I think for a lot of folks (and it scares the hell out of me too), the idea that the RIAA/MPAA can reach down and have a civil court carry out the financial equivalent of summary execution on anyone they suspect might be in possession of an illicit copy of Animal House or the White Album gives them sufficient…

And poof! they're gone. Seems the mods are on the job. It would be nice to have a "report this" button, though.

You'll regret buying used once the Febreeze wears off and it becomes apparent that the previous owner was a chain-smoker who raised hogs for a living. That said, if you must buy used, look for cars that have been certified by the manufacturer. We've bought a couple of Toyotas that way before, and haven't been…

They'll play that game if they want your business, and as the people at Wise Bread pointed out, you can always use those things attached to your waist to make your point.

Shorter Woogie: "Dude, your commission might be small, but it's the easiest one you'll get all week."

Funny how the people at the Am. Legion post where I occasionally drink beer know not to talk about politics. I certainly know not to do this because the people in there are probably a few notches to the right of me, down to the little old lady at the end of the bar drinking the gin and Snapple and pretending to be…

Yeah, but one ought to steer clear of any job with a built-in expiration date. You can walk on water and still find yourself looking for another job in six months. That would suck.

The family name Toyoda means "fertile rice fields," so it might actually be the case that Akio is the scion of a fertilizer family.

Location, location, location. I bet there's a McDonald's on your way home too.

Good for you. Contract to hire needs to DIAF. I was talking to a headhunter about two months ago about a job I found on the Internet, and then she told me it was (by the way) contract to hire. Cut her off right there. Why would I give up a perfectly good - and fairly secure - job to go join some other company on a…

There is no standard in the USA. Two weeks is customary, but not mandatory. If you're a manager, you might want to consider how long it would take to find a replacement at your level because you're a gentleman (or lady) and want to do the right thing. I've seen retiring executives at our company spend a few months…

We have one of those in Rome, NY. This one has a circular showroom area that looks really late-50s cool. They sold Oldsmobiles there before GM closed Olds down, then they sold Chevys before the recession. Now it sits empty and forlorn with a real-estate sign in the window.

Put the dry ingredients in a Rubbermaid canister, tape the directions to the side where you'd expect the directions to be if you were using mix from a box. Basta!

Or Grumpy Cat.

I dare them to make the Wrangler look like that.  People buy those for style more than anything.

Or you watched one while not realizing what it was, or else the title was similar to some Bollywood hit. Whatever, the computer misinterpreted your viewing history.

It looks like it's smelling a really bad-smelling fart.

That's a shame. It's not like Swedish (or German in our case) film and TV companies are making lots of money providing programming to small pockets of expats scattered around the world. You'd think those rights would be available for pretty much pocket change.

If you're talking about air quality, you really can't beat the Northeast in winter. The air this time of year is about as pure as it gets. It's just cold.

Try upstate NY. Biting cold. Snow. Ice. Rain followed by snow. Wind. I won't get outside for exercise, other than clearing the snow from my driveway, until probably April. Meanwhile, thank God for iPods because that's the only way I stay on the elliptical machine long enough for it to do any good.