Well... To be fair, they’re still worrisome lyrics if you take them at face value, and I don’t know that it’s worth doing research just to appreciate a (garbage) Christmas song...

Ive always hated Baby, It’s Cold Outside, so I’m not interested in defending it too avidly, but in it’s original context the two characters in the song are 100% on the same page; it was the ‘40s, and an unmarried woman absolutely did not spend the night in a man’s house. They’re making a big show to the rest of the…

Whoa there hold up wait wait wait wait. It sounds like somebody is putting lemon juice in your eggnog, and that might explain why you dislike it.

I will never understand what celebrities think they’ll get out of picking fights of with other celebrities. It’s one thing to call out bigotry or BS political statements, but I’m confused as to how Mr. Rapaport thought this would bereceived. If you can’t say anything nice, then keep your dignity by S’ing TFU.

About the same number as are allowed to drive the real car.

I’m sorry, but from “The Toys of Peace” by Saki:

Never heard that one before, but I’m totally saving it up for when my son is old enough to buy into such a concept.

+1 for Better than Bullion, which makes the only vegetarian bullion options worth a damn. Finely chopped dill pickles fit in more places than you’d expect (chili, especially), a dusting of Parmesan or brewer’s yeast adds a little umami, and it’s worth sprinkling rosemary on anything savory or rosewater on anything…

When I was in high school, and entire slumber party of girls I had a crush on got salmonella, and it was almost certiainly from the eggs in the raw cookie dough.

This is the comment I was going to leave. It’s not Carmen Sandiego without Rockapella!

The nearest McDonald’s and Burger King to my home are both part of the same strip mall. So, you but the fries at McDonald’s and then walk over to pick up your Whopper.

Definitely true. The other obvious candidate to make At the Mountains of Madness would be the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. They definitely understand the material, but I’m sure nobody’s excited about pouring a huge amount of money and multiple years of work into a project of that scale.

So.....I have a confession to make: there are very few movies that I want more than Del Toro’s AtMoM, but there are also very few adaptations that I’m more worried about than Del Toro’s AtMoM. An early screenplay leaked years ago, and I haaaate it. Granted, there’s a very good chance that whatever version he’s been…

That man has a way of getting what he wants.

This is why you’re always hungry after you have a salad for lunch: you barely ate anything.

Other than the extremely general (books, news, science, food), mine was extremely off the mark. I had to Google some of the entries before I knew what they were (reality shows I’ve never heard of, mostly). Unchecked everything. It’ll probably be a mess again within a week.

Look, I’m quite late to this party which means I’ll be lucky if anyone even sees this comment, but nobody seriously thinks that Night of the Hunter—which is a fantastic film—is a Christmas movie, do they? It ends at Christmas, but even that isn’t particularly a plot point.

I came to disagree but ultimately what I wanted to say is stated in the quotes you pulled: ibuprofen and acetaminophen moderation will ease the discomfort and maybe get everybody a better night’s sleep.  Otherwise though you’ll save money by letting things run their course.

Fun fact: there’s a giant gnome buried under every one of those things. Like, they could have just harvested the hats and allowed the gnomes to live, but they slaughtered every one of them. I signed the Greenpeace petition, obviously.

Fun fact: As a lifelong Wisconsinite, only one Thanksgiving dinner in memory featured cheese, other than on the pre-dinner charcuterie board, and it felt out of place. I’m very familiar with mashed potatoes of this type, but I associate it with quiet, lazy nights in front of the TV. For the big family meals it’s the…