I’m not sure how anyone could be offended by the lyrics in “Melanie” given that the deranged stalker in the song is clearly meant to be the object of ridicule.

Hey now, are you implying that Jagger’s bravura performance in Freejack isn’t a celluloid treasure for the ages?

I only discovered The Beths a few months ago, while looking for info on the third Alvvays album, and haven’t been this excited from accidentally stumbling across a band in ages.

“Axel Power!”

I love George Saunders, and the collection this story is featured in is my favorite of his work, so here’s hoping they do a good job adapting it.

I was born three months premature and have lived nearly five decades with cerebral palsy. By comparison, wearing a small piece of fabric over my nose and mouth in certain public situations is hardly what I’d consider a hardship, much less miserable, but I suppose for some it’s too big a burden to bear.

I feel you about getting stared at for wearing a mask. I’ve been getting the same looks lately that I did at the very beginning of the pandemic when no one near me was wearing anything and they all gawped at me like I was an extraterrestrial.

Sopes became my go-to over tacos several years ago, but they’re regrettably much less common on menus. Hell, seems like you’re more likely to see a huarache these days, but I find the structure of the sope to be far superior.

Aw man, I’ve always really liked Blood. Admittedly, Vs. is pretty much the perfect Pearl Jam album to me and that was after being completely in love with Ten and thinking, “It can’t possibly get better than this”. (It got so much better.)

I felt like a total dork when I started using a scale to measure out coffee, but the scoop method was too variable and inconsistent, especially with whole beans, whereas weighing the amount in grams proved to be much easier.

I mean, it’s far from the first time Lorne Michaels gave an SNL cast member of dubious talent that kind of opportunity.  see-also: Rob Schneider’s entire film career.

World of Darkness had Garou/Kindred hybrids; they were called Abominations.

100% agree! Having online pre-orders with a specific pickup window for special beer releases is a much better process than five hours of waiting in line hoping that they don’t sell out. I’ve done curbside pickups several times this year and the entire process took no more than ten minutes.

Peele was born in 1979, which makes him Gen X, though on the younger end of it.

If this isn’t an officially licensed Starship Titanic series, then someone owes the Douglas Adams estate some money.

“Deth’s Tar”is as much a pun off of the owner’s last name as it is a Star Wars joke, so I’m fairly certain Disney wouldn’t have a leg to stand on if they went after Revolution.

The worst part was that every single post was regurgitating the same illogical horseshit reasoning and patting each other on the back about it. It’s like watching a bunch of flat-earthers jerk each other off.

I read through the comments on the Carolla video...why oh why did I do that....

Damn it, now I have to explain to people why I was just cackling at my desk like a lunatic!

Yeah, even some of his short stories had moments that made me cringe, but they didn’t linger long enough to really bother me. He is an excellent storyteller and his prose style is punchy and fun to read.