One of the MANY excellent quotes from 1776 (the musical):

*WITH impunity:

These violent delights have violent ends.

Can confirm. I knew people that were at CMU when Groban was there and thats what they all said too (I think he was doing Musical Theater though, not just acting...?) The School of Drama has REALLY strict standards about not working while enrolled, had a friend who was forced to drop-out after freshmen year because…

Was litterally stuck behind a 400lb man waiting for the elevator to go DOWN into the gym last night. Like, good on you man for working on your health but...?!?

Sous-vide set-up used for canning? Havent seen anything about it, but it seems like something that should work...right?

Holy shit! I did not realize that swiping in control center was even a thing now. That was another one of my gripes: that they removed the music section from the control center panel. Way to publicize THAT one Apple.

Absolutely lock screen! Also the redesigned music player is shit for anybody who actually owns music rather than just streaming it. I feel like the wifi and the battery have gotten noticeably worse on my 6 too, but that might just be my frustration with everything else projecting...

Exactly. I grew up in the MD suburbs of DC, now live in Chinatown and work in SW. When I was little, SE was one of those places you just DIDNT go. And my dad was from Anacostia. When they put the stadium in though, people couldnt write off the quadrant entirely any more, the conversations became more nuanced and…

Nope, Im with you friend. And for anyone who doesnt: once you do, all that store bought stuff just tastes like nothing and/or chemicals. Yes southerners, even Dukes.

That sounds terrifying and slightly traumatizing...

You may have been introduced by a “beautiful Brit,” but Shrove Tuesday is not strictly a UK thing. It comes from the same tradition and thinking as Mardi Gras (its the same day...) and churches all over the place have pancake breakfast/dinners for that day, including all over the US.

For the record: all the general point and shoot and phone cameras are also mirrorless cameras. The term “mirrorless” in the context of higher-end cameras is to set these cameras, which generally (but not always) have DSLR type/sized sensors, from true DSLRs which make use of a mirror (or in very high end DSLRs, a…

For the record: all the general point and shoot and phone cameras are also mirrorless cameras. The term “mirrorless”…

While I agree that this criticism is extremely silly, old fashioned and would have better been more appropriate to bring up outside the context of this obviously terrible story and time of grieving (and hopefully by someone who has updated their hairstyle more recently than 1985), I dont think this has anything to do…

The whole point of the government allowing you to withhold anything at all is that A) You dont have this big bill from the government come tax time reminding you that they’re taking your money and B) You’re more likely to spend the money of a refund rather than save it/pay off debt (cuz you get it in one big…

The keyboard is actually $65...?

The keyboard is actually $65...?

I HIGHLY recommend reading what YouTubers Hank Green and CGPGrey have had to say about this as well as the absolutely amazing artists Imogen Heap and Zoe Keating. There are SO many perspectives on this and 90% of them are very happy to tell you how they’re getting screwed by labels and streaming services alike.

I remember going to the Andrew’s Air Show outside of DC when I was little and being so awestruck by the SR-71 they had on the tarmac that 7 year old me tried to walk up and touch it. Thankfully my dad noticed my attempt before the three large men with assault rifles guarding the plane did...

^^^This. SO MUCH THIS.

The Hungarian is “egészségedre” (another one that it better translated as “To Health” rather than literally to “Cheers”) but we were always told that you do NOT say that over beers (all other drinks are ok). Purportedly this is because the Austrians (who, no one would contest, drink lots of beer) would do it after…