American Christians will assign American Jews and American Muslims a package of beliefs and behaviors and they’ll like it, just like all other US minorities. That’s how it works here.

There always were: Rambo, Dirty Harry, Taken… just now the boomers in them are visibly old. Same fantasies, different cultural load around whether or not it’s age-appropriate for the killer. (Not sure what it says that our Gen X fantasy killer is motivated by the casual slaughter of his dog.)

Boomer male violence fantasies?

I know that, in the abstract, Secretary is a great date movie, but how do you rank it if you and your date run into your parents in the same theater?

I’m glad! I wouldn’t have learned about them in late ‘80s MD if my particular AP History teacher hadn’t thought that was a lesson we should learn.

Well clearly the problem is that the candidate didn't throw an error when the input wasn't "ABCDEFG"

Clearly there were no introverts in the room when they decided to go this way.

What's the chance that a Black man would've survived the first 'armed standoff' long enough to get in other ones 'all the time'?

D’oh! That’s an important part of the recipe, huh. 2 cups granulated white sugar, 1 cup water.

Dried bay leaves, and peppercorns cracked lightly with the flat of a knife. A2:1 sugar:water mixture makes the simple syrup shelf-stable. 3-5 bay leaves and about a teaspoon of peppercorns. Infuse for ~2 hours but taste every 20 minutes and strain out the spices if you start to get bitter notes.