A friend of mine grew up in the area and collects memorabilia with Old German logos, like signs and mugs. I think maybe his grandfather worked for the brewery, so it has sentimental value for him. He’s got a ton of this stuff in his kitchen. Everyone’s got a hobby, I guess.

That could have been some really great brand synergy: “Presenting the Houston F-150s, sponsored by Ford”. Well, maybe Mustangs sounds a tiny bit better. What a missed opportunity.

Reading that tweet in Dr. Evil’s voice was the only way for me to approach it, because I’m not the type of person who can just sit with my feelings of despair/disgust when there’s a joke to be made.

In 2000 Houston had five options for team names - Apollos, Bobcats, Stallions, Texans, and Wildcatters - and chose the appallingly boring Texans.

I knew I was truly old last summer at the Jersey shore when my underage niece and nephew asked me to buy them a six-pack of a beverage I had never heard of. It was White Claw.

Did you feel that the beach episode was a deliberate callback to that scene in “Paris is Burning”? It seemed so to me, just like Elektra’s body-in-a-closet as a reference to Dorian Corey. I want the characters to have a carefree, joyful moment in between their various struggles.

This should be the right answer, not what Salty wrote. Because no matter how bounteous your party food and beer smorgasbord is, there will always be that one person who digs around your kitchen looking for more. Most of my friends know they have access to whatever’s in the bar fridge or liquor cabinet, and they act rea…

I have a horrid friend who will put bread-and-butter pickles on anything. So far, he’s put them on a burrito, on a green salad, and here’s the kicker - a pizza. It’s annoying AF because even if I liked B&B pickles (I do not; Jewish dill pickles or GTFO), let ME choose where and how many pickles to put on my food. But…

Sequoia and Yosemite are lovely, but not really on the route between San Francisco and Seattle unless you’re starting from Los Angeles. But if you fancy epic desert and mountain scenery, go for it. Another option is US Highway 395 which runs along the Eastern Sierra and you can see Mt. Whitney or Death Valley, and a…

I know a Buffalo native who loves to talk about his hometown like it’s some underrated cultural metropolis (no) with four distinct, equally beautiful seasons (nope). I’ve never heard anyone talk this much about where they’re from, and I’ve met Californians and Texans. He’s basically a low-key alcoholic who only drinks…

Heston definitely was a conservative Reagan/Bush supporter in his later years. He supported Hubert Humphrey in 1968 but Richard Nixon in 1972. But he never recanted or regretted his earlier support of King or the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as far as I know.

Your description of his films as allegories is fine but I’m not sure this is a full characterization of Charlton Heston’s personal beliefs and politics, which changed over time. He marched on Washington in 1963 with Dr. King and supported civil rights, yet later also became a vocal critic of political correctness. He s…

For a second, I thought your “casualty list” was a dig at the departing members, but to my surprise it’s really called that!

A similar thing happened to me last year. After watching a film, a friend and I walked into a ramen restaurant at 9:37 pm. There were at least 10 people in the dining area and the sign said they were open until 10 pm, but they turned us away. I wasn’t bothered because there were other options nearby, but at the same…

So “prostitutes [...] should be prosecuted”, but “you shouldn’t ruin a john’s life”, women often falsely accuse men with “unscathed reputations” of rape and shouldn’t be believed because they’re liars and whores in search of a big payday, says the man who is friends with Jeffrey F-Stain and Not-a-First-Responder…

Yeah, everyone should be free to experiment with pesto. Your old list is a good guide, but I just think some ingredients in the newer list don’t go well together. For example, cilantro is a divisive herb - people love it or hate it.

Making pesto with a traditional mortar and pestle is more labor intensive, but sometimes that can be a satisfying feeling. My ancestors were Ligurian so I tend to stick with the classic basil + pine nuts + garlic + olive oil + salt + parmigiano-reggiano. Maybe pecorino or walnuts. No sun-dried tomatoes. No funky miso,…

I was looking for this comment. When I visit friends in Canada, they actually make specific requests for alcohol before I depart the US, and they’re always happy.  It’s the least I can do as their guest.

Endorsing this. I still feel bad for the poor bastard I saw at Charles de Gaulle who bought a wheel of French cheese at the duty-free shop, which was promptly confiscated at the gate. Maybe because it was unpasteurized and they don’t allow that in the US?

You’re not wrong. I do this when I can afford it, but leg room isn’t as important to me as the ability to rest my head, neck and spine, which is not ideal in either class. When I take red eye flights, I often travel with companions who can sleep much more easily than I can. I realize this is a challenge for me, but I…