I hooned the heck out of any car I could touch as a teen, probably like everyone here. And I learned to control (and slide, skids are fun too) my own car in an empty Costco lot, slaloming between the scattered shopping carts before they were gathered for the night. I read “The Racing Driver” and “The Technique of…

I felt like pumpkin yesterday. It was terrifying. I had no arms or legs.

I just watched the whole thing while fervently wishing that he would blow his damn nose, so he doesn’t sound like this anymore.

Except that by the time this hits Hollywood, it would be mostly CGI. There’d be one genuine amputee, and the PR people would ham up her struggle, her perseverance, and unlikely success.

And all the Asian kids would be played by white people.

If I recall correctly, this was an issue with Oscar Pistorius. Before his running career was overshadowed by, you know, him being a murderer.

At the time, there was a question about whether he had an unfair advantage. Besides his prosthetics’ springiness and energy return and focused engineering, he was also accused of…

Do the four LEDs in the Paperwhite provide even illumination? Or are the luxury models addressing a deficiency?

I replayed that bit over and over. The car is already floating. It’s clearly drifting sideways.

The female dozer then lays a clutch of eggs, which will hatch into first-instar skid steers in just a few weeks.

It’s really not binary. Unlike some of the dumpster fires that have been posted before (zip-tied mechanicals, or a scam) this car seems to be perfectly clean and very well done, just way over its value.

I wish I had had paintball at my wedding.

And an Accord this morning with a “5.0" badge.

I saw a Dodge Neon with a giant obnoxious sticker that said “JDM”.

Thanks; I’ll try them.

I got gas and cramps.

even the very wealthy tend to get pissed off at repairs that seem to cost more than they should

I’m 5'7". Modern headrests just tuck my chin into my chest.

When my Thinkgeek Bag of Holding wore out, I searched for a month before replacing it with another Bag of Holding. I just haven’t found a substitute that can hold as much without bulging.

I do have a neat trick though for temporarily increasing capacity. I have a carabiner hooked onto either buckle of the bag’s strap;…

I’ve wanted to use a waterproof notebook ever since lab notes for my dissertation were destroyed in a wash cycle.

But I’ve read some pretty bad things about their compatibility with pens; I especially adore a Zebra multicolor ballpoint. Will I need special pens? Do they really take a long time for the ink to dry?

Unrelat…

I was playing it for my kids when, at a stoplight, I realized that the kids in the next car were singing along too.

I don’t care what he looks like. If his name is Fauntleroy, he speaks with a posh British accent and plays guitar with a pinky up in the air.