Im a tilda swinton fan but I hate the “ancient asian wisdom” character being a white person again - liam neeson as ras al ghul comes to mind... the west has a poor record of “ancient wisdom” but we love to use the asian version. the west has oracles, usually virgins, but thats different, they are prophets but usually…

Living in New York I see a broad spectrum, from the “FU$” to the seriously cool bohemian. FU$ is rarely what you think it is. That said, I went to college in CA with a kid who had a pair of kelly green chinos, yeah he was preppy, and wore them sans socks with “duck shoes” but thats never worked for others who tried it…

holy crap its Lady Penelope’s car!

I just posted a similar tale. I watched a co-worker try to ‘rescue’ a pair of tongs he dropped in the deep fryer. The look on his face when he pulled his arm out “if nobody saw me do this, it didn’t happen” is something I’ll never forget...

no amputation stories but I did see a co-worker reach into a deep fryer when he dropped his tongs... up to the elbow. he turned to look at me as “if nobody saw it, then it didn’t happen”. I’ll never for get that look on his face....

This is what “why we cant have nice things” means. When we do get them we screw them up... Its the ‘murican way

No, its not

you have a loooong commute...

Wellens and Bassmaster are just playing CYA now. Bonus points if someone dressed as a robot kicks their asses and breaks their arms on video. I used to live a couple of blocks south of that corner on 2nd, its a nice ‘hood, what a shame

My brother tried that one on. The SOTD was tomato but is tasted so foul my brother resorted to telling customers the soup was “tomato and old boots”... He was shocked by how many people said “that sounds pretty good” before ordering said soup. One old man asked him “what kind of old boots...”

Hamilton has a place in Colorado, which can look like this.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell ?!?!?! are you kidding me? magic has no place in this list. no magic, not like this... science and magic are mutually exclusive. and don’t say they’re “related”, why not add tolkein? hey, they’re good books right? no, not SF.

where do you live? I was in NY watching the buildings burn that morning - read my first post. ever wonder what happened to tucker carlson? he was crucified by the GOP and their megaphone fox for saying the same things - that GW was cowardly in his response. wonder how Giuliani became famous? so yeah, you can post…

Clinton fired cruise missiles at him, at the recommendation of the pentagon and the most the legislative branch would allow. it failed and he passed the torch. at least he tried, unlike his successor, who figured he knew it all and didn’t give a crap. face it, the draft-dodging chickenhawk GOP tough guys failed. they…

this car is the definition of “pimp”

Sonny Barger briefly lived on the same block as I did, I was very young, around 10. I would go and stare at all the bikes out front - I was never hassled. My parents warned me to stay away and be careful. Now whenever I see the opening minutes of “goodfellas” when henry hill reminisces about the cab stand, I get that…

you think GW did “fine” and there was nothing to fault the administration for? You think DC was “Backup”? You forget that GW ran away on AF1 for two days and didn’t speak at all? You’re calling me to the carpet on tripe like this? Go back and read your thomas friedman articles on how the US will be greeted as saviors…

Clueless? GW was given a security briefing on OBL and he ignored it and went on vacation in texas instead. Over the course of his administration GW went on vacation more than any president up to that point. His failure to prepare was a major flaw and yes, Clinton may have had his issues but as they say - “it didn’t…

A real leader would have went before the nation and given them the facts and reassurances, not disappear and remain incommunicado for several days. A real leader would have “led”... Real leaders do not cower or save themselves while leaving the cleanup and call to action to others. I dislike Guliani almost as much as…

leader? rational decision maker? he ran off to a “secure bunker” for about a week... when he emerged he got us into the war on iraq. everything he has ever said on the situation since then has been a lie. everything he’s said about US foreign policy since then (as is his obsession with “boogeyman” politics) has been…