Still, really glad I learned to drive in Chicago. If you can drive both a car and a bike in the craziness that is regular Chicago traffic, you can drive safely anywhere.

Given that chained wallets are classic biker gear, it’s not hipster nor redneck at all. Having one was just common sense, as was wearing leather since it lets you slide instead of tumble if you go down.

Spent my first six months living in Phoenix commuting 30 miles each way on my Sportster. Early on, opted for the Joe Rocket mesh-with-armor jacket and soak-in-water-evaporative cooling vest. You haven’t lived until you’re stuck in crawling rush hour traffic at the highest temp of the day, about 110, and, since it’s…

Don’t hold back now. How do you really feel?

Marketing: the dark art of convincing people to buy something they neither need nor want. Examples include preselected produce delivered in a box, Apple Music, and autonomous vehicles.

“In the year of our Ford ... “

This. All of this. Exactly this.

Cat is a pretty simple language, although there are numerous, subtle differences. There’s, “feed me.” There’s, “scritch me.” There’s clean the litter, you lazy twit.” There’s, “go ahead, rub my belly, I dare you.” And, “don’t forget, human-serving-wench, if you die alone in this house, I will begin eating your…

Does he own a house? Wonder how much a person can get in a civil suit for sexual harassment, false arrest, and perhaps even kidnapping?

And it was created by an insane Nazi. Don’t hold back, now. How do you really feel?

But the Gremlins were cool as were the Pintos until we learned they were fiery death traps.

Yep. They rode that huge engine, huge car formula almost into the grave when the Japanese handed them their asses during the gas, “shortages,” and EPA-rules introduction. Their response? They made Chevettes.

And, yet, the accessory of the spare tire mounted at the rear, on the bumper with body-color-matching cover is called a ... Continental Kit. Just sayin’

Not cornrows. Some very curly-haired folk have hair that lines up like that when heavily gelled, pomaded, etc. In that time period, slicked-down hair would have been normal and common.

To recognize that racism is real is not, “apologizing for being white.” To be white in this world, and especially in the U.S., carries enormous amounts of baggage AND privilege. While nobody asked for the privilege when being born, it exists and it matters. Nobody asked for the baggage, too, but it exists and it…

Cybernetically enhanced? Have you ever actually watched the shows, the films, or read the manga? She’s, “fully cbyer,” whole body, and requires complete, periodic body swaps. The rest of her team are, cybernetically enhanced, except for Togusa, who still has a cyberbrain unit, as do most people in this fictional…

Finally, a luxo-barge that isn’t a tricked-out truck. But ... is it just me, or does it look naked without a, “Continental bulge,” at the back?

Prices for IH trucks are starting to get nutso-too-high. Makes sense, though, because they are becoming ever-more-rare. Learned to drive at 12 in my grandfather’s 1956 IH B-Series pickup with a basic, “here’s how the clutch and gas work, here’s how the brakes work, you have 20 acres, don’t go in the river.” On the way…

Nope. 10 cents for soda back then was pretty normal. There were still some around when I was a kid and it was a big deal to be given a whole dime to get my own bottle.

The machines do reject real coins, too. Old ones. Made of up to 90 percent silver. Back when coins were actually worth something and not just play money. How they end up in the change stream is unknown, but every once in a while someone rips off a coin collection for drug money and the old silver gets a new life as…