Batman should be on a double-decker couch.

They don't care if a single woman every buys or uses this thing. With that ad, they can entice some subset of men to gift this thing to their soon-to-be-ex wives and girlfriends.

Seems apropos.

The whole point of an anti-truancy program is get butts in seats. This helps do that, according to links that both of us have posted. It doesn't have to be the only thing the district does.

You didn't mention a possible incentive program — you posited the possibility of having an incentive program. I asked you what kind of incentive you'd like to implement.

This program is one of the ways the district is fighting truancy, and according to a judge in this case it's pretty effective. http://abc13.com/news/mother-ja…

Not trying to be argumentative — I'd really like to hear your alternative. I don't like the idea of fees or fines being optional. If there's no consequence to non-payment, why would anyone pay? This woman had 15 years of citations, and that obviously wasn't doing the trick.

I'm not rebuying anything. I upgraded from the 360 to the PS4. This stuff is all new to me, and I'm looking forward to finding out what I missed.

I've made some by blending baked apples, gently rendered bacon, sauteed onions (in the bacon fat, natch), bourbon, and some spices. Most recipes use honey or maple syrup for sweetness instead of the apples — I just happened to have too many apples sitting around last fall.

They are decidedly not criminal justice systems. The rules and protections (for accused and accuser) are significantly different, and the findings (whether or not there were presumptive violations of the student conduct code) ultimately have no bearing on whether or not a crime happened. It would be safer and more…

You didn't say that right.

I watch a lot of Amazon Prime on it. I got tired of waiting for HBO Go, so I bought a Chromecast.

Oh, absolutely. I just didn't want people to get the wrong idea about potential expenses under Obamacare. The more you know...

Federal out-of-pocket maximums for marketplace plans are capped at $6350 for individuals and $12,700 for families (for in-network care). Insurance picks up 100% of the cost after that.

They definitely should have asked questions of the armed person first. They could have consulted their pocket DSM to properly classify her mental disorder, then taken the time to institute an effective treatment. I mean, people with mental disorders who pull triggers end up firing bullets, but that's not important in…

Pulse (now from LinkedIn). Gather all the feeds from your favorite Web sites in a single place, and share them in a far more intuitive format than most RSS readers. I'm on it all day.

Apropos line from, of all places, the 1990s cartoon "Taz-Mania"

The PS4 version has an extra hour of content. I think it's an extra hour of chasing the dog around the yard before the actual bath.

The burden of proof for people accused of breaking student conduct codes is "preponderance of evidence" as opposed to "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." The sentence "Even though Iowa's Central College found a male student guilty of raping his classmate" is problematic, since the college did no such thing. The…

According to the linked story, the school told the victim to file police charges and then the school would start its disciplinary procedures. She declined, and the family insisted that the school act anyway (which they're supposed to). Looks like the school screwed up administratively at several points during this…