The headlines did get awfully vague— I looked for it last week but didn’t notice due to the headline— caught this week’s but was caught up in work yesterday so I’ll make a post today that will never get seen since articles rarely get clicked on after the first 24 hours :-P

I’m about halfway through the Parquet Courts album— it’s excellent so far. The musical parallels I’d draw would be Minutemen circa Double Nickels on the Dime (without Watt’s manic guitar play, of course), the Damned, with maybe a bit of Gang of Four scattered throughout. If you like those bands I think you’ll love the…

These instructions are sadly worthless because these people know they’re using a weapon when they dial 911. There needs to be an ability to fine or sue the perpetrator for false reports as a form of harassment... otherwise the white nationalist gestapo gonna gestop. With how in the news these incidents are nobody is…

I remember thinking that. I’m not sure it was ever true.

My ‘big’ boss at work switched from an A3 to a Focus ST just last year, previous owner of Jags/Mercs/Rolls... I don’t think he even got the titanium package. People cross-shop all sorts of things and some people, even rich people, can find pedestrian pleasant.

That’s not even addressing the fact that calling the Model…

Wtf, this broke my brain. First I only heard Yanny(woman’s voice), listened for Laurel, heard it(man’s voice), now I can’t for the life of me hear Yanny anymore and only hear Laurel. This is messing with my entire perception of my auditory reality.

NOFX’s War Against Errorism should also be on this list. Has aged well— only NOFX album I really like.

We just got my wife a SEL hatchback... was 17K without our trade-in on a car with an MSRP of over $22K. They’re wheeling and dealing right now. The wife is very happy with her 10 speaker system, subwoofer, moon roof, nav etc... we were planning on getting her something used initially but it was pretty hard to justify…

I was saying to a friend yesterday that caps fans will be waiting for the collapse or bad luck even if they were up 3 in the last minute of the 3rd period of game 4 in the SC up 3-0... that’s how conditioned the fan base is for the big letdown.

Agree with one stipulation... close game, deep in playoffs, 5 mins or less remaining and those calls will evaporate. He’ll have to battle that worst impulse at some point to win in the big moments, and come up clutch with a shot or drive, not at the line.

Ugh I know but the team should have gone deep in the tournament, everyone but him played relatively well in both games, one they basically won without him.

My wife and I just moved states and her car failed inspection in the new state. (06 civic, 130k, worn suspension/steering). After looking at used prices, I figured the local ford dealership was a good place to start since she was ready for an upgrade. We ended up buying a Focus SEL hatch tonight.

He sucked to watch at ASU as the team choked its way out of the tournament too... but he was at least fun in the regular season then. Check out this stat line:

Depends— that’s an hour and a half if at cruising speeds; lots of people do an hour and a half commute into DC— it’s just that it’s only 30 miles away. I’d rather cruise for 100mi at 60 versus crawling through 30 miles at 20.

You know... I thought I’d have some exciting recommendations for him, but it really gets pretty dang boring to spec out a $200K luxury car. Blah blah, 600+hp, average handling, heavy weight, adaptive shocks, $20K repair bills, 15mpg, massaging seats and heated steering wheel. That about cover it? Pick your poison...…

Releasing a crappy album didn’t help either— I’ve never been a fan of her but her previous efforts were filled with pop earworms... see also Perry, Katy.

I have to drive 30mi to legally shoot an animal and I use a rifle ‘cause I only shoot what I want to eat. I’ll just have to deal with critters on the road and near my house without a boomstick...

Clearly there are very well defined rules of engagement to prevent civilian groundhog deaths, including shouting, giving orders, shooing, rock throwing, and stick. I’m not sure of two things:

That’s pretty shitty— music should be something universal— like whatever you like. So much good punk by black musicians as well... Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, The Selecter, Suicidal Tendencies, TV on the Radio(ok, I don’t know exactly what they are), etc that it’s pretty hard for me to get that mindset. And to some…

I’m dying!