I don't love big shows but there are some concerts I missed at the Ritz here, that I would have liked to be at.

Kinky, I missed that one because it was my kid's favorite band and I didn't know it was an all ages show. Lady Gaga, and Nine Inch Nails I am so sorry I didn't get to see them at the small venue on their way up.

Those stadium and arena shows, nope, none of them. My mom saw Elvis in a school basketball gym - I always thought that was cool.

I did see Nirvana on their first tour when they made it all the way down here. It was a good time but I don't really remember it as transcendent. There were fewer than 50 people there! In a local bar. I did get to meet them, they came all the way across the country in a little white van.

I'm going to guess it's overeating in general. Protein as a proxy for calories. Undereating does extend life, that gets proven over and over. And yeah, too much protein is hard on your kidneys.

But I would bet money that a person is better off being more active, so that they burn off the calories they eat, or fasting sometimes and eating less overall.

Just holding calories steady and reducing protein doesn't seem better. Because the other places calories can come from are carbohydrates and fats, and it's not healthy to eat too much of those either. Therefore I think it probably just means don't overeat or even do undereat.

Homemade toffee is one of the most delicious substances on the planet.

Goat milk caramel, oooooh so delicious.

Yes soft caramel is sticky but the flavor is amazing. Magically changed by heat from just butter and sugar and cream to caramel.

Any cookie with butter and sugar has a similar toasted sugar flavor. It's a foundational flavor in cooking.

Thank you for you absolutely trash opinion on this delicious food. Perfection.

I would like to experience something new, so would go with magic. As long as it's not too wrapped up in religion. I've enjoyed my arc here, but don't need to repeat it - and safe from being a chosen one is itself a perk.

I scrolled by and read this as "crows" not cows. Either way I agree.

I like your list & would recommend

Black Science.
Monstress

I also enjoyed

Elephantmen.
Low.
East of West. Hickman in general is good.

Anything by Mike Carey - if you like Sandman you will like Lucifer, and he also did Darkness Visible, Highest House and some mainstream stuff.

Wow, 4 servings in a bottle of vodka is insane. I would do this but absolutely with whiskey or rum or even an añejo tequila not vodka or gin. And half as much of it. And then call it 8 servings!

Meaning you can't empathize? Lucky you, I guess. I had so much anxiety around eating for so long, and it's not unusual. Until I was 25, never put one piece of food in my mouth without thinking about the calories and how it would make me fat. I'm sure she looks in the mirror and still sees fat.

Yes more people have eating disorders in the other direction, and will eat when stressed. I have trouble wrapping my mind around that. It's been half my lifetime since I recovered but I still can't eat when stressed.

It's heartbreaking and eventually fatal if you keep restricting. Skinny is not automatically unhealthy, body types do differ.

There's plenty of pressure on women to be small, and when your life is out of control, one thing you can control is eating. It is oddly easy to fall into disordered territory.

Ha! How long are you planning to be old? That is insane. If you are old at 40 you could be old for over half your life!

I am near 60. I bike to work, work over 40 hours a week, do yoga 4 days a week, lift twice a week. Definitely slower, can't run but not really old yet, as far as I can tell. I think very old is over 75 usually - that's when people start to feel like they have lived long, and start really seeing people they know die of old age.

And if I am going to live to 90, as the statistics seem to think, I can't really be OLD until I am like 80.

Yeah we try to get everyone! Sometimes the parents of the boyfriends/girlfriends of our kids show up too, even the kids who moved away, or any 'orphans' from my work. Everyone brings something. My ex MIL brings thanksgiving (like literally I think she makes a turkey too and just doesn't bring it) I can never figure out if she is trying to show me up or what but it means I can make vegan versions of sides for the vegans, so it works out.

I cook for like 3 days to stage it but once done I let others set it out and clean up too. I just sit down, have a drink, and eat and hang out. Of course there's always more cleanup at the end but worth it.

Highly recommend consolidating it if you have the space. So much fun.

Thanksgiving at my house. My kids, my husband's kids, my in-laws, my siblings, my ex and his family too (I was friends with his brother before I knew him and his mom is still my kids' grandma) and when my mom was alive she came too.

I honestly love parties like that. It's utter chaos. But fun.