Tires.  You can mod the crap out of everything else on your car, but if you can’t grip, you’re just wasting your money.  I finally got a set of summer tires this year, a bit wider than stock, and I can take a corner like I never could before.  It feels like a completely different car.  Always start with tires.

This is something probably better expounded upon in a larger blog, but we get a lot of shit either way because we’re either all-in for Tesla, or we’re a bunch of short sellers blahblahblah.

I don’t understand why people pointing out real faults and limitations are continually being categorized as “cheering for the company to fail.”

I think some asterisks that showed the rate of inflation or a table of “in current USD” would be helpful here. $1.56 in 2003 is $2.11 today. So your $9.25 figure for the 2003 F-150 cost/100 miles is $13.21 vs. the $13.80 you’re paying today.

research shows the effects are more detrimental in the long term.

The best thing about the current Star Wars comics is that they actively embrace the prequels. The worst thing about the current Star Wars movies is that they actively brush away the prequels.

My advice: the grass is rarely greener. While Apple devices are my primary ones, I use Android/Windows (Surface) daily, and they all have their problems.

Modern cars have too much tech for their own good.

Damn, that’s such a nice looking car.

easier said than done

I actually have my own thoughts on porn, and do believe the mass majority of “popular” porn is degrading to women. I do not enjoy it. But here’s the thing- I just choose not to watch it. I don’t make laws out laying others to partake. If it is legally produced, all actors are of age and legally consenting, well...…

What a moving story-my heart ached reading it. My grandma saw my mom (deceased 7 yr prior) the day before she died, motioning her to follow her down the hall before church started (her boyfriend was sitting next to her wondering who she was talking to - that’s how we found out). The next evening she had a massive…

Well. Looks like I am the dick head. Apologies and thanks for your service.

No need, the Navy’s stellar year in the news is plenty enough.

Disclaimer: 12 years Active Duty Navy service. So that’s (former) Petty Officer Dickhead to you.

These days, at least this year, a US Navy Ship returning to home port under her own power and not having rammed another ship or ran aground is enough to fly a “Mission Successful” banner....

My grandfather was in the last stage of dying literally for an entire year. Every day the nurses would call and say something like “the rattle got louder, probably a few hours left” or “he isn’t hungry or eating.”

My grandpa was a tough son of a bitch who was a field medic at Normandy on D-Day. Being a medic put him at…

Nonsense. The government-aid spigot could merely be turned off.
It wouldn’t doom his ventures overnight, but it would slow them down & I’m confident we’d see divestitures on his part to streamline & pare down his ambitions.

I live south of I-10 so I’m more concerned by the lack of A/C.

Except in cases where you’re required to by an HOA, care about your property values, or care about your relationship with your neighbors.