I Want To Be Underwhelmed: May The Spring of 2025 Continue To Underwhelm You

Pretty much everything I ate today came from Trader's Joes.

Except the baked Ritz crackers. They're so damn good.

I am annoyed by the overuse of the word "super".

That's super awesome. I'm super excited to try that new restaurant. Our trip was super relaxing.

Ugh.

Why are the squirrels looking particularly ratty this Spring?

I have two 30-minute workout sessions at Planet Fitness starting at 1 pm ET today. I'm looking forward to them.

R3, maybe the tariffs are taking their toll on them, too.

I bought a cheap roll of aluminum foil that doesn't come in a box. You can't tear off a piece neatly - it's all messed up. Lesson learned, don't skimp when it comes to buying foil.

Da doo ron-ron-ron, Da doo ron-ron

From a distance, I thought a tourist was wearing a heavy backpack in front as well as in back.

The front was all gut.

Here we are!

Thanks, OP.

80 degrees and breezy, a perfect day to hang sheets on the line to dry.

I just finished watching a season 1 episode of Inspector Linley on Britbox. Henry Cavill is a school boy and he is heartbreakingly young and beautiful.

I just finished watching Ludwig, the comedic mystery series from the BBC with David Mitchell and loved it. I highly recommend it. So, I was far from underwhelmed by it which means my post really doesn't belong here but I'm OP so I can do what I want.

I finally started watching the John Wick movies. They are crazy! I’ve seen the first 2.

I do like the society that they have: the hotels, the professional courtesy, the apparently endless sources of money, how everybody seemingly knows everybody else.

It’s very cool. 😎

I just made my first trip to the local food pantry. It was virtually empty. I got a frozen packet of ham. Now I need to bake some bread for it. Then I remembered I probably qualify for the senior food program.

Temps hit 80 today, with a breeze. Beautiful. But, we're having frost advisories tonight.

Crazy.

R15 Where do you live with those extremes?

You don't have to be hyper specific...just, what state?

[quote]Why are the squirrels looking particularly ratty this Spring?

You're not looking so hot yourself, bitch.

I bought a new duvet cover at Jysk. It's a print. I've had solid colors for so long it's freaking me out a bit in the space. The cats are unbothered, so I guess it's just me.

Going food shopping tomorrow and I will still buy what I like no matter the price. I don't eat a lot so there's that. When is the last time you saw a fat old person? Rarely.

I ate a quarter of a Raisin Bran muffin today.

Friend said I've been grumpy lately.

I said I can't be standing on my head spitting nickels all the time.

Friend said he never heard that expression before.

I said oh well.

R11, is the series good? I've read every one of Elizabeth George's Inspector Linley novels, except the newest one. The last time I looked on Amazon, the latest book was available for pre-order only but that was in October. I need to get the newest one.

I'm replacing the faucet in my hallway bathroom. The one it has came with the house, so it's pretty cheap looking.

I made a tasty Korean coleslaw and now I must walk around the apartment building as I crop dust. My apartment is too tiny for this kind of air violence.

I made bread yesterday for the ham I got at the food pantry. I used a quick rise bread recipe and it came out pretty well. It was supposed to be 2 loaves but when I tried to divide it after rising it looked so puny I put it in one big bread pan. It was heavy. A really really heavy loaf of bread. I’ll keep practicing.

I mowed the lawn.

I'm enjoying it Cosmo. I haven't read the books, but my mother was a fan. The series has gotten me interested in giving them a go.

I’m feeling a little whelmed. I’m thinking of having a nice quiet date night with one of my dildos to break the ennui.

I’m hungry but it’s almost bedtime.

Going into my 29th hour without power. It’s not been entirely underwhelming.

Just saw Eddie Izzard's one person Hamlet.

I was very, very, very underwhelmed.

20°C and sunny yesterday. Today: 12°C and cloudy. This is depressing.

I had Eggs in a Hole for breakfast.

Eddie Izzard doing a one-woman Hamlet is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done at all.

It's May, Black Fly Month. Don't get me started.

I bought the ice cream maker attachment for my Kitchenaid stand mixer. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Try making the Cherry Garcia version of ice cream. Or pistachio, that’s another good one.

