As someone who lived and taught in SF for a while, I can agree that living somewhere the Blue Angels do shows is pretty awful. Thank goodness it was only two or so times a year. (Fleet Week and I don’t know the other, but I’m pretty sure it was more than once a year.) The noise literally shakes buildings, is very…

I’m still sad that I never got to see the first run of M. Butterfly. Easily one of the best American plays ever, and sadly, still very relevant. I haven’t read the updated text; haven’t been able to bring myself to as the original remains one of the most satisfying literature experiences of my life, but one day I will.

McKean is good in this (so far—I’m only up to ep 2), although I love your idea of Billy Connolly.

Bless you for thinking of Miriam Margolyes. Whenever I get down, I watch a bunch of clips of her on Graham Norton, and you can’t help but feel better after that.

Also the folks that Buzzcocks would have booked if it hadn’t finally died.

Good Omens is one of my favorite books, and I can appreciate just how difficult it would be to adapt to live-action presentation. I’ve only seen the first two episodes, but my biggest issue is with the CGI. I think it looks just awful. The color palette just seems weird to me—not weird in a good, otherworldly way or…

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I feel like McDormand was miscast here. The narration is very much reminiscent of Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and shows both Pratchett’s and Gaiman’s very British senses of humor, and while it makes sense to have a woman play god, I feel like she should have been British or at…

Skipped pretty much all of the women’s arcs aside from Alma’s.

Well, in a way he was right about Highgarden being represented on the Small Council...it’s just that the Tyrells no longer hold that seat.

The two? three? new books came out relatively recently—maybe in the late 2000's/early 2010's? So a slightly exaggerated time jump. The last book references Burning Man.

In a show full of rich characters and amazing performances, Douriff really does stand out.

The Office cold open when he and Pam prank Dwight is easily in my top 10, if not top 5, funny moments of that show’s entire run. It’s perfect. (Particularly because he was in the running for the Jim role.)

I’ve been off of romcoms for a while now, but Ali Wong is hilarious, Randall Park is mad handsome and has charisma coming out of his ears, and this is the first trailer I’ve seen for something set in San Francisco pretty much ever that actually feels like San Francisco to me. Will watch.

That sounds amazing. :runs off to try a DIY:

Particularly if it’s a hot and/or humid day. Sweating + drinking = disaster

But wasn’t Zima sweet? The alcoholic seltzers I’ve tried aren’t. That said, I don’t think they’re any better than vodka + flavored seltzer of your choice.

Breakfast-for-dinner was/is a staple at my parents’ house growing up and always a favorite.

I’m sad it’s over, but I’m so, so glad that she got to end it when she wanted to, how she wanted to. It’s a damn near perfect run, which is a hell of an achievement and she had the wisdom, grace, and humility to go out high.

Activities make talking to people easier imo, so taking a class, joining a club, going to a meet-up, volunteering. I’d definitely start practicing in platonic situations first because attraction can make it harder to talk to someone. Also, ask people questions and be genuinely interested in the answers. The introvert…

Oh man, how was this not on my radar? And I definitely need to rewatch before the movie. Smart move on HBO’s part—I’ll be holding on to my subscription for one more month.