TIL.

I’ve been using the same 2 pounds of Navy beans for about 30 years. Any odor has long since been cooked out of them and they cost less than $2 when I first bought them.

In the US, you can’t call a product whiskey unless it is aged in a barrel. Bourbon has to be aged in a charred, new, oak barrel. That “new” is key because it means they can only use it once. Then they get sold to age other spirits. Mostly to Scotland for Scotch where they get used tow or three times, then they get…

Based on the last couple of videos, it looks like you have a new favorite toy.

They’re not real big on logical conclusions.

Same attitude as “if you are an atheist, what prevents you from killing your neighbor, raping his wife, and stealing all his possessions?” Which really gives me more insight into what the supposedly virtuous you would do if you weren’t afraid of some mythical source of justice.

Burying the lede. Shouldn’t we be more concerned with finding out who is taking these people and their families hostage and forcing them to watch these shows?

I agree, but it is probably reflective of how much I’ve been beaten down by these web sites that I am mostly just thankful this is not a slide show.

At first I thought that would render the “I sense a presence...” line obsolete, but it looks like Luke is about 5 in this, so if they haven’t seen each other in 10 or 15 years (AND NOT ON TATOOINE!), I think it works OK without some twisted, contrived, ret-con.

Maybe this will help me get pregnant.

Fair. Then I will alter my initial hypothesis to say that the loud racist and homophobes will use this specific example to try to influence the people in the middle who have the ability to change their minds.

You assume that people fall into two completely separate camps - those who automatically disbelieved those claims, and those who give them the benefit of the doubt and believe them. I think people exist on more of a continuum (or even a bell curve) and this could sway people in the middle. Sure, you can’t change…

I wonder if he understands just how badly he has hurt the exact causes he sought to advance. For years, every time a black man or a gay man is attacked, the first thing the racists and homophobes are going to say is “just like Jussie Smollett.”

I had a colleague that ate canned vegetables with a fork, straight out of the can. Asparagus. Green beans. Peas. Nasty.

12 year old me thought he was lying.  Remember - there was no internet to discuss it on either.  We had to read about it in magazines (which were printed on paper) that came out weekly or monthly.

(grabs tonight’s dinner recipe)
(Mixes first 6 ingredients together)
(Pours over chicken)

I print it in my basement, but that's just me.

Just wait till Micronesia starts acting up.

The way I understand it is that Dune is going to be two movies and then if he gets a chance, he would make Dune Messiah as a single movie and (SPOILERS) finish off Paul’s arc. At this time, he is not interested in making any more than that. Personally, I think everything through God Emperor has merit, but everyone’s…