Lately I’m struck by how many things are run badly, by truly mediocre people.

Spinoff of the literary magazine Pithfork.

hahahahahahaha, the “geographic majority.”

650,000 folks, approximately the number of people who live in Boston Metropolitan

But when 14 of 26 seats at a bar are being occupied by tap water drinkers it is a problem.

I mean, that’s the obvious solution to this problem, right?

This was basically him saying there’s nothing more to do, and everything sucks.

As is emerging in the comments, grubhub/seamless operates differently in different areas. In cities (like New York, where I am from) it works like I described, providing only ordering + credit card service to businesses that have their own deliverymen. Also, in cities, these third-party services are trying to do their…

Yeah, frankly calling your typical restaurant can be really fucking annoying - first you get a busy signal, then they put the phone down while they take an order at the counter, then half of them don’t even read back the order to verify that they got it right, and if you have any special instructions you feel like a…

Doordash is a different model, though. With grubhub / seamless, the restaurant’s own delivery guy does the delivering, and the site is just skimming money for the service of communicating with you online and charging your credit card.

Since I’m pretty tall (6'4") I have never found a car that is ergonomically perfect. (Not that I’ve tried *that* many.) If I set the seat far back enough that my legs rest comfortably, the steering wheel is too far away. With a comfortable arm position, legs are all bent at weird angles.

Also, she’s starring in some miniseries about ebola on Nat Geo.

Rats are definitely down in my neighborhood. My two terriers are a little disappointed.

Twitter is full of people complaining that their punching appointment ran hours late. The Times runs a story on how to prepare if you’ve never punched anybody before.

...and the reason he’s not just grabbing the cord that is available to the public on the older cars* is that other people would see him do it and possibly catch him. He needs secrecy and the quick getaway.

Yeah, I used to buy Brother and I got tired of it. They are basically disposable printers with high toner costs, not unlike the standard inkjet business model.

Yeah, I used to buy Brother and I got tired of it. They are basically disposable printers with high toner costs, not…

When I was younger I was somewhat apathetic about abortion (in that I would have described NARAL’s slogan of abortion on demand without apology as “too shrill” and claimed that religious people had a right to their feelings) - what flipped me was the killer combo of

We then end up with crypto-fascist President Pence who the Republicans would gladly settle for, and then what?

Don’t blame Uber, the medallion bubble has nothing to do with them.

I mean, I’ve taken video of a train crossing since they aren’t that common where I am from and I thought that encountering one was cool.