I’m really skeeved out by that “extreme indifference to the value of human life” statement on the face of it. It’s awfully presumptive, unless there’s something that they’ve got as evidence showing that he was stating “If they die, they die” or something like that.

Yelena was following Eleanor because Kate planted that seed of doubt about Clint in her head. The hit wasn’t turning out to be as straightforward as it seemed and Yelena isn’t strictly speaking a Black Widow automaton/weapon anymore. 

Cannonball Run is worth it just to see Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. playing off each other, and for this quiet moment with the incomparable Jack Elam.

This is correct. The thing I remember most from this movie is Albert Brooks and his straight razor.

Probably my 1995 Ford Contour. Part of the problem was the biodegradable wiring harnesses. Part of the problem was the K&N air filter I installed kept fouling the idle air controller. Part of the problem was hard city miles and multiple owners (I was told it had been shared by some British embassy staff in DC...I…

It’s the right size and shape to be absolutely hurled into a wall after (or before) sampling the foam. kaboom

Those Peppermint Jo-Jos are astonishingly good. I also agree about the peanut butter cups. Reeses at some point in time changed something about their formulation and the net result was such a letdown. The TJs have great flavor.

I don’t like Max at Red Bull. Red Bull’s team environment is toxic. I think that’s a team environment that can take a young, cocky, aggressive driver and make that driver into a raging asshole. They did it with Vettel and he didn’t grow out of that until at least partway through his stint at Ferrari (I hated Vettel…

I totally agree. This show has blown my mind on so many occasions (including every damn time Robbie Williams comes on) and it’s so much credit to Graham Norton for his perfect interviewing ability. Only Sean Evans on Hot Ones and Johnny Carson compare, in my opinion.

I was just thinking about that interview, which The Algorithm somehow decided to show me the other day. 

$20K new for the base model stick shift, which really is all you need. I could appreciate that. The question is whether I could find, say, a Corvette convertible (C5 or C6) that would be as engaging of a driver for the money, and then whether the cost of ownership would be better or worse. Somehow I think the…

Countach.

The question is, how does it smell?

Wendy’s used to have these pita sandwiches that were like a combo of a chopped salad, diced grilled chicken, and dressing like ranch or caesar in a thick pita that were just awesome, and then they disappeared. I don’t even remember what they were called, but I was disappointed when they went away.

The only cars that have physically hurt me were a K5 Blazer when I was little (pre-seatbelts - driver hit a bump, I fell off the rear bench seat, and somehow cut myself on an exposed piece of metal trim or a seat rail or something), and a modern Escalade last month. Even seatbelted, the ride on this thing was bouncy…

A friend of mine did something like this...got her first stick shift (a diesel Jetta) and had to learn to drive it while she & her husband went on an I-95 road trip from Florida to Connecticut or something. Got the job done. You can do it too.

No Ronin? Invalid.

Plus, it’s a Lightning. That’s a legendary name. I remember watching a first-gen Lightning just BOOKING it away from me in my Integra down a city four-lane going through Memphis, way faster than was safe but also way faster than I would have ever expected a pickup to go, and looking like it was right at home while…

I hear what you’re saying, and I’m very much an advocate for safe handling & operation of firearms (I’m an instructor, I’ll just leave it at that) but in this case, I’m still really hesitant to assign blame to Baldwin.