I finally figured it out: this Iran war feels like the kinds of wars I used to have in Civilization II after I saved the game and felt like seeing how big a mess I could make.
And a good tailor nearby!
I’m a lawyer married to an architect, and yes, she has the much better job. No question.
As @genius-degenerate.bsky.social pointed out to me, Virginia’s motto IS “Virginia is for lovers.”
“Daddy, what’s a virgin? Someone from Virginia?”
So as a dual Canadian-American citizen who has never lived in Canada - and thus cannot vote there - I could move to England for the summer and vote in UK elections on my Canadian citizenship. Cool, cool.
You could also have tossed in “A review of the lesser-known works of American Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck.”
I would do that, too.
Arsenio Hall deserved better.
I love that half of all of Donald Trump’s grievances boil down to: “The people I gave these jobs to are so very bad at their jobs. Who gave these idiots their jobs anyway?”
Fair.
It must be nice to be somewhere where it’s already the weekend. :)
I watched Men with Brooms last weekend, not because it’s an Olympics movie, but because how many other movies are there about curling?
As I said to my wife recently, “There are a lot of Olympic sports I look at and think ‘I could never do this,’ but I’m not sure there’s one I could not do as much as I could not do moguls.”
Maybe not as much as you think.
I have questions about the use of the term “prop replica” in this instance.
Begging just someone - anyone - to Google Spartan hegemony to see what became of the Peloponnesus in the 4th Century BC.
I adore Sideways, but The Descendants is my favorite Alexander Payne film.
Should have led with “But the Dow is at FIFTY THOUSAND!”
It’s my district. I like Abugazeleh. I agree with her positions, but I cannot shake the feeling she’s just using the seat as a platform for higher office. I also don’t love that she’s never lived here. I’m absolutely voting Biss.
I remember in genetics in college (like 30 years ago), my professor said something like, “The Y chromosome is good for two things: male pattern baldness and making gametes. No one would voluntarily pick one given the choice.”
I’m so sorry for your podcast, @kenwhite.bsky.social.
I remember reading somewhere that Rhodocetus is thought to be the last cetacean that left the water to breed, and wow, there’s a mental image.
I cannot tell you how often I fucked up scrambled eggs when I was just getting started on my own in my first apartment.
I’m listening to a couple of small kids (presumably whose older siblings are at soccer practice with my kid) discuss the Super Bowl. One is glad the Seahawks won. The other is adamant the Chicago Bulls won. Both liked Bad Bunny.
“What’s a…’rerun?’”
Remember when Mike Pence used to get sent out to clean this sort of stuff up?
Bird reading the Space 220 sign at Epcot.
