"Every year, people die because they don't have ice safety picks with them while snowmobiling and they go through the ice into frigid water. Don't become another statistic." I can't believe that there are enough of these to merit "statistics" but I promise never to go snowmobiling without them.
Read Article 6.5: If you go 180 days without using any of your credits, Skype reclaims them all, without even a warning email. Didja know that? I've got a customer support request to get my credits back, and I'll let you know how it goes, but basically, I'm out $$$ for no reason.
"We just so weren't expecting the convoy to open up on us," said one Canadian in the car. I would have said "Holy crap, what a bunch of assholes! We almost died!" which is why I'm not a diplomat.
“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)