I did that once, solo (in 2008), and it was a wonderful, memorable day.
This was the last year that nominees were limited to 5.
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Same. The other choices aren’t even a blip on the radar.
They try and push Brian Wilson into the spotlight every few years but it never sticks. He’s been largely irrelevant since Pet Sounds and that was almost 60 years ago. Some people have been trying to convince everyone of his genius for a long time but I’ve always thought the emperor has no clothes.
Yeah - that one needed a “Hey man, everyone has different tastes. Don’t worry about it, not-loser,” option.
It doesn’t have to be one or the other. “Genius” is an overused word, but he was indeed a very talented and innovative musician and songwriter before his mental health issues derailed his career.
Thanks everyone. The poll was probably the result of my mood last night, and my inability to get any of the opera questions right on Jeopardy.
Today’s a new day, and I’m back in the drivers seat.
We can return to discussions of oral sex.
I thought the loser question was meant in jest, and answered accordingly.
I haven’t been to many movies in public since COVID hit, but I have gone to a few. The local art-house cinema never has a problem with audience distractions or misbehavior - too smart, sophisticated and nice a crowd, I think - but I’ve too often had problems at the local octoplex. I’m reluctant to ask a guy who may be armed and mean to, y’know, put away his $%^&*! cellphone.
I wouldn’t worry about this, either. Despide the frequency with which opera appears as a Jeopardy! category, I think you’ll get through life just fine not knowing anything about it.
The waste of time question, technically, they call can be a waste of time or productive because you choose to do something about how you are feeling.
For example: anger. I once used anger towards the person who stood me up on Christmas Eve to scrub a kitchen floor. Not only did I not waste time about it, I didn’t get a hangover, and I discovered the real colors of the tile in the rental unit. The property manager was quite impressed.
I envy people frequently, but I don’t consider it a bad thing. Mostly, it’s admiration. I envy your ability to retire early, go on an expensive vacation, or drive a Porsche frequently. To me, it’s more or less wishful thinking. I’m not going to kill you because you got to spend the entire winter in Belize. And I’m certainly not going to do so for your car. But I might ask for a ride…
Hate though, if it’s aimed at a person and not a task like scrubbing the floor. That’s a waste of time. Cut the person out of your life and move on. Even forgive them. But move on.
Yeah, I watched the documentary on the making of Pet Sounds which showed a lot of the details of the recording sessions. The ideas and tweaks of Brian Wilson were fascinating to watch him make, and they always improved the song. I was impressed.
I think Ukraine should be given the weapons that they need to take back and protect their country.
I have no idea how that quantity compares to how much they’ve already been given, though I strongly suspect that they still need more. But whether a time and a half, or two times, or three times, or whatever: that I don’t know. Voted “other”.
This.
Can someone explain the bird feeding question to me? I don’t understand most of the words.
No one has ever told me that they had a baby to attempt to save their marriage, but i kinda think my husband’s little brother was such an attempt. It didn’t work. Their father ran off with the maternity nurse.
It’s from a song in Mary Poppins, where birdseed is described as tuppence a bag. The origin of the word tuppence is “two pence”. The other words are made up, on the same scheme.
thank you.
I was sooo tempted to say the skin is my favorite cut of.chicken. Or the liver. But i eat chicken flesh much more often than i eat either skin or liver, so i don’t think that’s really accurate.
Same here. But I didn’t. Like you, I rarely eat chicken skin anymore
I’m a breast man, be it chicken or the other turkey.
Dry? That’s what I’m looking for. Liver is a close second, though I rarely make chopped liver because nobody else likes it. 
Skin? I peel that off and throw it away. Too greasy. Yuck.
ETA: anyone have a reasonable recipe for a single serving of chopped liver (the Jewish deli version)? I’d buy a pounde of chicken livers and feed 90% to my dogs, if need be.
I like my chicken with the skin on, but not the skin separately. I’m not always in the mood for the same cut. I love chicken liver, but I think of it as a different thing than eating chicken.
I voted “thigh”, as closest.
I can tell you what I do, though it doesn’t produce quite the same result: cook chicken livers and onions in a bit of oil. Chop up the result with a hard-boiled egg. I do get more than one serving, but I like leftovers. I think you could freeze the result.
To get a more proper version, don’t cook them in oil, cook them in chicken schmaltz; and chop the results (with the egg) more thoroughly than I do. You can use a coarse grinder instead of chopping, but it needs to be set for a really coarse grind; you want a chopped texture, not paté.