necessary empathetic skills

You want a “hack”? Go to the arts and crafts store and purchase a large bag of desiccant. They sell it for drying flowers for arrangements. Then buy some empty tea bags for use with good tea or just get some cheese cloth. Make your own desiccant packs. As many as you want. And any size you want.

There’s a competing theory that all of time exists simultaneously, and our experience of time is tied to our movement through space. Since Einstein proved that space-time exists.  

Bots tend to use keywords to select from a list of canned responses.  They cannot read text in images.  So, if you post a meme and the response ignores the image, it's probably a bot. 

The Onion started as a paper print that would be stocked in news bins on the street corners, funded by the advertisements within. Legitimate newspaper journalists would contribute to it freelance, as getting a particularly witty story printed was good for bragging rights.

20 years ago, Applebees was pretty good quality.  It’s since become another microwave everything low quality quick stop.  

Not to mention lots of great Chinese take out, yet you'll still find PF Change and Wok N Roll hanging around.  Tried a Wok N Walk for lunch and was so disappointed.  

I look for the ones that have a menu board where they've named all the sandwiches.  9/10 its a win.  

The only time in my life I went to Paris, I went into a McDonalds because I wanted to know if Pulp Fiction was right and they sold a Royale with Cheese.  Of I remember right, it was pretty much the same as an American Quarter Pounder, but had more of a brioche style bun. 

People come to NYC and eat Dominos pizza and Subway sandwiches instead of going to a real pizzeria and corner deli.

If MTV existed at the time, this would be the opening to a Doo Wop video about civil rights.

You missed a critical step if you don’t want your home filled with smoke. Steam those wings before you bake them. Steaming melts off the fat under the skin, reduces smoking and makes the skin crispier.

If you want to know if it’s thermal paper, just scratch your fingernail across it.  If you leave a black line, it’s thermal paper.  (Old trick for loading fax machine paper the right side up back in the day.)

The Gold Coast of Long Island where the novel takes place is dead.  The mansion that inspired it was on the chopping block to be turned into a housing development.  

I haven’t read it, but I’ve heard the challenge of War and Peace (and other Russian novels) is that they will refer to characters by multiple names.  Given name, a couple of nicknames, shortened versions of those names, maybe some slang term thrown in.  And not much explanation to lead you through. 

In HS, we read Catcher in the Rye and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn back to back and used them to compare and contrast the themes and the endings.

“Afforable Housing” should never, ever be built again. For many reasons. No more manufactured ghettos.

Most fish is flash frozen as soon as it hits land.  And honestly, its just as good as right out of the water if its been handled correctly and not allowed to thaw and refreeze during transport.  

All they need to do is leave a couple cops sitting silently in the store after lock up. Wait for him to climb down and catch him.

I’m your huckleberry.