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1. about 1 month ago on Big Nate

   That was just young Jonathan, too busy pondering how best to ride the morning’s air currents to care much about food. Now as for Breakfast Flock…

2. 3 months ago on Strange Brew

   A simple edit would have made it work: “You can’t just dictate who can prevent forest fires.”

3. 4 months ago on Heart of the City

   Barring those who are genetically incapable of liking them, I’ve always convinced people to like brussels sprouts by serving them sauteed in butter with a maple glaze. Eventually they graduate to my preferred garlic roasted recipe.

4. 5 months ago on F Minus

   Good to know that Doug Forcett actually managed to succeed.

5. 6 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I TEACH Calculus, and I STILL have dreams about exams in a class with an imaginary advanced subject in which I never opened the book.

6. 7 months ago on The Born Loser

   I was told by someone formerly in the restaurant business that they will often buy double-yolk eggs so that they could count each as two. They may cost more individually, but by the yolk it was less expensive. And it’s really not that bad for the customer – you get about 2 medium eggs’ worth from one jumbo double.

7. 7 months ago on Peanuts

   Songbirds sing very sweetly, but when they get aggressive their tone can change dramatically. If I walked past my cage of cute little finches and they all started screeching at me from their perches, I would be seriously freaked out.

8. 8 months ago on Zack Hill

   Same. I read it in the 90s and found Lee’s moral dilemma – and the clash between “present” and “future” rebel ideologies – fascinating. In the present day, I consider it nearly prophetic.

9. 8 months ago on Zack Hill

   Fossil fuel power plants convert 50% of their energy source to energy. Counting transmission through the grid, and efficiency loss in an electric engine, this may drop as low as 40% for EVs. Diesel engines top out in the high 30s, with most regular cars ranging 11-30%. It’s not advanced math. The least efficient EVs fed on coal will still edge out the most efficient gas cars.

10. 8 months ago on Truth Facts

    I’ll take it off for ya – along with the rest of the slice.