What about captivity without "entertainment"? My first instinct is to mock you but I actually am curious where you draw the line. In the modern world, some animals would be all but extinct if it weren't for "captivity" (pets), and certainly live better lives as pets than they would as wild animals....

My first thought exactly! YOu know an unpredictable accident is imminent, but you stay 10 yards away at highway speeds???

This si REALLY stretching the definition of "rest stop."

Haha, no worries. I laughed / replied because it is totally the kind of thing I could see myself mis-reading and replying similarly to.

Hahaha, rethink what you just read and typed. She could have driven up in anothre car, thrown the keys to the Mustang in the box, and driven away in said other car (or even the Mustang if she spent 3 dollars and had a copy of the key made).

No idea where you live, but... weather-permitting, go for a walk. If you're somewhre freezing (as I am), I suppose you could go for a drive, or just separate yourself from work by putting on headphones and watching a video at your desk (if it's permitted on "break" hours, of course).

Oh God, re : the email of the week, you may need professional help but you're definitely not alone. As someone who went through a hypochondriac phase (severe anxiety causing physical symptoms type of thing), I'm consistently terrified of talking to doctors when something is wrong. Not because I'm afraid something is…

I've always had very good encounters with NH State Troopers (which makes it sound like I have a lot of encounters with them, which is not the case; I'm just old). Must be good training and leadership :)

Ehhh.... look. I'm sure you're an honest and decent LEO, and by far the majority are. 97% seems high, but I'll even grant that.

If you're in an accident step 0 : in a minor fender bender, if your car still moves and no one is injured, get the eff off the roadway. A CSI team is not going to swoop in and do forensics for $400 of damage.

A lot of the catch-all "show us your bag!" posts have MANY CCW entries / pics in them. They just don't get the featured treatment for whatever reason (probably just avoiding the inevitable PoFlaWa)

I have a pretty new phone, but it's still a phone. If I saw something awful happen and had to whip it out, open up the camera app and snap a shot, I doubt it would come out any better than this. Maybe more "pixels," but just as blurry. Modern cheap cameras and cameraphones do NOT focus quickly.

I was at that Pats / Titans playoff game a decade ago or whenever it was. -11 I believe was kickoff temperature. I got a beer from a vendor (for whatever stupid reason) and it was a plastic bottle. They opened the bottle and the neck instantly froze solid.

I've heard that argument, but it's assuming there's something wrong with the demeanor rather than with the recipient of the news. YOu are responsible for your health, your doctor is responsible for informing you about it to the best of his or her abilities.

Thanks for the Google assist. I was kind of afraid to search for that one on my work computer.... :)

Guilt trip, doing their job... you know, one or the other.

What the hell is "third degree sodomy?" Isn't "sodomy" just a catch-all for "shit the Bible tells us we shouldn't do but most people do anyway?" Unless it's with a minor or with an unwilling participant (whihc I think would be very specifically stated) I'd just assume the guy got caught being gay when it was illegal.

Oh I completely understand. It drives me BONKERS when people slow to basically a stop before turning. Even when I HAVE to do it, I drive MYSELF bonkers. Sometimes I want to hang a sign on my car saying, like, "transporting fragile goods, I don't USUALLY drive like this..." :)

Did this recipe cover more than one page, with non-consecutive numbers? :)

My brother will not fasten his seat belt. Ever. Despite the fact that his car will beep incessantly at him and never stop. I wish he'd wear it for safety reasons, but if nothing else the dinging drives me BONKERS. THen I tell him "can you just buckle it to shut the thing up?" and he looks at me like I'm an alien.