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!

Small Decisions

I called this.

The last one is impossible for us to follow, but I definitely see it.

This review both made me not want to see Let's Be Cops and made me wonder whether I'll ever get certain aspects of black culture.

This is the other major news story going on.  My decision to stop paying attention for a while appears to have been the right one.

Responses to "the return of the bunny":

1. Insert wistful feelings here.

2. How is that working out?

3. It's because, if they didn't, then Asian-American activists would cry foul.

4. Maybe the issue is also the notion of indulging.  Kids don't overeat as much when food is in relatively good supply and there isn't a reward system built in (e.g. if you do your homework, you can have ice cream).  Perhaps people would overeat less (and thus feel guilty less) if we thought about food differently.

R2R#1:

4. I thought you would say something about this one... I picked it because of something you said.

5. The issue is less people engaging in free-market transactions (to which I have no objection) and more whether the ideas that motivate these transactions are worthwhile for society to have.

R2R#2:

6. Do you have any thoughts, though?

Responses to "the bunny strikes back":

1. My apartment could use some heavy duty disinfectants.

2. The one I wonder about is ketchup.  For a lot of people, Heinz is special and distinct, and when I've had homemade ketchup in various restaurants, while it is often good, it is always different.  The rest are definitely better homemade, though also more susceptible to spoilage.  Is the hot sauce supposed to be like sriracha?

3. These are both psychiatrists.  I'd prefer to start with a regular therapist before we get the actual doctors involved.  Are there any of those around?

4. The first question strikes me as somewhat difficult but rather telling.  I could take or leave some of the others.  I'd be curious to see how people handle the tipping question because it strikes me as too easy, but maybe people just aren't generally good at math.

5. Planks are very good for you.

6. Was this a burning question for you?

B

the bunny strikes back

to me, this read as "why you should use heavy duty disinfectants"

the best condiments are homemade? this is from that same issue of martha stewart- wonder if it's any good. (but i guess it's not homemade so maybe not)

two therapists to check out:

questions i may need to ponder soon

responses to previous articles
the rom com article: even as clinical and perfunctory as this article makes it sound, it actually really makes me miss romcoms.

the sorrentinos: yeah, why would anyone want to watch normal "the situation" or normal anyone on reality tv.

the return of the bunny

i've been to 2 of these. you've been to at least 1.

i'm going to do #23 from now on.

an asian american actor died. he was in die hard and voiced General Li in Mulan. Why did they feel the need to get asian american actors to voice characters in mulan?

i feel like the mentality that this article is combating is why a lot of americans are fat. it's the guilt of eating and then crazy starvation that makes the body retain fat because of all the stress.

seems like a good thing to have in my back pocket with all this traveling.

a burning restaurant patron question

responses to ylt#1
1. well, but wouldn't this be perfect for that bright eyes singer guy? also that star wars kid for sure. but yes, censorship without limits would be bad.
2. yeah, that would be not ideal.
3. i think i'm going to courthouse exclusively from now on.
5. i have no problem with people paying kim kardashian for whatever they think she's worth. i guess i have no problem necessarily with chelsea clinton because i don't think hillary will get elected and i don't think that  inviting chelsea to speak really curries that much favor with the clintons, who have tons of rich people trying to give them money. maybe that's the wrong way to think about it....
4. empathy seems to be the answer to so many things. maybe that's why there are so many love songs.
5. seems to have gotten lost in the hubbub. poor mitt.

responses to ylt#2
3. tons of snark. "thinks" will work. i'm not sure these are the best ideas to handle poverty but he may be using a strategic conservative approach to obtain widespread support and maintain budget-neutrality. i applaud him for trying particularly since it's not a very sexy issue right now.
4. gah! wish i had done the one in nova scotia.
5. yeah that was surprisingly depressing.
6. i mean it's social science so shouldnt' we just question it all the time always?
7. i don't know what to think about this except sometimes the kardashians get it right.

I Still Like Things Too...

The Situation has a new show, and it sounds as if he's trying to make it boring.

I posted this from Grantland's Rom-Com Week.

Here are some more good ideas from Paul Ryan.  I don't appreciate the subtle snark, though.  Do you notice it?

I want to drive most of these, and we have driven one!

This is a little too true for comfort.

I might get in trouble for posting this... but I think it's worth thinking about.

This will either give you a revived appreciation for Kim Kardashian or be the nail in the coffin.

B

Q&A

This doesn't seem like the right answer.

Happy 4th of July, everyone!

Would this get you go to the movies more?

Let's come together and make fun of these people. :)

One of my college classmates takes on celebrity - this probably adds to our conversation.

Apparently scientists have studied apologizing.

I could have told people this in 2012!

Responses:

1. But what was their intent?  I think there's a principle that people are starting to develop that holds that you're not allowed to make fun of a culture or race unless you are a part of it.  It makes some sense as a presumption, but I wonder whether it's going too far.

2. I always liked NIN.

3. They're real, and they're spectacular.

4. The first one looks pretty yummy. I did the second one at my cookout!

5. I will do all of these things.

6. Those apps probably do more to level the playing field and eliminate great finds than anything else.  It takes all the benefit out of pounding pavement.

R2R2R:

7. Bears rule and bunnies drool!  Just kidding - your tagline is way better than anything I would have come up with.

B

something interesting

i did actually find this offensive.

good job, trent reznor.

yeah these don't seem real.

yum and yum again

seems fitting. read before monday!!

maybe these will help jumpstart the inevitably long search for affordable real estate

responses
1. yeah, i didn't get that really. beer is for pizza.
2. haven't seen it yet but i'll be on the lookout! although there are always more and more reasons for me to stay out of dc (like the traffic, the people, the government, etc).
3. i couldn't see that article but i looked him up and his pedigree is pretty impressive.
4. that was crazy to me. i was just "put it down!" the whole time. and i'm type A.

r2r

6. we will have our avocado ice cream someday! in other news, i got my stand mixer but i don't really have any reason to use it and it's huge. should i just sell it? buy it again at a time when i want it?
7. but what would your tagline have been?