On a recent camping trip in my, yes, Subaru, I finally “got” the wool socks with Birkenstocks thing. It warm and cozy and I’m a dad now and my wife’s stuck with me SO I DON’T CARE HOW IT LOOKS.

When I briefly lived in NY a long time ago, I was shamed by strangers for not knowing this. I told them “I come from a land of absurdly broad streets where the ONLY WAY to be given enough time to cross is to push the button.” and they looked at me with the contempt that can only be expressed by seasoned New Yorkers…

In my town, a lot of the crosswalk buttons have a satisfying beep and single flash of light to confirm that it has been pressed. This mostly helps me push it only once. Mostly.

Mustard greens are better than lettuce on any sandwich or burger. Same crisp, more flavor.

I live in this district. Calling it a swing district is a stretch. It should be. It should be solidly blue, actually, but it’s gerrymandered to be safe Republican. The fact that McAdams won at all is near-miracle. Don’t get me wrong, I’m well to the left of him and this proposal is horseshit, but he’s the best we can…

I live in his district. The fact that he got elected at all is a near-miracle. Someone running to his left is an absolute non-starter.

Yes. I live in his district and he is literally the best we can elect. You should see the response he sent me when I asked him to support the Green New Deal.

Sigh. That’s my guy. I voted for this guy because he’s the best we can do in this gerrymandered hellhole.

Are you visiting form 1988?

I was working in food service 15 years ago. And 20 years ago. And 25 years ago, and no, 15% was not standard then. Maye 25 years ago, but not 15.

I can’t remember the title, but I once read a great book by a former mayor of Milwaukee who had been instrumental in restoring the street grid in that city when it came time to make a update/tear down decision on a city-center freeway there. After tearing it down, door-to-door drive times were either unaffected or…

Thanks for this. I went to Biden’s Instagram and criticized him for this in the comments of his non-apology post from the other day.

Oh, I hadn’t thought about the “false positive” potential for this. That’s rough.

This is huge. I have a LEAF, but I also have a garage. It would not have been a feasible vehicle for me when I was an apartment dweller 5 years ago.

I do a lot of 200+ mile driving around the west, and I see tons of Teslas out on the highway very far from what most people would call a city. I’m wary or their quality issues and their “SUV” doesn’t meet my camping needs (and who am I kidding, I can’t afford one anyway) but they definitely have the charging…

How is real-world MPG calculated? Is that based on a national average of electricity generation source? I know regions of the US vary greatly in the carbon footprint of their electrical grid.

Anecdote: I studied karate for most of my grade school years. Lost interest, didn’t look back. Fast forward 12 years, I was a young adult at a concert when someone larger than me by inches and pounds charged at me for no reason I could discern. I blocked a punch and hit him twice in the face before we were pulled…

I can’t speak to any of the cultural baggage, but I do know that Patagonia makes a damn fine vest.

This is my thinking. I’m not an offroad toy buyer, but I know my home state has generous laws around what can be allowed on the road, hence the city streets of some of my favorite outdoor recreation towns being clogged with side-by-sides. Something like this could get me interested on tasteful design alone.

I keep a bottle of dried chopped chives in my pantry at all times for the purpose of tossing into eggs (or anything) without the bother of keeping fresh chives around. Also, chives are a great thing to grow and just snip off when you need them.