Recent content by thirdrail

"Patch Adams". Oh, wait, no. I changed my mind. "Cool as Ice". But I do love "Vanilla Ice: Behind the Music". I must have seen it at least 4 times, and it truly never gets old. :)

<< The jewish population, in fact, got skewed majorly after ww2 and therefore, you should include only the nobels that are after1945, to correspond with the actual population. I just thought I point out his errors... >> Brilliant.

Heh, the best part of that annoyingly pretentious and forced ad is where he says, "I wouldn't trade [being me] for anything in the world." Well, that's not that surprising, Bill, considering that you are a obscenely rich scion of Henry Ford. PFFFFT. The commercial just came on as I was going...

[L=http://www.theonion.com]The Onion[\L] The funniest and most intelligent site on the web, bar none.

<< Perhaps the 20,000 they recieve for settling in the areas makes them look past some things. >> And now that you've mentioned this twice, it's time that you provide some references to back up this allegation. I've never heard of this $20k payment. Where have you seen this?

Tyler Durden: Do you know what a "duvet" is? Narrator: It's a comforter... Tyler Durden: It's a blanket. Just a blanket. :)

> It could all just boil down to raw numbers: There are ALOT of christians and muslims, there are very few jews. Why should jewish > religion get special treatment? Why not accept all the religious symbols around the world as symbols for aid-workers? Sooner or later, it > would get confusing...

I disagree with some of the more extreme proposals ( complete privatization of public services, et cetera), so I would characterize myself as a "soft" libertarian. .

You read right, that venerable purveyor of excellent, if stratospherically overpriced, outdoor clothing is finally having a sale that actually involves lowering prices to reasonable levels. While most of the steals are already sold out, that were still quite a few great deals left as of a few...

Hot deal, IMO. <nostalgia> I remember paying $125 for a 4MB SIM of generic EDO RAM for my 486SX/33. Also remember paying the same amount for a 1MB stick for my 286/12. </nostalgia>

Err.. that's hypocrite. :)

I got a Sportif Ice Climber Goretex shell for $45 at a recent DSports.com clearance sale. :) It's true that TNF is in vogue among non-outdoorsy types nowadays and that they moved their fabrication off-shore, but they still make some quality stuff (mountain/denali jackets, etc). In addition, TNF...

MVP.com is a mixed bag -- not quite Boo.com, but certainly not REI, either. Their shopping interface is terrible and makes finding products a patience-trying experience. Some of their prices have been very low in the past, but the odds are that a low-priced item is out of stock whether or not...