@Kent Smith: That's the way the fire department worked in my home town (small town). There were some taxes levied for the department, but you got a bill for at least a couple hundred dollars if they came to service you.

I'm going to have to side with the fire department on this one. The fire department provides a service. A service that costs money to operate. They have asked for people to pay for this service and given people the choice to enroll for their service or not. This family chose not to sign up for the service the fire…

@kittysglass: I was thinking pretty much the same thing. This is just bizarre.

@nessalicious: The response of finding humor in the fact that a father might be the caretaker of a child is unfortunate, but the pink parking spaces themselves don't seem sexist. If the overwhelming majority of parental caretakers are female, why not provide spaces to accommodate them? It's not sexist, it's…

How is a PC targeted at housewives sexist? A woman who is a homemaker is probably interested in a computer. If this one has features that a housewife would enjoy, why is it wrong to mention housewives specifically and draw their attention? So instead of sounding the sexism siren, why not congratulate them for…

@LaziestManOnMars: Yes! Let me get some bubble action on this!

@EthanPeter: They did in the original article about this.

"Although should these records be set on actual, you know, lawns?"

Do we get Hulu plus yet? Pretty please?

@macdrew: pomp·ous/ˈpämpəs/Adjective

@jepzilla: I'm glad someone sees the point I'm trying to make...

This home is incredibly modest given that Jobs is the most pompous man in the world.

*puts on tin foil hat*

I'm all for giving up my fleshy body once I get older. It would be pretty cool. But I want to give my current body a run for its money first...

@sean.shooks: Thank you. I appreciate your insight into the matter.

@favalora: Uh huh. The one exception I can think of is the Virtual Boy. That actually did cause a lot of eye strain. :)

I'm not an expert, but I don't think this counts as a tool. My understanding of the fundamental definition of a tool is that a tool is something that is crafted to be used for a specific purpose. With that definition, picking up a stick and poking something with it is not a tool. However, picking up a stick,…

@JohnnyricoMC: I sure hope so. I only have 3. I'm stuck on the other 4... :-/

directly onto your retina. Oh no! There's a device that shines light into your eye? That sounds awful! It will probably give you cancer or make you go blind or something! ... What's that you say? Everything we see is a result of light being projected into our eyes?!?! ... OH GOD! We're all going to go blind!

@A Flock of Smegal's: Hi, my name is Mac. Will you be my friend?