You can pick people up at clubs. I’ve done and I’ve seen it done. But it is a place filled with creepy people, so it gets easy to be put in the creepy pile.

Husband and I are Giants fans, and my husband has an absurd hatred for the AL, but we’re none the less pulling for the Astros. Partly it is because they are a fun team that is well managed, but partly because my 5’4” husband has a huge crush on Altuve (no, we’re not little people, I’m 5’7”).

All the stars, except the talking part is optional. Women are better silent, duh.

I think you’ve nailed what is so special and hard for us lay people to understand about him. There are several good quarterbacks playing right now who have awesome strengths. Rodgers has all of the strengths. Earlier in his career he took too many sacks, but he is now below the league average in that even.

Heh. That underlines my problem with the practical ethics of libertarianism. If you don’t want government control, following basic rules of polite society become a hell of a lot more important. The idea that libertarianism should be Ayn Rand style individualism is a recipe for a solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and…

Except for the last row, and the people who lean into the emergency row, and anyone who wants to use a laptop. They are not better off either because they can’t recline or can’t work.

Practical ethics questions always have those issues. I don’t advocate that the person behind take action, beyond a polite request. I am simply addressing the question of who, when all things are equal, is asking more of their fellow man. If you are, like I am, someone for whom sitting upright is not ideal but isn’t…

I yelled at a couple for acting shitty in the security line yesterday. They subsequently improved their behavior. It was wildly satisfying.

The person requesting that you not recline the seat is only asking that we all be the same level of uncomfortable. The person seeking to recline the seat is asking that the person behind them be both regular and extra uncomfortable. I think that all that is required of anyone is that they keep this in mind and…

But the person requesting that you not recline the seat is only asking that we all be the same level of uncomfortable. The person seeking to recline the seat is asking that the person behind them be both regular and extra uncomfortable.

NPR (!) actually had an article about this this morning. Apparently along with Disney (as cdavis17 said), the sports leagues themselves have invested in one or the other service.

I clapped loudly when he said during the discussion of strikes against Syria that most foreign interventions don’t work and we need to heavily weigh the consequences of any foreign military action.

Totally agree. Husband and I went to Paul Bocuse in Leon this summer, which has had three Michelin stars for 50 years. You could uncharitably call us foodies, but this was a whole other level, like inspiration for the French Revolution indulgent. We let the staff know that this was a one-in-a-lifetime type dinner for…

I think your buddy’s advice was exactly right 20 years ago. With the growth of farm to fork, though, you see more seasonal menus with hard to get ingredients.

I’m satisfied that the quiz said I am John Kasich. He is in the bottom percentage of crazy and I am originally from Ohio. Meh, not terrible.

Comparing it to the uncanny valley is so spot on. Just seeing the previews, it was clear there was something, an unnameable something, wrong with Depp’s character.

I don’t like you.

I am Monica the Monster from the fan section. I’m fighting back some tears right now at my office desk trying not to think about the NFC Championship. I would pay good money to have that memory erased completely.

This makes me sad because it is probably true.

I had never seen that. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.