Yeah, but there’s only like ten planets in that whole galaxy so it shouldn’t take long to check them all. /s

Yeah, absolutely fucking not.

I’ve seen Netgear’s Orbi RBK40 set for $199 locally. I have the entry level RBK30, and even that covers my 2000 sqft house with strong signal. The 40's satellite has its own set of gigabit ports, which lets you direct wire it to the base for even faster throughput. A three-station set seems like overkill for a two…

Speaking from direct experience, the simplest explanation is that the translator or adapter simply has absolutely no idea what the “old timey” grammar rules are and just wings it. I worked on a show once where a (modern) character affected a Kenshin-y speaking style, with the sesshas and -de gozarus. An affectation,…

If you really want to up your pizza game, look into a Baking Steel. They’re expensive and heavy, but they work wonders. I leave mine in the oven 24/7 to act as a thermal capacitor. If your oven has trouble maintaining a steady temperature, it’ll even it out beautifully.

Sounds an awful lot like what happened with the unfunded trillion-dollar tax cut for the .01% that the Republicans passed after the Mercer family threatened to stop giving them bribes— sorry, “campaign contributions.” The message is the same, “Do what we want, or we’ll chuck you to the curb and buy someone else to do…

Here’s an excellent how-to for French bread pizza (personally, I keep a pack of ultra-thin Golden Home brand crusts around in case of a pizza-munchies emergency) -

A mall in Indiana in the early/mid eighties would definitely have had a Garcia’s Pizza. They were all over the place in Illinois and Indiana back then. (They used to fling branded frisbees from their hot-air balloon -- I still have one that I caught as a kid.)

Wow, it’s been a while since you last read the book, hasn’t it? Those are some seriously half-remembered descriptions. 

Another not-entirely fun fact: James “Scotty” Doohan fought in the landing at Juno Beach. He was shot six times that night... by friendly fire. He was also a pilot. Seriously tough dude, but never talked about it. How Canadian is that?

My issue with it — Yukio is a male name. 100% male, never female (the “o” kanji is read “otoko” on its own- literally “male”). It drives me nuts when writers can’t be bothered to do the bare minimum of research. Same thing in the comic The Umbrella Academy. The antagonist is a woman named Vanya. Vanya is a form of…

Always remember that diehard anti-abortionists are just as “morally” opposed to any and all birth control and sex education. They’re not anti-abortion, they’re anti-sex.

Yeah, I’ve since learned that car shopping leaves you open to being screwed over in a dozen ways. Fun fact: Car salesman can lie to you with *absolute* impunity under the legal concept of “sales puffery.” The only thing that matters is what is in writing, so make certain you do just that. If they balk, you walk.

“Boomerang arrow, Kate — It comes back to you in the end. Boomerang. Respect it.”

On what planet is that not a D? Oh, right a planet where schools are debating not teaching kids how to tell time on an analog clock.

“All is strange and vague.”

“His” church, huh? Where’s a lightning bolt when it’s so clearly called for?

He was in the process of financing a home purchase. That kinda pressure makes you just want it to be gone. I had a credit card go into collections ten years ago. I paid it in full, but neglected to request a “pay for delete” arrangement (where it’s deleted from your credit report). I tried to do it after the fact, but…

Car dealers seem to pull that stunt all the time. When I bought my car three years ago, I told them that I had financing through my credit union, but I ended up with three hard pulls anyway.

Around here, it’s “Disco isn’t dead! Disco... is LIFE!”