There's lots to be said for cars, like the Chaparrals and Corvair, that so outperformed anything else in their classes and so threatened the status quos of their whole genres, that they were either banned or crippled. Chaparrals could eat GT40s for snacks—but then they had the background of the GT40s and other…

All the above suggestions are good, esp. bloodlesscoup's, though you kinda need a certain dosage to have any notable effect. Best if you can get the fungi from someone you can generally trust who's already tried that batch. It's a natural product, so characteristics can vary significantly. Same for peyote, except…

"I'd be the first person to pick that thing up off the seat and hand it to you as I sat down." Yeah, you right!

The factors you list are reasonable things for a prospective employer to consider, but using them as a first-line basis for exclusion of applicants is foolish. I don't think abhorrent is too strong a word, either. Many, if not most, unemployed persons (unless they are right out of school or habitually unemployed)…

That getting a job is a job in itself is the best, most succinct advice in this thread. It really is about as simple as that.

No one works 100% of the time—there's always lunch, coffee breaks, etc. These co-op work spaces, aka "executive suites" provide a decent front for a beginning business and can provide "referral" business, if one of your suite-mates gets an offer of work that is outside his/her expertise or capacity. Since there is…

The last photo provides an eery compare/contrast to Marilyn in The Misfits, hers and Clark Gable's last film. It's well worth taking the time to read up on a bit and watch, though not if you're up for a light-hearted romp.

The simplest approach would be to use a few broad category folders, then a useful file naming convention for the docs within them. You can already sort by date of creation and file name in any file manager. WinVista and up, I think, allow tags to be added to almost any file's properties—separate multiple tags with a…

Now that's incisive! No doubt you are right about the larger strategy at work here.

h8tahs gon' h8, but I wants me 1 or 3. Then, it's catch me if you can suckahs!

Wack! Listen to Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love and Dixie Cups' Iko Iko among others. What you think is West Coast just drove out there on I-10 and I-20 from Louisiana and Mississippi. We still own it. DOS, Microsoft, etc.—WA not CA. There are speed shops everywhere. So, love CA for what and where she is, but there…

Ummm, no.

You are so, totally, right! I hope WallyWorld is listening.

I'm surprised anyone misunderstands the point of the comment—of course it's just as bad if anyone abuses the black friday sales in the way you've described. It doesn't matter what demographic a jerk comes from—they're still a jerk or group of jerks. There's no extrapolation in my original comment or any reply to…

It's amusing that you think you know what is in my mind or anything at all about my community. Talk about smug. I didn't expect what I said to be popular, but it is accurate and anyone who can't figure it out is either dangerously naive or sheltered in an area in which there is not a substantial, identifiable…

I'm pretty sure you didn't go as a group of the most criminally involved demographic in your community (not mind-reading, it's simple statistics and a minimal, objective awareness of my surroundings) and buy 6 wiis or whatever, one each to evade the store's one/customer limits with stacks of cash.

It would be much more amusing, if one of the main features of Black Friday sales in my area weren't "poor" people who are obviously from local housing projects buying multiple large lcd tvs with cash. Not only do they (and others) abuse the sales, denying many other people the chance to participate, it also doesn't…

Never buy dime bags of anything (you may take whatever logical step from that advice you deem most appropriate and healthful for you) and use co-ops or networks whenever you can (for used/shared books, food, housing, etc.). I learned those lessons and with summer and part-time employment was able to substantially…

Ouch. You need to engage in some careful credit rehab. Sometimes, that means making a few, measured purchases on credit that you really could've paid cash for or paid of in only one month. By establishing a record of timely repayment, you can recover from the earlier indiscretion. You might strongly consider…

See CaptMorgan74's comment below and Verive's follow-up. I know a runner who has dramatically improved his time and endurance in cross country by changing to a "barefoot" running style. He uses "toe shoes" and minimalist running shoes, depending on conditions and just for a little variety. Apparently the key was…