On the other hand http://goodecompany.com/ makes some mighty fine BBQ

Is it sad that the lightcycles in the new movie are just about how I (mis)remember them?

And I'd love to see a motorcycle modded out like that, with less spine integration of course.

Dude, It's about getting excited about learning and how stuff works. Science needs the superstars and interesting places to visit because it's usually not what's glorified in popular culture. Not everybody gets to live their dream but everyone wants a chance to hit the big time. If we show kids that being smart can lead to awesomeness like being athletic they might try for that. Someone's always gotta do the grunt work and that sucks when it's you.

But to lean on sports, You gotta be willing to play on the farm team to get called up to the majors.

Well it serves me right for trying to get all fancy. Don't you hate it when you remember which password you used, but forget how you spelled it? I got locked out of my bank account for that one time. Originally I was going to advocate going the l33t method and swapping out numbers for letters but I seem to have outsmarted myself there.

Who can find her way back to a place once I've driven there once? I admit it is a bit harder when the stores change from year to year... And this was even before I started drawing maps as part of my job. I still love giving directions along the lines of "Turn right where the X used to be", drives newcommers nuts.