Well yes, because you only butter one side of toast. But I made an error in toasting the second side of slice B.

I think you’ll find slice B is toasted. From seconds 6 to 36 the first side is toasted, and from seconds 72 to 92 ... ah.

This is my brief effort:

atheism: The doctrine or belief that there is no God. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/atheism…)

Yeah, it’s really annoying trying to grow things with those ants around. They never attack the weeds, either, only the plants you want them to leaves alone.

Maybe this will help...

No, that’s not the atheist’s position, that’s the agnostics position.

That’s a pretty misleading tract...

So it just means ants have some measure of control as to whether to lay down a pheromone trail? That’s interesting, but I think they’ve extended the findings beyond what they show - of course, pondering the extended implications of something is an important scientific attribute.

I saw proposals for something like this in Sydney - people suddenly saying “hey, look at all this space in the middle of the CBD. We could call that prime real estate, if we wanted to”.

I don’t know about the school, but it’s pretty clear the American Ministry of Magic is placing a Confundus Charm on the entire muggle population on a regular basis. At least, that’s how I would explain American politics.

I really dug shulpfnuden (is that spelled right?)

I live in Mexico, so pretty much everywhere has a special dish that you should try. My local local dish is tacos acorizados, which are fantastic in their simplicity.

Deep fried Haggis! Can’t get more Scottish than that.

I thought Tor did books? I thought it was a publisher. Apparently I have misunderstood it completely.

I think she keeps getting nominated because so many people like her work. It’s fine that you don’t, but it’s clear that a great many people (myself included) thought Ancillary Justice was amazing.

The chances of a dystopia where cars become the be-all and end-all of survival are minimal, to the point of negligible. For starters, unless this apocalypse happens soon, there won’t be any guzzoline to burn. Any vehicles will be running off biofuel. But if you can make biofuel you have water and food, shelter, and…

One of my favourite memories is walking in Oaxaca and seeing one of these in a puddle by the side of the road. There are some animals you just don’t expect to see in the wild.

By gad, I think you’re right. Rock beats lever.

Nah, there’s always people who know how to do things. Indigenous peoples passing down knowledge, scouts, preppers, historical recreationists.... sure, a lot of people would be wiped out, but the species would continue.