Hunh, never thought about the over-peppering food to protect it. My dad is also a Navy veteran (Korean War) and he over-peppers exactly as described in #1. I've always attributed it to his waning taste buds (he also over-garlics everything at home), but now I'll have to ask about this.

Are you a ghost now? How have you had a wake already?

Holy shit, the Swiss haven't just parked the bus, they've taken off the wheels and put an awning on it!

I live in Ohio and thought it was illegal, but turns out it's only illegal for drinking. If you tell the liquor store you're using it for another purpose (e.g. cleaning stinky shoes), they can sell it to you (take your name and have you write your reason).

If you're going out on the town and want to stay awake and aware all night, it's pretty common advice to steer clear of mixing alcohol. Which is to say, if you start with beer, stick with beer. If you start with whiskey, stick to whiskey. And so on. Unfortunately, mixing liquor types doesn't affect how drunk you get…

Joe's Os for $2/box is all I eat for breakfast. I've never seen Cheerios or other similar cereals at the same price, and the flavor is actually better (to my taste) for JOs.

I tried both fried scorpion and grasshopper while in Beijing a while ago. The scorpion was just a crunchy fried piece, but the grasshopper had long legs, and one got caught under my tongue while eating. I swore that it had come back to life and was biting me to try and get out of my mouth.

Many of us (at least in the lab world) are stuck using software designed to only open in XP. Makes it a pain in the ass, since we have to keep our operating systems up to date to have any internet connection, so now all of the lab computers still required to use XP either become virtualized machines or disconnected…

It's just symbolic of what the deal with TWC is doing to The Crew fans

Columbus Crew fan here. Can Deadspin do an exposé on how they just screwed over their fans 3 days before the start of the season by signing a TV contract with Time Warner? For a team that looks like it's turning things positive, this was a completely asinine move that alienates ~½ of their local fans in one swift kick…

You are a hero among men!!

You make it sound like they won't hire a new coach next year.

Michigan and Ohio are the only two states that went to WAR with each other. I think we got you beat.

Different time zones. Celebrate Reykjavik New Year's before you go to sleep!

How did you know the coach was singing "Don't forget me when I'm gone" as he was leaving?

I'm amazed Miley Cyrus didn't try to twerk against him!

Please, please, please tell me this has been horribly photoshopped!

Yeah, great quote from a man that advocated suicide as a way to control your own destiny yet died from old age.

Brilliant viral marketing for "Dumb and Dumber Too"!

Who says the NFL isn't trying to appeal to gays?