When I worked as a travel nurse I would drive all over to my various assignments. I was driving cross country and got an amazing rate at some place off the freeway in Oklahoma. Had been driving for 10 hours and looked like it, too. Under the table, cash only, 40% off rack rates, but they called it a "Special Walk In…

You still get checked but not as much. They still have metal detectors. The screenings is the type they had before the TSA.

Good list, but I feel like the correlation-causation thing has become a crutch for anyone who wants to deny a finding. While it's true that correlation does not necessarily imply causation, it's almost as if people have taken this to believe that correlation and causation are mutually exclusive (i.e., that study can…

Same thing happened to me last May - broke up over email and never told me why (outside of typical breakup cliches). I was very put off by that. It seemed like the most important thing to know why she broke up with me, even it was something painful like "because I think you're lame and I've been screwing a steady…

It also depends on where you live - costvsvalue.com can narrow your results by market - don't necessarily look at this list above (I'm already overly familiar with the site so haven't bothered to look at this particular report). Also note that there's a difference between Midrange improvements and upscale improvements.

I've tried this in the past, and it works well. My only real requirement for study music is that it has no vocals, so generally I listen to 40s big band music, because it's uptempo but not distracting.

A cartoon cat never made me cry.

I honestly don't get this discussion at all. Who's to say which is better? I really like cats, so I'll get a cat. You like dogs? Good for you - get a dog. Everyone is happy.

People who say cats are low maintenance aren't doing it right. I have 3 cats and in ideal conditions I will empty 3 litter boxes twice a day and feed them 3 times for a total of 9 individual meals. I might clean up a hairball or pile of vomit on average twice a month and I've succumbed to the fact that my house will…

Given the limits of the sharing feature, this seems like the only useful way to use it. Not a bad idea.

Sweet, I've been waiting for this feature. I have a desktop and an HTPC and it's a nuisance to have to reenter my password if I accidentally left Steam running on the other machine. Now I can just use a second account and share them.

See, I thought this was something that all Americans did, because of the constant "Oh, Brits have suuuch bad teeth". We actually for the most part have pretty good teeth, because kids can get braces on the NHS, so I assumed the American definition of "good teeth" must have been "blinding white veneers".

That would make sense too. She definitely had a moment where she was like, wait, what am I saying? Abort!

I thought that quote was awkward because she was about to say, "...so I could just be really excited to be here and not worry as much about whether this is the right guy for me," and she realized she'd be describing all of her castmates and calling them dumb on TV. So she just bailed on it mid-sentence.

Because the web is so short on space that there isn't room for detailed, specific instructions on everything? Five minutes to get it right and not be frustrated for the rest of your life with sleeves that fall back down all the time (this would be me) seems reasonable. If you already know how, of course, then yeah,…

Well when I lived in London our little basement flat had a "wet bathroom." It's a fantastic way to nearly kill yourself.

In all seriousness. This is an absolute disaster. There is no way in hell Russia should be hosting these games.

Secret compartment FTW

Yes, but try for how long? once, for 10m? Every day for one year? Benefits come from long practice, it's not just a pill you take.