Goldfinger did a recording of Superman, Here in Your Bedroom, and a couple other songs during the pandemic.

Not sure if you are goofin’, but that is a Tony Hawk level.

Of course. He’s the tough, smart lawyer who gets results.

Granted, I grew up in DFW and those commercials of his I watched in between episodes of Gomer Pyle, Hogans Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, and Bewitched on KTVT Channel 11 (Fort Worth/Dallas) on days I stayed home sick are forever and indelibly etched into my memory.

This. Granted I was 24 and not great with money as my wife and I had about $1500 in credit card debt, but once or twice a year I’d put down $50 for a little fun money and play at an online casino for no more than a week or until the $50 was gone. The first time I tried, I managed to use a modified Martingale system for several days and worked it up to five grand before cashing out. Was never successful at making anything close to that again, but I never played with or lost more than I could afford.

Today, apart from a car note I took on two weeks ago after a car I drove 200,000 miles over the past 14 years finally gave out, I am debt free and have been since 2016, and I genuinely can’t remember the last time I went to the casino. But, when I did, I brought $200, lost it but had my fun, and went home. No addiction whatsoever.

Because I was 24 years old and I put $50 on a debit card and managed to pump it up to $5000 and it was a one-off occurrence more than two decades ago? Relax.

Yeah, because that’s just what I said.

These casinos intentionally make people addicted, causing so much suffering and death.

Noted, but so does alcohol and you can find it almost everywhere. Most people have the capacity to exercise caution when engaging in potentially addictive behaviors. Unless we intend to ban everything that could cause addiction and lead to destruction of a person’s life (gambling, alcohol, tobacco, food, sex, claw machines, loot boxes…), then we have to let people make their own choices and be responsible for their own decisions. When it becomes apparent to a person that they have an addiction, it is their own responsibility to tend to it.

I won five grand from an online casino in 2001, and they not only paid me my winnings, they also included an extra $262 in comps for having bet aggregately over a quarter of a million dollars. That money went a long way for my early-20s ass. Paid off a credit card and bought a new mattress for me and my new wife.

When Full Tilt Poker got shut down by the DOJ, though, I was sort of okay with it. There were waaaaay too many action flops for those hands to have been truly randomized.

It’s a much bigger red flag if they hate everyone they’ve ever broken up with.

“And what’s the common thread here?”

I find it very promising when someone I date, when they reflect on a past relationship, is willing to admit the mistakes they made which led to the breakup and highlight the positive steps they’ve taken to rectify those shortcomings to become a better person and not cause future partners the same hurt. Very sexy, that.

If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no.

A very common phrase is polyam circles. I’d recommend reading literature by and for polyamorous people if you still find yourself curious, but hesitant. Thorntree Press has a good selection of books to choose from. Also, seek out polyamory groups in your area. There are FB polyamory groups in just about every major city that usually aren’t too hard to search for, and those groups will often have a monthly munch which would afford you the opportunity to ask questions of a variety of people who live that relationship style.

I’d support a four-term limit for the Senate, six-term limit for the House, and one term in the Supreme Court for a period of time not to exceed 20 years.

…did what? Not “it”?

There was a show on a local access cable channel in Austin back in the late 90s/early 00s called The Show With Know Name. It was hosted by Charlie Sotelo and his mysterious sidekick “Cinco” in the booth, and they’d just shoot the shit in between showing fun videos (the precursor to YouTubers reacting to viral videos). I discovered it one day while flipping channels, and I learned it was their second to last show after a ten year run. I had a sad.

Side note: Charlie Sotelo manages the SXSW Comedy festival, and he once punched Alex Jones in the fucking face.

If you work in hr there’s about a 99℅ you are irredeemably evil.

That’s a funny way to spell “If you are a billionaire”.

Awww…you love dem. Rai and them, sitting in a tree. 😊

Department of Human Capital

…a newspaper that totally exists with only the first letter in its name capitalized, no bylines, heinous grammatical errors, and two-sentence leading articles which end without punctuation?

Those Sony WEGAs were bananas. Mine weighed 99lbs. I remember.

“Yeah, but if you go to those countries in Europe, you’ll find that almost no one likes the socialized health care they have in their country.” - Every American conservative and libertarian ever trying to defend the freedumb of paying thousands of dollars out of pocket each year for basic medical treatment.

Tell y’what man, you talk’n bout ol’ crypto, man, I don’t want none-a that ol’ bitcoin, none-a that ethereum, man, that ain’t money, y’know, talkin’ bout dang ol’ dogecoin, man.