Some lifters don't bother with gloves. If you can't handle the weight without straps, you're cheating yourself out of the opportunity to strengthen your grip. I've never used straps or gloves after I started doing powerlifting. I'm sure there are some powerlifters who use straps or gloves but basically I'm saying you…

agreed

"extreme privilege"? That's kind of extreme in itself. And "privilege" has the connotation that the recipient didn't work for it. I'd call it a "great situation" or "great position". Yeah, some trustafarians don't have to worry about work at all and I guess I would call that "extreme privilege", but there are plenty…

nice. I am hoping my retirement resembles yours. My parents have had an unbelievable time.

Also, check to see if your power/gas company is providing energy audits. Some companies will check to see where you're losing heat, what's eating up your electric bill and give away free CFL bulbs. There are state programs that facilitate this. It's worth the 5 minutes of browsing to see if your state is doing this.

In a previous life we'd have office quake games. I network shared a friend's quake directory using typical windows sharing (he'd left his machine logged in to grab food/go to the bathroom - something). I believe in Quake 3, the local config file was just a text file. I'd pop open this file in notepad and mess with his…

"more and good are two entirely separate and distinct words"

"And there are a number of Kickstarter campaigns that found, after sending out all the rewards, that they didn't have the funds to do what they raised the money for in the first place."

Thanks for clarifying. I never noticed that the base level is always nothing in return.

Seems like the least they could do is promise tickets if the thing actually makes it to theaters. I'm not against alternative financing for anything but doesn't it seem weird that the first level is simply a donation with nothing but a thanks? Shit, you can't snail mail a laser-printed 8.5x11 autographed goon pic? And…

damnit. I just bought a rainbow pack of electrical tape for this purpose...

Another fan of the MapQuest app. Kind of strange that it was passed over but there are so many apps out there, no one can know them or even remember them all.

for once, it actually got fixed...

thanks for that. I was boggled by 16 being divisible cleanly by 42. I kept thinking "There must be something I'm missing..."

I've seen judges at hot sauce or chili competitions keep a canister of real whipped cream next to them to use when the heat gets too much.

Many trainers suggest adding peanut butter to your oatmeal to counteract the "all carbs"-thing. That's the way I make it for my kids and myself. Add a spoonful or 2. Just put the spoon in, full with peanut butter. Allow the hot oatmeal to warm up the peanut butter for about 30 seconds while you get a glass of milk for…

Thanks for reminding me!

Thanks for reminding me!

Except the $20 is actually an upgrade isn't it? You've already bought into the OS by buying a piece of hardware with an extremely comfortable margin built into the pricing. Also, you may have had to buy licenses for Snow Leopard and Lion in the past to get to this point.

please guardians of jezebel. please, in the name of journalism, blogism or whatever you consider yourselves. Can you at least use the right version of the synonym, 'there'?