What asshole — other than Ralph Nader — would possibly include the Corvair on a “worst of” list? Presumably assholes whose only experience with the car comes from having read Nader’s book. Which, by definition, makes them assholes.

While that chart at least looks at the total OMB national defense budget rather than just the frontline Pentagon budget, it still excludes a host of expenses that are buried in other budget items, such as the nuclear arsenal under the Department of Energy, as well as veteran costs as well as retirement, the Department…

Indeed, but again, I am talking about a more narrowly defined weakness. These are intelligent people who are self-aware enough to reject the conservative party line on things like global warming & Trump himself. Their blind spot appears to be limited to falling for obviously faked videos and just blithely ignoring…

Yes, there are plenty of stupid conservatives, and plenty of stupid liberals to join them. Credulously passing on incredulous information is a universal trait. But again, I am talking about people who are capable of critical thinking, even if they draw different conclusion. (In one case here, we are talking about a…

I simply do not understand how conservatives fall for O’Keefe’s “work.” Not at all. And before anyone jumps on the “because they are all ignorant” bandwagon, that is of course not true, and it does more harm than good to stereotype like that. (Vide the recent election.)

I still have bad memories of having to wait tens of minutes to load rudimentary ASCII games like Temple of Apshai off the tape drive in my Commodore PET. And if one thing went wrong during that process, rewind and start over from the beginning!

One of the worst things about delays like that is that I played both of the originals when they first came out, and never since. Needless to say, I have forgotten so much that I am sure it will diminish some of my enjoyment of the new one. I could replay the others first — I have them in my GOG library — but by the…

Having tried just about every imaginable variant of skillet methodologies, I can confidently say:

Take this with a grain of salt as you will, considering that the stupid music in that video obscures the actual exhaust note, but is it totally wrong that I am far more impressed with the sound of the V6 in the Gulia Quadrifiglio than I am with that V8? Is it totally wrong that I am getting more tingles from a brand…

Better yet, do both. Give it 45 seconds to a minute in the microwave first (depending on your machine & how many slices.) Just enough to start softening the top, rather than fully melting it. Then transfer it to the pan. It goes more quickly that way, plus it makes it easier to get the cheese melted without…

And I am old enough to remember having to be content with the few KB you could squeeze onto a tape drive, so there!

All the trillions that we spend on boondoggles like the F-35, and we have yet to spend a dime on a working Maser, which would clearly be a game-changer in the sphere of global conflict. Unless we are attacked by a kaiju, of course.

“Andy Reid” is essentially the ultimate talk-to-the-hand put down. Though people seem to continue to argue the point anyway.

I am on the Board of Trustees. In our state at our population size, there is a seven member board, with six trustees and one President (who, unlike a council/mayor structure, is a voting member of the board.)

I finally decided to take the plunge and reinstalled Morrowind with the Graphics Overhaul & Rebirth mods. Even after following the directions on how to install both together, it is still a little glitchy and crashes occasionally, and it also has some missing object errors when loading some interiors. But those are…

In order for people to buy enough of them to justify continued production, Chevy dealers need to sell them. And I can vouch for the fact that Chevy dealers do not want to sell them. In fact, I have been trying to buy one since the 2016s came out, and have tried working with multiple dealers in two states. And we…

Read Harlan Ellison’s short story “A Prayer for No One’s Enemy.” That answers your rhetorical question perfectly.

Local government official here. I got tired of hearing myself complain about what the existing board was doing, so I decided to put up or shut up. With all that is going on in the world these days, the feeling of powerlessness can be overwhelming. But you can make a difference at your local level.

Wise choice:

Is it April already?