While driving to the supermarket yesterday, I went by a Cheesecake Factory restaurant. It made me remember I movie or tv show I saw recently where a kid is asked to pick out a restaurant to go out to for his birthday and he picks out Cheesecake Factory. His dad says “good choice, they have a very extensive menu” or something like that. For the life of me I can’t remember what movie or tv show it was. Does anyone have any idea? In my head, it’s vaguely Wes Andersonish but that could be wrong.
Movie bleg
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Hunter Gathers
All I can come up with is Texas Cheesecake Depository.
Which doesn’t answer the question.
Gin & Tonic
@Hunter Gathers: Don’t you mean Texas Cheesecake Massacre?
debbie
This is already on Google. They don’t waste any time, do they?
jeffreyw
Texas Cheerleader Cheesecake Massacre – Woo-ee that made the feathers fly!
A Ghost to Most
A flashback on BBT, or from “Young Sheldon”?
BethanyAnne
ok, not an answer to that, but I just saw this Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal cartoon. It’s fabulous. Honest Discussion
Neil
I’m going to be the guy who comments and doesn’t help, even though he thinks he’s helping:
I have no idea what movie it is, but I can picture Chevy Chase saying it.
bystander
I think it’s The Texas Luby Special. Come again on the cream pie!
Barney
I don’t know, but apparently it’s extensive enough to make reading it all aloud for charity a thing: https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/07/07/neil-gaiman-talks-creative-block-cheesecake-factory-ahead-wolf-trap-show-sunday/
Jasper Lamar Crabb
It’s from Silence of the Lambs. The exact quote is “We went the Cheesecake Factory where I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
schrodingers_cat
I made a trial run of tiramisu ice cream cake with the coffee ice cream I made yesterday. For dinner we had burgers(2/3 turkey and 1/3 beef) with my homemade roasted tomato relish.
On the topic of the post: Cheesecake factory is okay for a quick bite, not a dining out kinda place.
dmsilev
Several months ago, the Cheesecake Factory near me had an actual bomb thrown through their window. Nobody quite knows why; deranged hater of chain restaurants perhaps?
zhena gogolia
This sounds like a bad movie.
dmsilev
@Jasper Lamar Crabb: Nobody would believe that; there’s no way you’d be able to get a nice Chianti at The Cheesecake Factory.
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
Debbie Does Dallas with Cheesecake.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
I know this is very much off topic, but I need to ask.
I have a friend — primarily on Facebook, although I do know her in person, slightly — and I think (from things she has has said on FB) — who is in an abusive relationship. I DO NOT KNOW THIS FIRST-HAND. Also, to the extent it IS abusive, there may very well be no physical violence, but plenty of emotional battering. As I say, I don’t know her well. Some months ago, I told her, vaguely, that if she ever needed help or a shoulder, I was there for her. She thanked me but has never followed up. I hate the idea that a woman I know may be in distress, but I am reluctant to go barging in where I may be not only unwanted but possibly dangerous. She has two young children (both, I’m pretty sure, the children of the husband I think is abusing her).
ADVICE, please??
schrodingers_cat
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): Can you call her, speak to her? Unfortunately, I don’t think you can do much unless she asks for help.
Suzanne
The Cheesecake Factory is THE WORST. Nasty food, scary decor…..and invariably a long wait. So weird.
Corner Stone
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Shorten your nym.
Suzanne
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): Ughhhhh. In my experience, any sort of direct help is not appreciated (and can in fact cause more trouble/resentment) if the person is not in the mindset to receive it. Do you know where she is in terms of fear, or trauma, or level of fed-uppery?
Elizabelle
@Corner Stone: LOL.
But SD or Judith: Good of you to be concerned. Do you and the FB friend have any other friends in common who know her better IRL and can advise? Or step up their contact with her?
I think you’re picking up on actual abuse, if it’s set off alarm bells for you.
Emdee
It was the Big Bang Theory season premiere.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@schrodingers_cat:
Pretty much the conclusion I have come to. No, I have no idea how to call her. Could probably FB Messenger her, but I’m nervous about that in case her husband/SO has access to her social media. When I do see her (not often) she is all “HI!! Everything’s great!” Makes it challenging, and in any case I am not one to interfere where I’m not wanted.
oatler.
