I miss Pinkham.

My favourite comment of the week, if not the year.

That photo has everything

for me it’s LA Law

I barely watch TV these days but I did watch Wolf Hall, and thought it was just fantastic. So even though I have zero basis for comparison, I’m biased because I love the books it’s based on, and my opinion is therefore probably not worth much, I’m glad it won a prize!

never go full emo

Nothing CHG can be wrong or blameworthy. While Channing Tatum’s hair is a catastrophe, Crispin Glover’s is perfection itself.

Isn’t Bruce Springsteen supposed to be a decent guy?

I have a question: does Sean Penn dye his beard?

and i read it as ‘boardroom blitz,’ together with the appropriate music.

brilliant

So, does anyone else get a read-too-much-Ayn-Rand vibe whenever someone says ‘I don’t accept your premises’?

You seem nice.

I think it is weird, to be honest. It’s beautiful but so weird in that Altman way. People tend to like things that are campily bad (Showgirls), or totally earnest or full of ACTING! (most of your typical Oscar-fodder), but they have very little patience or love for imperfect works of beauty. There are a lot of…

I just showed it to my kids - I have this childhood memory of Shelley Duvall warbling ‘He needs me.’

The Popeye musical with Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall?

I think I read the first two or three. But the main character had invented everything (bows and arrows, tampons, and I forget what else) by then, and I couldn’t really buy it that she was inventing quantum mechanics while doing Jondalar all over Pangaea.

How do you make the frosting? I like a Martha Stewart recipe which involves the following complicated steps: (a) pouring heated heavy cream over a few chunks of broken-up chocolate, (b) waiting two minutes, (c) stirring, then (d) applying. It’s called ‘ganache’ which is evidently a word meaning ‘easy and tasty…

Last night we were in need of comfort food, so I made double baked potatoes and improvised caesar salad (no anchovies or worcester, so the sauce was made with parmesan and kalamata olives). It was awe-inspiringly tasty.

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