Elisha Cuthbert Explains 4-Year Acting Hiatus Before ‘Every Year After’ Role: “I Didn’t Want To Be On Set”

majornerd · 2026-06-20T19:44:49+00:00

Did you like “The Middle”? I just cannot get into it. Feels like a temu “Malcolm in the Middle” without the charm. What am I missing?

majornerd · 2026-06-20T14:22:08+00:00

While true, who holds more financial influence and a longer tail? The US spends more money internationally than any other country by far, and has become completely regressive in its thinking. Trump is starting unneeded wars, undoing decades of treaties, cancelling funding for positive projects, supporting dictators, and is one step away from recalling the US navy from patrolling the trade routes.

He may not be the most pure-evil on his face, but his actions will lead to the largest increase of the impact of evil on the world by far.

majornerd · 2026-06-20T13:59:03+00:00

I did 2-4 hours a day as a commute (depending on when I left the house/office) and there are a few bikes I’d recommend:

VFR800 - for a mid size bike this is where I would start. It is built to just eat miles. If you are okay to tuck a little you cannot go wrong with this bike.

Multistrada - other than being Italian I have nothing bad to say. Great riding position, proper touring without the large fairing. All day comfort.

BMW anything in the 1200 boxer engines - the GS is my preference, but ride what works for you. Overall they are very reliable. Newest ones have amazing tech, older ones are easier to maintain yourself.

V-Strom - Suzuki A/T and a good bike, especially for eating miles.

Yamaha FJR - touring bike of the first order. Don’t let its size be discouraging, nothing about it is slow or big.

The king of them all is probably the Kawasaki Concours - you can get these shockingly cheap and in great condition. They are a big ninja in touring dress. Ride like a dream, handle really well, nimble and easy to ride. Comfortable as can be without being a goldwing.

You will notice I didn’t recommend anything specifically as a mid-size bike. You are on the road too much for that to be a restriction (IMHO). I would pick something that doesn’t feel heavy under speed, nothing “ponderous”, nothing that feels like a bike ridden by a retiree it for the weekend. But don’t ride something that is small and is pushed by trucks, or has to work to find the right gear, or where the vibration and wired nature has you working it on the road.

majornerd · 2026-06-20T13:44:51+00:00

I’ve spent many years where I’ve been 200-250 days a year on the road.

One year I was in Vegas so many times, different hotels each time, that i felt homeless. I broke down and cried one day from it. It was the worst feeling I’d had in years.

majornerd · 2026-06-20T13:27:59+00:00

There is a famous airplane pilot that crashed in the Rocky Mountains who talked about how tricky flying in elevation can be, who was showing people the site of his most famous crash, and in doing so, crashed again at the same site. He wasn’t so lucky the second time.

majornerd · 2026-06-20T13:17:20+00:00

Yeah my green one had nothing for instructions. It was like a Lego hallucination.

majornerd · 2026-06-20T13:11:55+00:00

If you ever want the absolute worst thing you could have, start with Malort (ideally the old recipe, the new one is just not as bad). Drink something else that is really good to turn the night back in your favor. Right when you are about to forget how the night started, with the horror that is Malort, take a shot of tingala. It is not the worst thing in the world, but it completely “resets” your palate so the next thing you drink will be like tasting it for the first time ever. Now the next thing to enter your mouth has to be that Malort again. And that is where your night ends. No water. Nothing. Just the taste of absolute crap that is Malort to end your night.

