2013 VW Golf. That’ll get you from A to B with comfort and a little bit of fun and ...shall we say, “flip a coin” reliability? It’ll either be rock solid or a headache of electrical gremlins. But they’re great cars!

I mean, I could have bought a new GTI, but then I wouldn’t you know, be able to pay for like, food, and my mortgage, and things like that. Sorry, I guess?

Also, I just watched Shape of Water last night, and good god DAMN that’s a fucking masterpiece. Am I the only one who thought Del Toro was channeling Jean-Pierre Jeunet a little with the over-saturated color, wistful accordions, and just the general atmosphere of the thing?

Good list - I’d add Arrival to it. It’s one of the most brilliant, unique, mind-blowing sci fi movies since 2001 (the movie, not the year).

I’m always part of the problem. Sigh...

I signed up to drive a Ferrari 458 on a track later this year, and I’m bummed as all get out that it has paddle shifters rather than the old school Ferrari gated stick.

I have a top of the line 2012 GTI Autobahn with all the bells and whistles - and a manual. I’m confused as to your argument.

well I didn’t buy a new one, but I did buy a 2012 GTI in 2016 that had a manual. That’s new-ish.

That is also true

Yes, this. Of course, the tradeoff is that I get light in the sky until after 10:00pm in June. That’s kind of awesome.

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Oh that reminds me - hit up the Marais for killer falafel.

That’s a cool one definitely.

When I was studying abroad in Paris my friends and I did a few all-nighters where we just wandered around the city until the metros opened up again in the morning. One night at about 3:00 AM we ran across the Etoile to the Arc de Triomphe and startled a bewildered guard, who angrily told us to leave, so we sprinted…

Well this is in my wheelhouse. I lived near Paris for five formative years of my childhood and then studied abroad there in college. Just got a chance to go back and show my husband the city in 2016. Love Paris, will always love Paris, get wistful thinking about Paris, going to watch Amelie tonight, again, because…

Hot hands don’t melt steel beams!

There used to be a place in Portland that made a killer Japanese curry rice- called Kalé - but they closed recently. I also started having trouble with it due to lactose (and I could never get a list of ingredients, so I don’t know where the lactose was in their recipe exactly).

That sounds confusing and dangerous.

Wait what? How do you ...stop?

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