I don’t think he is a stellar actor either, and even his character can just be written out. However, this sort of scandal, with the upcoming season in the can and past seasons with him being so prominent can kill a show’s future. If he really did some BAD stuff, current “cancel/erase culture” could even kill its past…

Bravo to HBO for taking the thoughtful, introspective and educational path rather than erasing this part of our national film history or performing a hack editing job. Erasing the past only invites people to forget about it and make the same mistakes in the future.

In Picard’s defense, the Queen Mother herself drinks it every morning:

I assume he is president of the company now...or at least executive VP?

If you are a guy (apparently not) then it’s not that hard. Clippers with number 6 guard all over. Then, shave sideburns and neck and around ears. Repeat every 2 weeks rather than 4 weeks. 4-week barber cut by contrast is number 4 guard on back and sides and scissor blend from top to bottom (leave to pros).

And so it begins...theatre (movie, music, plays, opera, concerts, broadway, etc.) will die for in-person attendance due to the multi-year Covid experience. For a while, it will be via streaming media/TV, and then eventually VR/AR as the technology becomes better and more widespread. Simple evolution.

But what about the Price is Right? Where are my Price is Right updates?

Terrible at leading...brilliant at “reframing the ‘conversation’”

You see travesty, I see a culling. Deep state with their devious tricks. /s

Number 11 should be to restrict data usage (Settings -> Preferences -> Data Monitoring -> Set Video Quality to “Better” or “Good”). This is especially true of the 4K stick which can eat up 1.5 to 3.5 GB of data per hour at the “Best” setting. That’s pretty dramatic if your Internet data plan has caps and you watch TV…

I never would have guessed that Ryan Adams was an asshole. Huh. My worldview is skewed once again.

Second Sean Bond. Lived in Cook County (Chicago) for the last 25 years and I have great fondness for Milwaukee. I’ll travel up there and it’s like Chicago in miniature. It has many of the best features of Chicago without all of the traffic, less crime, less assholes and still a solid Midwest history behind it. It’s…

Now THAT is a Detroit style pie. We have one in Chicago - Union Squared and it is awesome. Jet’s is passable. I tried a frozen variant of Detroit pizza recently (DiGiornios?) and it was sad. 

Whoawhiteis, you ignorant slut. You have part of your list right, but pizza styles are not defined by the toppings, but by the crust and arrangement of crust, cheese, toppings and sauce (with a couple of exceptions). 

I lived in North Central Indiana for the first 18 years of life, and Chicago for the last 25. I’ve never seen this meme around “Ope” before, but all of a sudden I realize I do it constantly. I never realized it was a thing until now. Thank you Internet?

If you want this style of pizza in the frozen variety, just stop your searching and get a Home Run Inn pie. It’s the pinnacle of this midwestern-style tavern cut frozen pie. Keep in mind, to do this right, you need to cut it into squares, not triangles. That’s the tavern-cut part of the experience. The lore behind…

Agree on all fronts with bratwurst and Italian sausage. Also, I like both cooked to be a little bit dry and slightly withered (ala grilling). Something weird about taking a bite of sausage and having it “explode” with juices; I prefer concentrated flavor. As for the “hot dog”, I stopped eating them as a child. Though…

If I were the “president” of a Communist nation who was trying to become the totalitarian emperor of a Capitalist nation, and some asshole in a competitive totalitarian Capitalist nation was making fun of me, and I realized my success and survival and the survival of my family, amidst all of the politics both internal…

Also haven’t read the books, but I assumed the mob boss was a relative (probably Amos’ father). Amos is too young and too rough around the edges to have ever led an organized crime syndicate.