I dresed as Aubrey Little, a character from the podcast The Adventure Zone, to hand out candy during a stream clean-up event. No one recognized me, but the “floating” fireball prop was a hit!

Yikes! That’s why we label a lot of our cop/crime related stories with “[newspaper name] staff report” rather than a specific name. Though I guess if someone was annoyed enough at us they could come pepper-spray the whole newsroom...

Those gorgeous covers are giving me chills!

In honesty, I’m a raging hard left socialist feminist — but “leaning liberal” is about as politically polarized as my articles for the paper are ever allowed to be.