Saying hello and thank you as some one is ringing up your books does not equate to wasted time it equates to being a polite respectful human being. You strike me as some one who is despised by most of the wait staff at restraunts you frequent...

He wasn’t in a hurry. He wasn’t there on official government business. As I wrote in the article above, he spent at least a half-hour meandering around the history section, browsing books and taking his time.

Borders was great in its heyday. Not only did most of its stores have wildly deep and broad selections, but it could special order literally any book that was in print and had an ISBN. I loved it so much. Then it got ruined by its own corporate masters.

You’re fucking crazy. Bookstores were the best places in America.

As a former teacher: Good. Nobody like this deserves to be a teacher.

TSA is now and always has been bad kabuki security. Barely trained employees stare at screens and paw around in luggage without a clue as to what they are looking for or what do if they found something. I would rather have an experienced bar bouncer doing airport security because at least they have a bullshit detector…

DONT DRAG CHRIS EVANS INTO THIS