Recent Comments

1. over 3 years ago on Bound and Gagged

   Smoking is part of what killed my father. Never was interested in trying it. Every morning I heard “hack, cough, gag, spit … repeat”

2. over 3 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   The guy who invented auto-correct passed away. May He restaurant in pieces.

3. over 3 years ago on Non Sequitur

   (Baby) Boomers

4. over 3 years ago on Pluggers

   When I was a kid, the question was “Does the ROAD run past your place?”

5. over 3 years ago on Bound and Gagged

   When I was a kid there was no such thing as sunscreen. I just had a few of my many keratoses, [flat bumps that resemble warts] which had gotten a little dark and suspicious looking, zapped with liquid nitrogen. The dermatologist said in 8 or 10 years they’d likely become cancerous. Take are of yourselves. My generation couldn’t.

6. over 3 years ago on Betty

   We upgraded to a $700 printer with refillable tanks. It WORKS. I have not regretted a dime of the $700.

7. over 3 years ago on B.C.

   he soil near volcanoes is generally quite fertile.

8. over 3 years ago on Pluggers

   Until you go on a reduced salt diet. Then it’s made from scratch soup.

9. over 3 years ago on FoxTrot

   I have measured the deformation of steel under light loading. The deformation under such very light loading as a fly would be very small and hard to measure. I also did not say or imply that the deformation would be permanent. A more descriptive word might have been ‘flex’.

10. over 3 years ago on FoxTrot

    If a fly lands on a steel girder it bends from the extra weight. Not much, but it does bend. Setting off a small rocket repeatedly during a time slot where it points behind the Earth as it orbits the Sun would raise the orbit, by simple orbital mechanics. [Just not very much. ] Check out apogee and perigee.