Butter pecan is really good as well.

I just placed an Amazon order and chose the delivery option where they can take their time and deliver in a couple of days to save on boxes and save the environment, blah blah blah. They usually award a digital credit for choosing that option but they didn't this time. What's up with that?

I should have demanded they have my order here tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn as is my Prime right if they aren't going to thank me with a digital credit.

Ugh! I'm pissed. Traffic getting home from work was alot worse than usual; it took over an hour to drive about 20 miles. I had to cancel my workouts at Planet Fitness at the last minute. Odd thing is, I was actually looking forward to them. There are no trainer-led classes Friday through Sunday so I'll have to go it alone.

There are two Commorants out on the lake. Cool.

What can I do with a pound of 80/20 ground beef? Thats a higher % of fat than I usually deal with….

r41, use it in something like bolognese sauce but drain it really well after browning (into a container you can then throw away, not into your drain!)

R42 No need to throw away the container. Put the drained fat in the fridge and it hardens and you can toss it in the garbage or feed it to wildlife.

R41 Enjoy the extra flavor your dish will have for a change! #FatIsFlavor

Not spaghetti sauce. Still have some in the freezer. Is this fatty meat good broiled to drain fat while it cooks? I would do meatloaf but I think that keeps all the fat in.

Next week I’m going to make that King 👑 Arthur flour recipe for Strawberry Lemonade Bars that I started a thread on last week. I have all of the ingredients now except for the whole milk.

It's time to clean my windows, I hate that job.

r45, let us know how they turned out.

R47- I will

Just sign your fucking name, Greg.

r41, tacos and just drain the fat before seasoning.

I finally canceled my cable TV. I really don't miss it, but I hate having to wait until the next day to watch The View and Survivor. I thought I would miss MSNBC, but I don't. I also deleted Twitter, Grindr and Scruff. I did keep Facebook.

I keep Facebook to keep tabs on family and old friends I don’t see regularly. DL is my only digital contact with the world at large.

I would like to cut the cable cord but it’s priced with internet and phone and offers no cost savings if I do.

My power was restored yesterday evening. It was estimated to be Sunday, so it was nice to get it back well ahead of schedule.

I just realized my partner could be getting his (currently expensive) prescriptions from Mark Cuban's website.

R44, you can use the 80/20 for mealoaf, just don't put it in a loaf pan. I use a mx of veal, pork, and beef to make my meatloaf. I shape it like a football and bake it in a wide-sided pan. The fat cooks out and I'm left with a wonderfully moist meatloaf with lots of flavor.

Just because a malignant cunt is walking with ski poles doesn't mean we have to beat him with them.

Loud ass hate speech at 8am

R56- This is the underwhelmed thread not the OVERwhelmed thread.

The music in the doctor's office waiting room is inevitably terrible.

Since the show The Last of Us began on tv, I haven't eaten one mushroom.

Since I like made-for-tv movies and true crime I decided to watch A Cry For Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, on YouTube.

They had it broken down into parts so I watched parts 1-3 but no one posted the last part. So I missed the last 30 minutes of the movie and I can't find it anywhere.

I sure as hell don't want to buy it from Ebay so I decided to watch Small Sacrifices, the true story of Diane Downs, starring Farrah Fawcett.

At least I got to watch the whole movie.

I met r7 on a Monday, and my heart stood still.

You know when it’s time to clean my windows?

Never is when.

Never.

How can it be 28 degrees in London and 12 degrees here in Norway?! Wtf?! It's not fair! Went for a walk today and I was so cold. Had to wear wool ffs. London isn't far away, just a small ocean between us. The temps shouldn't be that different!

I have a cramp in my big roe. Hope it's not arthritis or some kind of gout.

If you had gout, r64, you’d know it.

I prefer my caviar on the smallish side, r64.

R16, I think R15 is my post, and we have weather extreems like that in Michigan. Especially during the Spring.

I don't like seeing it on TV and in real life when some people hug that they rub their hand back and forth on the person they're hugging's back.

It whelms me with cringe.

