While it sounds like fun, that style hot tub is horrid. The inflatable sides are so flimsy that leaning on them the wrong way will spill the water. There are no seats so one has to sit at a right angle or kneel on hard ground. Oh, and with more than three people, there is no place to put your legs except on top of someone else's.

Yep. Libraries are missing out on a great income stream with that "No Food or Drink" policy.

I spent quite a bit of time with the interactive maps. The deeper one travels into Wisconsin, the stranger the language becomes. Having vacationed there for a decade, all I can suggest is to load up your iPod with head-banging music and practice water skiing.

Whoops! Posted the URL instead of the video.

A bit pedantic, but the version of Tom's Diner you posted is a remix by DNA. Here is a link to Vega talking about the song and singing the original version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLedFWpF9EA

The one on the left goes from one to two and then four cells. The one on the right goes from four to eight to ... We were taught that the next step was 16, but it appears to be 12. Could bilateral symmetry start that early?

... and why would the police not interview all of the suspects and in doing so search their potential hiding places?

Sort of like using "marry me" and "free beer" back in college.

Had this happen to me in California, but it was the garbage disposal turning on by itself. Argentinian Ants, to be species specific. My theory is that one ant gets electrocuted and the smell bring in others to investigate. Wash, rince, repeat.

He can sell that crossword until he dies. Good on him!

The analysis is wrong because the underlying assumption is wrong. People do not follow pundits or amateurs because of perceived accuracy. They follow because of entertainment value. Confident, blowhard posts are far more entertaining than carefully worded, accurate ones.

OK, so I did the shoulder-roll over a car hood once, but it was by accident and put me in bed for a week. Not really the same thing, eh?

Ah! One of my favorites.

Its beauty lies is how it describes how most good investigation relies on what is seen rather than what is known.

In certain parts of the world, it could be your husband.

Sweet and Low candies are the shiznit! In many ways, actually. They taste good. Are smooth on the tongue and have no calories. They also so not satisfy any cravings at the biological level, so are ultimately unsatisfying. That they are a laxative is conveniently left off of the package.