There is actually an active-duty Navy base in Millington, Tennessee (just outside of Memphis). It was originally founded as a stopover/refuel point for Navy aircraft making transcontinental flights. It obviously isn't needed for that any longer, but thanks to the interventions of certain Senators by the name of Gore…

C-E-LL-O!

There's actually an interesting story behind that—basically, the card companies realized they were printing money, and couldn't resist overproducing. It was a whole industry built on value created from nothing, essentially. Without a closed market and serious commitment to playing the long game in terms of revenue,…

For most of my deployment to Afghanistan I was on a base that had a Role II medical facility with an Forward Surgical Team (FST)—so basically, a lot like MASH. Even now, we still have Army doctors who perform surgery in tents.

Upvoted for elegant use of "chode."

Because this is the internet?

Is that you, Holden?

Dante is even worse for that sort of thing—much of the Inferno doesn't make any sense unless you're caught up on your 14th Century Italian gossip.

In fairness, the boys don't watch TV either. No one does, because they don't have electricity. Instead, they get to read the Koran by candlelight (and by "they" I mean the boys, because the girls are never taught to read).

I'm not very good at drugs. Even worse, I have no way to console myself.

It had incredible cleavage.

That "desert lizard" is named Dennis, and he only looks that way because he smokes a lot of peyote.

Originally the Nazca lines spelled out WE APOLOGISE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

Why does it matter? This here is jar of peach tea!

Technically, they're content-recycle apes.

The snarkbots of man are still but wan imitations of the snarkbots of God.

As a UNC fan (and grad school alumnus), I have to hand it to Villanova for playing a great game. After blowout semifinal games, it was the kind of showdown that reminds you how amazing college basketball can be. (I'm still kind of irate at quite a few of those foul calls, but that had nothing to do with the…

Hey, the Hornets just clinched a playoff berth, and have pulled off some legitimately thrilling victories. Nobody thinks this team is going all the way, but this has turned into a good year for the Hornets.

I have a tiny little soft spot for Smashmouth because in high school a friend of mine was in a ska band (as was the style of the time), and they were good enough to open for Smashmouth when the band came to town. Ah, memories.

High kicking! Low scoring! And ties? You bet!