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existence could only ever be excused by its concept being a make-a-wish request from a now-dead six year old. Alas, there are no dead six year olds to blame for that monstrosity.

Brutal but accurate

It's a pretty accurate transcription of the line's delivery.

Generally described as "the Citizen Kane of bad movies." The lead actor, who non-coincidentally wrote and directed it, is a man of mystery, delusion, and apparent brain damage after one or more car accidents. He has competing desires for fame and a compulsive privacy regarding his past life and current location. He is inexplicably wealthy, after getting his start in California selling toy birds (Oiseau [Wiseau]) on the San Francisco waterfront.

His real name and national origin were matters of speculation for about a decade, but if you were to guess "a transylvanian got hit by a Paris bus and then moved to Louisiana and losing his shit" it would be close to the mark (Oh hai, Mark).

Watch the movie for what it is. If you need to delve deeper, read "The Disaster Artist" which is the (ghostwritten) memoir of his co-star and sometimes roommate. (The guy who played Mark)

Years ago someone on Reddit tracked down parts of his birthplace and history.

Having moved to Canada as a 23 y-o with a valuable (NAFTA approved) skill set that got me a quick but temporary work visa. Hahahahaha. No.

At the time, the process for landed immigrant status took 2 years and $1,500 in 1996 money (neither of which I had to spare).

My best advice is to look at the official immigration website. If you feel like there's some special loophole, consult an immigration lawyer from Canada. It will be worth the money, even if they can simply spell out the reasons why you shouldn't waste your time.

Also - good luck finding housing in Canada. It was bad in 1996 and hasn't gotten better.

Not that I know of, although he does seem almost aggressively nice? Surely he's hiding something.

Since you mentioned the possibility - I've never had an actual Foley encounter, but one time while at a restaurant in TO in the early 2000s we were pretty sure we spotted Dave Foley in full Kathy costume at the next table. I'm sure it wasn't him, but sometimes we talk about that time "we saw Dave Foley's mom" at the restaurant down the street.

I'd be sadder to encounter Kevin on a bad day

Couple of things that I've observed. It's a combo of shit design and poor human behavior.

-the ones in an office setting take an absolute fuck ton of abuse from people who can't reload paper or replace an ink cartridge; I have seen punching and slamming on the regular -as a corollary to the above, no one fucking trains workers on copiers. The workers have to figure it out on their own. Violence is a natural response. -as a secondary corollary to the above, you can absolutely fuck with hated colleagues by removing their names from the user list simply by using the manual keypad (or changing the name from TooBeeSan to TooBeeNasty) -the ones in a home setting are persnicketty about color toner and are shit at Bluetooth connections (and thus also take a fuck ton of abuse)

I'd say that he was fine in News Radio, but that was an incredibly one-note character. Seemed harmless compared to Andy Dick.

My, how the turntables.

I wonder what Russian propaganda or piles of cocaine Dave Foley is up to these days.

I've said it before, but he was good in Fear Factor. I don't like Rogan, but it's like this man was born to convince aspiring actors and models to eat maggoty cheese or sort tarantulas with their mouths.

"C'mon, man. I know you want that key!!! Get in there!!! Pick up those spiders. You've only got seven and you need at least nine to beat Brock. The clock is counting!!!"

Not saying this was a better solution for emissions - but the best bagel I had came from a wood fired oven. I can't imagine there would be a significant difference in quality between electric and gas. It's not about quality.

I can imagine that they would need to expend $$ on purchasing new equipment.

Lovely girl.

Mine has been diagnosed with murder in her heart. It's pretty common though.

That's a great point. They have a vast pool of references after all these years.

This has been a program for awhile now, so I guess it's just being marketed in a new way.

The upside is that you get a free house. The downside is that it's basically an abandoned structure in an isolated village. The repairs will be (generally speaking) beyond the DIY capabilities of most North Americans. Drywall? That's easy. Stone and plaster? Not so much.

Plumbing? FML - I'm going to try to say this nicely, but I've found that most post-war era Italian plumbing can be described as "non-standard," "inventive," or "surprising." Sorpresa, bitches.

The repairs are the initial problem. The lifestyle may be another. These homes are in rural, isolated villages. It may seen charming, but not many amenities nearby. And because most young people have left these villages, you may not be able to communicate with your neighbors. And because you don't understand the local language, customs, and norms, they may actively dislike you.

No - I meant the show retired the character without much comment on the murder.

It's an interesting question. Some characters are quietly retired (Phil Hartman's), while others are killed off in-series (Krabapple). Eventually all of the original cast will age out or pass away. Will they continue Ship of Theseus style by replacing people?

Retiring the entire show seems to be impossible, although I'd argue that it should have been done 15 years ago.

"Earthy" if you will.

I saw the image before reading the caption and thought, "oh, **Harold **is getting a scolding." So either:

a) this was a core memory from the '80s that I've somehow retained b) Larson always names that guy "Harold" c) I have powers beyond mortal comprehension

I had a professor whose ice breaker question was some version of, "what book do you want to write/planning to write?" Everyone seems to have one.

Might not be as relevant today after blogs perhaps cleared that out of peoples' systems.

As for me, I cycle through mostly craft-based hobbies. Embroidery, leather work, candle making, 3D printing. I can make candles much faster than I can burn them, so that's self-limiting. 3D printing is great to have the materials and skills for, and I'm slowly learning to design in Blender. But at the moment I only use it when I suddenly need to have a thing-a-ma-widget and remember: "hey! I've got a 3D printer. Of course I can make a valve stem cover!"

I'll probably be back to leather crafts as we head into the fall and winter.

We don't even have a photo of this dry sandwich? My curiosity demands it

My friends in Italy have told me that it's not normal to change your surname after marriage. They could be messing with me, though. They're mildly evil.

I went from a "normal" western last name that was ethnically coded (like McCoy) to another ethnically coded name (like Nguyen, or - um - Fink).

My options were to keep a common and dull name that I share with people I don't like, get a new one (that I'd need to spell to every customer service representative ever), hyphenate (HELL NO), or make up something new (which would involve a shitstorm among relatives on both sides.)

The only real options were A and B. I was undecided until we were leaving the county courthouse after we were married. He asked me "are you going to change your name?" He didn't care. He thought it was a weird custom and was curious. And I realized - this is an opportunity. It's a relatively easy and socially acceptable way to shed your old name.

I took it.

The new name honestly messes with quite a few people who are meeting me for the first time, and it's interesting to see how they react. I've had people ask straightforward questions (I prefer that - there's an easy and straightforward answer), get half-way through a straight-up racist comment before they stutter to a stop (helps me get to know them), get all the way through a racist comment (again - helpful to know where you stand), or just not comment at all (just fine by me).

I've found that it's not the worst way to get a read on someone.

tldr: part spite, part novelty, part legitimately helpful when your profession means you need to meet strangers and get a quick read on their personality/potential biases/willingness to be straightforward when there's no reason to be weird about it