Moving up from plastic surgeons to royalty and world leaders is what’s fueled Trumps narcissistic break. He’s finally mingling with the class of people he believes he’s a part of and the dissonance between his dreams and the reality that he is a fraud and will never be their peer is more than he can deal with. He may…

Yep. I get the “Your lying” followed by the reasons why. When my kid was learning to read I would change a word on every page when I read her stories. It made the experience more of a cooperative exercise rather than just listening.

I’ve managed to avoid the worst of this by setting myself up as the counterexample. I lie to my kid constantly and poorly. If there is an opportunity to tell a completely false anecdote, I will take it and run with it. She doesn’t trust a word I say now but she also is pretty good about telling the truth.

My freshman year roommate showered maybe three times the whole year and slept all day on a bare mattress. He would pass out with his shoes on most of the time so the days he actually took them off were unbearable. The one time I knew he took a shower was because I saw the sneakers right outside it.  

I don’t think there can be an effect on the prestige seeing as this has always been going on. If anything the cost of those slots can be seen as a measure of the prestige of the degree.

Whoops, missed that. Just another example of the 0.1% pulling the ladder up from the less fortunate (in this case the 0.2%) then.

I’m shocked at the extent these parents went to to get their kids in. Is this just the cheap option for when you can’t afford to donate a building/department?

If they’d taken Darnold last year he probably would have a career ending injury by now.  Eli’s lack of mobility certainly led to some extra sacks but his rubber bones and years of experience playing without any reasonable semblance of protection got him through the season.

I love the ocean but it is death. Not the abstract, run out of air death of space, because how the fuck do you even get there. The death offered by the ocean is right there. You can swim out to it. You can let it fill your lungs and bring you under. The ocean pulls at you with its current and envelops you with its…

They didn’t have an actual company registered in Canada and the name used for the account (who the creators said was merely an investor) has been linked to a company with tax fraud problems.  When things turned downhill they gave a last gasp attempt at convincing backers not to drop while two thirds of the team…

What’s odd about Dazed and Confused for me is that even though I went to school a decade after the time period it’s set in, the setting feels closer to what my high school was like than any of the other movies you mentioned.  I felt the nostalgia and then I felt bad because of how backwards my school was.

What a difference having a PR department makes.

They exist. I spotted one on the highway last weekend. Had an IH8NYR license plate, which pretty much epitomizes what it means to be an Islanders fan.

If its one on each side it isn’t too bad. Pretty much 2 on 2 with some extra obstacles.

If its one on each side it isn’t too bad. Pretty much 2 on 2 with some extra obstacles.

I love snow day and don’t get why the pool of players is so small.  Might be going back to it for a while as the flood of rookies will make regular casual even more mismatched than usual.

I love snow day and don’t get why the pool of players is so small.  Might be going back to it for a while as the…

Takenoko is another good choice for competitive late elementary/middle school games. Cute design and lots of different strategies. Lords of Waterdeep and Champions of Midgard are worker placement type games that could also work well.

As a game for grade school kids? For currently crowdfunding games, Legend of Korra would be a better option, or maybe Wander.

Sushi Go! and Takenoko are the go-to kids games when there is a group over. Takenoko takes a while to get into but the cuteness factor helps it get to the table.

That is exactly what Reese said. First, they were waiving him. They waived a few other players too and he wasn’t predicted to get past the first cut. The second part was that they were aware of the charges and that his potential future with the team (i.e., next year or if they really need an OT later in the season)…

Yeah, first time I’ve heard of it too despite using Kinja for a long time. Shoehorning the front page into the house blog style is a worse offense.