Well, assuming the statute would apply to that contract (and that the statute was in effect at the time, which I’m not sure it was), then it wouldn’t render the contract “illegal.” It would render that specific provision of the contract unenforceable. The severability provisions of the agreement would make sure that…

Honestly, lactation is enough of a reason to have locks on all of the office doors. Never mind the “confidential information” stuff or the convenience of having privacy if you need to change clothes, etc.

I’m guessing Nest realized that, at $200, the 3rd generation model was still not as attractive a deal as their new Nest Thermostat E, which was already priced at $169. Since the 3rd gen model was released in 2015, two years before the E model, it’s a fair bet that they’re trying to unload all those units before the…

I’m guessing Nest realized that, at $200, the 3rd generation model was still not as attractive a deal as their new Ne…

This reminds me of several conversations I had with my wife when we were both starting out in related fields and senior male colleagues showed an overly enthusiastic interest in her career. It’s tricky having a “your older male coworker’s interest in you may not be purely professional” conversation as a woman’s…

I’ve never been a fan of the cannabis butter, though my brother loves it. I’ve always preferred to go the route of cannabis oil when making brownies.

Congratulations. No, I don’t have links, unfortunately. When my wife had our first, she bought just about every pregnancy exercise DVD available on Amazon. I wound up digitizing them and uploading them to our personal cloud so that she could use them wherever, and I generally just load up a flash drive with them…

Like most things, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This is one of a million things that most moms-to-be aren’t warned about beforehand. Your postnatal ab status probably shouldn’t rank anywhere near “don’t drink a bottle of Cuervo during your second trimester” or “once the stick turns pink, go ahead…

I seriously considered investing in a bunch of Philips Hue bulbs, but soon realized that it was way more affordable to just buy standard dimmable LEDs and get smart dimmer switches (we bought Levitons) that didn’t require a hub and still worked with Alexa. It may not be the most affordable alternative for everyone (I…

I seriously considered investing in a bunch of Philips Hue bulbs, but soon realized that it was way more affordable…

I dunno. I got the Pacific Breeze after a day of fighting with a pair of beach umbrellas, and I regret nothing. If you’re going to bring something cumbersome to the beach, there’s no reason to struggle with it once you’re there. Trying to angle umbrellas just right so that they provide a tiny, useful “zone of shade”…

Stick to the right side of the road—just outside the “door zone,” i.e. the area where you’ll get hit by a door if someone throws it open—stop when you’re supposed to stop, and avoid sidewalks.

That reminds me of how Oktoberfest, which spans two weeks, therefore includes three back-to-back weekends, and how anyone who has ever been to Munich for Oktoberfest will tell you to always avoid the mid-weekend — or “Italian Weekend” — when thousands of boorish Italian men will descend on the festival like a swarm of…

Translation: “I never have lunch with a female companion who is not legally and socially bound to me because I’m so incapable of suppressing my overt misogyny that no woman can stand to be alone with me for the duration of a full meal. I’ve chosen to proclaim that my lack of platonic female friends is somehow a…

Yeah, that happened to my uncle. Weirdest thing.

Yeah, I spend a fortune on Amazon anyway. The last time I went to a Coinstar machine (after amassing change for several years), I wound up with a $300+ Amazon gift card...which was spent almost immediately.

Go to the hotel bar.

I think the same goes for anyone who describes themselves in positive terms so generic, they might as well be giving the textbook definition of “decent human being.”

I can appreciate that view. I get the point you’re trying to make, and I don’t necessarily disagree with the underlying sentiment.

She was good in AoS, but so much better in Preacher. Stole every scene she was in.

This is as good a place as any to mention that there’s a Freakonomics podcast about open borders in which Madeline Albright discusses her immigrant experience. She really does articulate the American Dream extremely well. I recommend giving it a listen.

Yeah, the “Jason and Janet get married” thing came out of nowhere, but it was so brilliant in retrospect. Without that dynamic, the “Geez, Jason is dumb!” thing was going to get old super-quick, and Janet was more or less a plot device who occasionally spouted one-liners. Having them bounce off each other works so…