My biggest problem in college (engineeering) with grades was if I knew it was a class that was unimportant to my chosen field, I didn't give a crap and didn't try very hard. Thus I'd get a C in a geology or chemistry class and be thankful for it. Maybe it was an OK strategy that let me concentrate on the things I…

My lastpass check didn't mention I needed to do anything at all at those 4.

0.45% interest likely, but I get your point.

"Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me." Romans 16:17. My pastor brought this up last Sunday as he was describing Jesus as a feminist, and how the church's take on women isn't scripturally sound. Junia, referenced here…

A gentleman I know who is a respected new testament scholar talked about this back when it was first discovered. Without being able to examine it in person, and long before the age was determined, he concluded it was probably a fake. I recall him saying that the text appeared to be a copy of a later text, complete…

"It's not a lie if you believe it." - George Costanza

Over 400 stored, and only 10 inconsequential websites affected. None of my banking or shopping sites I use were on my list. And since even those affected all use different passwords, I'm not concerned at all.

I suppose that be a question I'd have as the interviewer, and if she didn't have a good answer, yes, that would definitely be a factor.

What's everyone's opinion on just taking her children with her to the interview and explaining the situation? It would be a hard hearted interviewer who would let that bother them. I'd either go along with it or ask if she'd like to reschedule.

This conclusions from this study seem completely wrong to me. If they're putting the kids cereal at kid height, the eyes should still be looking straight out at them. An image of an eye looking downward will appear to be looking downward no matter the viewing angle. An eye looking straight ahead will follow the…

To a believer, Jesus is fully human and fully God simultaneously. Then there's the idea of the trinity. Father (God), Son (Human), and holy spirit. The distinction between holy spirit and God has always been a little tricky for me to wrap my head around. Basically, the idea is that God took on human form. Kind of…

I agree. Any more than that and the pastor can't have any way of knowing his flock (I hate that word, but can't think what to use instead). I consider pastoral care to be part of the pastor's job and with 20,000 members, he's going to have a hard time just doing hospital visits, let alone any kind of counseling.

I think the first time my gf did that, we pretended it didn't happen. Now, it just sends us into a brief paroxysm of laughter, and we'll blame the dog or a squeaky floor.

A fine example of Darwinian theory.

I know nothing about the vaccine, because it wasn't available when I was a child, and I don't have kids of my own. But I'm almost certain that having chicken pox doesn't protect from getting shingles. Actually, I thought it was the other way around. I think shingles is caused by dormant chicken pox virus from when…

I can't imagine it's a woman specific thing. I'm a man who doesn't work in finance, and I have no idea about a lot of this stuff. But I do know to rely on someone else who does, so I keep most of my savings in "advisory" accounts at Edward Jones where someone else is making the allocation decisions. My EJ guy calls…

If you're in a financial position where you're not eligible for a subsidy, you can also just call a local insurance agent. There are insurance companies that have no presence on the exchanges, and thus their plans don't have subsidies. My old provider isn't on an exchange, but all of their plans still have to meet…

So I guess the advertising sector isn't using automated scrapers to pull data off of uploaded DOC file resume's, like my gf has been having to contend with recently? We've about decided that a Notepad txt file is what she needs to upload for the damn things to work. She'll submit her resume for a xyz job, showing 5…

I had a conspiracy oriented friend post an item about how the government confiscated legal guns from New Orleans residents after Katrina. I thought it was her usual tin-foil hat bullshit, but if the NYT can be believed on the subject, she was right. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/nat…

"I definitely think that guys tend to pretend like they know something when they don't."