I don't think you guys have had good marinara.

Why would you assume that? My lack of interest in good food? My lack of exposure to international cooking? My lack of ability to source good ingredients?

You just have to add half a stick of butter.

aka the Barefoot Contessa's solution to making everything taste good.

The tomato sauce does sound good. But would it really not taste even better with wine, olive oil, garlic and black pepper? Cause those are all really good flavors.

I don't know, because it's so damn good on its own. I'd feel foolish for adulterating it to its detriment.

one of the easiest, most amazing tomato sauces ever

I just bought an onion to make this. I am seriously looking forward to it.

But would it really not taste even better with wine, olive oil, garlic and black pepper? Cause those are all really good flavors.

While they are good flavors, I am more than willing to give this a try. Sometimes things taste better if you let them stay very simple. And add half a stick of butter.

Maybe I'll try it that way. Buffistas are wise when it comes to cooking.

My body doesn't like tomato, so any marinara consumption must be very limited. Raw tomato is a no go.

My body is also not liking the work I've done the past 3 days. I am bruised and achey. I may have to crawl out of bed tomorrow.

For Zenkitty... [link]

I was named for a song that my mom still likes to sing bits of. I just now discovered that it was a Johnny Mathis song and listened to the original recording! I also have one of the more positive lines in 88 Lines About 44 Women and a hideous Michael Bolton song. According to Bon Jovi I need to find myself a Tommy. But mostly, when people want to sing my name I get the Name Game.

I sort of assumed there were going to be no songs about my name, but turns out, there are! My name is Jacqueline, I go by Jacki (spelled funny because my grandmother apparently thought it would be funny?) and who knew, songs about Jaquelines and Jackies! I'm shocked.

I've got a lovely Spanish lullabye (fave version by Tish Hinojosa) for my name.

In any case, despite their opinion on the calls, both announcers clearly thought that Mexico far outplayed France, which to me is key. Bad calls are part of the game. It's a shame if they radically affect the outcome, but I'd rather have that than replay everything to death.

Okay, that's good to know. The clips that I saw (very short and from one angle) it looked like a blatant offsides on the first one; on the second, the tackler got the ball and not just his opponent, so I wasn't clear on why the penalty. Can you not slide tackle inside the box?

meara, you do know Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber, right? Aka Biebians. And someone called the cops on a 27 yo lesbian drinking, thinking she was the Biebs. [link]

Of the three songs I know with my name, I like the Fleetwood Mac one best. Probably b/c I wasn't bombarded with it in my childhood.