I mostly hate car chases, so I avoided watching Bullitt for a long time because I didn’t want to be that guy, but I actually ended up loving it. Well maybe not the chase so much, but the rear-view mirror gimmick which (I think) preceded the chase was fantastic film-making.

There are parts of it that were an ordeal, and there are definitely some huge swaths I would have cut, but the “filler” in WoT generally has a purpose of advancing characters or storylines. As opposed to something like the Tom Bombadil part of The Fellowship of the Ring, which left me thinking, “Well, that happened. …

And way cooler than some dumb shark.

I re-read The Belgariad a couple of years ago, and I was actually embarrassed that I loved it so much as a kid. Amateurish writing, plot-holes, tons of adventure that is nothing more than filler... I could go on at length. I did mostly enjoy my re-read, just set your expectations accordingly.

This made me think of Colditz Glider, which was built to escape a Nazi POW camp at Colditz Castle. All escape attempts were halted after the executions following the Stalag Luft III “Great”’ escape, so it never got its chance to fly. In the documentary below, they recreate the glider using the same ingenious prison…

To get even more antiquated, emissions testing was done by holding a canary in front of the exhaust.

Do you need a safe space?

I drove a Miata once over 20 years ago, and it was the most fun I’ve ever had driving, even though my legs were wrapped around the steering wheel. I love driving small cars in general, but why can’t they make the goddamn seats go back farther. There’s nearly always space back there. I’m in my 40's now, and driving…

I was with Billy when he died. It turns out he’d ingested a couple extra packets of sugar, felt really hot, and blamed the car next to him. Somebody caught him on their dashcam.

You’re right. Fixed. Just to be clear, for anyone who saw this before the edit, as far as I know, that fucker is OK.

I understand that “fucker” is not OK. But I always thought that adding the homey, comforting word “mother” humanized it to the point that it was acceptable for young ears. Am I running my day care wrong? “Snack time, mother fuckers.”

Don’t overlook forcing the daughter to marry her rapist. But it’s OK. The rapist is never allowed to divorce his victim. If only all marriages could start with such a solid foundation.

Everyone had character concerns about Dez, and he interviewed with plenty of other teams, yet they all managed to get their answers without going there.

If I’m interviewing someone for a job, even if I somehow knew for a fact that this persons father was a pimp and his mother was a prostitute, there’s just no way those subjects ever come up. It’s totally inappropriate. Judge a person by their own merits, not their parents.

Pictured: Gar Foreman.

Now you’ve outed yourself as someone who had HBO in the 80's. I was really hoping I could make a The Truth About Alex reference today, but you have to take what the good lord gives you.

You have to look on the bright side with these type of accidents. Sure, you’re down one car, but you’re up two motorcycles.

Oh man. This guy is sooo sexy that Jeff Ireland is going ask him if his mom is a prostitute. And if he says yes, his next question will be if he plans on getting into the family business, because Jeff Ireland has unrestricted access to the Saints petty cash drawer.

And, of course, this gay for pay bear pornstar.