If I ever rob a bank, I will have my gang dress as Sherpas.

Wow. Just, wow.

Got your title messed up there. It should say, "This is what the patent for awesomeness looks like".

The e-mail under my real name is only used for newsletters from various organizations like the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Southern Poverty Law Center, etc. I've been avoiding pictures as well (not out of paranoia but out of sheer dislike), but my relatives must be pushier than yours. Good suggestion on the school…

"To zoom around anonymously on the internet, you'll want to create a temporary, throwaway identity — something you use only once or twice that can't be traced back to your Facebook account and your Google+ circles."

Why no love for those of us who knit? I am completely incapable of crocheting, but am in the process of making both an 11th Doctor and Dr. Horrible dolls.

I have trouble reading articles about bullying of any sort. It's not that it's triggering, but it's... bewildering.

Thank you for posting that link. I don't think I've ever come across anything as disgustingly fascinating as reading about the anti-choicers' nonsense. Honestly, it's like something out of Alice in Wonderland, except I bet even the Red Queen would be pro-choice.

No. No, you are not alone.

Am I the only person here who doesn't like to talk with her hairdresser?

Calvin and Hobbes!

Hey, now, German gender isn't completely arbitrary! There are very complicated rules which I have completely forgotten and therefore just memorize the words. I think if a word ends with an -e it tends to be feminine...

Not Lewis and Clark? Scott and Amundsen?

"Das Mädchen" (the girl) is neuter because of the diminutive -chen at the end, which automatically makes any word to which it is applied neuter.

My computer is named GERTY, too. Moon fan high-five!

"Why would odd numbers, across cultures, be associated with masculinity?"

Your mother works for io9 and is trying to influence you.

BOW TIES ARE COOL.

I love the lyrics of Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.

Dear Judge Sam Sparks,