Dancing. I honestly don’t get dancing. I’ll say “anymore” because I did get drunk and dance in college more than a few times. Can’t say I enjoyed it though.
The US has definitely caught up with it’s micro-brews. But the best beer I have ever had was in Germany. Bavaria region. They are serious about it.
My wife likes beer too, but would rather have a mixed drink. She also commented about the quality.
And a beer with breakfast? No big deal. I like Germany 
And I do get good beer now. I don’t always drink it though.
I think something similar was the inspiration for Howard Waldrop’s story “The Ugly Chickens”. Someone challenged him to write a science fiction story based on a science that wasn’t normally used in science fiction. He chose ornithology.
Total author crush on Jemisin!
ETA: no idea why that appears as a reply to enipla.
Too true. It’s very rare that the resolution works well. More than half the time, it seems like it completely contradicts information previously given, makes prior actions of characters completely unreasonable (like the person revealed as the bad guy who was previously attacked by the rest of the bad-guys when no other character was aware of it, two characters alone together trying to figure out what’s going on later revealed to have been plotting it together, etc.) or clues are retconned (once, notably, with a long-ago event that was always in May - and in the opening credits - being shifted to another month during the third season). TPTB just overwhelmingly do not plan out multi-season arcs out in advance. They have no idea when they start filming who the bad guy will be, so so much makes no sense in hindsight, but they’re just throwing mysterious sounding dialog or shocking events out there with no idea where it’s going. And that’s before we get into those that have no resolution, ever, because they’ve dragged it out until the show was canceled and the fans can’t even posit any reasonable scenarios, because the clues contradict each other so much.
While my previous post does indicate that I don’t mind having to pay attention to the all the details (it’s when the details that don’t add up that it bugs me), I have had discussion on comic book forums about how if they want monthly (not TPB) comics to ever be mass-appeal instead of niche again, I really do think having a complete story in one issue is the way to go - a lot of people don’t want to wait a year to get a complete story. That and putting them in Wal-Marts and grocery stores and making them easily accessible to a broad audience. Put them where people (especially kids, if they ever write towards them again) go instead of people having to go a special place or order them. And I say that as someone who actually really likes continuity and details and things building on top of each other.
Heck, I was Marvel-only for years because they [i]didn’t/i] reboot the universe. But, much as I love good continuity, that really only works for maybe a decade and with a relatively small number of writers/characters involved. Nowadays (and for a long while), they all build on top of each other in complex, long-running plots when you have to follow many titles, and yet also disregard that long-built-development and characterization and previous clues for “shocking” twists and big events, making the time investment feel like an absolute waste. But events and reboots sell a bit more in a market that’s aging.
I’m honestly not sure monthly comics can ever again be something everyone (or at least every kid) reads, but I do rather agree with someone who said that while the subscription model may have been a life jacket at one time, it more like a strait jacket now. Not enough old fans and they can’t appeal to new ones, either. Some have tried appealing to new fans at the risk of alienating old ones. It’s a good business decision if they can get more new fans than they had old ones (what’s good for the comic company isn’t good for me). But most can’t keep the newbies. Sales are good for a year or less, then the new ones drop the comic. And some of the old ones were alienated, too. So its Event or reboot again time, each time alienating more old fans while still not retaining enough of the new ones.
I wouldn’t say it’s something I don’t get *anymore", but it’s definitely something I don’t get.
I don’t understand the people who get some kind of mild thrill out of the horrible events that true crime shows dramatize, or the associated fiction.
I don’t mind shows like “The First 48”, because it’s interesting to see how the detectives go about their jobs. I’d be equally interested if it was property crimes rather than murders, because it’s the process and the cunning the detectives display that are the interesting things, not the actual crime or criminals themselves.
But “Dateline NBC”? Don’t see the point; it’s all about the crime/criminals.
Another thing I don’t get is the apparent love for flavored booze. Every single one I’ve had has had a sort of artificial flavor, and basically not tasted like the actual booze itself.
I don’t get the point of a peach-flavored wine, cinnamon/honey/peanut butter bourbon, cotton candy vodka, apple flavored light beer, and so on. There are far better drink options out there using normal wine, bourbon, or vodka.
I do get the idea of infused spirits- that’s slightly different, in that it’s not some sort of weird artificial flavoring or something you couldn’t even infuse. I’d extend that to spiced rum as well.
That would be Larry Kehres: 11 NCAA DIII championships, 21 undefeated seasons, .929 winning percentage.
But he let his players drink water, too. 
Depends on what you count: Gags won 465 games, Kehres 332. But, it certainly appears that if had kept at coaching as long, he would have the record. Mount Union was a force, and we Johnnies were happy that our last national championship was over them - you have to beat the best to be the best.
But, have you tried Ketel One Citroen? 
Mount did have an annoying tendency to win every game in the season but the Championship!
Going back to the water. . .
In Bear Bryant’s infamous “Junction Boys” training camp, the team doctor was said to have made the observation that “You wouldn’t put cold water in a hot engine, so you shouldn’t put cold water in a hot body.”
My uncle had an early 1950s World Book encyclopedia set, and one of the articles mentioned that drinking cold water actually will make you hotter because it increases circulation.
All entertainment shouldn’t be this complicated, but there’s no reason that some if can’t be complex.
I started reading comics in the very early '60s (if I save them I’d be a rich man today) and I’m with you. That and them continually resetting things.
I wonder how 10 year old kids can afford comics or want to read comics that won’t reach a conclusion before they reach puberty.
Last fall, I spent a few days in Boston. Wandered into a bookstore in Harvard Square, and on a whim, picked up Jemisin’s How Long 'Til Black Future Month? - it was on the “Staff Recommends” shelf. Fantastic collection of short stories. One of the stories was the opening chapter of her novel The City We Became, which I read a couple of months ago. If she’s the future of Fantasy, the genre’s in good hands.
Maybe that’s a bit different; I can see the use for some basic flavors like lemon, pepper, etc… but not a lot of the weirder ones- watermelon? Sour apple? No thanks.
Or worse, watermelon, grape, peach or pineaple gin? Yuck.
Yep, Science Fiction is now mostly Spec Fiction. Very little “science”.
For me, it was Soul and Rap. One of my friends worked at Motown records in Hollywood, then another company afterwards. Sure Classic Rock was my standard, but the Coasters, Platters, Drifters and such were beloved. Then there was the Sugar Hill Gang, etc. Fun, very boastful sure, but not dark or violent. Then came Gangster Rap and I can’t listen to it. Only “Big Will” kept making the Old School stuff, afaik.
Yep, absolutely right.
Noted curmudgeon Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame has stated that was one of the things he disliked about rock and roll fans. He would have much preferred his fans sit quietly and listen a la a classical music concert while he was playing Aqualung 
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Personally while I am not not crazy about the concert experience (I fucking hate crowds), I love live music. Live albums or other quality live recordings (soundboard quality at least) are generally my favorite thing about my favorite bands. Because live music at its apex is generally more immersive, spontaneous and exciting to me. Less so with some bands (Steely Dan was all about the studio, they disliked playing live), more so with others (none of the J. Geils Band’s studio albums rise to the level of their three live albums IMHO - probably why they released so many live albums). Some, like say R.E.M., were equally good either way.
But if I get into a band it’s the live catalogue, bootleg or official, that I quickly find myself diving into. Often before going through all the studio stuff.
I remember flipping to the last page of every comic on the 7-Eleven spinner rack to exclude the ones that were “To be continued…”