The repeat offender issue becomes a much broader social discussion. Our society has numerous roadblocks for anyone after they’ve committed a crime. When nearly everyone who goes to jail ends up back in jail, it’s very clear the current system is complete garbage. It’s stupid to expect someone to suddenly become an…

Having lived in both of those areas, I recommend the writer rent a sporty car and see how they deal with Midwestern potholes before committing to a sporty car. As much as I enjoyed my Veloster while living in Chicago, I had to be ready to replace some tires. A Crosstrek is probably the real best answer, but the roads…

That’s always been terrible logic in a lot of American legal arguments. It’s hardly different than saying criminals will commit crimes anyways, so why bother having any laws at all? Some people who lose their license will certainly keep driving, but if a large percentage of repeat offenders do stop driving, it is…

I wonder if that is something unique to the American legal system, or if other equally wealthy nations have such horrible logic. So many drivers who are able to ruin the lives of multiple people (or come very close to it via DUI/road rage/etc), but we can’t take away their license because it would hurt their life too…

I’d prefer we adopt EU level consequences for bad driving than we start messing with the cars more. 

Another of these hideous designs that will sell like crazy. 

Other than being thirsty and having an interior not quite as nice as other luxury models, I’ve never heard bad things about the QX80/Armada twins from any owners. By all account, those V8s are supposed to be very reliable and the rentals I’ve had of those are pretty comfy cruisers. I understand why a lot of people…

The biggest sitcoms of recent decades have been a mix between a light comedy & light drama, IMO. At least the handful I’ve watched, seem to try and mostly wander through with a few meme level jokes and then the occasional emotional moment to keep things grounded.

Because that is a less entertaining show. Why let a mostly generic sitcom get bogged down by reality & everything from BBT? Likely best that they just used the general ideas and then let the writers adjust as needed. 

While building a sitcom universe, I think they are best off modifying some characters. It’s pretty easy for a good project to suffer when writers getting fenced in by cannon. Also, Sheldon is known to be terrible at social queues, so you can chalk it up to Sheldon remembering his father differently than he really was…

I watch a variety of horror movies, including all of the Saws, but definitely found Terrifier a difficult watch. As a 30-minute short, like the VHS found footage movies, I could get on board with the character, but as feature length it certainly drags way too much for how little goes into it. It’s certainly one those…

The debate of a good deal also depends a lot on the buyer. For most cars, you never really know if it is a good deal until you’ve driven it for a while with zero abnormal maintenance issues. My wife had a Nissan Altima that she loved because we got it used for cheap and it never needed anything beyond the expected…

I’ve completed mass utility upgrades in multiple states across the country and reviewed/designed around several hundred DOT projects in multiple states for a variety of government entities. I have spent many years on the actual construction of large-scale utility replacements and seen the real costs of all different…

I ignored it because it is complete nonsense. Using a state that’s been dominated by new construction, has largely sprawling right of ways due to the vast nothingness there, and only contains ~2% of the nation’s population is an awful reference for a nationwide change in infrastructure. Arizona is a terrible metric…

When I lived around there, Culvers was my “need a burger cheap and fast” go to. Portillos for other things, but pretty much all of their food is good. Gnarly Knotts when we wanted something interesting. 

Looks like they are basically following the map of relocated Californians. 

Kind of surprised they don’t. The casino I worked at ran a shuttle on the nights with really big giveaways to open the parking up for more customers. That was also a very small casino relative to anything at Vegas though. 

Basically, all government budgets are use it or lose. If you ask for a set allotment and then don’t use all/most of it, you generally get a smaller allotment the next year while those who used all of theirs may get a larger budget. For DOTs specifically, I have seen many projects where people are losing their minds to…

Especially with how much studios have been consolidating. That is probably something that actors will have to try and unite against as much as possible in the background. They’d really have to work together so that Disney, Universal, and Netflix can’t secretly black list the actors who say no and give short term…

There was a reported gas leak near a pretty busy intersection in suburban Chicago shortly before evening rush hour. I was on site to lay out the emergency traffic control while the crew looked for the leak and we rushed to get it set before rush hour built up. One of those big arrow trucks with cones stacked in front…