The Cook, the Thief, the Wife and her Cheesecake
schrodingers_cat
@Suzanne: I have been there twice, there was not much of a wait. This was around 8 to 10 years ago. I had just stopped there for lunch on my way to something else. It was pretty meh.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): FWIW, you just caused me to reach out to someone I know in a similar who is going through personal issues. In my case, I had the phone number but was unsure whether or not I should call. I did, and I am glad I did so.
Corner Stone
@Suzanne: Their unbelievably huge amount of menu options means they can’t possibly do any thing or any one set of options well.
And they overserve portions on everything to make you think there is value somewhere.
ribber
For some reason I think it’s the cartoon Fairly Odd Parents
realbtl
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): At this remove (FB, know slightly) if you are picking it up it is probably real. I’d directly offer the friendly ear by saying something like “It seems things are (tough, stressful, weird, pick your word) these days, I’m here if you need someone.” You have to assess whether this would be accepted on intuition.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Corner Stone:
I assume Steeplejack has paid you a hefty fee to bitch at me about the length of my temporary nym. Do not understand why it is bothering so many of you, but it sends me directly into “fuck-off-you’re-not-the-boss-of-ME” mode, and I am mightily tempted to make it much longer. FFS, guys, find something important to oppose.
Just so’s you know.
Gin & Tonic
Speaking of movies, is anybody else eagerly awaiting the new Blade Runner? Probably no cheesecake in that one, though.
Steve in the ATL
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): vigilante justice.
Duh.
SFAW
@Suzanne:
And the portions are so small?
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Omnes Omnibus:
Thank you, OO. Helpful, that is.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Heh.
jayboat
The Cheesecake Always Rings Twice.
At least for me anyways.
Steve in the ATL
@schrodingers_cat: chocolate tower cake.
MomSense
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Is there anything else you have in common? Love of opera or reading? If you have a friend or friends in common could you all go out for lunch? I’m just thinking that if she is in an abusive relationship her elf esteem is in the basement. She probably wouldn’t be able to act on anything you might tell her now. She needs some building up and to know you well enough to trust you.
If you see a counselor, s/he would be a good person to talk about this with.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Suzanne:
That’s what so awful, and confusing. She will post comment after comment about how terrible he is, and then a day or two later she loves him dearly and he is so wonderful, etc. I think it is more fed-uppery than genuine fear — as I say, AFAIK he is not physically violent of abusive — but if she needs a safe haven I want to make sure she has one.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): FWIW, I meant it in a supportive way.
Barbara
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): If you are sufficiently distant that you cannot even call her, then you should let it go for now, but keep your antennae up and continue to communicate and if it seems appropriate offer support. I would not email except to say generally nice things — like how much you enjoy her posts, etc.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@MomSense:
Yes, thank you, I do know one person in common, and I may be able to enter through her. I am not seeing a therapist at the moment, although I hope that will change soon.
Thank you.
HermanNewticks
I totally remember that. I feel like it was recent. I remember saying to myself that the writers were about to deliver a good line about how awful it was, but they didn’t, and it threw me. Definitely not Big Bang Theory. I’ve never seen it, but I remember the quote/context.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Omnes Omnibus:
I never doubted it.
NotMax
The Cheesecake That Ate Cleveland.
h/t: Maynard G. Krebs
(Seriously, no idea whatsoever.)
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Barbara:
Will definitely keep my antennae up, and thank you!
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
And my apologies to Doug!, as I truly didn’t intend to hijack his thread!
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
It’s worth noting that the person Omnes reached out to is grateful.
Elizabelle
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): You have described some real drama queen behavior. Taking to FB to slag her own husband? Cry for help, maybe, but also terribly passive aggressive.
Not discounting that she’s in a difficult marriage. Do you think she might tend toward bipolar? Some emotional lability there.
Could you suggest that you and she take the kids out to lunch or to some activity, to give her a break?
zhena gogolia
@Gin & Tonic:
Not really, but I love Hampton Fancher in Rome Adventure.
debbie
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
You could PM her on FB, something like, “Just reminding you I’m here for you. :-)”.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
On a completely different subject, the fantasy baseball league I’m in has openings for a couple of new owners. If you’re interested, it’s a deep league with 60-man rosters, a hybrid draft/auction system, and the ability to draft anyone signed to a contract with a MLB team, even if they’re still in the lowest levels of the minors.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@debbie:
Actually, just did exactly that a few minutes ago.
sharl
IMDB is coming up with a lot of hits for Big Bang Theory, but I’m pretty sure that’s not what Doug is seeking.
This big of dialog is funny to read, though I don’t know how funny it was during the BBT episode it was in
Only other hit in my search results (so far) isn’t a quote, but fell under the category of “Goofs”, From the 2015 movie “4th Man Out”
I doubt that’s what Doug is thinking of either…
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Elizabelle:
That’s a good suggestion. I may approach her with that suggestion.
Am so grateful to all of you for your insights and advice. This is why I’ve been a semi-active member of this community for a decade+. The love.
schrodingers_cat
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): I think it is too short, your nym. You should have 40 names like Hanuman or a 1000 like Vishnu.
/ducks.
cynthia ackerman
@MomSense:
“elf esteem”
That’s what you did there
Gin & Tonic
@zhena gogolia: Trying desperately to find the connection here….
schrodingers_cat
@Steve in the ATL: That sounds both intriguing and scary.
Arclite
Don’t know the answer to that cheesecake question, but saw Hidden Figures today and it was fcking awesome. My 10 year old also liked it cuz he loves math, and it fostered a discussion about civil rights and what black people had to go through back then. Entertaining and educational! :)
Patricia Kayden
@Jasper Lamar Crabb: Lol. Yep. Completely forgot that scene. I had a roommate who claimed that “Silence of the Lambs” was her favorite film. I guess some people love creepiness.
Corner Stone
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): You asked for advice. That was the best advice I had for you because any stupid fucking meddling in a domestic situation you know next to nothing about is the fastest way to get someone killed I can think of.
You and Mumphrey et al can type a brazillian terms into your nym if that makes you feel powerful, Ms Trump. I don’t give one single solitary fuck.
Steve in the ATL
@Corner Stone: who is in the Houston area? Someone needs a hug!
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@Gin & Tonic:
You want to know about my cheesecake? I’ll tell you about my cheesecake….
Corner Stone
@Steve in the ATL: I’m near Houston! Point me at ’em!
HRA
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
That’s what so awful, and confusing. She will post comment after comment about how terrible he is, and then a day or two later she loves him dearly and he is so wonderful, etc. I think it is more fed-uppery than genuine fear — as I say, AFAIK he is not physically violent of abusive — but if she needs a safe haven I want to make sure she has one.”
This tells me she is believing him went he apologizes and says it will not happen again.
I know this from my experience with husband #1. It’s a long story. I did find a way to stop the physical abuse. He found away to switch to mental abuse. The time did finally come when I had to get away from him. Nightmares that I don’t want to describe were what gave me the shove.
A friend called me for advice after my divorce. I told her she had to make the decision. I could not make it for her. A few days later, she called to tell me she could not give up her new car and all the perks he got from him through his business. .
Suzanne
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Ughhh. I have,known a fair number of people who say or post things like this, and sometimes I think the person is genuinely abusive, and other times I think the person is a drama queen who is just naturally attracted to contentious relationships. It is difficult to know. I think the idea of just staying close and supportive without addressing the issue directly is the best for now. Ending a relationship is such a hard decision, and if you mention it at the wrong time, you might push her toward this abuser.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Corner Stone:
Okay, let’s just slow down a half a second here.
I am not meddling, at all. I asked for advice, suggestions from the Balloon Juice community. This is a person I know slightly in real life and slightly on Facebook. Nothing at all to do with my Balloon Juice activity. In no way does my relationship with her have one single solitary fucking thing to do with the nym I use here. So you can fuck right the fuck off about that.
As for getting people killed? I think we’re a long way from that, but to the extent it may be an issue, it is exactly what I am looking to prevent. So, once again, you can fuck right off.
What in the name of all the gods does my nym have to do with a possible abusive situation of an acquaintance? And why in the name of almighty fuck does anyone here care about the length of my nym? Seriously, y’all are fucking deranged.
Another Scott
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): In that case, this may be obsolete. But I’ll throw in my $0.02 anyway.
