I didn't realize that Friends' schools had mandatory meeting the same way that Episcopalian and Catholic schools often have school-wide mass. It makes me wonder now many hawkish DC elites send their children to a school run by a historical Peace Church.

I didn't realize that Friends' schools had mandatory meeting the same way that Episcopalian and Catholic schools often have school-wide mass. It makes me wonder now many hawkish DC elites send their children to a school run by a historical Peace Church.

@Scrawler2:disqus , as a lawyer I sometimes get in this eye-rolling, head-shaking zone whenever I watch any show about trials or litigation, so I have developed a coping mechanism that allows me to not be a burden to my fellows.  I mentally jot down notes about all the stuff that bothers me.  And at the top of those…

@Scrawler2:disqus , as a lawyer I sometimes get in this eye-rolling, head-shaking zone whenever I watch any show about trials or litigation, so I have developed a coping mechanism that allows me to not be a burden to my fellows.  I mentally jot down notes about all the stuff that bothers me.  And at the top of those…

I love that he didn't throw Dana under the bus when Jessica was going all ballistic on her.  Logically, this shouldn't overshadow the fact that he's a terrorist who at this point has killed Tom Walker twice, sort of, but emotionally it feels like it does.

I love that he didn't throw Dana under the bus when Jessica was going all ballistic on her.  Logically, this shouldn't overshadow the fact that he's a terrorist who at this point has killed Tom Walker twice, sort of, but emotionally it feels like it does.

The crazy was in the eyes; they had this manic shifty thing going on.  Unsettling.

The crazy was in the eyes; they had this manic shifty thing going on.  Unsettling.

My favorite assessment of the "Spiritual-Not-Religious" persuasion is from an old Penny Arcade podcast.

My favorite assessment of the "Spiritual-Not-Religious" persuasion is from an old Penny Arcade podcast.

Yeah, a deposition is basically a performance for a person reading a transcript later, so the lawyers have to get everyone to verbalize things that are obvious to everyone in the room, like the contents of a video they just watched.  For the same reason, lawyers will note for the record that the witness is smiling or…

Yeah, a deposition is basically a performance for a person reading a transcript later, so the lawyers have to get everyone to verbalize things that are obvious to everyone in the room, like the contents of a video they just watched.  For the same reason, lawyers will note for the record that the witness is smiling or…

You don't have to be a U.S. citizen to get a driver's license.  Legal permanent residents, people on work visas, children of diplomats can all get state licenses but cannot vote.  The only photo ID that I know of that constitutes valid proof of U.S. citizenship is a passport. So if someone has already fraudulently…

You don't have to be a U.S. citizen to get a driver's license.  Legal permanent residents, people on work visas, children of diplomats can all get state licenses but cannot vote.  The only photo ID that I know of that constitutes valid proof of U.S. citizenship is a passport. So if someone has already fraudulently…

A thousand times like.

A thousand times like.

Elaine probably popped in, asked if they had sake, and when they said no, left without explanation.

Elaine probably popped in, asked if they had sake, and when they said no, left without explanation.

For the past few weeks I've really enjoyed reading the comments here before actually watching the episode, so that I can say to myself, "There is no way that fucking happened," and then in it happens, and in that moment I feel transported to an Alice-in-Wonderland-type topsy turvy world of absurdist magic.

For the past few weeks I've really enjoyed reading the comments here before actually watching the episode, so that I can say to myself, "There is no way that fucking happened," and then in it happens, and in that moment I feel transported to an Alice-in-Wonderland-type topsy turvy world of absurdist magic.