Yeah, I agree that roads get slippery when they get wet, of course that’s true, but what proof do you have that it’s for the reason you say? Would you say that the roads get *less slippery* after a steady rain? I honestly don’t think they do, not by a large factor. It’s like everyone just agrees that it’s because of…

I know! That’s why I was excited to understand it. Because I did. (I see how my phrasing wasn’t super clear though, cheers.)

As a person who has lived in Sacramento for 10 years, I agree that this area doesn’t resemble the truly northern part of the state, but culturally it does, and is noticeably different from the areas south of here. I sometimes call it central California, but if you had to do a north/south line, I-80 isn’t a bad spot to…

I’ve been curious for years about this assertion. Is it proven? I once complained to a CalTrans engineer about how I had never hydroplaned before I moved to California. Her response was this supposed phenomenon, which ignored the fact that I was talking about water accumulating on the road after sustained rain, and…

I’m excited to understand that entire sentence.

My mom would always say when I was leaving the house to wear my seatbelt. I would be so confused, like does she know me? I put my seatbelt on to move around the driveway.

Sorry if it was too snarky, but it’s not like it isn’t true. The Senate gives greater political power to the lesser-populated states, it’s part of the system. That’s all I was trying to say, I apologize again.

No, the US Senate/Electoral College has kept Wyoming relevant since statehood.

Man, this is my entire life. I remember when I was a kid and hardware limitations were just how it was going to be. The insanity of deleting every single file I could on the hard drive to fit SimEarth on there (which if I remember was like 50 MB). Having a different boot disk each for Tie Fighter and Doom, then…

Edit: Kinja!

Yeah, that guy’s a Bond Villain, no doubt. With the Netherlands so close to the sea, my bet is either a submersible death ray or an old abandoned offshore oil rig repurposed to fire ballistic missiles.

After Westworld this weekend, we had the option of watching Walking Dead on DVR, and we both decided to read a book instead. They lost my allegiance after the Glenn-Dumpster bait and switch, but I kept watching, then the finale cliffhanger was deeply annoying for me, but I kept watching. The way I feel about Westworld…

I still call that trying, since technically we don’t know if it worked yet.

Uuuuugh KJ and Rhee. As a Sacramento resident, I was happy to not have them working the levers at city hall. I should have known that they’d go national. Democrat or no, KJ is the very model of the corrupt, slippery weasel that Trump is going to try to be.

My university has a field education camp for geologists in Wyoming, and the buildings there were originally built for an internment camp. They were cold in July, so I can only imagine how bad they were during winter. They were also cramped with just the luggage of a group of guys at summer camp. The bunkbeds for 8…

I could put my commute on Facebook Live tonight if you’d like. I’ll be driving a manual that’s nothing but fun on a twisty road on a straight highway 20-40 mph below the speed limit for around 40 minutes.

I’m torn about Lance giving anyone shit about doping.

PolishSlavAryan. my brain. oh, my brain.

Well, since he will be the most physically fit person ever to hold the office, I predict he’ll get even more fit and become a fitness singularity that consumes the entire CrossFittiverse in an explosion of vanity and ankle sprains.

I’m going to re-read American Gods, a story about, oh shit! (SPOILERS)