You could be direct with her the next time you see her and say something like, “You know, I’ve been around the sun a few more times than you and I’ve encountered lots of people in lots of situations. I don’t want to pry, and I don’t want to cause any problems, but I worry about you. Marriages and similar relationships can be difficult, but they should never be threatening or abusive. I get a vibe from our conversations that you might be in a relationship that is dangerous to you. I want to be helpful and let you know that there are resources and people around that can help you if you need it. …”
Something like that.
But if you are direct with her like that, and she doesn’t open up to you and doesn’t say, “thank you, I’ll think about it” or something similar, then I’m not sure what else you can do.
It’s painful to see someone in a threatening situation when you can’t do anything directly. But she has to take the lead – it’s her life.
My $0.02. Good luck.
Cheers,
Scott.
Feathers
The first I ever heard of Cheesecake Factory was a friend whose family had dinner there every New Years Eve, waiting in line for hours. When one finally opened in Boston, I was astonished at it being a special New Years Eve place. Although my friend’s mother is insanely picky and impossible to please, willing to passive aggressively ruin everyone else’s evening making sure “everyone is having a good time.” That always struck me as Cheesecake’s market- a fancy restaurant for people who don’t know what a good restaurant is. That said, I do end up eating there sometimes. The not fancy stuff isn’t bad. My go to is the chicken avocado club sandwich and a frog frog drink. (Autocorrect from frou frou and I like it,). If you are at all nice to the waitstaff, they seem very surprised.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Another Scott:
Thank you, Scott. I genuinely appreciate your insight and comments.
ETA: You are a really good person. I always value your posts.
momus
@dmsilev: or lactose intolerant.
Omnes Omnibus
@momus: Militantly lactose intolerant?
MomSense
@cynthia ackerman:
Ha! Must be that I watched the hobbit movies with my kid the last two days. Fortunately I was also doing something else.
Mike in NC
@Gin & Tonic: Surprised when my wife recently said she’d never seen the original Blade Runner, so we’ll have to rent that before seeing the sequel.
Just One More Canuck
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): Malcolm Peter Brian Telescope Adrian Umbrella Stand Jasper Wednesday (pops mouth twice) Stoatgobbler John Raw Vegetable (whinnying) Arthur Norman Michael (blows squeaker) Featherstone Smith (whistle) Northcott Edwards Harris (fires pistol, then ‘whoop’) Mason (chuff-chuff-chuff-chuff) Frampton Jones Fruitbat Gilbert (sings) ‘We’ll keep a welcome in the’ (three shots) Williams If I Could Walk That Way Jenkin (squeaker) Tiger-drawers Pratt Thompson (sings) ‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’ Darcy Carter (horn) Pussycat (sings) ‘Don’t Sleep In The Subway’ Barton Mainwaring (hoot, ‘whoop’) Smith
J R in WV
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Come on folks, she only had to type it the once, you don’t have to read the whole thing any more, so let it go….
eclare
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): Until she makes up her mind to leave, which could take a while, or never, really nothing you can do except let her know if she needs to talk, you are there.
Gin & Tonic
@Mike in NC: Trouble is, there’s at least four versions.
Ruckus
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
It doesn’t sound as if everything is all right. Too much instance on it being or not being, from your description.
Is it possible that she is bipolar, maybe severely? My departed sister could be like that, everything/everyone shit one moment, OK the next. Hard to get a read on which direction was true or if either was. IOW it wasn’t anything anyone did, she reacted to any situation differently depending on her in the moment. When she wasn’t at the extreme she was a very nice thoughtful person. Loved her dearly, could take only about 3 days at a time.
Chris T.
The actual cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory was good, once upon a time.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@eclare:
Yes, that is what I’ve let her know. Sent a PM to her, got back a ❤️, so the connection is there and accepted.
Omnes Omnibus
@J R in WV: The more people complain, the longer I hope she keeps it. I am a bastard that way. I come by it naturally – my dad worked in insurance and had a beard in the early ’70s. He was told that it would be easier to promote him if he were to shave. At about this time, he was considering losing the beard. The pressure caused him to keep the the beard. He got the promotion anyway and kept his beard for exactly a year because fuck you that’s why.
efgoldman
@Steve in the ATL:
Or a swift kick in the ass.
Omnes Omnibus
@efgoldman: Aren’t we a both/and blog?
