One comment on something about which I’m actually qualified to have an opinion. Chappelle lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio. When I was a graduate student in the 1980s, I lived about a ten minute drive outside of Yellow Springs. Been back many times since then. For sure there are plenty of “poor whites” (his term) in…

The problem with being crazy wealthy is that you’re just as time limited as the next guy. Well, okay, you *can* pay others to do a lot of time consuming things for you. But you can’t pay someone to sleep for you, eat for you (although they can cook for you), go to the bathroom for you, and have sex for you (that’s…

I’ve owned my Subaru WRX Limited for four years, and I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve opened the sunroof.

Four years ago I bought my first car with heated seats - a Subaru WRX Limited - and I love them. Great until the heater gets going. I had a similar experience years ago when I bought my first motorcycle with heated grips - a used BMW R1100RT that I still own. I thought it was just a gimmick until I took my first long…

My 2016 Subaru WRX has the CVT automatic transmission (which simulates a six-speed in software) and the “EyeSight” driver assist feature which includes “lane keeping”, “collision avoidance”, and “intelligent cruise control”. After the Spousal Unit and I attended the WorldCon in Kansas City Missouri, having driven from…

It was a Starbucks compilation CD that introduced me to trip hop and to what would become one of my favorite groups, The Supreme Beings of Leisure. Can’t complain.

If he were any prettier, it would have been unbelievable, in the context of the story, that he wouldn’t have already been dating someone else.

The first time I drove through the then-new DD interchange in my neck of the woods - at the intersection between McCaslin Blvd. and US36 in Louisville Colorado - I had seen the interchange design on a diagram, thought I knew what to expect, and I still had a ?!?!WHAT’S HAPPENING?!?! moment when I found myself driving…

It’s deja vu all over again!

Ah, yes, I remember now: GALAXY QUEST was the Star Trek film that beat THE MATRIX for the World Science Fiction Society Achievement Award (“Hugo”) for best dramatic presentation that year. And - as much as I loved THE MATRIX - it needs to be said: deservedly.

YABBA DABBA DOO!

This was a rockin’ cover that did justice to the late great Dolores O’Riordan.

Agreed; her “Backyard Sessions” (by “Miley Cyrus and the Social Distancers”) were great.

Agree: would totally buy.

I’m a 64 year old male, and had the same reaction. I hope you appreciate I wouldn’t admit this to just anyone. I’ve become a Miley Cyrus fan. It’s about the last thing I ever expected to happen. Now I wish she’d cover “Feeling Good”, the song that Nina Simone made *more* famous (it was originally from the musical “The…

This. Decades ago a friend of mine was one of the official photographers for a presidential visit to his town. He got a look (but not a photograph) of the armament that the Secret Service keeps hidden away but virtually within arms reach. Not just automatic weapons, but anti-tank weapons. A massive show of force to…

I wonder if it’s a gel seat instead of the usual foam padding.

I’m an early riser. Every weekday morning my clock alarm goes off at 5AM. I lie there for a few moments listening to the NPR newsreader give the headlines of the top stories. I do this before I get up. Because if our President has, you know, started a war with North Korea, or launched ICBMs at China, I’d like to know…

We have Doctor Who - and the fact that The Graham Norton Show used to come on right after it on Friday nights on BBC America - to thank for discovering this wonder.

Same with me and the Spousal Unit. It’s the only talk show we watch. Esquire Magazine once said that watching The Graham Norton Show was like being a fly on the wall of the world’s greatest cocktail party. That’s pretty spot on.