That’s not really fair: Giddens could make coughing up phlegm sound amazing.

You are a master gardener with a zest for life and a thick Scottish brogue. Please describe how to create the perfect avian topiary. Be sure to cite sources and include Welsh proverbs when applicable.

I recently deleted my active, 16-year-old, account after being told I was inciting violence simply by commenting that a particular GOP senator had himself to blame for an issue he was trying to pin on others.

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.

Krita is very, very good indeed. It deserves all the praise it gets.

Biden has never worn his pants up to his throat vagina, though.

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.

So why not join the majority party — in this case the GOP — and reshape it again from the inside? We’ve seen the GOP is open to tectonic shifts of change, as long as it’s coming from fellow “Republicans.” Donnie himself was a Democrat before he noticed the door to the GOP was already open wide.

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.

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.

The internet was well established before the mobile web really took off. It looked different (most of us would say better), but it was already a mature part of everyday life. The dot-com “bubble” around Y2K predates the iPhone by years.

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.

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

Or the 1880s.

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.

Total land area, maybe?

States get smaller in alphabetical order. Alabama is huge, while West Virginia is tiny.

Doctor Who from Eccleston on. We missed much of it (including all of the Capaldi and Whitaker years) so it’s still new to us, and we’re catching up just in time for the new guy. I used to roll my eyes at folks who insisted Who was worth watching, but I was clearly wrong: It’s such a fun (and sometimes devastating) show. Loving it.

Most folks never bother to delete their accounts, and it’s now one of the older social networks. It was also popular at one time among GenX, who got their Boomer parents to sign up so they could keep contact with their grandkids remotely.

There are far fewer Boomers on TikTok, and many GenX’rs have simply given up on trying to remain in contact with anyone they actually know.