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That's because you're mostly harmless.

The apron was made from hemp?

Au contrare. Constant self-doubt, but old enough to know...

Never. I'll mimic it as a joke if someone asks a question - or mimic using a magic 8-ball ("Reply Hazy - Try Again Later").

Because we remember how it used to be, before families scattered across the country. Seeing my cousins was always a blast.

Just a suggestion. Try a cola that is made with "Real Sugar" instead of HFCS. It could be that the combination of HFCS and something in the caramel coloring could be the issue. That is, you could be slightly fructose intolerant, and something in the caramel coloring pushes it over the edge. Good luck.

It's how it usually goes with debugging.

Too many variables. Are all the Tootsie Pops of the same thickness? What is the size of the tongue (Gene Simmons?)? What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

The only thing I can think of as a reason is that it's some sort of tax dodge. "Well, we tried to find someone for the job, but we didn't get any applicants". It's a stretch, but there are tax breaks in some areas around here if you employ so many people - maybe there's a stipulation that you have to be actively looking for people to reach that mark?

Maybe if he'd married better...

"Certain ingredients used in making caramel coloring can cause reactions if you have an allergy to them or have celiac disease or gluten intolerance. Some of these include milk, corn dextrose, corn or wheat starch, and malt syrup derived from barley. However, these ingredients aren't always indicated individually on the product labeling."

If you saw his stuff, you never forgot it.

Took me quite a while to get that far (some time ago), and I don't have a degree in the computer science field, nor anything beyond a BA. Never thought a schlub like me would make over 35K.

There is much truth in this -

So I'm nosing through some job listings and I come across this one where they're looking for someone outside what I do. Trouble with my previous job title is that it means different things in different companies, so I have to kind of weed out jobs looking for something that fits. Anyway I came across this job that where they wanted someone with experience for a number of software programs/codes I'm not experienced in, but I'm reading and I see they want someone with a Masters or PhD. For all this talent, they're generously offering $42K/yr. Yeah, I'm sure there's got to be someone with those degrees just stupid enough to jump at that offer. SMH.