Chisti

Every year, I long for somebody to put out a Christmas record that only uses the notes on the original sheet music. We can complain about "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah "I Actually Tried To Trademark 'Queen of Christmas' And Mercifully Failed" Carey, but Mariah's true… Read More

Come out, come out, wherever you are! Where is the hate for the seasonal date-rape classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside"?

For years, I couldn't understand what deep hatred Bruce Springsteen had for "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" that compelled him to turn it into a screaming mess, and then one day I noticed it was not deep hatred, but misguided admiration for the Jackson Five and THEIR screaming-mess… Read More

Nope, Pillsbury all the way. I might experiment with DH or BC if they have an unusual or limited-time flavor, but Pillsbury is my go-to brand the rest of the time. DH and BC always make me want to do the instant pudding hack, but Pillsbury is already there. I don't notice a big… Read More

This isn't a weird movie, but it qualifies for the "Did I dream this?" angle. Many years ago (sometime between 1988 and 1994, based on where I was living at the time), I saw an old B&W movie one Saturday or Sunday afternoon, probably on AMC or TCM. It was about a family who lived… Read More

AI doesn't seem to have a good understanding of which climates tend to have houses with front porches.

There are 14 possible calendar patterns on a perpetual calendar. If #3 was right, it would only need 7.

I sort of feel this is what we'd have gotten if the network had offered Roseanne Barr a cooking show instead of a sitcom in 1987.

#19, have you looked around lately? "Good things don't really come to those who wait. Good things come to those who work their asses off and never give up." Good things also come to absolute-garbage people who don't deserve them for reasons nobody understands. Good things come… Read More

Fun Fact: Many people with chronic depression and/or anxiety actually feel WORSE with positive-affirmation therapy. When telling themselves to "be happy," "be proud of who they are, "appreciate their lives more," etc., they can't. Of course, they can't. They have chronic depression… Read More