With all the strike news the last few months you’d think people would be less likely to say that directors fix dialogue, but it never ends.

For no reason, I decided “Which of the Pickwick triplets did it?” is patterned after this Gilbert and Sullivan bit from The Gondoliers:

This may be overthinking, but writing with lipstick on a mirror would be a stretch for handwriting analysis.  (This comes up in the real world in places where you “sign in” when you vote by using your finger and a touchscreen.)

Also, 20 minutes to put on a wedding dress and a tux for each guy, AND get downtown?

Five Easy Pieces

I remember when there was a controversy about whether skipping commercials on TiVo etc. was somehow “stealing” from the networks, because the whole system assumes people have to sit through the ads. And one of the cable execs said “if we got rid of commercials your cable bill would go up by $50 a month” or something…

In the demo, I found it easier to perfect-guard the second boss than to do it with regular enemies.  Which is good, because you really have to.

It’s not like the show is hard science, but it might be noted that Dan Ariely has been accused multiple times of faking his data.

I thought he could conceivably be Robert Patrick, but realized he wasn’t.

There’s always someone who hasn’t seen it; my position is that “spoiler” and “secret” aren’t the same thing.  And it costs nothing to err on the side of caution.

Streep lived up to her rep this episode, for damn sure. I also liked how the other on-stage actors were allowed to enjoy Steve Martin’s patter song, in character.

I love it even if it’s wrong; one of my favorite movies, [name redacted], turns on this.  But...from childhood?  Seems hard to pull off.

My life has reached the point where I have to explicitly get paper bags from a store once in a while so I can do my paper recycling.

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Yeah, my Stop and Shop has had the hand-helds for decades.  I’ve never tried them, maybe I should.

THANK YOU.  (Belmont Center Coffee Connection, almost daily for a while.)

They met on Fargo -- as did Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst! Horniest indie TV series ever!

It’s really amazing how far down the cast list you have to go to find a male, and the first one there is playing a robot. (This is not a complaint, just an observation.)

It’s amazing how many people who are assholes because “that’s just how they are” manage to not be assholes to people with power over them.  

Quoting John Scalzi: “the failure state of clever is asshole”.