Season 4 of Fringe messed up so bad on the overarching plot, though — not that some things weren’t interesting, like David Jones reappearing, but the injection of Peter’s disappearance and rematerialization and the ‘new universe’ storyline were a distraction and not what I had looked forward to at the end of season 3*…

“Teledildometry” remains one of my favorite discipline names*, to this day.

*(disciplonym? disciplinym? I’m trying to find an appropriate single-word name via google but so far failing)

The facts that the costumes are removable and that these Potato Heads are smaller remind me of a very brief McDonalds Happy Meal promotion involving little plastic McNugget action figures (vastly simplified; they almost looked like eggs) that you could swap in and out of various ‘bodies’.

There is a reason: for the fun of it. Sheesh.

This elides the fact of the massive subsidization of corn by the federal government, and farmers’ subsequent investment, frequently backed by loans, into specialized equipment. With the rise of interstate transport of fruits, veggies, and various crops, and the subsidies, the incentive to grow those things locally in…

They’re great at writing about morbid subject matter in a lasting, substantial way, instead of becoming kind of embarassing a few years later in retrospect. Songs like “Michael Rockefeller”, “John Wayne”, and “Where Angels Fear to Tread” are amazing. Even their covers are great: Their rendition of “Johnny B. Goode”…

Has anyone used this in an aioli recipe? (And I mean aioli, not mayonnaise with garlic. There’s a real difference.) I’d like to not have to come up with a use for the egg yolks every time I make a new batch of aioli, and while it has a long life in the fridge to begin with, I’m always looking for a way to make it keep…

I don’t normally care much for Jagermeister, but I’ve found that it tastes amazing mixed with ginger ale (and cherry juice too, sometimes). It tastes like biscotti, with the sweetness and alcohol being balanced out by a lot of nuttiness and a little spice

I had a pair of their distant ancestors that was almost as old as I was when my dad gave them to me, and they continued to work like a charm for several more years.

Multiple age ranges of Gizmodo reader will be watching this and thinking, “Ah, takes me back...”

(Though neon signs still persevere in most environments; it just isn’t the king of ubiquitous signage that it used to be)

In your time in/near the Pioneer Valley, did you ever happen to stop into the High Horse in Amherst? Their Kolner Dom is a delicious kölsch that was decidedly pleasing for an introduction to the style. I’ll have to see if I can find Dirty Kanza anywhere near me and give it a try.

While I’m not going to touch the direct subject of cheap wine quality (or lack thereof, yes, har har), I will say that you’d probably be interested in Adam Rogers’s Proof: The Science of Booze, or at least the part that covers some of the work of Dr. Hildegarde Heymann, a professor and researcher at UC Davis who…

I love that the font for “POOL FACT” in the first image makes it look as though it’s one word if you don’t look closely. “POOLFACT” kind of sounds like a secret organization that serves as an intelligence agency for the pool/“water installation” industry, which is the exact right blend of petty concern and financial…

I’ve heard of grocery chains having wine & beer licenses depending on the feelings of the town/municipality, and there are certainly no shortages of convenience stores with beer/wine licenses in the parts of MA I frequent, but I think a liquor license on top of that is limited to three locations in a chain. That would…

I assume it’s the Cambridge-area TJ’s that you patronize? I’ve been out to the one in Peabody only once with beer-purchasey intentions, and very regrettably only purchased their own-brand gold rum, which is essentially just rum-flavored surface cleaner, rather than beer.

I’ll definitely add this bomber to my shortlist…

The best jorts, and really, the only ones I can excuse, are the ones made on your own by converting a pair of jeans.

Cargo jorts are a no-go, though. Right off the bat. Non-starter.

Oh, my god. I love the opening two paragraphs on this column. Positively vicious without ever openly brandishing the knives.

This probably isn’t a special case, but the Anna Karenina principle probably applies to unhappy beer, too: I need help figuring out what to shandy a specific bad beer with, or otherwise modify it with one of the tips on this list (besides drinking it on a boat). A friend gave me a bunch of free Shock Top “Shockolate”…

It’s weird how, pretty much since the Wells report was handed down from whatever tasteless chair Goodell thinks of in some corner of his psyche as the NFL’s “Mercy Seat”, this affair has really been about preserving the absoluteness of Goodell’s authority, but discussed using the terms of the deflation scandal, and…

This sounds like a delicious, delicious cousin food to aioli (which I make in bulk just for fun sometimes)