I’m generally pretty wary of statements like this. I was a Star Wars EU fan in the 90s, and I know exactly how much respect ancillary media gets when it comes time to lay down big bucks for movies. They can call stuff “Canon” all they want, but we all know the only things that really count happen in the movies.

Could we please, PLEASE stop referring to this show as “Based on Real Life” in any way whatsoever? Seriously, Hynek investigated weird shit people saw in the sky. This show, in five episodes, has already had him seeing alien corpses, receiving apocalyptic radio broadcasts, and getting veiled death threats from the…

I don’t know how long ago this was, but Valvoline’s actually impressed me the last year or two. I only had about 30 minutes before leaving on an unplanned trip a year or two ago, so I found myself at one of their shops for a quick and dirty change. It was...weird.

So, Lost Girls, then? 

I have a soft spot for the Aztek. It gets mocked roundly, but it’s basically the foundation of half the cars sold in the States these days, especially by the big 3 American Auto makers. All of the crossover half car/half SUV features that sell so well these days got a first real taste of massive exposure with the…

Mock if you want, but I LOVED my goddamned Uplander, and when some idiot took it out by smashing into it with some giant SUV I mourned it.

Yeah...This is mostly some hot take bullshit. They’re cherry picking some dicey quotes, but some of it’s really intellectually dishonest. Like the “Loony Left” comment, AV Club specifically cut out the part where he says that he was in a bubble about racism, and the Sacha Cohen show really showed him just how fucked…

Yeah, yeah, I know. It sounds bad. It’s actually a thing that comes up a lot lately in ongoing conversations with friends of mine. If somebody does some bad shit, when do you decide they can live in society again? And when you’re discussing things like when voting rights and stuff come back, it’s almost inevitable…

It’s not about a career as an actor. If he’s a registered offender, there’s quite a few jobs he’s legally prevented from holding. SAG scale background character is not one of them. Black’s surely regretting it now, but he gave the guy a job and a chance. And, from what I know, he did just fine at it. If there’s…

So, I’m seriously the only one who feels like Munn flipped out over nothing? I mean, like Anne states below, there’s legal limits on what employers can consider in hiring decisions, and I know enough people in HR to know that it’s generally completely illegal to actively inform coworkers of somebody’s criminal past…

I don’t disagree that speed limit removal on some remote sections of the US Interstate system would be a bad idea, but don’t compare safety rates on US interstates to the Autobahn. There’s less than 8,000 miles of it in a country barely half the size of Texas. It’s about as useful as comparing crime rates in Chicago…

Everybody around here shits on it, but I loved my Uplander for that very reason before some moron ran a stop sign and totaled it. Built very much like an SUV, but had sliding doors in the back. With good tires and a decent traction control system, it was great in snow and on hills in that snow. It really filled a…

Yup. I’ve got a Silverado for the winter time and hauling tall stuff, but if I need to pick up sheet rock or plywood? Fold down the seats in the Town & Country and slide it right on in. 

Because it’s pointless. She’s an actor, and I could care less about her political viewpoint. Is she nuts? You bet she’s nuts. But the show’s funny, so I don’t care. Hey, if they did a revival of the West Wing, I’d watch it, even though Martin Sheen’s a nut job conspiracy theorist, too. I do my best to separate art…

> The premise was good science fiction, but LaMarr was such an ass that it’s hard to feel too sorry for him.

Honestly, I kinda miss those simple controls. I had to drive my mother in law’s brand new Nissan Murano home from the airport last night. I literally could not make heads or tails out of the climate controls. I think it’s some sort of automated setup, as the heat kicked in about ten minutes down the road, but I had no…

Horseshit. I live in Central North Dakota. I can go back and forth to Minneapolis on an overnight ride for $144. At 20-some miles per gallon in my car, that’s basically gas money, but I don’t have to drive. Typical air fare? Around $1200, if you’re lucky. Amtrak serves a great purpose for those of us out in Flyover…