I lettered in math. No joke. Didn't buy the jacket, though.

I'm a musician, wired for long-term commitment, supportive, and communicative. Three of my bandmates are married or in long-term committed relationships. Two have kids and are great dads. One has adopted four foster kids.

I find it interesting that their defense to a woman who was offended was, basically, that no woman has ever been offended.

Gee, I wonder if there's any correlation between states with greater broadband penetration and socioeconomic status and social stability?

If someone I don't really know and I'm not very invested in acts ridiculous to me, I'll act ridiculous back. How is that desperate?

I saw an old man slooowly crossing the street near DC once. He was about halfway when the light turned. The guy in the car he was blocking just leaned on his horn as the old man shuffled across.

I'm not sure that "not running over the naked, unattended baby wandering on the highway" is the best testament to the abiding goodness of the Russian people.

My numbers come from a peer-reviewed scientific journal. They say 68% of people 12+, and that "prevalence increased with age", so looking at adults the number would be higher.

At the time of NHANES III, two thirds (68%) of the U.S. population 12 years and older had HSV-1 antibody. Prevalence increased with age and varied by race/ethnicity; the majority of persons in all race/ethnic groups were HSV-1-seropositive by age 30. Overall, the national seroprevalence of HSV-1 decreased…

Well, that's fine for you, but unless you're going to claim that everyone should be vegetarian...

Probably reveals more about your psyche than hers, actually.

In my world red squirrels are much smaller than greys, and smaller yet than fox squirrels, which is what I think this is.

Squirrels are delicious. If kids are going to eat meat I'd rather they know it comes from dead animals than the grocery store.

Fox squirrel. Surprisingly big, sometimes with amazingly beautiful coloration. I saw one in SC that was black on the front half, grey on the back.

I'm 100% on board with this.

You must be young.

" Either they expected a backlash (and the publicity that comes with it) or their advertising department is run by absolute idiots. My money's on the former."

"The rider's superior reflexes"?

You could die lots of ways. It would be one thing if she'd said "this is why I don't travel" - but to swap car travel for plane travel greatly increases your risk of death, period. It doesn't matter which seat you're strapped to once you're dead.

Per mile traveled, you are vastly more likely to die in a car. You're vastly more likely to die during the drive to the airport than on the plane.