I don't regularly need 300 mile range. Give me a battery that gets me to work and back, pick up the kids, and a grocery run -- 100 miles should be fine most of the time. The rub is that it takes too long to charge a battery if we want to take a road trip. Currently I can fill my gas tank within 15 minutes and drive for 400 miles. Compare that with hours to charge a battery.

4C seems a random temperature (especially when pontificating the benefits of a base-10 system), plus you fail to mention a pressure. If you increase pressure, you can fit more mass within the same volume.

I'll have you know I didn't purchase my bride. We were introduced online through a mutual friend. The expenses I mentioned were the K-1 visa and associated fees the US government charges (almost a thousand bucks just for the interview!!!). Hiring a coyote would have been cheaper than jumping through all the legal hoops.

I'll have you know I didn't purchase my bride. We were introduced online through a mutual friend. The expenses I mentioned were the K-1 visa and associated fees the US government charges (almost a thousand bucks just for the interview!!!). Hiring a coyote would have been cheaper than jumping through all the legal hoops.

The last statement I got from the Social Security Administration says I have to be 68 before I can start claiming. That's higher than 65, so I chose 75 or before. I want to retire at 60, but that's not going to happen. Married life is expensive, plus all the legal fees for my wife to legally enter and remain in the US.

Another case of spreading lies about your adversaries. Many (not all) within the Tea Party are against homosexuality and elective abortions, but these perceived evils will not / do not have an economic impact. The Tea Party is about local governments having more control than the federal government (all powers not given explicitly to the federal government in the Constitution is reserved for the States or the Individuals). Being Pro-life and Pro-Traditional Marriage is not core to the Tea Party.

The deficits will right themselves when the government learns to live within its means. No more multibillion dollar programs without some way of funding them. Our loans incur millions of dollars of interest every day. Consolidate government entities when it makes sense. Off-load social programs to the state and local levels when it makes sense. Have the President pay a larger portion of his vacations (how many times has Obama flown to Hawaii to play golf?). Fix Senate and Congress pay to a multiple of minimum wage or the cost of living.

My biggest worry would be the insurance companies. Has everyone already forgotten Gataka? If I have a genetic predisposition to alcoholism, should I pay higher rates (even though I've never had a glass in my life)? If I have a genetic predisposition to certain types of cancer (but no symptoms) do my rates go up because of what may be?

The latest news is that there have been 5 or 6 (depending on your news source) confirmed deaths.

Not sure how you got Minnesota from my username or previous comments. I live in Utah and go over a mountain everyday in my commute.

I actually had brake pads last 90k on my current car. Learn how to properly decelerate.

There are 86 common variations of my surname. I know that there individuals with my same first name with 5 of those variations, plus an additional three who use my exact surname. Mistaken identity is fun!

Alas, I don't drink coffee for religious reasons, but I would imagine it's tasty indeed. I do like peppers in chocolate (and the darker the chocolate the better).

I can handle spicy (I LOVE habaneros), but I need flavor to go with the heat. A habanero pepper has a fruity flavor, while cayenne and ghost peppers just bring the heat.

The correct capitalization is Blu-ray. Also, are we going to argue the difference between disk and disc? Most (US) dictionaries list them as being the same. A disk can be defined as any thin, flat, circular plate or object or (when talking computers) any of several types of media consisting of thin, round plates of plastic or metal, used for external storage (magnetic disk, floppy disk, optical disk) (taken from dictionary.com). Admittedly, the BDA does use disc to refer to the media.

I hated homework. I would glance over the assigned reading, do a couple of the assigned problems, but only complete the entire homework if it was something I didn't immediately grasp. School was about education, not some dumb grade, but my test scores ensured me an A- or B+ in most classes. My parents called me Encyclopedia Brown because of the ease I could learn and recall things. One regret is that my schools didn't teach proper English, but rather the local Pidgin. To this day I have to stop and think when communicating in American English. I picked up tons of vocabulary from the books I devoured, but often mess up pronunciation.