I recently broke down and had “that can” of beef ravioli in the back of the pantry. It was for the kids but they’d forgotten about it, and I was feeling nostalgic.

As with all learned skills, i’s not an issue if you have training, experience and practice.

When we bought our 2014 Highlander, the first salesperson we dealt with tried to sell us on the most amazing feature ever - TWO transmissions!

“That’s the lowest we can go. If I take another dollar off that number I’m losing money.”

I had a 2008 Fit when our second kid came along. I was literally unable to operate the clutch with a rear facing seat behind me. My wife was already eating her knees. We swapped for a CRV, which to this day is the car I hate the most. Now I have a GTI and the girls are in boosters, and we are FINE.

The first Star Wars was a bizarre art project as much as it was a movie. It’s pretty clear from reading any of the making-of books that involve actual research, like the Rinzler or Duncan books,that Lucas had zero intention of building a company out of the movie, but was just creating a passion project that…

One-touch windows. This is a personal thing, because while I do occasionally enjoy being able to lower or raise a window without having to exert all of that effort and attention to hold a plastic switch down for 4.8 seconds, I have given up trying to crack a window on a cool day to help regulate temperature, or order…

Tumblers eventually wear out, and replacing the ignition switch is WAY harder than popping in a new button.

No, I’m saying we SHOULD. But clearly the regulations in place to protect employees in the meat packing industry aren’t effective. Regulations protecting warehouse employees. Truck drivers. Garment industry workers. And if they are, then the corporations just move production somewhere with fewer regulations. I’m…

No action is a panacea for the rectification of human nature. “I can’t fix everything so I just won’t change,” is not a behavior pattern that solves anything.

The thing is, you could probably examine any industry that mass produces anything using human labor, from aluminum foil to cat food, and find similarly appalling working conditions. It’s literally why so many industries send production offshore to countries that don’t have labor laws even as strict as the ones that…

I grabbed one the other day and the fish was so overcooked it had shrunk inside the breading, leaving a weird void between the tasty crunch and the mushy, dried out fish. I was basically eating a breading sandwich if I’m honest.

That’s literally what I’m saying.

Larry Flynt is a great example of a complex human who did great and terrible things, and how we as a supposedly civil society comprised of intelligent thinkers should be able to analyze that good and bad within the context of that society and conclude, “Maybe we don’t negate the good someone does just because they’re…

In 2004 I was trading my old Prelude for an SVT Focus. The dealer was adding about $1,000 in the fine print of the paperwork to the agreed upon price and I was refusing to sign. Then they claimed my trade-in wouldn’t start and wouldn’t let me try because “it was parked in an employees only area.” I had no choice but…

Every option aside from the Volvo, maaaaaaybe the Saab, is ludicrous. Insanity, I tell you!

And the nice thing about Grohl is he will always champion those working class bands. He takes them on the road to open arena tours, or has members guest on records, or plays on their records. He’s a champion of hard working rock bands. Like or dislike Foo Fighters, he’s a great ambassador for people who play rock in…

I like the idea of the Foo Fighters more than their actual music. We need a few huge rock bands residing in the public sphere in this day and age. No matter what the quality of the actual music, somebody has to carry the torch. Of course there are some great established heavy rock bands like Torche and Pallbearer that…

Jason, the average driver has not actually seen an engine since about 2007 or so. I suggest something that replicates a rectangular sheet of plastic with several angry looking yet generally useless vents.

There was a SPIN article in 1995 or so where Manson describes his band and NIN having competitions where they’d tie up women, given them Froot Loop enemas, then see who could “shoot” the farthest. I wish I was making that up.