No doubts that poor parenting can generate anger, but IED (Really? Couldn't be arsed to come up with a better name?) has a lot of causes, some likely chemical. We have four kids. Three were "normal" while the youngest had fits of rage. He's otherwise a great guy. I had the same thing as a kid, started at about 8,…

As a kid, I didn't sound like the rest of the kids. My father was Scots by way of a short stop in Nova Scotia, my mom's Dutch (but raised in Indonesia). As a result my pronunciation was wrong to my father, disappointing to my mother, and laughed at by my schoolmates. College girls thought it was sexy, though. …

The physical paperback is a big part of why I developed a love for reading; it engaged more than just the visual sense. That 59-cent used book with the scantily-clad girls on the matte cover, flipping quickly through before reading to see if there are any creases or worn sections that might indicate a "good" part,…

@centipedex: My Android phone allows me to do much the same thing. Hear something on Pandora? Open the Amazon MP3 app, buy, listen to it in moments. Next time I'm sitting at my destkop, drag the files over into iTunes so the kids can enjoy it on their iPods.

At $20k, it's essentially an 18 month option. It's on the lower end of the screenplay option payout, but within the range. The $100,000 cap is worrisome, as screenplays can be sold for more. That said, if it's a guaranteed amount if anything's done, it's not too bad a deal.

@Canoehead: Considering he had kiddy porn available to put on his Thompson's computer, it makes me wonder just how he got his Johnson fired.

This video doesn't seem to be the issue. It's the other videos he had uploaded that caused Best Buy's ire. All this iPhone/EVO video did was give the other vids some visibility when people looked to see what else he'd uploaded. After watching one of them, I could see why Best Buy would have given him the boot. If…