I remember after my first night in my new house, bemoaning the fact that I had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars per day for lodging. 

His blog is awesome. It’s where I learned about the really wonderful book “Ignition!” that is a fantastic read. (Quoted in that piece, actually, and available both in print and as a free PDF on the Web.)

We definitely are in need of new solutions for fighting these kinds of fires. Although this is not quite so nasty as chlorine trifluoride, this reminds me of the title of Derek Lowe’s fantastic piece on that chemical, “Sand Won’t Save You This Time”:

“I’m a teacher”

Can you adjust the title, please Bradders, because a IED from a Hydrogen explosive is a very different thing from an actual Hydrogen Bomb. Less... world end-y, shall we say.And my cold War raised heart almost stopped when I saw that.

Sweet! Got my eye on an F40 at the moment. Hoping the owner will take my MR2 and a half pallet of leftover kitchen tile in partial trade.

Not just one, but two dorito spinners? Well, that’s the mark of a madman right there, so really no surprise on the Cybertruck.

You’re asking what a guy who’s been a UAW member for nearly 30 years knows about the auto industry? Seriously? He didn’t step off a bus and immediately get elected UAW president. 

A lot of these coasters are in repressive religious regimes where my ways are frowned upon if not actively persecuted. Of course I mean Sandusky, Ohio.

Save money with this easy tip: CRIME

RAMBox v2

Partial car at full price.  What a strategy!

Came here expecting to see someone pedantically arguing that General Relativity tells us that gravity is not a force, but that argument is as scarce as my Gawker avatar/icon.

Well, I guess most science is incremental and cumulative, meaning somebody discovers something and that leads to someone else discovering something as a result.

I know Jersey Mike’s, I served with Jersey Mike’s, and you Sir, are no Jersey Mike’s.

I had a motorized meat slicer in my kitchen for years. Nothing over the top or industrial grade but it was great for more than just slicing meats; good for certain cheeses and veggies too. You could get paper-thin onion slices.

Don’t all cars run more efficiently when you reduce the load on the engine by turning off the AC?

The finance company, not the dealership, gets the tax credit.