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Ruckus:
It is certainly possible, but I am not competent to evaluate, and if I were I would still not be competent to prescribe.
What I am competent to do is to be a friend, offer a shoulder, perhaps provide some practical advice. I’ve reached out, she has responded lovingly; the next move, I think, is hers.
Corner Stone
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): Well, you certainly told me. That’s for sure.
Major Major Major Major
@Gin & Tonic: And at least two of them are worth seeing.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Just One More Canuck:
LOL!!
Steeplejack, Corner Stone, are you paying afuckingtention?
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: I thought we were a “yes, but” blog.
Omnes Omnibus
@Just One More Canuck: Monster Raving Loony Party by-election candidate? He sounds rather posh.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Corner Stone:
Oh, good. My work here is done.
NotMax
@J R in WV
Due to my browser configuration I have to type out the name being replied to. Damned if I’m gonna type out all that!
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: That too. And a “yeah, no” blog. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Ruckus
@Omnes Omnibus:
I started growing my beard the day I was discharged. It’s still here.
eclare
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): Good to hear. Just be careful, if you are too enthusiastic about her bad situation, that could push her to defend the husband. I lived with a very unpredictable angry and abusive guy, until one day I woke up and said fuck this shit and left. She has to get there.
ETA> enthusiastic about her leaving the bad situation
Major Major Major Major
@NotMax:
And yet the link shows up when you click reply? How odd.
Mnemosyne
@Omnes Omnibus:
Okay, a completely random and out of left field quesrion for you: is there a particular dish that goes well with a French 75, or is it strictly something that one drinks on a night out?
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@J R in WV:
QFT. Kisses, JRinWV! ????
Omnes Omnibus
@Ruckus: I’ve gone since Friday without shaving, and I am vaguely uncomfortable with the stubble.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mnemosyne: I wouldn’t drink it with food other than cocktail party snacks.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@eclare:
I have simply let her know that I am there to listen if she cares to vent. Am being extremely careful about not inserting myself into her situation in any way.
Ruckus
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Neither am I, just wanted to throw out that an alternative is possible. And as you and everyone else have pointed out, in either event it really is up to her to ask for help. Glad that you put the message out there, to me it’s a sign that you probably are on to something not being quite right because you got such a quick and very positive sign in return. Good luck with your friend.
J R in WV
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Not me!! Well, I may be deranged, but not about your ‘nym!! Or your friend, either.
Ruckus
@Omnes Omnibus:
The uncormfortables last 4-6 days. After than shaving feels fucking weird. I shave my neck about once a month, just to keep my hand in. Thankfully we don’t still have to shave with double edge blades and Gillette screw together razors. With my tremors I’d bleed like a stuck pig.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Ruckus:
Thank you, Ruckus.
Major Major Major Major
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): I can’t help but notice that you left the spaces out of his nym when you typed it, almost as though you find them easier to deal with when they have fewer characters ?
NotMax
@Major Major Major Major
No, reply button doesn’t function in my configuration. Have to copy and paste the link. Sometimes do that with the name as well, but usually just type it out.
Used to doing it that way, have been doing so for years and years.
Ruckus
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
So can I call you Judy yet? Or is that a faux pas?
Corner Stone
I feel like I’m back in a discussion about NFL players disrespecting the flag. Dilly dilly!
NotMax
@Mnemosyne
Fruit and cheese platter.
Maybe cold shrimp or lobster.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@J R in WV:
No, I know that! And I didn’t mean to include you. There are a couple of commenters here, naming no names (cough ::Steeplejack:: cough ::Corner Stone:: cough) who seem to be greatly disturbed by the fact that I am playing with a possible nymshift. I’m not letting it keep me awake at night.
Gravenstone
@Omnes Omnibus: you disappoint. I fully expected an artillery joke, given the drink name in question.
Just One More Canuck
@Omnes Omnibus: Very Silly Party
J R in WV
@Ruckus:
Not long after I got out of bootcamp Admiral Zumwalt (CNO) commanded that sailors would be allowed neat beards in keeping with Naval Tradition. I haven’t shaved completely since that change in USN regs. 1970 or so.
Major Major Major Major
@NotMax: man, that sucks. How weird.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Major Major Major Major:
Now whyeverthefuck would I want to do that, MajorMajorMajorMajor, hmmmm?
