One of the top 100 reasons I left.

Although completely reasonable, I fear that your conclusion is inaccessible for most folks.

And as a pedestrian, I’m all for a system that’s capable of reducing distracted driving.

When the time comes to study further, Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart is an incredibly useful and approachable resource. It is basically a glossary of common emotions, but they’re grouped by similarities and described with her charm and wisdom.

I switched from from beer to flavored carbonated water. This was 18 years ago though and the options were pretty limited back then. Mostly it was just artificially sweetened garbage. I’d rather just have a club soda and add my own fruit or juice to taste. But these days it’s just easier to buy Polar or whatever.

I really dislike the cooking mechanics, so I try to avoid it as much as possible. It means I also avoid fights, though, or else try to get really good at dodging. But 20 temp hearts? That’s incredible. I didn’t even know such a big buff was possible.

Wait WHAT!? Cooking during the blood moon buffs the meal!? Where were we supposed to learn that?

In the latest Legend of Zelda games there’s a regular event that takes place every in-game month called the Blood Moon. When it happens all of the enemies that the player had previously defeated come back to life. The joke here is the the dirty dishes were cleaned, but the blood moon reincarnated them.

I know it’s for advertising but there’s a paranoid little corner of my mind that imagines insurance companies paying for some of these, uh, “user insights.”

Thanks for the link. That was a really good read. Even better on Doctorow’s own site, I think, because of all the extra links he provides.