No. I’ve learned that I lament going cheap, and wind up spending more to get quality down the road. So now I just gun for quality out of the gate. Sorry.

You said “jealous” in your title, but I think you meant “envious.” Most people don’t work from home, so they can’t be jealous of something they don’t already have. If they don’t have it but they think they want it, then they have envy.

I follow Jack Vale:

I have two teenagers, 16 and 15. They also don’t have brain damage that requires an inordinate amount of time for them to accomplish remedial tasks like putting on shoes within several hours’ time. I’d guess they get it done in under 40 seconds. Maybe 30 for my son, since he typically wears shoes that do not require…

Go ahead and judge me, and then let’s circle back to see if I care.

See above. Again.

Four and a half hours to put shoes on isn’t the product of a lazy child, or an inattentive child, or a child with ‘nominal problems.’ This sounds like a clinical issue, and I would have him checked out by a physician.

There’s a deeper psychology at work here. I think it stems from the parents’ history of dishing out empty threats during the child’s formative years. Case in point: my brother’s kids. They treat his wife like crap, don’t listen to her, challenge nearly everything she asks, but they respond to my brother like…

I am conversationally fluent in three languages (English [native], Portuguese, and Spanish), and academically fluent in three others (“academically” because they are “dead” languages: Classical Hebrew, Old Greek, and Aramaic), and worked all the way up to first two years of a PhD in classical Hebrew. (Dropped out: too…

Lotus all the way. Perfect recommendation. 👌

Words that need to die:

Yes to the 2002. No to all the rest. Sorry bro.

Exactly. Use them sparingly so they have their intended effect.

I raised my kids not to swear until they were mid-to-late teens. Then I told them that it is not acceptable in mixed company, but among like-minded people, use it in moderation. Don’t become someone who can’t get through a sentence without ‘effin’ this’ or ‘effin’ that,’ because the potency of their cursing is lost.…

I’ve been actively renting cars going back nearly 20 years, and Nissans tend to get thrown at me quite frequently, and I can say what you said going back all the way to that time. I’m not entirely sure what people see in them, because in that price range and style, Toyota and Honda at least have their shit together…

Challenge #53: Stop with the bokeh fetish, especially those among you who introduce it with software (😮). Make a sharp photograph that is interesting from corner to corner. This bokeh fetish of the last few years is driving me up the wall... PLEASE STOP.

Upvote for the Pink Floyd reference 

Agree on Nissan Rogue. What a letdown...

Worst: Chrysler 200. Rental. Stupid car can’t handle parking lots without its transmission doing weird-ass shit. Hated every minute of it.