Frank gave them a design drawing which he thought showed that the rink should be 30’ wide, but the napkin clearly said 30”, which what they built.

Every time I think “well, these fuckers couldn’t get any crazier” they come back and surprise me.

You got me good with Chris Pratt. Just as the “what the FU...” was leaving my lips, I scrolled far enough to see the text.

Um...yes? Perhaps it’s just my age, but I thought this was a widely-known thing. He’s won three Grammy awards for his music, and the first one was like, decades ago.

Is Grande really a judge on The Voice?

Unfortunately, with singledom comes bizarre overtures. Nick Cannon just said he wants to have baby #13 with Swift: “I think she would relate to me very well.”

I wonder whether a(nother) concern for someone like Taylor Swift, when they leave a relationship, is having to ramp up security. I imagine there are thousands of people now thinking thoughts and indulging fantasies ranging all the way from “so, you’re telling me there’s a chance?” to “ohmygod I knew this was just an…

Yep. My hot take for the day: buyers who actually need a truck should be required to apply for a “work” designation for it. Otherwise, it’s classed as a “passenger truck” and regulated accordingly.

Sadly, that’s about the only aspect of this that gave me a “wtf?” moment. Graft, corruption, cronyism at the highest levels? Shitty, to be sure, but I’m not naive. But that someone thought “hey, let’s hire a guy to create a giant image of our weekend-at-the-cottage collusion session!” seems utterly insane to me.

An excerpt from just one of the news items I have seen describing the courses being used to train teachers to carry firearms in school:

Well, that’s the first time I’ve come across a reference to a “cousin-mistress.” I’m betting it’s exactly what it sounds like.

The real hed, and all the breathless present-tense description of features and amenities, temporarily conceals the fact that this thing doesn’t actually exist.

“I like my big feelings; the ability to feel so deeply is beautiful. My empathy drives my career and provides me with purpose and hope.”

Are you better off for having read all of this?

There’s not enough information on the survey methodology to know for sure, but I don’t believe there is a chance in hell this was anywhere near a random sample.

This sounds insane to me when I think about my last new-car purchase around 5 years ago. I bought a new 2017 A4 Technik (called Prestige in the US) with the S-Line upgrades for right around $50k Canadian. I felt pretty goddamn extravagant about it, too. To hear that this is the new average, and in USD just seems nuts…

Sorry, I could have been more clear. While I find the suggestion of having cycling routes “elevated or underground or through buildings” to be silly, I’m not against proper bicycle infrastructure. It’s the last paragraph that’s the really bad part.

Holy shit, that’s a bad take. Please don’t make me list the reasons why; just renounce it and hope you can be forgiven someday.

I had seen all the Rivian marketing campaigns with the cars just eating through the snow so it was kind of like, man this is disappointing.

No, you had it right.