Excellent point. A couple of years ago on a drive to Boston, I suddenly realized that my car was hesitating when speeding up and quivering a bit with changes in throttle. I only realized this at all because I understand my car. As we continued going, it occurred to me that I was going through my brand-new tank of gas…

This one I did not like so much when I first saw it in a dark theater, way the hell out in the middle of nowhere. :/ It's a terrifically campy flick to me now, but when I was 12 or so I was not amused.

I actually kind of loved this movie as a kid for its creepy weirdness... but I'm still pretty weird, so that might have something to do with it.

With a 13-hour each way road trip coming up in October, I went ahead and grabbed the Anker charger. That's a fantastic price for it, and given that I already have their 5-port charger and couldn't be happier with it (came with me to the UK last month and kicked ass!), this was a very easy decision!

With a 13-hour each way road trip coming up in October, I went ahead and grabbed the Anker charger. That's a…

Weber does a lot of focus on logistics and supply chains, which is an extension of economics, at least as far as I see it. I'd say that Manticore, Haven and the Solarian League all make sense from an economic perspective. Admittedly, the series focuses more on the war aspect of it, but he does address the trade power…

That is a very well-said comparison. You could probably write a whole blog post to this effect!

'I'll be back before you can say "antidisestablishmentarianism."' - Edmund Blackadder III

Poor, predictable Bart.

It's funny—I was just there two weeks ago, and I didn't even think it was odd that there were so many dry patches on the ground. It's amazing what you can see from above that you'd never put together looking at it from ground level.

They are, in Deutsch—the word for unicorn is 'Einhorn'. One horn. Perfectly logical.

My 8th grade Social Studies teacher was a Civil War reenactor. He brought the whole shebang to school one day: horses, replica weapons, uniforms. We built tents on the field, dressed up in cast-off clothing roughly suited to 'Union' or 'Confederate' colors, sang anthems and baked hardtack. Best friggin' history year…

Well, the problem is they're only about 50 generations into the domestication thing, whereas dogs have thousands. From what I understand, their socialization period is still very slim and so it doesn't work as well when they're older. This would probably change if the project continued selecting for sociable ones over…

Me too. If I had the ~$7,000 to cough up, I might.

These aren't monsters yet... it's a work in progress (although I honestly don't know if it's still in progress, thanks to a lack of funding for the research) but still, this is pretty far from a wild silver fox.

Sherlock Holmes is a superhero. He uses his amazing brain to fight crime. See panel 2.

It would be incredibly fast-paced and jarring to have it put into a 2-3 hour movie, but if it had to be done, this is the outline I would use.

Well played, sir.

Now, if only we can prove that quantum mechanics article from last week true (about how the universe acts as a superfluid and quantum particles are actually moving along waves in space-time) we can create a device which will vibrate the time/space superfluid continuum in just the right way to produce waves and create…

Ha, right? That could be awkward.

Heh, that sensation isn't weird to me anymore. I have pretty severe vasovagal syncope, and I've done all kinds of things while not actually present in my head. I've passed out and woken up after I was already sitting back up, for instance.