Agreed. Personally, I intend to stop buying food. I know that something tastier is just going to come along and devalue my menu decision. :-(

Oh, yes! The Easter Bunny told me so!

Three seashells.

Stan Lee is fond of names with two parts, using the same first letter: Peter Parker, Fantastic Four, Reed Richards... It would indeed be interesting to see what he does here.

In the short story "What Good Is a Glass Dagger?" by Larry Niven, we learn that magic is a force that can be used up. See [en.wikipedia.org]

My grandfather served on CV-5, "Yorktown". He also lost most of his hearing from the big guns. He both served on Yorktown, down in the bowels of the ship, and participated in the attempt to salvage her.

Good start, but you need a fifth element: a genetically-engineered divine being.

A lot of those cameras have quality-control problems. You really should send all of the photos to me for expert evaluation. ;-)

I am CMV-negative. The Red Cross is constantly hitting me up for a pint o' the red stuff. And I have high blood pressure.

I would suspect that the inconvenience does not come from those who suffer from the allergies, but to the over-reaction at schools and some other places. A couple of years ago, it was suggested to ban peanuts as snacks on airplanes. And most schools have banned peanutbutter sandwiches - that most kids love.

Lidsville is the living end!

I had one, too. I seldom used the pen, but the other inserts were fun!

You must live alone and have a very low opinion of yourself. I figure that wife, children, and my own life are worth protecting.

Fascinating! Thanks for the information!

So what would Pablo say to the Elohim, if he could meet the aliens who created the human race and then abandoned us? "I would say 'Thank you... Thank you for everything.'

I'm holding out for the bacon bracelet!

I would be interested in hearing how that _really_ works out.

Thank you for saying that!

My must recent tech support call was to help dad fix a formatting problem in the e-mail he sends to his clients.

To each his own. Even when it comes to incandescents, I prefer a bluer light - I use Reveal.