Duranie

YES!!! I appreciate you finding that. I'm between patients on sketchy mobile so it's hard to find things sometimes.

There's a guy on YouTube doing videos about his haunted apartment "but the rent is really, really really cheap!" Part of the gag is that there's a doppelganger that keeps trying to talk him into going into the basement, and will try to trick you too. The bit is all kinds of craziness, it's pretty fun.

Years ago my only exposure to coffee was through Dunkin and Starbucks. In 2021 I splurged on a breville bambino plus and grinder to try making my own because regularly purchasing from either was too costly.

I don't consider myself a coffee snob either (the shots I pull probably taste like shit to anyone who knows better) but I've learned to make a latte that tastes good to me! Since then I've been given Starbucks gift cards around the holidays, and damn - they're almost painful to use but have their place in an emergency. It's totally the thought that counts.

Hey, I live in the Chicago burbs and can tell you that I was at Lou's picking up my pizza at the same time the shooter was ordering his at the counter, so it couldn't have been him.

I radially dice my onion. To me it seems like the horizontal and vertical cuts leave more uneven bits considering the layers already present. I angle my "vertical" cuts towards the center, then start chopping.

That's ok. They prefer it that way because it gives them cover to go unwitnessed.

Probably slightly more generalized like a urologist chat.

A lot of restaurants add a dab of pancake batter to scrambled eggs to help make them fluffy. In that case there's some leavening in the batter. I guess a touch of plain flour would add a little body to it? I wonder if self rising flour would be a better choice for fluff?

Years ago I printed out a copy of a weights and measures chart with common ingredient substitutions and taped it inside a kitchen cabinet. I've found it incredibly convenient.

And this is how we become our grandparents. 🥴

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I'm bad about remembering.

Then again, I suspect I somehow may have ended up with the good gene as I have incredibly dry ear wax. On top of that I typically use antiperspirant instead of deodorant anyway, because I dislike feeling wet.

Straight water doesn't make me sick, but unless I'm already pretty thirsty (working hard/exercising outside in summer) and it's full of ice, I find drinking water unpleasant.

I'll drink water when I have to, but I'll drink flavored/calorie free drinks because I enjoy them, thus staying far more hydrated.

Yeah, if the take away is that we need to cut out all fats, salt and sugar, then we're missing out on basic nutritional needs. Our bodies REQUIRE fat, salt, and sugar to function properly and for overall health, just in reasonable amounts.