Erin HMmmm, roasted mouse.
Le Creuset has been having a lot of fun with Disney lately. After the successful launch of two Disney Princess collections, Le Creuset has announced that its newest limited-edition project is a Mickey Mouse collection in honor of the mouse's 90th anniversary.
Erin HMazels!
Tammy Duckworth, a Democratic Senator from Illinois, is expecting her second child in April—a first for the long history of the institution, which has often been populated by men who might genuinely think that babies arrive in a flurry of scrounged-up towels and boiled water.
Erin HDirect link to twitter post/photo so you don't have to click through:
https://twitter.com/hels/status/952936019258683392/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thekitchn.com%2Fthis-photo-of-a-peeled-pomegranate-is-very-disturbing-254767
They are AWESOME looking.
Pomegranates are such a wonderful fruit. They're full of healthful antioxidants, and they add color and flavor to everything from salads to cocktails. Pomegranates are as good with eggplant as they are with chocolate — or you can just eat them straight and enjoy the way the seeds explode into tart, red juice when you bite into them.
Sure, it can be a lot of work to get the seeds out, but all that labor just makes the payoff seem more special. And on top of all that, pomegranates just look pretty, with all those dark, red arils lined up like little jewels. That is, until someone takes all the peels completely off and leaves just the fruit, and then the pomegranates look frankly terrifying.
Erin HHere's my opinion, CNN. Women are conditioned from birth in this country to not rock the boat, to go along, to be compliant. Men who take knowing advantage of that (and let's be clear - when you put someone's hand on your penis and they remove it, over and over again, you are KNOWINGLY pressuring them to do something they obviously don't want to do) while masquerading as allies are more dangerous in many ways than overt creepsters. Every argument in support of Aziz Ansari has said "we can't paint this with the same brush that we do rape". No one is putting this in the same category as rape. NO ONE. But we need to have this discussion and hold men accountable for taking advantage of this power imbalance, even men of color (and really wtf kind of argument is that, sheesh). So take your straw man argument and complicity and fuck right off.
Erin HYESSSSS
The Olympics offer a unique technical challenge for TV broadcasters and cable companies every few years. With the 2018 Winter Olympics just a few weeks away, Comcast has announced its plans to offer a pretty huge variety of coverage for its Xfinity T...
Erin HHoly shit, how did I not hear about this before? ADDED TO MY LIST.
If you blew through all of the latest season of Black Mirror when it came out just before the new year and need your science fiction anthology fix, your ship has come in. Amazon's new series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is live now with ten episo...
Erin HSmart of him!!
Mark Wahlberg announced Saturday that he would donate $1.5 million – his salary for All the Money in the World reshoots – to Time's Up.
The actor's donation
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Mark Wahlberg Donates 'All the Money in the World' Reshoots Salary to Time's Up
Erin HShe didn't know? In 2012? LIE.
Greta Gerwig said she would not have acted in Woody Allen's 2012 film To Rome With Love had she known about the allegations of sexual
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Greta Gerwig Says She Regrets Working With Woody Allen
Erin HI recorded this last night and can't wait for an Alan-less evening so I can watch it!
How did it take so long to get a Lifetime movie about the Coreys? A Tale of Two Coreys is a tragic Hollywood rise-and-fall saga: two teen actors who make it big in the Eighties, complete with fire-hazard hair, drugs, groupies and pastel blazers. Corey Haim and Corey Feldman first paired up in the 1986 vampire classic The Lost Boys, and became inseparable BFFs, only to crash hard.
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 10 Most WTF Moments of Lifetime's 'A Tale of Two Coreys'
Erin HWOW she is a much better person than I am.
Sarah Silverman briefly stemmed the mighty tide of piss and bile that is “Tweets & replies” last week with a little kindness. In response to San Antonio user Jeremy Jamrozy’s tweet “cunt” at her on December 28th, she demonstrated that she is not:
Erin Hfuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck these people with lemon juice injected rusty nails.
“The hand flapping is a concern. We don’t want our son to learn do to that!”
Erin HNational treasure, Tiffany Haddish.
Just a few days ago Tiffany Haddish admitted she didn’t even know the New York Film Critics Circle awards existed, but she pretty much owned the awards ceremony last night when she went to accept her statue for best supporting actress.
Erin HHoly shit this looks so good
Late summer nights call for easy food that is also fresh and vibrant, abundant with tomatoes, herbs, and other garden booty. This skillet is the dish I make when I want a 15-minute meal with just a handful of ingredients, but one that tastes like summer in the mouth.
