He was crab hunting. Pretty typical behavior.

Setting: My then-boyfriend and I were on an extended road trip post-college and we stopped in DC for a couple nights. Each of us had a friend that lived in the city, so I (very reasonably) proposed we stay one night with each friend since we were in one car and I didn’t want to deal with the logistical headache. But…

“Because when I hear dystopian horror, I think theme park.”

That’s actually a really interesting point. I find that in my own experience, calling myself a “designer” or “writer” can almost make it worse. By doing that, I attach a huge part of my identity to that label: if I actually design or write something and it isn’t good, I’m not just failing, I’m damaging and seeding…

I recently heard screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin put it this way: Are you focusing on the verb, or the noun? Do you like to write, or do you like to call yourself a writer? Do you like to draw, or do you like to call yourself an artist?

I’ve been struggling with the same sentiment, and after a recommendation from a friend, I picked up a copy of The War of Art.

As someone who has been a writer for, like, 25 years, I laugh whenever I see people trying to tell other people how to write—especially people who write self-help bullshit books about it. Writing, in particular, is easy. You either do it or you don’t. You wanna write, then write something. But yes, absolutely, just…

I despise...DESPISE...the “A Star Wars Story” subtitle attached to these films.

This girl is incredibly brave and wise. Unlike millions of adults, she wasn’t content with making assumptions about Rusty. Instead, she went out on a limb and talked with him. She tried to understand him. She listened.

Great article. It’s easier to demonize a person than to humanize them. The neighborhood made Rusty into a boogeyman and he played the role, but it turns out he’s just a sad, lonely dying man who needs to understand the people in his community just as much as they need to understand him. 

OK, so time for my new favorite thing: ask Deadspin.

I want to love it, but I couldn’t stand the bump the screen has down the middle in the unfolded mode. Until they can figure out a way to stretch the screen flat in tablet mode, this thing will remain a prototype. :(

Jesus. You people must be making a ton of money from Amazon. You shill them all the damn time. Either that or they own you.

Little known fact: this is how the Forester was born.

You will need a screwdriver, a pair of tweezers, a magnifying glass (optional), some salt (~1tbsp), and a bag of chicken feed, preferably corn-based.

I wanna see Bajillion, but I refuse to have anything to do with Seeso or any of Aukerman’s other attempts to ruin podcasting through monetization. I force myself to listen to CBB in spite of him

Paul F Tompkins, for those who are not familiar with him, might be one of the smartest, most underrated comedians out there today. If you haven’t heard his stand-up albums, his work on podcasts like Thrilling Adventure Hour, Superego and Spontaneanation, or seen him on Bajillion Dollar Properties, you are doing…

David is Jalopnik. If Jalopnik had a spirit-animal, it would be kept in a very-forgiving landlord’s garage. Reading his posts makes me weep softly as I forgo the things I used to do in the garage because I probably shouldn’t have greasy nails on Monday mornings.

Some of these comments make me proud, others piss me off (you know who you are). Particularly the ones reliability-shaming David. WTF are you guys doing on a site called Jalopnik? Shouldn’t you be reading articles over at www.theresponsiblemotorist.com?

On the bright side, Project Slow Devil provided some of the best Jalopnik in my 5 years of reading