This. After I have paid my bills, I leave around $1,000 give or take in my checking account. Anything more than that goes into a savings account that’s not linked in any way. This limits my exposure if something gets compromised. And it’s easy enough to move some money back in if I’m a little short for something.

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Just beware any “caviar” product that has food coloring. Avoid those. I once bought an inexpensive jar and didn’t notice that it was loaded with food coloring and other non-caviar things, It was “meh” at best and got really mushy and nasty within a few days of opening. So most went to waste.

I usually say a simple “congratulations” and let the pregnant person / couple share any info they want.

Hyundais and Kias don’t necessarily retain their value particularly well (although the weird economics of the past year or so has changed that, too) but they’re damn good cars. I just bought a 2020 Kia Soul Gt-Line turbo for my wife and it’s a great car.

I’m very interested in the Santa Cruz. But I can wait until production catches up with demand. And I’ll give credit to the local Hyundai dealer: they do not mark their cars up. The popular models sell at MSRP and that’s it. Not a penny more.

The only item on this list that I have tried is the Cauliflower Rice and it is truly awful. Even if it was a free change, I wouldn’t go near it. I love me some Chipotle, and agree that good cauliflower rice is good food (but it ain’t rice). Chipotle’s version is just a waste of innocent cauliflower. Charging $2 extra…

This is all I see.

“I want to drive you like an animal.”

With only 181HP and 3,800 pounds (almost 21 pounds per HP! YIKES!) we know it’s not nuts. 

None of this tempts me to break my streak of never ordering through a delivery service. In fact, aside form the odd pizza 30 or so years ago, when I was not an Old, I’ve never ordered hot food delivered.

I live in Lakewood, CO. Less than 10 minutes from Casa Bonita. I’d be willing to head on over. Or even better, meet up with anyone (staff or readers) to have a full report.

Let’s see ...

I just go straight on kitschy 50's housewife.

And, sadly, and ever-increasing one. 

That’s the secret ingredient that gives it a kick. 

If the scallops need to stand on their own, as in cooking at a high temperature in butter, trying to get that crust, then it’s dry pack only. I’ve never been able to get wet scallops to come out right. It’s worth the extra effort / money to get scallops that will work.

There was a local restaurant that had a salad with deep fried capers on it. They were amazing little umami and salt bombs with a decent amount of crispiness. Just amazing. I raved about them so much they gave me a container to take home, which I guarded like Golem’s Precious.

I have the skills to drive a stick, but my wife does not. The truth is, that I prefer automatics and I’m not embarrassed to admit that anywhere. So I’ve never used that as an excuse. 

Around 1995, I bought a 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special with a dealer-installed 8-track. My father had a collection of 8-track tapes sitting around so I popped one in. It played once. Sounded amazing, but as soon as it got to the end of the loop, the tape holding the splice together gave way, ending that tape’s…

Back in the early 90s, I worked for the family buy-here pay-here (BHPH) lot. We financed everyone at “17% simple interest” which worked out to just under 32% APR. We timed payments to paychecks, so if they got paid weekly, we got paid weekly, etc. It usually worked well, but we frequently had to let a payment slide…