A related mistake I see people make is to not check in as time goes on.

Also watch for small differences that affect value. I’ve spotted two items so far that were the Asian version, which can have an impact on firmware updates or the amount of help customer support agents can/can’t give you. 

Dying can be expensive

Yeah, the opportunity for a ‘win,’ there seems limited. My sister-in-law accurately understanding how her steak was cooked is ultimately going to have a pretty limited impact on me, whereas her thinking I embarrassed her in a restaurant sounds like something that would turn into a problem fast. 

No, it’s not quite the same as peacing-out midway through the third quarter of a basketball game

Sorry, it’s just a lazy way of thinking about it. I just wish you were only putting your health at risk instead of . . . you know . . . everyone’s.

Attitudes like this one are going to get people hurt.

It absolutely increases risk. Added time and added proximity means added risk. It’s not binary. It’s not ‘he saw Joey this afternoon, thus he either has or doesn’t have what Joey has.’ (and that is before discussing the different levels in safety procedures that would be taken at a daycare vs a random home full of 5…

It’s weird, normally I would say that it’s none of your bosses business, but everyone I know who is in charge of anyone else is having such a hard time herding cats right now, and even the people who say ‘I’m just as effective X location as Y location,’ are tending not to be. 

I don’t get why someone would click on this link from a time perspective. Either your on the MAGA band wagon, at which point just turn on state news (Fox) and they’ll tell you what to think, or you’re on board with the reality that he’s a lying monster, at which point who cares if he’s lying about his fever? Just take…

Wow, would it be some selfish insanity to hold a sleepover right now.

there’s even a bipartisan effort to quell QAnon’s cultural influence.

It’s amazing how the symptoms of this thing can linger too. I was sick over two months ago and I still have way less energy than I used to. Everything else is back to normal but I can’t run as far, I’m noticing myself tiring from housework way faster, I just spend a lot more time feeling out of gas.

I’ve been loudly chastised by a parent for, admittedly sharply, telling their child to stay away from a knife I had on me.

They are fine when driving them isn’t an option, but aside from maintaining the battery a quick spin around the block is (essentially) free, will also re-lubricate and warm gaskets, hoses, and other composite materials that are suffering in their own right from lack of activity, keep tires from warping from their…

Having a life where I didn’t have time to game for six months sounds like such a pipe dream right now.

There is a wonderful scene in Terry Pratchett’s book ‘Mort,’ where the main character is shoveling out stables and describing how he is doing this math, something like ‘I’ve done half, so if half of half is over, there then the other half is here, and another third is by that area, so by the time I’m done with that etc…

The votes will be counted by future archaeologists sifting through the Pompeii like post-Trumpian hellscape looking for signs of when the ‘Mail in Wars,’ actually started. The scorched earth crunching beneath their feet, they’ll declare a winner and some future blogger in one of those countries that isn’t run by a madm…

Poor Beth. I can’t imagine dealing with all of 2020's crap and having to get out a handful of articles a day saying: ‘Kids Can Get Sick,’ ‘Masks Work,’ ‘The Chinese Aren’t Attacking Us, Stop Being Racist With Bad Science,’ and most importantly,

Learn how to open a bottle with a bottle. The same technique will work with anything rigid over about 2 inches long *rimshot* hence the lighter, keys, etc. If you really get the technique down, you can do it with a quarter. Once you have the bottle-opening bottle down, you only ever have to get fancy with that first…