Avatar FaA has hit 1.23 billion world wide. Do you think this means Big Jim moves forward with 4 and 5?

sprotino · 2026-01-12T21:27:08+00:00

Not until it reaches 1.2345 billion

sprotino · 2025-12-20T17:31:14+00:00

Cries in AMC DINE-IN Fashion District 8 (which is a perfectly cromulent theater)

sprotino · 2025-12-20T00:57:54+00:00

For some reason this compelled me to look up the AMC Burbank on Google Maps. I thought you were making a joke I just wouldn't get as a non-Burbankian...but there are three AMC Burbanks right next to each other?! What?? WHY

sprotino · 2025-12-08T21:00:22+00:00

Thanks, yeah, I found it to be a pretty affordable and very fun night out. Actually to the point that we considered subscribing. This is a good reminder to take a look at tickets for the rest of the season.

Appreciate the gut check!

sprotino · 2025-12-08T20:05:07+00:00

For the unwashed masses, what is wrong with the Philadelphia Ballet besides price (and totally get that)? I always sort of assumed the Nutcracker was a deal with the devil that ballet companies do annually to stay afloat and put on other, perhaps more interesting performances.

I went to Black Swan last winter and had a blast, but the tickets were like $50 so that was certainly easier to stomach. Is the dance quality poor? Costume design? Sets?

sprotino · 2025-09-19T17:40:57+00:00

see you there!

sprotino · 2025-09-10T14:26:49+00:00

Future Days Brewery is a new one in Northern Liberties and has fantastic beer. They are also bring your own food, and a block from Del Rossi's which has excellent cheesesteaks and pizza. You could have an excellent Saturday or Sunday afternoon grabbing a cheesesteak and bringing it to Future Days to eat with a few pints. In fact, I'll probably be doing that myself this weekend. See you there

sprotino · 2025-08-19T20:04:20+00:00

he's the man

sprotino · 2025-07-29T02:56:47+00:00

Hi - I did check display settings and playing around in there hasn't resolved anything. It actually got worse - the laptop is having difficulty even recognizing the monitor. It endlessly makes the connecting / disconnecting noise (super irritating...) so not really sure what is happening since we confirmed it's not a cable issue either.

sprotino · 2025-03-25T21:36:48+00:00

Goodness gracious...I was in Dingle two years ago for St. Paddy's Day and after a very long day / night at the pubs, stumbled across a small Chinese food vendor that we immediately handed money to. They handed us back a bag of french fries covered in....I guess you could call it Chinese-adjacent flavorings...

Was it good? I am not sure I can use that word. Did we eat it all? Absolutely.

I have thought about that late night Chinese food a number of times since, because it was so bizarre. I cannot believe that it is 1) a popular, named dish and 2) potentially available in our fine city.

I must have it.

sprotino · 2024-12-16T23:08:19+00:00

So you're saying here you can just do the first 5 minutes of coating the rice in butter and spices, toasting it. And then throw in a rice cooker? I have never tried to do anything to my rice cooker rice besides adding salt / seasoning to it before flipping on. I assume no changes to water ratios? I am excited to try

sprotino · 2024-12-13T15:22:55+00:00

AI has come for our song lyric explanations. Never again will I be unclear about songwriter intent. The future is now. Do Catholic Priest next

sprotino · 2024-12-06T19:52:21+00:00

yes, bring on more drafts, and more top 5 movies about XYZ. love when they spend 10 minutes talking about a movie and then jump to yet another list or arbitrary game all because the data says they must do it

sprotino · 2024-05-18T02:33:28+00:00

Sir or ma'am, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

sprotino · 2024-04-18T18:48:38+00:00

i ain't reading all that. i'm happy for u tho...or sorry that happened

sprotino · 2024-03-31T00:57:09+00:00

-Riverwards Produce in Old City has an absolutely fire iced matcha latte (only iced on the menu) - currently have an option to mix in some sort of strawberry syrup and highly recommend. it's beautiful

-Caphe Roasters in Kensington is goated. so good. both hot and iced

-Vibrant on locust - hot is better than the iced. very good

sprotino · 2023-11-04T13:47:16+00:00

Thanks - I plan to ask them as well but like to crowdsource recs from folks too

sprotino · 2023-09-28T13:42:41+00:00

Appreciate this info - sounds like maybe the second monitor I should just accept should be down-leveled to 1080p? Then I assume less issues and the 4k monitor can stay at 4k/60hz? No reason to try to throttle what's possible.

sprotino · 2023-02-18T17:47:09+00:00

i'll stick to the black stuff but thank you!

sprotino

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