What do all those other pronouns... mean? They seem to follow some sort of pattern, but I’m damned if I can figured it out. Also: how are they pronounced in speech?

Okay, no joke, but I’m probably worse at building gingerbread houses (the traditional way) than you are. What I did was... CHEAT LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW!!!!

Gordon Cooper was a firm believer in ETI, and had sworn that he’d seen UFOs on at least two occasions, once during his Mercury flight, which, according to some uncertain sources, was picked up by radar. Many other astronauts have similar claims.

Same boat here. Treasure Truck told me about them, I took five minutes looking at what they do, ordered and picked up. Then I’ve been horrified ever since (mid Novemberish) reading about all the obviously counterfeit stuff that’s being hawked out there, hoping that the real one isn’t nearly as bad.

“Big Missile” popsicles, 7-Up (not Sprite!), and, eventually, ice cream. I know today that ice cream didn’t do anything to actually help, but when it sounded good, that was always the point when I could keep something down, and it seemed to really change the course of things for the better. Of course, the popsicles…

OMG, Five Alive. Yes, I had totally forgotten this stuff until I just read your post. Thanks for the memory retrieval service!

BRILLIANT.

Already sold out, but they’re taking backorders!

Already sold out, but they’re taking backorders!

Going to commit to learning German. Starting with Duolingo, but will probably branch from there. It was the first of all languages I attempted to learn when I was in my single-digits, so I figure it deserves the first chance. That’s all for me this year. Everything else will fail, so I’ll focus on one good one.

My favorite from that album is Pie in the Sky. What a silly, short, great thumper of a tune. Thalassocracy is one of the best though.

First time I saw this was yesterday. Accelerating onto freeway, car behind me tailgating me, trucks blocking any access to middle (of three) lanes going my direction. I finally got an opening, signaled, and began the lane change. Car behind me switched lanes with me, tight behind, no signal. All of a sudden, they’re…

For older Windows (not sure about 10), you can use the character map to locate the code for the character you need, and then use Alt+[code] to insert it with the font you’re already using. This won’t work for emojis, and also won’t work for a lot of extended unicode characters, but for the first 255 characters of a…

Late to the party, but I made this two nights ago, and we had then last night. Delicious! A little creamier than I’m used to - I wondered if my ramekins insulated the filing too much, and they didn’t fully bake. Next time I might do one extra minute to see the difference.

Since we’re talking Dave Barry, I think it’s only fair that we clarify that Beth was “not making this up.”

I believe, and I think Dave Barry would back me up, that “Diarrhea Cloud” would make an excellent band name.

Informed Delivery is nice. I got in at the beta stage, so now I’m getting two identical emails, because, you know, they have to screw something up.

Nah, UPS seems fine. Amazon used them in the past, and I don’t recall a single issue. Other retailers use them as well, and I never worry about deliveries with them. Same with DHL, though to be fair, I have a very small sample size with them. I don’t think I’ve ever received anything through TNT. There’s also couple…

I have dual, inexplicable, problems at my place, which, for the record, is smack-dab in the middle of a VAST urban expanse that has no trouble getting all manner of fancy app-based services from pretty much every tech company on the planet.

APC item is showing $50, not $30. Is there a code I missed?

APC item is showing $50, not $30. Is there a code I missed?

Jesus. This makes me incredibly sad and angry, and I cannot but think of being in the position of these victims’ parents. That Nassar made it to trial is a testament to the restraint of so many mothers and fathers.