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9 years ago @ The Toast - David Brooks Writes a ... · 1 reply · +8 points

I was waiting for this piece as soon as I heard about the Brooks column. I'll go read it inow.

9 years ago @ The Toast - The Day The Grandmas Came · 1 reply · +21 points

I found out about this piece because Andrew Zimmern shared it on his facebook page. He loved it.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Code Words For "Gay" I... · 0 replies · +10 points

Reminds me of a James Adomian bit:

"gentleman with a long handshake"
"cobblestone boy"

10 years ago @ The Toast - My Favourite Deleted C... · 0 replies · +1 points

Jesse Thorn agrees with you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH9Et487uXY&f...

10 years ago @ The Toast - Books That Literally A... · 0 replies · +7 points

The Master and Margarita and Grapes of Wrath are two of my favorite books. I am not ashamed.

11 years ago @ The Toast - It's 2050 And Feminism... · 2 replies · +9 points

Your profile name is ... it's everything.

11 years ago @ The Toast - What The Happiest Woma... · 0 replies · +4 points

The teapot is on top of a samovar, which is an urn. The samovar is filled with hot water, and the teapot is filled with concentrated tea, and is kept warm by the urn. The traditional way to serve Russian tea is to pour a bit of the concentrate in your tea cup and then dilute it to your liking with the hot water from the samovar.

11 years ago @ The Toast - What The Happiest Woma... · 0 replies · +3 points

Every summer, my mother macerates fresh raspberries in sugar to stow away in the refrigerator. We put it in tea, especially when we're sick.

11 years ago @ The Toast - What The Happiest Woma... · 0 replies · +4 points

Watermelon is my most favorite summer food.

11 years ago @ The Toast - What The Happiest Woma... · 0 replies · +3 points

I spent the first 6 years of my life drinking tea almost exclusively out of saucers -- it was too hot to drink straight out of the tea cup! I was, in fact, raised by Soviet immigrants.

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