Did you two have your wisdom teeth removed by stone tools or something?  Mine were so impacted they had to be chiseled out of my jawbone one set at a time (lower and then upper a month later).  I don't remember either time being very painful after the fact, I just spent most of the next day in a percocet-induced coma.

The quote is Clarke's (Arthur C.) Third Law:  "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

This show is very frustrating to watch.  I spent a lot of last night yelling at the TV because of the wasted potential I see playing out before me.

I too am shocked and appalled that the mass media has just realized they are engaged in a business and not an altruistic endeavor.  "Engineering headlines" has never occurred in human history until now. 

I too am shocked and appalled that the mass media has just realized they are engaged in a business and not an altruistic endeavor.  "Engineering headlines" has never occurred in human history until now. 

I am in northern Virginia and was also surprised that the greater D.C. area was not part of the limited release. 

I would wager that my observation of that fact took place at the limit of human eye/ optic nerve/ brain processing speeds.  I immediately yelled out "Look at the size of those knockers!" …then I realized after she turned around that it was only on the left and was therefore a call back to the earlier list of side…

I have read several of the Stephen Hunter books you mention and they are pretty good.

I have read several of the Stephen Hunter books you mention and they are pretty good.

Just like religious people might get upset that atheists over-simplify the nature of faith, oversimplifications like this of what atheism and agnosticism mean kind of upset me.

Just like religious people might get upset that atheists over-simplify the nature of faith, oversimplifications like this of what atheism and agnosticism mean kind of upset me.

Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while… [whispering] it's a dildo.

Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while… [whispering] it's a dildo.

To borrow from Potter Stewart in his concurring opinion on Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964):

To borrow from Potter Stewart in his concurring opinion on Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964):

The ark contained acacia wood, not balsa.

The ark contained acacia wood, not balsa.

John Williams will never be irrelevant.  I demand an immediate retraction.

John Williams will never be irrelevant.  I demand an immediate retraction.

Women are under-represented here with only four entries.  I hereby nominate: