That beautiful house! What a shame - we lose some nice mid century homes around here for the same reason, so someone can build a too big for the lot house with a lot of trim around everything, fake timbers near the peak of the roof, and flagcrete.

Yep, even Levi’s makes some here. Sadly, though, the famous Cone Mills denim factory recently closed.

Legit question - wouldn’t Melania Trump no longer need a visa, having married an American citizen?

Nelson doesn’t look particularly off putting. Neither does Ralph. But Moe? That’s weird. And that one of Mr. Burns up there, with Smithers? Sweet Jeebus that’s creepy.

It’s the same mentality that had people telling me that Mitt Romney was an “everyman” who “started his own business from scratch.” Because starting a financial business with seed money from your employer is exactly the same as getting a small business loan and opening your own hardware store in Milwaukee. (I won’t…

The wheels on the stock Daytona and Superbird are way undersized for the body. The standard Charger and Road Runner suffer similarly, but it’s worse with the nose cone and wing.

TBH most of those leave me cold, and in a couple of cases (style 108 and 666 in particular) look like the sort of aftermarket wheels I see at the stand at the back of the auto show, next to the guy selling miracle shams.

The Pentas are the best. I never liked the fat five spokes like the above photo.

I dunno, I ate at one a few years ago, up in Wisconsin, and wasn’t that impressed. For my money Smashburger is better (though that’s not as big a company as Carldee’s)

Settle down, pal, or you’ll blow out an O-ring. It sounds to me like there’s a lot of difference between whatever it is you do (teaching, social work, or something similar, I’d guess), and the typical upper-middle management marketing MBA type who openly brags about getting up at 5 am to do a few hours of extra work…

A few years ago some bright spark opened not one but two new Hardee’s stores around here (Chicago burbs), and I think they both lasted almost exactly one year. Clearly people still remember the bad old days when they served terrible hockey pucks for burgers and everything tasted stale.

Tell me more about that Pony.

Oh, Documentary Now! I recommend that to everyone I know, and I always have to explain to people what Grey Gardens or Stop Making Sense is.

There are only five yesses there - who’s not getting a “yes”? I’m pulling for “migos” because I’m an old and have no fucking idea who or what that is, but it’s prolly James Bay.

I would watch all of this.

I would put Texans up there - it’s always too cold for them and because they’re Texans, they constantly insult the people who live anywhere it’s not at least 75°F. (Ironically they also complain about the heat. Texans are whiny and suck, is what I’m saying)

I have a couple of friends who live near Denver, and they like to brag about how it’s still usually warmer there than here in Chicago, so that half the time the snow melts instead of stays around like here.

I believe “What is that stupid asshole doing?” is on Pete Rose’s family crest. In Latin. Fancy and shit.

Thanks, but none of it’s special or rare, just the regular edition with a sticker or stamp that says “property of the record label” and a hole punched in the bar code. I can’t imagine anyone would pay a premium for that.

See, that’s my problem. I have a ton of promo stuff (I worked for Borders Books and Music for about ten years so I accumulated a lot of stuff), and a lot of it is stuff I’m going to get rid of, but most shops won’t take them because of the promo stamp on the front. Plus a lot of magazine promos (the British magazines…