Name him Chuck and let him think it's short for Charles.

Video isn't loading for me at the moment. Check out The $50 and up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler. It should be available used on Amazon, AbeBooks, etc for around $10. Prices are a few decades out

I was home-schooled, so peer pressure wasn't a factor, but I still never felt like taking up the habit. I saw no appeal. My parents didn't smoke, so that example probably helped. One grandmother was a

Those of us who have been creating content since before A.I. took off have a distinct advantage. We have a track record of authenticity as a foundation. My slop is genuine human-generated slop, dammit,

We all decline physically, too. If it's just about being with a 10 on appearance, what happens when s/he ages to an 8? a 5?

Intelligence. Virtue. Wisdom. All notably lacking from the list of non-negotiable attributes. High-value people want relationships with high-value people based on deeper meaning than appearance and wealth,

I had assumed it was Roman denarii, or one month's pay, but if they were Tyrian shekels, that 4 months is accurate. Either way, not very much for such a betrayal, especially considering the wealth of those

My dog escaped containment! This prove my dog is really smart, and also might destroy humanity. Give me money. Also, don't ask how good my fence was. This post isn't really about a dog.

Isn't it odd that governments impose trade embargoes to punish other countries, yet Trump acts like cutting off international trade as national economic policy is good for the USA?

It's almost like these mega corporations and legislators are trying to push us to Linux for any vestige of privacy and ownership of our data.

Most of the popular music we listened to was crap. We just look back on the past with whatever the acoustic equivalent to rose-tinted glasses could be, and forget that crap when we remember the gems. The

Our society has transitioned to a very short-term mindset. Quarterly profits and shareholder reports matter more than long-term stability. People on the left want to blame some vague idea of "late-stage

As a librarian, I had to often remind people that audiobooks were still books, and should not be looked down upon as less-than. I don't know if I would say they are better, just different. Reading and

The Silmarillion is more a history text for the world of LOTR than an adventure. It has some great stories in it, but you don't want to read it as a story for sure.

It must be amazing to get that feeling of hearing these books for the first time again by using Smallsteps as a proxy. Nothing quite matches that first time through a story.

A mythological troll is a hostile creature who attacks passers by. To "troll" is also to go fishing while rowing, sailing, or motoring slowly across a lake with bait on a line. An internet troll

I am a man of many talents I did not know I had, apparently

Only 50%? I must need therapy for some kind of latent self-hatred along with my multiple personality disorder.

I'm still not Marky. Whatever Marky, Acidyo, Blocktrades, etc. are doing has zero bearing whatsoever on the matter of whether numerous unsolicited irrelevant comments are spam. Whether their allegations