"The person whose life is obliterated at sea without due process of law is a life that leaves a void in the body of Christ."

It's so industrial their zoning map only bothers to color in the parts of the city that *aren't* industrial. The big chunk of residential in the middle is literally an uninhabitable Superfund site because they built a housing project and elementary school on top of an abandoned lead smelter

I would also like to submit for consideration East Chicago, Ind., part of Indiana's "there used to be steel mills here but now there's just residual industrial pollution and railroads" region

If you're up for a little work, Alton Brown's aged eggnog recipe is *very* good altonbrown.com/recipes/aged...

The remarkable thing is that compared to the book, they take *forever* to get to the spicy stuff. The PROLOGUE of the book is them sleeping together, before you get any backstory whatsoever

It’s December and I’m taking joy from wherever I can find it.

This is exactly what the LL Bean outlet in Maine still is and it is GLORIOUS. I have some pajama pants that are easily 9 inches longer than intended in the legs but they were $4

“Internet Banking Activities”

I know just enough Japanese (read: hardly any) that it’s perfect for those “I don’t want to listen to instrumental music but also don’t want to get distracted by listening to music with English words” moments