Because I am a big ‘ol classical music snob, I will suggest that people who love scores should also check out the larger classical music genre, since scores are both A) most of the time part of the genre, and B) very largely influenced by classical music. If you like the former, you’ll probably like the latter as well!

I’ll assume you’re commenting in good faith despite your use of an awful buzzword like “identity politics,” so consider this: Lots of girls are taught that video games and game development are for men. Girls Make Games is an institution designed to teach girls that hey, they can play and make video games too, which…

I replaced my 1979 Olds Delta 88's 110 hp diesel, 3-speed auto, and open diff rear end with a 425 hp LQ4, a 4L80E, and a Ford 9"with a locker.

The closest I ever came was a million years ago, when I hurt my knee in college and got a Percocet prescription. I took as indicated, that was no problem, but I remember sitting around one day and realizing that for the first time since I could remember, nothing hurt. Not just my knee, but all those vague aches and…

I had a workplace related injury that resulted in me separating a rib from my sternum momentarily and caused a lot of muscle pain when I used my right arm for anything. The doctor insisted I go on Hydrocodone even though I told him I could deal with the pain fine. I went back for a checkup two weeks later and again he…

You’re funny. I live in fucking chronic pain and have for years. I have degenerative disc disease and had to have emergency surgery on a rupture in 2011 when I lost all feeling below the waist and I have a second one that is in the neurosurgeon’s words “collapsed.” I can’t stand or walk long distances without my feet…

The sheer volume shelf-space in US supermarkets and chemists dedicated to laxatives was my first culture shock arriving in the US.

11/1/13

To bring this little piece of news even closer to home, how about we all share our sober birthday? I know there’s many of us here that are recovering addicts.

He’s got at least 20-30k miles hassle-free with all the work he did, and that’s before any of the other minor systems starts showing it’s age. At that point, he could recover most of the cost for the effort - documented correctly, that’s going to be a $10k car for a long time.

I think you should re-read. He replaced/rebuilt virtually every system for the long term. He used better parts. Things partially worn or known trouble spots were addressed. It was a system reboot. A better initial purchase would have all those same systems in different states of decline. Addressing those issues as…

I remember the only time I ever rode in an RX-7. I needed a ride from Eugene to PDX airport, and this classmate of mine said “my mom’s going up there, she can take you.” Of course, I figure mom’s is in her 70s and grey and all that, the usual thing we think about the Parentals (who were at that time in their forties,…

Just looking at the glass makes me think of the inventible rock on the road that’s going to be the catalyst for a $8,900 bespoke glass repair bill.

To me it starts long before the “saving it” point. I buy cars with my heart much more than my brain, if that car isn’t oozing character and soul to start with, I’m not gonna buy it in the first place, never mind throwing money at it to keep it going. But when I do buy that little soul trapped in a metal or fiberglass…

As a Kentuckian, I’d like to take just a second to try to explain our enduring tolerance for Yertle the Turtle:

Kentucky, as I’m sure pretty much everyone here knows, has been and still is the butt of just about every “lol country folk” joke out there. Whether it has to do with being a little too close to our cousins,…

If only our government had the integrity of a high school mock trial...

Wow.

The marijuana issue is next.

Of course it’s going to be used disproportionately against minorities. I wouldnt be surprised if this was in large part to try to make sure the Native American population there doesn’t get any ideas like Standing Rock.

Ex cop here.