Day: February 2, 2020

Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV

Jaybird February 2, 2020

The Kansas City Chiefs have won the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers, 31 to 20....

Sunday! Obligatory Oscar Post Part 2. Oscars

Sunday! Obligatory Oscar Post Part 2.

Rufus F. February 2, 2020

Subjective takes on four more Best Picture contenders: Marriage Story, The Irishman, Ford v. Ferrari, and Parasite....

Pride and Prejudice: The Gropeless Romantic

Kristin Devine February 2, 2020

Despite the seemingly dry subject matter, it’s super hot. Pride and Prejudice sizzles inasmuch as something first...

Sunday School Obligations 2020-01-26 CABriggs Friend 1061 Making Engagements crop

Sunday School Obligations

Clare Briggs February 2, 2020

When your Ma makes your engagements without consulting you

Philip H in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25They “looked dominant” which was the point. You can’t “win” negotiations by looking “weak” and diplo…
Philip H in reply to Slade the Leveller on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaNeither are prevailing wages in construction or agricultural work. But those workforces are being ru…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Initial reports are that the strikes only set the Iranian program back by months. What a disaster. N…
Jaybird in reply to DensityDuck on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreOne point that strikes me as obvious is that continuing to fail, enough times, presents identically…
Jaybird in reply to John Puccio on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?From what I understand, the original pitch for Stranger Things was a bunch of clips from a half doze…
DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreThere are plenty who consider "we tried and failed" to be morally justifiable in a way that "we didn…
John Puccio in reply to Andrew Donaldson on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Similar to Band of Brothers.
Slade the Leveller on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaWe had to have a plumber out yesterday evening because some numbnuts in an apartment above us has be…
Philip H on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaAt 4% unemployment nationally these jobs will remain difficult to fill.
John Puccio in reply to Jaybird on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Stranger Things was an extremely derivative sci-fi show aimed at kids. Parents watched it because of…