"Lemme just jump into a 100+ years of debate on lethality and ballistics by suggesting we ban one of the most popular hunting calibers in the country regardless of action type..."

You mean like this gem?

Always been partial to Willie's version myself

Also, the night vision mounts on the helmets are a nice touch

We're supposed to believe the threat level is high enough to dress for Baghdad in 2007, but dude is hands off on his weapon and has the tiniest plate carrier...

Fwiw, I thought I remembered reading somewhere that Endor and the Ewoks specifically were supposed to be the Vietnam allegory. Deeply paternalistic and insulting to the Vietnamese people, but political none the less.

Paradoxically, a relationship that goes long enough brings a return of indiscriminate bed farting. Time is a flat circle etc.

100% agree. Despite their bucolic surroundings, those little Hobbits brought the war home. Merry in his hobbit house punching mirrors like Martin Sheen in the opening of Apocalypse Now and Pippin drunk at the Prancing Pony ranting about watching his friends die face down in the mud.

Also worth noting that a large number of FS employees who are not in primary fire roles ARE fully qualified wildland firefighters and routinely step away from their day jobs to join fire crews or conduct fire patrols and enforce regulations while full-time firefighters are on the fireline

A bit dated and I don't how good they are, but these are the two that come to mind:
m.imdb.com/title/tt2286...

m.imdb.com/title/tt0081...

I'm not much of a baseball fan, but I'll always have time for this level of pettiness

"Lacunae Breach" coming summer 2024

"Hell is a World Without You" by @jasonkirk.fyi is a novel, rather than a memoir, but it captures the experience of growing up late 90s/early 00s Evangelical America in ways both humorous and devastating

EMPTY CUPS!

Cybertruck: the rich man's vibram toe shoes

First encountered the concept in a brilliant Archer episode:
m.imdb.com/title/tt1849...

From Blue Like Jazz to Green Like Money: A Donald Miller Story