My wife was waiting for that, too, and was similarly disappointed.

May I offer you my most enthusiastic contrafibularities on your most excellent comment?

One for the context dependent memory column: every year, for about 20 years now, I have typically fasted during Lent, for two to five days — no food, just water. The general idea has always been about the same — after several weeks of abstaining from sugars, alcohol, caffeine, etc, switch to raw or dried foods for a…

After watching it, my youngest son said he wanted to see another movie with them. I really do wonder if the disconnect for the movie's critiques is that it really isn't a terribly thoughtful or mature movie. Great for kids and teens, and those who are looking for fun spectacle.
Plus, I have to love a sci-fi ending…

It was the one thing that really ground the movie to a halt for me.

Very much agree. Never saw her in anything before, and found her enjoyable, even believable as a bad-ass.

I agree — all of the complaints levied against the acting won't matter when it's dubbed/subtitled. The story line is simple. There were long stretches without dialogue. It is a visual movie driven by action and spectacle. I'm not saying that foreign audiences don't also want believable acting and dialogue, but in…

Yeah, I enjoyed Valerian a lot — but my kids — and probably most kids — liked it even more because quality acting/dialogue/chemistry isn't important to them. (I also content that most action films — which Valerian is, primarily, don't really need great acting, necessarily, as long as it looks/sounds cool.)
If Besson…

My version — pour in the amount of absinthe I would like to have anyway. Save the absinthe — now chilled — dilute with cold water to taste, then and drink it before I finish making the sazerac.
At home, making a sazerac is always two drinks.

Thank you. That's what I took away from the review, too, and I filed it in the growing list of reviewers that critique works that didn't address what the reviewer was thinking of.
Maybe that isn't what Alda was going for? Maybe a majority of the book was written before the election? Just guesses on my part.

My wife drinks like you do, and has given this her own name: Tout Suite/Sweet (right away). No fussing — whiskey and ice with a splash of vermouth or elderflower liqour, and the cherry splash, too. (She doesn't like bitters much.)
I still like playing with the proportions of the Manahattan sometimes, but Tout Suite…

And I would say that this is indirectly Netflix's fault, too. Sense8 Season 2 came out amidst the flurry of comedy specials; new Master of None; new UKS; 13 Reasons Why (out of nowhere); Anne With An E; Dear White People; Chewing Gum (also totally new) — and those are just the well regarded shows/specials that I can…

This phrasing right here is why I keep watching the show. It is fascinating to me to watch a fictional character continuously demonstrate the flaws behind "good reason, bad actions" on TV. I love him, I agree with him most of the time — and yet it is always wrong, morally speaking. And this is why BB and BCS are so…

My 8 yr old son — who actually has them for their intended purpose (to help concentrate) cares enough to notice what color and style they are, and gets upset when his "favorite" of the day is missing. These things are addictive — and comparatively expensive, too. Trading cards were cheaper.

Our invasion of fidget toys started two weeks ago, and similarly, they are everywhere now. Whoever is in charge of marketing them is probably very happy with their reach.
The fidget cubes are indeed awesome. Totally worth it.

Which is odd, because one of its intended purposes is to provide fidgety kids — you know, the kind that need to focus — something to keep their hands busy, and thus potentially pay attention better. Yet kids fight over them, and spent time comparing their different versions — thus leading to them being banned my sons…

Just re-subscribed to BSO this year — average ticket per concert: $42, for average seats (and no fees). Gorillaz tickets were $75, (which is about the same as the most expensive BSO ticket) and we got back row behind official seating. (Thankfully, I'm not terribly worried about seeing the Gorillaz musicians up…

No, one showrunner — multiple directors. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I am imagining that each director will envision the world akin to how Gaiman had multiple artists work on different parts of the comic.
That would be the most amazing version — and it would allow for not having to hire the same cast/crew for every…

God damn it, if there was ever a time when this meme should be more than just clever, this is it. The Samdman series should absolutely be two, three, as many things as necessary to get the point across.
The part about the comics that most people forget is that the multiple illustrators were a feature. Multiple…

I've recently read that umami is largely based on our ability to taste/discern L-glutamate, which scientists have found two types of receptors for on the tongue. The author described it as the molecule released from life-forms by proteolysis - death, rot, and, naturally, the cooking process — which is more poetic to…