When you say “microplane”, do you mean a zester? Looks like “Microplane” is being used as a generecized trademark for a fancy, sharp zester.

Dead fish are amateur hour. Go to your local fish monger and get some leftover clams or other mollusks. Those things are ten times worse.

As an engineer myself, I find the science and engineering of NASCAR very interesting, but the racing itself bores the hell out of me. It just seems too monotonous, but I guess if you want to pay attention to all these details in the moment, it could be more interesting. However, I’d prefer to just read about it here…

In Into Thin Air, I believe I read that one of the things that was / is recommended by some expert mountaineers (back before the book was published in 1997) was to disallow bottled oxygen during summit attempts. If you can’t do it with O2, a shit ton of people aren’t gonna even attempt it, which will clear up the…

How did I have to scroll so far down to see this? Was Area 51 actually not that good and I only think it was because of some weird nostalgia? I feel like it’s gotta be one of the top light gun arcade games.

How did I have to scroll so far down to see this? Was Area 51 actually not that good and I only think it was because of some weird nostalgia? I feel like it’s gotta be one of the top light gun arcade games.

I’ve been playing soccer almost my entire life and I have been hit by the ball or by a kick in my nuts more times than I can remember. I typically play an attacking midfield position and one time I was running down a 60/40 ball (favored the defender) a little too aggressively. The defender got to it first and cleared…

Not typically with spikes

The twist in this joke is not getting nearly enough accolades

Is there something unique about how D.C. would be granted because last I checked, it isn't the same process as adding an Amendment. I thought a territory just had to draw up a state constitution and then petition Congress for statehood. Then Congress approves it pretty much how they want because the New States Clause…

Was thinking of going to Big Bend NP, but I didn’t feel like hauling my own water around on my back for 4 days. Maybe once I get a little more desert experience or a friend with monstrous quads who likes the outdoors.

Okay. I have no problems with that. Already got my degree, so I don’t really need you or the university either.

At times, I read shit like this and really regret going to Penn State. I legitimately had other options, but it was inexpensive and has a pretty good engineering school. I just tell myself that I’m not one of these zealots, I got a good education, and without my time there, I wouldn’t have met some of my best friends.…

I had to double-check other websites and I’m still not sure whether it’s a widespread troll job or not.

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that railgun somewhere else before...

I share that fatalistic belief that my team will find a way to ruin a good thing.

Just wanted to let you know I laughed too much at the inclusion of Alpha Centauri as a comparative distance. I’m such a nerd.

The answer to that is almost certainly no. The record is 1:18:25 (had to look that up. Damn. That’s even faster than I thought it’d be), which is about 20 mph the whole way. Yeah, you can do 20 mph on a bike, but you gotta be in real good shape to hold it for 26.2 miles, let alone on a mountain bike.

The first half is mostly downhill and you don’t hit any real hills until the Newton hills around mile 16. Even then, it’s only four hills that seem big cuz they’re kinda long and your legs are getting damn tired at that point and you’re getting close to hitting the wall by the time you get to Heartbreak. After that,…

Wouldn’t it just depend which direction you’re looking at it from as to whether it looks like a correct or backwards question mark? I think you’re kind of getting into this, but you could also hang the shirt either way independent of the orientation of the hanger. The lower part that you hang it on is symmetrical, so…