I moved into a new place and my old router wasn’t quite reaching the bedroom. I was looking at all the hardcore AC Routers, Netgear Nighthawk, various ASUS models, etc. Then my wife informed me they were all too ugly to have plainly visible. On a whim, I got the Asus OnHub since it got the OK looks-wise from the wife.…

I moved into a new place and my old router wasn’t quite reaching the bedroom. I was looking at all the hardcore AC…

If you read more about what actually happened, it’s more like, “Dear school, please stop teaching our children that crystals have magic healing powers.” The school responded by saying, “OK, we’ll stop with the new age stuff,” which included nixing the yoga. Had it just been yoga, it probably would’ve been fine. But it…

Another site had comments from teachers and parents from the school. The issue was that the vice principle owns a spiritual healing store (or something like that) and was pushing lots of new age stuff on the kids. No one really minded the yoga and what not, but parents started getting peeved when they found out the…

I grew up in SF, moved away, and always planned on moving back. I still go to visit friends and family, but it’s now both obnoxious and boring. I have no desire to move back. Heck, if it wasn’t for my friends and family, I wouldn’t even visit. Increasingly though, I don’t have to. My friends and family there are…

I taught economics at a Texas university and had a white guy in his 40's or 50's in my class who’d go apeshit anytime an economics model didn’t confirm his ultra-conservative views. I’m all for spirited debate in my classroom, but it wasn’t that. It was pure rage-filled disruption often filled with racist and…

It’s easier than immigrating to the US. The US methods also exist, having a job, school, or family member sponsor you. Being rich (aka an immigrant investor), an entrepreneur, refugee status, being a world-class athlete/actor, etc. are other options.

Anyone who thinks poorly of Ted Danson has to immediately go binge watch Bored to Death. You can’t walk away from that show without absolutely adoring Ted Danson. He’s great in Fargo as well, but Bored to Death was really the beginning of an absolutely great second (or third?) act in his career that, in my opinion,…

I lived in that district at the time. Yes, she ran against Pete Sessions, but she totally got schlonged.

I believe that necklace is the ammosexual version of a “pearl necklace.”