It makes me very sad that the fun features like Animoji require the FaceID hardware, because there’s no way that I’m going to buy a phone like the X where the aesthetics have been so seriously compromised. Having images wrap around the “flat tire” sensor area is flat-out hideous (and distracting), and it astounds me…

In your next life, consider a Chinese wife. For mine, the weirder it seems to me, the more she delights in it. Unfortunately, she’s not into cooking, so she buys the stuff and I have to figure out what to do with it. I used to follow her around the store and (selectively) empty the cart as she filled it, but she…

Some (not all) cannabis 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 messes with my sense of time, making it seem that I’m living in little bursts rather than continuously and often making me wonder how I got to wherever I am at any given point. I’m guessing this has something to do with interfering with the formation of short-term memories,…

If I’m not in a situation where it would seem too repulsive, I beg the discarded shells from my dining companions and gleefully chomp them. They don’t even have to be fried—I’m fine with boiled shells. Not heads, though—they’ve gotta be fried into unrecognizability.

Too bad you can’t buy shrimp shells the way you can bones—since most shrimp are sold with the shells (or at least heads) removed, there must be megatons of the stuff leftover from processing. Business opportunity, anyone?

I wouldn’t have a problem with bats if it weren’t for those pointy little teeth. Needle phobia x 10 (or so)!

So, where can an old Boomer like me score some? Back in the day it was easy, but now it seems kinda scary.

I’ve deduced from watching cooking shows that a “little” salt (or just about anything else) is approximately one-half cup.

My greatest fear is of someday needing to use Depends.

I have been using HostGator for years, mostly because they let me use an unlimited number of email aliases on each of the several domains I own (I create a different address/alias for every company I deal with, so that I’ll know immediately who’s spamming me and can cut them off). I make only minimal use of actual web…

I have been using HostGator for years, mostly because they let me use an unlimited number of email aliases on each…

For me, the ultimate alarm clock is an Amazon Echo Show. Now someone just needs to write a “skill” to make it emulate these sunrise/sunset clocks. Its screen wouldn’t be as bright as the LED versions like the Philips and Vansky, but I suspect it would be pretty good.

For me, the ultimate alarm clock is an Amazon Echo Show. Now someone just needs to write a “skill” to make it…

Why do you need the PlaySport if you have the Hero3+?

Seriously? back at ya.

I have an All-Clad stainless pan and a hand-me-down Lodge cast iron one. Before really trying the Lodge, I bought the All-Clad because I believed all the stuff about cast iron being too much trouble. Well, the stainless steel proved to be a real PITA to clean unless I used copious amounts of Barkeeper’s Friend, which…

You could still go to class naked, though.

Pack them in a little bed of leftover rice, in a small bowl or teacup or somesuch. Won’t hold them as firmly as a real egg cup, but with reasonable care it gets the job done.

Point taken. But, 70-odd bucks value added?

Home Depot and IKEA usually have orchids for a lot less than $12.99. Katie & I have collected way too many of them over the years, but we get reliable re-blooms with minimal effort. I keep thinking that someday I should feed them from the pack of orchid food I bought many moons ago (and 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 be able to find…

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There’s a deep sale on the original Echo because now everyone wants an Echo Show. I’m already up to six, thanks to Prime friends who insanely didn’t want to use the SHOW2PACK deal for themselves.

There’s a deep sale on the original Echo because now everyone wants an Echo Show. I’m already up to six, thanks to…