It's insane if you go out and eat at local joints too.  I'm not talking about fine dining shit either.   I go occasionally to this joint to eat some Mediterran wrap.  It used to be $7 and change.  Now it's closer to $11.

You probably know this but take advantage of the app coupons or Friday specials at Safeway.  They routinely have bacon for $5 on Friday.  Might not be your favorite brand though.  I drink almond milk, but even there are shortages on that.  The Walmart I go to never has it in stock. 

Add in the ridiculous gas prices and it's pretty bad in the short term.

Oh man, you guys gotta watch Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.  It works as both a heist film, buddy picture, mentor/student picture as well as a look at small town Americana during the early 70s.  Oh wait there's also an age/culture clash between the WWII greatest generation vs flower power generation.

Watched Havana w/Redford and Olin.  Watchable and decent but nothing more.  I'd like to give it a higher recommendation since it's well made and Redford is fabulous in it .   But I can't since the Olin character Roberta doesn't seem like she's in love with Jack (redford's character) as much as he is with her.  And that's a big deal since it's a central part of the story.  This is sort of a variation on the old Casablanca movie.  I have to admit I enjoyed the scenes with Redford and Alan Arkin (who's basically playing the Louis character here).

This is beyond fucked up.  You know what 4-7 year old kids should be focused on?  Recess, napping, learning really basic stuff (like art, addition), watching Sesame Street/Dora, playing at recess, making new friends.  In short to enjoy the "innocence of childhood" before reality kicks in.  They have TONS of time to learn about sex, transgender that other stuff.  Which person realistically thought that 4-7 year old kids should be focusing on those issues is beyond me.

Oh, on that incident where the 3 kids were accused of sexual harrasement, where the hell was the teacher or the admin (guidance councelors etc) on this?  They could have easily defused this and maybe made it go away by just explaining that the kids didn't know or maybe were a little insensitive.  Seriously, what the hell do they pay these people at these schools to do?

Common sense is dead in this country.  Someone told me this weeks ago, and I sort of refused to believe this.   I lean left but some of this stuff is really indefensible at this point.

I remember two of those films, they were both literary adaptions.  The White House one was called Absolute Power.  The source was a novel by David Baldacci.  I just remember it being too long and meandering.  Also, Murder at 1600 w/Snipes and Ashley Judd which dealt with a similar plot was far better one.

The other one was Blood Work.  I saw this when it came out.  I remember nothing about it other then the book was better and who the killer was.  The funny part of this is I read one of the novels with the character the movie was based on.  I remember the novel just ripped into the movie and said it sucked.  It doesn't get any worse than the source/author of the movie telling the majority of their readers that this was an awful movie adaption.

I rewatched this like maybe a year ago.  I had totally forgotten whether or not I had seen it and like you, I just remember the proposition.  Well, they basically blew their load early with the proposition.  Because everything afterwards is a dull loop of: them complaining about money/money problems, them complaining about their relationship, and she goes back/or contemplates a life w/the Redford character.  Now I know why I totally forgot about this film, it's just really tedious and dull.  There's just nothing interesting to me after the proposition part.  Your suggestion about the aftermath of the decision is far more interesting than what actually occured in the film.

Croupier:  I love Clive Owen but this one is kind of weird.  Maybe a bit too "smart" for most of the viewers.  Because it's not really a dark noir/thriller you think it's going to be.   It's not a comedy/light hearted drama either.  It's somewhere in between and I'm not sure it succeeds there either.  It's not bad/awful; it's just kinda there and the ending is confusing to me.  Probably not something I would choose to rewatch, even though I do like the scenes in the casino/gambling.

Shallow Grave: Danny Boyle's debut film and this is the only one I love and rewatch.  The three main characters here are all horrible people. Yeah, they form alliances with one another at various points during the film, but make no mistake about it, they are all selfish.  You can kind of see their issues with one another in the early parts of the film.  Which makes the unraveling of the characters later on effective and believable.  The ending is a knockout and the best part; but it works because the film builds up to it.  It's not one of those twist ish things that comes out of left field either.

In the Line of Fire is one of my favorite Clint films.  I couldn't imagine anyone else but him in the lead role.  Malkovich is excellent in that as the bad guy.  It still holds up too.  I saw it in the theater when it opened up in summer of 93 I think.