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The Apollo 13 one is particularly confusing because the quote from the movie doesn't match what Lovell said in real life. Hanks says "We have a problem", Lovell said "We've had a problem", and is actually repeating Swigert (Kevin Bacon) who said seconds before "Houston, I believe… Read More

I think the message you can glean from this article is that real monsters are human beings, not some supernatural force.

So the one thing I'll note is that the latitude comparison is somewhat misleading when it comes to temperature. Because of currents, Western Europe is a lot more temperate. My roommate in college was from the UK and she was able to deal with the midwest heat, but said she had never… Read More

I descended from a prominent congressman and his mistress. He kept his wife in his home district and had my great grandmother in DC. She went to all the social events in D.C. as well as meeting presidents. Apparently my great-grandfather's wife knew about it and was cool with it.… Read More

Adding that it's also very, very common for hotel guests to go out on that beach to watch the fireworks from Wishes, which is usually at 10 PM.

Yes, but the hotel was screening a movie on the beach, so basically inviting people out to the beach late at night.

I'm a Florida native and a former Magic Kingdom employee (seasonal in high school and college) - and I've seen kids play around on that beach all the time. With the sand and the beach chairs, Disney practically encourages it. If Disney wants to claim that the "No Swimming" signs meant… Read More

I have a cat who thinks he's a dog (plays with tennis balls, fetches, asks for belly rubs). I loved my dog as a kid, but I live in an apartment and work long hours, which is fine for a cat, but incompatible for dog ownership. Part of being a pet owner is recognizing when you can't… Read More

Does no one remember college and the prospies getting drunk? One time my suitemate woke me up at 2 AM to help her pull a bunch of overly drunk prospies out of a frat party. A little beer pong is nothing compared to what some of them got up to.

I'm a pretty skinny person and I once lost a lot of weight once as the result of a nasty digestive infection and someone told me "But you're so skinny! You're so lucky!" Yeah, so lucky with my cocktail of extreme antibiotics, and being able to eat nothing but high calorie meal drinks… Read More