Omnes Omnibus
@Ruckus: I once did four days (drugged up following knee surgery); I felt dirty. A weekend is my max.
Steve in the ATL
@Major Major Major Major:
We’ve been a “yes, and…” blog ever since Cole took that Groundlings class
Too obscure?
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Ruckus:
Anyone can call me Judy.
Once.
Omnes Omnibus
@Just One More Canuck: Respect.
NotMax
@Major Major Major Major
Nah. As said, used to it. It’s because Javascript disabled, my default surfing mode (images turned off as well).
No reply button, no edit feature.
No biggie.
J R in WV
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Dawg, NO! Plenty of shit floating around to keep one awake without fictional friends getting under out skin, ain’t there???
NotMax
@SiubhanDuinne
Even Cary Grant?
;)
Major Major Major Major
@NotMax: no pie filter ?
J R in WV
@NotMax:
Seriously, what “configuration” are you running a browser in? OS, etc…
ETA: OK, asked and answered. I like Javascript, tho it isn’t totally secure. We built whole systems in JS back in the day…
Robyn Bennis
@Doug!
I believe the quote you’re thinking of isn’t from a movie at all, but from this SNL sketch, in which Alec Baldwin is chewing out a group of recruits, but turns sentimental when he gets to the last guy in line, who’s his son.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tALDcVmWE9w
Sorry about the spoilers.
NotMax
@Major Major Major Major
Wouldn’t use it anyway. Have a scroll wheel.
That counts as exercise. ;)
@J R in WV
Windows 7, Firefox current.
The configuration is by deliberate personal choice.
J R in WV
@Major Major Major Major:
Since you guys installed Cleek’s Pie Filter into the app, I’ve noticed those guys don’t come around much any more. The trollish guys.
ETA: It’s wonderful, thanks so much!!
Major Major Major Major
@J R in WV:
I find this statement very confusing.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@NotMax:
NotMax
@J R in WV
J-script turned off bypasses the WaPo paywall (handy hint).
Major Major Major Major
@J R in WV: just in time for TenguPhule to pick up the slack ?
NotMax
Ought to mention (for the sake of more complete info) that cookies are set to “denied” as well.
Omnes Omnibus
@Gravenstone: No. WWI centennial and all that. No jokes about that gun.
BruceFromOhio
@Corner Stone: This was the cause of much laughter.
Gin & Tonic
@Omnes Omnibus: I did two weeks when I was on narcotics and blood thinners after surgery, but the beard looked stupid, so it came off. The moustache didn’t – it’s been about three decades, I think.
Major Major Major Major
@NotMax: we get it, you’re a time traveler from 1996.
Suzanne
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
I call this “you’re not my real dad!”, but the point remains the same. I am similarly obstinate.
Corner Stone
@BruceFromOhio: MY GOD! RUN! RRRUUUUUNNNFFFOOOORRRYYYOOOUUURRRFUCKINGLIFE!!!!
NotMax
@Major Major Major Major
Busted!
(Seriously, though, pages load super fast without all that clutter.)
And, it should go without saying, posilutely absitively no Java.
Major Major Major Major
@NotMax: well yeah, you’re not a time traveler from 1999.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@Corner Stone: Yeah, well FUCK THAT. They’re not disrespecting me, the oath I took (MULTIPLE TIMES), police officers (my family has served since I was a child over 40 years ago and even unto the present day), first responders (Dad was a fire chief), or the country. They HONOR THE COUNTRY, which was founder by protest in the first place.
Sorry, wasn’t aiming that at amyone, just tired of galactically stupid hot takes masquerading as fact in the minds of the criminally uninformed and the willfully ignorant.
Mnemosyne
@Omnes Omnibus:
That’s what I suspected. I have all of the ingredients to make one (a few, actually) but I haven’t made dinner yet and I’m not much of one to sit on the couch and drink. Maybe I’ll make one for dessert.
Mnemosyne
@Ruckus:
I want her nym to be Judy Judy Judy, but nobody listens to me.
BruceFromOhio
@Mike in NC: It is worth the effort to find Ridley Scott’s version, the Directors Cut without the voice-overs or the fluff ending. And knowing that the actors had influence on the final edit makes it even more compelling. Hauer’s monologue at the end ties a well-told story all together in a way that only good science fiction can provide. Makes me want to go watch again now.
