Yow! Even that picture makes me dizzy. I supposed putting in a rail at the top would diminish the purity of the view and experience? If I were queen, I’d have a giant net installed about ten feet below. Then it could be called the Grand Wuss Canyon.

But “up the fucking chimney” which is what he meant, has a LOT of rhetorical punch.

Except that 3. Joe was evil and all the good stuff he did is meaningless.

From what I hear they spent hours trying to get him to surrender. Given that he had nothing to lose and was determined to kill police specifically, why risk yet another human life to neutralize his ability to murder? As far as it setting a precedent, that will need to be discussed and the circumstances in which it can…

Re the article and this post: Rather than concocting these arch, mannered, and valueless put-downs, why not just tell us what you, yourself think of the Trump phenomenon?

I’m new to the idea of the “Just World Fallacy” —- I’m reading a book called “The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe” by Sean Carroll, which.delives deep into physics, ontology etc. I may have misinterpreted the Fallacy somewhat. (and I should have stuck to discussing the Fallacy rather…

I don’t believe, nor did I ever state that the car could (or even should) “instantly stop itself.” Tesla says, however, that if the braking system had worked properly in this instance, it would have mitigated the intensity of the accident. Nobody knows if the guy would have lived etc. But the driver had an expectation…

Okay, I’ve been watching for this! You gave me an example of the”Just World Fallacy” —- although it’s a pretty mild one. I’ve been reading about it. I was curious why in tragedies people always try to find a reason why the victim was at fault and get downright extreme about it. That’s why I say yours wwas pretty mild.…

You have to cure your skillet before you use it. You can’t just take a brand new skillet and start cooking. It has to be rubbed with fat or oil and heated until the fat literally soaks into and smoothes the metal. It’s been years since I did it. It keeps the skillet from rusting as well. I’d have to google it to find…

Although I had top .1 % SAT scores, I had been disaffected and despondent during my senior year of high school, and my grades showed it. I was told at Berkeley that I “had” to go the junior college route in order to be considered for admission. I am white BTW. I spent nearly two years at the “old” Merritt on Grove…

How did UCSC ever allow an excrescence like you on campus?

These kids had grown up during the Great Depression, the toughest economic time the country ever endured, so they didn’t have the luxury of dressing frivolously. They wore hand-me-downs, made and mended their clothes, and tried to look as pulled together as possible. They were fortunate to be in school because many…

I had a 1977 Ford Fairmont with a three-speed, but I can’t remember what I did when I turned the car off. There is only reverse and the three gears on the gear shift. Did one put it in neutral before turning the car off? That doesn’t seem to make sense... but I can’t recall now.

I don’t open my door and leave the car unless the engine is turned off and the parking brake set. But I learned after I had a little baby, so you don’t take any chances. (And of course you never leave the car without the baby, not ever, no matter for what.)

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Why would you get out of your car with it in neutral?

I have never understood how the combover became a thing. It is the lamest hair solution and far worse than baldness, which can look very strong and flattering. The combover sends an instant messagde of insecurity, vanity, and obliviousness. As to Netanyahu, he was hot when young, like so many, but his politics are…

Definitely. Nature has a way of warning you. A psychologist told me that women in social situations pull back slightly, reflexively, from males they distrust, even if the situation pressures them to be friendly. This happens across cultures and backgrounds. It has nothing to do with the looks of the man, his age or…

No, seriously? What are they thinking? Is this shit a confluence of political right wing and goofy religiosity or what? I’m Jewish, and I totally reject this mean-spirited pettiness —- plus cutting off water to the West Bank? Is that true? Don’t they know that can spread disease —- and speaking of disease, those…

Sad, just sad. Poor guy, I wonder what happened to him?