Some women like to make men work for it.

Consistency is the main thing when it comes to raising a kid. My daughter is 2, and the only punishment she's ever known is "time-out." She's very active and imaginative, but time-outs are like a life sentence in prison for her. She hates them. So when she's not listening, all I need to do is start counting in a stern…

I was once told a joke that purported to be, if not the worst joke, one of the worst jokes. I'm curious to know if yours is the same. (I doubt it, but who knows)

I've seen this from the other side. My parents divorced when I was in middle school. Before the divorce, we were comfortably middle class. My mother didn't have to work until towards the end of the marriage, and even then, I think it was more a choice on her part because my sister and I were in school and she was…

When I heard about the Mars One project, I very seriously considered applying...for about 5 minutes. Once I thought about it, despite really wanting to go into space, to explore Mars, I realized that I couldn't leave my friends, my family and my home to do it, especially on a one-way mission.

I've thought for a long time that brake lights should be pressure sensitive. The harder the person in front of you hits the brakes, the brighter the lights get. It will show the car following whether the car in front is just tapping their brakes or screeching to a halt.

My game group likes playing King of Tokyo. When we play, however, unless someone is doing something dumb (or trying some new tactic that just doesn't pay off) players are rarely eliminated. It is much more common for a player to win by getting the max points than by wiping everyone out. Though, I will say, one of the…

You realize there are more people in LA that aren't fans than those that are, right? So, say 1/4 of the city was a diehard fan of either the Rams or the Raiders and shouted from every window that they were willing to pay more for their teams, but the other 3/4 simply, quietly wrote to their elected officials and said,…

Ant wins. I hope global warming never produces Mega Ants.

DO approach a woman if you are interested and she is sending you signals (prolonged eye contact, a smile, etc).

When I was in high school, I started playing EverQuest. My mom was not interested in the least, she'd seen me play MUDs and things that were all text based and thought this was the same. Until I asked her to just come down and watch me play it. Once she did, she was so engrossed just watching it that a couple hours…

Risk is a game of rage, never play it with family!

On the other hand, and I'm just playing Devil's Advocate here since I far prefer actual board games to video ones, there are some awesome advantages to playing games on a screen.

My wife played Munchkin once. It has since been banned from our house.

There are three teams in the NFL I actively dislike, and the Pats are one of them. I'd be perfectly fine with the Colts winning it all.

Perhaps.

The Seattle defense is definitely going to be tough, but our offense is pretty amazing. In the first game of the season, we really only had Cobb and Nelson to throw to. Now, we have those two, plus Adams and Rodgers, Lacy has emerged as a good checkdown catcher, too.

I don't mind watching the ad, but if I have to hear it one more time... She sounds as inspiring as a used car salesman, she's stumbling over the lines, emphasizing the wrong words. She was born in Michigan (interestingly, I just found out, she's from the same city as my dad...) yet she sounds like she's speaking…

One of my friends has a tendency to just DVR the game, then watch it on fast forward. He'll stop, rewind, and watch a big play, but he can burn through an entire game, knowing everything that happened as well as I do, in about 20 minutes.

As a Packer fan, I really only feel confident in a win when everyone thinks we're going to lose. So predict away, expand your confidence, be the belief. I'll be on my couch on Sunday, watching the game, enjoying the fact that Rodgers is the best quarterback in the league, even on one leg.