Why do people participate in NaNoWriNMo, or build their own cars, or brew their own booze, or make their own jokes on the internet? It’s because, at the end, you can look at the product of your labour and know you’ve made something good adequate that probably exists.

They’ll break the wine glass and stab you with the stem the second you relax.

Maybe a 110 with flip up roof?

You may dislike Michael Moore or really dislike Michael Moore, but he nailed it back in September:

I could 2 shits about either team but I’ve never been so pissed off watching a team get royally fucked over by the refs.

This is a sincere question: is your personality as a writer a character, do you happily ignore reality, or are you really as huge of a hypocrite as you seem to be, or is it some combination of those?

Hardly my dear. That was the 1970s, which I will admit to having a degree of nostalgia for. New York was still a real city then instead of a theme park, for one. However, as much fun as I had, it was not a good time. AIDS was on the horizon, so was the crack epidemic, racism was even worse than it is now, and we were…

Come on, circuit diagrams aren’t that scary. See? This one makes perfect sense: https://xkcd.com/730/

“Yea- no Asian gangs”

Ben Bithop

If you switch the numbers in this chart, it applies to Russell Wilson instead

Yeah, totally. I mean, our computer overlords made the rules and enforce the rules. We peasant humans can use rational thought but that has no place once judgement comes forth.

Well folks, it finally happened. The NRA warned us all but I didn’t believe them. Last night as I was watching the debate there was a knock on my door. This startled me since I didn’t buzz anyone up. Maybe it was a neighbor who needed something? I ask who is it as I check the peephole and it was President Obama! At…

Apologies for this being long but I need to get this off of my chest.

It is paying off. Arizona youth leagues are on the rise, and there is a lot of good talent there. We are just starting to see the fruits of it, but just as it worked with California, hockey has grown as a sport kids are playing in Arizona. It will never be #1, but it’s got a solid presence.

When he completed the hat trick, in his first professional game, his celebration was to point out the teammate who set him up so beautifully. And then in a game in which he scored every one of his team’s goals, takes personal responsibility for conceding the OT winner. Seems like a solid dude/teammate too.

By all means! I got to thinking about types of wine, which I admittedly don’t know a lot about, and how merlot is typically what women drink when they’re at home alone [citation needed]. Meanwhile when I’m out and about with friends if a woman is drinking wine it’s usually Cab Sav which I’ve since dubbed Cab Savage.

You do what any other adult with an awesome kid does these days:
Film her tearing it up at the skate park, upload it to Youtube, and then watch it go viral on all the Facebook pages. Ovaries everywhere will explode over how awesome she is and then women in their twenties and thirties will lament that they didn’t get a…

First part about pain and kids and what makes you you. That was really excellent and something everyone needs to remember now and again.

That was a good analysis of pain and growth. As a parent, it’s difficult to walk that fine line you described — obviously, if your child is going to put his hand on a red-hot cooking element, you pull their hand away, but if they’re tottering on the edge of their bed reaching for something and a fall onto the ground…