Gnocchi, blistered cherry tomatoes, chicken sausage, and a handful of basil — look, I've told you the whole ingredient list already.
Erin HWay to go, hippies.
Last year several music websites pointed out that climate-change denier and private billionaire Philip Anschutz, who has donated to anti-gay organizations, Republican politicians, and classified hate groups, technically owns the music festival Coachella.
Erin HJesus Christ.
On Wednesday, Princess Michael (wife of the Queen’s cousin) thought it suitable to wear a blaring racist statement piece to what was presumed to be Meghan Markle’s introduction to the extended royal family at the Queen’s annual Christmas luncheon. Recognizing the insult, perhaps when Lainey Gossip picked it up, the…
Erin HSUZE
On this, the Friday before Christmas, let us turn to an important question: Is eggnog good or bad?
Erin HDon't discount the aftermarket parts that are HIGHER quality than OEM though, like K&N filters or Brembo brakes systems. Then there's a completely different category for performance parts.
When you go to Home Depot or Lowes you are used to seeing brands that you are familiar with like John Deere, Honda or Scotts. These retailers are proud to be offering the products of these well respected companies and actively promote the sale of their goods and equipment. That is not always the case with auto parts.
Companies like Carquest or NAPA have supply contracts with parts companies like Gates for belts and hoses and Walker for exhaust parts. The manufacturers make their parts to the specifications of the retail marketers who put their name on them. So when you go to the auto parts store you are unaware of the manufacturer.
This is not the practice for all of the types of parts sold by NAPA or Carquest, since some of the parts like fuel pumps or oxygen sensors may be sold under the trademark of the manufacturer. Other auto parts retailers like Pep Boys have their in house brands like Prostart for alternators, starters and batteries. Who they choose as the supplier of these units may depend on outside factors like proximity to the marketplace and of course price, as well as the failure rate of the assembled part.
Then there are the aftermarket brands of the car manufacturers. The brand names for the big three are Motorcraft for Ford, Mopar for Chrysler and AC Delco for General Motors. This is where it really gets confusing. If you shop at a Chevy dealer’s parts department, you might buy an oil filter which carries a GM part number, although it may have come from the same manufacturing plant as an AC Delco filter and also be sold at an Advance Auto Parts store.
The term that installers look for is OEM. It stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. Technicians and shop owners believe that the closer they can come to OEM the better. The reason is twofold – quality and fit.
Better quality cuts down on comebacks and the need to do the job the second time for free and better fit shortens the installation time and maximizes profits. The parts houses are very aware of this and know that Koyo, for instance, is the OEM supplier for the radiator in a certain year, make and model of vehicle. If they have that part available it becomes a distinct advantage over the competition.
Failure rates of some parts can be as high as 30 percent, so any strategy is worth considering if it reduces the probability of dealing with a defective part that generates an irate customer. It may be difficult to believe but 95 percent of the burden of resolving the aftermath of a failed part is borne by the installing shop.
The replacement part, of course, is supplied for free but the labor is often attributed to the cost of doing business. Labor claims are available from some suppliers but the paperwork can be burdensome and in a busy shop the inclination is to accommodate the customer and move on.
These are some of the conditions that warrant the margins which retail auto repair shops command on the auto parts they sell. This may not be evident to the occasional DIY’er who compares prices charged when visiting a professional shop to what he has paid in the past at a store like AutoZone.
Source: Personal Experience
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Erin HI'm so excited for this!
Here she is. The Ocean’s 8 trailer. Everyone at Jezebel passionately loves at least one woman in this cast. A love like that is scary, because you might be disappointed by your love’s promotional materials. Don’t be afraid—this trailer lives up to its expectations.
Erin HFUCK YOU MATT DAMON
Matt Damon offered his two cents on the seemingly endless number of Hollywood heavyweights and public figures who have been accused of sexual misconduct in recent months, but his comments have not been particularly well-received.
In a recent
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Matt Damon's on Hollywood Sexual Misconduct Scandals: 'There's a Spectrum'
Erin HShe's going to molest the rest of the children in Kentucky?
Dan Johnson, the Kentucky GOP state Rep. and pastor, was the subject of an extremely thorough, months-long investigation; he also committed suicide after it came out. We felt terrible about this, honestly; you never want someone to make himself dead right after you called him out as part of a human centipede. Having read the report in its entirety, we are feeling less terrible — not because we ever take joy in someone taking his life, but because he seems to have been a mean, racist, grifty fraud, in addition to having allegedly molested his daughter’s friend. Now his wife, Rebecca Johnson — who told investigative reporters sniffing around her husband’s church they “would have blood on their hands” if they investigated an elected state official — wants to take over his state House seat for the 49th District. In a statement given to the AP the day after her husband posted a suicide note on Facebook and then shot himself on a bridge, “Rebecca Johnson referred to her husband’s death as a ‘high-tech lynching based on lies and half-truths.'”
