...but with a wireless network interface rather than a USB. Control the PC from anywhere in the house, with low power consumption and no concept of "boot time."

and so the overwhelming fear of the end of life can make life itself nearly endurable, as it becomes entirely consumed by the fear of death.

Thanks for your honesty in refuting Marcotte's hypothesis as you snarked at male posters who did the same. Those "evolutionary disadvantages" you speak of -- the primary one being that the female orgasm is optional to reproduction -- cannot be attributed to the patriarchy.

And ladies, please be aware as well that you are partners in your own satisfaction. A man's attentive oral stimulation will be for naught if you lie there like a potato sack. A happy girl is one who pulls in, stretches, squeezes, grinds and positions in response, rather than waiting for the magic moments to be delivered to her.

...you can also remember to clip the child's car seat to your belt loop. Tragedy is avoided not by human perfection but by continual systems improvement.

...that this was Dowd's column, not Brooks's? He didn't "phone it in," he didn't "improvise." He had a conversation in a taxicab, then proceeded to write thoughtful columns about the President's budget proposal and the dilemmas facing moderates. It was Brooks's interlocutor who turned his throwaway wit into clicks for herself.

The gendered fluff here is MoDow's and Broadsheet's alone.

...until you take about thirty seconds to think about them.

Unless all customers are required to remove all identity-obscuring accessories before entering the bank -- which they aren't at the bank in question -- how would the policy stop a robber, who is already forcefully breaking the rules, from doing it regardless?

Well, yes, Tracy, by the time the robber gets to forcefully breaking the rules, it's a little too late to bring up the one about the headgear. So the bank enforces the rule on sight, while the weapons are concealed rather than waiting for the robber to get to the point of opportunity with her features obscured. See, they're actually clever enough to use the would-be robber's efforts at concealment as an advance indicator that something may be amiss. And they've even learned to apply their concealment rules fairly broadly as a precaution. Who'da thunk, right?

Blame feminism for Brown's attack on Rihanna

By Tracy Clark-Flory

To suggest that the NRO author is doing any such thing is a profound act of intellectual dishonesty. The author is, at worst, blaming feminism for poll results among teenagers in a Boston Globe survey. Poll results she finds profoundly disturbing...because they mitigate the accusation against Chris Brown.

An apology is in order.

Objectively, let's look at this War Room entry. It seems to be based upon one slightly negative comment by one GOP back bencher.

The story on which it is based quotes no fewer than four known pubricans who share the sentiment regarding Cheney, and others who do not. Elephant, you have not a bone of integrity in your body.

Amigo, as you noted, I referred to "this War Room entry." And I was right, wasn't I?

You referenced the War Room entry, and mischaracterized its supporting evidence as consisting of one gopster rather than a balanced article in The Hill.

You didn't follow up then, and you won't own up now. Which is why you have to look in the shaving mirror every day and see a professional liar.

So who represents the "South" at this proposed dinner table?

We do. All whose stake in the polity will recalculated to assure its preservation.

Electricity is what many folks think of when they think of "energy," but it's just one form, and it's used for millions of really stupid things. Why should a coffee-maker be electric, for example? What you're doing is heating water, and if all you want to do is HEAT something, there are far better approaches than piping electricity 400 miles from the plant to your coffee-maker.

I'm afraid you've picked a dreadful example. Ever compare electric percolators and drips with stovetop percolators? The stovetop model requires the entire pot of water be brought to a boil before the first drop begins to brew. Then you'd better be there to reduce heat. Then you've got to brew the entire pot at a full boil before the first cup reaches full strength.

The electric percolator heats to a boil a small amount of water at a time. That's because the electric element can direct heat to a concentrated area, unlike the stovetop percolator's base. Thus brewing begins immediately, and the system cuts heat when brewing is complete. Much safer and more efficient, but the entire pot still must be brewed to achieve full strength.

The drip pot takes the idea a step further, by heating the water only as it pumps it over the grounds. So you can drink your first splash of full-strength (if off-tasting) coffee almost immediately.

Coffee-making isn't merely the application of dumb, undifferentiated heat. It benefits from the concentrated heat the electric element delivers, from the electric pump, and from the control of the microprocessor.

Those who use the drip are considering their time, their safety, and the reliability of the controlled brewing process. They're making a rational choice among devices which appear similar but which function very differently through everyday applied technology...which we won't be giving up willfully or anytime soon.