Mike in NC
@BruceFromOhio: Yeah, thanks. I think that was the 2007 “Final Cut” per IMDB.
BruceFromOhio
@Just One More Canuck: I DARE SAY SIR DINNA BE SUGGESTING THE LADY BE ADOPTING goatstobbler BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY THAT IS SIMPLY WRONG. AND I AM USING ALL CAPS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT CANADIANS ENJOY SUCH THINGS.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Mnemosyne:
Yeah, no, that won’t happen
We listen to you tons about most things, because you are Wise Person. But I’m getting very cranky indeed about my nym, no offence and nothing personal.
Librarian
@Just One More Canuck: There’s also Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
NotMax
@SiubhanDuinne
Norma Aida Carmen Jones?
;)
Steve in the ATL
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet): Judy from Chili’s?
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@BruceFromOhio: I’ve never liked Blade Runner, but that may be that I’m a huge fan of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and the movie cut out one of the most essential plot lines to understanding Dick’s themes.
Amaranthine RBG
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Delete facebook.
Omnes Omnibus
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Never read the book.
NotMax
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym
Noticed a film version of Radio Free Albemuth on Netflix. However the reviews are so dismal that gave it a pass.
Movie makers can’t do Dick.
MomSaysI*mHandsome
I’m pretty sure Doug! saw either a promo for Young Sheldon, or the feature last weekend on CBS Sunday Morning with the young actor playing young Sheldon.
The Big Bang Theory is the worst steaming pile of excrement on television, and that includes reruns of Two and a Half Men. The reason is positively Trumpian: it plays to Americans’ feelings of intellectual inadequacy by relentlessly mocking so-called “smart” people. Whatever these idiot savants have going for them is overshadowed by their social ineptitude & childish interactions, but Haw Haw, ain’t that Sheldon a HOOT?!
Isaac Asimov: “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
(Yeah, I hate BBT so bad I’m using smarty-pants quotes.)
Cheap Jim
Shoes of the Fisherman, with David Jansen and Anthony Quinn. Or maybe it’s some other crap.
The Lodger
@Mnemosyne: Because Judy Judy Judy Judy would be unoriginal?
Mnemosyne
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
Corner Stone has that effect. Put him in the pie filter where he belongs. He’s been in my pie filter for years now.
Mnemosyne
@NotMax:
I like that one. Maybe work Papagena in there somewhere.
BruceFromOhio
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Totally understand. I was fortunate (or un?) to get Blade Runner sans book. And then to find this ‘directors cut’ that was closer to what what Scott sought was another gem. It’s odd, but with CGI and f/x bringing so much more to the screen now, I’m more willing to let the delta between book and screen fall where it may. Scott and crew did a great thing; that it detracts or differs from, or enhances, the original story is less of a burden if I dismount my orbital horse. Your mileage may vary.
BruceFromOhio
Not sure how cheescake and lengthy nyms knitted together but now I gotta go watch Blade Runner. Just another Sunday night open thread on Balloon Juice.
Arkon DougJ, HTH
Corner Stone
@Mnemosyne: And I’ve been saying many, many very dirty things about you, believe me. They’ve been hugely nasty and just the best, the absolute best things. They have not been seen before, the things I have said. Because I have the words and the best, hugely best things I say about nasty women.
Major Major Major Major
@BruceFromOhio:
Other than poorly?
zhena gogolia
@Gin & Tonic:
He wrote the original Blade Runner.
NotMax
@Major Major Major Major
Balloon Juice: Come for the dessert, stay for the sesquipedalianism.
SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)
@Omnes Omnibus:
Yes, this, and thank you for understanding.
Corner Stone
I find it funny that people here castigate Trump voters for going into the voting booth and casting a ballot for “fuck you, that’s why”. Seems like it’s not all that uncommon, apparently. Dilly dilly!
Adam C
Was it Weeds? I’ve been watching the first season this week, and that line of dialogue seems very familiar to me too.
Amir Khalid
@Suzanne:
They have an Asian licensee who might want to bring Cheesecake Factory to Malaysia. Like we need more restaurant chains here with mediocre food.