I'm watching Fred Astaire and Cyd Charise dancing in The Bandwagon on TCM. She's wearing ballet flats which makes more sense than other dancers in movies who wear heels. It could be because she's tall but so enjoyable to watch.

I binged on Jacque Torres Milk Chocolate Almond Bark today . I spent $41 on a pound of the Jacque Torres Milk Chocolate Almond Bark and he no longer puts in Cocoa Paste and because of this the quality has declined and it tasted so average today yet he STILL charges the same price per pound.

I got two big things accomplished today:

1) I thoroughly cleaned the Keurig which was disgusting. And, very hard to clean...not smart design.

2) I flushed out my waxy ears. Also quite disgusting.

Six pins, r10! Not five!

Bought some pita chips yesterday to eat with some hummus I had in the fridge. Or at least I thought I had some hummus, and was disappointed that I didn't have any. Ate the chips anyway..

Without meaning to I've got a lot of jacquard in my house.

R70, good for you for supporting ethical chocolate sourcing!

Some of the more affordable ethical chocolate manufacturers have gotten better at making products that are actually tasty. Tony's Chocolonely bars were two for one at my local CVS yesterday so I stocked up. Between tariffs and cacao crop issues it's only going to get pricier.

I let a Metro Bus driver use my bathroom today. His odor was bad, but my optocy stinks much more..

Fuck you, blister packaging. Fuck you.

Why do you waste your money on lottery tickets?

I did a detailed analysis on every lottery winner and found they had only one thing in common.

What?

They all bought a ticket.

There are two cigarette beggars outside my building and I usually share an extra smoke.

Neither was there and I had to leave a loose cigarette on the porch.

So I saw that Thundercats or Thunderbolts movie today. It was good enough.

Bucky never fails to entertain me.

That Superman wanna-be was disturbing. It makes you realize that real Superman’s upbringing helped him be the sane, responsible, reasonable person he is.

I thought the Fantastic Four were earthlings?

It's raining and going to rain again tomorrow with showers the rest of the week. It makes me feel better to sing the song Rain by The Beatles in my head.

R81- I live just north of NYC- they're predicting heavy rain on Monday and Monday night.

It is now 12:33 am. It's time for me to go upstairs floss then brush my teeth put on my nasal breathing strip and go to bed.

I made Salisbury Steaks with the fatty hamburger and broiled them. A lot of fat dripped off and they were fine. I did without the brown gravy. Today I made white plum duff because the picture in the old Betty Crocker cookbook always fascinated me. I’m not happy and seem to be cooking all the time.

I made country green beans with ham and onion and they were deliciously whelming.

Seattle had a lilac sky at dawn.

What are sailors supposed to do with that?

Matt Damon vs. otter

I can't decide if I want to watch Babylon, Burn After Reading, or Being Maria. If anyone has seen these movies, please make a recommendation.

UPS says they delivered my package. They lied. The “proof of delivery “ photo is all black.

Chatting with a Home Depot robot which is a total waste of time.

Argh!

Home Depot says I have to dispute the payment through my credit card.

UPS says Home Depot does not allow me to file a claim for non-delivery.

That’s like a license to their drivers to steal anything from Home Depot and claim it was delivered, submitting a blank photo as “proof of delivery.”

What idiocy.

I was in the mood to bake banana bread, but my bananas aren't ripe enough. Maybe I will do coffee cake instead.

After five years of refusing to eat any canned food except Fancy Feast whitefish and tuna pate, my cat stopped eating that. So I went to the pet store and picked out a selection of other brands and flavors to see if her tastes have changed, and she's thrilled. She wants to try everything.

Big toe update. Still sore as hell. Looks perfectly normal from the outside. Last night I took a Tylenol but should have taken Advil. Just trying Advil now. Must be joint inflammation but looks same as other one. What the hell did I do to it?

I’m officially old.

I was convinced I had misplaced my slippers and searched all over in growing frustration. They were in the usual spot, but I somehow didn’t see them.

Ingrown toenail?

You probably bumped it somewhere but don’t remember.

For a moment I thought I had sepsis as the big toes and pinkie toes on both feet were blackened.

I had worn cheap black leather sneakers without socks. The dye washed off easily..

