Croupier is much more Owen’s alley than James Bond. He would have actually made a miserable 007, with even more sadness and exhaustion than Craig, without the lightness that Craig could also bring to the part. But sadness and exhaustion were precisely what was needed for Children of Men.

I’d throw in his scene-stealing performance in The Bourne Identity as well. All silent menace until right there at the very end, when a rush of humanity pours out. “Look what they make you give” always gives me goosebumps.

Interesting casting, because I love Raymond Chandler’s novels and for years Owen was my fantasy cast for Philip Marlowe.

If one is going to write about Owen’s leading man street cred then Croupier needs to be mentioned. Especially given its roots in film noir.

I’ve seen maybe two of his standups and enjoyed them a lot for the most part. He has impeccable timing and that’s central to good storytelling. My one criticism is that he spends too much time talking about dicks - mostly his own. I know why this is important to the culture, but 30 minutes and more of it (complete…

I think his point about the internet/videos on social media not allowing comedians to work on their jokes only applies to the super famous 5% or so. The rest can still toil away in relative obscurity. I saw Atsuko Okatsuka perform twice last year about six months apart, so there was some overlap in material but she…

I think until the root cause is determined, that caution is best. This surely feels like an incursion by the CG aircraft. And if so, why? Was there a significant failure of local surface radar (ASDE-X), or runway entrance/status lights, or some other incursion-control safeguard? Was someone in the ATCT drunk? There…

With all consideration and condolences to the families of those Coasties who died, that was still a miracle that it was so few people killed or injured. I’m sure the cause will become clear in the coming days, but the low death toll is still testament to the incredible safety procedures and standards of modern air…

Thankfully the Florida crocs live in pretty isolated areas. But alligators roaming around are a pretty normal thing. It’s their land either way, we just squat on it. They were here long before we were, and will be here long after humanity is gone, in all likelihood.

Nah, that’s not true. Laws and customs from other countries have no legal precedence in US courts. There would need to be local laws in place to have an impact on him being force to collectively bargain, and Texas is notoriously anti-union. I believe there are even laws in place that would prevent other unions from…

That’s why we don’t put 12 year olds in charge of nothing.

I had a Chevy dealer attempt to charge $1200 for dealer prep. After digging at them they revelaed this included a pin stripe down the side of the car and nitrogen in the tires.....that already came from the factory with nitrogen in them....which is a scam in itself. They literally tried to scam the scam and cover it…

I also think that this is likely significantly less of a mechanical headache than most of what you’ve listed.

They can’t all be Ferrari. 

Okay Sean, don’t over promise. Just say we’ve been working on something and show some clips!

Considering that my experience with ‘ghost kitchens’ is almost entirely based on them stealing another established restaurants’ name, trade dress, and menu and operating online deliveries without permission?

Between the added expense, delivery delays, expected tipps, fake or unknown websites and website menus, It is just easier to go get food at an actual restaurant. I get that mobility/transportation is an issue for many but not enough to support an industry.

The same people seemed absolutely blindsided when pent up demand was released, supply couldn’t instantly recover to meet it, lots of people had more cash than they expected to from government programs that supported the economy through the pandemic, and companies looked to recover profits from a poor year when…

It boggles my mind that “business knowers” somehow assumed that conditions (a huge increase in deliveries and people not wanting to eat in at restaurants) that were related to a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic would continue after the pandemic was over and we could return to our normal lives.

So, when the price of new EVs go down, the price of used EVs go down.