Paris… at the turn of the 20th century.
A part of me thinks that a possible return of serialized novels would become really cool. The other part of me likes to buy (and consume) in bulk anyway. It does seem to me that ebooks ought to allow for more experimentation, though.
Parenting has become a vehicle for parents’ self-expression.
Britain appears to be getting a grip on speeding.
This is a neat demonstration: A simulation of the sensation of giving birth, so men can find out what it feels like.
Tablets still have a long way to go.
Sometimes, auto insurance rates aren’t actually based on how you drive. As some of you may recall, back when we moved northwest, some “problem” on our credit our rates to spike up 33%. Our credit ratings at the time were both above 700. To this day, we don’t know what the problem was. It disappeared when we moved to Arapaho.
There is an ongoing war between DMV’s and people who want dirty acronyms on their license plates.
The science and economics of chain restaurants.
I have posted favorably on moveable houses and moveable hotels. How about… moveable cities.
Americans have an obsession with ninjas.
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Greetings from Callie, Arapaho, a red town in a red state known for growing red meat. And from Redstone, Arapaho (Aw-RAH-pah-hoe), a blue city with blue collar roots that's been feeling blue for quite some time.
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A simulation of the sensation of giving birth, so men can find out what it feels like.
Put your fingers in the corners of your mouth.
Pull you lips as far apart as you possibly can.
Then stretch them back over your head.
Auto insurance rates aren’t actually based on how you drive.
Well, obviously. Because the insurance companies don’t actually know how you drive, and although they have some idea how you have driven, they make money predicting how you will drive in the future. To wit:
the insurance providers say issues like income and education are used as objective actuarial measurements to help determine premiums and do not imply deliberate demographic discrimination. “We work to price each driver’s policy as accurately as possible, so that every driver pays the appropriate amount based on his or her risk of having an accident,” says Progressive Insurance spokesperson Jeff Sibel. ”We use multiple rating factors, which sometimes include non-driving factors that have been proven to be predictive of a person’s likelihood of being involved in a crash.”
Nowhere does the article rebut this as a factual statement.