I hate to come in and say “disagree so hard” when everbody else is already commenting to say that they disagree so hard, but I disagree so hard.

Damn, how do you split those hairs so thin?

Ah, yes, the time-honored tradition of paying off libraries. Sorry kid, we gotta cut you off at Prisoner of Azkaban because Aunt Becky’s kid checked out Goblet of Fire last week, and we want to keep the rest of the series available to her.

I stand by my oft-repeated assertion that Chik-Fil-A should just buckle down on their religious affiliation by changing their name to JFC.

Re: CarFax, I’ve never seen a car ad with the report linked, but any reputable dealership either has it on file or will pull it for you. I’m not sure when this became standard practice; the advice I received in 2001 when I bought my first car was “buy the report from CarFax”, with my second car in 2006 it was “you’ll…

Condolences on misusing the good Parmesan. That same recipe had attracted my attention because it hits the right ratio of flavors I like, minimal effort, and barely-disguised junk food. I went grocery shopping last night and Megan Splawn had almost convinced me to plan an extra meal, but I’d already promised to make…

I guess it was part of a standard school-wide curriculum; the school wasnt *that* big, but there were 5 English teachers and everybody the same read excerpts from Moby Dick during the second semester of their Junior year, regardless of what teacher you had.

My opinion of Moby Dick was not improved by the fact that I read it in high school, and the English teacher who assigned it made no secret of the fact that she hated it herself.

I stand by my oft-repeated opinion that anyone trying to get you to read Moby Dick is upset that they wasted their own time, and just want to watch someone else suffer.

I’ll take that recommendation of Rilla of Ingleside, and to that I’ll add that people should get over their “isn’t that for 13-year-old girls?”-ness about Anne of Green Gables and just read it (if it helps, Mark Twain was a big fan). I never looked into any of its sequels because I recall reading that Montgomery…

Just popping in—as I usually do when R.L. Stine comes up—to point out that R.L. Stine is the pen name of Robert Bob Stine who published humorous books for tweens in the ‘70s and ‘80s. The novelizations of Ghostbusters II and Spaceballs, The Extremely Silly Encyclopedia and Flyswatter!, and (the inaccurately-titled?) Ho…

I understand why you say this, but in my experience that’s not the case. I think a lot of people who became pretty tech savvy prior to the era of widespread internet use developed a tendency to think of upgrades as optional because a new version of Windows (or whatever) was usually more about features and aesthetics…

Disagree so hard on Adventure, because if you don’t have a manual (or some other source of information about the game) it feels like a poorly-designed open world with no ultimate goal. That actually goes for a huge number of Atari 2600 games; there wasn’t enough RAM for user-friendly design, so you’d never know that…

I agree with her that she should be able to audition for anything and play any role she wins, with the caveat that (as always) the market will decide the future of her career.

No argument there. I was mostly responding to the mention of arborio rice.

They’re certainly cheaper.

I’m always mystified by replies like this one. Most of the organizations I’ve worked for allow off-site email access, but I’ve never had been able to access the tools I use for my job from home. I don’t get half as many emails as you do, but ~85% of them require action as soon as possible. The last time I took a week…

Do flag cakes actually exist outside of food journalism and Instagram? I don’t believe I’ve ever been served a flag cake or even seen one IRL. Am I just lucky?

So let it be written, so let it be done!

No, no. I can get behind this because it allows me to eat “toast” for breakfast every day without raising any eyebrows.  My main question is this:  is a lemon danish soup in a breadbowl, or a salad?