Re: RIP Slim Whitman - Today

Someone check in on Boxcar Willie and Zamfir, stat!!

Re: Whistle blower says he was a target of the IRS - Today

Re: Sen. Elbert Guillory - Today

"Guillory caused controversy in a hearing about the Louisiana Science Education Act, a law which has been criticized as allowing creationism into public schools. Guillory argued to keep the law on the books because of an experience he had with a faith healer." Louisiana’s Latest Anti-Scientific Folly, on Video Lawmaker says faith healing should be allowed in science class.

Re: Two things that should NOT go together - Yesterday

Whisky and honey is an old home remedy for a bad cough, not a recreational experience any more than sippin' robitussin.

Re: An interesting deconstruction of the President's remarks - Yesterday

It's like clockwork.

A story of free market health care - Yesterday

I got your free market health care right here. In my area, the insurance companies have spent the last ten years buying up hospitals, practices, and each other. We're finally down to two very big players. Now these two players are in a turf war such that they are going cut off each other from in-network coverage. Since they effectively own most of the facilities and practices, that means the c

Re: There is no hope for corporate America. (How 7-11 stores make their margins...) - Yesterday

I thought they made margins by changing the dates on the dairy products.

Re: Holy Crap. I just learned what Milorganite really is. - 2 days ago

"Hot crap" might be more to the point.

Re: From Hope and Change to Fear and Supression - 2 days ago

Re: Putin denies stealing Patriots Super Bowl ring - 3 days ago

In other news, the internets are running low on ones and zeros. Users are encouraged to change topics in the middle of threads to conserve resources.

Re: AT&T to Load iPhones With Emergency Alerts From Obama – That You Can’t Switch Off - 3 days ago

What the heck is a "Presidential Alert?"

Re: Photography lesson and yet another dragonfly - 3 days ago

Dragonfly ID: 1. Female widow skimmer 2. Male whitetail skimmer 3. Female twelve-spotted skimmer 4. Female whitetail skimmer I happen to have all these at a pond I frequently visit, so I've been learning them myself. I keep a UV filter on most of my lenses all the time. I can't say I have really noticed a difference in image quality, except perhaps when the direction of light is unfavor

Re: Farewell Immadinnerjacket - 4 days ago

So, does he have power or doesn't he? Last go around, the repubs said the president of Iran did, and the libs said he didn't. But now, the libs (well, one so far*) say he does, and the repubs mock this. This isn't an argument, it's just contradiction. (* Actually, Lemon does not say "The President of Iran will now use his power reform the nation," but feel free to pretend if

Re: Farewell Immadinnerjacket - 4 days ago

Quotekj When Imadinnerjacket was threatening us, the "intellectuals" among us pointed out that he had no power. Link?

Re: To tip or not to tip... or should it be banned? - 4 days ago

I try to tip 20% unless the service is really poor because I know it's a low-paying job, and that's the custom. But I think 20% is too much, it's a cop-out by the restaurant industry to suppress wages. It's disproportionate to the significance the wait service has to the total experience. A bad experience at a restaurant is not just the fault of an incompetent waiter. If the kitchen is slo

Re: I don't drink, but it looks like I lost a bar fight - 4 days ago

Have you seen the other guy? Maybe you won!

Re: A different dragonfly... - 5 days ago

The dragonfly you have there is a Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer (Plathemis lydia).

Re: Anyone been to live Butterfly museum? - 7 days ago

Quoteztirffritz The National Aviary in Pittsburgh used to do that. I don't know if the still do though. Phipps Conservatory has a small seasonal one, summers only.

Re: Today's garden pix (big bandwidth) - 7 days ago

The dragonfly is a female Widow Skimmer. Libellula luctuosa. I know because I happened to photograph the same thing yesterday and looked it up.

Re: Wait - high school drop out paid $200K/yr at Booz Allen? Who is Edward Snowden? - 8 days ago

Still trying to figure out why identifying hypocrisy in each other is so important that it has to derail every thread.

Re: So who can run OS Mavericks & iOS 7? 9to5 answers - 8 days ago

What? All the incompatible devices will be bricked the moment the new OS drops??! Curse you, Apple!

Re: Skeumorphism poll and opinions - 8 days ago

Looking over the previews at Apple.com, I frankly don't see a single changed interface element that I can't figure out instantly.

Re: A flower - pic - 8 days ago

May an elephant caress you with its toes.

Re: New England Patriot Tim Tebow - 8 days ago

Third string quarterback money is pretty good. Ride the wave, Tim!

Re: [OT: Medical Advice] Swollen Eyelid - 8 days ago

Quoteedgarbc1 Chalazion? my young daughter had this, it went away over time oil duct getting clogged treat with hot cloth or bag of dry rice just out of microwave for heat application (to unclog oil duct) We called this a "sty" in my family. Had a couple over the years, but they were gone in 24 hours with the warm cloth.

Re: So who can run OS Mavericks & iOS 7? 9to5 answers - 8 days ago

Looks like my will-be-7-when-Mavericks-drops MBP 15 is going to make the cut. Can't complain.

Re: New Mac Pro 2013. PDF images attached - 9 days ago

"Honey, where do I put the K-cup on this new coffee maker?"

Re: WWDC 2013 - 9 days ago

Old West Theme, pluralized, going forward? OS X Tombstones? OS X Palominos? OS X Tumbleweeds?

Re: Bought Me a Big Boy Watch - 10 days ago

Looks very nice. Cursed with skinny wrists, the wristwatch world is not open to me. I am happy for the time-keeping-by-smartphone era.

Re: The Wayback Machine... Finders/Keepers - 10 days ago

EDIT: eh, never mind.