Yeah, I think this might take root a little better if the rental movie catalogue went deeper into classics, foreign films and artsy stuff. I doubt the licenses would cost the chain all that much, but it would open the program up an underserved cinema nerd demographic that Trolls and Wonder Woman aren’t going to…

Either these guys are a laughably needless additional administrative expense, or someone’s planning on going full supervillain and deploying some orbital missile platforms or railguns.

The only way a college football season could go off without COVID complications would be if the players were effectively put in a bubble. The NBA has done that pretty effectively so far with their abbreviated season and all of the players being isolated on Disney property with no contact with the outside world for the…

Pretty much. My SO is an elementary school teacher; she and her coworkers are getting ready for year of rolling quarantine closures because our jackwagon governor and education commissioner drank the “pretend it doesn’t exist like the monster in my closet and maybe it’ll go away” Kool-Aid, and we live in a backwards…

In fairness, Gary Johnson being high for most of his interviews and campaign events was at least consistent with the libertarians’ stance on legalization.

Because unless you’re a dog or a cat, rabies isn’t a routine vaccine in the US. Maybe if you work with wild animals (veterinarian, dog catcher, fish & game warden, etc.) it’s part of the job...but most people don’t get it.

Work from home was great at first. No commute, no dealing with my annoying coworkers in adjacent cubes, complete flexibility with my wardrobe, leftovers and beer for lunch. But after almost 5 months...I feel like the tables have turned and I live at work now. The workload keeps getting more and more ridiculous,…

From here on out, any zombie story that doesn’t involve half the population either ignoring the problem or calling the zombies a hoax just isn’t going to seem realistic.

Bigly business sense, that’s how!

That was my first thought, as well. If you just broke your arm or got a severe burn from spilling hot grease on yourself, of course you’re not going to skip going to the ER. If you’ve just got crappy/no insurance and have been using the ER in lieu of going to a family doctor for routine care because you know they…

Oh, and don’t forget the extra helpings of guns and Jesus for everyone, where they want them or not!

I just read my work emails in the preview pane of Outlook. Having to double click on them to open in another window, or even click the read flag...just seems like wasted energy. The only ones that actually show as opened are ones I’ve replied to or forwarded.

I think Duckworth’s the logical choice in that her Senate seat wouldn’t be at risk if she took the role, she’s ready to be POTUS the day after inauguration if Uncle Joe strokes out from the excitement, and the disabled vet angle would be enough to tip a fair number of conservative never-Trumpers from just sitting out…

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No worries. Figured as much. I’m still just grumpy about having to deal with blatant voter suppression.

The fact that Mr McCarter and his fellow Twitch streamers did this for his school is admirable, and speaks well of the character of all involved.

That always makes me nervous about trying to find a new doctor. Like yeah, you know at least enough to pass your state medical licensing exam...but if it’s anything like most states’ teacher certification or bar exams, just about anyone with a couple of decent study guides and a moderate understanding of the English…

Waking up 100 million year old microbes off the ocean floor is fascinating, but it seems like the setup for either a horror movie or a disaster movie.  I mean, it is 2020...do we really want to be tempting fate any more than we already are?

With the way 2020 is going...nothing shocks me anymore. At this point, I’m half expecting a foreign intelligence service to compromise the US voting system and have Carrot Top win the presidency with a landslide of mysterious write-in votes.

Here in FL, so much was exempted as “essential” that the safer-at-home rules were more of just a minor inconvenience than a legitimate quarantine. They made it harder to visit a theme park/water park, get a haircut or rent a bouncy house...but that was about it.