Where I work we have decent perks. We have a casual dress code (jeans are allowed). We get free coffee/soda. We have free salad bar lunches with some other stuff thrown in (although the quality is pretty damn bad). Unfortunately, these little perks are there because we don't get a lot of respect from the company. Too…

I sometimes check in places on Facebook, but I use it more as an advertising method for the places I like. I would never check in a Chipotle or the grocery store or something like that, but I will at the little, family owned restaurant down the street. I figure if people see mu check-ins, if someone says they want to…

While this is certainly possible, I have to question how much it really happens. Most robberies are not targeted enough for this to be a factor. To make this work, you have to first stake out a house and find out how lives there. Then you have to find them online and hope they actually have an open profile for…

My work music is exclusively The Current.

This is only tangentially related, but are there any apps or launchers (other than WidgetLocker) that will let you quickly mute your phone from the lockscreen? I am stuck using WidgetLocker now, which isn't bad but WAY overkill for something that should be so simple. I just want to swipe to mute the ringer and swipe…

My issue with tipping (besides the fact that everyone should be paid at least minimum wage) is that it doesn't make sense to base it on a percentage of the bill. So if I go someplace and order a steak that costs $25 instead of sandwich that costs $6, the waitress should get a bigger tip? Tipping should be based on…

So says this guy...

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1+2+2+1. No, there was only 1 shot at the chandelier so that would be 1+2+1+1. Even if you were right, that would be 1+1+2+1 not 1+2+1+1.

This was my thought exactly. If you should never button it, why is it there? It doesn't really add anything from a look perspective (at least IMO). Just because something has always been there doesn't mean it always needs to be there if it isn't useful.

I think 40 years is ridiculous for active pursuit of someone who we know isn't in the country and hasn't done anything since. I'm not saying pardon her, but the idea that 40 years later they are upping the reward from 1 million to 2 million and putting her on the FBIs most wanted list is just silly. Are you telling…

I actually do a mixture of these methods. I put the pasta in a frying pan (yes, a frying pan) and fill it with cold water. I then put the water on the burner. Once it starts to boil it usually takes another 2-3 minutes for the pasta to be done.

This reminds me a lot of back in 1991 (I think) when one of our local radio sports guys vowed to live on a billboard (on top of a roof) until the Bengals won a game. The Bengals being the Bengals, they started the season 0-8 and that year. He was living on that rooftop for 2 months before they finally one.

This obsession is what makes the Bling Ring so prevalent almost 5 years after the initial robbery took place and it is because, I believe, that a majority of society is just as sick as these teens were.

I actually ditched all of my bookshelves. When I moved last time, I had an interior decorator come in and look at the place to give me ideas for furniture, etc. One of the things she asked me was "how often do you look at the books on your bookshelves?" My answer was basically never (same thing with DVD cases). She…

I have found this to be difficult. While grocery stores do put unit pricing, what they have figured out is that they don't all have to be in the same units. For example, if I look at a 1.25 liter bottle of coke, the unit is "each" so the unit price is .99 (or whatever it costs that week). But if I look at a 2 liter…

Well, he could probably do one of the 2 then.

Why exactly are you tipping for most of these things? For wait staff it makes complete sense because they make less than minimum wage (which I still think is wrong). But why would I tip someone like the tow truck guy? Most of these jobs make a fair wage, so why should I tip them for just doing what I already pay…

While you do make good points, I think the key factor is that there is empirical evidence now. While the evidence may not be perfect, the general concept out there has no evidence behind it at all. So to me, the pressure is on someone who makes the standard claims about someone who works in porn to back up their…

I think the difference is in the pictures themselves. In Palin's picture, it is really a nicely done, well-framed photo. Yes, if you look at it differently, you could interpret it as the guy looking up her skirt, but that is generally not the first thing you think when you see the picture. The Romney picture is…