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Flashbacks to junior year English class. Keeping the characters and timelines straight is not a trivial matter

“Kids, there used to be a show called Fear Factor on NBC where Joe Rogan got people to eat giant live beetles.”

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Read this as Porno for Gyros at first. Make of that what you will

No you’re right, it’s deeply weird even there. It was totally taboo to have tobacco ads anywhere supposedly even somewhat family-friendly for a long time. We remember the tobacco settlements. now they’re feeling emboldened by the political climate?

Wait, what? Is that on TV? Or just PPV or exclusive streaming?

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I’m also saying this but I have a distinct bias

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*Sir Elton, please and thank you.

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A little Mr. Elton John tonight.

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It clears the movie soundtrack by a mile

Lol. please ask the property and casualty insurers about that

Would like this 1000 times if I could

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Interesting. I have never heard of such a thing. I wonder if you could safely hook that up to a range hood somehow? Or does that not flow enough cfm to get the smoke out. Much to consider

I have to say something here: I read his website/blog when I was 12, and thought it was deep. Then I grew up, and thought it was juvenile. Then he comes back in the 37th season of the show of my life, like he’s Vincent D’Onofrio as Det. Goren, coming back for a special episode of Law and Order.

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From agony to ecstasy, courtesy of special teams

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When my dad started in software development in the 1980s, he was required to wear a suit and tie. It was business formal, all day every day. Amazing how things change.

I also think different lines of work have different standards. Law seems like it would be on the extremely formal end of a spectrum of norms, since it’s a tradition-bound profession where observing social norms is paramount. Like, “only navy or gray suit, no loud patterns, must wear watch.”

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If I’m the interviewer, I wouldn’t be perturbed if an interviewee brought a beverage in a tasteful, professional drinking vessel. Even if they politely declined water. Hey, maybe it’s a comfort thing. Iced coffee in a disposable cup would be a mild negative, a Slurpee would be a major negative.

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Just put it in a travel mug. Anyone whose opinion is worth listening to respects the stainless steel travel mug. But if it’s a Yeti, that’s a demerit, because it means you spent too much on a travel mug. And don’t bring a Slurpee, probably.

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Frankly, celebrating unsafe driving habits gives me the ick. But what do I know?

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I think many people are talking past each other when discussing this take. There’s far more nuance to job interview etiquette than can fit into a short post. As an interviewee, I wouldn’t bring a drink, because I’ll likely be offered a drink, and I should accept the drink to make a good impression.

He oughta lighten up while he still can Find a place to make his stand And take it easy.

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Darnold (booty issue) has recovered. A relief for the Seahawks, though Drew Lock turned in a great performance last week, and confirmed his position as one of the best backups in the league. (I’m aware the Cardinals are not great.)

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It’s as if out of The Boys, but with a considerably lower budget

This is quite the odd take, in my most humble and sincere opinion. Now, if they’re literally shotgunning a white Monster while I’m asking a question or loudly sucking the last bit of a beverage from a straw, yeah, OK, that may count against you. But realistically, I’m offering them water or coffee.

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This is exactly the idea I’ve contemplated to address some of the potential and real problems with the use and abuse of the pardon power

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I can’t accept that the ultimate sovereign, the People, could not write a constitution vesting the pardon power in a different office, provided that the holder of that office is themselves accountable to the people.

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Yeah, I think software is fundamentally different from a skyscraper or a bridge. Proving a system can’t produce an incorrect result is very difficult. (I forget if it’s provably impossible if certain things hold true…those classes were a long time ago.)

In the end, fear is just another state of arousal

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If the Dems actually win, we keep yelling at them to defend the vulnerable, because that’s what we’re supposed to be about. My own state has driven people out with their cruel anti-trans policies. We can and we must swing Iowa back, because “our liberties we prize and our rights we must maintain.”

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I think we have to walk a mile in another man’s or another woman’s shoes. It’s asking a lot of people to ask them to vote for someone who equivocates on an issue so personal.

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“Turbo” Richard Blair @rcblair.com · 21/09/2026

I mean…that is a real polling outfit. Thermostatic backlash remains undefeated, it seems. Guess we’ll see in November.

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Terra cotta sewer line is actual homeowner nightmare fuel

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“Turbo” Richard Blair @rcblair.com · 20/09/2026

The league is officially on notice: Sam’s butt is healing. Some would call it a “medical miracle”

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“Turbo” Richard Blair @rcblair.com · 20/09/2026

It’s nonsense. I say to them, “Don’t abandon vulnerable people and trade their rights like a pawn. Just say ‘I reject the premise.’”

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“Turbo” Richard Blair @rcblair.com · 20/09/2026

I suppose a person could come up with some hypothetical scenario where conceding ground on sports would guarantee we could arrest the erosion of trans rights. That is not the situation. “Moderating” just shows weakness and demoralizes the base. Some Iowa candidates have done this and I hate it.

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“Turbo” Richard Blair @rcblair.com · 19/09/2026

Should remain unfinished. Kind of like Bach’s Art of Fugue, if it were really bad