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I bet you most people don't know that the Declaration of Independence includes the phrase:

I prefer the interface of Outlook to Google Calendar, but I used Google's for a while because it could be accessed anywhere. That being said, the exchange server that my work has allows me to access my calendar from a browser, so the edge that Google had for me is gone.

I think it's hard to call someone a protofeminist if they were past the first wave of feminism. I mean, Mary Wollenstonecraft is a protofeminist, not that guy.

It's odd, I was just talking to my father about using Android for stuff other than phones and tablets. I was thinking about putting it (or iOS, etc.) in cars instead of whatever crap the manufacturers put there, because it would make such a better user experience. Does anyone else hate the interface of car…

It seems like a lot of people are comparing windows 7 to iOS or Android, but I really think that it will gain a lot from RIM screwing the pooch. Blackberry phones (at least in the U.S.) are primarily business phones with a healthy MS Office interface. I haven't played around with a Windows phone, but I can imagine…

Any idea on the price compared to standard nets? Because honestly, if it isn't close enough in price to what fishermen currently use (not to mention is as durable), then I don't see this really going anywhere.

Anyone patent gravity yet? Cause I could make a killing...

It seems like some of the comments about not liking the negotiating process of buying a car (or other things) is a very U.S.A. (and maybe Western European) feeling. Plenty of cultures have negotiation woven into their culture that buying a car wouldn't be the stressful pursuit many of us see it as. After taking some…

Is it just me, or does anyone else love Angel Merkel as much as I do? Sure, she's part of the Center-right Party (though to the left of the Democrats in many ways) and I'm a bleeding heart liberal, but she seems to be a smart, genuine person to hang out with. I don't really get that smarmy politician vibe whenever I…

I believe "shorn" is the past participle of "shear," which means to cut with scissors or shears. Interestingly enough, I would consider one who just used an electric razor to be shorn and one who used a straight razor to be shaven, as an electric razor uses a scissoring mechanism to cut the hair. I only know this…

Living Single was one of my favorite sitcoms of all time. I don't think I was the target audience (young, white, suburban male) but I felt a real affinity for the characters. When I figured out my sexuality and met other (mostly white) gay men, I was surprised by how many shared my love for the show. I'm not sure…

The problem with studies like these are the vague, often self-reported data that they have to draw from. For example, when they say that sunscreen use hasn't been proven to be effective at preventing types of cancers, is it because sunscreen is bunk, or perhaps because people who use sunscreen are more likely to be…

I may get flamed with this, but I have a very specific definition of "sport" in my mind. A sport is an athletic activity in which two (or more) teams compete against each other, directly influence their opponents performance and are scored objectively. For example: basketball is a sport, golf is not (no influence on…

I seem to have the opposite problem. I'm 6'3 and on the slimmer size of average. My body would fit into a medium better than a large t-shirt (I wear my clothes a bit tighter that others), but I frequently have problems with mediums not being long enough. I don't want a shirt to show to stomach if I raise my arms.

The problem with this is that we don't know the background of the author... most people are assuming he's white (and that he's a he... the signature could be a red herring but that's more of a stretch). Anywho, what would people say if it turns out that the author is a First Nation guy rather than white. If there's…

Hasn't this been around for a while? I've heard it referred to as "andropause," which makes sense to me. When we get old, things don't work so well anymore... why would men be different from women in this regard?

To all those equating this possible tallis with the iffeyah scarves: tallitot are religious and keffiyehs are cultural/ethnic. There is no connection between Islam and keffiyeh beside their roughly shared geography. Muslims in Asia probably don't wear keffiyeh, and there's a long history of Jews who lived in the…

I was definitely very aware of this as a Starbucks barista. We didn't get paid a whole lot, so I had to maximize my money. I don't know if other jobs did this, but we were allowed to clock in 5 min early (and up to 5 min late) without any sort of permission from our manager. I made sure I clocked in as soon as I…

Agreed, I wish I had been vaccinated, though I was too old when guardasil came out. A dentist recently found a spot on my tonsil, ENT told me it was HPV. I asked him about the oral cancer risk, but he said "You read too much." It might never cause anything, but still, I'd rather have had the vaccine.