I believe this is art.

This comment is delightfully poetic. Thank you for making it.

As much as I like the concept, it seems a bit much — like too much furniture for a bed. I once had an idea to create a wall-mounted magazine-fed corndog dispensing machine that would be accessible from bed, and I think this bed comes close to the design sentiment of that idea, but with a bunch of stuff I don’t want…

My ‘99 2-door manual XJ SE got totaled for hail damage. When it got stolen a couple years later and I had to replace the steering column & lock body, insurance would not help at all. I still did the replacement and still have a fine jeep, but salvage means (at least in my state) that it’s more about what level of…

My pop’s in that camp, and he boiled it down to this for me, last Thanksgiving: They don’t see it as division. Rather it’s seen as wanting to unify all the diversities within the party and express something that is enough middle of the road that it can’t be accused of extremism and hence can get broader appeal - even…

I got turned into a pillar of salt, once.

My favorite sick day streaming is The Dick Cavett Show.

Pretty much every cell in your body has been replaced something like every 7 years, right? You’re still the same person, though.

Oh My God Yes!

Family and BBQ (and just food in general) and Johnson Space Center, also it’s on the way to New Orleans.

I wanted to read the comments but the ads are blocking them.

The answer is, of course, green. Willomist Green in this case:

Texas is like the moon or the bottom of the ocean: it’s a nice place to visit but I wouldn’t want to live there... and I visit Texas pretty frequently.

I ran the ramen/ramyun circuit awhile back. I have settled on Mama Thai Green Curry Ramen. The noodles are a bit thinner, but very thirsty. And hot. Yes. Hot.

You get a star for Smoots. There isn’t anything that prevents it.

My theory is that true crime dramas satisfy a desire to explain what happened to a life and reassure that the culpable will be known (if not held responsible)... the appeal is to a desire for certainty and accountability in a world that is mysterious and malevolent.

I share your sense of dread.