Holy crap! They have forms for this?

How are men who are attracted to you supposed to communicate that to you?

I sort of wonder how accurate the guy’s story was. I mean, perhaps he actually raped the waitress, and was now fishing for an alibi?

OK. So there was a restaurant involved, however tangentially.

Not like that. Even yelling was inappropriate, much less making a threat to physical safety.

I had a pretty good life-education from my parents, but I supplemented it with this wonderful book from my local library:

Yes. I was going to have Swivel run on startup. Is the warning just some boilerplate?

Having bought this, I got a warning that Swivel can access everything (except passwords) that I type, including credit card numbers. Is this right? I don’t want to use it now.

What is this? I mean, a plate of cheese, coffee beans, um . . . fish, and melted butter? Do we eat these together?

An important function of these headsets, which I have not yet seen mentioned in these comments, is that they include a microphone. They are not just audio headphones, but are phone-functional headsets. They also provide a convenient place to stow the earbuds when they are not in use, which is an important factor for…

Woah, she even got the earrings!

You give them an out. Make up some kind of ‘plausible deniability’ story, so they can save face: “I’m sorry, but I was told that your dog is trapped inside your car. You must have forgotten or something; it happens more often than you might think (insert embarrassed smile). I can put your dinner into takeout boxes for…

a lot of people don’t even read the ending paragraphs

Pinkham’s Law

Alternatively, just throw ‘em out.

‘That’s no moon!’

Is that a drink called a ‘palindrome’?

Devices that must work autonomously in extreme environments, such as underwater or in space, often look ‘clunky’. Delicate microcircuitry is very susceptible to stray static electricity, moisture build up, etc.; and so space probes are sometimes built with primitive-looking components because those are known to be…

When I’ve tried making kimchi at home, it’s been kind of variable. Some batches are fine. Others were kind of strange. I worked in a plant genetic engineering lab in grad school, and I kept my kimchi jar double-bagged in the refrigerator. One day there was a bad sewer-gas smell in the lab, and everyone blamed me for…

Did you grill the squirrels? If not, that was a terrible waste. (the Joy of Cooking has a nice illustration on how to skin a squirrel)