I would add "You realize you used to be a total idiot. And in a few years, you'll probably look back at this moment and realize you were a total idiot now as well." I'm in my early 30's now, and when I think back on what I believed, or how I conducted myself at 20... yikes. I think I only really became a decent human…

KFC+Beer is such an obviously brilliant combination, I can't believe it's taken them this long to do this.

As someone who grades the papers and presentations of students that get their information from Wikipedia, I have to disagree. Wikipedia has lots of random factual errors. Not even ideologically motivated stuff either, just downright incorrect facts about uncontroversial topics. I always tell students that Wikipedia…

Yeah, I want this really bad. But not $400 bad.

Oh wow, this is brilliant. I can't count how many times I've watched a bunch of uncrowded cars go by me, but then the one that stops in front of me is jam packed, and since it's too late at that point to go up a couple of cars I'm stuck in a press of humans when I know there are empty cars in the train, taunting me...

Yeah, but I think Vegeta is probably the definition of "emotionally distant father."

Yeah, I don't think they expect this to be a hit, since it's a limited quantity run. It's just a marketing maneuver. Garigari-kun is kind of a kid's brand, so I'd guess they're using this to draw the attention of adults. They see this and think "what are those crazy bastards up to?" but then they remember "Oh, man. I…

Yeah, a lot of people here are complaining about calls to their cells/mobiles, which is surprising. I've only had a cell phone my entire adult life, and I've gotten hardly any telemarketer calls (a few spam texts though). Meanwhile my friends with landlines get harassed a couple of times a night. I thought there was…

It sure looks like it. And that is freaking awesome.

Wow, he got the eyebrows and everything

Yeah, genre in manga is almost entirely a function of the magazine it runs in, rather than formal features of the manga itself. Which makes this article a little confusing, since genres share some common features, but those features aren't what defines the genre. You can have a shojo-esque yomikiri in Jump and it's…

Yeah, this. Also, people don't realize it but train travel here in Japan is pretty expensive. Even normal express trains (tokkyuu) are pricey, the shinkansen even more so. Even in Japan air travel is cheaper after a couple of hundred miles. Cheap domestic air is so well developed in the US, it'd be hard for trains to…

Frame postcards! (Sorry, my own setup is in storage right now, no pictures). Postcards are super cheap but usually feature very attractive photos or art prints. An A4/ 8x10" museum print might cost $20 but a postcard only costs $0.50. Get a dozen cheap little frames and hang them up in a group. Good conversation…

Immediate thoughts: 1) WANT!

Condescending? Your comment just reminded me of a conceptual framework for this sort of thing that I had been thinking about, based on my experience but possibly applicable to yours, so I mentioned it.

This happens to me a lot, and I think it has to do with threshold levels for discomfort (which may or may not be gender correlated). You mentioned that you can't calm down when there are sandwich crumbs in the kitchen. So maybe your threshold level for discomfort at kitchen mess is low, but for your partner it is…

I was always taught to be a considerate guest and help clean up after meals. The first time I tried that with my mother-in-law she was horrified. The whole family was horrified. Guest simply did NOT do chores in her house, even family guests. It was like I was insulting her hospitality or something.

I'd have to say DS9. I mean, look, TNG had a better captain, because Patrick Steward. Patrick Steward trumps everything. But nearly everything else about DS9 was better; worldbuilding, plot, character (even side characters in DS9 were better developed than main characters in TNG. Nog, anyone? Garrick?) The world felt…

Yes, this. I only watched a couple of episodes when Enterprise was actually on the air and dismissed it as terrible. But recently I went back and watched the whole thing on Netflix. Its true that there's some REALLY bad writing in the first two seasons (not every episode, but too many), but the writers really step up…

No time to comment. Heading to Lawson.