Proving the argument that Hollywood has killed off its creative visionaries and buried them in undisclosed locations, George Clooney is resurrecting Buck Rogers for yet another remake.

Meanwhile 'Rendezvous With Rama' gathers dust on Morgan Freeman's project shelf...

No way. Neroli is a very sexy scent.

I'm with you on scented candles though. Beeswax candles are the way to go, nothing beats the smell of honey wafting through the air...

1. Clooney's too old. (Michael Clayton was great.)

2. Most things which have scents shouldn't. Especially flowery stuff.

3. An age-old story of betrayal.

Guilty pleasure of mine, watching arrest videos and court sentencing for DUI drivers. One of the channels I occasionally end up on is Donut Operator, former Navy enlisted, former cop, with a Freddy Mercury moustache.

This video, which I thoroughly enjoyed, features a Karen whose son was in an accident, so she drove up to the scene... at four times the legal limit. She rattles off an impressive resume, if only for the sheer number of jobs she currently has, does the whole emotional argument thing, etc. All of which is unavailing. She's still arrested for driving drunk.

It is interesting that she seems to feel that both she and her family attempt to argue that she should be let go under the circumstances. Personally, I like the absolutist position on drunk driving. No, you don't get to drive at four times the legal limit just because your son was in an accident.

Call an Uber. Ask a neighbor/friend to come and get you.

And so, the purity tests have begun:

https://mobile.twitter.com/lporiginalg/status/1355374275356549120

"And so, the purity tests have begun:"

The alternative would be to evaluate people based on skills and accomplishments, a concept that terrifies a lot of people who should be terrified of it.

It terrifies the diversity hires and the girlfriends of the married bosses.

The unions? Not so much.

This comic strip is on point:

https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/1355172912320438276

"And so, the purity tests have begun:"

Probably also has to do with signing what was actually said not what was 'meant'.

Your Tinder profile picture:

https://twitter.com/_sakanoue/status/1353218915875229698

Amy, aside from pets' health, do you feel the same way about fresh flowers? You, as a new visitor, might have allergies, after all, but flowers have always been common in households, so one can't really suggest that it's rude for the host to have flowers - or even not to warn guests, in advance, that they're there. Even when there are flowers in every room.

Unless, of course, we're talking about old friends who are visiting overnight. One SHOULD know if an old friend has allergies.

The stories been in the comments before, but a short version goes like this: Some of us just don't like scented things. Ten minutes with someone wearing perfume or cologne is like looking through a cleary… It's fun for five or ten seconds when you're a kid, but induces headaches in short order.

This propensity is to some degree genetic, and sometimes travels with traits like a strong distaste for cruciferous vegetables, but whatever. It shouldn't have to rise to a level of a certified 'allergy' before people forgive an early departure from an otherwise hospitable setting.

Amy, aside from pets' health, do you feel the same way about fresh flowers? You, as a new visitor, might have allergies, after all, but flowers have always been common in households, so one can't really suggest that it's rude for the host to have flowers - or even not to warn guests, in advance, that they're there. Even when there are flowers in every room.

Unless, of course, we're talking about old friends who are visiting overnight. One SHOULD know if an old friend has allergies.

Lenona at January 30, 2021 8:54 AM

I think a good rule of thumb is nothing artificial or non native to the environment. Most of us desensitize to the environment we live in.

I can’t abide most air freshener or scented candles. Beeswax is fine.
But you know they aren’t adding anything natural to those sweatshop made scented paraffin candles and potpourri. They are pure unadulterated lab chemicals which none of us really should be breathing in.
My mother got some of those scented pine cones once. I lasted five minutes before I had to leave to throw them out. Eyes were swelling shut.
Nothing ever bothered her, but I inherited almost all of my father’s allergies.

If I am someplace terrible that I really must stay, I take a Benadryl and drive on.

The cutest killing machines:

https://mobile.twitter.com/EllisATucci/status/1355149555348758531

On average fresh flowers meant for decoration at best barely have any scent. You might get some allergies if someone has the audacity of risking yellow stains everywhere if they thought that placing fresh branches loaded with blooming catkins on a vase.

For scented fresh flowers such as Damask roses or jasmines, you have to go overboard with them if you want to fill the room with their scent, just keep in mind that the perfume coming from natural flowers vanishes very quickly.

(To be clear, you guys are right about actual flowers. it's all the other flowery things that people bring around that can annoy)

Lilac is pretty strong.

Amy, aside from pets' health, do you feel the same way about fresh flowers? You, as a new visitor, might have allergies, after all, but flowers have always been common in households, so one can't really suggest that it's rude for the host to have flowers - or even not to warn guests, in advance, that they're there. Even when there are flowers in every room.

Unless, of course, we're talking about old friends who are visiting overnight. One SHOULD know if an old friend has allergies.

Lenona at January 30, 2021 8:54 AM

I think a good rule of thumb is nothing artificial or non native to the environment. Most of us desensitize to the environment we live in.

I can’t abide most air freshener or scented candles. Beeswax is fine.
But you know they aren’t adding anything natural to those sweatshop made scented paraffin candles and potpourri. They are pure unadulterated lab chemicals which none of us really should be breathing in.
My mother got some of those scented pine cones once. I lasted five minutes before I had to leave to throw them out. Eyes were swelling shut.
Nothing ever bothered her, but I inherited almost all of my father’s allergies.

If I am someplace terrible that I really must stay, I take a Benadryl and drive on.

Night-blooming flowers can have a long-lasting smell.

Night Jasmines are lovely, the sweet smell of jasmine lasts well into the night. Probably the only night blossom that smells good.

In the late 1970s/early 1980s there used to be some shade plants -before cheap chamaedorea palm plants displaced them- used in offices that would look passable but when they got negleckted enough to get the chance to bloom, the whole building would stink like barbershop cologne.

I can't for the love of God remember its name and it doesn't seem to be found on any plant catalogue. I guess it's one of those things from that era that people want to forget.

Another night stinker is the Golden Trumpet -allamandra cathartica- vine. The canary yellow flowers look lovely during the day, but at night it's like an explosion of aftershave.

Remember: If you think the justice system in the USA is a mess, there's always worse on the other side of the border:

https://mobile.twitter.com/amandaknox/status/1355331239134208011

Sorry for the double post.

NBJ always means one sleepless night or weekend in L.A.

I wonder which plants counteract the odor of Axe body spray.

That stuff is vile.