Quitting Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars was a great decision. It was one of those books that I felt like I should read, but I just couldn’t get in to it. First time I made it a couple of chapters. Waited a few months, tried again, got a little over halfway and just wasn’t enjoying it. Dropped it and promptly…

What I thought when I saw it.

They make portable filter straws and pumps and stuff that can get pollutants out of lakes and streams and stuff (I wouldn’t try it with urine though), that don’t desalinate. I couldn’t tell you the exact mechanism that differentiates the two, but purifying is easier than desalinating for sure.

My parents went out with some friends on April 12th 1996 and the friends brought their son and daughter over to our house while they went out. It was the night Jose Chung’s from Outer Space aired for the first time. My brother and I weren’t supposed to watch it, but of course we did anyway (we were 12 but had already…

Valid, but I think the biggest challenge to the working poor are state sponsored lotteries. They disproportionately target low income households and the less you make, the greater a percentage of your income you are likely to spend on tickets. Cigarettes and high-interest consumer credit are also bad about victimizing…

Then the article is worthless. How is an advice columnist supposed to give good advice if he misleads readers on the specific topic on which he is advising?

“I don’t think you would ever buy that Lando would just completely betray the characters like that and have that level of moral ambiguity.”

You know, for all the grief people like to heap on theme park food, Disney World has some pretty adventurous kids’ menus at most of their sit-down restaurants.

The title of the article is literally “Help! My Wife is a Porn Star”. Sure, maybe solo, but definitely on camera.

I reported a player on EA’s SWTOR MMO last night for making suicide threats. They didn’t sound very credible to me, but I’m not exactly qualified to judge that. I told the guy to get help if he was serious then passed the incident on to the mods. Got a response from EA today saying they responded but can’t discuss for…

Direct quote from a FB conversation I am having re: this article “I’m reading the second part now. As a decorated mashed-potato artisan, I have to take issue with his description of mashed potatoes. While they are in fact, the second whitest thing ever, there is much more to them than simply mashing potatoes (namely a…

How did I not know this? Thank you.

Didn’t Jon Bernthal say in an interview that the biggest challenge for him was not to make Castle look heroic? I’m excited for the show because I’m really hoping they are going to ask the same questions that you ask in the article.

I’m always reminded of the Ferengi from Star Trek. They are a very misogynistic culture the writers of the show always had them say “females” in a very derisive tone. Even in the military, where it is a commonly accepted term, I can’t help but think of the Ferengi when I hear it.

I remarked to my wife that the premiere felt like one of those made-for-tv Marvel movies from the 90s. Remember Nick Fury with The Hoff? Or Generation X? Too much concept for the budget and too literal an interpretation of the look of the comics.

Same thing happened to us. We stopped “trying” because we were going to start IVF, then we did it the old-fashioned way.

Not cool. Try some empathy.

As a man who went through this, I have to disagree. Trying to get pregnant is great for about six months, but after that it really can be a chore if the babymaking takes over. If your sex life devolves to “put it in and inseminate me” it can be really stressful. You are both dealing with the stress of not being…

It’s not Pixar. Where are you getting that?

No Jean Tannen. Your argument is invalid.