“Near Death” doesn’t require an injury. All that is required to be considered near death is an elevated risk that could result in death. Which applies to this situation. For example let’s say you are standing on a ledge of a tall building. Someone pushes you and you fall towards the ground. As luck might have it, you…

I doubt the driver checked for guide wires in the medians, and calculated distance to additional drivers before putting on the brakes. In this particular instance nobody died, but that’s not to say that doing this 5 seconds sooner/later wouldn’t have ended up with an incredibly different result. Many people have died…

Someone very easily could have died in this situation, and most likely it would have been someone not involved in the original altercation. That car was heading directly into oncoming traffic, and swerving in/out of lanes.

I do GIS for local government. I’m able spend time both indoors on my computer, enjoying the A/C and outdoors when the weather is begging me to go out. (like today) I can problem solve, find new technologies/solutions, be creative, and structure my day as see fit. I get decent benefits and vacation time. I mostly work…

I know everyone keeps saying the odds of winning are less than “getting hit by lighting in a frog storm” or whatever, but... does getting hit by lighting in a frog storm actually happen? I mean, someone IS going to win, eventually. (most likely not me, but still).

Agreed, not every homeowner has the skill to do the work themselves. I know my limitations, and have hired out things like electrical & plumbing, although on both accounts I’ve had to go back behind the contractor and fix several things, but I also tend to be a bit of a perfectionist.

When we bought our home in 2013 we put the minimum 5% down and used the rest of our funds to remodel the home, including a new kitchen. After remodeling it for 2 years we knew that the overall value had gone up quite a bit and had the home reappraised to remove the PMI from our loan. (which at the time was about…

I recently read and article talking about how first-time buyers are finding the real-estate market “unaffordable”. It was interesting though, becasue they said that since so young people are used to high end appliances, granite, luxury bathrooms, etc in their apartments that they refuse to buy homes without those…

Truth. IMO as a DIYer I think I do a better job than if I’d hire someone. (Granted it takes me a lot longer to do it) Seems like anytime I’ve ever hired someone to do a job for me, I’ve been really disappointed in the results and quality of the work.

We have what was called a “sleeping porch” and I can’t wait to turn it into a TV room/den when I get the money/time. As it is now, it doesn’t count as square-footage for sale/appraisal purposes, and we basically use it as a storage room for all our junk.

Agreed. My home was built in 1941 and still has the original solid oak door and brass hardware. I recently added a quick coat of brass polish to the hardware and sanded the door down to freshen it up. Cost me about $50, and looks amazing. I’m always a little sad when I see my neighbors pull out their old doors and…

“you can turn this feature on and off at will.” - Well.. Keeping in mind that it says it take 2-hours to take effect after you turn change the setting..

That fact that the cups changed at all is a recognition of the upcoming holiday... just sayin’.

I bought a Misfit Bolt lightbulb and put it in my bedside lamp. Total cost $50-ish... It pairs with your phone through bluetooth and it gives you a gradual (over 30 minutes) sunrise. Starts with low reds and slowly lights up to a nice full glow. After doing some research this seemed the most cost effect route... I…

I bought a Misfit Bolt lightbulb and put it in my bedside lamp. Total cost $50-ish... It pairs with your phone…

Christian Siriano & Brad Walsh also totally nailed it again this year:

Her daughter was a Manson girl.. #NeverForget

Step 1, get a sun-simulation alarm clock... As we’re moving into winter I found myself hitting snooze more and more, and then rushing through my morning routine to get to work on-time. But... then I bought a lightbulb that simulates a sunrise, and I set it to go off when my alarm goes off. It’s revolutionized my…

I guess I just don’t know what Misogyny is, becuase I didn’t see anything wrong with this conversation. I mean my husband and I have similar conversations about guys with think are attractive, or might be well endowed, etc. Assuming these 3 people were in a private location having the conversation I don’t the…

I’ve been considering refilling my regular canisters at a paintball store, but now this has me concerned it’s not “food grade” CO2. Where did you find this information?

Yeah, I attempted to start a graduate certificate program this Spring semester, but the class I signed up for was canceled last minute due to low enrollment. So I'm going to try again in the Fall hopefully.. I'm sorta freaking out though, because my company now is cutting people left and right, and I'm just hoping to…