At this point, I’d say the deluxe 1/4 lb’er, at least at the McD’s near my office, is the best burger I can get without going to a gourmet burger place or making my own. I love Culver’s too but it’s too far to drive for lunch, although we take the kid’s every once in a while because their kids’ meal is a ridiculous…

Cool. I’m a weirdo who actually likes McDonald’s, and not just for nostalgia. The refreshed quarter pounder is the best fast food burger available, the fries are unmatched, and price-wise they’re still the champ. but I also have a soft spot for the “hockey puck” hamburger. Two of those, a small fry and a small Coke…

Sooo, he was hired as an actor on Beef AFTER they knew this?

When was the last family movie (meaning appropriate for the 5 year olds) released in theaters?

If baby Yoda was the hook, it didn’t sink deep enough to keep my kids on the line. Neither has any interest in Star Wars whatsoever.

This show went from narratively confounding to straight up Scooby Doo in less than 12 parsecs.

I used to drive a lightly modded WRX (well, a Saabaru) in bumper to bumper traffic and it was mentally exhausting. The boost came on like a hammer, so you’d go from slipping the clutch to get moving without a stall to either roasting the clutch disc or rocketing out of the hole. I also had a Fit for a while, which was…

I have a mkVII GTI and it’s as ideal a car as I could ever hope to own, at least at this stage in my life. The DSG can be a little jerky in heavy traffic but you learn to manage it. Honestly, driving in manual mode is the way to go.

Not just my knees, but my anxiety. I drove nothing but manuals for years and the bumper to bumper, stop and go was a killer!

The old-school driving enthusiast in me is happy about the 6-speed, but the 40+ year old pragmatist that I’ve become feels without a good automatic/DSG option Honda will be disappointed by sales because a whole lot of guys like me don’t actually want a manual daily driver, if we’re honest.

The Soul is the new Civic hatchback.

It’s Columbia Meats... Columbia Meats

Tennessee is now so gerrymandered no non-white person will ever again have meaningful say in how the state is run.

The frequency at which I was biting into woody meat, which is the single most unappetizing texture of food imaginable, has caused me to basically swear off fast food. I was down to just the occasional chicken sandwich if I had a need and the craving, but nah. I haven’t eaten fast food in months now thanks to this…

I sort of hate GT Sport. By this point in my life I was far less concerned with Getting Gud and just playing for fun, but the design of the game made that almost impossible. Compared to GT4, Sport is an absolute slog that constantly reminds you how untalented you are.

The local theater reported opening day was sparse, by Sunday it was sold out. It might be the word of mouth movie of the year.

$42,000-53,000.

Can’t vinyl be recycled? Couldn’t they shred them then... you know... turn them into something else?

Jesus Christ.

Buy a quasi-experimental, public-beta product, expect to deal with crap like this.