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Welcome, @Kort!

Maybe because somewhere deep in your subconscious, you realize you're the mouse and the Lego-operator is your employer?

Thank you! Fixed.

I can think of a whole slew of people who, based on their professed values, ought to be thrilled that the president didn't do this. So, unless it's the Christian militants who are upset, why, exactly is anyone upset? Atheists separation of church and state folk folks in favor of religious freedom folks in favor of freedom from religion liberal "don't cram your religion down my throat" folks Hipsters Against Hypocrisy (HAH) whoever I've left out

I draw stick people! Stick people. And I'm not even good at it. Not sure I could have done that justice. If you want to see someone who's good at stick people, check this website by my friend Tas: The Stickman Diaries. Or you can check out my favorite - the OP here - the guy is expert at making his stick men expressive!

FWIW, I like the lower-case d in the "initialism" - even if it is "wrong". I mean, everyone over on FPN abbreviates Caran d'Ache as CdA, so why not LdS?

"Please step out of the vehicle." "Get out of the vehicle." Bust the window and yank the guy out of the vehicle.

Hmm. I'm thinking @pam or @rpframe maybe oughta edit the emoji list!

He'll find worms invading his coffin.

Well, think about real verbs that end in "ify": justify, diversify, simplify. They all mean to make something into what the first part of the word means. But for many nouns, you just add the verb ending (or change which syllable is stressed) and voila, it's a verb - act > acting, treat > treating, logic > logicking (even if the k makes me gag). Logify or logicify would be perfectly good verbs to describe the act of making something logical, just not the act of using logic.

No, that would be turning something into logic (e.g. taking a flawed argument and adjusting it until it's logical), not using logic to figure something out (aka deduction, reasoning).

But "Scope, Schedule, Budget - pick two" doesn't roll off the tongue nearly so nicely as the other options - the repeating "sk" sounds ruin it.

It's entirely possible that's redundant.

From google, I infer that logic as a verb (and therefore logicking) will be in the dictionary afore long. In the meantime, the rules are: Have fun It should seem reasonably plausible (i.e. appear to follow existing rules / patterns) (alternately, it should be obviously absurd, to the point where any intelligent person would be amused at your joke) Make it so good that they put your name in the "etymology" section of the definition (I considered adding the "k", but it looks so ugly when they do it to "public" that I went for the hyphen instead.)

Why? Your variant is just as good as his.

Technically, it does. But what if it didn't? Knowing by the Spirit that it does is a more powerful thing than assuming or logic-ing that it does. And I think that is the point. There have been enough stories recounted that we should all understand that sooner or later we will each face a trial of faith that we could never have imagined before it hit. We may have thought we were prepared for it - until it hits, at which point, we may find we're not so prepared after all. The point of seeking a personal witness is to gain that extra power that comes from knowing by the Spirit (as opposed to assuming or reasoning). Think of it as the difference between building your house on a rock (literally, on top of it) vs. securing your house to the rock by driving screws down deep into the rock.

Huh. Dr. N (father of the family who started this business I work for) used to say "Fast, Cheap, Good - pick two." This is the first time I've heard a variant of it (haven't even heard a repeat of it, which is kinda surprising because it seems to me like a universal truth).

I think his name is Yukon Jack (or something like that). If only I could query a ridiculously large database to find out.... Yukon Cornelius. Hmm, what about the elf... Hermey (there's a reason to run away from the people who gave you that name). You can relive the magic on Saturday, 08 December 2018 at 8pm EST on CBS.

Not likely. If I knew how to get to a place where the people made sense, I would have left here long, long ago.

Even Popular Mechanics is getting in on the whole fountain pen thing, er, gadget.

Welcome, @Kooky!

Hint #2: "Honey, with this tool, I'll finish a lot sooner, and be able to spend more time with you."

So you haven't gotten hooked on Frank Howarth yet? That's good. Just_A_Girl is going to freak when you tell her you need a CNC router for the school fund-raiser project:

Now you've hurt his feelings!

But he's the Abominable Snowman from one of the Rudolph movies. So even though he's cute as can be, he's abominable.