They left the “Fr” back in Chicago. The movers forgot to pick up that box.

“...possibly in the Ed McMurray Double Indemnity role of charismatic, dame-suckered heel-hero...”

I know that ship has sailed at this point, but I’m really annoyed that “crypto” has become the default abbreviation for “cryptocurrency” recently. Traditionally “crypto” was short for “cryptography” — that is being able to encrypt data so that hackers and goverments can’t snoop on it. The danger in conflating the two…

They’re a web company. Their website is the entirety of what they offer. Not handling the load from an expensive ad isn’t a good thing. Not giving credit to the people who designed the ad is another not good thing.

Only a crypto bro would think otherwise. 

Claiming false ownership of another’s creative work is kind of a huge component of this scam, though, so this tracks.

The AVClub adheres to dismissive and reductive “hot takes” in order to drive clicks and comments. 

I think the method of animation hampers it. It’s not hand-drawn any more; they just make some stock poses, limbs, etc. and then just frame-by-frame move them around. It’s very limiting if done poorly, but it can be done pretty well (like those new Mickey shorts, or The Cuphead Show).

It just shows that they’re nationalists, not patriots. Patriots can love their country but recognize its flaws. Patriots want to make their country a better place, which involves admitting it’s not already a perfect place.

We really appreciate how hard you worked on the joke-pun-names.

It’s amazing how brittle some are, such that “America’s history is a bit shit” causes such paroxysms of denial and rage. Doesn’t say much for patriotism that it can’t acknowledge what it loves isn’t perfect.

I would not recommend the grits at Waffle House. The hash browns, sausage, and to an extent the eggs, yes.

Canadian legends Barenaked Ladies also made some great music for children. Probably would have been more successful if they went by something other than Barenaked Ladies.

Indie rock in 2022 = young gals with amazing bodies putting shit on their face

Gump is still in large part a cynical movie and isn’t recognized as such, being my point.

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The place that serves Belon oysters topped with Osetra caviar on a brioche bun with a nice stem of La Grande Dame 2008 Veuve Clicquot.

All for 5 bucks.  I would love to have one of those within walking distance of my house.

Only been to a Waffle House once- late at night as a student after we’d been drinking. I just remember the grits being this unnerving bright yellow color under the florescent lights.

The Reacher books are obviously silly, but Child probably has the best prose among “Vacation Paperback” writers since Leonard 

FWIW, Reacher is scratching some itches for me that have gone unscratched since Justified, so there’s that, too.

Reacher. They are both big, competent fighters, and both are intelligent (though Reacher is probably smarter). Peacemaker’s immaturity and fragile ego, however, is something Reacher would be able to immediately see and exploit. He’d either distract Peacemaker, lead him to make a mistake out of bravado, or even simply…