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Burning New York City question: Who shops at Gristedes? It's like…whatchamacallit…Gelson's in Los Angeles. Who shops at Gelson's?

I stumbled upon this while killing time at Ralphs:

"Beef" is listed as an ingredient, but after "high fructose corn syrup."


WUT.

I recall a variation on Lucky Charms with just marshmallows, but that can't be right. All sugar?

Idea: Tins of just this Danish butter cookie:

Travis Gorzelsky

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Can you imagine? Produced by Michael Bay, directed by Brett Ratner.

Rory: The Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott – "Hero" of cinema.
Anthony Michael Hall: The "Can't Stop Partying" of cinema.

What's the trifecta? Written by Akiva Goldsman?

I've been watching episodes of Hungry Investors, the Rob Ford of investment shows.


THJKFDDHKJFDDDDJU

0:32 is my new ringtone.

related:

Shit, Saturday Night Live should find someone to play Jon Taffer so Fictional Bar Rescue can be a recurring sketch.

Taffer at the Mos Eisley Cantina. Taffer at the Double Deuce.

Ben: will the marvel cinematic universe ever meet the fox one??
Jon: sure, if fox receives a cut of the take

Jon: what did paramount receive for the avengers? 9%?
Jon: fox shares its marvel characters with disney for 20% of global distribution revenue
Jon: also: the new star wars films retain the 20th century fox fanfare

Listen Up, Motherfathers

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$99? In Manhattan?

Oh.

I just finished re-reading The Magician King by Lev Grossman to refresh myself for Tuesday's release of The Magician's Land.

And before that, I finished reading The Dinner by Herman Koch, a nasty piece of work.

I bet my brother fucks the way he eats, that he stuffs himself into a woman in the same way he stuffs a beef croquette into his mouth—and that his hunger is then stilled. [54]

I was remarkably calm. Calm and fatigued. There would be no violence. It was like a storm coming up. The café chairs are carried inside, the awnings are rolled up, but nothing happens. The storm passes over. And, at the same time, that's too bad. After all, we would all rather see the roofs ripped from the houses, the trees uprooted and tossed through the air; documentaries about tornados, hurricanes, and tsunamis have a soothing effect. Of course it's terrible—we've all been taught to say that we think it's terrible. But a world without disasters and violence—be it the violence of nature or that of muscle and blood—would be the truly unbearable thing. [183-184]

Free association:

Marvel Studios' output from 2011-2018 =


Very casually playing through Ocarina of Time.

Three temples complete (Captain America 1, Thor 2, Guardians of the Galaxy), three more to go.

Avengers 3 = Ganon's castle.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

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31. Hate Crime (The Leftovers, S01E05)

Poor Kathy Geiss.

Honourable Mention

  • Gabe's dick falls off (The Strain, S01E03)

Stray Observations

  • The actor who plays Corey Stoll's son also played his son on House of Cards (The Strain, S01E03)
  • "It's on Zillow." (The Strain, S01E03)
  • "Hello. I'm Macintosh." – yes! (Halt and Catch Fire, S01E09)


(Chopped, S21E03)


(Nathan For You, S02E05) – a "television episode of the year" nominee

  • "Dumb Norah Jones Duets." (Nathan For You, S02E05)
  • After replacing Dwight Yoakam with William Baldwin as Bruce, replacing Mary Steenburgen with Mimi Rogers as Ryan's mother (Wilfred, S04E07)
  • "I'm a three-legged dog, dude!" – finally something happens (Wilfred, S04E07)
  • "Can't you put me in protective custody or something? Somewhere cool, like Seattle or Banff." (The Bridge, S02E04)
  • "When it comes to the Middle East, you never ever try to play the Israelis." (The Honourable Woman, S01E05)

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We are…Penn Steak

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It pains me to see banners with wind slits. If you need to slash up a banner so that it displays properly… How about re-formulating vinyl instead? Breathable vinyl.

The cookies in an ice cream cookie sandwich should have holes in them so that ice cream you displace when you bite into the sandwich squeezes out through the cookies and not between them, keeping the sandwich manageable to eat.

THE Ohio Steak University

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"There is a place where the sky is always blue, and the kids always eat their vegetables, because the salad there is always served with the original Hidden Valley Ranch."

This copy…

1. The sky always being blue in this place has nothing to do with salad always being served with Hidden Valley Ranch. "There is a place where the kids always eat their vegetables, because the salad there is always served with the original Hidden Valley Ranch. Also: The weather's nice."

2. As Hidden Valley Ranch is not made in this place where the sky is always blue, why the environmental context? Why not just say, "Kids will eat vegetables served with Hidden Valley Ranch"?

This popped into my head today:

Free association:


Pauley Pavilion flooding =

One of my ideas for a wrestling match gimmick is submerging the mat in a foot of water, retarding movement and adding splashing. Imagine: A superplex into a ring of water.

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30. Routine Maintenance (Utopia, S02E03)

Honourable Mention

  • "Garden of the gods" meal (Food Network Star, S10E08)
  • Paul Heyman's promo (WWE Raw, 07-21-14)

Stray Observations

  • "At COMDEX, lavish equals shrimp." (Halt and Catch Fire, S01E08)
  • COMDEX is the new TechCrunch Disrupt (Halt and Catch Fire, S01E08)
  • Closed captioning: "'I Love You' song from Barney playing faintly" (The Strain, S01E02)


(MasterChef, S05E09)


Steph's gnarly cleavage (WWE Raw, 07-21-14)

  • "Is this a hybrid?" (WWE Raw, 07-21-14)
  • The teen actor (Nathan For You, S02E04)
  • The stripper cop (Nathan For You, S02E04)
  • "Underneath that dragon is our mattress." (Nathan For You, S02E04)
  • Chickens and a peacock in a tree (Nathan For You, S02E04)
  • John Cale! (The Bridge, S02E03)
  • "I say we act like white people and disappear and let our lawyer do the talking." (The Bridge, S02E03)
  • Jared's hair is approaching Eraserhead level (Rectify, S02E06)
  • Martin being a pimp (Friday Night Dinner, S03E06)
  • Friday Night Dinner Season Grade: C-

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