Don’t especially care. I learned to drive in a car that had everything on the dash, save the high beam switch which was, of course, on the floor. Not long ago I had a VW with the light switch on the dash; now I have a Honda with the switch on the stalk. Once you’re used to it, it makes no difference.

Road rage against pedestrians and cyclists is not at all uncommon. But (in my opinion) more is needed here to establish that this was road rage, particularly in light of the other circumstances.

Yes. And I was guilty of the same sort one thing when I was 18 or so...

I am a 59-year-old man who for most of his life has bicycled (or bused) to work, who recycles, who carries his lunch in reuseable containers, and who switched to LED lighting as soon as it became available. My car gets 40 MPG, and I furnish as much of my home and office with used and repurposed stuff as…

This was my response as well. After all, the UK has never had “troubles” before.

I blame Bush I (“L-word”!) but even more, Dinesh D’Souza, who managed, somehow, through hearing the term “politically correct,” to paint everyone to the left of Attila the Hun as a Stalinist. See, e.g.,

That’s New Haven; there are a number of co-working spaces (and--seeARealCad’s spreadsheet--the Institute Library). Not everything is perfect, but I like being able to get out of my house to work.

How much it costs depends on what you want and where you live. I pay $75/month for an open desk...$150/month would give me one where I could keep my stuff, but since my stuff keeps changing, $75 does just fine. Coffee’s good, too.

Ironic, considering where that “shoe on podium” moment comes from...

Yes; the Walker’s response is a classic non-apology (“I’m sorry I didn’t realize you’d feel that way” is not “I’m sorry that I did this”). They need to learn to do better, and to take responsibility when they make an error.

A little tune called The Rebel Jesus. Worth a listen.

Bibs were a fashionable item c. 1975 or so, when I was in high school, though these were by no means “designer,” running more like $10/pair.

NOT LEGAL ADVICE BUT: I’m fairly certain Connecticut is a one-party consent state for in-person conversations, and a two-party consent state for telephonic communications. I also seem to recall that there is case law where an in-person conversation was recorded by a party who was present, but not part of the…

I live in the NE, and there are many complicated routes and twisty roads here (to say the least).

I’m in the same category. Lost Mom in November (and Dad four months later) and Spouse is flying out on Friday to spend Mother’s Day with her mother, so it’s going to be a weird one.

All of this ridiculous shit is what happens when we think in terms of categories rather than individuals. It’s true that individuals are in part the creation of the intersection of their categories, but everyone is sui generis. Even twins.

I recently flew JetBlue, and while I thought the rear-to-front boarding would make sense, the actual result was that everyone got rid of their carry-on bags as soon as possible, at the front of the plane. That meant anyone who was supposed to sit near the front had to walk to the back of the plane first to fine…

Seconded! I had an older Lenovo notebook that had trouble connecting in some places (in this case, I had even replaced the original [easily-accessible] WiFi card to no avail); so I plugged in a cheap Edimax dongle and was back on the air in no time.

Randomizing hires among equally qualified candidates is fine. Favoring one based on skin color for the sake of diversity is not.

91 Civic Wagon, FWD, 5-speed. I kept it for 15 years after I bought it new, and rust finally claimed it, but it was the best car I’ve ever owned. Reliable as all get out, and the visibility out of that thing was amazing.