E.L. James seems to have successfully won a struggle to take creative control of the 50 Shades movies after the first one. It’s certainly possible. I just think he’s not interested in the kind of obsessive dickheadery necessary.

I’m partial to finely minced pepperoncini (and a splash of brine). I’ll have to try those double-stuffed ones, though. I love some crunch in a deviled egg.

Your job isn’t to tell this person how to do their job, unless you’re their boss. Keep your power fantasies to yourself.

In the TV movie, do people know that Angua is a werewolf? But nobody knowing it’s her and everyone thinking it’s Nobby is a series-long running joke!

Aww, hell, really? That was such a Pratchettian bit.

Creepy and disturbing? What, like the part where... or maybe you mean the part where...

I wouldn’t be surprised if they just called it Baldur’s Gate or Baldur’s Gate: Whatever The Fuck when it actually comes out. Thief (2014) was originally promoted as Thief 4, and I remember people talking about “Deus Ex 3" before it was officially titled Human Revolution.

It was a lot funnier than Dreamland, which I felt was darker and plottier than it needed to be. Krieger is a particular highlight. Pretty fond of Ray, too, who’s basically playing the character he was always meant to play.

I loved the last two seasons, but I’m excited that the gang is back together again. Hope this season sticks with that.

Yeah, it can’t be done overnight. If I was writing the legislation, I’d gradually increase the size of the House over the next few reapportionments. That provides plenty of time (a decade for each increase) to make changes to the Capitol to support a larger number of representatives. It’d have to be a constitutional…

Aside from the social justice concerns, gender-segregating single occupancy bathrooms is pointless and inefficient. I’ve only seen it rarely, and in the places I’ve seen it, it’s disregarded.

Because it feels good? People do dangerous and harmful things for pleasure all the time. It’s basic human nature. Didn’t the mothership give you some material on this during the indoctrination session?

“Seltzer” and “sparkling water” have heretofore always been applied to calorie-free beverages. I notice there’s a wide variety in calorie content in these products. I suspect there’s a lot more people who might think “hard seltzer” is healthier than it actually is than people who think “cauliflower steak” comes off a…

Yeah, challah makes amazing french toast. I mostly just ended up developing a strong preference across the board for savory breakfast foods over sweet ones.

It isn’t a bad thing. I mentioned in another post that the category here is just absurdly broad. Like, you could find all of Pang’s items at a hotel breakfast buffet, and if you came back to your table with all of them it would be more in the range of “hungry today, eh?” rather than “you have a serious eating…

I’ve never heard of these before, and I would really like the people who freak out about almond milk being “nut juice” and the like to refocus their fire on the people who are calling boozy sugar water “seltzer” or “sparkling water”.

I would rather have just shrimp and grits than everything on Pang’s list.

Well, it doesn’t help that Pang was picking a la carte items rather than prepared dishes. He put together a meal and a half while the other two were mostly doing a meal per pick.

My dad made such mind-blowingly awful, rubbery french toast growing up that I’ve never really been able to come around to it. I’d rather have strata if we’re dunking bread in egg goo.

Assuming this is a generic breakfast place and not one dedicated to either southern or Mexican food, I’d go with the shrimp & grits.