Keep in mind that the statistics about pet deaths probably aren't accurate. Many people sign NDA's to afford treatment, so the rate is probably much higher.

I loved Kubo and the Two String, so I'd very much prefer to see that.

PSA: don't fly with a pet in cargo unless you have absolutely no other option. United's getting a lot of bad PR right now (deservedly so), but stories like this are unfortunately common. If possibly, fly with your pet in the cabin with you or choose an alternate means of transportation. Animals simply aren't looked…

Yeah, I liked it. Well, maybe "liked" is the wrong word, but I thought it was a well done adaptation. Without spoiling the book, it seems like they're subtly changing some characterizations, so that's intriguing. The pilot was pretty much just establishing the world, so I sense it'll come together when it can…

So apparently the guy who started The Red Pill subreddit is a Republican congressman. 2017 won't quit, will it?

Counterpoint: it was probably aliens.

Once I went to dinner with a group of acquaintances, and the topic of gay acceptance in religions came up (in retrospect, talk about a loaded subject for a group that didn't even know each others last names). The guy started going on and on about how accepting Quakers were, to which I retorted, "Yeah, because there…

I'm about to start The Handmaid's Tale if anyone wants to discuss the first episode. I'll keep all my thoughts in spoiler tags.

I always liked him on Parks, and I think he could have had a respectable career playing supporting characters in comedies, but he doesn't have the charisma or acting chops to pull off dramatic roles.

If the writers were trying to set up minor human characters to kill off, who else was there? Would people have found the assistant's death as bothersome if she were a male character? It worked for me because she was such a minor character.

That's a fair point, but I thought we were supposed to be on Howard's side. It didn't feel sexist as much as it felt like it was differentiating her from her sister. Not great writing, I didn't think it was condemning her life choices.

Hey, you're a Velocirapstar, not a Velocifilmstar. You musicians all think you'll have crossover success, but it never quite works.

I take back everything I said.

It has to be a case of being born at the right time for these movies. I wasn't quite old enough to see Jurassic Park in theaters, but everyone I knew had them on VHS. We were just young enough that the movies were still scary, but old enough that we could laugh about the terrible plots of two and three. Couple that…

IT WAS. People thought it was too mean spirited (IN A MOVIE WHERE DINOSAURS EAT PEOPLE), and didn't think she deserved it.

I liked that the teens were annoying, it made it easier to root for the dinosaurs when the teens were being terrorized. They also provided the most memorable laugh out loud moment for me - the one about their parents getting a divorce.

That's fair. I saw it in theaters twice and had a blast, but half the fun was seeing dinosaurs (even sketchy CGI dinos) tearing shit up on the big screen.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Jurassic World is fine. No, it's not as good as the original, but it's a perfectly enjoyable monster movie. No, the assistant getting eaten isn't sexist: dinosaurs don't give a shit. And most contentiously, a business woman like Howard wouldn't wear sneakers because she…

On one hand, it's great, but I do worry about the replacement which will inevitably be even worse and more right wing. Breitbart TV is all too possible at this point.

I wish there was a way to get that cheese powder without wasting a box of mac and cheese. There are some options on Amazon, but the minimum size is a pound, and I don’t think I’ll ever need quite that much.