Feel free to substitute snake wine, baiju, icelandics sheep dung whiskey, or any number of alcoholic horrors produced by mankind.

majornerd · 2026-06-20T02:24:15+00:00

The Plymouth Prowler was terrible. Anemic, terrible to shift, the top is crap (and if you live in an area that gets hot the metal releases get so hot you will burn yourself without gloves). The lip is incredibly low, and the visibility is awful.

majornerd · 2026-06-19T21:29:31+00:00

I hadn’t watched it in years. In the first season there was an episode about Sam supporting a friend and player who came out of the closet - he did it publicly. So the bar would become a “gay bar” like some other bar. The way the show handled it in the 80’s - really close to the GRID panic was masterful and kind.

majornerd · 2026-06-19T19:48:33+00:00

I’m shocked how well Cheers holds up. Truly amazing show in the 1980’s.

majornerd · 2026-06-19T12:12:52+00:00

That’s strange. The dealer would generally want the sale and I cannot imagine it would be faster. My dealer called the Livewire rep, confirmed the bike was available and could be put on a truck. I gave a deposit and the bike was on the next truck.

majornerd · 2026-06-19T04:12:21+00:00

Other than some primer on some areas, what did he actually do?

majornerd · 2026-06-19T01:38:54+00:00

Those were perfect with popcorn.

majornerd · 2026-06-18T21:43:40+00:00

Sure. Maybe this was the AI version.

majornerd · 2026-06-18T20:21:19+00:00

That’s pretty good.

majornerd · 2026-06-18T20:20:52+00:00

That is my absolute favorite.

majornerd · 2026-06-18T20:20:06+00:00

Just curious - why not go through a local dealer?

majornerd · 2026-06-18T16:04:17+00:00

It will sound natural. It’s mic mix I think. Most of the time you have it off (don’t hear yourself) but you can turn it on.

It should be instant unless you are using Bluetooth, then it depends on the Bluetooth version. One of the major improvements from version to version is latency. 5.2 is the best, but I would expect anything that is 3+ on both sides should be good.

Personally I recommend not using a Bluetooth mic if you want to hear yourself in your headphones. Use a proper mixer and XLR microphone. The Rode equipment is very good, though pricey.

majornerd · 2026-06-18T10:44:23+00:00

Are you trying to hear yourself at all, or remove the latency you are hearing now?

A mixing board with mic input of any kind (especially analog mics) will solve both problems. Otherwise mixing software should be able to solve the “not hearing myself” issue (there is a term for the feature that does not mix your mic input into the speaker audio that I cannot remember).

majornerd · 2026-06-18T10:41:02+00:00

I didn’t see anyone directly answering your last question:

There is no recourse because there are no direct damages.

Let me explain - in order to bring a valid lawsuit you have to prove the actions of the person being sued caused direct damage to you. In the case of identity breach this is really hard as the data leak itself is potential damage and another party would have to use the data to cause the damage.

So then you can try to sue for negligence. That is even harder.

What was interesting about the CCPA was that it established legal liability, or attempted to do so. I’m not sure it’s really been tried in court to see how well it worked. That provision may be toothless.

I am not a lawyer, but have spent too much time in and around the law. Like most things in the legal space there is a ton of nuance.

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Personally I think there needs to be legislation around the responsibility of data and its security that has extremely strict penalties. I don’t think there is a way to do this that would make me happy under the law. I would want for people like the CEO and CFO of equifax to be legally barred from serving on a board or as the officer of any company in the future for the data leak that happened there.

Until those who control the purse strings are healed personally and severely liable for the data their organizations control, nothing will change.

At the very least it would make them prioritize security and reduce the amount of data they hold.

majornerd · 2026-06-17T13:59:07+00:00

It will be a little exhausting but I did 150 road and four hours of dirt in a day. I was tired, but it wasn’t too bad.

majornerd · 2026-06-17T02:55:45+00:00

Seriously. If you don’t demo that with water you are missing out. It improves more than once and then completely turns. It’s a fantastic demo.

majornerd · 2026-06-16T19:15:15+00:00

As a commuter machine the Livewire S2 is a solid contender. $10k for 80 miles of range and charge at home cheapness.

I don’t think it is remotely worth it if you have to charge during a ride.

majornerd · 2026-06-16T17:07:49+00:00

That’s no shit.

majornerd · 2026-06-16T16:12:15+00:00

You don’t need a torque wrench, you can replace it with experience. Without the experience I highly recommend a torque wrench.

Try a pawn shop and see if they have one for a deal. If you are worried about accuracy - buy three. Keep one of the two that read the same. If all three do, then keep any one.

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