Haters hate, it's what they do.

If you are going to be a power user on Windows machines and networks, you better know command line stuff also. In particular PowerShell processes.

Butterfly and flatten (spatchcocking) .. I never did to a turkey but it's a great way for chickens on the grill or in a pan w/press weights. Cooks fast but you can get super crispy skin .. will have try it with a turkey.

That's my kind of guy, smoke a turkey - I brine in salt, brown sugar, ginger, pepper corns, garlic cloves, thyme, rosemary, Jack Daniels (it's a crime to waste it but it adds a real nice flavor).

thought so but sarcasm is hard to relay in print so I answered it straight up in case you were not kidding.

not with 5 kids...

Stupid me — didn't see the date! Never mind.

Their own fault — extreme poverty and conflict - odd how it always goes together eh? People do dumb things, suffer for it — that is how mother nature works, it's a bitch but when theories don't match the facts, you change the theory. We keep doing the same things to supposedly help these folks, but in truth we really…

Watched 6000 men/women lose their jobs in my home town (my wife's dad, sister & brother-in-law, several family friends) among them, in 6 months in 1977. Decided I would never be beholden to a company for my livelihood. Went live as a vendor in a tech business in 1999 ... suffered through some of the worst business…

comparatively similar I agree, but I don't work shift work or 9-5, I am work from home a lot, set my own schedule, etc... nothing my parents ever had the option to do. Success can be defined many ways. It's all a Maslow kind of level for things.. I am at a higher level than my parents were ...

BS .. so was mine, but I never assume someone has a sense of humor — most don't seem too sometimes.

actually I have a BS, BA and AAS and numerous certifications.

Interesting discussion — but luck doesn't exist for the most part, it's just the meeting between preparation and opportunity. You make your own luck 99.9% of the time. Genetics can be an advantage or disadvantage - but it can be overcome by work and effort. Can you say Hawkings? You don't go out and find yourself,…

Want isn't enough, everyone wants too (normally) — you have to execute, do it, not just want it. Once again, it all comes down to the individual - you can't lie to the person in the mirror every morning. It's up to the individual to develop the habits and behavior that results in success. You can lead a horse to water…

support is helpful, but the once again not causal, only contributing — that is just evolution in action. But when push comes to shove, it's the person who makes the decisions, not the environment..if you want to rise above your circumstances, then it's up to you - only you, no one else but you. It's your…

Never said it did, I said we are created with equal, we don't always have equal starting points, but we all have the ability to work hard, work smart, learn from what is around us. Do the "smart thing" . I don't believe in a guarantee of equal results.... just equal opportunity. If not how can you explain people born…

BS .. socio-economics aside, that relationship to economic class is not causal. What got the parents to a higher socio-economic class is telling. The child who tends to be more successful, sorta makes sense, parents teach a better lesson, the kid is raised better, good role model, etc.. That is the tell tale, not…

Then there is Danny Woodhead (undrafted free agent) — not a much talent but successful, bet he's the first to show up and last to leave.. Hustle/grit/drive can overcome a perecieved lack of talent, but begin good doesn't hurt.

see — you got to work harder — 54 year old mid-western white boy. Discriminated against my whole life because I'm 6'1' - 280lbs ... not an athlete, not good looking, but always the sharpest tool in the shed. Own my own business, make 6 figures. Pay most of it to the government/insurance etc... Just your basic middle…

"all of us are created equal, some of us just try harder....." you can make the argument about where/when you come into this world and outside of the few very dire birth defects that can physically make someone unable to get ahead, I hold this is still true - based on 50+ years of observation. The difference in people…