Yeah, as an autistic woman, I’ve noticed the “maybe he’s autistic” coming up in response to awful behavior from white men (it’s always white men) and it makes me wince every time. Elon’s going to reinforce that stereotype. 

Sadly this is not new. I remember hearing about this over a decade ago. I can’t believe I’m going to admit remembering this, but there was an infamous episode of Wife Swap involving high meat. It’s on YouTube.

Now that Brooklyn Nine-Nine is ending, Andre Braugher is available. Give Bayard Ellis a show! Plus, Braugher lives in New Jersey, so this is perfect. 

I saw Colm Feore in Stratford back in the mid-90s and he’s stuck with me ever since. 

I don’t think I’d call Jennings the best. He improved noticeably over his stint, though. He has a good feel for the game and the pace, and his interactions with contestants got better over time. Dr. Oz was the worst, and Katie Couric wasn’t much better. Anderson Cooper pauses too much. 

Aaron Rodgers surprised me. I…

I did not think Couric did a good job keeping the game running, and she’s so chipper it grates. She wasn’t as bad as Dr. Oz, though, who was a flop on all counts. 

I’ve been eating chicken sandwiches since fast food places started serving them—always liked them better than burgers.

Popeyes has the best chicken and breading, at least when it’s good. Popeyes is very variable and it also depends on your local franchise. Also, their Cajun fries are the only coated fries I’ve ever…

You can still get chicken and waffles here in central PA (stewed type) but fire companies and churches tend to favor BBQ chicken, spaghetti dinners, and during Lent, fish fries. We’re at the confluence of a few food traditions, so your fish fry may be accompanied by either pierogies or crab cakes. Our fish fry game…

100% that the movie has its own responsibility (I wrote more down thread, and should probably say that I have very complicated feelings about the movie). This specific line, though, has roots deeper than the film or even the book.

Slightly related: Both this line and the list of hospitals are, IIRC, pretty much…

I have a slightly different take on the transphobia of the movie. There’s a few ways to analyze it. One is that the movie is straightforwardly mocking a trans person and saying trans = serial killer. That’s disproven by the conversation between Lecter and Starling. The second is that the movie denies that Gumb is…

From what I’ve read, this isn’t so much a problem with the film as it’s a problem with old psych literature. There were a lot of weird stereotypes in it.

I am one of those dead paper people and my issue with ebooks isn’t that people can’t look at my books. My biggest objection is that Amazon and publishers continue to have control over my content unless I break the copy protection or copy the files. They can withdraw or edit them. They can control whether or not I can…

I loathed that line in the monologue. It felt so tone deaf white-dudely. 

We’ve had macaroons, too. Which were too flat! Honestly some babkas are too heavy. I have found that the syrup trick really helps keep it from being dry in the middle.

But this Jew (and many of my friends) has been dying. Paul’s bagel recipe was *awful*. Baking soda is the home version of the lye bath for pretzels.…

Candied citron is delicious but expensive. Very old school for fruitcakes.

Every year I get a citron for Sukkot. Some people candy them or make jam, but supposedly the ones grown for the holiday are doused in pesticides (Since appearance matters) and it’s not a good idea to eat them. 

Cheddar can never die, only the dogs who play him 

Hitchcock and Scully retire and open a Wing Slutz franchise 

I’ll confess—I was a Criminal Minds watcher. I like procedurals, though there’s a point at which they get too rah-rah cops and I tune out (Law & Order yes, NCIS no, Blue Bloods heck no). What I’ve found interesting is that amongst the women I know—we find the likes of Criminal Minds much easier and less torture-porn…

Women (of which I am one) like SVU because it allows us the wish fulfillment of a world where the cops take rape seriously. 

D’oh. That’s what I get for thinking I spotted something (and of course, mixing up the two isn’t difficult) and not spotting that “s.” My bad!