Deer ticks don't always bite immediately: they often take their time getting to where they want to bite. Showering or bathing after walking through long grass in high-risk areas may reduce your chance of being bitten. (A study found that runners were less likely to develop Lyme disease than hikers, possibly because…

Worst-possible thing? I think that might be tick-borne encephalitis. But there are plenty of other contenders. See http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases…

"This application requires OS X 10.9 or later."

The other problem with jumping jacks is that if you live in an apartment and exercise in your own home, your downstairs neighbors will soon hate you.

As someone who travels a lot with someone who gets motion sick at the slightest provocation, I can tell you that your 'kit' is missing the most important element: at least two plastic bags to throw up into before they start messing around with wet wipes and little toothbrushes.

Amateurs.

Paul: Gurney, we had practice this morning. I'm not in the mood.
Gurney Halleck: Not in the mood? Mood's a thing for cattle and loveplay, not fighting!
Paul: I'm sorry Gurney.
Gurney Halleck: Not sorry enough.

MTBF = Mean Time Between "Fuck! I Don't Fucking Believe It! The Fucking Hard Drive is Fucked Up Again!"

"there's no such thing as purple urine" — actually, the disease porphyria causes feces and urine to take on a tint that is usually described as 'purple' (hence the name). I have no idea what color the urine of sufferers actually is, but it probably deserves a place on this chart.

Yes, Acorn gets my vote. I tried Pixelmator for a while, but ended up switching to Acorn, simply because it felt easier and cleaner to use. Pixelmator's UI is pretty to look at but - in my opinion - less comfortable to work with than Acorn or Photoshop.

"To kill a small mammal, like a mouse, you hold him—or her—by the tail and gently stroke the fur on his/her back with a scalpel handle. When he/she is settled down under the stroking, secure within the caress, lulled into comfort, you press down behind the head and pull the tail hard, breaking the little bastard’s…

It might be worth mentioning that it's based on a $5/year cloud-based sync'ing service (apparently it's free for the first year). If it's useful to you, that might not be a dealbreaker, but the dependence on an external service, and a paid service at that is something that potential users would want to be aware of.

"When you are a sportsman, you act ... on instinct." Which presumably explains why he (allegedly) came up with such a shitty story to try to explain away the (alleged) murder.

You think that, until the day you realize that there are a hell of a lot of smart idiots around.

I think the plan is that eventually these kids will grow up and lie to their kids.

The truth is far simpler. The mirror is actually a window into the magical Mirror Universe, where everything is flipped. When you stare into a mirror, you are looking at your mirror-self.

"What," asked Blaine suspiciously, "are churros?"

What you say is true, and a reboot, remake or sequel is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes the second attempt is better than the first. And I certainly have nothing against book adaptations (if done well).

The critter illustrated reminds me (very vaguely) of the quaddies from Lois McMaster Bujold's "Falling Free".

"Granddad, what were movies like when you were a little kid?"