You need to tape your big toe. I remember when I stubbed my pinkie toe it stuck out at a 90° angle. It hurt like fuck and wouldn't move back so I went to a podiatrist who took X-rays and even though it wasn't broken, there's not much you can do except tape it to the other toes.

I did that for a couple of weeks and it was good as new.

Have you tried foursome?

Melanoma often starts in the nail bed and spreads before you know it.

It has been cold and wet the past two days, temps only in the 50s. I had to turn the heat on.

The Trump/Doge Rape of the Post Office has now affected me. I ordered something off Ebay and it left Florida, then got to Seattle and moved around the local Distribution System for 4 days then yesterday they decided it best to send my package to Anchorage Alaska...despite the fact I live in Seattle.

R93, going through the same thing with Cosmo. He loved Fancy Feast Savory Centers for the longest time. There are 4 flavors in the 12-pack; chicken, beef, salmon, and tuna. He started not eating the salmon and then didn't like the chicken so I stopped buying it. I bought a few FF Gems and he seems to really like them. He also started eating the Perfect Portions beef in gravy with carrots. I now order the Gems and PP from Chewy with a subscription. He still seems to like the FFSC tuna so I buy that, too. However, he used to like the ocean whitefish and tuna but apparently, he's not as crazy about it as he once was.

It's so funny to watch do owners buy a 25 lb bag of kibble for their dog. They'll eat anything. We cat lovers spend about 5 minutes in the cat food section, mumbling to ourselves, "He won't like that. Maybe he'll like this?"

I bought a wok.

I made Mongolian Beef.

Seeing Dorit and Erica totally makeup free on Real Housewives is shocking. Really shocking. Dorit looking like a wizened hag and talking at the same time is flat out

Don’t mind me, I’m just sitting here openly sobbing. I finally got around to seeing the funeral episode for Bobby Nash, from the 9-1-1 show. When we saw where Athena had decided for his final resting place, I completely lost it. 🥺😭

What a monumentally stupid decision to kill him off.

Yes, I know there’s a thread about the show somewhere.

Re: big toe pain. I've self-diagnosed with Sesamoiditis and will elevate, rest and apply ice. Have been massaging and it helps.

My upstairs neighbor must have a new man because she never stops fucking. I have to give him credit for stamina, he must be young.

It's right over my bedroom and I keep worrying the ceiling will collapse.

Have snacks and warm washcloths at the ready, r108.

R106, same here. I put off watching it because I had read a spoiler post so I knew what was coming. I was sobbing like I'd just lost a family member. Add to that, I watched Six Feet Under via HBO marathon the week before and had to watch Peter Krause die AGAIN!!

From what I've read, it wasn't his decision to leave the series. First, they move the show from FOX from ABC and now they kill of Capt. Nash. WTF??

Back to my Home Depot kvetch. I reordered the $18 item since I can’t find it anywhere else. I was offered free delivery “today” or the opportunity to schedule delivery for any day for the low cost of $79. I chose “free today.” That was yesterday. Apparently “today” means tomorrow. UPS just told me they will have to reschedule the delivery because they never got the package from Home Depot so “today’ now means (at best) the day after tomorrow.

In our NEW/IMPROVED America, "Today" has become fungible.

And it you have a problem you can contact customer service in Indonesia where they will eventually tell you “we can’t help you” after taking up a half hour of your time talking to robots that ask for all sorts of information and then promptly forget it all.

Yeah, the head writer or head show runner, or who ever the fuck he is decided to shake things up.

Peter sure as shit didn’t want to leave.

People are so, so pissed off, it isn’t even funny. Many or most threaten to quit watching altogether.

Unless they keep the Buddie thing going, it might lose me as well.

I like that youtuber Kevin Lee Jacobs mutes the sound when he eats. Classy.

I'm stocking up on coffee before the price skyrockets.

I can't find my butter dish.

Check your cabinets, dishwasher and refrigerator.

R117 It probably went to The Land of Missing Objects. It happens and can't be explained.

Another glitch in the matrix.

The fridge, maybe?

I finally remembered to buy soy sauce today, I like it on my scrambled eggs.

