Just so you know, a vehicle with four-wheel-drive will still slide on ice. The difference between your vehicle and the car sliding next to you is that your vehicle will be sliding with all four wheels engaged. Unfortunately, sliding 70 mph on ice, slamming into the concrete barrier and being ejected from your vehicle typically [...]

I was lying on the couch, I remember, toying with the BBs I had shoved into my nostrils, pushing them here and there, laughing inside my head. I, like most kids, was curious about my body and shoving things into my nose or my ears (or other holes) seemed a matter of important education.
I like [...]

I am getting paid time and a half to work Thanksgiving. My agency also counts the day after Thanksgiving as a holiday, which means I get 48 hours at time and a half. Few people called 911 that day, which means I spent almost 48 hours getting paid (time and a half) to watch movies, [...]

My electronic life is falling to pieces: desktop computer, wide screen television, PDA. Perhaps it’s a sign to I should become more analogue. Sadly, all my woes are happening at once, including a massive loss in data. And I wonder: How can my Henckel kitchen knife that I’ve used almost daily for 10 years still [...]

David Plotz comments on Barack Obama in Slate’s “Huge Agenda” Political Gabfest on November 14. Listen here.
“I think he is not going to try to be out front with Bush, either competing with or helping out with Bush before the inauguration. Then I expect him to come very big and hard. And I think the [...]