I remember being barred from the living room when my folks watched that. I sneaked in to watch it from behind a chair. That scene came, and I started screaming. Wouldn't go near windows for a while. Good stuff. I feel like this scene was paid homage in the movie The Lost Boys when Jason Patrick was flying outside his…

My daughter didn't start walking until she was thirteen months old—about the time all the baby books said I would need to consult a doctor if she wasn't walking by then. So of course I stressed about it. She was also in pull-up diapers longer than other kids in her daycare (a stranger even once remarked to me in a…

Right, or she goes up with a crew but becomes separated during a maneuver and the others perish, and it takes 12 months to orchestrate a rescue for her. Or really any number of things to make the premise remotely plausible. It won't matter, though, because it's CBS, and they'll just cancel after one season no matter…

It took me a long time to learn to apologize without qualifying it. When you screw up, suck it up and don't make excuses. That doesn't mean I don't try to explain that my intention wasn't to be a dick, but I screwed it up...or that I misunderstood the situation and didn't mean to be a dick. Either way, like you say,…

I love having my kids cook with me. My 2 year old mostly just makes messes so I can control that with what I choose to let him have. My 7 yr old, though, she's mixing sauces and whipping creams and helping me bake. Yes, frequently it means a big spill or an eggshell or some other complete, global catastrophe...or it's…

I definitely have a hard time with advice like this. I don't mean I don't like it or don't want to accept it. I mean I have a hard time implementing it. I'm told it takes practice, and I believe that, but after a while it's hard to wonder when the positive effects will take. On those days when it feels like my whole…

Everything you've said about the show, yes. I'm by no means the target audience so I was surprised that I kept going back for more. If nothing else, Raven, I mean come on. But they've obviously been pulling, eh, inspiration from very successful sci-fi shows, and that's kind of awesome. I thought for sure Kane's hippie…

I freakin' love trying new ways to cook nearly anything. Steak especially. Usually, I do the super hot pan, one side 4 min, other side 3 min, done. Let it rest while I get my asparagus ready, put butter on the steak and enjoy the hell out of it. It's the easiest thing ever and it's delicious. I'll definitely try this…

Hulu's Deadbeat is pretty great. Catching up on some series like Community and Parks and Rec because I missed entire seasons because of, you know, having kids. Speaking of kids, Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse on Netflix is freakin' great. Who knew?

PHONE for Google (also called MO+ GV Phone it appears)

My favorite salsa recipe is to stop by La Fiesta on the way home from work, chat with the fellas about kids, work, weather, the UT football team (since none of us knows anything about football, it's pretty funny), then buy a pint of their salsa and go home.

They fell easily. They had grown to trust and even love him. Lozen had been with the spiders a long time. He moved methodically toward the cave never taking his eyes off the darkness within. He didn't bother removing his arrow from his old friend. He had plenty more in his quiver and only needed one.

Create something new, all your own.

I get my stuff from Adafruit. A garage door opener was my first project other than going through the learning sketches. Mine was laughably simple, but it worked. I hooked the Arduino to a desktop because it didn't have networking. I then used twitter (with TweetMyPC I believe) and I wired an old garage door opener to…

Everyone! Stop being mean to each other, ya buncha jerks. Now, hug it out. Come on, bring it in. Isn't that better?

I like the show. I admit it. It's not great, but I hardly think it's crap. I don't worry about the science because I'm in it for the fun, not a lesson. Besides, Ronald Moore works in allegory rather than hard science. BSG was very light on science, but the show wasn't about the science anyway. DS9 dabbled a bit more…

I don't want to argue with anyone about any of this, but I did want to say that I love this idea of an ending. It's powerful and a little reminiscent of the parents at the end of His Dark Materials trilogy choosing to fall in an infinite chasm in order to save their daughter. Plus, it would open up a possible later…

I know where you're coming from, and here's how we broke ourselves in. We joined a gym that has child care. Good stuff, we get to watch movies in the cardio theater while the kids are in the next room. The gym also has Parents' Night Out where you pay $15 and you get four hours to eat, see a movie, take a nap,…

My aunt Minerva went that way. We tried to rush her to the local hippie supply and incense store, but we were too late. In the end, she smelled of wet dog and could only gurgle out her pleas for a lotion or bath salt made of lemongrass oil. God rest her smelly soul.