I interviewed for a job in Wisconsin once. At the time I was living in LA and I wanted to get away. The interviewer knew this and asked me if there was anything in LA that I would miss? My kneejerk reaction after driving from the airport to the interview was “Mountains.” He said that he thought the part of Wisconsin they were in was actually a little hilly. Uh, okay dude, sure! (I followed up with my real answer, which was diversity. I stand by that. Maybe it’s what lost me the job; dunno but they didn’t offer it to me. I ended up moving home to SF where I can still have both of those things.)

I knit sweaters. I don’t like knitting socks, I don’t wear hats, and so sweaters it is. I get lots of compliments on them and when people find out I knit them myself, they’re always pretty astonished.

Ah if we lived near a drafthouse, maybe we’d have a pass too! But the nearest is an hour away, plus we have kids who would need a sitter so the cost ends up being more than just the movies for us. But he’s also complained about the cost of three tickets and snacks when taking them to a kids movie. So we can’t win basically.

Totally agree about the Marvel stuff! We feel much the same way.

My husband really loves the movie going experience but even he is having a really hard time justifying the amount of money it costs to see a flick in a theater. Whereas I would prefer never to leave my house so I’m cool with staying in to watch something, even if it means I have to wait for it. (Except for Dune. We make an exception for that. I’m sure there will be other exceptions in the future.)

Ah where I live, Alamo food is still way better than any other in-seat option.

The Cliffs Notes version is that Walt thought actors were too unreliable and inconsistent. With perfected animatronics, who needed actors? Obviously it’s more nuanced than that but that’s the gist.

Kids make it complicated for sure, but we managed to drop Disney. Honestly I’d prefer they were on screens less anyway.

See Defunctland’s recent video addressing why Disney was so obsessed with animatronics…

Yep that sounds about right. I stand by my “old” statement.

Wow I’m old, I remember this nightmare.

We have 8 and 10 and we have just been thinking that maybe the 10 year old could handle it. Sadly the 8 year old is really sensitive so no time soon.

The Mummy with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz

Even with it overdubbed, you can clearly read her lips so it’s possible our brains just filled in the blank.

Regarding stickiness, perhaps it’s because the internet is ubiquitous now. Fifteen years ago, those of us on Fark and Digg and Reddit came to the internet for a lot of things. Notably, we kept in touch with friends that way (MySpace and Facebook) and in particular, we got our news that way. My parents were incredulous forever and still kinda are that I “don’t watch the evening news.” Now everyone uses it for everything. The big difference is that the early adopters are naturally more open to change because they adopted something that was a change. The rest of the population was slowly pushed into it. Now they don’t want to leave the sites that they’re used to (e.g. Reddit and Facebook) because they aren’t that open to change in the first place.

It might have done well but it’s not a great follow-up if we’re honest. The songs are bangers but the production was a mess if the Disney+ documentary is anything to go by (seriously, I’m surprised they released the doc!) and the story is definitely sloppy compared to the first one.

Hopefully the Democrats. No seriously, I hope the Dems become our more conservative party and we get a more progressive party. But… I’m not holding my breath, honestly. Feels like wishful thinking.

If your normal breathing is really that audible, it might be worth checking with a doctor. You could have something going on, even as simple as a deviated septum or something like that.

My husband and I both love it but he’s a bit obsessed so we’ve watched it several times now. Was on HBO max or whatever it’s called now for a while? Watch it four times to make sure the metrics are good. Got added to friend’s plex server? Watch it again. Muck with the speakers a bit? Gotta test them, what better to test them with? Oops, watched the whole thing. That said, my reaction upon seeing this trailer was “Man I gotta read the book again before March.”

Ah sorry!

Music nerd here so bear with me.

I liked Third Eye Blind when I first heard them, probably as a teen? (I’m an older millennial.) But then every song they released afterward sounded the same and I couldn’t stand them anymore. I took enough music theory (read: too much, I have degrees) so I was able to figure out why. They lean hard on singing on the third scale degree over a IV chord, which I suppose you could claim is a IV7, but their melody is always on the third. So yeah. I think they’re hacks without any ideas except that one. I get why people think they’re catchy though.