I want to plant flowers but I'll need to wait for a windy day, the black flies are atrocious right now.

We are having a brief respite from days and days of rain. Perhaps King Kong did stop the rain. *kisses doll*.

I discussed five-season gardening with a group of real adult people today. I had a cunt comment about

I was a learner; when I’m in garden zone ,I attract people who like to touch grass, but don’t know about scabies, ring-worm, or bed bugs.

I finished the last of my Easter candy.

Send rain my way, R124.

I've been in my new place five months and I finally got off my ass and started hanging pictures on all the walls. Looks so much better!

R128 I am the opposite. I took everything down to paint. Now the walls look so nice I only hung a few things back up.

It's cold and wet in New England which will continue into Saturday. Perhaps two inches of rain.

I'm watching Season 15 of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles and wondering how many of the properties are still standing after the fires.

R130- I live just north of NYC and since Sunday my rain meter indicates that we have had 3.9 inches of rain.

[quote]I'm watching Season 15 of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles

I am overwhelmed by the total sadness of that post.

I bought a new mattress. I ordered a full size to replace the one I had. The delivery men set it up and, even though the last full size mattress fit perfectly, this one is smaller all the way around. The mattress is comfortable, so I will have to get mattress extenders. The full size sheets are also too big. WTF, are they shrinking mattresses like bags of chips and gallons of ice cream?

Some fool is out on the lake in his kayak. We've been having heavy rain all day and there's a flood watch. His vessel is probably filling up with water.

I like small towns with cracked crumbling sidewalks that are a hundred years old. It makes me feel secure. And nostalgic.

I was today years old when I learned what a "Wendy's $5 Biggie Bag" is.

I'm gonna have to be at least tomorrow years old before I learn that.

I don't like baked goods that have lavender in them. Blech.

I made cookies with leftover Cadbury mini eggs and white chocolate chips. I'm looking forward to having them as dessert after dinner.

Over a week ago, I bought chicken livers with the intent to make rumaki. I sort of forgot about it but then found the tub of livers in the back of the fridge a couple days of ago ad they were a day past the "best by" date. They smelled...Ok-ish. Like if I waited one more day they'd smell NOT ok-ish. So, at 10pm I made rumaki.

They were good.

I made chicken wings in the oven and the house filled with smoke. I thought either the oven would burst into flames or the fire alarm was would go off. I opened all the doors and windows, which helped, but next time I'll just buy them from the deli.

Even though, they were delicious.

I keep replaying this compilation of clips of an Australian podcaster doing an impression of Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi sexually harassing Anakin Skywalker.

Que es rumaki, R141?

It is pure flavor!

Troop Beverly Hills is playing tonight.

Audra Lindley, Betty Thomas, andEdd Barnes are featured.

Sounds tasty, thank you for the link.🤗

I feel victim to internet hype about cookware that is supposedly just as good as All-Clad but cheaper because they only sell direct and All-Clad is sold through retailers . The brand is calked Made In and is made in Italy.

First, they are almost as expensive as All-Clad. Second, it turns out they do not let you return anything for a refund. Just a credit minus a “handling charge” I didn’t see that until AFTER I ordered. Not a sign of confidence in their product. Fortunately, I only ordered one pan.

Just realized one of their Chef endorsements isn’t quite what it seems:

[quote] Since being introduced to Made In, I cannot understate how impressed I've been with the product quality and service from their team.”

My cousin named her Jewish baby “Brayden.”

I’m reminded of the comments of my great-Aunt Esther when my mother named my brother Nicholas.

“How’s Christopher?” Aunt Esther asked.

“His name is Nicholas,” my mother replied.

“Christopher, Nicolas. What’s the difference?”

Oy.

[quote]My cousin named her Jewish baby “Brayden.”

Oof. That's downright whelming.

A cousin named their baby “Houstan” and we’re from the MidWest so she’s calling him “Huey” and I want to hurl.

Otherwise, my crows love corn and beef, but will not eat any of the small carrot/peas that go with my stew. I believe the mix gives up all flavor to the stew. I think I should add frozen vegetables to the very end of the cooking process. It’s an experiment. I will bore you with developments.

