Saturday, June 23, 2018

@9:30, 6/23/18

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1
Food

The Secret to Perfect Popcorn Is Already in Your Cupboard

Beyond butter and salt, oil — and lots of it — makes for the most impeccably crunchy kernels.

It is the beginning of campaign season.
I will provide popcorn.

2
Watching

11 Great Titles Expiring From Netflix in July

Every month, as various licenses expire, streaming services lose movies and TV series from their catalogs.

These accompaniments to popcorn will be available on other streaming services.

3
Opinion

Melania Trump’s ‘Don’t Care’ Jacket

The first lady’s fashion choice, whatever the reason behind it, “was the height of insensitivity,” a reader says.

I agree with Pamela Smith.

4
Fashion & Style

He Bumbled His Way Into a Second First Date

Benjamin Lowe annoyed Emily Gordon with a last-minute cancellation for their first date. A year later, on a different dating app, he reached out again.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

5
Food

Anthony Bourdain Toxicology Report: No Narcotics in His System

The chef, author and television correspondent was found dead in a French hotel room last month. His death shook fans and colleagues across the world.

Anthony Bourdain found he could not go on. 

6
Arts

For Hugh Grant, a Smaller Screen Brings a More Complex Role

In “A Very English Scandal,” Mr. Grant’s first major TV role since the 1990s, he plays a British politician who conspired to murder his former lover.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Grant

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3snl6Z6Sj2HkjvjghDfVgTP/staff-members

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Grant_filmography

Grant does not play simple characters.

7
Health

Breathing Tubes Fail to Save Many Older Patients

One-third of patients over age 65 die in the hospital after they are put on ventilators. Doctors are beginning to wonder if the procedure should be used so often.

I want hospice care if it should be necessary.
I did not hold mothers health care proxy because I did not trust myself not to call 911 at the end.

8
Opinion

Low-Skill Jobs for Men

A Pennsylvania reader writes that immigration raids have left jobs going unfilled.

Opportunity costs must be considered.


Movies

Berlin Film Festival Appoints Joint Leaders

Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek will take charge from 2020, Germany’s Culture Ministry announced.

It reads as Carlo Chatrain is the artistic director.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Germany

10
Style

Growing Up Getty

A fabled family finds their showbiz portrayals “demonizing,” “disgusting” and unrepresentative of their super-L.G.B.T.Q. values.

It is not a vital part of my world.


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