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Sounds like Sheffield euros will be an epic good time. Do us proud FSU contingent 😎

What do Native Americans call a white guy in a hat? Shady.

I was just invited to a monthly international cooking club dinner. This month’s theme is Wales. The host sends a list of recipes and each of us choose one. Vegetable, meat and toffee recipes have already been chosen. I’m leaning toward bringing Pwdin Eva or Welsh Cakes (are they essentially...

Small town in northern Minnesota (Two Harbors) couldn’t afford a new Zamboni ($150,000). A staff person had an idea: he is a Pearl Jam fan, proposed calling it the Pearl Jamboni, and asked Pearl Jam if they could pitch in. They did, giving a “substantial amount”. The new Pearl Jamboni is now a...

Huh. That line resembles Ilia’s voiceovers. That explains his superhuman jump talent. He’s AI - generated.

Just saw 28 Years Later. I hadn’t seen 28 days, so was new to the story. The director had lots of clever cuts and music and at the end when I saw it was Danny Boyle, it made sense. I will need to see 28 Days to see a young Cillian Murphy!

Loena could sell dramatic programs really well. Would be great to see her use powerful, underused music…maybe opera, blues, …

The only truly odd program they did was the weird free skate with the jarring style change mid program from last season. Their brand is Quirk, so makes jumping the shark tougher to achieve.

Although I wouldn’t classify it as my definition of jumping the shark (has to have a shocking/bizarre tone along with being a bad idea), this Jason program was a big head-scratcher. Brilliant skater with music from a brilliant musician, and chose obscure subdued music from said musician while...

Krylova and Ovsiannokov ending their Carmen free dance with (her/him?) pulling a bright red scarf out. SO OBVIOUS and OVER DRAMATIK. But of the times I guess.

Usually I want skaters to do new programs each season, but several programs this season are so good I’d like to see them kept for the Olys: Alysa Liu- short program Smart and Dieck - Dune Turkkila and Versluis - Tango Thoughts?

Great that Misha Ge is getting so much work. Now I want more Rohene Ward programs.

My biggest question re F-B/Ciz is age. They are 32/35 now, have never competed, and have a very short time to catch up to other skaters. But ice dance esp, of all the skating disciplines, has a history of odd developments.

I was so impressed by Jesse Eisenberg’s insight into bipolar disorders/ unregulated emotion, and about how more ‘typical’ people in the orbit of bipolar/hyper-charismatic people are treated by others, and how they manage their own feelings in the face of being compared to such...

Several excellent plot twists in Companion!