After a week’s worth of gastroenteritis-of-indeterminate-origin, this delicious bottle of Gatorade! Mmm, that’s the stuff.

Too early in its design to say, but it should be a cool blend of interactive media and hands-on interactivity, exploration and citizen science.

You are awesome for making the hassle of that work. And that child is frakking adorable. I hope you all enjoy your lives to the fullest.

Networking/PR question: How the heck do you get and build an audience for a podcast? I have one with a friend of mine about the Great British Baking Show with a whole lot of geekery thrown in (Gin and Cake). I’m not expecting Star Talk audience figures or anything, but figuring out how to cut through the huge amount…

But what if I want a gilded coffin with a tiny, tacky chandelier inside of it?

Agree. And that’s the terrifying counterpoint to the CDC report up there. We desperately need effective antibiotics and other treatments for disease, but the profit is in bullshit pharmaceuticals for Restless Legs, Goosebump Deficiency and Mopeyidia--drugs people can voluntarily demand and get. Short-term dividends vs…

If I were Canadian, I might be more hopeful, too.

This area is a lot younger than it used to be! Places like St. Petersburg have completely reinvented themselves, but Clearwater still flounders, in part because of Scientology’s dominant presence. I’m amazed that the city would even consider ceding more to them as a cure for its economic woes. I can only assume some…

While I certainly hope this is true, the CoS is currently in negotiations with Clearwater, Florida, to take over the main part of the remains of downtown that they don’t already own and turn it into a retail area (for their benefit, of course). They may be struggling globally, but they’re prepared to double-down here.

When I read the headline, I thought it was the guy who invented that gift bow that pops up when you pull the two little ribbons inside the larger outer ribbons, so it doesn’t take up space inefficiently when stored. Because that’s a worthy invention. I should have known Trump would never have someone that clever on…

I don’t see a carabiner, though. I thought we were all supposed to carry carabiners now? All the hip what’s-in-my-bag photos have them. This seems to negate the survivability of this invention.

Awww, no Beorn? Lonely were-bears get choppy, too.

Perhaps he learned it in the same 5-minute briefing that informed him that nuclear holocaust is, like, so bad?

My money is still on NYC or Los Angeles. I think they would love to strike at the coastal elites as a giant fuck-you, while giving their existing heartland base a chance to point, squeal and feel very superior—a feeling they need to find a way to keep feeding when the reality starts to sink in that jobs aren’t coming…

If you’re an intelligent, thoughtful and self-aware person, it sure is! I get the feeling that, no matter what happens, 45 will go to his grave untouched by such thoughts. In my book, that’s a prime reason to fear him.

That was awesome! “It looks like you’re ignoring the white actors.” “Yes, I am.” You’re the hero we need, Tour Bus Man.

Completely agree. Like so many huge personalities, he did so much to admire, and did so much to despise. But I suppose it beats doing only despicable things?

I could live a long and happy life if I never again heard the press, including you, call any of these cretins a provacateur. However technically correct it may be, it creates an air of legitimacy and intellectualism that none of them deserve.

Exactly! These moronic (and historically ignorant) racists latched on to a label because the symbol of a big, manly animal with free-swingin’ balls is all they care about. Teddy Roosevelt would pummel any and all of these malicious freaks into the ground while creating labor and environmental protections with his…

Definitely. That movie is so great. And so gif-worthy!