If this thing takes out Santa, my kid's gonna be pissed!

Yes. Money = food.

No. OSS = nirvana.

I was thinking that, too. As a stage performer I have to access empathy to make my character feel real *and* perform all of the split-second analysis that happens in live theater (improvising around technical challenges, line flubs, etc.) It is a balancing act. Perhaps it is just fast switching between the two?

Which, ironically, has the side benefit of protecting his life.

Google "Vermont Yankee Lied Under Oath" for your own education. It is very hard to find an unbiased source, but this is the best I can find:

I think modern nuclear power is important, and I'm usually a nuclear proponent, but Entergy is hard to love.

The irony of your post relative to this site is ... ironic. http://www.r-word.org/

I'm not defending the site, but when you say, "If you can't criticize others because you might hurt their feelings..." this popped to mind. We live in interesting times.

For my 7-year-old son, I got a "My First Lab Duo-Scope Microscope" from Amazon (same as a low-end one you can get from the hometrainingtools link above). This is a good little microscope, but I didn't break the bank on it. My prudent decision was worth it - he really enjoyed it but only for a while. We still keep it around and pop things into it from time to time, but it isn't his favorite thing (he likes Snap Circuits better). If I had spent a lot more money, it might have felt wasted. If he had loved it, upgrading would not have felt like a burden, and the Duo-Scope would still have been valuable as a field tool. I probably should have gotten more prepared slides. Only came with a few, and I got a few more, but making your own takes time and effort. My kid is very patient for a 7-year-old, but he wasn't really into that part of it. Yours may be different, just sharing my own anecdote. For my kid, the activity almost doesn't matter as much as the fact that we just do science-y stuff together.

There are many GeekDesks at my office. We like a height adjustable desk for a lot of reasons but primarily because tall chairs are rarely available in the broad ergonomic array that normal office chairs are. With a height adjustable desk you can use all kinds of things under the desk: a squishy mat under foot to provide some comfort and exercise when standing, a balance board or little stair-stepper thing (also standing), an exercise ball (sitting), etc. Sometimes I just want my feet on the floor or to use a footstool in front of me when sitting. No one has rigged up a treadmill yet, but it is only a matter of time. Height-adjustable is far more versatile than fixed height!

The play Photograph 51 told me that story. Brilliant play. Try to see it if you can.

Oh for mod points. Nicely said.

And that's why you're flying now. Oops! Sorry I mentioned it!

It appears from this story that some of the actual workers don't agree with you.

Yes! This is the question I want to ask! When is the next album for families? (in ain't just kids - I love those tunes, too) And where can I get an officially sanctioned copy of the adult version of "Robot Parade?"

Trash bags!

Did you mean: Correlation != Caucasian ?