Damn right. You don’t have a right to have your road paved. But you sure as hell pay for it.

Bless your sole for doing that, Stef!

Pretty close. “Buh-lair” if you’re speaking slowly. Some locals shorten it further to “B’Lair”. In Hampstead, it’s pronounced like “B’lair Hun”. :-)

It’s not a right or a privilege. It’s a service that should be provided for the good of our society.

There’s a world of difference between something we choose to deal with because it is morally correct and something we choose to do because everyone is entitled to it by birth. The latter category only has a handful of entries. The former has tons.

Like out the chimney?

Ron Johnson, and the rest of the Republicans miss the fucking point.

Yeah, I agree that the problem is when you have people in what are full time jobs that provide no security or benefits. One of my favorite college classes was taught by an adjunct—he was a local Rabbi who taught one ancient history course on the side. I think the problem is in not making a distinction between the…

This Consulier GTP (photo from owner’s Instagram). Gets driven quite a lot; I see it all the time.

Three unicorns in my neighborhood:

I never understood the fascination with speedrunning. Personally, I think it’s fucking stupid and really insults the creators for not enjoying what the game can provide.

Doesn’t revving the engine signal your future intention to drag race and/or bone like weasels?

“Some Jalopnik editor, somewhere, just popped a blood vessel because their internal radar senses that I did indeed publish a giant, never-ending block quote on this fine website.” 

I once drove a BiTurbo that was owned by a Maserati mechanice and was completely sorted.

No I feel like this guy used some very good literary devices to make it enticing

Dang money toilets.

Can a Craigslist ad get COTD? This guy deserves it.

Maserati loves company.

I have an academic background and left for industry. The adjunct problem is, to me, a problem of supply. We graduate too many phds, and too many are unwilling or unable to get a job outside of the academic market. It is hard to overstate how strongly students are encouraged to pursue a university job, particularly…

Yeah, a jalapeno is pretty weak. I’d understand throwing up from a habanero more.