We were traveling the other year on a family trip and it was raining really hard, I had CC on, and all the sudden, I can feel that we’re starting to hydroplane - luckily, mainly in a straight line, as I was in the middle lane of three on the interstate, with plenty of traffic in all 3 lanes. I pulled the lever to…

the public has simply fallen for Sony’s frankly fantastic marketing team tactics

I forget which cheat it is, but IIRC there was a timing requirement to unlock one on the level where you’re supposed to give chase through the city in a tank. Given the speed of the tank, I eventually unlocked it by instead having Bond literally run through the streets, cutting corners, really only shooting if there…

It’s been over a decade, but I think my (now-wife, then-girlfriend) ran into this on the Chicago-Milwaukee trains when she’d come to visit me or go back, as well. Usually not an issue, but this is ringing bells of “she mentioned this to me one time and I was WTF is a ‘reserved seat’ that doesn’t guarantee a seat?”…

The places around here (upstate NY) that sell slices typically stick them back in the oven to re-heat them anyway, so still not in 30 seconds.

Well, he can’t move Arsenal to LA, so... yeah, this is what you’ve got look forward to. So, as somebody said above... fuck Kroenke.

Right, okay, I should’ve remembered that, I’ve seen enough anime where they’ve done similar at graves/home shrines, it just wasn’t ‘clicking’ for me on this Monday morning. Thanks!

Okay, I assume there’s a cultural significance behind leaving drinks, but can someone explain it for me? Thanks.

1 Timothy is good, but I thought it was Peter’s Vision in Acts that set the basis for not keeping kosher:

When it comes to changing the language, I think they make some good points. Because we do think in language. And so the quality of our thoughts and ideas can only be as good as the quality of our language. So maybe some of this patriarchal shit ought to go away. I think “spokesman” ought to be “spokesperson.” I think…

Went to a Syracuse Mets game on Father’s Day. Home runs I don’t think are in danger of hitting anything, cuz there’s nothing behind the outfield but some trees, but there were one or two foul balls that could’ve cleared the seats all the way over the top. I want to say one was a maybe (couldn’t see where it came…

I’ve said before (after a trip from NY to Disney) that Bobby Lee should’ve skipped going to Pennsylvania and just stayed home and built I-95 instead, cuz then the Union Army would *still* be stuck in traffic trying to get to Richmond to this day...

Eh, I could see it. Goes along with the economics, like how much is spent on alcohol. In a lower-income family, the non-drinkers can feel that economic hit in that a) the drinker is spending money on alcohol that could be better spent on other things, and may also be b) ruining clothing/other items that either now…

Can I digress and point out that places (especially fast food places) that fry their chicken and their fish in the same oil are terrible? I’ve had too many ‘crispy chicken’ BK sandwiches (whatever the official name is) that taste like the damn fish. McDonald’s gets it (or at least they used to) - the fish have their…

Hell, the biggest problem with the name of the garbage plate is the story that somebody from Nick Tahou’s told on Man vs Food, that supposedly it was people coming in and saying “gimme that plate with all that garbage on it”. I’m just like, really? We can’t just admit that it should be because it looks like you threw…

Oh crap - I just *now* realized that that was a 3 part show, on 3 nights - and I only DVR’ed Part 1 (I’m only halfway through my recording) :( Will have to see if it’s on demand, or watch online.

Yeah, I mean, one of my ‘dream’ cars is like a ‘68 or ‘69 C3. Probably red ;p But I picked those years cuz I think they’re the first 2 of the C3, so maybe a ‘69 (on the “worked all the kinks out after the first MY” theory), and before the Malaise Era crap got dropped in.

Ah yes, the sand (or lack of salt, anyway), which (if memory serves) likely contributed to at least 3 of the videos on this list...

I hope he comes out with a book at some point, I just can’t pay attention to follow podcasts (or audiobooks) :/

I get the worst bedhead from sweat and oil. (Also I probably get a really sweaty head when I sleep - my son does, too.) And the only thing that ‘solves’ it is a full-on shampoo. So I shampoo every day. If I don’t get a shower, I just feel completely disgusting. (Also why I shower in the mornings, typically, at least…