Basically they were saying ‘grilled’. Although I assume if they felt comfortable drinking bicentennial wine, they were comfortable using ‘grilled’ to mean something tasting like it’s been cooked over an open (gas) flame vs. empyreumatic which would be cooked over charcoal... which is where the asphalt would come from,…

Well, not *exactly* - but the growing distance between the desires of the ruling class and the rest of the population certainly was not helped by the ruling class flaunting its wealth, and other poor life choices, in the face of the common-folk.

**** everything about that description of Dorothy. How about we frame her entire character around being a victim?!

"And the Pacific Oc-OHMYGODLOOKATTHATFACE!"

"And Texas/Mexico..."

"Look ma, Cuba!"

I could - and still do - very easily read fiction and other required reading for most of my English courses at a fairly constant 760 wpm and beyond, with comprehension right before I hit middle-school.

Indirectly? Could borrowing your friend's ear-buds actually end up killing them?

Well, some exciting things changed under the hood around iOS 7 to iOS 8 - especially on the security front. Practically enterprise-grade security, hardware-backed on every device.

That’s okay! Followers annoy me and generally creep me the heck out.

"Gross. Fuck's wrong with you. You are not an engine part."

And to be honest, these aircraft carriers will most likely outlast those other bridges.

If making a good cup of coffee for someone and potentially engaging in some form of communication *isn't* something you consider worthwhile, then perhaps it's time for *you* to evaluate some life-choices.

Former, super-non-judgmental barista here:

No, but the Grand Canyon is not an especially unique name and/or named after/remotely close to anyone. So if anything it makes you very wet, deaf, and perhaps dead... for not hearing anyone come trudging around the bend to attack you.

So... a lonely, middle to late-aged white male in an ill-fitting suit, no sense of style, pretending that he knows what he’s doing, laughing to himself about the stupidity of another company, who seemingly directly inspired the design of the device currently sitting in front of him? You chose that picture to represent…

Out of curiosity, what sort of consulting do you do?

Fairly factual assessments? What does that even mean?

Now you have nothing to talk about and have made yourself look like a fool in front of faceless/nameless millions! Serves you right for letting yourself stare at an illuminated rectangle for three hours and live in a fantasy world. /s

I definitely get the reason for using a color palette like this - and it may just be the illustrator’s style - but I am beginning to feel that one or both of us is colorblind....