Yeah, that quick bit was like an emotional grenade, just lobbed into the room. It slayed me.

I wholeheartedly agree with you on this point. I think more people expect a whole lot more from their movie actors, especially considering that many from the small screen are doing such terrific jobs on their own. Marketing and name recognition don't really cut it anymore, and I think even the motion picture "talent"…

Don't forget about all of the uncontrollable wildfires touched off by the burning ejecta thrown out for hundreds of miles around...

The fact that Japan's expansion at the beginning of the war was unprecedented, it's clear that record is mostly pointless in that most of those square miles of new territory were open ocean dotted by sporadic chains of volcanic islands, atolls, sandbars and shoals. Most were unoccupied and, in fact, skipped over in…

I'm just going to drop this off here: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4157

Homo sapiens is a social species that lacks a lot of advantages many other higher forms of animal life possess. We're not exceptionally fast or strong, but we are highly intelligent and use that in conjunction with social cooperation. It's the primary reason we survived as a species in the first place. Solitary…

You make a good point. One of the things written by Max Brooks in World War Z was how the living survivors found reprieve in the winter, when the zombies froze solid, only to thaw out in the spring to cause havoc again. The freezing process would cause the cells in the zombies' bodies to expand and burst, rendering…

Spruance-class destroyers are named after WWII Admiral Ray Spruance, but were actually commissioned in the 1970's and were a mainstay of the U.S. Navy surface fleet. They were primarily anti-submarine destroyers early on, but were refitted later in life to improve their anti-air suites. The Arleigh Burke-class…

Spruance-class destroyers are named after WWII Admiral Ray Spruance, but were actually commissioned in the 1970's and were a mainstay of the U.S. Navy surface fleet. They were primarily anti-submarine destroyers early on, but were refitted later in life to improve their anti-air suites. The Arleigh Burke-class…

Spruance-class destroyers are named after WWII Admiral Ray Spruance, but were actually commissioned in the 1970's and were a mainstay of the U.S. Navy surface fleet. They were primarily anti-submarine destroyers early on, but were refitted later in life to improve their anti-air suites. The Arleigh Burke-class…

Spruance-class destroyers are named after WWII Admiral Ray Spruance, but were actually commissioned in the 1970's and were a mainstay of the U.S. Navy surface fleet. They were primarily anti-submarine destroyers early on, but were refitted later in life to improve their anti-air suites. The Arleigh Burke-class…

I'm going to work backwards a little by starting with my biggest fear, that being the open ocean. To me, I would not feel safe being on anything that's not an aircraft carrier. The reason for this was basically the entire second half of Jaws, having seen that movie in the theaters when I was about seven. The other…

As an atheist and critical thinker, Oprah's position on this is no surprise. She is, after all, the same person who brought charlatans and quacks— like "Doctor" Phil and Dr. Oz (a real M.D., but one with certain alternative medicine bias)— into prominence.

Excellent! I'm glad I could help. :)

Okay, I understand. It sounds like the early game is tripping you up a bit, and that part of the game makes or breaks what you can do. You probably are spending more time and money in research early. It's tempting to pour money into research right off the bat, but without the cash to buy more advanced equipment,…

I know it sounds pretty simple on the face of it, and I am not trying to be a smartass here, but the trick to not suffering continual casualties to enemy plasma grenade attacks is to not bunch your troops together. Keep four or more spaces between them and you should see improved results.

Well, the twist in my story was that I ended up being too tall to be in tanks (6'1") so they asked me, "how about armored cavalry instead?" So instead of being a tanker in an M1 Abrams, I ended up a cavalry scout riding in M3 Bradleys. I found it fun in different, yet similar ways.

I'm right with you there, man. Funny now the "future" scenarios in the RSR game would be taking place right about now. RSR was my favorite of Clancy's work because it was separate from his Jack Ryan universe and was so epic in scale. A combination of his description of the armored land warfare in RSR, the Harold…

Eat yer heart out, Etsy.

If any of you have seen some of the behind-the-scenes documentaries LucasFilm produced during filming of the prequels, you may remember one part where conceptual designers were tasked by George Lucas with coming up with some kind of look to a character or a vehicle. Their work had to be posted on these big boards in…