I’d add Detectorists and Derry Girls to that list of Brit shows. They were both great fun that my wife and I really enjoyed.

I just took pics of my parents’ remotes the last time I was there, for this reason. They’re nearing 80 and needing help more and more often. In the past couple of years my dad has really gone downhill. :/ It’s been hard watching him go from a guy who was a chemist and lab manager, to not being able to use his remote…

Being a software developer, I was always far more tech savvy than my kids. Kids didn’t have phones back then, so it was really just the browser that was an issue. They’re all grown now, but I remember having a talk with my son about how, just like they had an acceptable use policy at school, we had one at home, too.…

For similar reasons as Torx, square-drive screws are also popular, particularly for drywall and for outdoor construction. For outdoor use, consider stainless steel screws. They’re more expensive, but since they don’t rust, they’re good for decks, access ramps, and similar things.

On the other hand, though, if you keep allowing a pathogen to spread, while the current version may not be as deadly, the next mutation might be. It would really benefit us to stop the spread. And, there are still more than 1,000 Americans dying every single day from this, much of which is preventable. That’s…

Out here in the sticks, it’s still bad. In the past 18 months it’s killed 1 out of every 250 people—in the entire population in my county. That’s 15-20 times more deadly than the flu. There’s still 1 or 2 dying every week, but now it’s mostly people under 60 instead of older folks. Yesterday the positivity rate here…

Possibly, but it’s probably impossible to know for sure. There certainly is variation from person to person. My daughter and son-in-law have two shots of Pfizer but no boosters yet, but he still ended up getting infected at work about a month ago. Even with them being together all the time, though, my daughter never…

Not coin-operated, just free. I haven’t noticed one in a grocery store lately, but Walmart stores have them in the pharmacy area. You just sit down and follow the directions to take your blood pressure reading at no charge.

I suggest popcorn salt, or even better, just grind some table salt with a mortar and pestle until it’s medium-fine. It sticks better to whatever you’re roasting or frying, which ends up tasting better.

>I love a plug-and-play formula that offers guidance without a strict ingredients list

I made my first pie when I was about 12 and needed a pie for a bake sale. I told my mom about it that morning before she went to work, and she basically said I was on my own. :) I dove in, followed the recipe, and made a lattice top cherry pie (canned filling). For a pie made by a 12yo boy, it was pretty darn good, if…

Maybe they should get Jerry Seinfeld to write it.

If you haven’t read them, may I also suggest Eon and Eternity, both by Greg Bear. There’s also a third novel in that series, but it’s less compelling than the first two. It does “complete” the story, though. 

Oh, I didn’t say they were decent books, I said I enjoyed them. Sharknado wasn’t a decent movie, but I enjoyed it for what it was.

It completely stands on its own. No worries there. The sequels are set in the same world, but are wildly different in tone. Aliens, sex, murder, angels? The sequels have everything!

Not really. But there used to be a bunch of them on Mercury and Saturn!

Rendezvous With Rama is one of the best “hard” science fiction novels there is, IMO. It’s a fairly short book that could potentially make a great movie. There’s not a lot of action in it, though, so it will very likely be much more 2001 than Star Wars, which is fine if it’s well done. I also enjoy the wackiness that is…

I usually make the bottom crust big enough to hang over the pan about an inch all around, then after the lattice is done, fold the bottom over it all the way around and crimp.

Knowing a lot about how the internet works, I’ve sometimes told my friends and family that I’m kind of amazed that it works at all.

Same here. I have two, one for coffee and one for spices. They’re cheap enough and small enough that it made sense to dedicate them to their individual tasks, rather than cross-contaminate the flavors.