http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/us/women-currency-treasury-harriet-tubman.html Cool news! Freedom-fighter Harriet Tubman will replace slaver...
Those things have come to plague too many news sites and blogs. They drive me nuts and the Esc key and AdBlock do nothing to make them go away. Most...
Last Saturday, there was a confrontation in a Madison mall that moved outside and some shots were fired (no one injured). One of the people involved...
I recently changed auto insurance to Progressive, and signed up to use Snapshot - a monitoring device that transmits data about your vehicle's speed,...
I don't know if I'm just embarrassingly late to the game or if this is a new feature, but if you Google "sample ballot" it will give you a field to...
This evening I bought a sack of potatoes and a block of Asiago cheese. Both had labels declaring them to be gluten-free. :marathon: Gee, I hope...
. . . I don't mean in the flirting sense, but sort of like being halfway to total closed-eye pontification: I've been noticing more and more people...
It's one of the most cliched of financial advice tips, to advise to stop "keeping up with the Joneses". But is that really what drives people to buy...
Today in the airport security line the TSA hurried us through (even though there was hardly any line) and I didn't have to take off my shoes or...
http://www.channel3000.com/news/gubernatorial-candidate-to-hand-out-kkk-hoods/25762434 Democratic candidate for governor Brett Hulsey plans to hand...
An organization of which I'm a volunteer member just published a bunch of new rules, some that will require us to upload paperwork in PDF format...
I grew up in Virginia, one of the few places where radar detectors are verboten, so I never gave them much thought. But then when non-Virginians find...
It's a trendy, albeit not new, idea popping up in several different blogs I read, from financial to spiritual matters: fake it 'til you make it,...
I was getting increasingly frustrated with the shoddy physical and digital UI of my Coby MP3 player, so I got a Sansa Clip Zip - but quickly found...
Retailers have remarkably sophisticated ways of getting information about their customers, and it's increasingly common for the information to be...
I've just watched both parts of Stephen Fry's new documentary Out There, where heartbreaking interviews with members of LGBT populations throughout...
Once more, with feeling . . . Lots of folks like to proselytize about their latest diet, insisting that this one is not just another fad and how...
Glen Greenwald's partner detained at London airport Greenwald is the guy who's been doing a lot of reporting on Snowden's NSA whistleblowing. They...
Anyone have experience tent camping in or around Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado? How feasible is it to get first-come, first-serve camp...
They've slowly re-started construction in the subdivision across the street from where I live - huge 3000-5000+ sq ft houses, each with three-car...
My grandmother has never been able to ride a bicycle due to inner ear/balance issues, but she always says she wishes she could ride. I was...
Inquiring minds!
Every so often I come across another article bemoaning the apparent lack of rites of passage in modern Western society and claims that this is tied...
I think 3-D printing is really neat and I'm glad it may soon be economic for the masses, because I have half a dozen little gadgets that I might like...
I have an idea (which has probably already occurred to others): why not have EpiPens available alongside defibrillators? Both are the sorts of things...
OK, I was never a fan of spectator sports - partly because it's not my family's culture, partly because I always thought it was better to be the one...
With all the debate about how to fix our outrageously expensive and complicated medical system in the US, and all the issues coming up from huge...
Now several news organizations have been saying that the TSA plans to allow pocket knives with blades under 2.36 inches long in carry-on luggage. Not...
(about enormous blocks of glacial ice shifting, not slimy baby cows) http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152529958215416 Astonishing! It's...
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. . . happening right now! :soma: I just noticed it earlier this evening and now they appear even closer, like a finger's width apart. According...
I've been thinking about ways to save money and/or put more money into flying, and my biggest expense is rent. On a one-bedroom apartment that's...
I just got a wedding invitation in the mail from people I do not know. In Kentucky. It doesn't seem to be a mistake, as my name and address are...
It peaks Saturday morning, 3am ET, but I've been seeing loads of meteors since yesterday and even tonight in light-polluted areas. My favorite...
Wanted to get the last little bit of riding in before I have to say goodbye to my bike for the winter. We have a storm front moving in and it'll be...
Once again, after a Flash update most YouTube videos will not play in my Chrome browser. If I hold my nose and use Internet Explorer, they play just...
We've all heard about the gay penguins, and then all the other news about how all manner of other animals knowingly partake in non-procreative mating...
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Lately I've been trying a bunch of recipes that call for ground beef, so I've been buying it a lot more than I usually do. I had been getting the...
I've always heard horror stories about bad dentists. Many people in my family grew up going to an absolutely horribly guy who did shoddy work that...
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