My son, 15 years old and a computer geek extraordinaire, loves these movies and hates the sequels. I went along with his wish to watch them, last December, and we all sat around as a family and subjected ourselves to all three on subsequent nights. My son already knew all of the plot beats and many of the character…

I really enjoy the way that reporter says “hwhale.” Hwhat not to do about a hwhale on the beach, indeed. 

Well that trailer is delightful. I laughed out loud a couple of times. Melissa McCarthy is truly the queen of physical comedy. And I honestly don’t understand the James Corden hate. I enjoy him, but even if I didn’t, he seems extremely innocuous.

Is it just me, or are none of these lyrics that difficult to parse? I mean, I enjoy her straightforward explanations, but it must be frustrating to explain something that you can figure out from context. (And I have never heard a single song of hers so I have no skin in this game.)

The “American Cheese” you can get in Canada is terrible. Actual American cheese is very tasty and makes good grilled cheese and cheeseburgers. The individually wrapped Kraft slices are horrid.

I added it to a reply above! Enjoy!

Sure! I scrounged it up and typed it into my computer this morning, realizing I didn’t have any recourse if I lost the paper. Here it is:

Chewy Molasses cookies, from a recipe scrawled in fading pencil on a Home Depot Installation Services notepad. I have no memory of where this recipe came from, but the paper has been handled so many times it is soft and pliable like a napkin. Makes the best cookies ever.

Wow, this week’s Talk Page Highlights is a ride! Thanks for that!

Whoa. I can’t imagine wanting to see that part again. I saw SPR in the theatre one time, and it was such a viscerally unpleasant experience I will never watch it again. 

It was kind of alarming how entertaining that “game” was. I’m sad they took the bathtub out of the tour, it was quite the adventure to find it. I can’t imagine working in that place. Fire code violation central. Every staircase was full of boxes.

Toledo is a weird conservative hotbed compared to other cities in Ohio. Maybe because it is so near to Michigan.....

Thank you for writing this. The love of Chalet Sauce is completely inexplicable to me. I have lived north of Toronto for 15 years now, and I will never forget the moment I first tasted the dreaded Chalet Sauce. I was excited, because the commercials made it look so delicious, and I was looking forward to dunking my…

I found this book to be better than the first one, which seems almost impossible, since I loved the first one deeply. Maybe because all of these stories are brand new. The chapters swing wildly from hilarious to heartbreaking, sometimes from one page to the other, and she is still genius at taking a small human…

I really enjoyed this, such a fun read! And that lamp is the find of the century, truly. Your space looks great!

I had completely forgotten about Stargate Universe. Wow. I really think that they missed their audience with that one, because it was incredible, but no one knew about it. 

Oof. Thanks for reminding me. 

She does get a bit bored with “people talking” movies, as in “Is this just people talking all the time?” so jumping ahead might be in order. Thanks for the input!

Interesting points, thank you! The “more effective” disaster question is the one I keep asking myself if she can handle. She’s my movie-watching kid, so she is pretty sophisticated when it comes to that, but I don’t want to emotionally scar her. I have no problem with nudity for her, so that bit’s fine, but I had…

I actually haven’t seen Titanic since the 90s, so I can’t even judge whether it holds up for me or not (and I would love to share it with my kids, but how old is old enough? I have 9 y.o. who has seen every Marvel movie except Deadpool, could she handle it?) but I recently rewatched Good Will Hunting and that movie is…