I love how $37k and the discomfort of a home remodel was perfectly reasonable against the alternative of like $1k tops to train the goofy bastard.

So much more devilish in my imagination. (Thank you, btw, for lending your linguistic skill!)

Anyone care to translate?

There’s nothing I love more when someone brings The Math. HIGH-TO-THE-FIVE!!!

Great point. It is mid six digits. That’s appropriate, if not low, but yeah— I look at numbers like that and drool.

DONE, on a monthly. THANKS for posting that!

It’s almost as if vegans should espouse similar rule to the First Rule of Fight Club.

With all due respect, I mentioned everything I’ve learned about it was from a video game, and also, I’ve signed up for updates on Marina Rustow’s in-depth research to learn more.

I just wanted to say, thank you Jez, for listening to us (yeah?) with that MacArthur Genius Grant article today. Or maybe you just read our minds. Either way, HELLZYASSS.

Very interested in Marina Rustow’s work. The Caliphate, according to my favorite video game Civilization V, was as powerful as, if not more powerful than, the Roman Empire. The empire stretched well across Asia, into Africa, and even parts of Europe, and flourished with trade and culture. At a time where the Middle…

I could totally see my husband doing that, early in our marriage, in exactly the situation you describe. And I would have submitted the story, too, if he had!

Awww! Cosi was great. The one in the downtown Seattle BonMacy’s was my li’l place to be every day. Miss it so.

They don’t want to pay the true cost of good PR, and even if they did, they won’t do the work required to interface effectively with a great PR strategy.

OMGILY. (In case you didn’t know!)

As someone who genuinely loves this website, reads and comments almost every day, and feels connected to its community... I strongly agree with everything you said.

PLEASE TELL ME HOW *THAT* IS LESS HORRIBLE THAN MEDICAL TESTING ON SAME?

It’s not shade if they call someone out, even if they don’t name names... right? (I’m learning.)

Agreed. Eventually, though, after she’s made some seriously awesome things happen (and she has and will continue to!) I’d like her to be our figurehead.

Ya got your dates a little out of order (WWI & II then Cold War/Red Scare), but I hear ya.