Total surprise to the kid. He's lucky he has an aunt who looks out for his mom's stupid shit, or she would have wrecked his credit. The kid couldn't afford that car. Not a gift.

Right? The only way to gift a car is fully paid off— no debt behind it, with a year's insurance. Anything else is not a gift, just an opportunity for resentment.

Someone I knew once "bought" their kid a car for a graduation gift. I say "bought" because they traded in the poor kid's old car and only paid the down payment....

it's 656 if you're interested.

They would have to have done a standard tox screen to come up with the last theory I heard: that she OD'd on a combination of her prescriptions and OTC cold meds. That more than likely would have shown cocaine if present.

There exist parents who have lost custody of their children for giving them a beer. It's usually in the middle of a nasty divorce case, but kids end up with CPS over that just as readily.

She's been my favorite since the first episode John Oliver hosted. Her segment on that episode was amazing:

who the fuck even has that moment where their brain is like "you know what is a good idea?"

The pattern of lines is called the Moire pattern.

They're pretty sure cats can see this. All those lines are printed on the acetate. This is a well-documented visual effect, that forms the basis for the technology that created tube TVs.

I think I get the Elf on the Shelf. It's supposed to be a modern secular tradition.

Key and Peele are pretty much the funniest sketch comedians on tv in a good long while.

It would be cool, if you could, say, explain that this illusion is based on the Moire pattern, which you'll recognize from digital photos that didn't come out as you'd hoped: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moiré_pat…

*shrugs* Just like any other form of writing, there are more bad screenplays than good.

I also had no idea screenplays (i.e. that sex scene) could be produced under such vagaries and "Creative Writing 101 Pseudo-Edginess."

Long may you thrive, you lovelies.

Gods bless you both; that can be a hard choice to make sometimes. Here's hoping for more quality scripted content with human producers.

I have wonderful friends who are antique dealers, historians, and re-enactors, and I have the worst case of envy over the fabulous painted silk pantalettes they rock as pajama pants. I'm about to have her get me some STAT!

Or worse, when the production crew is cheering that bullshit on.....

People joke about all the post manipulation that goes on but I'm curious how many people really get that you could be sex-free the entire series and the show can edit it so that it's implied you slept with everyone and that's that.