ya - they don't make 'em like they used to...

That makes me sad

I shouldn't be laughing at that, but dang - so true...

Who the heck thought <that> was a good idea?!?!

There were more comments than I thought would be here. All I really expected was One Note

ya - research purposes...

Lucky potato sack...

Here's a spoiler: Snape kills Dumbledore.

Remember - your deeds return to you threefold.

Read the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne if you would like a great story that features the coolest Irish wolfhound you will ever meet. Better yet, listen to the audiobooks.

Those freaking rock!!

There is a reason that ranchers use guard mules and donkeys around here...

I tip on pre-tax amount. I'm sorry - you don't get 20% of what the government decided to levy upon me.

There are plenty of one-party states out there where only one person needs to know that recording is taking place. Of course, that one party will be the one doing the recording...

I once went to a fight and a hockey game broke out...

Two words: Tsavorite Garnet

completely stainless steel mandolin and stainless steel chain mail glove - i want them both!!!

My black is an asshole. But he is <my> asshole!

Indeed - I used to consider house centipedes KoS, but after I learned what they hunt, they are welcome in my house any time. I would rather have them than any of their prey in my house.

Why such a focus on the cost - who cares about that? Instead consider the brilliant irony of what he did. I'll bet the school administrators never expected that rule to be taken so literally.

OMG Lumpia!

Oh yes, I forgot. Beautiful gem.

As someone who cuts gemstones, I can say two things: First, I really like the design. Secondly, Cutting and polishing the top (which in this photograph is at the bottom) with all of those inclusions would be an exercise in anxiety hoping that you wouldn't wind up with a hole in one of the facets - or even worse - cracking the gem and tossing the result in the Jar of Misfit Gems