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The Catherine Tate show- The egg race
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January 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Choosing to treat these as rhetorical questions. 🙂
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
😀
January 1, 2026 at 8:47 AM
A familiar name in these parts.

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January 1, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Hope you’ve preserved the moment for posterity, with a Trent Reznor soundtrack.

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American Beauty (1999) - Plastic bag scene [1080]
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December 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A literal photo bombing, eh?
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Apocalypse … Tomorrow?
December 31, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Stephen, while you’re waiting, maybe read this piece by Madhur Jaffrey? 🙂

(Wish the New Yorker had gift links.)

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Asafetida, India’s Odorous Taste of Home
What is it about this ancient spice that so haunts the senses?
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December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
With an exception carved out for Christopher Anderson after that VF shoot, maybe.
December 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Appreciate the excellent dispatch from Sugar Land, TX, Lydia. Thank you.
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Correct. I can attest that a lot of Indian Americans, especially from the immigration wave of the 1990s, _do_ share that sentiment. Like other non-whites (and non-Christians), they believe(d) their education and net worth insulate(d) their families from societal ills. “We’re not like …”
December 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ah, La maja desnuda, likely Pepita Tudó, played by Penélope Cruz in Volavérunt.

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Volavérunt
Directed by Bigas Luna • 1999 • Spain, France Starring Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà This sumptuous, erotically charged period mystery unfolds in a lavish recreation of early ninet...
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December 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Late to this, but actual LOL.
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yep. Parul rarely disappoints with her take on issue du jour.
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Even more interesting, for us: “We need a name. Give us the name.”

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December 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ah, United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, recently referenced in this heartbreaking piece.

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December 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yay, looking forward to travel skeets/treats. Bon voyage!
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Uh, planning on doing exactly this tomorrow night (for Wednesday morning flight). What is the problem?
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The angle is always, “Well, duh, men are trash, the few good ones are taken, the rest are playing the field, or uggos, or …” Fine! Does that explain _all_ the lonely hearts? I’d like to see some self-examination, ideally by a single woman, of her/their choices since online dating became the norm.
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I doubt you have much expertise to lean on, unless there are many single women in your circle of friends online and/or IRL whom you don’t talk about, but there’s a real story (yet) to be written about why a hefty chunk of them are still single after a decade-plus of online dating.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Subtlety is not the show’s strong suit (see: most of the words out of Emma Thompson’s mouth), so I suspect they were going for a visual gag about the government trying to keep up appearances and failing badly. Still not cool!
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Everybody, including psychopaths, loves Hyacinth.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM