Not to be that guy, but I’m going to be that guy...a little less than half a kilometer fall without a parachute. Still pretty amazing, though.

So does he get lowered down the rest of the way? Winched back up? Or do his jerk friends go grab a few beers and let him hang there for an hour?

Right? I kind of like it. Not anywhere close to being worth that asking price, but I appreciate that it’s a not entirely awful melding of older and “modern” car styles. If someone who actually knew what they were doing, they could have made it look like a much more seamless melding of body styles. if you let your eyes…

Your point about AIM and generational differences is spot-on. I’m 33, almost 34, and this sums up my experience exactly. I remember having conversations on AIM, MSN, and ICQ with friends that would involve 5-10 minutes of actual chatting, broken up by several hours of down time (Ah...1999 and dial-up internet...) I…

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I’m genuinely curious why you think the author is a moron for that statement. What’s $200 million out of a $13 billion profit? About 1.5%? I’d consider that a “drop in the bucket”.

Actually that’s what their menu is like everywhere...they’ve streamlined their menu a lot over the last few years.

It’s all good. I’m picturing your idea in my head and it’s hilarious.

Well , you’re an odd fellow but you steam a good ham.

Aurora Borealis?!? At this time of year. at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?!?!?!?!

+1 for the Dietrich Bonhoeffer reference

Do you know anything about hackers? Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace? Ever experienced he new wave? Next wave? Dreamwave? Or Cyberpunk?

Right? My first thought was “Oh, only two kids died? That’s not so bad.”

The danger to the “20 Minute Dad Power Nap” is that it can over-recharge you for the evening...sometimes if I take a nap in the afternoon/evening, I find I can’t fall asleep AT ALL. I’m sure there’s some weird sleep science behind why a 2o minute nap robs me of 4-5 hours of sleep later on, but I don’t understand it.

Regarding the e-mail of the week...do people not know how to shut off the water supply to prevent this? I see and hear so many people with these horror stories of overflowing toilets, and I’m always amazed nobody thinks to turn the little knob on the pipe coming out of the floor.

If you’re taking I-70 you won’t pass close to Meatheads. It’s a great burger place, but not worth tacking on a few extra hours onto your trip. However, there’s a great restaurant in Effingham, Illinois off of I-70 called Firefly Grill...It’s all local, sustainable, seasonal food, but very approachable (burgers and…

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I dunno man...I don’t know that I would think think he was “rapey”. Asshole, maybe. Then again, I don’t tend to hang out in bars where shit like that happens.

Not anymore, no...

I’m obviously not the OP you asked this question to, but I look at Conservative vs Liberal to be about what you believe about the power and scope of government. I think Republican vs Democrat is about adhering to a specific party-backed doctrine. Hell, Republicans SAY they don’t want “big gubmint”, but look at how…