Ehhhh, it'd depend on the book for me. Probably good for a post or two. I really don't like analyzing literature too deeply, or arguing it. Seems counterproductive. God forbid something have multiple themes or interpretations. I more prefer discussing style, plot, characters, or missteps of those attributes. Christ, a couple people I know are pompous lit majors, and typically wrong. Friend started talking about Streetcar Named Desire, how Stanley was the representation of the new America post WWII. I was like, honey, he's just an ignorant working class shmoe, borderline alcoholic, and has a good bullshit detector. He represents the working class, because that's how he was written. He was a dude Tennessee Williams knew or compiled from cats he knew. It's like that South Park episode Scrotie McBoogerballs where everyone reads into crap that isn't there.
So, you're staying at someone's house... they give you a towel for the shower but they keep 'body wash', not a bar of soap in the shower. Do you use the loofah sponge thing hanging off the tap (that presumably everyone else uses too) to apply said body wash or just squirt a bit on your hand ?
You definitely don't use the loofah thing. I live in a share house of 5 and nobody shares sponges, loofah etc. If someone has one in the bathroom it belongs to them and no one else.
If you ever looked at a loofa under a microscope, and the shit that it breeds, you'd never touch one again, period.
I agree, although there is something to be said for looking at symbols and motifs in a book. It's just frustrating when people go nuts yelling, "It was a RED LIGHT illuminating the intersection! This means that the author is expressing the futility of fighting the system" to the expense of what's actually going on in the story. English class ruined a bunch of very good books by doing that. Can we have a little conversation about the author's description of different colors to set the mood? Sure. Should we take time away from the actual plot and discussing why the characters are making these decisions? Hell no.
Better to have a little stink than put something on you that some guy used to thoroughly clean his balls.
Danger has a point, there are microbes everywhere. So long as they aren't of the flesh eating, or sore producing variety who cares. Hell you might be surprised to know whats in your SO"s mouth or on your toothbrush.
I'm much more comfortable with the shit that is growing on my hands than the shit that is growing on a loofah that has stewed in its own juices for three days. Mold and mildew doesn't grow on my hands. Just sayin.
Honestly, who gives a shit as to what is good or bad for us? It is all about our perceptions. If it seems gross to use a bathing tool that someone else has already used, then feel free to think of it as toxic. If you just don't give a shit, then certainly it is a blank slate, go for it. Life is too fucking short for bullshit.
This morning in the shower I accidentally pressed down on the conditioner pump rather than the shampoo and the thing squirted creamy white liquid onto my chest. Now I know how the other half feels.
My first thought on reading this was, "What the hell did Don Cheadle do?" Then I remembered the UFC porn star beating guy.
Today is football day. I'm 98% sure I will be getting fuck all done at work. Question for religious Crockpot users. How do you keep your meat from drying out? Lots of beef/chicken stock? Cook it at a lower temperature for longer?
It's a little bit of both. Your best option is to put a little bit of stock in with your meat (by which I mean just enough to basically fully cover the bottom) and cook it low and slow. If you do it on high, you're essentially boiling your food and that's what's most likely causing it to dry out. Another thing, if you're cooking a fatty cut of meat, make sure you're placing it in the crockpot fat side up, that way as the fat renders it will self baste the meat throughout the cooking process.
This is exactly what I do, and that works really well. When I cook a pot roast, I'll usually cook it on the lowest setting for about 8-10 hours. I've had no issues with dryness - other than one time when I got a cut of meat I usually didn't get and it was definitely much drier. So the other thing is paying attention to the cut of meat you are putting in there.
Pearl Necklace I laughed and laughed at this, just hoping that you thought he really meant "using conditioner" was the other half reference he was making.