We enjoy it a lot. I just thought “75 year old ex-spy who violently kills a lot of people and has a dog” sounded familiar.

They eventually recycled that idea:

Same way he made gas prices and inflation high in Europe.

and when you bring your own bags, they assume you’re putting an unscanned item in the bagging area

That’s the theory, but in practice the stores often only have one or two cashiers working, even at peak time, so they are encouraging self checkout for pretty much everybody. Most of the stores we go to don’t have signs limiting the amount of items. I think one has a sign that says “15-ish or less,” which does make…

Self checkout sucks because I spend a ton of time waiting for the attendant to come over and clear the device after it incorrectly thinks I placed something in the bag without scanning, removed something from the bag, or scanned something and didn’t put it in the bag. Or if I grabbed a bottle of vermouth or a six pack…

Roger Ebert once asked somebody in the music business about a movie about Motown that he had really enjoyed. The insider told him it was fine, but X, Y, and Z didn’t really happen that way and this guy they had made out to be a problem was actually a really nice guy and a joy to work with. Ebert commented “This is why…

There is no such thing as a bad donut, but the best Krispy Kreme is the original and it isn't really close.

Looks like this season is dedicated to answering the people who kept asking “why does she have to kill him? Why can’t she just leave?”

I remember a pathologist telling me around 1990 that when he learned about pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in training years before he thought “I’ll never need to know this.”

“The reaction to Will as a health risk by his colleagues is also accurate for the time”

Wellington Paranormal is airing it’s season 3 finale this week, but it is also airing the season 4 premiere next week, so not really ending.

From some points of view, owning a TV or a streaming subscription are elitist.

Think of them as loss leaders. If they keep making terrible movies, they get to make money off Marvel when they use Sony owned Spiderman for anything, and Sony doesn’t have to do squat to get paid for that

A small one. There must be some lateral stress or else the board wouldn’t need anything to stabilize it. It has edges and corners. You are using a knife around it.

I don’t know about this one. I don’t care if I put a hole or scratch in any of those other options, but I want my Silpat to remain pretty pristine.

He’s not just Stalker Danny anymore. Now he’s Pill=Poppin’ Stalker Danny. Too bad he managed to patch that hole in his glove.

It will definitely vary on your situation. We live in a condo with floor to ceiling, east facing windows. It can be below zero outside and on a sunny day I can get it into the 70's by 9 AM just by opening the shades, no heater necessary. On a sunny summer day, it doesn’t matter how cool I get it at night, the AC is…

Kettle chips are delicious but I don’t think anyone who doesn’t work for their marketing department would describe them as “healthy.” They are still potatoes fried in oil.