Bought a 2000 GTI for $6,300 in 2009 and loved it so, so dearly. Read more

This WAS interesting! Thank you for a great read! Now I’m really craving it, especially knowing there is some OG still being made. Last time I was in Texas, I had to settle for the lesser stuff. Read more

It’s a shame they changed the formula for the “Dublin Dr Pepper” they used to sell. Used to be made with cane sugar that would settle in the bottom of the tiny bottles so the last sip was like a shot of super concentrated Dr Pepper. They still make a version of it that they sell near Waco but it’s not the same sugar… Read more

Wayne was also a Ball State trustee. I met him a few times and he’s one of maybe two trustees I had more than a passing conversation with when I went there. My favorite memory was when he was talking about a celebrity speaker coming to campus. The speaker had flown into Indianapolis and the highways were, as ever, a… Read more

Definitely Chicago. Boystown-ish. It’s a real dive, but I’ve had some of my best nights there.  Read more

Apparently I’m the only person in the comments section excited to read this. Thanks for the recommendation, Kate! Read more

The hotter the better (within reason). My current go-to is Secret Aardvark’s Habanero. But I’m always picking up new stuff.  Read more

Hot sauce is my cure-all. Once in a while, it isn’t, and then all of my problems are so much worse. Because I’m sick AND my mouth is on fire. But most of the time it works.

A really... political person I knew in college did this and bragged about it on Twitter. Read more

Definitely the Batman Forever soundtrack, anchored by the U2 song “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” and, of course, Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose.” Read more

Had a shirt from Coney Island (Fort Wayne, Indiana’s finest restaurant) that said “Our Buns Are Steamed.” Hot dogs are a wealth of inappropriate humor.  Read more

First, that RedEye video was a lovely trip down memory lane to when that place was thriving. Read more

I didn’t graduate from the school district I grew up in, but I still went to that ten-year high school reunion. I had a really great time. A lot of people I figured forgot about me the day I left for California (where I actually graduated) seemed genuinely excited to see me, and I was genuinely excited to see them. We… Read more

Inject these into my veins. Can’t wait to bake them. Read more

THE POTATO DESERVED THIS. Read more

As usual, I agree with Kate on this one. Candy corn is delicious. I probably like it for the same reason as I like saltines. It’s a bland version of candy. But a delicious one. Read more

Worth noting that your Vermouth should sit in the fridge, not on your bar cart. Read more

The first time I heard “I Do” on Bob’s Burgers, I almost cried. It stopped me dead in my tracks for some weird reason. Just a perfect, short song about insecurity, projection and perfectionist tendencies. My life, basically.

I hate walnuts. I might be slightly allergic. But put some in a cookie (especially Christie’s DoubleTree exclusive), and I’m pretty sure there’s nothing better. Read more

Newcastle has never not smelled skunky when I drink it (it often smells like the brewer took a bong rip and blew it in the bottle before capping it), but it has never affected the taste all that much. Read more