Sadly, the only Fazoli’s in the Portland area closed two years ago because it was so poorly run. I ate there regularly (a couple of times a month) even though it was 15 miles from my home, but I can’t tell you how many times they left items out of my order, gave me the wrong item, made me wait for more than 30 minutes…

Strange response. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen movies about people who are still alive.

Taking on the role of Eleven at age 12

*Abed Nadir has entered the chat*

Additionally, the latest in a long line of failed Nancy Drew reboots, Nancy Drew, is ending after four seasons

Jesus fucking christ. “Queerbaiting” refers to the homophobic act of putting in queer subtext to lure in queer viewers (or give hetero women fetishistic gay ships to obsess over) while considering the suggested relationship to NOT be canon, and definitely never actually reifying it, and it’s almost exclusively done…

“Can be done” is not the same as “reasonable” or “humane”. Also, I’m not sure I want to be treated by a healthcare worker in the tail end of a 3rd 12-hour day.

“the Federal Trade Commission is looking closely at the deal”

Also the steel-drum-and-synth score is the bomb

On Dairy Queen’s website: What happened to Dennis the Menace?

Also, my wife and I have developed a big ol’ crush on Lauren Ash thanks to this show (our reaction pretty much mirrored Garrett’s the first time she showed up in her Halloween costume).

This show has managed to deal with those real labor issues without ever feeling heavy-handed or manipulative and not losing sight of its heart or humor. That’s a tough balancing act to pull off and I don’t know of any other show that fills that niche. Also, my wife and I have developed a big ol’ crush on Lauren Ash…

Motherfucker, I was just talking about how this show and Bob’s Burgers are the only network shows left that I really give a crap about. It has maintained its quality for longer than most comedy shows, too, and I thought it has been doing a great job of handling the pandemic and losing a major character this season. I…

Stephanie Meyer has the exact same problem and yet the two of them made a bazillion dollars.

I just want him to take a single Creative Writing class. One semester. Hell, a weekend workshop on the fundamentals of storytelling. The man cannot sustain drama without immediately undermining it. He can’t even do basic setup and payoff. Like, hacky sci fi prose is fine; not everyone is William Gibson. But when you…

I heard there weren’t any advance copies sent to critics, which was maybe the first clue this was going to be a steaming turd. Not that I had any expectations. Cline is a terrible, juvenile writer. And I can’t figure out who these books are for. I’m Generation X—Cline is just a year and change older than me—and I…

The fundamental problem with these kinds of nostalgic “geek-sploitation” soft sci-fi stories is that they often imagine a near-future in which what is considered “retro chic” today is still treated with the same fondness decades from now. Imagine if this were a novel set in 2020, but one in which our popular culture…

Yes, there’s plenty of problematic shit in his books but Cline’s biggest issue is that he’s just a punishingly bad writer. I’m not certain he even understands what writing is, beyond the regurgitation of trivia. Ready Player One was little more than an “I Love the 80s” novelization.

Art3mis, who dumps him after just 10 days

Ready Player Two reads like a fusion between a Wikipedia page and a video game walk-through: It makes copious references but absolutely ensures readers get the joke by having characters share the source of a quote while also making it clear that it’s shameful to not already know this.