As an American who now lives in Canada, regular milk in the U.S. makes my stomach burn from all the chemicals in it. Regular milk in Canada causes slight discomfort. I digest organic milk in both countries quite perfectly.

Entities generally prefer something familiar rather than unfamiliar—and, thus, risky. Take a bad risk and you could lose your job. Or you can just do the same old, same old, which seems to make everyone involved in the industry happy and profitable, so why rock the boat if you don't have to?

Considering these are banned in the U.S. as a "child choking hazard," those magnets are toast.

In Canada, we have $1 and $2 coins in regular circulation, so I always have change in my pocket. So, to answer your question, I spend them.

Well, considering the MPAA was created to be a self-regulating body for the big Hollywood studios, it works exactly as the big studios intended, as the last thing they want is Congress to pass some sort of mandatory legislation.

The MPAA is not a censorship board; they only set film ratings, which are entirely voluntary. It just makes it harder to get your film shown in theatres if you choose to forego them altogether.

Honestly, I do feel like so much of astronomy and theoretical physics resembles medieval "natural philosophy" instead of science. I'm not thinking that it's because of absolutely anything sinister or whatnot; but in both the cases of the Middle Ages and now, it has a lot to do with reaching hard limits on what we can…

Frankly, the Bible has little to no bearing on the origins of homophobia in Christianity. It has little to no bearing on present-day homophobia in Roman Catholicism, as, frankly, even the footnotes in my own mainstream Catholic Bible mentions that certain passages translated as "anti-gay" have entirely different…

If my memory serves me correctly, the early Church leaders were close to just leaving out the Old Testament entirely from the Biblical canon, since they did believe that Jesus rendered the OT obsolete. However, they decided to leave the OT, as the NT makes great reference to it, so it was decided to keep the OT as…

Sealand in #2 doesn't exactly look like a very attractive place to live...heh.

As the team works on new projects, there will be no new features released for the Sparrow apps, other than minor maintenance and bug fixes.

Interestingly enough, I'd say "Sherlock" and "Torchwood" kind of serve the same function: what they (Moffat/RTD) could do if they weren't bogged down by the show's entrenched patterns. It doesn't help, perhaps, that everyone involved still feels the need for "Doctor Who" to be a "children's show" even if it's…

There would have to be a hell of a lot of "aliens" out there, considering that every single star in every single galaxy formed similarly.

I've been to France. I've eaten there a couple of times. It's quite literally the cheapest and fastest food in the city. Everything else seems to cost a small fortune. I basically saved up my money for nice dinners; lunch is not so important to me.

Well, once you can tie your family into the royals, it kind of does the work all by itself. Their family trees are extensively documented.

The House of York was defeated by the Tudors anyway during the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century. He still wouldn't have been king.

For some people who feel that they are lactose intolerant without an official diagnosis, I'd like to note that organic milk made all the difference for me. U.S. regular milk makes my stomach burn from all the chemicals allowed in it. Canadian regular milk is much better, as many of the ones allowed in the U.S. are…

Yup...I have a "unique" name that I hate and when I originally used it in resumes, it repelled prospective employers. When I started using my more common name that I use in day-to-day life, I started getting phone calls. A lot of kids might find themselves in a rude awakening when they grow up through no fault of…

I'll be honest. I'm 31 and have an uncommon name; thankfully not one of the "semi-literate made-up bizarre spellings" kind, but of the "1500 year-old extinct culture" kind.

Ugh...really, I think the biggest problem with it will be that it'll be dull. American network TV plays it way too damn safe, and CBS really has the "procedural" down to a incredibly tedious science. If it's even moderately successful, just wait for the spinoffs; "Elementary: Miami" with David Caruso!