As a guy, I’ve seen that “short man anger” up close in my older brother (5’8”), just as he’s witnessed the countless un-earned perks of height and “looks” in me (6’1”, resemble Jon Hamm). It’s simply impossible to deny that dumb genetic luck has afforded me opportunities, respect and attention based upon appearance…

Yep, and it takes me all of seven minutes if I’m washing the Miata - $2.00 for four minutes, plus three to dry. And no curb rash like at the auto-wash!

Indeed it was. But no, we aren’t prepared for anything asymmetric, simply because the next one won’t be another plane into buildings — everyone’s obsessed with preventing a known tactic, not the “failure of imagination” that led to its success. THAT, not protocols, is our true systemic weakness.

Imbeciles like you deserve the chemtrail agents we’ve secretly diverted to dump over your IP address right...about... now.

No.

So true. It’s a bonding ritual of sorts. “Car people” who don’t wash their own cars aren’t car people at all, IMHO.

Her journalism career would be cooked and buried had this been published in anything but Gawker.

“It never occurred to me that anyone would need written advice on how to fuck”

We do that at the beach! With a towel and a little discretion, it’s an innocuous way to get off with people around — It just looks like we’re having a snuggle and a chat.

That would sell. That would genuinely sell, a LOT.

I doubt that (you’ll see in a few years!) — If a TV offers a more robust or inclusive version of that experience (for the wife, friends, young kids, etc), it’ll be a part of the repertoire of platforms to play it on. I’d prefer “Real Racing” on my TV to my iPad, just as PS and Xbox players use their TV — So expanding…

I think you’ve misread my comment completely. As I made clear, my interest in Apple has wained massively, and my “love” for Apple TV is better translated as “respect for their market power” — they have a lot of sway and iOS software backing them up, that’s all...

For you, perhaps. But to others, many don’t want to (and will not) mess-about with all of those different, disparate products to get the same function. Apple, by way of its marketing position and network of products, can integrate different apps or functionality far more simply across a wider population of non-geeks…

I’m like you — ‘84 and years of waining loyalty — but I think the humdrum response has more to do with diverse products and high expectations than a let-down. The new AppleTV, when you really look at how that will be used, could be an enormous product. Much like the first iPhone, there weren’t mind-blowing apps…

You are going to see gamers jumping on this, albeit the ones in their late 30’s-40’s who don’t have time for the learning curves and time req’ts of platform gaming anymore. Many of us find our iPads beginning to replace our PS/Xbox as career and home take more of our time. For me, this will eliminate any future…

Okay, remember how when you were 9, you’d wake up and go ride bikes with your friends, maybe stop at one of their houses to jump on their trampoline, find a funny hat to wear, go for a quick roller skate, then ride your bikes to see something cool, climb up on some stuff, get distracted, meet some new friends, end up…

All the more reason you should go! I’m 43/regular gig too — Most people there have your average jobs, relationships, kids, etc. Been going since 2001 and it’s a pretty good antidote - a week away from money, a job title, routine, or anything “normal” is a very nice escape to reset things.

Nobody has ever referred to is as such. It’s just “how was the burn?”

It’s only like that for a couple hours, in dust storms, then it dies down. Comes and goes and surrendering to being dirty is all part of the fun.

A lot of players foolishly continue to play through “stingers” and “bell ringing”. Given what we know now, it’s got to be better-monitored or the long-term damage will be profound.