@Teebledeebledee!: I would imagine that any easily carried base that was strong enough to counter an acid attack would be strong enough to be dangerous on its own and not something you'd want to carry around. Unfortunately I've read news stories of people attacked with base substances like lye and furniture stripper,…

@noshadowscast: At home depot it mostly comes in plastic jugs. Definitely can find some very strong acids in the pool aisle, the paint aisle, and with the concrete cleaning and staining supplies. The only one that will be labeled as an acid will be the muriatic acid in the paint aisle, but the others are apparent when…

@introverted_innovator: The accent is called Transatlantic. They still teach it in most US theatre schools. It is a totally made up accent (no one comes by it naturally), considered the "perfect" blend between British and a neutral American accent. It's only rarely used on stage anymore, but it does give students a…

@no more girl wonder: I tended to go one of two routes following a messy breakup. Either just mope around in my dorm room for days weeks. Maybe listen to some music I like, definitely splurge on some food. A fair amount of recrimination and anger at myself, but mostly was just quiet and kept to myself until the…

@Miss_Dreamer: For me it was when I learned that prior to getting famous he was considered one of the best in the country when for reupholstering "vintage modern" furniture. Upholstery is hard enough, but some of these 20th century designers were devilish with their perfectly geometric shapes and invisible seams.…

@rotorgirl: Where is that? Definitely not Yeager or Tri-State, the only two in WVA I've flown from.

She must have been *out of her mind* when they filmed that video. I can't dance an ounce, yet even I can't help but move whenever I hear that tune. She's barely moving.

@Keo: At the major theme park I worked at we of course had internal codes for certain situations in the park like a medical emergency, animal emergency, etc. But our department had its own secret codes so we could communicate with each other despite the fact that there were often hundreds of others on the same…

For the record, many of these bedbugs are DDT resistant varieties. Some of the articles I read suggest that it was in countries where DDT is still allowed (and indeed recommended) for control of malaria carrying mosquitoes that the pesticide resistant varieties that are now all over the globe first evolved.

I wonder if some of this rise in STDs in because younger women and men today have grown up in an era where AIDS is no longer the Big. Scary. Epidemic. (at least in the media). Anti-retrovirals are commonplace and many people with HIV live successful somewhat normal lives. I wonder if this has lead to a sense of…

@brendahamLincoln: I don't want to go too far in defending marine parks, but they aren't quite that evil. Excepting Iceland, live capture of whales hasn't happened since the late 70s, I think. There hasn't been a new wild caught whale at a Sea World in more than 30 years, and I think several of those last few in the…

Edith's tips are all spot on from experience as well. Theatre makeup is seriously pigmented! When I was a student trying to quickly finish a rendering due for class (in 15 minutes or so) I'd often switch from my paint and hair dryer technique to just cracking open the stage makeup kit. Quick shot of fixative spray and…

@blash: That is an old Bell Systems plug. You would see them on phones through about the 60s or so. You can find converters to RJ-11. I seem them in thrift stores and flea markets very occasionally.

Bono,

My RA loved me because I could do things like figure out the wattage on all of the stereo's, pcs, computers, min-fridges etc in a room and tell people what receptacles were on what circuits so the RA wasn't constantly having to find a maintenance person to flip a breaker (older dorm really not wired for all of today's…

@Marla Singer: hearted for the Bourdieu reference. My wife's dissertation (in progress) relies pretty heavily on his work. Which is to say, we've basically been living with the guy for the last four years.

@AmphetamineCrown: Along those lines, my favorite wood working tool is my blind nailer from Lee Valley tools. It is a like very small block plane that is designed to raise a chip or shaving but not break it. This allows you to say, tuck in a trim nail in the gouge and then glue the chip back down. To be honest, I…

@Jacknut: Hey, I'm from Kentucky so I don't need Steve Earle to tell me how to make my whiskey. And good Lord, 20 pounds of yeast. It's bacteria. The stuff reproduces it. Unless you've got a swimming pool-sized still, I'm not seeing it. I all seriousness, I'm pretty sure my father-in-law used to run shine, and you…

Lemon Balm is surprisingly effective. I just cut up big handfuls of it and strew it around on the floor of our deck. Even my dubious parents commented on how effective it was when they visited us a few weeks ago.

@Weatherwax: Did you see that study a few years back that ranked Lexington as the 12th best place in the world to live? If I remember, it went Tokyo, Lexington, Milan... But go ahead and get out of town ASAP. The native Lexingtonians who don't leave for at least a while get bitter and jaded, which is cool as an…