Recent content by PopeInTheWoods

The "manly vehicle equals compensating for something" debate is definitively settled.

So wrong, yet so right... ZiprHead is The Winner! Jimmy Higgins is runner-up.

I still gots it! Finding pictures is the tough part, good luck with this:

"Sometimes you have to settle for second place."

Grumble... next time I really am going to tell the boss to find his own damn golf ball.

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage. Explains how beer, wine, spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola have affected human history. If "historical" novels are included, I'm also working on James Michener's Poland.

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage. Explains how beer, wine, spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola have affected human history. In preparation for Halloween, I'm setting the mood by browsing through Creepypasta starting with their Suggested Reading and...

"biblically correct" <> "one man one woman" Unless Abraham wasn't "biblically correct".

I just (as in less than 20 minutes ago) finished Season 3 of The Mentalist, having started Season 1 about six weeks ago. I rate it overall about 7/10, with individual episodes varying from 5/10 to 9/10. I have the disadvantage of having gotten into Elementary first, and see an awful lot of...

What's that dripping sound?!?

Security at the Air Force test range was tragically lax.

- The world's smartest man just jumped out of the plane with my backpack. - Yes, it does. - I only have to run faster than you. - One's a disgusting slimy bottom-feeder, and the other is a fish. - What makes you think I'm not? Or with apologies to Garrison Keillor, my preferred alternative...

"At these prices, I'm not surprised."

Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear!

No, I can't hear you. You ate my ear!