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Heard news of the tornado in Wisconsin. This morning they mentioned Appleton. Anybody hear from Brad and Justine yet?

EDIT: I just checked his facebook feed, and he was offering to loan out his generator, so that is a good sign.

Couscous picks up flavors so you can cook it in a nice broth for an upgraded dish.

Its puzzling why so many of those intelligent creatures end up beaching themselves.

They're not called massholes for nothing

Mass drivers suck.

Don’t forget the Cassowary…

I'd have to see their data before I agree w/ that article. It looks like propaganda from the 'speed kills' crowd, and/or the nanny state that wants to control everyone in the name of safety or fuel saving.

"Drivers who complied with posted speed limits on highways and arterial roads increased their travel time by an average of 54 seconds per day, based on a mean daily driving distance of 28.6 miles. That works out to just over six minutes per week."

This may be true for city driving and poorly timed stoplights. For example, driving just a bit more distance than they quoted, say 30mi. at 60mph, it would take 30 minutes. Bumping up the speed to 70mph decreases (or saves you time) to 25m43sec. Chops off over 4 minutes in one trip.

So their results must include plenty of stop-and-go driving. I grant that 60mph will deliver better gas mileage than 70mph. I don't agree that driving 70 on the freeway causes more accidents: higher speed may increase the severity of a crash, but I contend that it's those who drive slower than the flow of traffic who cause more accidents than those going 10mph over.