I think he means by standing.

As a Southern Californian, I can confirm this. #AT40

I thought this was a Bowie song for years. #AT40

Took me four too, and it’s annoying because that’s usually my first guess when I think it’s on the continent…

Until the VW bus breaks down…

I have a whole boring rant I do about how the tension between the founder’s views—especially Adams and Jefferson—is what truly made America great. When one party abdicates actually fighting for ideas, this whole American experiment collapses.

My 7th grade Catholic school teacher (not a nun) would play the Jonathan Livingston Seagull album for prayer time…

Shoot, I’m still writing 1936 on my checks.

“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.”
—Honore de Balzac

(This is a paraphrase of Balzac, so we probably should make it plural going forward.)

“Calls” was so great.

So true—and anyone who constantly has posts starting with “BREAKING!” without citing sources should probably earn a block.