Yes, it would make the news. What wouldn’t happen is the national news running stories on how to deal with the snow, the health implications, etc. It’s the depth and ubiquity of the coverage that is the difference. 

Isn’t it cute when something that occurs regularly other places happens in New York and suddenly it’s a BIG THING? Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana see this shit almost every year now. It wasn’t the headline news on Good Morning America then. 

I think my parents first met my in-laws at our wedding rehearsal and the dinner after. Why would they need to meet before that? If they wanted to meet that would be one thing, but to push them into it? Seems unwise. 

Scenes from ancient Rome:

I got so incredibly wasted on Red Horse when I was in Diego Garcia. After having nothing but light beer and San Miguel for months some friends and I were invited to a cookout in the Filipino contract workers’ village. They brought out the Red Horse and we drank it family style. A very drunk family. I don’t remember…

I think the only one of those that I saw back then (other than Return of the Jedi) was Jaws III. I spent the rest of the year seeing things like Risky Business, Trading Places, etc. I also saw some pretty bad 3D B-movies. Anyone remember Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone or Metalstorm: The Destruction of…

I agree that the Bud Light ad was good. My favorite, though, wasn’t a food or drink ad but instead the T-Mobile ad with John Travolta, Donald Faison and Zach Braff doing a riff on Summer Lovin’. It was another fun one plus the “Specfinity” truck at the end of it was pretty great.

I don’t know what it’s like now because I’ve avoided it like the plague for 10 years, but I5 between Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Everett was only good for catching on your sleep as the traffic certainly didn’t move. 

I’m afraid that Cleese has devolved into an upper class twit.

I was rewatching the Fishin’ Musician with The Plasmatics the other day. Glamping with Wendy O!

Oh yeah, “product guys” always start by laying off engineers. Also a great way to improve quality. Sure.

Off topic, but has anyone ever looked more British than Graham Hill? To me he always looked like his just landed his Spitfire and was on his way for a cuppa.

The claimed low salt level of MD’s fries does not match my experiences, but it could be up to the variability of the employees doing the salting. 

The CNBC show wasn’t great anyway. It was a car show for people who weren’t car enthusiasts. The real deal is his YouTube channel.

The Jack In The Box closest to me has a Coke Freestyle offering, but trying to order even a lime flavored Coke in the drive-thru can be an exercise in frustration.

I didn’t realize that Giordano’s was a chain now, but I haven’t been to Chicago since 1985. A few things might have changed since the days when baby me was hopping the train from the North Chicago Navy base down to the big city. 

Fully agree with Johnson here. “Any Old Port In A Storm” is brilliant. The final scene is wonderful. You haven’t quite captured the plot, though, as Pleasence kills his brother because he’s going to sell the family winery. Columbo and Pleasance’s character actually start to respect each other by the end which is…

According to this, almost nobody lives in some of the tallest high rises.

No smells in the luxury high rises. Each unit spans a floor (or two).

He was a close friend of Julia Child and that’s says it all.