medicine ball - noun 1. a large, heavy solid ball thrown and caught for exercise.

I had the good fortune to have advanced chemistry in high school and was even more fortunate to be the only student. My instructor gave me lots of leeway and let me learn some things I probably shouldn’t have known. This was one of them.

It’s not just them - the state insurance commissioner is ultimately responsible for the rates. The insurance companies must request approval for rate increases in Louisiana, the same as it is in most states. You can also thank all of the natural disasters, high rates of drunk driving, large number of under/uninsured…

On my way home from work, my old truck developed an unusual wiggle in the steering. So I called the nearest shop and confirmed that they could check on it immediately. I had to make a u-turn less than a block from the shop and when I did, the right-front tie rod came loose. I managed to do a 10-point turn while…

Even though this was a tragic event, you are still much more likely to die by some injury other than someone hunting you down with a firearm. All the numbers below are from the CDC. For the uninitiated, the number of traffic accident deaths is about the same as firearm deaths; however, roughly 2/3 of the firearm…

As I walked to the elevator one morning, I spotted a car idling with nobody in it. I contacted building security and they promised to make calls to all of the offices in our building. At lunch, I noticed it was still idling. Again, I called security. They had made the calls, but couldn’t find the owner. They decided…

My current pair is an Explorer and a WRX. It’s works ok, but I’d rather the Explorer be 4wd and be a Flex....

I see that once again a blogger focuses on only a small part of the big picture. Impress me by talking about the full economic impact of the river and how these design plans support the long-term economic viability of the river and the ports along it. The host of the design competition recognizes the importance of…

I bought mine well after the car seat stage; however, I can tell you that two teenagers fit fine.

When Subaru announced there would be no hatch for 2015, I made my much-delayed decision to replace my truck for the last of the 2014 hatches. When I say last, I’m not kidding. I found the last new one in the state that wasn’t spoken for.

As you can see here on the map, all of the areas marked in yellow are no-stopping zones. If you move your car immediately, we will cancel the call for a tow.

In the engineering world, everything comes down to Time-on-Job (TOJ). TOJ represents hours billable to a client. Everyone is either billable or is on overhead. Those on overhead (i.e. sales, accounting, etc.) are supposed to be generating new billable work for the rest of the team or are managing the paperwork to get…

Or the lawn.

I learned how to walk silently by living in a mobile home for a few years. If my footfalls were audible, I’d hear my mom yell, “Stop stomping through the house!” When I went off to live in the dorms at college, I discovered what my mom was yelling about. People who grew up in slab-on-grade houses would walk down the…

I always wanted to fly, but never could justify the cost. Then I took a tandem flight on a hang glider. It was AMAZING. I started lessons the next month.

Dang it! Once again, someone has ruined my productivity for the day by posting something about a car I love. The Spider was on the top of my list as a teenager, but I never bought one. I ended up with a much more practical truck instead.

For all those worried about the bends (decompression sickness): Divers use dive tables to tell us how long we have to spend decompressing to prevent the bends. The first depth listed on the table is 35 feet. You can spend nearly 3 hours at 35 feet and not have to worry. Go deeper or stay longer and you will. Anything…

My mom worked about a block away from the OKC bombing. All of the glass on that side of her building shattered with the explosion, then fell into the parking garage below. They were fortunate that nobody was down there when it happened. The cars on the top deck were shredded by falling plate glass.

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Trailing link suspensions are designed with the articulation point ahead of the primary axle. Perhaps the most well-known trailing link design is the front suspension on an old Beetle. trailing link design has nothing to do with steerability.