No, I think we’d all like to be flexible enough to stare at our own assholes (although maybe not directly after passing gas). And who doesn’t like naps?

Using a food processor to mix minced and cooked herbs with four ounces of goat cheese sounds like a bit of overkill to me (especially when you factor in the hassle of cleaning it). A small bowl and a fork or spoon should do just fine. Otherwise the recipe sounds great.

I agree that if you feel an expensive wine will be wasted on you it is better not to drink it, and that *ideally* a host should ask the guest if they want to open the bottle they brought (in addition to what the host served). That said, if they don’t offer I would be very careful (and you probably are, no sarcasm here…

If the host picked a particular wine or wines to go with dinner, IMO they shouldn’t be obligated to serve something else. On top of that the wine the guest brings might not be at the optimal temperature. I see it as a gift and the host can do whatever he or she wants to do with it.

What planet do you live on? Cheap != poor/middle-class. Rich people can be just as cheap as poor ones, and are often more so, especially when it comes to a choice of whether to subsidize the lower classes (even when they can well afford it).

Yep. Shipping is a big factor too. I was just reading that NZ lamb consumed in the UK has a lower impact than lamb grown and eaten in the UK, and wine shipped from France to NYC via ocean liner has a lower impact than wine grown in CA and trucked to NY. Do you have a link to the Columbia blog post? I skimmed the linked…

I would much rather pay to see a HAPPY!-Thor crossover than this.

Source? This article and the referenced report from the UK’s Committee on Climate Change states that while still high, emissions per pound of lamb consumed are lower than those for beef.

I may be in the minority, but I find it much easier to track and control my spending when I use credit cards and can use an app/website like Mint to see where all my money is going (in the pre-Internet/smartphone age I’d be more inclined to agree with you). When I have a chunk of cash in my wallet I never know what…

Yes, the school owns the patent, just like any employer would. But unlike the vast majority of for-profit companies, which at best give their employees a nice plaque and maybe consider it the next time they’re up for a promotion, most research institutions in the U.S. share a portion of any revenue derived from their…

I use MP for myself and Sinemia for the times my gf joins me. She doesn’t like to see as many movies as I do so at the time I bought it the cheaper Sinemia subscription made more sense than a second MoviePass one for her. At the time MoviePass’ future was also more uncertain.

I’m just over a year into my month-to-month MP subscription and about seven months into my annual Sinemia subscription. MP has been by far the smoother experience and better value. As mentioned in the post, Sinemia’s customer service is non-existent, both in terms of their lack of response and unhelpfulness if and…

Opening Day, 2021: four tickets cost $132 on average in 2019, so let’s say this family paid $150 per ticket.

This is a good suggestion, but it’s also the type of thing that I’d expect to work 99% of the time in most places, but to be hit-or-miss in NYC due to either space constraints at the hotel and/or the high number of unhelpful assholes who work in the city. Have you had luck with that in New York?

If we’re talking about salaried positions, I agree with you. But expecting someone to work extra time without pay at a job that pays by the hour (like Shake Shack) is something else entirely.

This makes me feel just a little bit better about the Angels and Trout. At least they’d be in the playoffs if half of MLB qualified for the postseason.

Clearly it had something to do with a napkin ring.

As a non-Pats fan of similar age, this is the only redeeming quality about Tom Brady’s career.

1/5 bars, take your stars.

Those should count for something, for sure. Hard to say exactly how much is fair.