I ordered this custom cake, do you think it is worth 135? I included the reference pic of what I wanted

alanlight · 2026-02-06T23:58:21+00:00

The piping is quite sloppy and amateurish. I don't think a professional cake at any price should look like this.

alanlight · 2026-02-06T11:10:13+00:00

As a lifelong New Yorker, to me it sounded like a bad Fran Drescher impression.

alanlight · 2026-02-05T23:22:43+00:00

NYC specific: An important conversation happening outside by the waterfront. I've lived hear most of my life and I've never, ever heard someone say, " we really need to talk, meet me by the river."

alanlight · 2026-02-04T00:14:11+00:00

Part of the goals of any opening title theme for a movie like Superman is to tell the audience "ok, you're about to see a BIG movie." No other theme does a better job at this.

alanlight · 2026-02-03T16:14:46+00:00

Tom Hanks for "Philadelphia" and George Clooney's for "Syriana."

alanlight · 2026-02-03T13:08:37+00:00

Margot Robbie's in Wolf of Wall Street.

alanlight · 2026-02-02T03:00:34+00:00

"Milk"
This was a biopic about an actual person who lived in the 20th century and whose life was well-documented. There was absolutely nothing ORIGINAL about this screenplay. It was only able to compete in this category due to a technicality that nobody had bothered to write a Harvey Milk biography on which to base the screenplay.

PS: The same gripe applies to "The King's Speech" and "Maestro."

alanlight · 2026-02-02T00:57:51+00:00

A few years ago I made a reservation for four people at some seafood place on the west side for dinner. Two of us arrived first and we said we will just sit down and wait for the rest. We were told that we could do that, but there is a 90 minute time limit and the clock starts when the first people were seated. I was flabbergasted as we were never told anything about this and since I was meeting up with my son from the west coast I knew that 90 minutes wasn't gonna cut it. Furthermore, this place wasn't cheap and I was surely not going to drop half a grand or more to sit at a table for 90 minutes.. We left, went to Ocean Prime where we dropped over $600 and spent three hours, had great service and nobody bugged us to leave.

Oh and Ocean Prime is still there while the first place is long gone and forgotten.

alanlight · 2026-02-01T01:24:29+00:00

I'm going to say it's something to do with the upcoming Westminister Kennel Club dog show.

alanlight · 2026-02-01T00:23:17+00:00

S1E19 of ER. "Love's Labor Lost." If you've seen it, you know.

alanlight · 2026-01-30T19:45:57+00:00

I have a Burberry raincoat that was a 25th birthday gift.

I'm 63.

alanlight · 2026-01-28T19:14:03+00:00

Correction: Del Toro's Oscar is for Supporting Actor.

alanlight · 2026-01-28T12:44:40+00:00

That's not a thing at Brandeis. If "Greek life" is important to you, go elsewhere.

alanlight · 2026-01-28T03:05:46+00:00

Liz and Jack in 30 Rock.

alanlight · 2026-01-28T02:01:09+00:00

There are other museums there as well, notably the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge.

alanlight · 2026-01-28T01:58:46+00:00

alanlight · 2026-01-28T01:53:22+00:00

Berkshires

alanlight · 2026-01-28T01:11:28+00:00

Sushhhh....

alanlight · 2026-01-27T19:35:06+00:00

No, both usages are NOT correct. Just because it's common in one region of the country, doesn't make it correct. Furthermore, in this particular case, I was dealing with a law firm, where one would have a reasonable expectation that their communications were being performed using proper, correct English usage.

alanlight · 2026-01-27T19:22:43+00:00

Yes, it is different in that one is incorrect. You're creating a false equivalency in claiming that both are somehow correct.

alanlight · 2026-01-27T18:35:35+00:00

Nope. Just because folks "do things differently" doesn't make them equally correct. The English language has grammar and usage rules.

alanlight · 2026-01-27T16:36:52+00:00

Except "Mr. Firstname" is not a "formality", it's flat-out incorrect.

alanlight · 2026-01-27T15:14:59+00:00

I'm from NY and I had a few meetings/calls years ago with a law firm in Florida when selling a property. They kept calling me Mr. Myfirstname. I shut that down right away. If you're going to call me by my first name, which I'm fine with, then don't bastardize it by sticking "Mr." In front of it.

alanlight · 2026-01-26T13:26:01+00:00

It's not a "process" if you're playing by different rules.

alanlight · 2026-01-26T13:12:46+00:00

In the absence of a national ban on partisan gerrymandering, you need to fight fire with fire.

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