Yah. Yah. Oh, Yah.

Like that. For months.

My parents were from Minnesota, moved to Chicago, and after several years, lost the accent. However, we’d go up there sometimes twice a year and they’d slip back into it in minutes and ease out again in a couple of days after returning home. I find myself slipping into bits of it if I’m talking to a Minnesotan, which,…

Well, alrighty then!

Happens thousands of times a day all over North America. Wow, look at that driver doing what truck drivers do all the time!

If you peruse the notebooks at the Little A’Le’Inn in Rachel, Nevada, there are a couple of sketches of strange aircraft seen by people snooping around or visiting the area around Rachel or Area 51 that are clearly the F-117. At least, they were in the notebooks several years ago ...

Despite the massive metric conversion boo-boo ... want this. Want this a lot.

French press. Simple, consistently tasty coffee brewed while still in a soporific state of not-quite-yet-fully-awake. Kettle of water on the burner, feed the cats, hot tap water in the mug, freshly-ground coffee in the press, kettle whistles, water fresh-off-the-boil over the grounds, stir, set plunger in place,…

French press. Simple, consistently tasty coffee brewed while still in a soporific state of…

And, 82 feet wide?! Somebody’s metric conversion is just a wee bit off, I think.

PT Cruiser hate on Jalopnik. Surprise!

So, we’re calling a layer of rust, patina, now? Rust never sleeps. Too much money for a project that’s going to need a lot of work to head off the chemical process of oxidation.

Don’t litter in Texas. Now, there’s an inspirational racing message.

“Back in the day,” of 55 mph maximum limits in the U.S., one could shave about 2 hours off a Chicago to Buffalo or Rochester run by going through southern Ontario. Higher speed limits and a shorter distance provided the savings. And, if the exchange rate was favorable, as it is now, you could exchange U.S.$ for CAD$…

That stupid wing HAS to go.

Remember, the first purpose of the Interstate system is defense. It was designed to provide the most direct road connections between cities so troops and material can be moved quickly in time of warfare or disaster. While the argument can and has been made that all that can be done faster with aircraft, there is no…

Because it worked so well for the rear-facing passengers of the Brat.

And fresh doesn’t only mean light roasted. Coffee is fresh for about a week after roasting. It’s still drinkable, but not fresh, as in fresh-roasted. Best to buy smaller amounts from your local roaster each week, as you need it.

Some Ethiopians at Full City will have fruity notes, with a bit of cocoa aftertaste. At Full City+, the fruit becomes a bit more subtle, the cocoa a bit stronger. As one of my customers said while expressing his preferences, “I love a big, fruity Ethiopian.” For him, I roasted a Yerga Cheffe to the point between Full…

It’s a start ...

They’d still never get used.