i’ve always loved this film...i remember going to see it in the theater primarily because i was (still am) a big Mos Def fan and also favorably inclined to Michael Gondry. it’s probably not in anyone’s “top 100 of the decade” lists but IMHO it’s thoroughly enchanting and enjoyable.

Yeah, I think so. caveats - i used to work in vaccine manufacturing, but never worked specifically with manufacturing in chicken eggs. it’s also been about 10 years since i left the manufacturing side of things to go back to school for my MBA - so i’m a bit rusty on all this. but my general impression would be that it…

the Moderna vaccine is using mRNA so would not be made in eggs. i wouldn’t necessarily assume that any new COVID vaccine would be made in chicken eggs - that’s fairly unique to influenza vaccines.

I work in the vaccines division of one of the Big Pharma companies - agree with LikeANinja. particularly in this case, there will be a push to get this vaccine through clinical testing as soon as possible. i’m more concerned about the manufacturing capacity required to make it available more widely. if i had to guess,…

yes!!! so good

FWIW, the $450/$550 sticker shock is offset by the annual $300 travel credit that Chase applies to your account automatically as you incur travel-related spending over the course of the year (until you reach the $300 limit). in my case they include things like parking meters and Uber/Lyft for the purposes of the…

the movie overall was kinda "meh" for me - but if they made an entire movie that was basically like the Cybertron battle that opened the movie they could have all of my moneys

“except for using non bank ATMs which they all do”

this is not quite true anymore. a number of online banks offer completely fee-free ATM usage. I have a Charles Schwab online checking account that does not charge any ATM fees whatsoever and that also reimburses (on a monthly basis) any ATM fees that you get charged by…

i live in Tenleytown - 90%+ of the bars I've been to in DC have at least one cheap domestic beer from the big brewers. including all the bars around my old office at 16th & L when I worked down that way. 

hell, Frank Miller is writing a Superman book *right now*

fuck I wish I was young again 

will be curious to hear your thoughts on the infotainment system. i was deciding between a Highlander and Pilot last year, ended up going with the Honda for a couple of reasons, one of which was standard Android Auto on the Pilot vs. horrible online reviews for Toyota’s Entune system.

it’s certainly illegal to inquire about these things during a job interview, but nothing illegal about talking about it in the office. i work for one of the major multinational “Big Pharma” companies - corporate culture on the whole here is very family-friendly, and i’m particularly fortunate that my team and manager…

“including one to a deep cut for those not familiar with modern Marvel comics”

man, I am right there with you. what an amazing accomplishment. 

Tenleytown resident here - thanks so much for posting this. i know of the National Shrine of course but had never really thought to pay a visit before reading your comment.

parent of a 3.5-year-old + a 6-month-old - this is great. thanks for posting it.

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yeah, i’m just enjoying this time before reality sets in. given the overall state of the major league roster + farm system, and where Elias is in terms of rebuilding team operations around analytics, international players, etc, i don’t think it would have made much sense for them to go after a 31 y/o free agent…

forget the girls, i want to know more about what’s going on with Jonni Row