I thought actually having Burnham in command of the week’s mission helped her characterization. She seems to make smarter, less impulsive decisions when there’s no one above her to disagree with or no orders to defy. What a weird approach for the show to take for a lead character but maybe they’ve been writing around…

As much as I love all things LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge was an icon to me as a teen), I’m pretty sure Ken Jennings is the shoo-in, as he’s the winningest contestant and it seems like producers have been grooming him for the role.

Agreed, and there are few accidents in the history of nuclear power. Granted, anything Level 5 and above is disastrous for the environment for decades. The biggest hinderances are public perception and a still-strong fossil fuel lobby.

“Hey, why do all the idiots get named after me? Not fair!” - Charles Darwin

I recognize this. This is an early storyboard for National Lampoon’s Vacation before they ditched the sad subplot of the old man trying to win his wife back from a Southern gentleman in seersucker by showing her their first family portrait. They replaced that storyline with Christie Brinkley in a Ferrari and it really…

I think it’s 1/1000th of a European yard or .00055 fathoms.

We watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix the other night and it killed what little hope I had in fixing America. I knew the addictive nature of social media a couple years now since I read Jaron Lanier’s Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now but the documentary drove home just how sick and…

Here’s an interesting chart in millimeters comparing the R1T to a Hilux and F-150. It slots in between mid and full size but the bed does look more mid than full

“We’re sorry but we cannot invite them back with us as your jobs are creating a high-risk situation for exposure our students to COVID. Also, you’re both fucking assholes.” — The Day School Principal Headmaster (you know a school like this has a headmaster)

Gen Z are people born after 1995, like my son who is 22 and has zero interest in driving because he can Lyft and can’t be bothered with the cost of owning a car. By 22, I had already owned a Golf, an Integra and an Isuzu Rodeo. Different world, indeed.

Aren’t these priced like a Silverado, but sized like a Colorado? That may be a factor in desirability. I think the R1S may be easier for buyers to wrap their head around because it’s priced/sized like many crossovers out there (XT6, Aviator, GV80, Cayenne, etc) but there’s no high-falutin’ midsize truck on the market.…

Zoom-zoom was 20 years ago when young people could afford and cared to drive cars. Now, the ironically named “zoomers” don’t drive and half of them live at home with their parents. A result of the cost of cars rising and wages staying flat over that same 20 year period.

e-Conoline.

Pfizer is so confident in Advil that they’ll let you take a Motrin to dull the ennui headache you get from driving a Nissan Rogue.

My neighbor had a Datsun B210 and I loved it for the dumbest little kid reason of all: It had a cool steering wheel.

I used to love the Vega as a little kid for one, very stupid reason: The bump in the hood reminded me of a Bic lighter

Or at least a Craig Brewer. He’s off making fun movies with Eddie Murphy, though.

We’ll know more when the Trump DC Post Office hotel is turned into a Halloween costume store.

Plus wouldn’t Trump have to be indicted on Federal charges before he can get pardoned? I’m wondering if there’s some US Attorney’s sitting on papers until January 21st.

Here’s the goober replacing Esper, tripping into his new job while he takes his mask off as he walks inside a building (the opposite of how you’re supposed to do it)