I’m on the same boat; don’t like war. But I’ll give Trump credit for his decisiveness. Something terrible happened. He said something needed to be done. He consulted with Pentagon / military officials. He followed through. Granted, the strike will probably create more problems in the short-term than it solved, but…

I can confidently say I won’t pick lemons because I have a strangely antagonistic relationship with them. I have a lemon tree in my yard, but I let others pick them. I tried to do it myself twice, and I still don’t understand how I came out of both tries as if I had been attacked by a cat. Literally scores of…

I try to be neighborly and friendly and generous and all, and I generally don’t mind people picking a few fruits as they walk by. I’ve even offered people bags if I see them picking so they can carry more. Then two years ago, the peach tree in our front yard was on track for a fruitful year. Easily several hundred…

Just another day for this administration. Do nothing, congratulate self.

No surprise here. The GOP had five years that they could’ve spent on planning an alternative and instead they did nothing but complain and put up a pointless series of repeal efforts that never had a chance with Obama in office. So when they suddenly find themselves in control they realize they have no idea what they…

It’s strange to me how strongly people feel about the doneness of meat. Isn’t taste a pretty subjective and personal thing? When I was growing up I didn’t like to eat meat and even when I do eat them, it was always cooked to done for sanitary reasons. As an adult and having lost my aversion to them, I find I couldn’t…

I wasn’t good enough to play even high school football, so it’s moot to say I didn’t play because of injuries or the risk of injury. Nonetheless, I did consider trying out my sophomore year in high school, and I did go to watch one of the try-outs as I was considering. A few of the varsity players (who didn’t need…

Even assuming that coffee is important enough to warrant this type of extra prep, how would carrying an egg around be more convenient than carrying coffee beans? Also, it seems like a waste of an egg.

Maybe he’s a student of quantum casual relations?

I guess it saves time on not having to cook the tomato separately, but anyone who has eaten rice should know that it’s pretty much a blank palette just waiting to soak up the flavor from whatever herb, vegetable, juice, or meat you add to it. Scallion, cilantro, chinese sausage, fish, egg, furikake, kimchi, gravy,…

Interesting. But wouldn’t that require enough free space to hold all the books while you’re sorting? I’m wondering if an in-place sorting option is more practical. There’s also the problem of foreign languages, but I suppose I can group different languages separately and sort within each groups. (Not that I’m know how…

I dislocated my pinky playing basketball in middle school. Being young and stupid, I decided to finish the game before telling anyone. (At which point the adults sort of freaked out that I had continued playing.) In my case, however, it didn’t hurt much, and I distinctly remember that the anesthesia shot before the…

This brought back a bad memory of physiology class, when the teacher showed us an x-ray of a torn patella tendon and made the whole class squirm. If you’re thinking that tendons don’t show on x-ray, you’re right. What the x-ray did show was what could happen to the patella after the tendon is torn, when it’s pulled up…

These incidents worry me. The more people condone and encourage this behavior, the more the runners are going to try to surpass previous runs. We already had that incident recently were a security guard broke his leg taking down someone. It doesn’t even need someone with nefarious intents; one freak accident where one…

When I took Econ 101 the course had 5 required books: the book with the course materials, the exam guide, and three non-fictions on econ topics. Two of the non-fictions were written by the professor.

It boils down to the value of “peace-of-mind” and loss aversion. With FDIC insurance, a savings account is pretty much risk-free. Being a safe place to store money is its purpose; the interest should be considered a bonus. (When I think about it, the word “savings” doesn’t imply any rewards or returns to start with.)

I’m with Citi and it is downright insulting with its 0.01% APY. I have other accounts that offer more, but none above the inflation rate, historical average or otherwise. So I’ll pose this question: if the recommendation is to keep only a marginal amount in these low-return savings accounts, where should one put the…

My first college roommate thought that it was a good idea to buy groceries in bulk. Even though we didn’t have a fridge and the cafeteria was literally a one minute walk away. One day I walked into the room and saw him eating butter straight out of the 3lb tub he bought with a spoon because it was going to expire…

I would have called him out. Like others have said, the catcher tagged Pedroia twice, and the ball came out after the second touch. But I’m not an umpire and I’m not an expert on the rules, so I readily admit that my opinion doesn’t count.

With all the noise over this, I think it’s worth considering that it’s possible for people to stand and salute the flag and anthem while not believing in the values those symbols represent, just as it is possible for someone not to stand for other reasons while still holding very deep respect for them. So these…