How about remembering phone numbers?

Was that Eugene from The Walking Dead? The homeless guy in the background... at time 1:14....it was a spitting image of Eugene.

Step 4: find a small island with enough land to grow some corn, and raise some chickens. Even if that doesn't work, you could fish the river/lake/ocean the rest of your days without ever having to wander into the zombie land.

To be fair, if you look at a map of the US broken down by county, and how each county votes politically, all major cities are full of dipshit liberals, while all rural areas are filled with Republican assholes. It's just the way it is, from Oregon to Florida.

The Amish are not simple, innocent, gullible farmers. They are among the shrewdest businessmen you'll ever come across. They'll out-compete most other local businesses in whatever craft they choose (construction, etc.). They will almost always come out on top, whatever the transaction.

For example?

I read the book, and loved it too! As I read the book, I imagined George Eads from CSI as The Martian Astronaut.

With the exception of ferns and mosses, plants do not release spores. Almost all house plants are seed-bearing...not spore-bearing.

Theories are never proven. They are ideas, concepts, or systems that explain the natural world, and hold up over long periods of time with repeated attempts to disprove (or reject) them.

That price range, .01 to .25, is only for the online Pick-A-Brick store. It's one of the most expensive ways to buy LEGO bricks.

The article doesn't say, but the trains are probably outliers because they have Power Functions included (special LEGO motors to make the trains move via remote control).

The cost of Legos have not gone up. See:

Keep in mind this report was released by the Commonwealth Fund. This is a private organization, with a mission to improve healthcare for all Americans (equality being a big part of their mission). That sounds great, but like all advocacy groups, their job is to paint a bleak picture and thereby move more resources…

Annalee, you forgot the one most likely scenario. I spill my coffee on my computer, and after a few sparks, my computer is sentient. I know this can happen, because I've seen it in several movies already!

Computers, including iPods, typically only generate pseudo-random numbers. Asking a computer, that uses deterministic algorithms, to generate a random number (or random shuffling pattern for music) is very difficult. It can be done, and it is done for some special computers, but it usually involves the use of some…

Figure about $0.10 per piece, then about $1600.

98% of agriculture in the U.S. is the production of non-native crops and animals. This fact alone makes this discussion sort of stupid.

What I hate about this show is the formulaic way in every episode that it contrives a problem, solves it, then has a Hallmark moment at the end with Tom and the kids. I'm watching Game of Thrones on Netflix, and I just watched the episode where Sansa is nearly raped by the angry mob. I had no idea what would happen.…

Actually, I think those were K'nex. Just saying.

There are at least 3 major competitors for Lego: Kreo, Best-Lock, and Mega Blocks. None of these can match the quality of Lego. Legos are a top-notch toy, worth every penny they cost. I play with them as much as my kids.