I think if your requests are reasonable, there's no reason for the staff to be rude about it. They can say no and still be polite.

the thing you have to understand is that restaurants (the good ones that are also profitable) run like well-oiled machines. Anything done to upset that balance can have disastrous consequences for the entire place, and bringing your own food is probably near or at the top of the list of things you can do to disrupt…

what she meant to say was "have you guys seen these economic numbers?" Yeah, maybe we were wrong about this guy...

as someone who used to work in the music business, I will tell you that groupie thing does happen, and not just to musicians. Nothing to be ashamed of. Anyway, I really thought the Red album, Raditude, and Hurley were all very decent albums. But yeah Maladroit was just...wait, what?

to be fair, those are legitimate questions.

why are you ashamed? They're possibly the best band ever!

I was playing guitar in a band with some friends of mine, their guitarist had quit and they needed someone to fill in for a few gigs, so I said I would help them out. They were a sort of metal band, and I was more into punk rock at the time, but they were good guys and so I said I would help them out. I only mention…

I thought the same. I generally prefer the UK version of a lot of these shows, but I think House Of Cards might be the rare exception where they got the US version really right. I credit that to Fincher, Spacey, and Wright. I also thought Zoe was a great character, but seem to be alone in that.

directed by Blomkamp and starring Dev Patel? Ok, I'm in.

that category does not exist, because it's impossible.

Exactly. That was one thing I thought the movie lacked that the book had, was when he tells her he feels sorry for her because she has to be Amy. Also, the movie sort of portrayed him as the victim even at the end when he decides to stay with her, I thought the book made it more clear that he was a willing partner at…

I get that, but I don't see how that diminishes the claims of actual rape victims. I think anyone that would point to a fictional account of something as a reason for not believing an alleged victim is probably just looking for an excuse to not believe them and/or blame the victim.

what did he think was going to happen? Oh yeah, she pulled off this brilliant plan, but then made just this one mistake. Nope.

I think she should let it go. She wrote a good story, I thought it was ended well, leave it at that. But of course, the studios want more ticket sales...

I enjoy both a cappuccino and a flat white, because sometimes the foam of a cappuccino is too filling for me. And a flat white tastes better in Melbourne, because it just does.

did you try the Vegemite? And in what thickness? Because if you spread it in toast real thick like, say, peanut butter, that must have been...disappointing. I only moved to Australia when I was 19, so having it grown up with Vegemite, I'm told I can never fully appreciate it, which makes sense. I eat it maybe once a…

can we have a gif of spoons breaking through the top layer of creme brûlée? Because I would totally watch that. Actually, better yet, I know what I'm making for dessert this weekend.

i sympathize. If Parmiggiano became illegal here tomorrow, you can bet I'd be down at my local bodega trying to score in no time.

that, and the fact that because much of their media is state controlled, I'm willing to bet he is portrayed much differently there.

I swear, that murder scene totally caughtme off guard. I mean, I knew it was going to happen, but not quite as graphically as that. Fincher hit a nerve there, horror film directors everywhere should be envious.