I disagree. A driver’s responsibility in this case is to be predictable, so that the moving vehicle can react appropriately. Being motionless is pretty predictable and the truck should have seen it and stopped.

It’s only a good conversation starter if you listen. Listen. That’s how any good conversation starts. Listening. And sometimes that’s enough.

Every daycare provider when my son was young (2002-2010) had a lot of Neons. Half of the workers had gearhead and mechanic partners.

Towel clarifying question: Is the girlfriend’s objection the large size of the towel, or the design pattern? You can find large pool towels that are single color that are just large bathroom towels—like at a pool in a fancy hotel. You choose the size (big) and weave (terrycloth, flannel, cotton) and she chooses the…

I have a hard time getting past some creepy stuff that played for humor in older movies (and that blew past me at the time). Murphy’s “dick cleaning” from Coming to America and the guy in the ape costume in Trading Places.... Revisiting old movies can be troublesome. Dr. Venkman is a bit of a stalker (and bringing…

I pay $50 for economy broadband, then $12 for Netflix, about $10 for Amazon Prime, $9 for Hulu and then about $3 for each Amazon instant rental. I use the broadband regardless, but my tastes shift. Lately, Hulu has been great (Chance, Handmaid’s Tale and Casual are great originals, plus others) but Netflix has some…

I agree with the professionalization of kids’ sports.

Bringing people back from the dead.

Scrooge McDuck, yes. I understand that character story lines are long, decades old and complex so changes are necessary to explore and expand. But, it bugs me when family trees are altered, origin stories revamped or modified and the like. Don’t mess with foundation canon.

I would have been okay with it had his mother turned out to be some badass force mom so that the evolution from near god to immaculate conception made sense. Plus, badass mom awakening to her dormant power would have been awesome.

I agree with your observation about age. I’m 50 and one of the last years they forced us to shower in 7th grade PE (the teacher would stand with a clipboard and watch us go in; no one used soap or got too wet and we only had three minutes to change). But I was brought up with the idea that being naked in a locker…

As a kid, I loved Charles Nelson Reilly as his great-nephew (or something) on the TV show. He really came into his comedic own on that show and was perfect against Mulhare’s rage.

The baby doesn’t just fall out. And it takes quite a bit of time. Not like television, where any cab ride results in a suddenly quick delivery.

I agree with most of this, but would argue that, in the Janet Jackson case, gender played a bigger role. He gets to be a “bad boy” and she’s a slut (even though she had it done to her). That’s the main dynamic.

Relegation solves all stadium issues in all sports. Instead of cities luring away teams, they can grow a team into a contender while current contending cities can either invest or accept a demotion.

Yeah, I see that. That’s why the option of turning it off is a must.

Turn off the water. Turn from Shower to Bath.

What’s the statue of limitations on behavior like Cross’? As a kid, I made plenty of really stupid, racist comments and “jokes” (the “joke” being they were racist). As with 98% of such things, he thinks he’s making a joke and she takes it as an attack (he’s ignorant, she’s right). I immediately wonder why she’s…

How about an option on the time I spend (or lose) driving instead of walking? Perhaps a graphic of me with my kid (because it has all of my photos in an album in the cloud I didn’t ask for).

I’d like the option. But I’d also like options where it tells you how much the drive costs, estimated cost of road repair and upkeep, subsidies to oil companies and every hidden cost that goes into a commute. Or savings for taking public transportation. Google could offer all kinds of information to create…