I showed up those five times and served.

In my location, jury selection notices come in standard mail, no proof of delivery/signature required. They are sent in a window envelope and are printed on a pukey-lime coloured paper with a return address that plainly shows it is from the court administrator.

The most important thing about travel is to actually *travel* and not be a tourist.

One major thing to help kids from getting bored on a trip is to have them get involved in the planning process.

Limited functionality. "set timer for [anything more than 23h 59m]" fails.

If it were Pam Oliver and not Erin Andrews, would we be having this discussion?

Americans have such a short attention span and memory, this "incident" will be completely forgotten within 2-3 months, depending on the outcome of the Superbowl and how many media hacks keep dredging it up/rehashing it.

There are three sauces that will fix anything.

Yay! Go for it! It also works on the shower door glass to keep water drops from forming; it is a more subtle message but sometimes that is the best way to go.

I do a variation of this on hotel mirrors. I write "REDRUM" or "How YOU doin'?" ususally.

"...Her dislikes include feed tray stoppages, tracer flareout of her NVGs and premature fixed-wing strikes scattering her high-value targets."

I've tried several alternative shoe knots and can't get any of them to hold reliably and/or get the laces tight enough.

...and if you are late for the dinner scrum, no fruit cup.

You do realize that the photo is copyrighted/all rights reserved?

One of the few Chris Rock pieces I've ever found funny:

In this scenario, the best course of action would be to light a candle in the far corner of the living room/kitchen area and leave it down on the floor. Now, turn on your gas stove *but make sure it does not light*.

Also consider group dynamics when considering group travel, specifically the size of the group.

LastPass has a nifty, secure automatic form filling feature.

I still miss the old Netware screen saver. As the server was under more load, the snake would get longer and move faster; it was a great way to be able to monitor basic server health from across the room.