Lots of interesting pens. I think I had that LED one at some point, or one very similar! Hmm.. I have no ballpoints anymore. I think I'm going to to write out a fountain pen post instead.

Your son sounds exactly the same as mine... They are almost the same age, so it makes sense. I try to be strict about it, but my wife still babies him and let's him do whatever he wants... which isn't

Yeah, comics. Jack Kirby created most of the early Marvel universe. Then Stan Lee got jealous and kind of used his influence to force Kirby out (it was more complicated than that, though). Kirby went to

I can imagine that! It was must-see TV for us kids.

No, you misunderstand. They weren't using the He-Man characters as metaphors for the New Gods, they were actually writing the New Gods and just using the He-Man characters as avatars. The bad guy in the

Cool coin! It's funny how things like that can set you down a rabbit hole reading about and learning about the historical details. That happens to me so often. Just the other day, I got an old Japanese

Like I’m not even sure what the APR being that high is supposed to be for. Not saying we should change it either, I just wish someone could explain it to me. The original stated reason that it went up

Usually "gone badly" is when the inevitable war starts turning against them. Again, let's hope that doesn't happen this time. I feel like Americans (not all, obviously. You know what I mean)

I think people are often "ok with it" until it starts to go badly. That's not to say people agree with it, but they don't think strongly about the matter, so if the leaders say this is necessary,

Me alegra saber que lo disfrutaste. Gracias por leerlo.

A leaderboard as in a ranking of users by points? A user would get points for posts and comments in the community, I assume? That's an interesting idea, but it runs up against what exactly would it mean

Getting in the habit of writing your thoughts down is a great idea!

I think you have better habits than most. I'd waged most of us get an amazing thought, think something like "I should write that down. Hmm.. but there's no pencil handy. Ah, I'm sure I'll remember

The thought isn't you. It comes and goes like the wind. Can you grasp the wind? Talking with yourself about it is trying to grasp it instead of just letting it come and go. It's not really altering anything,

Someday we'll learn to write those thoughts down before we lose them 😂 Now that most smartphones have voice memo apps and perfect transcription, that helps. In fact, the first draft of this post was written

Glad you enjoyed it 😃

insert Kokomo by the Beach Boys here Please don't. That song is more Mike Love than Beach Boys and sums up everything wrong with his hostile takeover of the band. Sorry 😃 I am not a fan of him. You know,

Trump be like After watching Powell's address about this situation, I see him in a new light

You are speaking a different language — I have no idea what you wrote! 😂 It's great to see you so excited about it, though.

Downvoting over spam, plagiarism, etc, is good. Marky handles that well. God help us when he finally stops doing it. I'm less convinced about other downvotes. I see "over-rewarded" given as a