How to launch a manual on the street?

If you want to learn how to drive with a clutch, the Car Talk guys had a good suggestion. Go to a parking lot and try to start moving without using the gas pedal, just slipping the clutch. Also practice starting uphill in a place where people won't drive right up behind you, like they do around here while texting and putting on makeup. Unless you like replacing clutches; then rev and dump.