I think you nail this squarely on the head. I’ve been slowly rewatching the MCU on Disney+ lately, and the majority of Phase 1 and early Phase 2 films, while tying together mostly nicely, have some pretty jarring shifts in tone and character usage and development ... and then “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and…

Oh goodness. You think an ‘02 is comfortable? Those still feel like bricks to me. The interior upgrade in the 2016 hits my sweet spot. Those seats are heaven.

This I’ve come to learn after test driving and having children test access to every vehicle with three rows of seating, because having 2 teenagers and a 2nd…

I have a signed copy of Nuklear Age, from meeting Brian at a convention in 2005 and buying the book directly form him. He was delight to talk with.

In 2008 I was visited New Jersey for work. Flew into Newark, rented a car, drove down state to configure some equipment, helped install that equipment in JFK airport the next day, drove back to Newark, filled up the car at a gas station a couple blocks from the car rental agency, returned the car, and flew home.

Nobody…

I’ve been registered to vote in 3 separate states. The Voter Registration form, every time, asks me to provide my name, my DOB, my SSN or ID Number, and my address. My information is run through whatever verification process that is used, and a Voter ID Card is then mailed to me containing my Voter number and my local…

I haven’t watched it yet, but I follow Big Cat Rescue on Facebook and one thing is certain -- they’ve got some gorgeous cats on the property. Some of my former acquaintances would volunteer there sometimes.

This was the kind of wholesome content I needed this week. Thank you.

My 13 year old son has a habit of forgetting that he has options, and gets stuck in culinary ruts eating only the same 3 or 4 foods every day. Now I’m thinking I might be able to use BotW to help him think about new recipes he might like to test out.

G…

I was a pre-teen when the U.S. SNES version of IV was released, and I watched in awe as a friend played through it. I bought III (6) the month it was released, and by the time I turned 15 I’d beaten it several times over and had even managed to get one of Shadow’s “hidden” flashback scenes.

I bought VII, VIII, and IX.…

I’ve lived in Texas and Florida, and moved to the D.C./Maryland/Virginia area about 3 years ago. I’m still trying to understand the love for Old Bay. To me it tastes like somebody forgot to bring the heat to Creole or Cajun seasoning, which is fine and all, but it’s just not exciting. I never expected to find a…

I grew up eating cereal dry due to childhood lactose processing issues, and ya know, the idea of cereal becoming soggy because I didn’t eat it quickly enough just sounds unappealing to me.

People still deliberately choose to watch “Friends”? I only ever saw any of it because it would be on at other people’s houses. It ... wasn’t that funny to me. I was way more into the early years of the Clive Anderson-hosted “Who’s Line is it Anyway”, when Tony Slattery and Michael McShane were regular guests, or…

If I stalk somebody, ignoring the 911 dispatcher to stay in my car while doing so, which then makes the person I’m stalking view me as a likely threat, and they start defending themselves, and I kill them ... I murdered that person.

Zimmerman is a murderer. He’s a child killer. He’s a wannabe vigilante who couldn’t…

I grew up on NES and SNES. My first online gaming experience was playing Quake in my high school’s computer lab — where we’d networked everything and found the cmd line edit to the launcher that allowed for 16 players on LAN play. My first online play with a console was one of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games for PS2.…

The best of both worlds, indeed. If I could move back to the area I would. I miss nearly everything about it. But work ... 

If I need help finding something in a Publix to which I’m new, there’s always somebody nearby who can direct me — or even walk with me — to where I can find that item. It’s super helpful.

In contrast, at Wegmans the only people I can find are at the registers or behind counters for the deli or bakery, and they don’t…

One of the things I loved about living in St. Pete was hopping over the Skyway to Lakewood Ranch. That area, and all the people we met in it, was lovely.

My mother bought one of their can openers 20+ years ago. It went with me to college, and I still use it regularly. I don’t know how that compares to other can openers, but I think it means it’s a good value.

Bonus trivia: the Turkish word for Okra is “bamya”. I was about 10 when I learned that, decided it sounded like “vomit”, and found the description spot on.

While I have lactose tolerance issues, I’ve always been a fan of using whole milk in cooking and baking to get the proper fat and protein bonds involved. But for drinking it, I’ve tried it once and again over the years (always whole milk, and from such seemingly reputable brands as TG Lee, Horizon, and Publix) and my…

I’m going to assume that those who partook of the D23 Founders Circle promotional deal for Disney+ in August, and pre-paid $141 for 3 years of the service, are eligible for no discounts or bundling of Hulu and/or ESPN+.

I am not against anybody providing evidence to disprove me.