First of all, I would like to respectfully request that white southerners stop using the word “lynching” — especially when they believe they are the “victims.” This was not mob violence perpetrated upon her husband outside of the law. It was two guys from Kentucky who were trying to figure out how a man in Bullitt County had used his “church” as both a place to hold political rallies and sell alcohol to drunken bikers (and minors) and managed to not only get away with that, but also get elected to the Kentucky General Assembly.
During the course of their investigation, these journalists learned that Dan Johnson, a man who posted terrible racist shit all over his Facebook feed during the 2016 election, had also paid a black woman who says she was sleeping with him back in 1985 to burn up his Cadillac for the insurance money.
These two journalists also learned that the first time Dan Johnson built a church in 2000 unironically called “Heart of Fire” it, too, mysteriously burned to the ground in a blaze that was ignited by some seriously flammable liquid that had been poured all over the hallway floor.
Although the investigation called the fire “suspect,” a settlement was made and the church was rebuilt, with a side residence called “The Pope’s House” — because Dan Johnson called himself the Pope when he wasn’t calling himself the Bishop. It was in this house in 2012 that Dan Johnson is accused of sexually assaulting Maranda Richmond when she was 17, like we talked about in our article right before he committed suicide. (That was admittedly a really weird feeling, to call a person out for filth and then have them die, but you should listen to the interview with Maranda Richmond that’s included with the KyCIR story, and you may feel okay about what all we had to say. We do.)
The point is, this man, who also seems to have created a resume filled with a wildly invented personal history like “White House Chaplain to GHWB, W, and Bill,” and something about working for the UN, and personally making the LA Riots safe, and he served at 9/11 as a pop-up morgue director who personally pulled all the bodies from the hands of first responders, has a wife named Rebecca and she wants to carry on this legacy.
Kentucky law decrees that vacancies in the Assembly due to the death of a representative are filled by special election. I imagine if this lady runs, it will be quite special indeed. After all the impossible to believe carrying-on in Alabama in the last few months, it’s truly hard to even speculate what will happen next — but I have a feeling we are gonna hear more on this story, and about Dan Johnson, no matter what.
Also, Mrs. Johnson, we are sorry for your loss.
Erin HCan't say I'm surprised, he's so gross all the time. Ugh.
Erin HMy new favorite site!
If you're a politically minded person settling in for a long holiday break of doing not very much and you're ready to get your stream on, you may find yourself facing a dilemma. You want to watch something good, or at least entertaining, but you don't want to support the work of, well, creeps (pause while I cover my bases— alleged creeps).
Erin H1. fill the dishwasher and run it.
2. hand wash the hand-washables
3. leave the rest for when the dishwasher is done
4. profit??
Most of us have a weeknight dishwashing routine that's pretty manageable: Rinse (or not) some plates and silverware, throw them into the dishwasher, and wash the handful of pots, pans, and other utensils you used for food prep. If you're lucky, you have a partner to help dry the dishes and put them away to complete the task.
When it comes to the holidays, though, we use way more pots, pans, dishes, and silverware than ever, and facing that pile of dirty dishes can be daunting, to say the least. Truth: It may require a different cleaning M.O. than you use in your everyday cleanup. Here's what you should do.
Erin HI'm happy that he can't hurt any more children, but man, what a horrible outcome for his family.
Erin H*gasp*
Hold the phones! Stop what you're doing! The latest Le Creuset release might just have you making an addition to your holiday shopping list. Yes, yes, I know Le Creuset has released so many styles lately and you're tired of hearing about it. But y'all, this one will take you to infinity and beyond!
Erin HNPR is reporting he will resign tomorrow. Good.
Erin HShe was so charming on SNL too. I am a big fan of hers now!
Tiffany Haddish was on Ellen and managed to be more interesting, engaging, funny, and charming in six minutes than any other guest in recent memory.
Erin HHeartbreaking.
Erin HBecause male victims are believable, and women who accuse men are just money grubbing liars, duh.
Danny Masterson, star of Netflix’s The Ranch, has been accused of raping four women. Thus far, Netflix has taken no action against him, despite moving quickly against Kevin Spacey in regard to House of Cards. Why? According to one network exec, they don’t believe the victims.
Erin HOH PLEASE GOD YES give him a new trial so he can be sentenced properly
