Fun fact: In a promotional partnership with PepsiCo, the Singapore Marina Bay Merlion dispenses Pepsi Ginger between 2 and 3 on Tuesdays.

The last time I trick-or-treated was freshman year in college. The college was next to one of the richest communities in the US, and we had either been told or invented the idea that all the houses would be giving out full-size high-end candy. So we threw together costumes and went out half-ironically and half as…

While we’re discussing usage and etymology, let’s also do diffuse vs defuse. I see more and more people misuse diffuse in “to diffuse a tense situation”. Diffuse is already a verb meaning “to spread out”. You want “defuse a tense situation”.

I am old. I will not download your restaurant app. But even I have learned the value of pre-ordering at many fast-casual places now. I love having the food ready for me while my friends tell stories about being stuck behind the person at the cashier who wanted to know the details of every menu item before they could…

It’s just a tradition thing. Originally, casino blackjack was dealt from a handheld single deck. When multi-deck shoes were introduced, the players’ initial reaction was that, if the casinos are changing the game, they must be doing it to screw the player. Which is a pretty reasonable reaction. So you still had…

Full story on face up vs face down in blackjack: When dealt out of a shoe, the cards are dealt face up and you’re not supposed to touch them. Single deck and double deck games are becoming less and less common in Vegas, but they are dealt by hand and face down to the player. The reason for this is that all the other…

I hope it includes tours of the production facility: “Here is the tun where we ferment the corn, or rice, or, really, whatever grain is cheapest on the commodities market.  Here’s where we filter it to remove all natural flavors.  And here is the tube where we add the jolly ranchers.”

The crispy chicken wings are available for one week only? How does this work from a supply issue? I am actually curious, not trying to tell Taco Bell they are dumb on the internet. They have to guess how much interest there is in a totally new menu item and get one new ingredient that isn’t going to be used for…

Especially with the announcement of a forthcoming Halloween party with enough time for “Golly gee, we’ve had so much unexpected attention for this, we’re going to put our Halloween party on YouTube Live. Even though anybody who tunes in is surely wasting their time because nothing weird is going to happen.” And then…

I second this. Where I used to cram fries in my face when I was no longer hungry or throw half of them out, I now take them home knowing they’ll be good even after a couple days in the fridge. In the toaster oven variety air-fryer with the window, you can actually see the residual oil bubbling on the surface as you…

If you aren’t a pro athlete burning those calories, can you even eat 5500 calories per day? It’s an interesting thought experiment. Assuming we have to add 3500 calories on top of a regular 2000 calorie diet, that would be about 4.5 sticks of butter per day. So, an extra bar of butter with every meal, and then 1.5…

It’s for the second feature slot on TCM Underground in about 10 years.

Disney will be forced to put out a press release that starts, “OK, this looks bad...”

Did they cast a dog with a missing eye, or are they using prosthetics?

I’ve participated in a couple of these things at local Oktoberfest celebrations. If they come in the middle of the afternoon, you’re often at that sweet spot of drunk enough to volunteer but not so drunk as to totally embarrass yourself. I’ve never been close to winning - those mugs get heavy!

For at least one, they…

Well if they want to make “Secret Wars”, they’re going to have to get Rhodey into the armor so we can have the all-important roller-skating scene.

Pumpkin spice in August and Yacht Rock Radio is still on Sirius XM after Labor Day. It’s a madhouse! A madhouse!

Remember when he was one of the ghosts who stole Christmas on “The X-Files”?  A stand-out episode thanks to Asner and Lily Tomlin.

This is preposterous! If these monsters get together, it’s going to be a terrifying battle. They’re not going to get along, much less start a rock supergroup of some kind!

I guess the first scene in “Eternals 2" will now involve Druig being attacked by a wampa.