Private sector Nice Price or Crack Pipe - o - Meters are always superior. If yours needs to be recalibrated, then that is due to the overabundance of government regulation.

There were two things that I noticed in the first few minutes. First, Henry was born at 8:15. Second, the Jolly Roger coming out of the portal looked suspiciously like what happened at Henry's birth.

I remember when Cartoon Network teased the last episode of Pirates of Dark Water as part of a promo for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. It was the first time I saw Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and I was laughing so hard that I forgot to be angry at Cartoon Network.

I re-watched the first seasons of the X-Files recently. It struck me how many mysteries could have been trivial to solve if they had Google in 1993.

Rand uses "had had" and "that that" in her sentences. That bugs me the most.

I was just daydreaming, and I realized that the two most popular bad writers that I can think of are Ayn Rand and Stephenie Meyer. Now, I'm trying to decide if an Atlas Shrugged/Twilight cross-over fanfic would be the greatest fiction ever, or the worst.

My family visited Hocking Hills this Easter. We were there for the waterfalls. It is a pretty area and worth the trip.

Well done, Charlie Jane!

I was in the same situation. I still don't know why my parents bought one. We were living in a single-wide trailer at the time, so it's not like we had lots of money. My suspicion is that my Grandfather saw the whole internet explosion coming in 1980 and talked them into it.

I think that for some politicians, defunding public education is their pet project.

I don't like the phrase "ahead of their time", but I really think it applies to Maria Montessori.

I've been using Net 10 for years. I have to get a card or add minutes online every two months. However, $30 for two months is hard to beat. I only talk about one hour per week on the phone, and text a fair amount. There are other options if you talk more than I do.

Did anyone else read "Summer Glau is ready for a bedroom battle..." and get excited. Or, am I just a dirty old man?

I find it's best to keep life in perspective. No matter how bad my life feels, it could be worse. After a couple of hours of immersion in this world, having running water and food in the fridge feels like an accomplishment.

IIRC, there is a book series where Commander Shelby gets a command and has her own adventures. It would have been cool to have someone like her, a young, ambitious female, as the main character for new movies instead of broKirk from nuTrek.

I've been tuning out the Under the Dome spoilers for a while. Today, I caught Brian K. Vaughn and aliens in the same story, and I'm kicking myself.

Hats off to Alan Taylor for admitting that something wasn't working. I'm sure that most directors wouldn't let their egos get out of the way to accept help.

Do you write for 2 Broke Girls? If not, you should.

Did you use trig tables or a slide rule? Using scientific calculators to do math reduces your geek cred. Paradoxically, using scientific calculators to play Super Mario Bros. increases it.

I've never seen the movie, and I have no intention of ever seeing it. It always seemed like shameless Oscar-bait to me.