The Kinect is a super rad sensor. I have an XBox One but I use my Kinect for other projects. I mapped an old abandoned mine in 3D, how fuckin rad is that. The thing is capable of some serious shit.

Yeah this shit is the worst part of the holidays. Knowing that at some point during my visit, my mom will pick a fight about something. Usually some way I'm living my life she doesn't agree with. Good thing I'm driving this year so I can jet on them if she takes this route.

I’ve had some “good” or “highly regarded” meatloaf recipes and... I still can’t stand it. I’d rather go hungry, I think it’s one of the only foods I can’t do. I would say it’s psychological but I’ll demolish some crispy Spam and that’s gotta be worse in every way.

Send all your snow to California please. Deposit in the Sierra Nevadas.

This makes me angry. But I also hate capitalism and capitalists, so...

Realistically? Encourage your husband to just get out of the military. Life’s been rad since I got out. I hated that shit. People try to tell you life is hard on the outside but it's not. It's way better.

Oh man that ferry ornament. Every Western Washington family has that same one or something similar. Makes me miss home (good thing I'm headed back next week).

Eh I guess it’s not as bad if you’re both officers, but relationships in the same command have a tendency to implode pretty spectacularly. I saw plenty when I was in. But I was enlisted. It’s hard to resist though. Put people in close quarters and it’s bound to happen. I dabbled in it just like most.

So this is your Department Head (assuming you're enlisted)? Stay away, seriously. Nothing good comes of this.

The big Military/Aerospace contractors have have already been working on AI for years. I’m not sure that trying to develop some benevolent AI will be able to counterbalance that. Especially when the first thing they do with that AI is let it fly a fighter or bomber.

You beat me to it. Dog feet... Mmmmmm.

Dog feet smell > cat head

I tried Sling at $20/mo and it was garbage. They aren't there as far as technically implementing live TV streaming without regular hiccups and downtime. If apple can do it better at the same price point is consider it. But not at $40/mo.

$40 isn't cheaper than cable, not where I live. If you're already paying for cable internet, the TV is only $15-20 more on top of that. I still don't pay for it because I don't really watch TV anyway, but $40 seems excessive.

The entire way through this I was waiting for it to pitch some kind of product. It reads like ad copy to me for some reason. Aside from being a nonexistent bullshit social phenomenon.

I smoked an e-cig to help me quit real cigarettes, and the e-cig fucked my lungs up worse than cigs did. It helped me quit cold turkey though because I was in so much pain. I seriously feel like the Vaping damaged my bronchial passages though. It's been a year and I still feel lingering effects.

Just because you pop a kid out doesn’t make them indebted to you for life. My mother thinks this, and it seriously affects our already strained relationship. I think this happens to people who base their entire identity around “being a mom.” Once their kids are adults, they have no idea what to do anymore. Their life…

“Mission-style Burritos” like at Chipotle and Taco Del Mar and wherever else - are a blasphemy to the holy name of the Burrito.

MCD was one of the first shows I snuck into as a teenager in Seattle. Good times.