I want to see the beauty, but all I see is needlessly increased rotational inertia.

Wish everyone attending car shows had your attitude. Cheers.

Very informative, I always wondered about those dolls—I’ve even seen a few at the local Concours d’Elegance!

I find that *fact* hard to believe, merely on the premise that “Swingline” is funnier and less ambiguous than “Boston.”

I always thought that part was key, and I think of it every time I drop my car off for service at the dealer and trudge a similar journey through drainage ditches and over parking lots to grab lunch at some mediocre franchised restaurant.

nope!

I definitely notice the music more than usual during this episode; it was marvelous—even scene-stealing at times.

Not only that but a nice dig at religious fundamentalism thrown in at no additional charge!

I agree. They could have described this type of book in a different way: “Pick Your Own Direction” “Direct Your Own Narrative” “Roll Playing Novel” etc.

I’d forgotten about that. 

This is surprising. After all, things have worked out so well for The Big Ass Fan company: https://www.bigassfans.com/

I’ve always loathed reality TV shows for the reasons you state, i.e. “who wants to watch a bunch of assholes getting baited into being shitty to eachother?” However, I can think of two other exceptions: In the early 2000s PBS had a Frontier House, which was technically set up like other reality shows where a group of…

Now, I kind of want one...

Wow, I now predict we will see power-actuated lift-gates on the next model, just as most minivan hatches seem to have these days. It’s the inevitable conclusion for the path these monsters are going down.

Only for groups larger than 3, in my experience. 3 or less, a big cushy sedan is ideal, a bit more intimate and quiet for conversation. Person in back has the whole bench to stretch out on--a nice consolation for not being up front. 

Pep Boys, to the rescue!!

Hot take: The most common customers for full-size trucks are straight, white men (probably!). In a country where women and minorities are increasingly gaining respect, presence, and authority (see: 2018 elections), these dudes feel increasingly insecure. Hence, they want gigantic-looking, intimidating trucks to…

Yeah, but it didn’t work out so well with the “Mustang II”

That jives with what I’m seeing in the video above: right at the beginning there are two cars that are passing the traffic on the right. The have what looks like a clear path ahead yet by the 8 second mark they’ve both stopped and seem desperate to get further over, to the curb lane. I can only imagine the heat from…

Agreed. And this is why Wes Craven made “Scream,” to illustrate that you can still create scares while having rational characters that viewers can identify with instead of “no, you’re running the wrong way, idiot! Don’t go down to the cellar!”