I would not use the word "critique" to describe A.O. Scott's explanation of why Biery's order is a masterpiece of judicial writing.

@wtg said in NIPSCO: $1,447 for one month OMG!!!!!!!

Interesting. Here in Illinois, the inspections are done by a state agency and you don't pay anything. Well, except the taxes that we pay to support state government. If your car flunks you can't renew your license plates until you can pass the inspection.

The way of the world - staying "just within the rules" is considered honorable. The example of the US government and the rich able to use the system to work outside of the rules sets the example to push the envelope as far as possible.

Did he sleep his way to the top too?

We're getting a break! Only 40 feels like 38 tonight, 60 today and 65 tomorrow!

Link to video Love it.

@wtg said in Kennedy Center: Don't forget the Arc de Trump. Or the Institute of Peace. Is the Arc de Trump something he wants to build or something he wants to put his name on? I can't see him renaming Washington Square Park, Trump Square Park, or the Washington Arch, Trump Arch. This probably wouldn't be grand enough for him.

We're having a terrible early February. By now I've studied survival skills, e.g. how soldiers in the field kept from freezing to death during WWI and WWII. What I wouldn't give to have wool bedding and clothing. I've learned a bunch of facts about the different kinds of wool, the different ways it's processed, and the different methods used to make wool products.

I feel so badly for the people who live a block away, low income housing. I actually know someone who lives there. Sucks.

Wow. Go Ammon!

Penguins come in from the cold. https://www.wane.com/dont-miss/penguins-at-long-island-aquarium-brought-inside-due-to-extreme-cold/

It's not prurient interest. It's truth as is the case of with all humor.

@Daniel said in Some jokes landed with a thud, and the room fell silent repeatedly.: Why does he try so hard? He wants to be liked, probably. Many people want the same, supposedly.