I love Ruth Reichl’s books. Tender At The Bone, Comfort Me With Apples and Garlic and Sapphires were extraordinary and honest and delicious.  I didn’t know about Save Me The Plums, that just became my new entry at the top of my reading list.  

That song is too fucking long.

I heeded Olivia Wilde’s call and saw myself some Booksmart this weekend.  Pretty enjoyable movie that hit much of the same notes as Superbad and earned a few great belly laughs.

That’s *not* James Franco?

Yet the Night King couldn’t just throw one of his spears through Jon Snow’s ass.

Thanks for sharing Kevin, that was gorgeous.  I watched the Hong Kong one as well, that city is also my place of birth.

No no, definitely the Bad Place.

Hmmm.  I couldn’t watch Bandersnatch in its interactive glory on my TV.  And I don’t really enjoy watching things on my tablet.  I may need a new TV.

Thank you for the .GIF, I had no idea that Kate Bernot was so adorable.  Happy birthday Kate!

Took a chance, watched this at work.  Survived with a lump in my throat, but held back the tears.

Sooo many of those metro areas on that list are in Wisconsin.

WTF, Broad City is ending?!?

I’ve been thinking about Tampopo a lot lately. San Diego has been experiencing a boom in ramen houses for the last few years, and the people I’m around have never heard about the movie. I remember Siskel & Ebert trumpeting it in the ‘80s, and I watched it a few times on VHS with friends in the ‘90s. But that movie…

Milk and Pepsi is not healthy, but surprisingly tasty if I recall correctly from my childhood.

I remember being dumbfounded when Gladiator won the Oscar for Best Picture. It was an acceptable summer blockbuster, but Best Picture?  It was like seeing Mission Impossible: Fallout win Best Picture.  Plus I found Joaquin Phoenix’ performance to be distractingly over-the-top. Traffic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon…

I had a buddy in college who would go to the Hot Dog on A Stick at the local mall. When the girls behind the counter were working their little pogo stick to squeeze the lemons, he would go walk up to the counter and watch them.  They would ask him if he needed anything, and he would say no, and continue staring.  The…

Don’t sleep on Will Harris and his Random Roles articles. They are like a gallon of cold water in the desert.

Once again, let the ball-washing commence for Will Harris, because it is Good and Right.

Sour beers have that effect on me. Drinking one makes my stomach bubble and rumble, like I took some Alka Seltzer.

I have the opposite problem. I can drink beer normally without much problem. I love, love, love the taste of cider, but about 45 minutes later, I get a spike in my head like I have an instant hangover. I’m guessing it’s the sugar content in cider. It saddens me, because I find most ciders that I taste yummy and…