I dunno, I've never had a bad meal there, although I've only been 3 or 4 times. Like any number of national chain restaurants, it may not be authentic or unique but it still tastes pretty good.

Of course, this comes from someone who grew up about as disconnected from real Italian food as possible -- people who grew up in an Italian family or often went out to an Italian family restaurant have a different idea of what Italian food should be, and OG just doesn't match that idea.

Oh, and I stopped watching SNL before MAD tv even existed.

so um... my favorite pizza place makes them slightly differently, so can it have its own style too?

JDJK: Pot being illegal works for the court's decision, but what about the decision to fire him in the first place? Seems like the company is hinging their defense on the "he could be called in at any time" reasoning, not the "we don't associate with people involved in illegal activities" reasoning. So my question is: if you work for this company, are you expected to refrain from any voluntary activity that would render you unable to perform your job, no matter whether it would affect you during your normal shift or not?

Would they have fired him if they found out he was an alcoholic?

It's better live...

Alex, Alex, Alex... don't tell me you don't pay attention to every single thing Miss Cellania posts! :)

But... but... there's the ocean. Right there!

I wouldn't join Facebook today, but I'm not about to delete my account either -- it's quite useful for keeping tabs on old friends and classmates. Firefox+Adblock keeps most of the ads out of sight, and they seem to be starting to realize that people don't like being told every time a friend becomes a Zombie/Vampire/Werewolf, etc.

Last year, I changed my profile so that only my friends could view it. I never did put intimate personal details on it, and if some company wants to pay money to find out that I like Arrested Development, that's OK by me.

Hodginson sounds like he doesn't quite understand the way most people use Facebook -- it's not a replacement for your social life, but rather an extension of it, if even that. Yes, perhaps in the future people will interact with each other solely in virtual space, but you know what? It'll be because they choose to do that over the real world. This choice will remain incomprehensible to Hodginson and those who are used to doing things the old way.

Drugs and "Idle Hands" don't mix, kids.

Actually drugs are probably the only way to make that movie watchable.

I like the earliest ones the best... the later ones (1994-present) have little or nothing to do with any of the December holidays.

Hey everyone, I'm selling a cigar for $300,000! The wrapper that it's in is actually the deed to my house!

It's ridiculous to say that you're buying a $70,000 drink. You're really buying a $69,000 diamond ring that comes in a $1000 glass of alcohol. Or really really, you're probably buying a $20,000 ring and paying $50,000 just to show that you can

Baby kittens wince in pain every time you direct traffic to one of these "media collection" sites...

http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Mass-Attack.html

If you collected all the sweat secreted from people's crotches in one year and made it into a single swimming lane, you could swim to the moon and back!

I'm sorry, but if that's the highlight of your trip to Brussels, then you must be pretty easily amused.

490 L * 1.333333333 standard bottles/L = 653.3333333 standard bottles -- check.

490L / 69000 glasses ~= .0071 L ~= a quarter ounce per glass

So someone (presumably at Reuters) screwed up in the conversion from Liters to servings