no lazy bears here

an interesting take. it's always interesting to me that perhaps the best way to encourage one thing is to limit it.

it's too bad elizabeth gilbert's novels are terrible because i really do like everything else she writes.

the ticketing system i told you about at alinea is catching on. i mean, i guess it makes sense. you buy tickets in advance of sporting and theatre events. should restaurants be different?

people are getting stupider. tbf, sometimes i'm surprised by the headlines on The Onion as well but isn't that part of the fun? (this happened multiple times for the same headline: joe biden's hottest congressional lays. but i laughed at myself each time).

yay or nay?

they're not all winners but some are interesting to check out - if only to know they exist.

responses
1. you totally called it. but now i don't know what to think about obesity.
2. it's so good when i fall asleep without looking at screens right before bed. i've done it before. it's possible.
3. well the movie seems more innocuous than this article implies. the article states that damon wayans jr character is afraid to let the power of the police get to him whereas the jack johnson character gets deeper in and the article says that it's because of the racial tension he must feel but actually if the movie made the black cop get out of control and start committing crimes, the NAACP would have their head. well the NAACP would have their head either way it seems. in any case, if the damon wayans jr character was more nuanced, i'd cite that as a win. that means he's the real protagonist - the more complex one - and that movie did remarkably well at the box office. yay for movies with a black male lead.

also this is the only article i saw (but i wasn't looking so there's that) that connected ferguson with this movie. i'm not sure viewers thought about it. particularly since there's a huge difference between cops behaving badly and people pretending to be cops behaving badly.

is there anything in particular in black culture that you didn't understand from this article? the incessant fear of cops perhaps?
4. why was it good not to pay attention? doesn't seem like much of a news story.

re: myers briggs
i don't really care about the test not being accepted by psychologists. i think it's helpful to me. i don't feel the need to question its bona fides when it seems to get me right and i'm not sure how much better a test i could take to measure my personality.

r2r to "return of the bunny"
2. i woke up saying "yeah" and pumping my fist and it did make me feel better.

re: condiments
yes i only use heinz ketchup. i don't know if it's supposed to be fancy sriracha but it certainly looks that way.
re psychiatrists
i will look for some therapists for you

re: burning restaurant patron question
yes it was a burning question. i hate waiting in lines and eventually i do get paranoid that the hostess just doesn't like me. this answer: just chill - will probably get me far in life.

re: spielberg
well if you have the satire tag, this wouldn't happen. or would it happen and you'd find that people are even stupider than you thought?

but seriously, people who see pictures of hunters with their prey and go all PETA are the worst!