Exactly. If we measured our lives by whether Prince would approve, we are all failures. Tributes are for the living. And it would have been kind of crazy to perform a half time show in Minneapolis and not give him a nod. The song was fine, I thought lighting up the city was pretty incredible.

Every episode of this show this season, I marvel out loud to my husband, “How can they possibly keep this going?” and then give a big sigh of relief that it is not my problem to solve. Several times THIS SEASON they introduced what I thought would be the “arc” moving forward, only to do away with it entirely in a…

I have seen other articles that claim Millennials are eating out less or KILLING the restaurant industry in the hyperbolic parlance of our time. So we’re not cooking, we’re not eating out, we are seemingly killing any number of industries with our disinterest, so...what exactly are we doing? Are we just sitting in…

The sad thing is, they understand. They just don’t care because on some level, they believe people with bad insurance “deserve it.” Molly understands how fortune played into her story, but many would say she is alive because of her good choices. Of employer, of insurance. Because of her parents good choices.

In the advice to WORKING, it is suggested that she pre-emptively give her co-worker the option to respond “no” or “straight” to a date, if I am reading that correctly. I found that odd. What does the “straight” response get anyone that the “no” response wouldn’t? Both would seem to indicate, “I like you but not in…

I look at the Marvel movies more like episodes of a television show. All long-running series follow a formula on some level. And that’s why they’ve had such success, comic book stories are meant to be serialized. They are playing to the strengths of the source material. Thor Rangarok is basically “the one with Jeff…

But that’s exactly why the whole exercise is kind of silly. There’s really no way to judge a film or performance entirely removed from its assorted baggage, because there is no objective metric in which to judge the quality of the film. “Putting my personal feelings aside, the film was really the best” is not “putting…

They’re “doing better” because they’re being made more. And still, every time a woman-led project is a hit, they’re like “Whaaaaaaaaaaaat? A fluke!” Just like Matt Lauer was a let’s-excuse-a-rape-button level ratings power house, until he was fired, replaced by a woman, and the ratings went up. I think there’s a lot…

I admit, I was also annoyed by this. It seems to me that “the exact same metrics cannot be applied across all situations” is as close to an “absolute truth” as you get in this world. It surprised me we apparently attribute it to a singular philosopher as a theory, and not just like...duh.

I adore the song Galaxie, and in my mind, it scores the sequence in Harry Potter where the boys go joyriding in the Weasley’s car. It popped into my head when I read it, and it is just the way it is now in my brain forever more.

I had never heard of this game. Intrigued, I watched the embedded YouTube links.

I agree, I really think it’s a culture thing. I believe him when he says he was shocked to discover it wasn’t consensual. Not because she didn’t communicate clearly. But because he wasn’t open to communication. He was in the zone, he was switched on, he was happening. He wasn’t thinking beyond his own needs. I really…

I really am starting to wonder what the hell is going on with agents in Hollywood. It behooves the agents to get their clients paid more, so why do they seem to be failing women so consistently? Are they just assuming that they can’t get it and not bothering to ask? Are they asking and being flat out told different…

The fact that Trump is an “amateur” is like number 15 in his top 20 most concerning shortcomings.

In the book version of The Princess Bride, William Goldman explains how there wasn’t really a happy ending. Westley’s decision to leave Humperdink alive made him paranoid the rest of his life, and he and Buttercup often fought and squabbled. But no one wants to hear that, he admits. Which is why you end a story at…

Ted Cruz?

I will defend it! It is a deeply, deeply weird piece of entertainment. So weird, that it is sort of unbelievable that it even aired and has endured. And that weirdness makes the “be true to yourself” message seem uniquely authentic in a way that a dozens of others kids entertainment with the same message is not.

Break the wheel! The last scene of the film also reminded me a bit of the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. “Whoever could have the power, will have the power.” It’s not a new kind of story to tell, but it is new for Star Wars, and a really interesting direction to take it. I hope they don’t puss out on the next one.

Right on. Midway through the film I had this moment where I thought “Shit, they are retroactively redeeming the prequels” and although that’s not really true because those cannot be saved, they did pick up the ONE interesting thread from them, and that was that the dark side is a self fulfilling prophecy. At that…

For like the 12 people who will understand this reference, Rey and Kylo are the Zuko and Katana of this series and I am here for it.