When I am bowling or golfing, there is an optimal amount of intoxication that allow me to relax but not get sloppy on my form.

I am actually looking forward to 40. My son will be 7, old enough to enjoy the experiences that my wife and I are willing to provide. The only reason we take him to Japan with us now is that he's not quite 2 and the flight is basically free (10% of ticket cost to sit on our laps).

I'm 35 now, at this point the career and family are established.. now I just sit back and enjoy what I've worked hard on for the past decade.

I can't check until tonight when I get home from work but are account regions locked? I know mine currently shows the US but when I travel to Japan next month, will it update?

The reason I ask is if VPN could get around this. For example, getting the NHL (ice hockey) package cost $150 in the US. My friend noticed that the cost through a European IP was only $100. He saved $50 just by masking his IP and there is no need to mask his IP when streaming the games live.

I am curious if something similar could get around the Steam issue.

I've traveled to Asia 4 times and have visited areas that get very few foreigners. I get the stares, sometimes no one will sit next to me on the train, once I was even denied an advertisement being handed out on the street when the woman looked up and saw me.

People who are different attract attention. It's a natural human reaction. I've never been insulted (to my face) and I take as many precautions as I can to do what is socially acceptable.

P.S. - If you want a unique experience, be the only white guy at a Japanese onsen.

At least where I live, most of the road maintenance funds for residential roads comes from local taxes. So unless you live in that community, you really aren't contributing to those roads.

Now of course some projects get state/federal funds but most do not, including normal maintenance.

That's not fair to the coaches. Looking back at my youth, I can remember two instances that were probably minor concussions. Once my brother and I were playing and bashed heads pretty good. Another time was playing soccer and I took a ball off the temple. I blacked out for a few seconds but never left the field. Neither time did I report the incident to an adult.

Unless it's a serious concussion, I think most still go unreported.

They don't need a breath test, just the sheet of paper test.

Have the suspected person grab a piece of white paper. if they leave an orange residue (likely from doritos, cheetos or some other ____os) they are high. If the paper comes back clean, they are good to go.

First thing I thought is that the wielder of the hilted light saber would be more likely to cut off their own hand. Maybe not with the saber work in the original trilogy but the prequels definitely had fancy fighting that would lead to self-severing.

I was in China last month, our hotel had CNN. As soon as it reached the segment about Hong Kong, the channel just blacked out. About 10 minutes later it came back on as if nothing happened.

Why be scared of external opinions? You do not see that as censorship? Suppressing history is censorship.

You are basically calling the Chinese populace a bunch of idiots who would not know how to make decisions for themselves.

Pure science, I will agree with you. Advanced engineering, no way they are on par.

Honda has had the Clarity out for about a decade. Honda already has worked on a system to use sunlight to help produce hydrogen to fill up a fuel cell vehicle.

Basically you're not taking a risk by saying such systems will exist in 10 years.

I bet there will be a lot more nudity than I remember in the books.

It is Monday after all, but I only see 8 countries on your list.

Who is having a worse case of the Mondays, you or me?

In addition to dogs children won't get it. If you give two children 4 crayons each, who has more? The answer is always the other does.

Would she rather he lift the seat and leave it up or pee on it when it is left down? They both need to reach a compromise--one can't unilaterally impose a toilet seat rule.