I first heard about Roadside Picnic on Gizmodo, got the book, read it and loved it. Then I watched Stalker and couldn’t get through it without falling asleep. I may try again sometime.

(Far into middle aged person writing here)

I had a conversation with the early 20ish, very sun tanned receptionist at work. She had said something about “the sun doesn’t do much to your skin”.

I said, “Let me show you something.” She looked at the back of my hand with its decades of sun exposure. Not awful, but not…

I put the frozen chicken on the rack inside the IP so it’s not directly on the bottom of the pot. Then pour in one bottle of Guiness or other stout. It adds a bit of flavor but not a lot. The finished product doesn’t look great but tastes good. Very functional cooking.

I put the frozen chicken on the rack inside the IP so it’s not directly on the bottom of the pot. Then pour in one…

I saw Blue Jasmine several years ago. I had not heard of Sally Hawkins before that. In the movie she has a fling with a character played by Louis C.K. Then she finds out Louis C.K.’s character is married. As I watched her 5-10 second reaction, emotions flickering across her face, with no dialogue, I said to myself,…

Old joke:

The writer didn’t call it the most beautiful highway in the world either, she called it the most beautiful highway in America.

Frozen chicken thighs + bottle of beer (in the InstaPot) + 13 minutes = dinner

Frozen chicken thighs + bottle of beer (in the InstaPot) + 13 minutes = dinner

I went out of my way to see a Reagan motorcade even though I wasn’t a fan. Big difference between that and this: Reagan’s motorcade was very compact (lots of vehicles but close together). Trump’s motorcade looks to be using lessons recently learned: stay very spread apart to minimize damage to multiple vehicles from…

Innocent question: Do these people actually sit through their own movie at a film festival? Or do they do some carpet / photo op, get their picture taken, wait for the lights to go down and sneak out the side door?

... that simply renames...

I would like to see a picture of how s/he safely packs all six of those lenses inside that one bag.

the horizontal lines on the house in the background seem unbent

Answer: This is an actual state law, copied verbatim from the state’s web site. I am not an attorney and I don’t know the answer to your question.

Virginia statutes:

Whoever is responsible for this needs to go drive around Houston wearing a blindfold.

It is a filmed concert.

I rented it on VHS way, way back in the day. Like a law-abiding idiot, I didn’t copy it. I did buy the soundtrack on CD when it became available.

“It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night” has been my workout music for DECADES.

“If you’re south of Canada, you’re in the south.”

Mom!!! Somebody broke my participation trophy!

I could slog through a week of crap on the internet but finding a comment like this makes it worth it.