My understanding was he was ruled out once this guy became a suspect, since he had a known history of attacking women in that park. So the police believed, ‘if it’s this other guy, it can’t be Condit.’ Guandique’s defense has repeatedly pointed back at Condit, not that that means much by itself.

Yeah, he also lost his home state (a real home state). If he had won it, Florida literally wouldn’t have mattered. Walter Mondale won his home state.

“ But when you think about if it Gore had won, it’s very likely we wouldn’t have gotten President Obama.” Is this the most relevant “what if,” really? I can think of more important things that happened in the first 1-3 years of the Bush presidency that may have been different with a different president. Not…

You sound defensive. Is this mobile app part of your identity now or something?

Not all of us do. I don’t wear jewerly, despite being married, and my workplace is largely female (elementary school). I get asked about it with some regularity, both by co-workers and by students. I don’t give a fuck. I don’t give a big ideological speech about it (though I have ideological feelings about it), I just…

The upper end of that bought my house in Pittsburgh (+$5K), which we paid outright for (from an owner, wasn’t a foreclosure). Was a turn-key brick home with a finished basement and large backyard that had daily herds of deer in it before we built a fence because of our dogs. Local demographics scare people off, hence…

Most of these people wouldn’t give this guy a second look if he was an office worker instead of an actor. So yeah, that’s clearly part of the appeal. He’s no Oscar Isaac.

Amazon store card does 5% back all year. It’s a statement credit so maybe not as psychologically rewarding.

So why pay for the plan? You just said it isn’t any good for anything. The penalty is significantly cheaper than your premium.