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1. 8 days ago on Dick Tracy

   That didn’t stop Americans from acting as though air raids were likely. This would have been entirely possible during WWII in the US.

2. 3 months ago on Dick Tracy

   I was in Manhattan that day, scheduled to visit a customer three blocks from the WTC at 10 AM.

   I turned on the Today show to check the weather, and they broke in with reports of a fire at the WTC.

   The rest, as they say, is history.

3. 4 months ago on Dick Tracy

   How to make a small fortune? Start with a large one…

4. 4 months ago on Dick Tracy

   My roommate says they’re called “spoilers” because they spoil the look of the car.

5. 4 months ago on Dick Tracy

   Brian’s got it. His right hand is the strong hand, with the right index finger on the trigger.

6. 7 months ago on Dick Tracy

   Ever hear of Chekhov’s Gun?

7. 10 months ago on Dick Tracy

   I’ve had patients like that…

8. 10 months ago on Dick Tracy

   Former paramedic here. Basically, if the poison is ingested (as opposed to inhaled or injected), you want to get the patient to expel it unless it’s going to cause more damage on the way back out. The less time it has to be absorbed into the body, the better.

   How effective this is will depend on the toxicity of the poison, as well as its absorption rate, but it’s still a good rule of thumb.

9. 11 months ago on Dick Tracy

   Why do you seem to think they’re mutually exclusive? They gotta come up with an endless list of names from somewhere, why not fanboy and kill two birds with one stone?

   I had occasion to go back into a previous story, and found a fanboy reference that I suspect most folks here missed. For me, it added extra flavor; for others, it was just a weird name.

10. 11 months ago on Dick Tracy

    Wow. Don’t hold back. Tell me what you really think.