That's actually the only points where it didn't bother me, interestingly. The shaky cam in the District 12 scenes were distracting, but during the battle scenes it seemed like a way of conveying violence without explicitly showing it (in favor of the PG-13 rating). Contrived, but I guess I've seen it enough for shaky…

I read about the costume department's decision to drop the jacket hand-me-down. They said they tried it, but it just looked too silly and made it too hard for Jennifer Lawrence to convincingly shoot an arrow.

Going on a bit of a tangent, a while back the latest headline that was making the rounds was that a massive proportion of packed lunches are not kept cold enough (I see one study of preschool lunches by the journal Pediatrics that listed the figure as 98%). I even remember reading that keeping an ice pack with a lunch…

Not really an etiquette thing, but I've always been a fan of eating sushi with my hands (at good sushi places, anyway. Probably wouldn't pull that at an AYCE).

Honestly, I think it's less about serving rice "pure" and more about the fact that soy sauce in particular is (seen as) anathema to rice. Like Secret to Everybody mentions, it's not uncommon to see rice cooked in different flavorings, broths, or add-ins.

Pretty sure it's "Spiders-Man"

I watch a lot of cooking shows, and this always struck me as somewhat wasteful, particularly since I rarely see people squeeze out the remaining juice in the leftover membrane sections.

I think you might have misread my statement. In my example, I'm talking about the cashier handing me the receipt directly after printing it out. Here's the sequence:

I usually go $x/night of service. But this is coming from a poor public servant. I've honestly never heard of tipping on a percentage for housekeeping, but I didn't stay in many hotel rooms before I had to travel for my job.

I've had many mini-crises about this same thing. I usually just leave the tip and total lines blank completely and sign it. I honestly think that a fair amount of restaurants do not expect a tip for takeout. More than once the cashier has actually handed me the receipt and said something like, "I just need your…

What would you guess the average size of an app (Android or iOS) is?

"Maya, a 17-year-old who is far more child than adult in the games, comes off less like an innocent girl and more like an emotionally unstable woman in her 20's."

Whenever I take a photo trying to follow the rule of thirds, my sister always asks, "Why is it off center?"

That's REALLY interesting, particularly that you were encouraged to try a large variety of foods. Is it fair to say that that was encouraged specifically because your parents didn't have that luxury?

I'm kind of going on a tangent here, but can someone explain to me what people mean when they say, "I don't like vegetables." I'm not talking about "picky" people who refuse to eat vegetables. I'm talking about perfectly rational people who actually do force themselves to eat vegetables because they know they are…

Wow, thanks for the awesome reply.

Nah, I honestly don't think that's a legitimate fear for me. I've been using a crappy blackberry pearl for like 3 years now. Was using a dumbphone for like 4 years before that. I'm totally fine hanging on to things for a while

Gave it a half thought, but I'm a bit too anal for that kind of thing. I'd be too worried about warranties and such.

True, very true. Whenever I start fantasizing about a fancy high-end phone I start thinking, "Do I REALLY need that stuff?" I also wouldn't be constantly worrying about dropping my super expensive toy as much

I don't really care much about NFC, but I hear your points for future ROM support. At this point I'm weighing whether paying the extra couple hundred bucks is worth the (slightly?) faster/longer support likely with the GN over the SGS2