"There are no winners, only losers. There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II, and the Star Wars Trilogy." ~Bartholomew J. Simpson

Bashal al Assad declared war on the rebels, and every other Syrian, when he began systematically violating their human rights. This is not dodgeball. There's no time-outs and nobody is expected to be merciful, or to let the enemy get away because it's the sporting thing to do. War is not sporting. "Fair" means your…

With regards to #1, the driver's side of the Porsche is in shadow because the light is coming at a (slight) angle from the passenger's side. That's why Reed Richards' body isn't visible, but the hand/finger at the end of his extra-long arm is.

"Viper 1104, clear forward. Nav-con green. Interval check. Mag-cat ready. Check door open, thrust positive, and good luck."

There's a structure along the hangar wall that juts in a bit; the rest of the hangar continues back farther. You can just barely tell, but if you look just under the BUFF's nose and above the blue tarp on the dismounted engine you can get a sense of it. It looks like the part where the wall juts in forms the back wall…

95 discussions in 57 minutes. Not bad.

One major issue with the iPad in an educational environment is getting students' documents off of the device and into a Learning Management System that teachers can then use to receive, evaluate, comment on and return student work. The only available solutions at the moment are kludgy hacks that involve emailing the…

Now THAT'S a "Morning Would" question for you. Would you want to own an F50 if you could only drive it on your driveway?

Since it would inevitably be a soapbox derby, this gives me the 2nd opportunity so far this week to bust out the relevant Simpson's quote: "I might remind you both, I did design that racer. The driver is essentially ballast." ~Martin Prince

Now that you mention it, once you've witnessed a gaggle of unmanned helium-3 barge tugs pull a malfunctioning interstellar space liner out from deep in the gravity well of a B-type supergiant, this sort of land-truck shenanigan DOES kind of pale in comparison.

The Protege5 in my driveway with the rust hole clear through to the unibody cannot be reached for comment at this time.

At least they're prepared for hurricane season.

Watch it...

Nonsense. On Saturday we picked fresh apples and have commenced turning them into delicious desserts and booze. Also, the county is repaving all of our narrow, twisty, hilly roads. This is a little slice of heaven, my friend.

Seriously though, if you live in western New England and know somebody with a clapped-out Miata whose clanky bits still have some life left, talk to me. I have a Locost itch what needs scratchin'.

Let's all argue about the Miata!

Those are some pretty badass last words before the jump, but I'm not gonna lie to you, Marge: I was holding out hope for, "You're on an express elevator to Hell, going down! WOOOOOEEEEE!"

Didn't she host the episode with the first Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker sketch? God, that was classic. It's okay if she broke and cracked up during that bit because David freakin' Spade did the same damn thing.

"I won't even subject you to the horrors of our Three Stooges Ward."

Amen, brother! (And that's CAPTAIN Lance Murdock, if you please.) "Bones heal, and chicks dig scars" is not just a motto...it's a way of life.