It's a groovsplosion

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Cc0nc0rdance.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 11:55pm

Nachos are named for Ignacio Anaya, the maître d'hotel at the Victory Club in Piedras Negras, across the Texas border from Eagle Pass, TX. 1943: US Army wives, tired from shopping, asked him to whip up a snack. He covered tostados with Wisconsin cheddar, stuck under a broiler & added jalapeños.

Yeah, from the initial description I thought, "This won't go over well," but it's been pretty consistently enjoyable.

Loved the finale when you thought he wasn't gonna be able to run that last blade but then he totally ran it

Shooter was micro-managing every aspect of continuity in the Valiant books at the time. A big part of their appeal for me was seeing all the little ways the stories fit together. It was written for fans of Marvel's editorial notes.

project management is my passion

With the rise of LLMs, this subtly dark ending of the classic CYOA The Cave of Time comes to mind

"Ah'm the nigh-invulnerable focused totality of the State of Texas"

Yeah, I bet Conan is wishing Crom actually gave a crap about his followers right now

I sometimes wonder if the "Seinfeld" episode parodying "JFK" might actually get referenced more often than "JFK."