My new house is going to have a library! I picked out the wood color for the bookcases today. I'm so excited :)

That bit about the imaginary friend in Inside Out is a killer from the parental perspective.

You're trying to imply that adults who like HP exclusively enjoy "childish" entertainments, and that the popularity of those childish entertainments has so taken over culture that there aren't any adult entertainments being made anymore. Both are patently false.

I just quoted that in another thread! Really, is there anything sillier and more childish than sneering at someone else for liking something that's "for kids"?

People hand-wringing over how base popular culture has gotten is as old as popular culture. You're just remembering only the parts you liked from earlier eras, or being intentionally crotchety about what people like. I mean, The Handmaid's Tale and American Gods were two of the most popular shows so far this year -…

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” - CS Lewis

Maybe it's missing a decimal place? 7.1 could be possible, maybe.

I agree, although at least she hasn't gone the Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) route and published a book filled with what happened to every single character who was named in the series. Because if Rowling did, people would buy it. I enjoyed the first few Stackhouse books, but I definitely didn't…

I'm no Harry Potter fanatic, but it's a bit douchey to entirely dismiss something you haven't read yourself based just on the movie - a movie adaptation is always by definition grossly simplified from the book.

We ate there a couple times and enjoyed it. It's not one of those ones where it was so amazing that I still remember a specific dish from the meal, but we went back and always had a good time. It was a nice occasions only sort of place, though (at least for us, at those prices).

I was just on vacation in Edinburgh, and my hotel/flat we were staying in was right above the coffee shop that proclaims itself the "birthplace of harry potter" because Rowling wrote the first book there. There were people taking pictures of themselves in front of it 24/7, and people walking about the nearby…

That's the worst Dr Seuss ever

That was one of my favorite lines from the episode too. And, only someone as generally disaffected as Laura would be able to let Mad Sweeney off the hook for his role in her death and just focus on the "which god" part.

That was a big problem for us when we were in the DC area - there were plenty of actually good restaurants, but also a lot that everyone said were good, but that were actually just expensive and nicely decorated. I can recommend some actually good places in the Falls Church, VA vicinity.

I was shocked at how hard it was to find a SweetGreen style place where you could get a giant salad when I was living in silicon valley. It seems like that part of California should be salad central, but there wasn't anything like that in the area.

If your supermarket carries ultra-pasteurized milk, that lasts a lot longer.

It occurred to me that Media could definitely have had a role in the timing of that news clip - she sees her picture on that menu, has a flash of nostalgia and longing, and then the new gods show her what's been done to her temples.

You need to get out of the office for a few minutes if you can - go for a walk, or at least watch some videos of cute puppies on your phone or something. Also, noise-cancelling headphones: they're not just for airplanes! Seriously, though - I used to work in a really conservative office, and can definitely…

I think it might've just been a case of unfortunate word choice, but I agree, the idea of "owing" things to each other sexually is gross.

This just looks like a diaper genie for adults.