Any theory of evolution is about the mechanism rather than the simple fact of evolution. Increasing complexity, the growth of new species from other species, adaptation to environment and such over time are the observations that theories of evolution seek to explain. Darwin's big theory, for example, is that natural…

I'd be curious about further research to demonstrate whether the women have more resilience or are they just not getting punched as hard.

Wait, you heard that Hamm is dumb? Having listened to several of the podcasts that he does with his comedian friends I can assure you that that is absolutely not the case. He's quick enough to almost keep up with the professionals in banter and seems to know stuff in a general sense. It may be that his strengths are…

Wait until you get sick. Then make a production out of it to him. Then when you are around him you can be all germophobic. He'll think you went a little nuts but he won't be offended.

It is best to have someone who otherwise is liked by the new person tell them. This happened to me. While I was losing a bunch of weight (220lbs, still off years later, huzzah) I smoked a pipe. And yes, I quit two months after achieving my goal. Apparently the smoke got into my clothing enough to bother some people. A…

If you aren't going to carry a balance then the best deal on the apparel page is the Kohl's card. It kind of depends on your shopping habits, but if you are someone who can wait till you get the best discounts and go in and buy the things that you need all at once, the deals can be crazily good.

I did not find this to be the case in my old DAOC days. When you had a hundred people trying to take that damned castle, everything was valued and important. We'd have our gank groups, sure, but we would distribute the weight of siege equipment and make sure we had some rams and catapults with us too. It would be…

If you can relax and enjoy it on a kid-friendly level then it is pleasant enough.

Well, they talk to the guys for a few minutes, figure out that they are trying to get Mirman laid, THEN they bounce.

My girlfriend and I refer to hers as the "Velvet Goldmine." She seems to find it simultaneously awesome and hilarious.

I found almost all of the added content in the LotR to be inferior to JRR's story (I am looking at you, warg-rider attack), so I am pretty dubious about watching Jackson stuff more miscellany into a fairly cohesive and simple story like "There and back Again." I mean, it will be fun either way, but I doubt it is the…

Will it be self-aware and deliberately over-the-top funny? I have my doubts.

You can always get a bike.

It is fairly well established that the Anasazi live on in modern Pueblo tribes, but even the best guesses as to why they moved away from these sites are conjecture. I have visited several of these sites and they always seem strikingly lonely.

Any tips for building one's hamstrings and quads when old knees are getting creaky? I do regular squats and quarter squats, but one of these years, probably asap, I am going to have to stop going parallel with squats.

Just large.

He's large.

It did.

I am liberal and I do not think this rises to the level of "funny." The execution isn't really there. But, uh, political humor isn't funny? Boy, will Colbert, Stewart, most SNL writers, Parker &Stone, the Allens, Albert Brooks and several thousand other really funny people who have worked with political humor be…

It is about as much of a superhero show as was Human Target. Slightly better than Human Target also. Definitely watchable.