XV10 Toyota Camry (1991-96)

I grewup in rural northern lower Michigan and knew many people living these types of circumstances. Now, perhaps my ‘privilege’ was being born to MA degreed librarians descended from industrious German and Polish stock in the economic and cultural center for the approx. 100 mile square micro-region and that’s why I…

I find it funny when people use the phrase “from new york”, as in “a reporter from new york, as some sort of short hand for urban sophistication and privilege. I also grew up in an economically depressed town full of blue collar workers who did probably know about extra forks but just didnt see the point. That town was…

I recently switched from a lingerie bag to a pillow protector to store soiled masks. The mesh didn’t offer enough containment for me to feel like they weren’t going to contaminate anything else. I feel better with a layer of fabric between me and the dirty masks now that I’ve switched.  It  gets zipped up and thrown…

Yeah, the faster COVID is spreading, the quicker trials can finish. It’s a very dark silver lining. Trials have been halted in the past (for Ebola, I think) because an outbreak was contained enough that it wasn’t possible to tell whether the vaccine was working.

It’s also going to be a huge issue when the vaccine priority groups are decided. If you want to prevent the spread of the infection, you’ll prioritize people who have lots of exposure, like teachers. If you want to prevent deaths, you’ll prioritize people who are at the greatest risk of dying, like nursing home…

Those of us who were given a sugar cube to vaccinate us against polio are examples that the first effective vaccine isn’t necessarily the final version. That doesn’t mean that the first vaccine isn’t important and won’t save lives. It’s just a process and we should be prepared that the first one won’t be perfect. 

My mother, who always voted republican, voted for Perot. The only thing I remember about him is Dana Carvey.

The entire philosophy predicates itself on clutching to the goddamned past.

Conservatism, especially the modern variant, is a dead fucking end. Socially, economically, spiritually, mentally, name it.

1. Imagine getting a job interview where you actively refused to answer any questions, bc you know you had the votes.

8/12: Tweets from beyond the grave (Wed, November 11)

Hermain Cain had “defeated” COVID at this stage, too.

Those headlights are messin with my OCD. 

“Model E” was always the best possible model name. Usher in the EV age the same way the “Model T” ushered in the universal automobile.

I kinda forgot about the eStang and I was kinda hoping Ford did too.

 One woman’s home was foreclosed on nine years after her makeover when the mortgage ballooned from $30,000 to $113,000.

Some chicken meat is just pink. If it comes from a younger bird, for example, it’s more likely to come out pink even when it’s fully cooked.

Huh. Are they super thick? You could try pounding them out first, but I still feel like that shouldn’t be happening at those time and temps. How pink we talking here?