It’s this one and Roxanne for me - smart, funny, and brilliant acting all in one, and it’s the best non-period adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac.

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Sure, this was derivative (not just Groundhog Day, but the space-time gak hitting Zari in the face was right out of Edge of Tomorrow) but the episode never shied away from the recognition, and had a ball doing it. Note to the rest of the Arrowverse, especially Arrow: not every episode of a season has to focus on the…

I’d rather get an Epiphone than a Gibson at this point; the quality’s better and you get more bang for your buck. Or, as someone else has said, “Get a Gibson for $3500 and you get a good $700 guitar.”

Juszkiewicz seems to have the business sense of your average snail. Gibson’s treatment of the Cakewalk music software - buy the company, leave it alone, and then shut it down - was a big waste of money and alienated a whole bunch of fans, just like his other decisions. The turnover rates at Gibson are mind-boggling,…

That’s been a major complaint about Gibson - they want every store, even ones that don’t/can’t sell in volume, to sell in volume. A lot of mom & pop stores ditched Gibson and have gone to other brands; Fender must be sending Gibson a thank you note every month for the increase in sales.

Heritage Guitar Inc. - made up of people who stayed when Gibson left - beat you to it.

I didn’t want to string anyone along.

I’d love the Uplift books, or especially Earth, to be made into movies or a miniseries. Alas.

And wasn’t a big part of the financial loss because a storm wrecked the set and they had to rebuild?

Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) looked smokin’ in a Starfleet uniform. Her hairstyle had changed tremendously over the course of the show, and Visitor is pretty easy on the eyes, but it was a night and day transformation.

Yup, and they mentioned Jerry as well, still working on his TV show idea. And that means that Seinfeld, Mad About You, and Friends are in the same universe, since the ditzy waitress Lisa Kudrow played is supposed to be Phoebe’s twin sister, Ursula. (This later got contradicted by episodes of Seinfeld, where Mad About…

I was told my flight from Dulles to CDG on Air France wouldn’t have a meal (we left at 11pm), so I had a bacon cheeseburger and two beers. On the flight, my family had dishes that were so mouth-watering, they took pity on me and allowed me a bite, which made it worse since it was so good. On the way back I had their…

Seconded. San Francisco’s food choices were tops in my book. The worst so far was Logan in Boston; the seafood place (Phillips) was awful. They offer an awful lobster, and I had the best one on the Cape that weekend.

Yes, but assume that the full rule will be enforced; each airport handles the rules of TSAPre differently.

When I was at Denver airport with my mom going back to Atlanta, I got soup for her and a sandwich for me from Quiznos. I was very tempted to get another sandwich and take it on the plane with me; next time I travel I’ll do that. Screw tiny, expensive snacks.

I still remember the pilot I worked with many moons ago; he had a sticker on his flight briefcase that had the old Continental logo with a death’s head on it and the legend “Don’t Fly Continental”. For a pilot to have that, it must have meant something.

I was 13 when A New Hope came out, and loved it for being different. I loved The Empire Strikes Back for being a definite cliffhanger and taking chances. Return of the Jedi was a nice wrap-up.

I’ve heard her speak a few times on NPR and The Daily Show, so I’ve got three of her books - this one, The Wordy Shipmates, and Unfamiliar Fishes - on my Christmas list.

I should clarify: my company kicks in a decent amount to my HSA twice a year. If I don’t set up the Optum Bank account, I don’t get the dough. It’s a new take on “Nice account you got here. Shame if something happened to it.”