I know. I have. I quit bothering to “debate” people on kinja after a series of recent posts on net neutrality. Too many trolls and closed minded people unwilling to consider differing opinions. Occasionally I state my viewpoint on a well written post or article.

Hard to argue with this. It certainly flattens and broadens the tax base. And I agree that all income (investment, interest, etc) should be taxed as regular income.

I have kids, and am worried about the potential of the knives having their blades exposed or getting knocked of the magnetic strips. I do like the idea of freeing up kitchen space the block takes up. How’s your experience been with safety?

We have a set of Wusthofs we bought with money for our wedding. I like them, but honestly wish we would have bought something just as good and easier to care for like Global, or a smaller set of something awesome and badass looking like Shun.

I have a frequent beef with the liberal slant on Lifehacker, but I think this article is pretty down the middle. Felt like more just a statement of fact about the sources of taxes.

I would fully support a single rate on all income for all taxpayers with no deductions. I do think we would need to phase the plan in to avoid disrupting how people/businesses have planned against the current tax formula.

Awesome article, Beth. Very solid and unbiased reporting.

Stinkfinger is my least favorite kind of finger.

When I do a #2, I’m a #3.

No dice. Humans spend too much time sitting. I pee standing up. I’ve converted to a standing desk. My “couch” is just a podium in front of the television. My dining room table is bar height with no chairs. I commute to work on a bike, but I stand on the petals the whole way. My bed is a pillow nailed to the wall, and…

John 21:25 “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”

Every time I see him, I think “Is his head too small for his body?”. Am I the only one? Is his face just kind of smooshed? Small features?

I love going on craigslist occasionally just to look for ludicrously overpriced cars. Try it sometime!

Yeah, but what if you had a reverse jeannie that cursed you so the next time you beat off you would die? Now who thought they were so smart for finding that stupid lamp!

So...how was her “work”?

How full is the port-o-potty? But yes. Yes I would.

Let’s just talk about something we can all agree on. Only men should be aloud to touch the thermostat, right?

Unless you’re my kids. Then you take like 2 bites of the thing you loved yesterday, but mysteriously don’t like today, then ask if you can have dessert.

Damn it, it would be worth it to have the Pats win another superbowl just to see Gronk motorboat* two footballs after scoring the game winning TD.

All I can think of when looking at the photo is “what a mess”. Thank God for dogs. Ours is the reason I have yet to buy one of the robo-vacs you guys are always hocking.