Destiny.

Here’s another way of dealing with sexiness in comics: don’t. You know what actual crime-fighters don’t wear? Sexy things. You know what actual crime-fighters don’t worry about while fighting crime? Sex. Shoehorning fans’ and creators’ libidos into stories and situations in which they’re wholly unnecessary is…

It’s interesting, but having lived in these conditions, the issue of dignity never particularly occurred to me. I have my issues with Maslow, but if you subscribe to the hierarchy of needs theory, “dignity” is one of those things people worry about when they’ve got enough food to eat, but not much beforehand. Dignity…

That’s all depressingly familiar. We should start a club. Glad you, too, made it out.

I spent a substantial amount of my adult life homeless; sometimes that meant living on the streets or in the wilderness, sometimes it meant crashing with friends. I got there through bad decisions, most of them mine, mental illness, and substance abuse, although the variety of financial collapses in my region…

Setting aside for the moment the question of why we didn’t stop at Pluto, and speaking instead about these excellent unmanned missions we’re getting so good at:

Someday - and my supposition is that this day is long in the future - we’ll come to understand that what we believe is “thought” and “free will” is ultimately no different from “instinct,” except that it’s substantially self-referential, which makes us feel like it’s very special. I suppose possibly whales and ravens…

Great piece.

Sometime, somewhere, we all need to explore the semantics of these issues. For example, “food” is a “survival necessity,” as are “water” and “breathable air.” In some areas of the US, “shelter” is also a “survival necessity.”

If I weren’t shit with a welder, every car I own would be like this. As it is, I have to settle for leaving the roof on but removing everything else, or just driving a Wrangler (since it already has its cage).

Did this once, with a Wrangler. Not really on purpose, but looking back, oh, yes: “Oh, you don’t like convertibles because they muss your hair? Well, let’s see how you like no roof or doors in the snow, fancy lady.” And if my e30 BMW wasn’t classy enough for her, you can bet the Wrangler wasn’t a popular choice.

My cognition braked with a surfeit of sleeplessness, my ire arose at the blatant and senseless Apple-specificity of this article, whose content I had been most gratified to discover. “Why would I care how many vegetarian restaurants Siri can find for me?” I silently fumed.

I’m no F-250 expert, but no, I don’t think there’s quite enough room to do that with the tranny in place. Funny, though, which is, I suspect, all it was ever meant to be.

Also keep in mind that her arc had much more weight and volume originally, but was cut for time and clarity. You don’t always get to tell all the stories you want to tell, when someone else has creative and financial input; that’s the price you pay to be able to tell those stories at all.

Other “gadgets” your children would enjoy: trees, flowers, animals, books, and the attention of their parent.

Roof, optional. Doors, optional. 0-60 in less time than you’re comfortable with. Can drive over, through, or around anything you’re ever likely to find. Parts, cheap. Ease of owner-maintenance, very high.

Most important stuff first: how sideways will it get?

Mos def. Money ain’t everything...but it sure helps!

They’re overpriced and not accurate, so I got no love for them personally, but there are so many good reasons to hate Beats ‘phones, so let’s no go digging for bad ones. The focus on metal-as-weight in Beatsteardowngate is very strange, given that many of the electronic components we use daily have metal weights for…

Unfortunately, indoor farming still benefits from economies of scale and and large investment pool. You need less land for indoor farms, sure, but you also need to either pay for loads of electricity [for the LEDs, and then for air conditioning to keep the temperatures reasonable], or for some sort of off-grid…