Stop The Planet Of The Apes, I Want To Get Off

I played Elite: Dangerous at PAX East in 2016, in VR, for all of 10 minutes. I know enough about it to suspect I would enjoy it, it seems … odd … and surprising that so many other people would like it, enough for them to stay in business. Back in the early 90s I would dial up the bulletin boards (!) and play a…

My gut told me it was going to end that way, and I'm fine with it, but I never got to the point where I was able to picture them as a great couple. Just "destined for each other", sort of. Yeah, if only because that makes him a Weasley. All of the stuff that happens between them that shows them to be well-matched, it…

He doesn't deserve her. Well, more like, "they don't make sense as a couple", not to me. She's amazing, but not in ways that he'll ever fully appreciate, and not [just] because he's a selfish twit. Who DOES she wind up with, canonically? Or is that never addressed?

But like all Brits he pronounces it wrong, on purpose, to get a rise out of the French. Like Claret and valet, each ending with a hard T.

Or so I was told. But I usually hear it pronounced "correctly" (as indicated by the accent), so now I don't know what to believe. You're not close to the only one to have doubts…

And what is going on in Poland right now? Seriously, what is going on?

Oh, starting the at-work relationship is almost always a terrible idea. But when it ends in marriage? That's the only time I feel it was not 100% stupid. And even then, ideally one or both of you has a plan to work somewhere else.

Going in to it, ask yourself, can you imagine yourself married to this person? Is that…

Co-workers getting married? That's not so horrible. It might even turn out really well. Ideally one or the other gets a different job.
Fooling around and then breaking up ugly? Yikes.
Oh, one of my friends had a boss that had a one-night stand with a co-worker while they were at a conference together, and she got…

Don't forget about Russia.

"When does the hurting stop?"
- Bill from "The Terrible Thunderlizards"

Maybe in the sequel

The museum is about 3 blocks from my office. It's a really nice space, they have been working on it for years, and I'm willing to believe that construction will be done by November. Will there be enough time to set up the exhibits? Will there be enough exhibits? Have some faith.

Hey, real people really do win these contests!

Good ideas! Let's trade recipes if you find yourself near Virginia after the world moves on.

Where can I find teriyaki Spam? Asking for a friend.

I bought a bucket of freeze-dried food for the inevitable hacking of our electrical grid. And a portable stove. And butane. And a Life Straw! Maybe I'll get to throw a mac and cheese party in a few years, instead. And then a few more slightly different parties for 27 in the weeks after that.

I've seen gas powered refrigerators, but not in a very long time.

I bought 3 pounds of bananas at Costco. A huge amount, right? Nope, it was like 6 bananas. They were pretty big. So, a week later, the 3 left looked a bit over-ripe, but peeling one proved it to be WAY over-ripe. I suggested that my wife make banana bread. She suggested that if I wanted banana bread, I could do it…

Yep. Awkward title.

He seems like an inoffensive fellow who isn't good at small talk. Trying to be cool? I didn't get that. More like, "just trying to get through all of this alive".

Does the director think the character is cool? Yeah, probably. But the character himself?