Tea has it, although not nearly at the levels of coffee. But, I too was not coffee drinker until recently. I despised the stuff. But a trip to Mexico where coffee was one of the "safe" drinks got me change my tune. It's definitely an acquired taste.

That Dallas hit (#2)...I was there. Everyone in the stands thought the flag was on Seattle. Seeing the replay again, flagging Dallas looks even more absurd.

Sometimes people just disagree because it's not their idea, or they woke up cranky, or whatever. A "good idea" isn't necessarily a slam dunk for getting someone to agree to it.

Generally for meat, 1 year in the freezer. And if I remember properly, it's more about taste at that point than safety. I anything I find in the back of the freezer if it's a year or more old just as a general rule (I mean, if it's been in there that long and not eaten, probably no one wanted it anyway).

I tend to think the "Tom is a sleeper agent" stuff is going to turn out to be misdirection on the writer's part. If Tom had been converted, why dump him in Michigan instead of near his home turf? That seems a strange place to put him down if he was a sleeper (I mean seems a bad place anyway but really bad if you want…

The most serious flaw in the episode to me. Everything else can be written off as effects of sleep deprivation, hunger, illness and the general lack of sound judgement that can come from all of those things. But Tom not even connecting the dots back to his conversation with the Alien Leader about putting all the…

Seriously? Wow. If that's true, your generation sucks. You want to get paid? Prove yourself.

No one else emails voicemails? My rinky dink cable company does that. Pretty sure Vonage and Google Voice do it too. I don't think this is a feature unique to Magic Jack....

Problem is, in the novel at least, most of the characters are NOT teenagers.

Agreed. The premise was interesting, the execution was awful. Every character talked (and acted) like they were 13. The audio book in particular was overwrought, with the narrator trying to emote all the teen-like angst.

They renewed it because the whole network is in the toilet. The Office would be a bubble show on most other networks and it is their one "hit" comedy. Might as well see if Community can help put some numbers on Friday night. Notice almost all of their returning shows got treated like the new ones, with 13 episode…

It depressing really. The reason you get to complain about Fox cancelling all your favorite shows is because they were willing to put them on the first place. The other networks never take as many risks as Fox does and Fox has 1/3rd fewer programming hours to schedule around. Now they are turning into a CBS clone.

The fact they moved two of those episodes back into sweeps is a pretty strong indicator that they do, in fact, care about it. The Friday move by itself was actually quite ingenious. Shows with hardcore fan bases usually bring those fan bases with them to Friday nights. The pairing with Whitney, however, is troubling.…

I suspect MIB3 will be the summer's biggest flop. I just don't think anyone cares about it. You can almost hear the theater collectively yawn when the trailer plays.

I didn't say it wasn't smooth, I just don't think it's worth crossing the border to avoid TSA. TSA is generally pretty smooth, too. And flying to the US from the US departures terminal in the Vancouver airport gets your shoes taken off even though there wasn't a TSA uniform to be seen. Winnipeg and Vancouver security…

There is nothing "unreasonable" about it. You are consenting to be screened when you purchase the ticket. Yes, most of it is silly and for show. But there has to be some screening done. Or are you advocating going back to the days when you could just walk on the plane with no screening whatsoever?

That certainly would not help. That would mean Canada or Mexico. Canada lets you keep your shoes on if you fly domestically but spends a lot more time looking at your gear in the x-ray machine. Mexico also lets you keep your shoes on, but makes you take out your computer and iPad. Plus, they do random pat-downs at the…

Most companies passively "monitor" to protect themselves. They couldn't care less if you shop during a break or update facebook as long as your job is being done. If they did, they would block access to those sites. Just don't do any illegal or blatantly stupid. If you are being actively watched, then you've done…

I give the same polite answers I would give an interview as to why I wanted to switch jobs. Usually they do not care why you are leaving unless they suspect there is a bigger problem in your department or group. Most people leave a job for a mix of personal and professional reasons. I did have one HR rep ask me to be…

No center screw? This thing isn't going to stay in very long unless you hold it down while removing power cords, especially in older sockets.