RIP Splinter. Foolishly hoping that’s not just the first domino.

Maybe Xi Jinping ate at one of Fertitta's restaurants.

As a couple other posters have noted, this is Blue Hill at Stone Barns. I used to live near there and, by virtue of showing up at the bar on the regular, got to know some of the staff. They’re cool with their comp and your assumption here is off base. Not to say tip skimming doesn’t happen at some restaurants, but not…

You’re right—I don’t tolerate either one of those behaviors in my role as graveyard shift manager at a Reno Jack in the Box.

Um, this is the first time I’ve looked at the Billboard chart in at least 25 yrs. Can someone explain why Tool’s all over it? Have I been in a coma this whole time and it’s actually just tomorrow and also Tool got more popular while I was out?

Spot on. I grew up watching Ryan in the Dome and now see almost every Verlander home start. Only difference is the Miller Lites at the park hit a lot harder when I was eight years old.

Au contraire—exactly like you, because you’re still a galactic asshole! There’s no such thing as “one of the good ones” with you people.

You don’t read Ratto for word economy, you do it because you LIKE reading and appreciate good writing. There are a lot of fantastic writers here which is why I’m still around every day despite being an old who’s lingered since the Leitch years and now only has about 3 non-fantasy sites in the daily queue. I sincerely…