For months, my job was to watch paint dry. Once I had the testing ego in down, it was easy duty. The trick was lots of sensitive thermocouples.

Plasmagryphon will likely weigh in on this, but since liquid Nitrogen boils at -320F (-195C) and dry ice sublimes at -110F (-80C), they are likely using Nitrogen vapor and the temperature is in Fahrenheit.

You make the Internet a much nicer place to visit.

They left out the issues of earning large amounts of money but not having any free time to spend it. It just piles up in a retirement account doing nothing but earning interest.

Twenty years old and still quite relevant. https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

A bit off topic: The Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine, CA is a justifiable tourist destination. Besides being able to mix and match from all of the above, the food is prepared perfectly and you are never cheated on portions or ingredients.

I agree, however, it was likely inevitable. My mother had been reading the strip since its inception. She said that it was obvious that Schultz drew his initial inspiration from his children and their friends. As they grew up, he put teenage and young adult words in their mouths without growing the drawings. After he moved to California the strips did not have snow. In his later years, all he had for inspiration was his dog. Ergo, Snoopy was the principal actor.

Excellent article, as always.
So, when is Eddie going to write *the* definitive, referenced history of the Beatles?

How much fun was that to make!

NOTE: As NSFW as the article.
Chastity, not just for women any more. This Chinese wholesaler lists 9,350 male chastity devices, but only has 2,380 female chastity belts.

For the completely gullible, that only works if you keep moving your feet. Once the mud gets over your feet, getting out will be quite difficult.

I had a neighbor who was a fully functioning alcoholic: 24 beers a day for over 40 years, owned three homes outright, ran a very successful business. He got sick from something that had nothing to do with drinking. Doctor cured it but also told him to never drink again.

After six months of fighting mystery illnesses, I told him and his wife hat he needs to go back to beer. Fixed most of his problem in a week. His body had gotten so used to alcohol, that it could not function with out it.

I get the fern references, but too many of these look like the poster from A Nightmare Before Christmas.