Good on you, sir. One step at a time.

I would, if I could, downvote you for only the reason that having to deal with the authorities (if you live in a place where marijuana is illegal) is one more issue that depressed people really don't need. It's hard enough already just to make it through the day. So, medically, you may be right. But, man, one more…

I am so glad that people that really need help with their depression are able to get that help much more easily these days. Only 15 years ago, it was very, very hard to find help as most of the scarce money for depression was for those dangerous to themselves or others. Oddly, after trying to get treated for at least…

Well, on a slightly off-topic topic, I do wish this site had down-voting as well as up-voting.

Sweet. So, these would be, what, 24" wood coasters?

Why do the Storm Troopers never have helmets with smiles, instead of frowns? Enquiring minds want to know! (or any other sort of creepy thing that could be plaster on the front of the helmet where the mouth-y thing usually is)

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." [http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/…]

Being a "hero" doesn't get you much, either. Damn little, actually. Vietnam vet here (and not a hero).

And the music from Star Wars came from Tschaikovsky's "Pathetique" symphony also. Just re-arranged, I believe.

Thunder and Lightning storms in the "Persian Gulf" (currently known as the "Arabian Gulf") are not a very big threat to a carrier. The "Gulf", by whatever name you use, is indeed quite shallow but seas there were pretty calm. At least when I was there on the USS LaSalle (AGF-3), sailing for almost a year in that…

Agreed. See "Connections", a BBC TV show by James Burke. One of his episodes (the first one, I believe) include air-conditioning as a piece of the chain that led (among a million other uses) to the Space Shuttle. Great, great show. (And the follow-up series)

Agreed. The batters are hands-down worse than the pitchers. I understand the "routine", like in golf, of getting one's focus, etc., but it's BASEBALL, not golf. We don't need no stinkin' timers. If a person doesn't like the pace of the game, then they should go do something else cuz they ain't baseball fans. I also…

Looks like the scene from the move "Midway" (1976) where the fighter crashes into the Yorktown bridge. Incidentally, I thought that scene, and some of the other scenes of planes crashing, was real WWII footage but the Wikipedia entry on the film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_(f…) says it was "stock footage".…

Nearly all American cars designers rarely seem to care about the ass-end of their cars. And it drives me bonkers! Generally, the best thing you can say about our American car rear ends is that they are usually receding from you at speed. Gah! Can't think of one American name brand that is free from the "nice car but…

Agreed, but it didn't help that it rained yesterday so much of that stuff froze last night, too. In the Western Fairfax suburbs, the roads were often quite icy. Lovely stuff!

The #1 car manufacturing city in the US is (at the moment) Kansas City, MO (my old home town), due to the Ford plant there. Indeed, #10 is Kansas City, Kansas (GM). In the 70's, there was another GM plant there (Pontiac?) in south KC, such that the KC Metro area was the second largest car-building city the US behind…

"it takes years of pre-avoidance to reach this stage" << Well said.

Anything with the word "Soul" in it. I just can't even believe that one.

+1 from me to you. As long as the events are held any time from 10 am - 2 pm, which is the non-rush-hour time during the week (or 8:30 pm - 4:30 am, I suppose), the public transportation system will be able to deliver the tourists to their destinations. Any other time, it is FULL.

I assume the Army finally completed the burning of all the chemical weapons that were at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility just down the road. Might be a bit disconcerting if one of the inmates dug up one of those Sarin cannisters in his (or her) escape attempt.