I would submit that comfort food helps in the same way that alcohol or drugs do. However, none of those actually solve the root problem. They are merely treating the symptoms rather than the actual disease. In the end, it is better to find other ways to deal with stress and social tension.

How to drive away from a Tsunami:

I don't have a single Angus kit, but I do carry a number of useful things in different ways. I carry more than a soda can worth of stuff (it is hard not to if you wear a ScottEVest), but I'll pare it down to about that volume.

If I am trying to be formal, I sign with "Sincerely". I use this for professors and the like.

I researched this a year or two ago for my job. It works, but it is a pain in the ass. If you just want to screw around at home, fine, but don't expect this to be an end-user solution.

So far as I can see, it can't remap the capslock to search. Too bad; I wanted to see if ChromeOS was right.

If you want to get rid of a canker sore, rub salt into it. Sure, it will hurt (a lot), but it cures the sore in a day or two.

Since I went to college, I went to a large national bank (Wells Fargo), mainly so I could have online banking, which my home town bank did not have. I have no complaints with my bank now, mind, but once I get a job and settle down I'll go back to a small bank.

I showed my boss this method my first day working construction, which impressed him. Then I dropped the Skill saw off of a roof, which did not.