Re: Christmas Trees

A) There are a number of younger people for whom the prequels are the beloved Star Wars movies, and the Original Trilogy is either just a continuation, or three crappy old movies. With a series with such a large gap in the middle for new generations to grow up, there is no way to please everyone by going back to…

By the way, have you ever been on a diet where you actually measure food? I know you’re supposed to do this if you’re trying to keep your weight down, but it’s fucking unbearable. To get a measuring cup and scoop out one sad, tiny cup of cereal … I can’t. It barely covers the bottom of the bowl, man. I am not…

What you’re saying is contradictory.

At the very least, you should invest in an IRA or Roth IRA. I prefer Roths for after-tax investing, but any rollovers for 401ks and such go into a standard IRA. If you’re saving $3,000 a month, you can easily max out your input in these every year.

I was hoping someone else would point this out. I don’t have that exact model, but the long blade that you rock back and forth to make each slice across the whole pizza is clearly the best option.

Communism is a good theory that falls apart as soon as it runs into actual people. Greed and laziness are not things that can just be ignored when trying to create an economic system.

Yeah. The timing of the commercial breaks makes sense, but the length of the breaks is horrible.

I called that exact sequence out in my original post on the subject. It is incredibly annoying. And yet, it makes sense. There are a number of things that are going on between a score and a kickoff, and a kickoff and first down that the viewers don’t need to see. SO the choice comes down to more ads, or listening to…

I haven’t seen that. I’ve seen a few Senators talking about not confirming anyone nominated for the Supreme Court by Hillary Clinton. Of course, there are other Republican senators who say that they don’t intend to leave a vacancy for 4 years (or longer). And if the Democrats retake the Senate, it’s all moot anyway.

That’s pretty much my take on Libertarians. They’re either wildly naive, or evil. They talk a good game about freedom, but the type of freedom they advocate would lead to the downfall of the social order. Living in a society requires you to give up some of your freedoms because the people around you have freedoms to,…

What kind of vaping do you do? I’m not a smoker of anything, but I can clearly smell people vaping around me. Now, it’s not the standard cigarette smell, it’s usually more fruity or closer to a cigar smell, but still very noticeable.

But why would a Libertarian want to ensure Dems win the Senate. Most Libertarians are Republicans without the social conservatism.

Exactly. It’s beautiful and a sign of both spatial awareness and athletic ability to get both feet in-bounds while catching a ball and falling down, with a defender in your face and hanging on your arms.

True, the stoppages have grown in length and frequency. I would be all for reducing them. However, the stoppages are generally at logical times. During called timeouts (totally understandable), during times when ball has changed hands (also sort of understandable as 44 large men have to move onto and off the field at…

I know, which is why I know they would go so far that even an “uninterrupted” quarter would have as much time devoted to sponsors as they do now, but it would be in-broadcast, so you couldn’t necessarily fast forward or go to the bathroom with any real certainty.

I like this idea, until I consider the fact that there would be nothing to stop the NFL from “selling” each quarter or possession, or what have you to multiple sponsors. Then you have the announcer reading a litany of sponsors (and you know they’ll be contractually obligated to say each sponsor’s current tag line) and…

College overtime is definitely better, but I like the NFL’s 2 foot-rule. The NFL should be harder than college, in at least some respects, and having to get both feet in-bounds is a perfect advancement of the difficulty.

Marys.

You realize there are more things on the ballot than just the president, right? I don’t know if you have a Senator up for election, but you certainly have a Representative, and there are probably a host of local elections/initiatives to vote on. And to be perfectly honest, those local elections are FAR more important…