I think people in Boston are generally hyper aware when they’re on the roads because the situation is so crazy and I think the general metro area is pretty good about having bike lanes. That said, driving around this town, I’ve seen the way people veer into bike lines to go around traffic without looking, drive close…

Man, when I see a Hubway bike coming down the street, whether I’m a driver or a pedestrian, I watch everything they do because chances are they’re going to do something stupid and it’s going to be right in front of you. On the plus side, at least they all come with lights... which is better than I can say for 99% of…

When I lived in Florida I would only ride in the road on smaller streets. If I had to take a major road, I was on the sidewalk because I’m not ready to experience death and no one is on the sidewalk anyway. If you walk or ride a bike anywhere in Florida, people will assume it’s because you’ve had a DUI. 80% of the…

Throw in cyclists without lights and wrong way riders while you’re at it. Every time I see a bicyclist without lights I just want to smack them upside the head. This is Boston, the roads here are terrible under the best conditions. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost hit or been hit by zooming invisible…

Maybe a smarter solution would be to make DC a state but keep the government core outside of it’s jurisdiction?

Yeah, I mean the whole point of creating D.C. was so that no one state would have power in the capitol. I don’t think the founders ever imagined this many people living there.

Tree climbing alligators are terrifing, but the zig-zag thing is a myth (that even my Florida elementary school teacher told us). Alligators don’t run that fast, they don’t like hunting on land, and they don’t usually like to eat people. Alligators are much more comfortable in the water. They can swim up to 20mph but…

Oh we could go round and round on this forever.

Bingo. Can I please have a moment to enjoy my life without someone telling me I need to buy something that will help me enjoy my life more?

I support this statement. I am under 40 and don’t trust me.*

Bullying/stalking issues aside, I’m tired of being a product all the time. I mean, it’s annoying that browsing anything on Amazon or Ebay, or even mentioning anything that could be bought on Amazon or Ebay will give me Facebook ads for those things for months but even taxis, airplane seats, and gas pumps have auto…

Oh my god, probably with birds on them or something.

Yeah, I think they’re more like jazz shoes. Also, I imagine they’re recreating styles from the 70s which might not be available anymore. It’s been awhile since I’ve been shopping for tight-wire shoes, though.

That was Nick Wallenda. He actually comes from a very old circus family with a long and tragic history with tight-wire. Two of them died and one was paralyzed when the seven person pyramid they were doing collapsed in the 60s (there was a made for TV movie about it. His great-grandfather/the family patriarch died at…

They’re dance shoes. You can get them at a dance store. For wire walking it’s usually better to get the kind with a one-piece sole so that you can use the arches of your feet (for dance you get better lines with a split sole but in wire it’s easier to walk across the wire quickly and land jumps on the arches of your…

It’s like Yelp! meets revenge porn.

Maybe as a next step someone can create an algorithm to let you know if you’ll like someone based on reviews from people with similar tastes. That way you won’t even have to waste your time talking to someone you’re not going to find interesting. In this brave new world, we will never have to be bored, challenged or…

No no, many of these women started as anti-abortion protesters and continued to protest abortion after they got their abortions. They think their circumstances are special and everyone who makes the same mistake they did are irresponsible whores. Fuck them.

Hahahahhahahahaha, it’s cute the way you think you know things about people. I made a comment mentioning something I have quite a bit of experience with and you responded by saying, “you’re wrong because my opinion.” The internet thanks you for fulfilling its primary purpose: providing a platform for people to argue…

This is where Miami has been smart about its stadium (well, football they got hoodwinked on basketball and baseball). The Superbowl said, “hey, upgrade or we’ll go somewhere else” and Miami said, “do you think we have a problem filling hotel rooms in February? Besides, it’s not like the Dolphins will be playing in one…