The final few episodes of Halt & Catch Fire are some of the finest hours of television I’ve ever watched. That is all.

Our Highlander even lets you select 3, 5 or 7 flashes.

So I went to grad school in England, and lived in a student flat with a Brit, A Belgian, and a Sicilian. To say there were some arguments over food preparation would be insufficient, BUT being a Southerner the Sicialian and I actually got along pretty well. He had a general disdain for my knowledge of pasta and the…

Except for Balance and III, yeah. Pretty much.

Capitalism as the social order rather than as a component of the social order is the basis of something like 68.5% of science fiction.

I spent a summer working in a North Carolina furniture warehouse with no AC, no fans, and very little ventilation. Most of my time was in the back listening to Van Halen and assembling flat-pack office furniture, but would still come home literally soaked with sweat, chattering due to dehydration (we weren’t allowed…

Capitalism doing what capitalism does.

Some friends of ours got one of those Intex semi-rigid, 5' deep x 15' diameter pools, built a deck around half of it, and it’s rad.

There’s a guy on the AlfaBB who is printing NLA parts, mostly interior bits, clips, and trim. A map light bezel that was previously $75 from Israel is now $10 shipped from New Jersey. I’m hopeful we’ll be able to get some metal parts, and the real shortage is in rubber, but it’s sure helpful.

Stock tank pool.

I hope it’s as good as it seems it might be. I figured Boba Fett would be pulpy and somewhat goofy, so I wasn’t that let down when that’s what it turned out like. But to say Obi Wan was the most crushing disappointment of the same year that produced the Dr. Strange and Thor movies we got...

It’s weird to say in 2022, but Hulu is the best. Disney + is also essential, especially if you have kids. Apple+ doesn’t have the volume Hulu does, but they have some high quality stuff I enjoy, and it’s free because I bought an iPhone. Netflix isn’t essential but it’s nice (for the time being) to have access to…

Human civilization is receding faster than the hairline of your typical Corvette driver.

For several months, Austin Bergstrom International was experiencing TSA pre-board lines that were taking 3-4 hours to clear, and were so long they extended outside the terminal. The airlines were suggesting travelers arrive 5-6 hours before boarding - not departure, to ensure you made your flight.

Yes. This game is the perfect game for folks who just need a relaxing release valve. Wander. See cool stuff. Build something. Blow stuff up. Discover. No, it’s really not THAT diverse, even though it’s procedurally generated, but still. It’s cool. It’s one of my absolute all-time favorites for the simple reason I can…

The whole stupid debate comes down to the notion you SHOULD only like one thing, and that thing should be High Art. It’s the same damn Matthew Arnold “sweetness and light” argument.

Tesla probably would’ve sued them. Ha.

I described it to my wife, who wishes every car to be exactly like her 1983 Cressida, and she was overjoyed.

God, men are so insecure that we have to wear tactical clothing to reinforce our masculinity when we cook, lest we be mistaken for some common skullery maid.

I skipped For All Mankind, mostly because of the middling reviews at this site, but decided to give it a go late last year. Watched 2 episodes, wife said Pass, I can’t take the mopey, mumbling alpha male BS, so we dropped it. A friend said ep3 was the gamechanger, so one night I fired it up, and essentially pinged to…