He’ll certainly be remembered for a long time, but my hope is that he’s best remembered for a lasting impact on James Buchanan’s legacy.

Is it just me, or does his beanie sound like Bill the Cat?

The guy in charge was obsessed with a woman, but somehow that made it the woman’s fault? That makes no sense, and yet is totally unsurprising.

Hey, you sass that hoopy limer?

The lake was renamed from its traditional Mono name by American settlers after an incident on September 23, 1871, in which a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City, Nevada, and took refuge near the lake. (source)

I wouldn’t clip onto a hose, but maybe some plastic flashing or a plastic bracket. Most cars have something near the battery that would work. It’s not essential; just can make it a little easier.

The important thing is not to complete the circuit near a battery, since it can cause sparks which can ignite the flammable vapors that batteries tend to emit when discharging. This is especially important near the dead battery, which has potentially been discharging quite a lot recently.

So the usual sequence is:

1. Dead positive
2. Live positive
3. Live negative
4. Dead ground (to the metal chassis, ideally not right next to the battery)

I usually start by clipping the dead negative cable to something non-conductive to keep it out of the way and then move it to ground as the last step.

But nobody really knows how those things work.

Right, my comment was more tongue-in-cheek than serious, though it’s always seemed odd to me that “bleeds more easily” got named “loves blood”.

What’s the reverse of hemophilia?

Hemophobia?

I’m almost disappointed to learn you don’t use Þunderbird.

No, people don’t. I’m pretty sure it’s in front for artistic license. He wanted to show the ducks talking but also wanted to show a funny bumper sticker.

It means the same thing as the name of that company, too. It’s marketing.

Chicago has often been used for inspiration (as well as a number of other cities) but it was originally based on Manhattan/NYC. The name “Gotham” was coined by Washington Irving in 1807 as a nickname for New York City.

We always thought Gotham was Manhattan, but it turns out it’s actually Seattle.

The title is something like “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Grooving With a Pict.” But I think there’s more to it

The animals in question are also gathered together in a cave.

Doesn’t the need to specify those in addition (“and he’s gotta be …”) mean those are characteristics that aren’t necessarily inherent to being a hero?

The fact that that link directs me to a page that’s trying to get me to install the Voyager app, rather than directly to the post, makes me never want to even try Voyager.

So your plan is to become a professional kickboxer?

SSO is “single sign on”. DNS is “domain name service”, which is just a way to turn a hostname (like www.google.com) into an IP address. It’s sort of like a phone directory, but for the Internet.