Time and again the world reminds me that no amount of evidence nor eloquence of argument will ever outweigh the tone of voice that popular kid uses when when working the room.

That sounds infuriating. I hope, when the time comes, their account closing process works better.

I would assert that _until_ you fold it an open faced sandwich is not in fact a sandwich on functional grounds. It may become a taco (which is a sandwich) but I'd need to refer that question to the council for regional cuisine standards for confirmation.

Even the quality of their standards are impressive. Thyme from grocery store brands has a moldy smell half the time that's never true from Penzey's.

I've been stuck on the idea that federal regulation of airwaves provided a brief golden age of guardrails around reporting facts that let us claw our way out of the yellow journalism era and worry we can't reclaim that in an internet world.

My kids were big fans of Fuzzy Heroes but that's to stuffed animals as Mobile Frame Zero is to Lego - not on ongoing RPG but an approachable tactical game.

"It's pronounced kwees-nah" still solicits the occasional inner chuckle

Authors have the advantage of carefully examining the secrets their characters take to the grave

Pour one out for the paleofuture in which we could maintain circles of interest in Google before paid content was considered necessary pollution of all feeds.

Traditional end-of-term pardons of friends will have to be scheduled a week earlier to make room for the new end-of-term retirements of enemies.

I have only a child's memory of Carter personally but I understand he was a centrist with weak support for unions and austerity economics. It's weird to consider since he's clearly the most admirable and humane of ex-presidents.

After the sadpuppy incident I take it as a good sign they have in the past course-corrected well enough to still have credibility at stake.