I read ski magazines, and one other thing that they suggest is to wear an airbag that you would inflate if caught in an avalanche.

A flare is only useful if you know which way is up. In this case, it might have been useful, as the skier was buried straight upright, but most times, you're tumbled every which way, and end up in complete darkness with at least a meter of snow on every side.

THE CAKE IS A L...

When I was a kid, we went to a garage sale and picked up a Commodore 64, as well as several programs for it.

So, what you're saying is, swamp gas from a weather balloon got trapped in a thermal pocket and refracted the light from Venus?

No, it's a ToydariALF. That's Watto, not Sebulba. The slave owner/junk shop manager, not the other racer.

I'm watching through the Clone Wars and what I really like seeing is how he wind both ways with his apprentice as well. If he wins as Palpatine, he rules with Vader at his side. If he wins as Sidious, he rules with Tyranus (Dooku) at his side. The whole Clone Wars, in addition to setting up his elevation to…

Unsalted. I never buy salted butter (I use butter mainly for baking sweet/chocolatey things, so salted butter would make the things taste horrible), and I find that the unsalted stuff adds the perfect amount of flavour to the popcorn.

The idea of failure meaning "giving up" as opposed to "not succeeding" is nothing new:

Air popped, butter, no salt.

In the season finale, it will be revealed that Bear has gone and rescued Shaw all on his own.

Well, how else would you explain large groups of strangers spontaneously doing the same dance steps, like in those Broadway musicals?

Someone asked me whether I would rather see this movie or Kingsmen. I replied that I didn't really want to see this movie, because, based on the trailer, it looked like one of those movies with a ridiculous premise, but took itself far too seriously. This review seems to confirm my impression

I would think it would have to be a doctor, as only a doctor can determine all three of the following:

I admit, I'm having a hard time writing an impartial response to this, as the child of depressed parent who ended up committing suicide.

This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.

See, my annoyance goes the other way - where did the "US" go in every other headline? I have no problem with people referring to a phenomenon in North/South America as just "American." I'm more annoyed that USAians refer to their little slice of the pair of continents as "America" as if it were the entirety.

I thought #2 was the J of R+L = J (due to the R part).

I use Schneier's Password Safe.

Yay! Sabacc is now canon again!