You take a picture of yourself in front of the car, holding the day’s newspaper. You have not seen that in movies?

Well all pictures taken on a phone should have a proper timestamp in the metadata, and most are geo-located as well unless you turned that off.

Taking pictures of preexisting damage is great, but, will they actually believe me when I say it was there before I drove it? Is the time/date stamp on pictures enough proof, or do I need to call it to the attendants attention/document it on the rental paperwork before I leave?

I like giving them enough rope to hang themselves.

Hot take, Kanye’s always been garbage and his music has always sucked.

I’m of the firm belief its time we start chopping off the hands of thieves again.

Clearly an article sponsored by Big Spider.

Which should tell you something. Firefox blocks a lot of trackers and other privacy-invaders that other browsers allow. When Firefox causes a site to break, it can be a sign that the site is invading your privacy more than others.

Resize the browser window. I shrink to view the slideshow as a list, then tweak the width to load the comments.

Maybe so. But it’s still a good way to remind ourselves of our mortality.

“Ash Wednesday is the most heavily attended mass of the year, drawing more people than even Christmas or Easter.” When I was growing up, the Catholic kids said they went because it was a reason to get out of school on a Wednesday, whereas Easter is on Sunday and Christmas is already a day where there was no school. Als…

I learned, (thankfully not too late) that “Perfection” is a journey and not a destination. Its great to aim for it, but you wont ever hit it, since it does not actually exist.

I summon my demons by just trying to go to sleep at night.  

I just did a quick self check using their list and now I am really depressed and fear for my health.

“...Convince your partner to force you to wake up in the morning.”  This sounds like a one way ticket to major conflict and/or a break up.

Yep. With meat too. My grocery store just had pork shoulders for $0.99/lb. I bought 20lbs and smoked, pulled, vac-sealed, and froze 15 packages. Great on rice pilaf or street tacos for a quick cheap meal. 

The value of a freezer when on a food budget cannot be overstated. A lot of folks don’t have room for one, but in the long run, it can be a big food dollar stretcher, especially for produce purchase in season.

Aldi’s is your friend.  I find that I need to use the produce sooner than from other stores but they have a lot of high quality products and the prices are usually excellent.

If you can buy in bulk and you have a Food Saver it can shave some serious money off of your meat budget.

Rice is surprisingly expensive here in Japan compared to other countries, despite the fact that there’s so many rice farms. You’re looking at around $15-$20+ for a 5kg bag, it’s often cheaper to buy imported rice from the U.S. Which is just perfect, since “America” when written using Chinese characters, is “rice…