At least a car is useful.

Or a tailhook?

I was stationed at Fort Drum in the early and mid 90s, and I remember seeing two and three year old Cavaliers with rusted-out trunk lids. Watertown is way more brutal than Syracuse or Utica, I can tell you.

That's what session beers are for. I have three bombers left of some rather potent Imperial blond ale, and I wish I'd have put in in regular 12 oz. bottles. A whole bomber will make you very mellow, two will put you on your ass.

Where is everybody? Are all the cat lovers staying away for fear of getting the beatdown with the banhammer? Well, I am not afraid, and I will say that the difference between (most) cats and (nearly all) dogs is that cats spend considerable effort toward the goal of reducing their scent profile to nearly zero, all…

That said, our basement is the perfect place to do beer. Ales during the summer, lagers during the winter.

If you want to make beer, the starter kit usually runs about $100. In addition to that, you'll need a large pot (I bought mine at Wal-Mart), and enough bottles to put the stuff in (about four dozen, no twist-offs). My homebrew is to die for.

And many Republicans in DC read this rag exclusively. Kind of like sniffing your own armpits.

I guess we can both agree that the USA PATRIOT Act needs to go.

I think they'd have been up Aunt Bessy's skirt long before her demise. Cool your paranoia.

I don't really share your paranoia when it comes to government, but they do know quite a bit about you, which makes me wonder why we are still compelled to even submit tax returns at all. It seems to me that the IRS - probably the big daddy of them all when it comes to people's personal information - already has all…

The fact that OS X was built on BSD was a big selling point for me, as was the fact that the only people who sell Macs are the people at Apple, which means no "bloatware" (I'm looking at you, HP). I'm a software engineer, and a graduate computer science student, so I love the fact that I can get a terminal window and…

U.S. News And Hot Naked Chicks Report will be coming soon at this rate.

Ah, the Discovery Channel. The reason so many people are cutting the cord and relying on Netflix for their infotainment services. Why does every channel on cable have to be dumbed down not just to the lowest common denominator, but the lowest common denominator of your average Kentucky trailer park? I'm old enough…

The streaming library might be lacking in some respects, but it's still the best one out there.

Up here in the Northeast, cars tend to disintegrate in ways that make them beyond repair. Usually this occurs long before the engine goes. For me, that's around year 10 from showroom to junkyard. Probably longer than that now that Dad's Limo Service has been shut down permanently.

You're right, of course, but the other question is how many times it'll end up in the shop on the way to 200,000 miles. Any car will last that long given enough money and shop time. How long until you see the first rust bubble? I live in the Northeast, so this is very important. Hondas (and Toyotas), in my…

I'm sorry, but I just couldn't bring myself to buy another "Fix Or Repair Daily," especially an all-new model. Honda's got 40 years' worth of reputation as a maker of reliable, well-put-together cars that don't lose half their value the day you drive one home. Ford, not so much. Let somebody else test-drive the…

Dad had a '78 Impala. Same car, pretty much. And yes, you could not only get a whole 4x8 sheet of plywood on there, flat, you could close the tailgate as well.

The city of Miami should blackmail them back. Say they'll tear up the lease and demolish the stadium unless they win at least 80 games this season. Let them play at Florida State if they can only draw 12,000 fans a game.