Andrew Tarantola's discussions

What pisses me off is watching the replays of Blackhawks games on the NHL channel from the night before and seeing the game's final score crawl along the bottom of the screen in the first frickin' period (except of course when the final is 7-6/2OT in favor of Chicago). DVR or not, I agree with Adrian, you gotta watch… Read more

So all of our vertical boat-flipping technology comes from aliens? It suddenly all makes sense! Read more

No, see, if you're at preppy beach, a minimum of two polo shirts—preferably of clashing color schemes—must be worn at all times. And God help you if you don't pop those collars. Read more

"work in coordination with people," "exterminate humanity," whatevs Read more

Your Sears still has tools? I went into my local one last weekend only to find the department had been abandoned in favor expanding the Petites section. Read more

The space-based rail gun was an integral part of Reagan's SDI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System#Origins Read more

I do what I can. Glad you dig it. Read more

oh noes! Someone on teh internetz said fuck. Read more

They were busy filling in all the knowledge gaps that they glossed over during the space race. Like, when John Glenn first went up, NASA physicians weren't really sure if his eyeballs would explode out of his head on account of the change in pressure and loss of gravity. They were really only fairly certain that it… Read more

strap-on. total buzz kill. Read more

Lizewski didn't do what research properly? Because he didn't mention the sighting characteristics on an entirely different weapon? It's a product post, not a dissertation on the history of collapsible firearms. Read more

But does it assemble faster than you can yell "It's coming right for us!"? Read more

True that. I actually had never heard of them before discovering this, made it through 5 seconds the first time through. Now I can't stop listening.

yes, but with more screen doors. Read more

Actually, I only started playing with this yesterday, same as the rest of you. And yes, if it eliminates the star system, I'm all for it. Read more

because there are only so many ways to draw a cloud. Read more

And God forbid you give the new system more than 15 minutes before declaring it a complete failure. Read more