I get the flu shot because it’s provided at zero cost to me by my insurer. If it wasn’t, I would just be getting sick when the flu comes around. Illness gives me an excuse to be at home in bed.

I haven’t flown in years now but, I think my first name (which is uncommon enough for an American that I’m not going to enter it here) might have gotten me on a list too. Even though I was a teenager when 9/11 happened I’ve always gotten the SSSS on my tickets starting in 2002 on a school trip. That was fun.

That depends on how much you trust the punter to get it off or if you think the other team may try to rush him. If they rush the punter and get the ball, a touchdown is that much easier.

You can just turn Bluetooth off if you don’t want to use it, there’s no need to mutilate the hardware.

Windows 10 shows them by default for WiFi. It just calls them “Hidden Network” and requires you to type the SSID in order to connect. Two networks within range of my bedroom show up that way and all I’d need is a couple minutes with a packet sniffer to learn the SSID’s. I don’t know why people bother.

That’s not quite true. The requirements for a .us domain are:

I really need to, I’m in my thirties but, my first console was a PlayStation so, my first Final Fantasy was 7.

How many jobless & homeless people exist in this country? The Census has to count them too and they generally don’t file taxes. Census takers visit homeless shelters, and when they know about them, other places that the homeless congregate to make sure they get counted. Otherwise, for example, you may end up not…

I always considered FFXV to be what happens if the bad guy wins. You beat him in the end but he still ruled for a while and destroyed the world first.

I think you’ll notice that the one calling the error corrector a “pedantic jerk” was the one who initially pointed out the error.

This makes me wonder, who built the first gas stations? Was it auto makers, oil companies, entrepreneurs who saw which way the wind was blowing and took a chance, or some mix of the above?

So, it looks like both Detroit and Flint are going to try to land this Amazon HQ2. I know Flint will fail (I was born there but not yesterday) but, I’m worried that Detroit won’t. I don’t know if they can afford to give big tax breaks to a new incoming corporation.

Yup, that’s exactly what I was thinking. Even though I don’t generally try to make my game characters look exactly like me, I generally try to match my skin tone and that would possibly make this game kinda rough on me. However, I do see what they’re going for, I just wonder if enough non-black people will see it for…

By the time my younger brother was in middle school his bus stop was right in front of our door (rather than a quarter-mile in another direction like mine was for high school) but, that was because the district had the same number of buses and drivers (the contract hadn’t expired yet) but fewer schools and students by…

My walk to the bus stop in elementary school was about quarter-mile, in the mid-90's. I only had to be bussed starting in third grade so, it wasn’t that much of an issue being out at twilight but, I can’t imagine my parents being fine with letting me walk that in kindergarten in Flint, MI.

MLB teams get dozens of home games a season, NFL teams get 8.

They could have played Thursday or even Friday afternoon and still been done early enough for evacuations to still take place.

I’m not sure if Trump would have lost if more people had voted. There’s the possibility that people would have voted third-party or write-in for President. Hell, I’m in Michigan myself and I’ve heard about people who purposely left the Presidential section blank. I’m willing to bet that they’re having second thoughts.

This depends on your state. In Michigan, unless you are going to be outside of your voting precinct for the entire time the polls are open, are over 65, are disabled, or are working at another precinct on election day, you cannot legally vote absentee. So, if you work a 12 hour day and get off just before the polls…

My advice has generally been: Do you have insurance? Yes? You should probably see a doctor about that. No? Talk to me when open enrollment starts up again and I might be able to help you out (I’m licensed to produce health insurance in my state).