Just to add my two cents: I hated all forms of exercise other than swimming, which I can’t do easily where I live. I especially hated running (ok, really I mean jogging). Then I found podcasts. Now I am working my way through a Couch to 5k program and I can pretty much just cruise by making sure I’ve got a podcast or…

All good and smart Latin-American children fear the “Chancletaso!” I swear my mother both them in threes kept an extra chancla in her pocket!

Having looked into SSTO quite a bit for work, it looks like they’re just not going to happen anytime soon. Everytime they’ve tried it, they can’t scale the propulsion system. The volumes of propellant needed balloon rapidly in order to output the power required over the duration of the burn. And they have yet to…

Reminds me of William Gibson’s Spook Country... Minus the cool. Bobby Chombo would be horribly depressed.

They should make a movie about Soyuz 1. That’ll ruin your day.

Homemade vanilla extract is the solution to your quandry!

This is not judgement of Ron. Just the acknowledgement of a weird coincidence:

And in Episode 8, we’ll learn that Porgs = Bothans!

Please.. here’s the real murder ball:

Soooo....

I came here for one reason, and one reason only:

Quick lesson for people confused about if this is a white or a latino guy. The answer is probably “yes” on both counts. Cubans (making an assumption here based on my heritage, my birthplace and his location) come in several different phenotypes including the olive brown skin most people think of, but also include…

This much sense:

BWAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

But dat Power Glove, yo!

I miss Buckhannon. Went to Wesleyan (lots of scholarship and grants involved), graduated in ‘98. I’m half Hispanic, with olive complexion and tan at the drop of a hat. I did get looked at funny sometimes, but never ran into anything worse. Now, I didn’t spend a lot of time off campus, but everybody shopped at the…

You’re thinking of Hola. They were giving away free vpn service and selling part of your bandwidth without you knowing. Now they still do the same thing, but they do tell you about it.

Also, W1A, seasons 1 & 2 on Netflix. Satire of the BBC by the BBC. Absolutely hysterical.

Gotcha. Thanks!

Beautiful image. Is it your work?