always bring an assistant with you that has a sole purpose of covering one or the other of your eyes.

the media coverage is there, public apathy is a thing.

thanks to the author, a lot of people (me included) now know this movie exists, and will enjoy it!

and add to everything everyone else is saying, robocalls just cycle digits, they don’t care if the number is active or not. they just hunt for anyone that is going to press 1 and give them their personal information.

indeed. my work number was a recycled number. not only do I get spam calls on it, but I get calls from collection agencies that absolutely won’t give up trying to find their guy by the means of calling me (and don’t accept that I’m telling them the truth). I get texts from random people asking if I’m going to the…

these stories never have the point of view of the business expressed. I’m not taking up sides here, but with just one side of the story, it’s impossible to really jump to a conclusion. 

I’m such a lucky guy, my name is Gerrit, to pronounce it correctly, you must roll the Rs, and the G has to have that hock a loogie sound. no one, save someone who has learned Dutch, can pronounce it.

yeah, well, 75 degrees at night means 90+ during the day, and without AC, there’s a lot of heat soaked into the home, so the interior temps, I would bet, were well above mid 80s long into the night.

the company is the first step in the choice by consumers to do the easiest thing with their waste. which is to toss it in the trash. the company needs to take more responsibility in the cleanup of this waste material from our planet.

that and big pharma gets to make their own versions of these drugs that they can sell for major profits, which usually end up being more addictive and having worse side effects. hooray for big pharma!

keep the cabin, call it YOLO national park, and sell tickets.

don’t use 1982 as an excuse for this ride, it was revamped in 1996, which is when they added Bill Nye, Ellen, and others. it changed from the Universe of Energy to Ellen’s Energy Adventure.

yep, one earbud, plus low volume keeps me engaged in my surroundings.

just more.

awesome advice:

to the end of the article, he says elderly should be insulted that a bike is suggested. I think the elderly should be insulted by that remark.

Katie Couric is an internet troll that was given too much credence.

I hate to be ‘that guy’ but as soon as the patent for a chemical goes away, the EPA seems to ban that same chemical. I’m sure that once the replacement chemical is patented, about 20 years after, the EPA is going to start looking to see how this new chemical is harmful to the environment.

no photos of golfers this time to create some faux outrage?

I’m losing the connection between a golf course water use and forest fires. are we presuming that during a drought situation that someone should stop watering golf courses and water the forest to ensure the moisture levels are higher and reduce the risk of fire?