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I'm frankly more concerned (after getting over the yuck factor of the skinning bit) with Unfortunately, good intentions can still be dangerous. What does she mean. Why does she even say that? Anything to do with anyone else from the cast? M? Euryale? Pratt and McBride as doorme... doorwomen to the ...

Ref: Thread for 12/19/12. So, time travelers would need a variety of tenses beyond Standard English. For those not native speakers, here's the list of normal verb tenses in English, before we get on to the needed "expanded" list. (Thanks to the Purdue OWL for the list of current tenses) Si...

Niiiiice. This'll be interesting...

VEI7. Oh my. So Brandi set up Mazama , then? Cubic kilometers of mass ejected. Wowza. Oh, and the scale is open-ended, but logrithmic. So a VEI17 is possible, but would eject the approximate volume of the Earth from the volcano - inside out planet? (Math: VEI8 is 1E3 cubic km, VEI17 would be 1E12 cu...

I suspect that the presence of the larger PayPal donation button has frobnicated the page formatting. I'm not sure, but I think this is the first time I've been frobnicated... Well, it wasn't quite a traditional use of the term. If I'd been speaking in Formal High Hacker, I would have said "I ...

Also, sorry for bringing back the old threads to the top of the page... I didn't realize it would do that. :( Now I'm gonna mess everything up if I keep commenting. That happens because the naming convention didn't put the date first. Of course then one would need to choose Subject in the sorting o...

In other news, the competition is planning counter-programming for the Beiber time slot. Production companies are rushing to produce Real-Life dramas centered around grass growing, paint drying, and funny baby home videos. "I'd watch that for a quarter <i>in pay</i>!" Fixed that for ya...

Kingmaker wrote:

MerchManDan wrote:Spoiler alert: She means "insanity."

Insanity? This is WAAAAAPSIIII!

Ok, I guess I owe the pun jar now?

Nah, wasn't a pun, really. The SCP tomatoes didn't even twitch.

I'm guessing that the MIB has cracked the Somebody Else's Problem Field Generator, and that's in the van.

Pratt's reaction is priceless.

Given that I'm moving to Texas shortly, this is good information for me to have. I guess I'll need to get an ID card for when I'm riding (I often don't carry my wallet), in addition to a new driver's license. Texas has a lot of room, you can move in a tall fashion... Is that the pun jar I hear ratt...

Some stuff, like helmet laws, varies city to city so make sure to ask when you get here. Helmets are never optional (just my opinion). My brain is my most valuable organ, so I'll be wearing the bucket whenever I'm riding :). I'm going to be unemployed on arrival (anyone in the Fort Worth area know ...

IRL I am a medical examiner. While I would normally never falsify a report, I'll be damned if I'll ever sign a death certificate as "death due to Vampire attack." This shows, despite your animalistic avatar, you are no fun. ;) I'm lots of fun. I'm just inordinately fond of continued emplo...

In College Station proper, there are bike lanes which bikes must be in, and you must have lights when driving after dark. Cops on bikes can and *WILL* ticket you, and they will demand a state issued photo ID to pin it on you. While they can't demand a driver's license, every adult in the state of T...

Fairportfan wrote:Riding a bicycle on the shoulder is illegal in many/most jurisdictions - you're supposed to follow the same rules as cars.

I'd like to note that everything I've said can only be applied to New York State (outside NYC) and Marlyand. The laws also change based on speed limit in some jurisdictions.

OK OK JEEZ I had a quick flash of the human race in the middle future communicating with the images of LOL cats not unlike the 'Darmok' episode of some teevee show or another... One of the better episodes of ST:TNG, IMO. "Sokath, his eyes uncovered!" I'd say that by the year 2100, all hum...

@Fairport: Normally, I'd agree with you. Seeing what she is...I dunno. I'd assume she left it with the safety off and the chamber empty. For all we know, she has a good reason to want it available instantly.

How's this: we hold motorists responsible for their conduct around bicycles (following too close, passing in the same lane, crossing a double yellow to pass, etc) the same as around cars. We also make it so if a cyclist over 16 is seen to be violating traffic laws (and yes, many states have specifi...

I notice bad travelers (be they pedestrian, cyclist, freaking powered wheelchair , or driver) whenever I'm on the road. True, I notice the drivers more when I'm riding or walking and notice the cyclists and pedestrians (and the guy "driving" his wheelchair down the middle of the road) more...

Part of why POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) is that their switching centers have big plain old BATTERY banks good for a long time during outages, and cushion the space between outage and generator backups coming online. Think room sized UPS for the telephone system. Further, the basic POTS phone...