When I got married in 1976 (!) I had an Opel GT, not really a sports car but certainly a sporty car and plenty fun to drive. However, it lacked things that someone planning a family someday needed, like a back seat. So, I sold it and we got a Volvo 240, paying over $6K when you could get a perfectly nice Ford or…

Fun fact: during WWII everyone was strongly encouraged to save used cooking oil and grease and turn it in. It was used to make munitions; a pound of grease contains enough glycerin to make a pound of high explosive.They collected well over half a billion pounds in the course of the war.

Fun fact: the “WD” in WD-40 stands for “Water Displacement”. “WD-40" is abbreviated from the term “Water Displacement, 40th formula”. Its initial application was treating the outer skin of Atlas missiles.

As a father of two girls, now adults, I’ve learned this: parenthood is paradoxical, and the conflict is inevitable - the process is unwinnable. Your job as a parent is to nurture and protect the child, while the child’s job is to become independent of you. These opposing goals usually come into conflict sometime in…

Fun fact: the lead photo shows the British band The Searchers holding the troll dolls. Left to right is drummer Chris Curtis, guitarists Mike Pender and John McNally, and lead singer Tony Jackson. The Liverpool band was contemporary with the Beatles, and is best known for their 1964 hit Needles and Pins. With numerous…

“It’s mostly an empty shell, with engines, fuel tanks...”

“But Fredo isn’t the most evil Corleone...”

“But Fredo isn’t the most evil Corleone...”

Meghan, you are playing with fire here. If people knew how hard it is to raise kids the human race would die out in a generation. Our only hope is continued blissful ignorance.

Somebody help me out here... what did the ending mean? <spoilers>

For one thing, that’s an Electro-Voice RE-20 microphone. It’s a broadcast-quality mic that sells for around $500. You can probably get along with a less expensive one for your podcast; a Blue Yeti at around a hundred bucks is more than good enough.

In the ‘90s I was in the Oshkosh WI airport for the big air show. The concourse was crowded, and I bumped into someone. Turning, I found myself nose-to-nose with Buzz Aldrin. I was too stunned to speak, and the old moon walker just smiled, turned and walked away. I’ll always regret not speaking to him and shaking his…

The mark preceding the text is telling. “S/NF” means “Secret/No Foreign”. Not only was it classified secret, it could not be disclosed to any non-citizen, even one who holds the appropriate clearance. This is of course sublimely ironic, as the whole episode centers on the president’s phone call to a foreign head of…

Doesn’t look a bit like Kim.

I can’t speak to the coffee, but Biscuits N’ Porn in Nags Head NC on the Outer Banks makes the best gas station breakfast sandwiches on the planet. The line is out the door every morning.

Wiki says:

“...many people spend their inheritances faster than they expect by splurging on short-term pleasures and failing to plan for the tax burden.”

You forgot this:

You forgot this:

When I graduated from college in 1971 (yes, I’m really that old) my mailbox filled with credit cards; every grad’s did. These were real, approved, fully active cards with noticeable credit limits; you could go right out and buy stuff immediately. I guess times have changed.

“...NASA spent millions developing a pen that could write in space, and the Russians used a pencil.”

“...NASA spent millions developing a pen that could write in space, and the Russians used a pencil.”