I'll cede that he hates hypocrisy, and often the best parts of his work are when he rakes hypocrites over the coals. But the code we think of as "American values" also hates hypocrisy.
I never said "Traditional American Values" are all worthless—they're not, at all, as long as they're not twisted and perverted. I…

Yah, Lullaby was a mess in every way imaginable. I was particularly put out by the protagonist creating little dollhouse dioramas and then destroying them. I would have been laughed out of undergrad creative writing class for trying to pull shit like that; and to see that hackery published? Feh.

It's a seriously great movie.

I have been amused for two-going-on-three decades at the popular perception of Chuck Palahniuk's work vs. what it actually is.
Everybody seems to think he's "edgy," he's an "iconoclast," etc.
Yes, a lot of his imagery is shocking, but his philosophy is obvious in every piece of his that I have read (most, not all of…

She has been getting steadily better, both in the actress's performance and in the growth of the character.
I was really impressed with her last season; she's in such an interesting place!

IIRC, that would be a "clusterfuck." There are many examples in the world of economics.

Saffron: Also way cheaper at your nearby "ethnic" grocery.
But still hella expensive.
Also, beware of counterfeit saffron. (Yes, really.)

You can get stick cinnamon really cheap at any Pak-Indian grocery store.
All their spices are hella cheap, and usually fresher than what's on the shelves at Safeway.

I keep telling people: It won't be that long.
Not anything like that long.

When Pajiba puts up a Trump-related article, the header pic is a pretty lady. www.pajiba.com

Zucchini is not food. No matter what you do with it.

Red means run, son, and numbers add up to nothin'.

Same here. Except I was a lone pyro. No one else ever joined in. It's a sad story. Now that I'm an adult I use it as an excuse for failure.

I've only seen 69 of the listed films.
I feel unreasonably inadequate.

I was going to scoff at this site, because I was certain they wouldn't have The Bed Sitting Room, because no one in the world has ever seen that movie but me and my ex-husband, roughly thirty years ago.
But goddamned if it isn't there.
AND they've listed Quatermass and the Pit, which in childhood I considered the…

Jainists don't eat anything that would kill the plant, so no root vegetables.
I find Jaimism amazing in its asceticism.

Ask them to put the spiciness back. The kitchen will love you for it. It will make them happy to cook the food properly again.

Pakistan did not exist until 1947. Pakistan was India for thousands of years before that.

That is a dish that is always on the buffet at our local (heavenly) Indian restaurant. But the sign over it just says "Vegetable Curry," which is almost Zen in its un-helpfulness.

Look around for immigrant neighborhoods. Don't be scared; if you start asking about food everyone will be friendly to you and they will want you to have a good experience.