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
Maybe in the near future BAMN! will show up.
;)
(Terrible name, BTW.)
Amir Khalid
@Omnes Omnibus:
If you’re growing a beard, it always takes a few days to get yourself used to the feel of one on your face. If you’re just being lazy, well, that was basically why I have a beard.
NotMax
@NotMax
Oopsie. Forgot the lnky.
Maybe in the near future BAMN! will show up.
Calming Influence
“Willy Wonka & The Cheesecake Factory”
Christ, what is wrong with you people?!?
(ETA: Sometimes I feel like I’m in a cultural vacuum…)
Ruckus
@J R in WV:
I’m a late whatever. I grew about 1 1/2 inches after I was 21. If I hadn’t been in the navy, where god forbid a man might have a facial hair let alone more than 2, I probably wouldn’t have started shaving till I was 22 or 23.
Zummy did manage to make things a lot better. He became CNO while I was in boot camp.
Ruckus
@Omnes Omnibus:
That’s the problem, you have to dig in, get past it. Once you have a beard it feels the same. It’s the inbetween that sucks.
Ruckus
@SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet):
OK then. I’ll put my two point up on the board and sit back and wait to see who goes down in flames.
Ruckus
@NotMax:
I use No Script. It allows me to cut out any java script that I don’t want without losing the functionality of say the BJ reply button.
Anne Laurie
@Amir Khalid:
We eat at a Cheesecake Factory sometimes, because they’re open later than the other food choices at whatever mall we’re nearest. (Be it noted: Neither Spousal Unit nor I are food snobs, we eat at chain restaurants all the time.) CF entrees tend to be somewhat overpriced, and rather too much food for one person. IMO their appetizers are the best bet, but still pricey for relative value. And this may be personal taste, but their name-brand cheesecakes are nasty — too sweet, too dry, and made with subpar ingredients.
NotMax
@Ruckus
I use NoScript as well but don’t whitelist anything. If absolutely necessary, will give temporary J-script access (cough – Amazon – cough) but that’s as far as am wiling to stretch..
One of these days gmail will drop their pure HTML version, and I’ll be mourning that.
Ruckus
@NotMax:
There is an element of risk with allowing any java to run that’s for sure. It is very messy. Almost as bad as having to screw around with Adobe anything. Me, I don’t do any real computer stuff any more. Music, netflix, amazon, BJ, email (yes gmail), news, ytube……
I’d bet that gmail won’t do that. HTML is pretty good these days and what is around to replace it with? It’s not like the company that I worked for who used desktops for cobol terminals and refused to change because the VP of finance wouldn’t change, that’s the way they had always done things since the first “mainframe” they bought. I left there in 2005 and they had to look high and low to find cobol programmers. I realize they aren’t the only place that uses it to this day but for what they did there have been far better languages than cobol.
NotMax
@Ruckus
Snobol.
;)
(Yes, I date back to punch cards and Fortran. And young’uns, that’s not an attempt at a jest above., it was a Real Thing.)
Ruckus
@NotMax:
Not laughing. Punch cards and Fortran was what I used in college. Wrote a half ass accounting program with it. But even before that was programing machine tools with a slide rule, and a teletype machine for 1in paper tape. It was two or three yrs later that we got an Apple II, it had an editor and everything, and a 1in tape punch to replace the teletype. We were cutting 3D mold cavities in mid 1973. Fun times. Never did try to explain base 8 to my dad. Some things were better left unspoken.
NotMax
@Ruckus
True (AFAIK) anecdote of the times: In the USSR, punch cards were in such short supply that the programmers there made use of all 80 spaces on them, rather than one card per line of code.
Jamey
With Six You Get Cheesecake.
mere mortal
It looks like the Saturday Night Live episode with Baldwin at the barracks with his son is probably the winner, but when I was chasing it down, I landed here (not Cheesecake Factory, though it is a setting in the series):
Big Bang Theory
Season 1, Episode 3.
Leonard: They…. might all be there. Or a subset of them might be there, uh, algebraically speaking there are too many unknowns, for example Sheldon had Quizznos for lunch, sometimes he finds that filling, other times he doesn’t, it’s no fault of Quizznos, they have a varied menu.
Doug!
@Robyn Bennis:
Thank you!!!!!!