“but when you need it, nothing else will do.”

I hope that the next report will be that they found a way to bring Tracy Ullman’s character back. She was a hilarious addition to the last season. 

Ah, that’s a detail I hadn’t thought of. It’s been a very long time since I watched any of these movies, I assumed it had been set in the 40's after reading this article. Not nearly as bad. 

“Indiana has to face off against a castle filled with Nazis all the way back in 1944, a few decades prior to him continuing to fight Nazis (but this time in NASA) in the fifth film’s setting of 1969.”

What makes you think the only reason a person would decorate outside is to keep up with the neighbors? I couldn’t give less of a damn what my neighbors think of me. I simply enjoy seeing holiday lights in the neighborhood when I drive through on a cold winter’s night. I find my own home feels more welcoming when I…

What I notice isn’t a lack of brightness, it’s the temperature of the lights. 

I’m an atheist who celebrates a secular version of Christmas. I enjoy the food, decorations, and getting together with family and friends. I do hate the commercial aspect of it all and avoid that as much as possible. I have young kids who also enjoy it, but I decorated before they were born, and will continue…

I’m a holdout with incandescent when it comes to holiday lights. I have yet to see LED holiday lights that replicate the warmth of incandescent bulbs; this is especially true of colored lights. To me all of the colored LED holiday lights appear harsh and garish. 

I’m with you. My family started eating more vegetarian meals for a while due to concerns for animal welfare, but we just never felt as satiated as if meat had been in the meal. If this works out at mass it would be amazing. I also have the thought that there is no obvious reason that filet mignon grown this way would…

I always buy my cranberries roughly the same amount of time before Thanksgiving as you, and I’ve never had an issue with them in the 15 years I’ve been the cranberry sauce maker in my family. I also love cranberry sauce, so I always freeze a bag of cranberries to cook at a later time. The sauce made from the frozen…

I don’t see anything on this list about Metallica’s “..And Justice for All” losing out to Jethro fucking Tull in the “Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal” category in its the category’s inaugural year. This list is suspect. 

What you say makes sense, but it also demonstrates a lack of understanding about how the OEM/dealer relationship works among legacy automakers. 

Unless there is damage to the porcelain there is no need to replace a whole toilet unless you simply want to change up your bathroom. Toilets are simple, the functional parts are all pretty easy to change. One of the toilets in my 1958 house has a date stamp inside of the tank that confirms it was original to the…

The assumption that young people don’t want Grandma’s china always amuses me. I don’t doubt that it’s true in general, but there are certainly exceptions. I’m a few months from 40, so I don’t know if I fall into the young category, but I’m also a straight white man who appreciates fine china and silver. I think it’s a…

How large is the set? I’m just wondering if you’d be willing to choose a sacrificial piece to test it on. If there is no metal trim on it I’d be willing to risk it. It isn’t antique, but we have Spode Christmas set that we use daily for the whole month of December and run through the dishwasher on a daily basis during…

It’s funny you mention that, because it’s so obvious and it didn’t occur to me. This leads me to believe that it doesn’t matter as long as they don’t touch. There are a lot of reputable sources out there that say putting it in the dishwasher is fine. The same goes for a few things the author of this piece mentions.…

I’ve read in many places that it is actually okay to put silver in the dishwasher, that the issue comes when you mix it with stainless steel. One thing that’s never been clear to me is whether that means it’s okay to have silver and stainless in the same load as long as they aren’t touching, or if they can’t be in the…

It was the opposite for me. I drove a ‘95 Cougar in high school and college. During college I went through one Michigan winter where I had intermittent heat. I experienced significant back pain due to involuntarily hunching over the wheel while I froze during my commute. 

As an adult I would say nothing. When I was a teenager I loved nothing more than taking my dad’s ‘91 Grand Marquis out on a snowy day, sliding around neighborhood corners, and doing donuts in parking lots. My favorite maneuver was parking in front of our house by doing a j-turn instead of pulling into the driveway,…

I don’t see anything here about education requirements. A lot of the things in this article apply to me. I’m given a lot of stretch assignments by my group’s leadership, and I believe that they all have a very good opinion of my work. I’ve even had less experienced colleagues assigned to work under my direction to…