I have a faint memory from childhood of a computer store in (maybe) White Plains, where one of these was set up with a graphic animation involving a Tie-Fighter.

I think this kind of thing would be more valuable (for Americans, at least) if geographically focused. Top languages in the US Midwest. Top languages in the US South. Top languages in the US Mid-Atlantic.

Fortunately there’s one in Saint Pierre, a tiny French island between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. They obtained it from Martinique when someone needed executing back in 1889. It’s now in the Saint Pierre museum.

“He could have attacked this dude with a hammer.”

The first police one looks like it’s an observation bubble.

“As an aside: No, Republicans. This is not a “time for unity”. This is not a “time for healing”.”

I’m thinking about getting a gun, for safety from Trumpkins, and I’m white and in Connecticut.

Scientology has been in Clearwater since the late 70s, I think.

“so crazy there is this other giant scientology building that has like, all the windows blacked out.”

Now I want to see Bowie performing Gollum.

“i went to a neiman marcus once, where rob was appearing to market his new sock line”

It would have been interesting, seeing what Bowie would do with a role like Wormtongue.

“How do you rip them apples?”

“I think we’ll agree to disagree, and I’ll continue to assign the best of motives to people, and you can continue to assign the worst.”

Yeah, I think it’s part of the increase in Hindu nationalist extremism. Laws be damned.

A mob recently killed a 50-year-old Muslim man. His alleged crime? Eating beef.

Jeremy should probably avoid India for a while. There’s been some deadly violence recently over suspected beef-eating and cow killing and whatnot.

It was a revelation when I went to college in Philly and discovered WXPN, UPenn’s radio station. Oddly, one of their DJs had previously been on WHCN in Hartford. (Kim Alexander)

“Crabs having a party” would work better.