The birthday party episode and Bob’s dad on Xmas episode have me and my wife yelling at the screen every time.

It’s actually kind of amazing how quiet Jay Johnston has been. A lot of the 1/6ers feeling the squeeze couldn’t wait to crybaby to NewsMax or Fox or whatever.

And gets a TAH-too.

Also, Linda works.

any dad who goes deep undercover as a fan of an animated horse show to help is daughter is all right with me!

While not necessarily the direction Bob really excelled in, I do think that ‘I love you, but you’re all terrible’ line did do an understated amount of weight-pulling in defining Bob as a good, caring dad right from the jump. It’s one thing to say that at the end of a story, in private, or when it’s really important,…

I think the change really turned the corner in “Bob Fires the Kids” when he realizes how miserable his childhood was because of his own dad, and so made more effort to not pass that down.

I’ve always liked the Belcher family because they like each other so much. Sure, there’s a lot of teasing, but it’s always gentle and never mean-spirited.

The fact that Bob and Linda also actually like each other and have fun together sets them apart from other sitcom couples. 

It also serves to set him apart from Jimmy Pesto. One of the things that makes Pesto a bad guy is that he’s ashamed of his kids’ weirdness.

Another way Bob eschews the typical sitcom dad trope is he’s not an overgrown manchild that needs to be babysat by the overly stern wife. A wife that is only overly stern BECAUSE she’s married to someone who isn’t pulling his weight in the parenting department.

Easily my favorite TV dad, well family. He also over extends him self for his family like tina’s birthday party. I also like that he does things for them but will complain about it.” It is like a real family that enjoys their time with each other most of the time.

I can’t say he’s wrong.

Because even when you have no say in the company’s operations in the form of voter rights, you can still hitch your wagon to them as a company you believe in financially.

Shit headline. Its not the president himself that makes the call on taking the bus or not. There are many things in security that the president isn’t allowed to change. Remember when trump wanted to use his own plane? Also, the blood in the beast is the presidents himself, not just of type. 

Right? I can’t even travel on the same plane with more than three other managers from my company as part of their disaster plan. And I am nowhere near important to the company if something were to happen.

A shuttle crammed with world leaders--with or without the U.S. President--seems like a pretty bad idea in terms of security in general.  Sure, maybe nobody has real beef with the PM of Belgium, but a terrorist attack on (what I presume) a vehicle with a whole gaggle of world leaders would be a big ugly deal.

Up until a few weeks ago, I worked in the tech industry. ( now in a totally different industry) But anyway, all of the major tech firms have large annual shows meant to highlight their new offerings and attract both customers and current users. Some of these were massive, taking up entire city blocks with 75,000+…

I’m noticing conferences in general are all underperforming. I’ve been to a handful of industry related conferences and trade shows, and pretty much all of them are a ghost town.

I can concur - The Tampa International Auto Show was last weekend. After having been cancelled the last 2 years, they finally did one this year and “thin” was an understatement. Half the manufacturers weren’t even there including Honda, Acura, Genesis, Subaru, Mazda, and Nissan. What models were there were typically…