@duetoprivacy: In Kentucky, and among Kentuckian's hillbilly is far more a badge of pride or self-identification with Appalachian culture than it is a slur.

Yeah, so I actually was that kid who was making out with his girlfriend when their braces locked together. Tightly. Took about twenty minutes of wiggling until I got a bracket to break off. When I got home I blamed it on a caramel. Now you can't do that with invisalign.

@ShadyLane: We hosted the Olympics in Lake Placid in 1980. It was a huge deal back then in a way that just can't be compared to in our fast forward news/fashion/trend cycles.

Am I the only one who read Dove as Dov and totally epexected to find American Apparel's creepster in chief hanging out on craigslist?

@Kevin Purdy: Spent several summers as an Adirondack guide. Those little house-fly like things were worse than the blackflies. They would bite through thick hiking socks, even denim and leave a bloody welt.

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: Despite being totally bewildered by the rest of the commercial, that one I can answer. At least here in rural Kentucky, it seems like every SUV owner thinks that just because their vehicle can drive fast in the now it must also therefore be able to steer and stop just as if the snow/mud/etc…

Poor chicken. Most chickens start-out laying small "pullet" eggs while their bodies sort of work things out. As chickens age they lay less frequently but the eggs get bigger. I don't want to imagine this poor hen having to pass anything any larger. Hopefully she'll get everything worked out.

Ugh, my boss loves texting and probably sends my a few dozen a day. It's a little much. On the other hand, I have a number of part-time college age students who report to me, and I vastly prefer that they text when they are calling in sick than having to talk on the phone at 7:00 am.

When walking on even ground my complete pace (two full steps) is spot on 5 feet. My size 10 work boots are just a hair over 12 inches long. Those two bits of knowledge come in handy surprisingly often.

Having been saddled with the Gen X label for thirty years now (and sneered at by both Gen Xers who find me too young and Gen Y's who find me too old) I'm not sure if I'm ready for this next generation to acquire a label yet. Whatever the name is, my five-year old is likely to be considered part of it. An article on…

Put me down as another vote in favor of figure 8 on a bight over the bowline. Less reduction in breaking strength of the line, faster to tie and easier to visually confirm and I've never had any problems with untying the knot after use. Plus, for me it is the first step in tying a trucker's cinch. It is a not that…

@rixatrix: Was said astro-van smurf blue and parked near a trailhead in the Cleveland metroparks after a surprise thunderstorm? If so, well hi...fancy meeting you here. It's been a while. If not, perhaps we should start an astro van fan club?

So if kids learn more, are more productive and and show higher test scores with four-day week, couldn't we expect the same with adults? Isn't it time for a 32-hour work week? It would solve the "whose gonna watch the kids on monday" problem and probably would hurt unemployment rates too much either (look at what…

Scene Painting: ridiculous and awesome at the same time. At the time, I was a freshman computer/electronics/ engineering type and handn't held a paintbrush since first grade. The first class the professor hands out photos of interesting things he has seen around town: brick walls, stone walls, trees, plaster,…

@jmblackmer: The author said they couldn't whip the cream enough to get past soft peaks, so this definitely would not be the way to make butter.

@Alohamaid: The first thing I thought when I saw that dress were my fashion history classes. If I remember, bodices that fully exposed one or both breast were hugely fashiionable in the 1600s and still common as late as the early 1800s, right up until the Victorian Era(it's always the Victorians). Now expose your…

I work architectural salvage/eco-friendly demolitions, so big honkin boots are a must. I just took a tape measure to my logger boots: 2.5 inches tall and I'm in them all day, up and down ladders, jumping, climbing, sledgehammers and sawzalls. Of course there is a lot more ankle support than in a women's high heel,…

@WhatIf_GitEmSteveDave: While I don't want to argue with the Great Steve-Dave, unfortunately forest fires can spread below ground, even through living roots. Just like burning a green log, you just have to dry it our a bit first, say by repeated exposure to the heat of your backyard fire pits. I used to work on an…

I am going to try really hard to get this image to post! These are my newest babies, just three days old. These three ladies are about the cutest things in the whole world and my wife mocks me mercilessly because I talk to them in baby talk and basically just squeal over them.

oops. I'm so full of fail today.