I have pretty strict rules about my basic grilled cheese—white bread, preferable Italian style, American cheese—the Deluxe kind, not the cheese food kind. Butter on the bread, not slathered, not in the pan. Proportions are very important. Not too much cheese, not too much butter.

You can buy balut at the shops in our teeny tiny Chinatown, but I wonder if it's sort of —pre Balut and you still have to cook it? because it doesn't really seem like what they are showing here, except that the signs clearly say Balut and then some other stuff in Vietnamese.

You don't boil them. I was taught to fill a pan with just enough cold water to cover the eggs, bring to a boil, then cover with a lid, turn off the burner and let them sit for 9 -11 minutes

I remember hearing that The Exorcist used the sound of angry bees buzzing during some scenes because it was supposed to be very disturbing to people.

That's what scared me about the movie. The idea of being all alone in the middle of the deep, dark woods. I don't really understand why people go camping in the first place.

I was fifteen when Poltergeist came out and I didn't like horror movies at all so never watched it. A few years ago I watched it with my daughters and I was amazed at how silly and over dramatic it was. I thought maybe we were watching a version edited for television. I also thought The Exorcist was creepy and…

I kind of want it to flip between shiny and clearly paint, the way you can do with those vintage optical illusion pictures. I want to see the shiny again

This is the sort of information I both truly value, and will store to pass on to someone else.

I remember one that was something about a young Christian vehemently against gay sex talking about getting blow job at camp and it was (not quoted verbatim because it was along time ago) like the softest warmest washcloth ever and I was kind of like, yeah! that's what it's like! (well, oral sex in general because I'm…

I found a couple of Chick Tracts in a parking garage a few weeks ago and passed them on to my 13 year old daughter, she was absolutely delighted to have actual Chick Tracts (I had directed her to the website a few months earlier) and we had a great time with dramatic readings.

Honestly, that's a pretty accurate description of myself as well. RSAD just sounds better.

I suffer from Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder. Looking forward to those dark, gloomy overcast days.

I'm usually pretty smug about not watching television (actually, I've started being kind of apologetic) but French TV? That's a whole new smugness!

I used to sell out of print children's books online and I once sold an M. Sasek book to someone called Bermuda Schwartz which I thought was a great name, and then I found out he worked with Weird Al so any time someone mentions Weird Al I bring this up.

Is it supposed to be surprising the China would be the largest producer of movies and television shows based on a story that is hugely well known in China (and to a lesser degree, Japan)

I started drinking La Croix years ago when the can wasn't so fancy and I was trying to replace all the soda I started drinking to replace the wine I had been drinking before I found out I was pregnant. Then I realized the supermarket brand fizzy water was cheaper, a lot fizzier, and didn't taste like perfume.

We'll keep calling it TV for decades, whether it involves an actual television or not. Sort of like my grandparents saying "the icebox"

When I was typing the comment I felt there was a tone of voice in my head that might sound mocking

Does it include sharing lyrics with Sing Song Kitty Won't You Kie Me Oh?

I did discover this important note: Almost all cover versions of the song use a straight 4/4 meter throughout, while the Carter Family recording from 1927 uses bars of 3/4 near the end of each verse and twice in the chorus.