When I lived in the burbs, I always turned my lights off at 9 pm. Past then, most of the kids have been taken home by their parents. So it’s either unaccompanied teens or creepy childless adults who I guess were too lame to be invited to a Halloween party?

My parents lived right on the edge of a rich area (it was pretty dramatic, actually, just a block or two from us and BOOM all of a sudden you had McMansions and Range Rovers and bentleys). So every Halloween, people would flood into our area, and come through where we were too. Impossible to get in or out of the…

I haven’t read the contract, but I’m sure that there’s some provision in there that would allow them to be able to get out of paying him. The issue is more likely that they don’t want to litigate this, especially not against someone who comes from a powerful political family. Probably cheaper or at least easier to…

Last I checked, Lochte was not an accused rapist. So the comparison is a bit beyond the pale.

Yeah really. I mean, I’m not going to deny that there was a serious element of white male privilege in his media makeover, but I’ll list the reasons why I don’t give a shit:

I think PA is actually pretty solid based on recent polling. We can even lose PA and still win, but I’d prefer to win it.

Everyone thought you finally came to your senses when you elected these guys after eight years of Pinky and Brain running the country.

Trump will be playing dirty, but he’s not smart or disciplined enough to really go toe to toe for the full debate.

All signs point to Trump going for the time-honored “blame the bitch” gambit. I’m not sure that’s going to help him with white women...

A friend of mind swears that he lives in his building a couple blocks from Zabar’s on the Upper West Side and that he’s seen him on the elevator. I’m not sure if I believe him, but I wouldn’t try to track him down even if it were true. I don’t even want to know anything about him. I like that he’s the antithesis of,…

Sad but true. There will never be another Thomas Pynchon. In this day and age, your publisher won’t allow it, first of all. Neither will the media.

I agree, the covers are terrible. And in general, I really do think a cover can make or break a book. You see it every time you pick up the book - it can really frame your impression of the book one way or the other.

I’m a 28 year old dude and I loved My Brilliant Friend. I just haven’t had time to read the rest.

I got Harambe.

You said it better than I could. Just want to second your comment in its entirety. And as a Miami native, he was part of the reason I finally got interested in (professional) Miami sports again.

When I think about the shit my parents let me do, and how much time I roaming around unsupervised even as a small child, back in the 70s, I wonder...I wonder if all our parents were actually trying to kill us.

HOAs are great in theory, but in practice they always seem to be run by the most obnoxious and petty busybodies. But yeah, I think they are necessary, I can’t blame people for wanting to protect their property values.

I had a friend who moved to Texas from the northeast. On the whole, I think he enjoys Texas (well, once he moved from the boring shithole that is Dallas to Austin), but he’s been bitching about the zoning stuff for years. No zoning laws is one of those things that sounds cool if you’re a teenage libertarian, but…

Is there any point in upgrading from El Capitan if I have an Early 2011 MBP? It seems like most of the cool new features aren’t really available to me.