I don’t want to spoil things, but is the great reveal essentially the same as in Chiang’a story?

You can outrun a cop. You can’t outrun a Motorola.

Did he died?

Emmitt Smith or GTFO.

“why should he be able to retain his Chargers salary while simultaneously double-dipping into the salary provided by his new team?”

So you’re making $450,000 per year? Because otherwise, you need better math skills.

Who wants cold-ass ketchup on beautiful hot and crispy fries? I’ll take salmonella or whatever if it means not cooling down the crunchy, starchy goodness.

So now we’re going to cause global warming in SPACE?!?

I’ve never entered a vehicle and immediately thought “What a cheap, plastic piece of shit!” as quickly as I did with the Versa.

“ Cut the dang fish into pieces that are roughly one-inch-cube-shaped,“

It's the most powerful liquid-fueled rocket ever flown. Solid-fuel rockets (like the Space Shuttles SRBs) that are more powerful have been flown, and more powerful liquid-fueled rockets have been designed and test-fired. The rest of your point stands uncontested.

These two places are about 5 hours apart in North Carolina (Ocracoke, and Boone). You can literally visit both in one day

Really great article Evan.

Posted with the caveat that I would endorse rapists being imprisoned for the rest of their lives:

This is the answer. Margaery has given precisely zero indication she’s going to confess anything. The Sparrow have Tommen a test, and he’s failed. Olenna faced a test in whether or not to trust Cersei “Thundercunt” Lannister and also failed. I'll be sad to see the consequences for her.

The fuck did I just watch?

Yes. He’s being held because he’s been found in contempt of a court order, not because of a crime he’s accused of (which would entitle him to a bond hearing) or been convicted of.

Brienne is a naïve idiot. She has bumblefucked her way to where she is, and nothing will convince me otherwise. Her continued success is due to an abiding love of the old gods and/or the new and nothing else.

“SWJ”

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