Libraries are one of the only public places left where you’re not expected to spend (or even need) money.

Be real careful. We thought we were turning the corner a few years ago, too. Seems so long ago.

In 10 years, it seems we not only gave up our own nations’ dreams of equality and union, but lustfully decided to lick the boots of those telling us our dreams aren’t worth having. It doesn’t help that the self-proclaimed “leader of the free world” is a known rapist who cuts deals with the Taliban at the expense of women’s liberties.

Well, yeah… you can’t be an incel if you’re romantically involved with a local soulmate. And you can’t be loyal to these shitheels if you’re not an incel.

Because too many people wouldn’t vote for anything less than a perfect candidate.

And too many people wouldn’t vote for anything more than a rapist conman.

My son’s a teenager now, but the three months I spent at home with him and my wife after his birth were some of the most incredibly enlightening, rewarding and exhausting days of my life. I’d encourage every parent to spend as much time with their newborn as possible — if not for yourself and for your child, then for your spouse. All three of you will be learning a whole new way of life, and it’s great that you’ll be able to experience and shape it together.

Exactly. I’m not going to wait until I can afford Snap-On tools to fix my AC belt.

I understand the point, but as an exercise, try to find four historical figures without glaring character defects. Eventually, I figure we’ll all be either judged or forgotten in time.

It’s a poem by Stephen Crane, but so short I’m often reminded of it in full:

A man said to the universe:

”Sir, I exist!”

“However,” replied the universe,

“The fact has not created in me

A sense of obligation.”

It sounds nihilistic, but it’s somehow calming whenever I start to feel like I’ve been wronged or I’m owed a break of some sort.

This is just Russia talking to its own agents in the West. A kangaroo court assembled to try Ukraine for its audacity to exist.

This won’t be the last time, I’m afraid. At the end of the day, software developers build sandcastles.

If you want to build something that will outlast your company, make sure you also have a hobby or craft outside of computing.

55 here, and it still happens more than I’d like to admit.

Yep. I think this is the standard path for parents today. Kids even get to keep some Angry Birds and PBS Kids cartoon from their formative iPad years.

Or Booking??

That seems like a rather arbitrary measure. I could just as easily state “The state of the cereal aisle is the most reliable measure…”

I think it will be more like the Aztec, but less practical.

Or the 1880s.

Musk has already said he welcomes a chance to work in the Trump administration, so…

actions crimes

I remember they were side by side, but I don’t remember which one I gravitated toward first: It was either Pong or Skeet (with the light gun) for me.