This article is not only necessary, it needs to be set as the home screen for my sister's browser.

Lots of Asians in the (relatively) larger cities of Lincoln and Omaha. And in the 80s a lot of them arrived to work in meat packing plants, before the current influx of Hispanics.

The LED light - 'nine feet in diameter' (article) is not the same as 'covers nine square feet' (Amazon ad copy)

The dirty, evil, robbing bastards!

Will it also make them sound like Steven Wright jokes?

Getting the bicycle tuned up this week (shifters aren't working right and brakes need to be recalibrated, and I stink at trying to do it myself). Been walking the bike paths along with all the other cyclists/walkers/joggers. Great to see the moms and dads walking with the younger kids on their bikes, or all on bikes…

It isn't radioactive and full of Cylon skeletons, is it?

No, it's Nestlé Purina - since 2001 when Nestlé's Friskies division and Ralston Purina were merged. Ralston Purina also made Chex cereals before being sold to General Mills.

I have lost at least 30 pounds this year (and still losing) using Lose It! on my iPod Touch to track my daily calorie intake. I don't eat the healthiest yet, but at least now I know the consequences of giving into my occasional Peep craving (3 Peeps = 1 large orange caloriewise, no comparison nutrient-wise).

And unless you are eating 'wild' vegetable and root staples, all of them have gone through the same selection process that created this orange - find mutation that causes an effect that makes the food more desirable to grow/store/eat, propogate, and repeat - same with those chickens (selected from jungle fowl) and…

Hooking up a 300 baud modem to my Atari 800XL (complete with cassette tape drive!) and exploring BBS's and CompuServe. My first music download was a MIDI file that played Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" in glorious four-channel synthesizer sound.

More like to disinfect your toilet brush so that, when you put it back in that little caddy that collects toilet water in the bottom, it doesn't become a bacteria culture with that eau de septic tank aroma. Or spread coliform bacteria to everything else in the under sink cabinet you just toss the brush into when you…

Many ants produce formic acid (from the Latin word for ant, formica) and distilling it from ants was one of the first sources of it.

My standard line "I'm sorry but I don't conduct any business over the phone if I did not initiate the phone call" then hang up.

Only if in the show a) one of the Alien Nation alien men got pregnant by a human or b) a human male got pregnant by an alien. Unfortunately, my brain is fried and I can't remember if either one happened.

Exactly - just ask any weatherman.

Ah, the first Doctor I ever enjoyed (and indirectly led me to the second). Saturday nights, delivering pizzas to stay alive, and listening to the Dr. Demento show on A.M radio.

Takes me back to watching Square One TV on PBS

Is it me or does it look like a skull on the left side of the photo?

Not necessarily - it could mean that the drivers whose vehicles are well-suited to bad conditions won't spin out of control at the drop of a hat, no matter how skilled or careful the driver is. This winter already I've been passed on snowy slick roads by a number of 4 wheel drive vehicles, only to watch them slide and…