I am not a lawyer, but I read that Don Jr. was too dumb to conspire, that is, to knowingly plot to do something illegal. Therefore, he may have broken other laws, but I read that as concluding he was too ignorant of the law to have knowingly tried to break it.

I can relate to shopping for a MIL. Mine lives three and a half hours away. Was a lifelong Toyota customer, trading in a used Camry under 100k miles (but 15+ years old). The Toyota dealer didn’t have any cars that matched the description of what she wanted (mayyybe an Avalon, but she didn’t like those). So we went to…

It’s crazy how age affects people. My dad, who is in his mid-60s, generally pretty with it, and taught my all the cynicism and skepticism I have now (which is a lot), was quite convinced for awhile that a friend of his had been given $300k from Facebook and that the same friend saw my dad’s name on their list.

This won’t be a particularly popular notion on a car blog, but I have taken Amtrak short distances because I don’t care for driving. For a brief time I lived near one stop and worked near another in the southeast. The train was clean, generally timely and a smooth ride, but it was still prohibitive because (a) it was…

OK, so maybe not complicated, but whatever. I grew up in a cold, dark place where people got together and played cards. A lot. One of my dad’s go-to jokes was to tell people who wore glasses that he could see their cards reflecting in their glasses. (He could not, this was just something he’d say when he was on a…

I would add that, at least when I was shopping for my used car in 2011, my midsize SEUS city only has a few dealers that sell used cars <$10k and they knew shoppers didn’t have a lot of other places to go for leverage.

Love the shakes! I’m from the Midwest and the chocolate malt shake is the best. Also, while I don’t agree with all the ratings, there is this: http://cookoutmilkshakereviews.com

Shift that image a little leftward and you have my favorite reason for being in North Carolina. (Besides the weather. Because fuck winter.)

I admit I haven’t watched the whole series, but I’ve seen a few episodes of Frasier and I’m quite put off at how it seems like all of the main characters think Niles and Frasier’s ex-wives are ice queen harpies. And Bebe Neuwirth won Emmys for the role! Although perhaps seeing Cheers is important to the context?

As someone who drove over the Cascades numerous times and made this mistake more than once in a better mpg car: always fill up sooner than you think you should! That also applies to crossing the Dakotas. Yes, it sounds like a no-brainer, but that next gas station when you have 1/4 tank left never materializes until…

I would note that she has done action (quite well!) in Annihilation, but I’m thrilled to see she’ll be starring here. I love Gina Rodriguez!

Agree with your translation.

Minor correction: Thom Tillis is the terrible senator from North Carolina.

Is there anyone who could bring perjury charges against him?

It seems like McCaskill is in the House not the Senate. I swear to God it seems like I hear that she’s running in every damn national election. I assume its the tossup nature of her contest, but I had to Google to double check that Roy Blunt was in fact the other senator from Missouri.

Yes! I am having this trouble even with my year-old daughter. I have been on a constant crusade to help my husband and family rearticulate her crying as “frustration” instead of “anger” or “pissed off”. The last one bothers me the most—it’s practically a vulgarity and we’re ascribing it to a small, nonvocal person who…

As a former member of her district, I must correct you that now-Sen. Tammy Baldwin was the first openly gay woman elected to Congress.

My dad teased my sister that he was going to name her cat Forklift. Later, my aunt actually did give her cat that name.

Hmm new theory: Tom Cruise is like Hugh Jackman’s character in The Prestige and sacrifices his other selves to Scientology.

My dad shares this philosophy. He always said “I don’t wear word shirts.” However, twenty or so years ago now, someone gave him a shirt that read “Normal is boring,” which also fits his philosophy. We had tickets to go to the Whad’ya Know Show, so he wore it and was selected to take the quiz. He won the whole…