Most artists I like, I want to hear their whole albums, but he's one of the ones where I'd go with the "best of" all the way.
Most artists I like, I want to hear their whole albums, but he's one of the ones where I'd go with the "best of" all the way.
That would've been my pick, too
I definitely roll my eyes at the self-diagnosis of gluten intolerance, but on the plus side all those yahoos make life a lot easier for people with an actual medical problem. My sister just got diagnosed with celiac (for real, there was a biopsy and everything), and is really relieved that there are so many products…
The thing is, this sort of behavior isn't harmless to the person who has it. Even if they manage to meet minimum dietary requirements, it causes extreme anxiety and can have major psychological and social ramifications. That makes it something other than harmless. If someone's just a mildly picky eater, and it…
That's probably more interesting for your coworkers than the radar analogies.
I can't really picture him watching MST3K, although he did surprise me by quoting The Who once during a meeting, so he was clearly once a young person.
It looks cute, but zombies really gross me out…not sure if I'll be able to watch it or not (and things that we can only watch after the little bit goes to sleep get back-burnered pretty fast these days)
That's one of my go-to sick day movies
In a similar vein, I used to have a boss who had started out in the Navy, and every project could be related (in his mind) back to something to do with radar and sonar - we were doing computer security research, so you can imagine what a stretch some of these must have been.
Oh! That's right - I forgot that I had an account, from when a friend was doing an AMA. I wasn't providing questions, but he wasn't allowed to post any answers after the official time slot was over (employer restrictions on letting him do the AMA), so I was answering some of the ones he couldn't get to.
Yeah, doesn't seem to be super sophisticated. I think that sort of algorithm works better at a macro scale - that is, something basic like that might do well at picking out the worst subreddit threads, but not individual comments. So, I'd probably identify the best and worst threads, then rate people's tendencies by…
That was my reason too - I like being able to google my name and have my own results come up first. It helps with name recognition for my publications, etc.
Breaking Dawn was terrible for soooo many reasons, but the name was certainly among them. I read all the books, because they're quick reads and had amusing elements to them, and because it seemed like the author might actually be setting up a situation in which some difficult decisions might have to be made - by the…
Also, everyone has a soulmate, and they all get paired off and married at really young ages. And, no sex without marriage, no abortion for the sake of the mother's life, etc.
Eh, overthinking is sort of an integral part of the parenting game, as far as I can tell - there's so much pressure, both external and internal, that it's really easy to get into your own head over just about every facet of it. And other people have such strong opinions about all those things, and feel like you're…
Also, one fun kids' song that we picked up from the radio - "What Kind of Cat Are You?". Starts out with more straightforward ones, but then gets into "this kind of cat is a big disaster" - catastrophe! "an even bigger disaster" - cataclysm! and so on.
Yeah, I really don't get the hate. If you love something, you want to share it with the people you love, so that you can all enjoy it together - seems pretty simple and obvious to me. Maybe the people having the violent reactions aren't parents, so they don't get the motivation? Not sure.
My daughter isn't old enough to express many opinions about music yet, although it has been funny to see how there are certain Sesame Street music videos, like Feist's that she could watch over and over, and others that she tries to skip every time.
It's certainly starting out in a rough place, but in the end it's essentially hopeful about humanity, and I thought it was a really emotionally powerful, especially given the context in which it was written (the author's feelings of alienation upon returning from Vietnam).
Glad I could help! I didn't really think The Water Knife was his best work, so you're probably better off starting out somewhere else with Bacigalupi (obviously depends on personal tastes, etc).