I wish!

Tom Brunansky?

I've been there many, many times as it's very close by. The food is good. The wine is good. Bourbon, I wouldn't know, because I have taste. The beer and scotch selection are poor. Last time I was there, Laphroaig was their only Islay. For shame.

And Brook-vin licks taint. It's name alone should disqualify it. 5th Ave is too bare. And to have Wheated in there, but not Denny's Steak Pub is a slap in the face to drinkers everywhere.

I don't think so. I have a 20 month old, and lots of friends with kids in that age range, and I never hear people refer to them as "infants". Most kids are walking (toddling, as in"toddler") and talking at 16 months.

Daymeon was 16 months, which isn't really an infant. The three month old was an infant. 13 month difference, plenty of time.

Sounds like Laphroaig. I was reared on Jameson, but even that now is too sweet for me- too much vanilla flavor. Powers, or when available, Paddy, are preferable. Bourbon is just way too sweet for me. I've tried, but I just never find it interesting or engaging, it's always just sickly sweet. It doesn't help that…

When I see a man drinking bourbon, I think- this asshole must never have had a decent scotch.

Aww, that's cute, Portland thinks it's people!

Wrong again. I initially implied that you incorrectly attribute society's failure to recognize your brilliance to a lack of a prestigious education, when a more likely explanation as to why people treat you like a dunce is that you're a fucking dunce. You, true to form, missed that point, even though it wasn't…

You misread. You're inference should be that your viewpoints (one word) are inferior because you're a fucking moron. This was implied by the "real reason" line in my previous post. It has nothing to do with where you went to school, and everything to do with the fact that you're a fucking moron. Q.E.D.

No, you're here to passively whine that you didn't get into a decent college, which you apparently blame for the fact that grown-ups don't take you seriously while overlooking the very real possibility that the real reason no one gives a shit about what you think is because you're a fucking moron.

Yeah, Lost Boys is a stretch as a cult classic. I mean, it came out in the 80's and starred both Coreys. It opened at #2 at the box office. If Lost Boys is in, then Goonies should be eligible.

Batman?

If you're 20 and retire at 70 while saving $2500/month, you'll have about 8.7 million, assuming a conservative RoR of 6%.

As far as the intrinsic reaction, filming someone without consent is an invasion of personal space analagous to going up to a stranger and staring at them, which likewise typically produces an immediate visceral reaction. I think it was Steven Pinker who said something to the effect of, "If you see people make eye…

It was Dennett, and it's a critical point. Out of all the millions of species to exist on earth, exactly one has evolved to favor technology. Intelligence appears to be as inevitable as the peacock's tail, or Dennett's elephant trunk. I've yet to hear a compelling argument that this is anything but a random…

You're fighting the good fight here, but convincing people that their own cognitive biases may lead them to faulty conclusions is a Sisyphean task. They'll believe what they want to believe, because they want to believe it.

I completely agree that it's a bizarre argument to make for having kids. "Hmm, well, this person who I might not otherwise want to create will perhaps take care of me in 50 years, if we're both still around. Lets do this thang!"

Plus, she has a selection problem. Not all elderly people live in nursing homes, many live with their adult children. So while her anecdotal experience is noted, the conclusion is, uh, suspect.