Not saying this is true of the author, but this list reminds me of the group of pretentious, arty people I knew in college who “proved” how unpretentious they were by drinking swill like PBR.

LL Bean has some great, lightweight shorts that go up to sizes 18 and 20.

Minor correction that Prince Charles is portrayed by Josh O’Connor and not Josh Charles.

My favorite has to be Spirited Away. It was my first Miyazaki film. I had never seen any Studio Ghibli movies before, but one of the last gifts I got from my grandmother before she died was $20. I bought the DVD on a whim due to its excellent reviews. I was completely transported and when my grandmother passed away…

I am not suggesting any of these are caused by aliens of course, but I would find it amusing if aliens did try to manipulate phenomena native to their corner of the universe to communicate and we wrote it off as having natural causes.

This. The teachers at my child’s daycare all use them as well so they can stay connected and get important messages while having both hands free for the kids.

I can’t believe someone hasn’t given you a television show yet.

I used to work for the academic press that printed her book. The editorial director who acquired her book released a statement. My favorite part is that Krug told the editor her last name was pronounced “Cruz” and it was a transcription error when her grandparents arrived in the U.S.

I’ve been a longtime NPR listener but I dramatically reduced my listening starting with the 2016 elections. I simply cannot stand the sound of Cheetolini’s voice. However, it’s still the channel I’m most likely to listen to (thanks in large part, as others have said, to no annoying commercials) and I’m still a…

I love Honda’s manual transmission. About ten years ago I was shopping for a car and took a then-new manual Accord for a spin and was super in love. But I couldn’t afford it. It would have been on my shortlist for my next car, since I love manual transmissions, but I’ll be honest that I’d prefer a hatch. (Ended up…

Come on! Witcher 3 was an awesome game that I, a casual gamer, played to completion including the DLC! Think about finishing it! Totally worth it. (Testimony to my casualness as a gamer: I hadn’t played a gaming system since classic NES until I picked up my then-boyfriend’s PS3 and tried to master the remote in order…

Is there a longer version of this article which explains why Paul Rudd was not in consideration for Mr. Knightley?

Then again, ability to use Twitter hasn’t been the most reliable predictor of good leadership.

I wish Mychael Knight was still among us. He was one of my favorite contestants ever.

Not sure what it says about the quality of parts available to men and women now but the men’s acting categories are so underwhelming and the women’s acting categories full of so many more deserving people, I’d like to see the men’s categories completely shut out and give the extra awards to their female counterparts.…

This statistic probably has to do with the fact that men overall are more likely to identify as Republican than women. (So if women are a larger demographic of Democrats, it would make sense that they are also a larger demographic of Sanders supporters.) However, that doesn’t undermine the fact that there are a vocal…

I think Jenny Lewis does a nice tribute to her sound on “Red Bull and Hennessey.”

I don’t have a strong opinion on either side of this argument, but I think what critics of pointing out shortcomings of Democratic candidates are getting at is the horserace aspect of coverage of elections. It’s not that people don’t see the shortcomings of a candidate, but that there is a sense that certain…

Freudian slip, I presume?

Wicked Weed made/makes plenty of good beers, but my favorites of theirs have always been the IPAs. Their sours skew wild which is not really my kind. (And frankly, although they put out a lot of different sours, they all tasted more or less the same to me.) I prefer fruited sours or flanders reds, both of which are…