I mentioned above that we watched Tron last year and my kids loved it. We also watched ET last year and my kids just did not like it. My wife, who did not recall seeing it, didn’t either. I still love it for the nostalgia but its kind of interesting that it does not resonate the same way with new watchers in 2022

Those are the worst, but we hardly ever get takeout because so many things travel really poorly. Pizza and (some) fried chicken are about the only things that are still (sometimes) good after being kept in an insulated box for half an hour or more. Some really saucy foods like Chinese-American or Indian-American can…

100% right.  These were the days (and there were many more to follow) that the Academy refused to honor anything other than (perceived) prestige pics.

I saw E.T. in the theater and I think I liked it alright, but I’ve never even been tempted to re-watch it. It kicked off Spielberg’s “klieg light and wind machine” phase and I got sick to death of that before the decade was out.

I don’t think Spielberg’s confidence prevented him from winning the Oscar.  Gandhi was a serious movie about serious topics.  Even though E.T. was well reviewed, it was more of a kids’ movie.

Kindof a dumb list for including coffee at #1. They seem to be confusing dangerous with ubiquitous. Yes, I’m sure coffee is involved in more “food related” accidents than T-Bone Steaks, but that’s because probably 75%+ of motorists before 9:00 a.m. have a coffee in their car. I mean, what percentage of coffees…

I loved every meal I ate when I went to Iceland for my honeymoon. Their seafood was amazing (expected), their lamb was the best I’ve ever had, and I had a burger that was absolutely cooked to perfection because they don’t have the same food safety rules about the temperature of ground beef that we have in Canada that…

Yeah, it helps to remember that Iceland has about the same population as Cleveland. Which makes some of their achievements even more impressive - there’s no reality where Cleveland could field a team that qualifies for the World Cup.

Closer to 350,000 people, which is still damn small.

Well you have to be doing something with the meat after you have finished making yourself a handsome pair of nábrók. If you don’t speak Icelandic they are also known as necropants. Have fun learning something new.

I bet it is tough to break into a market dominated by, apparently, hot dogs and fermented shark meat.

Not available at my local Iceland but they do have a range of TGI Fridays and Chiquito’s...

And you can replace half of the meat on the menu with beans or peppers and they’re not a fake food.

I don’t text and drive, but one time I was at a stoplight and my phone beeped. I picked it up just to see who texted and I was immediately pulled over.

Texting is supposedly illegal in 48 states, but nobody pays any attention to the law. Every single day I have to avoid being hit by one of these assholes looking at their phone.

I didn’t know that was the name of that song.

I have a very visceral hatred of this song. I was a teen bagging groceries at the “local” grocery store and this was one of the songs I’d hear several times a day along with “Sunny Came Home,” “Fly Like an Eagle” and “I’m the Only One”. I thought it was stupid and I was…

Plus Taco Bell is already like a third of the way there in terms of not using meat in their burrito coverings.

Perhaps also Icelanders are sick of hakarl.

I get the reference, but I tend to think it would be *easier* for Taco Bell to go meatless. The difference between real ground meat and the imitation product would be a lot less noticeable in seasoned taco meat than in a burger.