It’s only my kids who are using my account, anyway. Two are going to college in other states, so Netflix better not cut them off!

I’ve got two nominations, both in Dallas.

Was going to mention that one. I used to live near there. And of course there are places where it is simultaneously named both Olive Street and Olive Blvd! Where I live now we have a Green Street Road.

There is good Bosnian food in STL. Love me some cevapi and sirnica!

Think of it as a buttermilk and dill aioli.

Mmm, you could make a mean muffaletta with that tapenade!

Bridge over a creek out here in the sticks. They have guardrails. So you don’t fall into the creek if the bridge is icy and you slide into them.

I reported mine (of course, since they totaled it), so I’m curious about it not showing on CARFAX. Maybe drewsro didn’t guess the right plate? It was a bit of a struggle with the insurance company to get a proper payout on it as not just a regular Neon. I had to hire an appraiser, but eventually got them to pay a reaso…

No worries about that with this one. I bought it new, and I plan on driving it until it falls apart. It is starting to show some rust along the undersides of the rocker panels. Inevitable in Illinois. I really hope I can drive it another 10 years at least. I turn 55 this month, so maybe the Neon and I can retire…

In 2016 when I ran my SRT4 into a guardrail on an icy bridge, the insurance company totaled it, and there was some pretty extensive front-end damage. But I found that in Illinois, if a vehicle is at least 10 model years old, you don’t have to surrender the title when it’s totaled. I paid a really modest fee (I think…

We have a couple of Cutco paring knives we’ve had about 20 years, and while they’ve held up well, I agree with you that they just feel weird in the hand. I honestly prefer my super-cheap wooden handled Utica paring knife (looks basically like this one).

Yikes, we did use Colony fixtures. It’s been a year, and they seem okay so far, but I guess I’ll hope for the best. At least they can’t be worse than the old fixtures, which seemed to be the cheapest possible things you could get.

Yikes, we did use Colony fixtures. It’s been a year, and they seem okay so far, but I guess I’ll hope for the best.…

This was at one of Illinois’ mass vaccination sites at a college basketball arena (and my alma mater, actually). It seemed pretty well organized, with crowd “flow-control” being handled by National Guard members.

I bought an American Standard Colony toilet last year when we were remodeling our master bath. I’ve been pretty happy with it. This probably sounds weird/gross, but there’s noticeably less “splash” with it when a standing-peeing person is using it. Also, I found that toilets don’t usually come with a seat, so I…

I bought an American Standard Colony toilet last year when we were remodeling our master bath. I’ve been pretty…

I feel like no discussion of grief and television would be complete right now without mentioning Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Last year we moved my wife’s elderly parents in with us, because they were reaching a point where they couldn’t live alone. My mother-in-law passed in October, in our house with family around…

Good to know! I’m no expert, but (to kind of extend that wine metaphor from the article) I’d say it has a has a grassy, peppery flavor that I like.

A deer ran into the side of my SRT in January. Did a number on the fender and door and broke a headlight. It could have been a lot worse, but still $1K of damage. I just got it back today!

Same, to all of that! There were people sitting well spaced out waiting, and I assumed that was the “line.” But there actually was no line, my wife and I got our shots immediately, and then you had to sit for 15 minutes to make sure you didn’t have an allergic-type reaction. My arm was slightly sore for a day, but…

Ooo, this reminds me of something I did recently. I made beef Wellington for the first time for Christmas dinner. Instead of trying to find and use the traditional foie gras, I made essentially a meat-flavored compound butter with potted meat. It worked pretty well! The Wellington was delicious, in spite of me…

Yeah, I was going to say that the tires are good, though. Tires are something where I feel there are few really good ones that are expensive, a lot of cheap ones that are cheap for a reason, and a few mid-range ones that are “okay.” I’ll admit I usually settle for the “okay” ones, but I’ve had some of the good ones,…