A beautiful read. I always appreciate your reviews, but this was at another level. 

This is why I couldn’t even finish the last few minutes of the finale of season 1. After he killed [redacted for spoilers], I was done. He is irredeemable, and that was proof. I do think that Hader does an amazing job, but I couldn’t stand trying to justify his behavior after that. Not that the show wants you to, but…

This is so true. So many times I would like to read an article rather than slog through even just an hour long show. I can read the same amount of information in 5-10 minutes.

Well I finally just watched Friends With Benefits on the strength of this review, and I gotta say it was a great time. Not sure why everyone has to shit on Justin Timberlake, who did a great job in this, but I do think that Mila Kunis deserves a huge amount of credit. She is just ridiculously charming. Richard Jenkins…

Oh my gosh, so many great answers, but I am surprised not to see any Oscar Wilde on this list or in the comment section. I will forever love The Picture of Dorian Gray, and it has top spot for sheer entertainment value, but really any of his writing, from the super comedic The Importance of Being Earnest, to the…

YES. A Tramp Abroad is one of my favorite books. 

I love that Duke Ellington version! The original Nutcracker is one of my favorite pieces of music that I have never played (I am a classical musician).

Yep, I’ve been wearing contacts daily since 1991, and I always wear them in the shower and the pool, because why would I want to be blind to wash and swim? I have extremely bad eyes (-7.00) so I would see essentially nothing without them. And in all those years (almost 30, dear god) I have never had an infection of…

I have to say, as a musician who has watched every single actor who pretends to play a stringed instrument look like a 4-year-old at their first lesson, you can not begin to know the pain of watching someone be praised for their abilities when their abilities are nonexistent. I sometimes like to imagine what the…

Roxanne is one of my favorite movies, and I recently rewatched it. It is so good, still, but I was also struck by just how great Steve Martin is in it. There is this one scene where he reveals the vulnerable guy underneath the loud funny one, and it is astonishing and heartbreaking.

I trot out “Chrissy, bring me the big knife!” every single time I need a big knife, which is surprisingly often.

I exclusively buy French’s ketchup now, for this reason! It’s also really good. 

Okay, can somebody help a poor Canadian resident who doesn’t know which widely available beer is worth drinking and which isn’t? I am an American ex-pat, so my knowledge is lacking, and I end up wandering the beer aisle at the LCBO or Beer Store (and now some grocery stores! Yay!) not knowing what to grab. I have…

I’ve always loved Ravelry, even though my knitting has tapered off recently, and this is welcome news. 

If you read an actual article about these seals, they were all released back to the wild after the study was completed. “Three young grey seals were used in the study: Gandalf, a male, and Zola and Janice, two females. The seals were born on the Isle of May and brought to the marine mammal facility at the University…

Yes, the Fleabag award drop! I had to rewatch it like three times, because I was always laughing so hard I missed half of it. Then I made my husband watch it. The immediacy of it is what makes the gag. As said in the article, you know it’s toast as soon as you hear how expensive it is, but she picks it up, drops it…

I don’t watch horror movies because I am a big coward, so I haven’t seen (nor will I ever watch) Hereditary, but this comment made me laugh like a loon. Thanks for that hilarious image!

“Why don’t you call me sometime, when you have no class?”

You can also do it in the microwave! Works fast, tastes delicious. 3.5-4 minutes, husk on, perfect every time.

I recommend Station Eleven after you get done reading the Stand, if you like that sort of thing. Terrifying, indeed.