That was usually enough time…

I guess I owe you a Coke.

I used to watch the scrambled Cinemax signal to try to see things.

What are you getting ads for, IUDs and Buicks?

That's covered by Step One.

"Just leave it to people with some actual expertise in shit to talk about this stuff, not 'Nerdwriters'." You are absolutely correct. I wish i could upvote you more than once.

More of a Belichick.

Of course he did.

I heard that he bought tickets for both Kidnap and Fun Mom Dinner through Fandango.

Just, no, ok? No.

Better than what I had.

Dammit, 10 seconds too late with the green screen joke.

Star Wars?

That really is a shame. Time I spent alone, really, actually alone, is when I did all of my growing up. I could get the noise and expectations out of my head and just be me. It's sad to hear that's not an option for kids anymore.

My mom got a bottle of booze from her bosses as a Christmas present every year. Sometimes it was rum, sometimes Russian vodka, back when that was hard to come by.

Wasn't that the weirdest, best feeling? Not being where you were supposed to be, free to go as far as you could drive but still be home when your parent(s) got back?

Fuck. That.

I was the first of my high school classmates to buy his own car, which was great except that it turned me into the mule for any alcohol we were able to scrounge/steal/convince the desperate alcoholics who hung out in front of skeevy liquor stores to buy for us. I can still remember the stench of half a case of broken…

Hot dog, we have a wiener!

I hear in Indiana they use lighter fluid.