I haven't seen his birth certificate (I won't accept the short form one, either) so I don't believe he's even a real American.

I guess I should have read through all the comments before saying exactly what others have said. Normally I wouldn't worry about that but this article really didn't have that many comments. Mind you that sentence was just so jarring I instantly responded.

"The stink bug: Nature's skunk."

No, not necessarily. Indeed Mars hasn't had flowing lava for 100s of millions of years. As far as we know Mars is as dead as the moon with a solid core. Lave could occur now if there was a large meteor strike but Mars is done producing lava.

Let's see... exactly never for the laptop. When I've taken it in for servicing the guys clean it but it hasn't caused any difficulty being dirty in the past. I'm much more careful with drinks etc around my laptop though.

If someone is "spamming" your feed but wish to remain FB friends you can change the settings for that one person to lower the number of their posts show up. You can even block just their picture posts if you like.

Just curious but what is the actual incidence of disease transmission via phone surfaces? I'm not opposed to this but I suspect this might just be a feature with no real benefit aside from lowering people's apparent queasiness and raising the price of the glass.

I guess it depends where you live or something. My own test using "auto mechanic" brings up only one ad but mostly just links (actual auto mechanics) connected to the Google map which I also have and the wikipedia article. That fills my screen aside from the "iconic white space".

My query is how do they make it taste that way? Just by adding some concentrated flavoring syrup? If so then no thanks. Making things chocolatey by adding the equivalent of Nestle Quick is ridiculous. If it's through the actual brewing process then I'm interested.

"Of course, the ethics of such a project is another thing entirely — a topic I will touch upon in a future post."

I contend that when all three movies are out it will be possible to cut out all the extra stuff and just keep stuff from the Hobbit and make one movie. I trust someone will do that.

Hmmm... interesting. I haven't used the official twitter app for years because it's never been that great. I prefer 3rd party apps which have had this feature for a long time.

It's actually free right now. You can donate if you want but you don't have to.

They might if any of these movies had been made in a Muslim country or in Israel perhaps but all these films are American. Despite the common disparagement of Christianity it's still the most common religion in the USA. Most people in the USA can understand/relate to the idea behind talking to a priest/minister more…

"Heating up a giant metal plate to slowly smooth out wrinkles"

Thanks a lot! That makes sense. My Japanese is a bit rusty... well it's nonexistent really.

Yes, that cake was made by the parents for the parents really. The "what was that" from one of the kids was precious.

Ummm, this was a jagermeister pool party. I don't think safety or anything other than heavy drinking and "fun" were on anyone's mind.

This is interesting. I have never heard about this being a problem anywhere else. I can't recall anything like it even in Windsor, which is next door to Detroit.

But I was just on piratebay... oh you meant to pay for it.