HoustAn? Not even HoustOn? Jesus.

I mowed half the lawn. Gearing up for part 2.

[quote]I will bore you with developments.

That's the spirit!

Crows can live for 30 years and I have a batch living around me who live off McDonald’s and 7-Eleven trash. We have to raise our nutritional guidelines and we can start with crows.

I was thinking today that anyone in the US would support a National Medicaid for pets. Even assholes love dogs and cats.

We could start off with a medicaid program for them and then, when nobody is looking expand it to all Americans.

Datalounge is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

I'm watching an old episode of Julia Child on YouTube. Was she always drunk or what was her deal?

R157 Probably Type 2 Diabetus

R158 She wasn't drunk...just awkward.

I’ve discovered that my Emeril by All-Clad anodized aluminum non-stick cookware set is now considered toxic at high temperatures (as is most nonstick cookware sold in the US before 2015). I’ve also discovered that it was not really All-Clad at all—but made to their specifications in Korea as a marketing ploy. Hmph.

(I imagine the scientists/engineers may have something to say about whether or not nonstick cookware really is toxic, but the idea has been planted and it’s hard to feel good about using a product that has been banned.)

Of course I have replaced/upgraded certain components over the years so buying a new set will result in some duplication, but thinking about which individual pots I really need, and which I don’t is making me dizzy.

Perhaps you should lie down for a bit, r160.

I tried that. I just think about pots lying down.

I bought a salad spinner. It's fabulous.

I wish I would have bought one sooner.

I wish some hep kid would put out a pop song involving Worcestershire sauce. I mispronounce it at least once whenever I say it.

Btw, oyster or fish sauce doesn’t substitute well.

Very nice weather today. Partly cloudy and 21°C (70°F). It's funny that people think it always rains in Norway. Trust me, it doesn't. Especially in the summer. Hasn't rained in a few weeks now. It's very dry. We have a high risk of forest fires right now. We could use some rain but the weather forecast shows sunny and around 20°C for the next 10 days.

"Wooster" Sauce formula is a trade secret. Even generic brands are subpar. As a child I was fascinated.by the label.

Six small coleuses in flats were $3.99 at the fancy grocery store/expensive garden shop this morning. A single coleus in a 4” plastic pot was $5.99. I couldn’t understand the logic of charging more for one, albeit slightly larger plant than for six which will all look like the more expensive one in a week or ten days. Except there will be six of them.

Gardening is not about immediate gratification. Besides, who’d be grateful for a three inch high coleus in a 4” pot?

The flip side of this is now we need more soil and pots.

Oh great. Now I learn that plastic cutting boards are out.

Recently I've been seeing coleuses used as garden plants, which is strange since I'm in zone 6 and am used to only seeing them as house plants. I guess people just stick them in the ground and leave them to die at the end of the season.

R169 Yes, they’re annuals in coastal New England. We always get some. They’re reliable and really showy.

I do the same. Nothing else will grow in one spot in my yard.

I'm reading Peter Wolf's memoir and he said Faye Dunaway's family came from a small town in Florida, near the Alabama state line, and her family were country folks with southern accents.

She took him dancing at a country/western roadhouse with sawdust on the floor. I never imagined that Faye was a redneck. I thought she was from London.

Coleus is an annual wherever you grow it. It may live longer in warmer climates, but it's gonna die back in little more than a year at most.

How the hell does that stupid fucking game Royal Kingdom afford spokespersons like freaking Lebron James or the nerds from TBBT??

I abhor those fucking commercials. They. Are. Everywhere!!!

Every game I play has those fucking commercials. They go on for minutes!

I won’t play on principle. I just refuse.

R174, is that the commercial where the guy is doing finger workouts? I think it is brilliant.

It’s ridiculous but not my point.

How do they afford him!!!?

I have a craving for spinach dip.

I usually only make spinach dip at Thanksgiving.

I should step out of my comfort zone and make some spinach dip now in May.

YOLO.

The instructions on the box for a Trader Joe’s Burrata, Prosciutto and Arugula Flatbread encountered this evening:

“Pre-heat oven to 450 F; remove flatbread from packaging, place on a baking sheet and sit on countertop while oven preheats for at least 20 minutes.”

