Not to sound pathetic, but I don't. My wife keeps in touch with her family via Facebook, Skype, and snailmail (they live in another country), but the only family I communicate with are my parents, who I see a couple of times a week IRL (we work in the same field).

He/she was just trying to get an updated profile pic for Birdbook(tm)

This. There are planty of people out there who buy a car because it's 'cute' or because of a gimmic (I have a friend who bought a Tundra entirely because of the electric vertical-opening rear window), but most (at least, most of the people I know) just want a car that does what they need it to do; for some, that…

I hate to break it to ya, but Hyundai didn't rip off the Fiesta. Ford ripped off the Accent. The Accent is the "longest-running small family car sold in North America", according to Wikipedia, and that exact car is marketed as a Dodge elsewhere in the world. Generally, Korea has about the best relationship with us…

Haha are you serious? I'm basically an everything-but-Star Wars guy, and I had no idea that was a thing in Star Wars. My bad.

proton torpedoes

That's what the hatch on my '98 escort wagon sounds like.

I've always thought that all stormtroopers probably drove '92 Grand Prix Coupes. When I was about 10 I remember seeing one and thinking 'that looks like a stormtrooper!' Yeah, I'm weird.

No way that's just a coincedence, just like Evian water.

Not being someone who can stomach US TopGear, I'm asking honestly; is this an ad, or is this really the way the run the show? Because that looked like a straight-up Ford commercial. All it needed was a couple "Ecoboost"s thrown in so you would for sure remember it.

Not being a Toyota guy, I'm taking a guess here, but that's probably something they engineered for their trucks (even if it's also found on their cars); when you're towing in hilly terrain, being able to slow down with the gears is not just useful, sometimes it can be a lifesaver. When you're goin 60+, turning off OD…

I was bitten by a Brown Recluse about 4 years ago. Mine was in the middle of the sole of my foot. The necrosis spread to an area about two inches across, and penetrated about half an inch into my foot. I'm really lucky, though, because after about a year of limping and picking away dead tissue every couple days,…

I'll bet he does better on his Law Blog.

Why not, we've tried all kinds of people for president. I'd vote for him just for the randomness of it.

Whever made this map just kinda guessed at the city locations. Colorado Springs is just barely east of the exact center of the state. Denver is 60 miles North of that.

Maybe the big question: was it a step up or step down to his modern-day moped/scooter?

It's like 1/10th the mass of Mars. Probably just too small to see.

That's a really fascinating thought that I'd love to see, too. Too bad I'm too busy (lazy...) to make one.

Actually, I'm really surprised is isn't still closer to that. A LOT of people live in apartments; are 2,000 ft2 apartments common?

Heh, my family is still living in a house half as large as the average from 1950. That means there's someone out there with a 5,000 ft2 house to make up for my little one ;-)