I forgot about the 1999 Taurus wagon we had for a month before it was totaled. That had more than enough space.

I thought it was the Forester. Of course I think that because there is an Outback in my garage. All of the lesbians that I know are nice people, so there are worse car stereotypes in my mind.

The cars that we've owned with two kids are a 1998 Escort, a 1994 Legacy, a 2003 Outback, and a 2006 Cobalt. The Outback is the only car we bought specifically with transporting the kids in mind. We were able to get the kids (aged 6 and 8 at the time) from Kentucky to Denver and back in the Cobalt over two weeks. …

And a big thank you to women's swimming, woman's track and field, woman's gymnastics, and Michael Phelps.

You don't have to miss Harry Potter. We still have all the books and movies at home. (And wands, audiobooks, and t-shirts for each house.)

The US team did very well, all things considered. Bailey make Bolt run harder than any other time in the Olympics. Hopefully, we'll be seeing more of him in four years.

That's August at Lambeau that you just described.

I'm not a photography expert, but I agree with your analysis. The dolphins were also too uniform in size. I'm calling shenanigans.

I've been laughing at the adult Raismans for the whole Olympics. I've been getting a hyper stage-parent vibe from them.

I thought the movie had a better tone than the book. The novel was hostile towards religion, and the movie was able to smooth out the hostility.

Meanwhile, I am still falling of my WII balance board.

I'm sure this will be the lead on Bill O'Rielly's show tonight.

I watch the Appendices of the extended DVD of LotR a couple of time each year. I love the interviews of the cast and crew. These video blogs are very similar, except how much everybody has aged in 10 years.

There were several people who were blurred out of the video. Cumberbatch may very well be one of them.

Actually, it was 1912.

You mean "astronomical layout." Astrological layouts are for the comics page.

I figure that as a worst case scenario, you could sell the running 327, sell the rest as scrap and still turn a profit. Best case scenario you restore it and get a great vehicle.

On http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/07/06/announcing-the-human-division, John was very clear that the new book is NOT a serialized novel. The analogy he used was that Tor was releasing stories like episodes in a TV series. (But for the record, it sounds like a serialized, multi-threaded novel to me.)

Remember that the best defense is a good offense. Answer every question with, "Why the hell did you ask that stupid question?" Prepare to deal with a king cobra ahead of time.

I wish I had this back in high school. I might have given a darn back then. I have the same relationship with English classes that most people have with math classes.