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Shawshank just got buried. It was in theaters the same time as Pulp Fiction, Leon: The Professional, Stargate, Interview with the Vampire, the Frankenstein with Robert De Niro as the creature (which is so underrated), Clerks, Ed Wood, Star Trek Generations, and big theaters were still… Read More

mcjecca what? I literally make sure I get a room close to the ground facing the square. Those rooms even cost extra and I think it's worth it.

What about the Reader's Digest 1001 Home Remedies ad that single-handedly ended the color toilet paper fad with its clickbaity line, "Why you should never buy color toilet paper"? And it turned out that, according to them, it was because a small number of people were sensitive to… Read More

Oh! and the best quick meal cart in the city is on the corner of 45th and 6th (the same block as the middle of the bowtie).

Here I go again. Times Square is the best place to stay if you're a tourist. It's less than two blocks away from every train you'll want to take. It makes getting your luggage to and from easy, and being in midtown will probably cut your total travel time by a lot. It's extremely… Read More

Along the lines of the degree/path one: Turning higher education into such a hard and expensive competition, especially when you aren't going for a particularly competitive position or even know what you want to do at the start. There's no sense in going into debt because you want… Read More

A little one, but it bothered me: I think one of the most famous vegetarians (did she ever go full vegan?) on TV is Lisa Simpson. Last December, the Simpsons went to Scotland and she ate a scotch egg, which is a hard-boiled egg encased in sausage.

I think about Nick Drake even though he died before I was even born. He was depressed and purposefully ODed when he was 26 in the '70s. Songs like "One of These Things First" and "Pink Moon" sound so perfect to me. I selfishly wonder what we missed out on.

I want to try #7! Well, let me have a ruler and a saw and a board And I'll cut it I'll climb up the ladder with a hammer and nail And I'll nail it Well, we worked so hard to build a little house together In the snow or the rain or the ice-cold wind whenever No matter What the weather We're… Read More

It's always worked for me.