Ryan, Patrick, Elizabeth, Alanis, Stef (among others)...now Kristen. If Raph, Andrew, David, Justin, Tom, Bradley, Jason, Ballaban part ways...I don’t know. I don’t know if it will “feel” like Jalopnik anymore. I’m not trying to throw shade on the other members of the Jalopnik staff, but I realized something over the… Read more

Goodbye, Kristen. I honestly love how you write. I have an active imagination at the best of times, so I had a lot of fun reading many your articles. Read more

Your stuff here on Jalponik was first rate, and if there’s anything that would make me look at or even bookmark anything called “business insider” it would be the prospect of reading your crazy jazz over there. Good luck in all your future endeavors, and don’t keep the aspidistra flying!
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Kristen Lee is so steadfastly opposed to lame-ass shit that she refused to stop making fun of me for months after she realized that General Tso’s chicken is my go-to order at a Chinese restaurant. She called me white as hell, a weenie from Ohio, and roasted my basic-ness. Read more

Business Insider is getting Fancy. Good, they could use the upgrade; they have some clickbait articles there and could use some proper writing for a change. Bad for Jalopnik and the rest of us. Damn sorry to see K. Lee go; I’ve lurked on Jalop for a long time, at least a decade and K. Lee is one of the good ones. Hate… Read more

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories Read more

I haven’t even made it through all the anecdotes, and this is what, like the 3rd or 4th major departure in the last six months, but this is the first one to make me tear up a little. Read more

Uh, it was a collection of short stories by Flannery O’Connor. Read more

I mean, it’s not just the women leaving, everyone is on their way out from the whole dang company these days Read more

I guess we’ve mostly all tried to be strong and true through this whole Coronavirus thing. Stiff upper lip, carry on, and all that. But now, with this news that Kristen is leaving, all I want to do is drink and shed a tear or two. Fancy Kristen (and Everyday Kristen), you will be sorely missed. You’re a damn great… Read more

One thing I always liked about Jalopnik was that it had multiple women writing about cars and car culture. One by one, they all seem to have left. Read more

Who am I supposed to send hateful emails too now? Read more

There should really be a word for this phenomenon. It has always been a thing, but has really blown up with the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

History will not be kind to the people in power that downplayed COVID-19. The owner of my company is doing the same thing. He has played the “we’re essential” card, keeping the office open. Everyone in the office isn’t set up to work remotely, they all have desktop computers and desk phones. There are older folks with… Read more

Classic example of “I’m rich because I’m smart, and I’m smart because I’m rich” phenomenon.  Read more

He’s bungled this situation so badly he is grasping for anything that makes him look competent. Full disclosure: I work for the company in question. I don’t agree with everything we do, but I am proud that we did the right thing here and I’m super irritated that he is trying to take credit for it.  Read more

They are just pointing to the facts. GM was doing this on their own and Trump is trying to take credit for it.  Read more

If it makes you feel better, I snickered a bit at this Read more

Yeah I was going to do a Trump satire about how he’s kick starting the trucking industry but it just feels wrong. Read more

I usually have a smart-ass reply for everything to hide my real feelings. I got nothing. Read more