Am I not a proper American if I think of a large baked potato as more of a main course than a side dish?

I’m sorry for your loss. Rust really isn’t a problem here in Texas, so hopefully this wagon will be on the road for many more years.

I know the Mazda6 has gone through a couple of major updates since 2006, but I can’t imagine they’ve made it any smaller. I’m 6'2", and I find this car very comfortable with plenty of seat adjustment to spare. It’s a shame they don’t come in wagon or hatchback anymore, but the current-gen sedans are seriously…

Not Japanese enough. They should be mounted on the fenders.

So I’m definitely a doctor*, and the amazing thing to me is how the skewer missed the brain box, the peepers, the blood hoses, and the head-holder-upper with the main wiring harness inside.

Interestingly, that’s on my list of things to do this weekend.

Mission creep (I’ve heard it called “scope creep”) can also happen in reverse:

Bugatti won’t make another 16-cylinder engine...

But was she caught ham-handed?

I was going to ask what the Canadian equivalent of “redneck ingenuity” is, but then I remembered, it’s Red Green.

They say fashion is cyclical. High-waisted pants were very much “in” for women in the ‘80s, or at least I figure they must have been based on movies and TV and stuff. Don’t worry about it too much, though; if the pattern continues, it’ll only be another decade or so before low-rider pants and crop tops come back…

I actually love that trend. I, a man, have never worn a pair of “mom jeans,” but I can only assume they’re pretty comfortable. Men have plenty of ways to be comfortable and fashionable (or so I’m told; I don’t know anything about fashion). Our pants typically don’t squeeze anything; women’s pants are usually tight and…

Dang, four pickups? I love how much variety there used to be in guitars.

Speaking of old instruments, this is me with my no-name Japanese bass from probably the late ‘60s or early ‘70s (TEISCO, maybe?). It’s got patina and cigarette burns and rust and scratches and dings from decades of use, abuse, and neglect. Now that I have it, I try to take good care of it.

I’m really glad that never caught on to the same extent as pre-ripped jeans.

Things that have been artificially “distressed” bother me. Fake rust; fake ripped jeans; even Fender’s Road Worn-series guitars. Why not just buy a real old thing, or buy a new thing and use it until it’s old? You don’t see people getting their hair dyed gray, or going to a dermatologist for artificial wrinkles and…

Completely foolproof. There is definitely no way a robotic teddy bear could be unsafe. I’m sure there was never, say, a series of video games about that.

Well, yeah; that way, you either die instantly from severe smashing of the head, or possibly survive with severe smashing of the legs and feet, depending on which side you get hit from.

It is the Cloak of Levitation. That scene is from Infinity War, when the Avengers encounter the Guardians on Titan.

I think I have a better idea. The passenger lies side-to-side across the vehicle, perpendicular to the direction of travel. The bed is kind of like a hammock, pivoting at the left and right ends (or head and foot ends). If the vehicle crashes or makes a sudden stop, the bed swings forward, and the passenger’s weight…