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Yeah, I had a Teflon wok for a while. Those are not great.

I have a 6.5" that I got for those skillet cookies you see at restaurants and while I don't use it much for that, I use it all the time to make a single egg for a breakfast sandwich. My wife uses that one a lot in the summer for campfire snacks. She makes a bree and tomato dip with a balsamic glaze that is worth keeping the pan for that alone.

I don't have a black iron fryer but I do have an enameled one that I absolutely love for sauces or a big batch of sausage gravy. The tall sides make it a lot easier to cook a big batch without splattering sauce all over the stove. I've actually never used that one for its intended purpose but if I lost all my pans and had to start over, I think I'd get the fryer before I bought the standard pan in that size.

I probably wouldn't buy the wok again though. I think it's fun but honestly, it's probably not nearly as practical as a carbon steel one would be.

I've been listening to this as it comes out and it's so good!

I was a fan of the non fiction seasons of revolutions and honestly, I was skeptical when the first episode came out but, it has turned out great. I'm so glad I stuck with it.

This is my favorite version of this encounter. Well done!

Have Data run the transporter and beam Vader directly into space. Vader's 10,000KM from his ship before he realizes that Data doesn't breathe. Even if Vader's suit and powers allow him to survive, he's just floating there watching the Star Destroyer blow up, if he can even see that far.

Oh, I have. More than once. The service at his house sucks so I don't even have to fess up to it if I don't want to, just seems like another dropped call.

Several years ago, I was in a waiting room while my father had heart surgery. Two things I remember were that for some reason they had us in an area that was primarily the waiting room for pediatric surgery and, a woman with one of the other families in the same lobby was getting a call every 5 minutes. I remember these things because the woman's ringtone was "If I die young" by The Band Perry. Every 5 fucking minutes, this woman's phone started screaming "If I die young, bury me in......." This was enough to make me want to fly off the handle waiting on my 60 year old father's surgery. I can't imagine if I'd been with a family who was waiting to hear about a child. To this day I can't hear that song while seeing red for a minute.

OMG my dad does this while I'm on the phone with him. If I had a dollar for every time I had to tell him to turn off the video on his phone so I could hear him........

I am seriously coveting that loon pan.

Bonus picture of Minerva

Anyone have any recommendations on organizations to donate to that do similar work (ones that do it better obviously)? I'm all for boycotting bigots but just keeping money I would otherwise give to charity doesn't exactly feel great.

I've been just shifting it to my local day center but, I'd be interested in a bigger organization that could hopefully take the place of the S.A. rather than just seeing what help they do offer just disappear.

Same! Mine's smart, entertaining, manages my social life, probably contributes more to society than I ever will and on top of that, for reasons that still escape explanation, actually wants to have sex with me which is probably the only reason I never turned into an incel. She is easily the best thing in this house, myself included.