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Today I was getting some lunch at Wheatsville Co-op, and a woman I know was working at the deli.

"I guess there's a big party at your house tonight."
"Yeah, are you coming by?" she asked.
"Yeah, I should stop by for a while."
We chatted a bit more, and then she reminded me her roommate was graduating from Texas State. "Hooray for Lindsey!" she said.
Reflexively, I blurted, "Well, hooray for the bulldog," quoting Citizen Kane. I realized that my audience may not be as familiar with the Orson Welles classic and assume that I was comparing Lindsey - whom I hard know - to a bulldog. I need to be more careful with my movie references.

It is funny what movies people have seen and what they haven't. In a class I TA, the professor mentioned Kiss Me Deadly. When she asked how many people had seen it, one person out a class of 30 raised their hand. I was shocked: what do they teach these kids these days? "That's a good movie," I said emphatically, "You'll like it!" After we explained how moments from Pulp Fiction and Repo Man are references to the flick, the students seemed more interested.