StatisticalOutlier

No kidding. There was a great scene where Ani was talking to someone offscreen. She and Igor were in the shot, but only a portion of her face, and all of Igor's as he watched the conversation. Fantastic. And, that fight in the mansion? Epic.

I couldn't agree more. I never expected a movie about picking a new pope to be such a rollicking good time. I loved that frequent shot of the hallway with the row of doors on either side, angled just a little bit from the side. And the sound design was fantastic, too: those heavy doors closing. But I have a question (and PLEASE don't spoil yourself if you haven't seen it; I'm a big fan of spoilers because I usually like to know how a movie ends so I'm not all nervous for the two hours leading up to it, but you do NOT want to be spoiled on this one):

I couldn't agree more. And it's not just calcium--it all nutrients. If I ate enough food to provide all the nutrients they say my body needs, I'd be as big as a house, and miserable, because I'd be stuffed all the time. So I decided many years ago to eat whatever I want without regard to nutrients, and take a multivitamin and calcium. Although according to Johns Hopkins calcium supplements may not work and may actually be harmful. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/calcium-supplements-should-you-take-them Which leads me to the second prong of my approach: avoid going to the doctor. I might be a rotting mess inside, but I look and feel pretty good so I'm not going to look for trouble.

Who knows. Mr. Outlier used to go to dinner at his parents' house TWICE a week. His mom's a really good cook, and she would feed him AND give him a to-go meal each time. Pretty nice deal for a non-cooking bachelor. If he got hungry at home, he'd just look in his freezer and select among roast beef with potatoes and green beans, king ranch casserole, etc. Not every "weekly family dinner" is an Emily Gilmore hostage situation.

I don't see "surgically beautiful" at all, but agree on harsh, which is what came to mind the second I saw her next to Nancy, who has a real face. I don't know. I wonder if this was like the first season of The Real World, where the people were going into uncharted territory, and all the subsequent ones were just...different. I loved watching the men hang around with each other (the women from Gerry's season not so much), but I worry that they'd be too aware of the cameras to get that magic back. Look at Charles, who started putting shoe polish on his hair, when he was a very handsome salt-and-pepper fellow before. That disappointed me. I don't recall any of her family complaining about the weekly dinner. Maybe they even enjoy it?

Were you on a break, or do you get to listen to podcasts while you're on the clock?

They have in-person classes. Zumba also offers some step classes. What disappeared, the spin classes or the gym? Spin classes are still seem to be really popular, to judge from how many are offered at various gyms. (I have a gym benefit with my Medicare supplement and go to a LOT of different gyms as I travel around.) FWIW, the barre classes that are offered these days aren't really ballet. I took a ballet for adults class a few decades ago (I never took dance lessons as a child) and it was pretty much like what you see in the movies, standing at the barre doing plies and whatnot. The barre classes I've taken in the last few years do use the barre, but they're not a ballet workout like that was. But they did work my arms--they used very light weights and did about a million reps, which is taxing. However, my impression is that for bone density, lifting heavier weights with fewer repetitions is recommended.

This program called Les Mills has step aerobics. A lot of the YMCAs and city recreation centers I go to have Les Mills group classes. Never done one myself because I despise step aerobics, but see them in there doing the step stuff.

I was just using some Dawn from a bottle I bought recently and thought of your post and made a point to smell it. Maybe you put the idea in my head, but it doesn't seem to smell like my previous bottles. But I noticed on the neck of the bottle there's a yellow label that says "NEW CLEAN SCENT." I have a second new bottle (this one an EZ squeeze one) that also has the NEW CLEAN SCENT label on it and it smells like the other new bottle. And I could swear it's different from previous bottles. A little more acrid, maybe?

I know what city, too. It sounds like knowing who the local trash company is doesn't narrow it down as much as Yeah No's own posts.

It would have to be both because your supplement doesn't offer any coverage on its own. All it does is pay the 20% of Medicare-approved charges that you owe, on your behalf. Medicare drives what gets covered and how much the provider gets paid, and the supplement just goes along for the ride. Yeah, I thought, "Shit, even I know where Yeah No lives."

Since there's so little traffic, and setting up a thread for an episode is kind of a PITA with listing the episode number and the guests, I'll try doing an all episodes thread. So I'll proceed to name the guests 😄 but the couch with Eddie Redmayne, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Denzel Washington was fairly enjoyable. Nothing epic, but a nice way to spend a highly edited hour. I felt bad for the history guy Redmayne was talking about who worked on the Jackal movie and then went right to work on Gladiator. Paul Mescal knew him, but Washington was like, "Who??" Sure, he was a gladiator wrangler and Washington wasn't involved with that, but still. Also, sometimes Washington's top front teeth are all that shows when he smiles and he looks like a rabbit.

No trial, because he pleaded guilty. He was awaiting sentencing when he died.

I saw those news reports, too, but they weren't entirely accurate. There's still a small Kmart in Miami. Maybe the one in Bridgehampton was the last full-sized one? https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article291311380.html

I saw a little kid crossing the street in front of me, maybe about five years old, dressed as a chef. A very simple costume--just the toque and the chef jacket, but somehow the most adorable thing I've seen in a while.