[Why Concrete Needs Reinforcement] (Viewer #1,097,896)
Good ol’ fashioned nerdy engineering talk.
Archive of entries posted on June 2018
Link of the Day: The Downside – It Makes Lawyers Look Good. The Upside – It Makes Government Look Like Pure Repressive Evil. You Can Probably Guess Which Outweighs What for Me.
[High Praise! to Hot Air]
Country Time: If your kid gets fined for opening a lemonade stand, we’ll cover it
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Icebreaker: What’s Your Favorite Place of All the Places You’ve Traveled?
Previously: “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data”
Currently: The Only List of Icebreaker Questions You’ll Ever Need (Not all of which will be used, since some are either/or questions, which are boring.)
Your mission: answer the question in the comments with a good story.
If you don’t have a good story, you are encouraged to make one up.
What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve traveled?
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Christmas in Singapore was pretty cool, too. All the stores decorated for it, but its not really a native holiday. It added a strange flavor to a familiar event.
America: Where Even the Poor Are Rich
Straight Line of the Day: The First Thing Trump Will Say to Kim Jong Un at Their Historic Summit Meeting…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
The first thing President Trump will say to Kim Jong Un at their historic summit meeting…
The Illustrated Frank J: How Come Evil Kirk Didn’t Have a Beard?
Method to Her Madness
Nancy Pelosi said that if Democrats win back the House, they’ll pass a bill giving “Medicare for all“.
I can only assume it’s a get-out-the-vote scheme, since the dead tend to vote Democrat.
Sunday Night Open Thread
I love old movies.
What’s been on your mind? Got something you’d like to share? A topic to discuss? It’s Sunday Night Open Thread.
Who wants to start?
The Illustrated Frank J: I Wouldn’t Let Him Date My Sister
Link of the Day: You Are the Flag Pole
[High Praise! to Mental Floss]
Why Is the American Flag Displayed Backwards on Military Uniforms?
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This Is Why I Don’t Take Bar Bets
[Win Tic-Tac-Toe by LOSING?!] (Viewer #1,822,714)
There’s a lot of blah blah at the beginning. Go ahead & jump to 2:17 when you’re tired of it.
Entertainment Gap
The Breakfast Liberals Can’t Stomach
Saturday Night Open Thread
What group had the most Top 40 hits without hitting Number One? The Electric Light Orchestra.
Now, what you’ll do with that information is entirely up to you. But use your knowledge for good, not evil.
Well, it’s your turn. Got something you’d like to share? Something awesome? Something profound? Something funny? Or, like me, something useless? It’s Saturday Night Open Thread.
What’s on your mind?
