I love a car that’s good at what it does. These cars are boring, and that’s the point. It’s what they’re damn good at. Ownership requires no thought or effort on my part. They run forever with minimal maintenance. I keep one as my daily commuter specifically because it’s the right kind of boring.  I stay with the…

Ha. Oh, man: I had one of those in college / early career. It was a good car. I put a ton of miles on that thing.

Minivans are super underrated. They are an absolutely perfect fit for what >95% of people actually use their SUVs for. They just suffer from horrible PR.

He may have stupidly consented to have his car searched. In which case, it wouldn’t be a violation of the 4th.

The family of Boever said the state’s top cop hasn’t reached out to apologize with Boever’s wife saying, “At least it would show he manned up and took responsibility.”

“Being an Alpha Male” is not a personality, but “Believing I’m an Alpha Male” most definitely is a personality — if not a pathology.

What’s the proper term for those of us who just live our lives the best way we see fit? I would think “Sigma” “functioning adult” would be the closest to that. I have co-workers preening immature assholes who think of themselves as the “Alpha Males” of the office....

I use apps for pizza places and Starbucks. It’s about convenience for me, not deals or points. Not big on rewards programs.  I use them b/c they solve a problem:

The only other option is if you’ve got a magic device that ‘turns off’ gravity around your vehicle (that’s what the District 9 example used). If you turn off gravity though, there isn’t much to attract stuff to your vehicle so it might also float ...

I love Torch, and I love a good thought experiment, but none of this is how any of this works, even assuming the technology exists.

Remember that there is no wrong way to grieve, and it’s your job to roll with it.

Another trap is that being “smart” may actually mire you down at least as much as it helps you cope.

Yes.  Yes it is.

Will it have a Mt Dew’s serving of caffeine? Not a big fan of mixing the two in significant amounts. I do enjoy an Irish coffee, but I suspect these HARD DEWS aren’t intended for slowing sipping on a winter day.

I’m pretty confident I’ve seen a bunch of Avalons and just thought they were Camrys.  Didn’t know an Avalon was even a thing until my brother bought one.

Funny that you say that because my 2019 Corolla has numerous problems our Explorer didn’t start to have until the 150k mile mark.

Accountability is always for someone else.

I fixed Bobby’s quote to align with reality:

You are a wise person my friend.

100%, There gets to be an odd comfort to it. I also get really good at masking my depression. I work hard at it, sometimes without realizing that’s what I’m doing. So the idea of letting down that mask and letting somebody see is terrifying. And it only takes one poor response to dig in an make an even bigger,…