Thanks for that bit of info. I was wondering why the yellow color. Not particularly good camo for up in the sky.

My dad in his 80s occasionally has a younger woman with him. Not 20s, but 40s maybe. He's known to be notoriously cheap, but yet has a reputation for being wealthy. He likes to go dancing, so they go someplace with the kind of dance music he likes and springs for dinner. He'll always complain later that the women…

#1 has a mormon missionary vibe. Pass. #2 is Halloween. Pass. #3 looks just right for a boy that age. BTW, does that Nina Simone shirt come in a men's large?

While I understood the mechanics by age 13 (this was the 70s), I can still remember vividly my epiphany in one class of, "Holy Crap! You mean I'm old enough to get a girl pregnant?" Looking back on it, it's like I thought that sperm only became active after I became an adult.

All this means is that you don't remember what you don't use. Kind of like Calculus.

Funny how for religious conservatives, marriage has become 100% about the couple's capacity to moisten their naughty bits to the church's satisfaction. Love? Not required.

That sounds like that Wizard of Oz synopsis that got passed around before. "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again."

The first time I realized homeopathy wasn't just "natural" medicine, was at a conference where James Randi went off on it. He began his talk by overdosing on homeopathic sleeping pills.

I have good luck soaking it overnight in a light brine, leave it in the husk, and wrap it in foil before grilling.

It's working on my iPhone 4 too. We had major rainstorms and I had flash flood warnings all afternoon on Saturday. Hearing that alert really took me by surprise that first time, and then it took me awhile to find the setting to turn it off.

You just know this is going to turn out like that religious school voucher program in Louisiana last year, when it hadn't occurred to a state rep that the bill would apply to religions other than Christian. I swear, these people can't seem to distinguish "religion" as being a different word from "Christian."

Not sure if you'd call it a lifehack, but my dad taught me how to install an electric plug without bothering to turn off the power first. I learned decades later, in an unmistakable moment of clarity, that his method doesn't apply while sitting on a concrete slab-on-grade. Liability prevents me from discussing…

My dad, said don't build the most expensive house on the block, let everyone else bring up your value.

I know people who believe that same-sex marriage hurts their own marriage and opposite sex marriage in general, and it has nothing to do with numbers of ceremonies performed. I'm talking inerrant bible believing, speaking in tongues, the devil causes tornados while God saves babies from them, type people.

Well, that Thai restaurant question didn't work out so well for me. It suggested 5 that are about 500 miles away. Then again, maybe it knows that the local places aren't so good.

Watch Owncloud very carefully. I installed it after reading this post, but just noticed a popup telling me that a couple of files had been removed from a folder of concert pics. The only problem was, I hadn't removed those files from anywhere. On each of the synced computers, and server, that folder was now empty. …

I'm fortunate to have an hour lunch break, and work within a restaurant and bar district where there's a ton of good places to go that all cater to lunch crowds within a couple of blocks. I can go get a blackened chicken quesadilla, pulled pork BBQ, or a shepherd's pie at the pub and still have time to get in a mile…

Just curious. Do you have the kind of job where someone won't miss you at 4:30 if something comes up that needs your input? That's always been my problem with flex time. I need to be available when that phone call comes in during normal business hours. If its the lunch hour and a call comes in, or someone has a…

Apple needs to hire someone with 49 year old eyes to have a say in design. Some of those fonts and text colors look a little problematic. I'm available, by the way.

If we're talking Best Buy, the answer is yes, but if the price online vs in-store is roughly the same, I'll buy locally just for the convenience in case a return is needed. And for buying a really big TV, I figured paying a little extra to Best Buy was worth it to be able to get easy in-house delivery and…