Children in regions where spicy foods are a cherished part of the cuisine often start eating them as soon as they wean, but the foods may be ameliorated at first. For example, Korean children first eat kimchi that’s been rinsed with water; children in the southern Indian states that are famous for spicy foods, like…

I live on the West Coast. I was awake at 5AM our time to try to get tickets for my local AMC multiplex. I tried like hell for three hours. Nothing. At 8AM Pacific, AMC took their entire site down, at which point everyone who was still in queue at Fandango for an AMC theater immediately saw their wait time go to “over…

He should give Hugh Jackman a call. Dude’s got the musical connections.

She has watched Breakfast at Tiffany’s a LOT:

This, this, this, this, this. Only a true afficionado would understand this.

Now wondering: who’s the “Big Guy” from season one who decided Michael was ready for his first project as an architect? Not Shawn. So who? And are they the maker of Janet (“Janets are brought to you by the makers of light, darkness, and everything [including, presumably, both the Good Place and the Bad Place]”)? And…

The Atlantic has a different and interesting view of this Doctor so far: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/12/doctor-who-radical-helplessness-jodie-whittaker-season-11/577741/

Except, of course, instead of table service, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Marvel might have just wanted to wind down their focus on Cap in preparation for the end of Evans’ contract.

Countries that do not have an official language include the UK, the United States, and Australia.

In the United States, 32 states have established an official state language. Since the U.S. Constitution didn’t establish one; the states have that power. The most populous state with an official language (English):…

Are there other doors along that shiny bridge? If so, where do they go? What’s at the other end?

Here’s the thing: if you think that the angry baker in Colorado should not be able to deny service to gay and transgender people purely on principle rather than individual behavior and transgressions, then the angry vegan taco truck owner should not be able to deny service to law enforcement purely on principle rather…

I met a traveller from an antique land,

I’ve seen the film. It’s a rom-com. A formulaic, classic Hollywood rom-com. But it understands the Hollywood rom-com genre very well, and executes on it beautifully, with style, charm and humor. It’s totally fine to not care for rom-coms, but if you don’t know anything about rom-coms, you’re probably a pretty bad…

I imagine that it’s incredibly difficult to cope with a severe food allergy. The bottom line, however, is whether all of society is equally responsible for making your kid safe. The answer is most likely no. There are some reasonable accommodations that can and should be made, but demanding that no one may eat peanut…

Speaking of Timeline 40 Penny and his cupcake, isn’t it part of the mythology that once you eat the food of the underworld, you can’t leave? Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds offered to her by Hades, and that’s why she was compelled to spend part of the year in the underworld with him. It seemed weird to me that…