Did you sit on the countertop for 20 minutes R178?

I wondered if my flatbread would attain its “desired crispness” if I didn’t, but “no,” R179. I still had to set the table and make the salad.

I bought an old-fashioned cuckoo clock for my kitchen. Kind of kitschy. But the cuckoo call is really lame, I just turned it off.

The new Mini Cooper S was designed by an accountant; bare hints of former zaftig fenders. I’m not imptressed.

I dreamed I had a piece of fried chicken left in the refrigerator. I got up in the middle of the night to eat it, and there was no fried chicken.

Can't believe Jaws turns 50 this year! Fuck, I'm old!! The Today Show just talked about it.

I remember standing in line with my Dad and sister, waiting to get into the theater. It was a hot summer day and I started to feel light-headed and almost fainted. My Dad went to get someone from the theater and they let us in ahead of everyone else so I could sit in the air-conditioned theater to cool down. My sister was a scaredy-cat and kept kicking me with her Buffalo sandal at the scary parts I love the movie and try to watch it wheneve it's on.

R184 You’re old? I remember them filming it in the summer of 1974 on the Vineyard.

The mechanical shark didn’t work very well and slowed down the production for months because it rusted. They’d never tested the shark in salt water. The wonky shark, Spielberg’s reputation, and Universal’s money (3 months on location turned into 6) almost sank the movie.

R185, they talked about the problems with the shark in the piece. That's the reason there are so many scenes WITHOUT the shark. They had to alter the script because of it.

Spielberg said he thought John Williams was kidding him with the soundtrack. Good thing he didn't nix it. It's one of the most iconic scores in movie history. John Williams is a musical genius, IMO.

I don’t think I ever saw it in theaters. We were poors and going to the movies was a luxury.

R187, the flex in my poor neighborhood was the number of times you saw the movie.

Craig C, a shithead, always won because his dad was a cop.

I am patiently steaming my Shitake mushrooms ( one hour). When I have finished steaming them I shall put them on my salad for today's lunch.

These fennecs, native to the Middle East and North Africa, appear to be vacationing in the southwestern US.

R190, They were brought over with the Fennec Victims of Genocide Refugee Progrom.

I'd read the novel "Jaws" before seeing the movie and was grateful that Spielberg omitted the then-obligatory 1970s blockbuster novel sex scene featuring Hooper and Brody's wife. I was later exasperated by Drs. Sattler and Grant being lovers in the movie "Jurassic Park" when they were explicitly not in the book, but understood Crichton and Spielberg had to go there.

I just saw another clip for the new Superman movie.

My goodness that boy is fine! 😍😍

He looks totally innocent and gorgeous.

I hate Nathan Filion and wonder how I’ll tolerate having to sit thru his “acting”. He looks ridiculous.

I’m liking bald Lex as well.

I should have waited to run my errands. It was overcast when I left but, while in the store, I heard a crash of thunder and then the sky opened up. I was drenched by the time I got to the car (I don't like to park too close to the entrance). Right now, the sun it out and it looks great outside

Into each life a lot of rain must fall.

I just ate a quarter pounder w/ cheese, an apple pie, and a caramel sundae. It was delicious. And McD’s wasn’t even busy. My partner was out of the drive thru and home with the food in no time.

I just got deja vu for the first time in years.

I’ve been bribing my creator for an improved CT scan reading. I’m stuck smoking with fucked up mumblers in my community.

Kill me, but if I hug one more stinky motherfucker who needs a smoke, a house, and some counseling, I’m going to go homicidal. I love us, but we are a stinky folk.

I’m an ugly old troll and some fucked up kid pinched my nipple. I was NOT being sexy. I was NOT showing off anything. I simply provided a smoke.

Please, do NOT molest the elf on the shelf. I barely have tits to work with, folks. Why is this body a toy?

The new Conjuring movie is coming September 5th. It's based on the Smurl case in West Pittston, Pennsylvania.

I'm reading the book now (The Haunted) and when I'm done I'll watch the made-for-tv movie of the same name, which stars Sally Kirkland.

I’m impressed, r198.