A general Midwestern thing, I think, though Iowa seems particularly proud of ‘em. I’ve bumped into them in Indiana and Missouri too.

I’ll have mine blackened, please

This is exactly the clear, up-to-date explainer I needed — thanks! Even as someone who follows several of the involved people on Twitter (including Milan and the Blesséd Tingle) I was getting seriously lost. 

I think that’s what Oreo Thins are supposed to be.

that chutney was so dang good... I made it at one family Thanksgiving and convinced a separate branch of the family to make it at their Thanksgiving too. Big hit all round.

I’ve heard from a couple trans dudes that once the T kicks in, they run much warmer/get cold less often; one guy described it as like an internal furnace turning on. So maybe it’s partially hormonal? Some boys hit puberty and are suddenly just Much Toastier than they used to be?

Ha, luckily not Branson; more of a mid-Missouri farming community situation. Thanks for the CO advice! :) 

I’m a filthy queer lib living in an EXTREMELY Republican county. ‘Bout ready to tear my hair out. Colorado sounds like a great place to actually live as myself for once. (Also, my similarly queer and liberal engineer husband wants to get into green energy.) Definitely excited for the mountains, sun and hippie ways —…

As a Missourian contemplating a move to Colorado, trust me, at least some of those people w/ Texas plates are there to get away from Texas politics, not bring it with them.

On one hand, given that all the problems CT cites with Trump have been there since the very beginning, it’s pretty craven of them to wait ‘til he’s already been impeached to say something publicly.

Co-signed!

I do that with my cats too. Somewhere along the way it rubbed off and my husband and I started slow-blinking at each other! It’s a nice way to send a non-verbal “I love you.” 

Oh dear. I like Kristen Stewart as a person but... I’m pretty sure even she knows she’s not the actress of the decade. 

Her lawsuit fuckin’ describes a bunch of Black teachers taking collective action as “thuggish goons.” Not a “racist molecule” in her body, my ass!

I saw Raising Arizona for the first time last New Year’s Eve, and shortly thereafter had my first threesome. Both were very good. Raising Arizona has a special place in my heart now.

Looking forward to giving these a try!

I got a container of Penzey’s mint hot cocoa powder as a freeby recently and it was truly delicious (though I’ll admit to gussying it up with milk, a dash of heavy cream and a few leftover Guittard chocolate chips I had in the freezer).

This is the first thing that came to mind for me. I already loved (and frankly, still love) oatmeal cream pies, so eating a giant one (and then sleeping it off inside a giant Lego brick) sounded heavenly.

Chew carefully if you want to keep your fillings, and have some good dill pickles on hand because the stuff’s relentlessly sweet and you’ll want something to balance it. My parents hosted a maple syrup candy party once when we lived in New Hampshire and those were the key takeaways!

This sounds quite similar to the problem I’m having — despite me noodling with every power setting I can find, my Acer Aspire e15 inevitably shuts down every time I close the lid, whether plugged in or no. Crossing my fingers changing the device manager settings does the trick.