This statement reminded me of an episode of the podcast Song Exploder I listened to recently. The song was "The Commander Thinks Aloud" by the band The Long Winters. The lead singer wrote it about the Columbia disaster. The last lyric of the song is "This is all I wanted to bring back to you," and he said it was about…

No one is offended by the concept but, speaking for myself, I'm offended that anyone is taking this 'plan' seriously. Mars One is an attempt to get a reality TV show deal - they do not have the money, resources, money, know-how, money, willingness, or money to launch anyone towards Mars.

do you want them back or

the real heroes are internet commenters who are always here to remind us how much everyone sucks

She won't be first though

Guest: A hamburger.

I once worked at a restaurant where we would use plastic fruit for decor. These baskets were placed strategically throughout the dining area. Several times, people would pick up a piece of the plastic fruit and try to eat it. Not in a joking around kind of way, but, like, "oh, look, an apple!"

I don't eat meat.

So he was expecting ... hot, bloody-in-the-middle ... FISH?

Gack. Probably the way John Galt liked it or something.

Starbucks, middle of the afternoon. Exam week. Everyone is tired, but there is a lull in the action for once.

Ok.. so.. one of my dumbest customers was this lady who came through the wendy's drive thru in her minivan to get what i assume was lunch for her entire office. she orders over $40 worth of dollar menu items, which completely defeats the purpose of a drive thru window. so there are cars lined up behind her…

I was at a coffeeshop with a friend the other day, and she ordered a giant chocolate-covered rice krispie square. I asked if I could have a piece, and knowing I try (and fail) to avoid gluten the following conversation happens:

This story of a dumb customer is not from the many dumb customers I waited on over the years, but from my dumb acquaintance.

when Atkins started, I worked at the bux. Breve was all the rage because it was suddenly healthy. I had a customer tell me that there was less fat in heavy whipping cream (not half and half) than whole milk. she had me pull out the containers to prove it. When I tried to explain that one had a serving size of 8oz, the…

This look is incomplete without sock garters.

He is not even remotely my type and I still want to lick allllll his up and downs. He just seems like a great human.

Saw him years ago in a play at the Kirk Douglas Theater in LA. He was nude for a portion of it. He has no need to pad anything.

That, or he did some 'pre-game work'

Great point, except that this is actually a very old story.