I always start risotto that way.

I thought most Massachusetts drivers pass on the right shoulder.

Based on my drives through New England, most of the left-lane hoggers happen to have Connecticut plates.

I love to wander around the sand roads of the Pine Barrens in Southern New Jersey and BREATHE. Everything smells fresh and citrusy like my Mom just wiped down the forest with Pine-Sol.

BTW, the fuzzy vine covering that tree in the photo is most likely poison ivy. Do not touch or eat.

Most of the NJ roads were designed before the automobile so they can barely fit two cars, let alone a bicycle.

Should I feel bad that I left my teenage son home alone with a box of donuts? He seemed pretty chill.

Not taking anything away from Pellegrini’s fantastic swim (especially her last 25 meters when she switched on the turbo boosters and blew past Ledecky and McKeon), but Ledecky could have been tired from annihilating the rest of the field in the 1500m. Speaking as a swimmer and a swim coach, the 800 and 1500 are much…

My GC is approaching 200k miles. I hope to get another 200k out of it.

Exactly. My Element with the rear seats folded up was roomy enough to host a small wedding in the back. It also performed well on dirt and sand roads. It was a little pokey merging onto the interstate and gas mileage was as expected for a box on wheels but it was a really cool, fun, well made car. I miss that gal.

I once forgot to let my dog in one evening before going to bed. To complicate matters, I left the gate to the yard wide open. Thank goodness it was summer.

Perhaps the Evil Clown of Middletown, NJ can be moved there.

“Maintenance time bomb” could accurately describe my personal experience as a former Audi owner.

My favorite game is to appear that I am doing actual work at my desk when in reality, I spend most of my day commenting on Kinja.

You have a bright future in the business world, my friend.

This is pretty solid advice. I was my high school class president, star athlete and straight-A student who attended a tony private university and later received my Masters degree.

WILL SHE EVER BE STOPPED?

The lesson here is don’t piss off Ayn Rand fans.

I am in a similar boat. I have an easy yet dull job (gives me time to post on Kinja), fair salary (but only one 1% raise since 2011), 10 minute commute. Not sure where else I can go with my current employer, but I am closing in on 50 and to most companies, that is too old.

It is illegal to do so in NJ. Based on what I’ve observed on the Garden State Parkway, New Yorkers think that the left lane is the tarrying lane.