“Maybe it’s because it requires a specific activity to get (sex)“ — tell that to the 15% of women who will be raped in their lifetime. The conservatives think “abstinence” will protect people from sexually transmitted diseases, and never consider other factors like forced sex.

Coffee will probably drive the sumatran tiger extinct, like it did the bali and javanese tigers. I wonder if any non-food animals can survive the ever-increasing human population growth?

My neighbor’s dog had puppies that would fall out of the doghouse when they squirmed around (the entrance to the doghouse was maybe a foot high). To solve the problem, the dog collected shoes from the neighborhood houses and garages and used them like bricks to build a wall to keep the pups from falling out. I…

I guess I’m just not a cook at heart, because I don’t have any inclination to experiment (wasting my own food in the process) when there are so many good existing recipes. I’m sure true cooks feel differently. More power to them.

I am very sorry for your loss. I don’t like midwives because my friend’s wife died during childbirth (the baby was ok) from “amniotic embolism.” While she may have died even with an actual MD, the odds may have been better. My friend’s wife was healthy and — up until that point — had a normal, healthy pregnancy with…

Would the people challenging the law have to swear under oath that they are Amish, or some other small sect that doesn’t allow vaccines? Because most major religions DO allow vaccines. I’m not a lawyer, so I don’t know the answer.

And yet, all three of Secretariat’s triple crown track records still stand, 42 years later. Was he on steroids, or just a miracle horse?

But which work better? Spring clothes pins or the other kind?

I.M. Pei designed this one for the University of Hawaii:

I saw this movie on dvd, and I turned it off after about 30 minutes. Everything about it was bad — the acting, the sets, the cgi, the story, EVERYTHING. But do you what is the worst thing about it? Disney appears to be re-designing their merchandise to make Maleficent look like Angelina Jolie rather than her original…

You know what’s really strange? My wife is an engineer, and she SWEARS she can get through an identical problem faster just because it’s written on a blackboard with chalk, rather than a whiteboard with colored pens. She thinks her brain was “trained” all those years ago when they still taught on chalkboards. I wonder…

I think Jacqen (? - I don’t know how it’s spelled) owes Arya an apology. Why should Arya forget her identity and vendettas? IIRC, Jacqen recruited Arya in the first place by promising her that she, too, could become like him and then eliminate all her enemies. Maybe Arya acted too soon, but her crime is TIMING, not…

The movie tries to say “lack of optimism” is the problem. But I kinda agreed with the “villain” that the problem is people are just too lazy or selfish to do anything about our problems. I think that, even if people knew with absolute certainty that they could change the world for the better, many would consciously…

I’m not sure what qualifies as “affordable,” but I looked up Maunawili in Kailua, Hawaii, and the homes for sale in that area are listed at $1.1 million, $2.2 million, $2.15 million, $2.15 million, . . . and one real bargain at “only” $995,000. At those bargain prices, you might as well buy two of them!

People RIGHT NOW are trying to accomplish the exact same goals through selective breeding. Just because scientists can increase the chances of favorable results, doesn’t make the science unethical.

We’re planning a trip next year to south-central Alaska — we can either make it in mid-late June, or late Aug/early Sept. Which of the two times would you recommend, based on weather, crowds, etc.? Thanks!

I’m nit-picking of course, but actually TWO marines died from that accident last week in Hawaii.

I should have read yours before posting mine. Basically, ditto.

I don’t know if they’re funny, but at least Perry gives women significant roles in his films. Most directors do not.

Is it possible the earth’s future is so bad that the CIA would rather cover it up?