My wife had a very troubled relationship with her parents, whereas my family was referred to as “The Cleavers.” It took me a long time to understand the dysfunction and be able to stand behind her when it came time to cut people out of our lives. I wish I could have been there sooner for her in hindsight.

I’m a white guy raised in a very white neighborhood that didn’t really have an opportunity to interact with anyone who wasn’t as whitebread as me until I joined the Army. At no point have I ever thought to ask another random person to touch their hair (or anything else on their body).  That’s someone elses’ personal…

The other benefit of passcodes over the other 2 is shareability. I have three kids at home, all with iPhones I pay for. They understand they are just borrowing Dad’s cell plan until they move out and get their own. Since it’s my plan, those are my phones and I need to be able to see whatever’s on them whenever I want.

This.  I’m not in the habit of doing anything illegal or even questionable, but why give the government free reign?

Ok, I actually went home and made this last night. I had to run to the store for some things to whip up a weeknight bolognese, so it made sense.

My wife is the same, she calls it “travel belly.” She loves traveling, but is miserable because she can’t go.  Fiber doesn’t help, she needs home field advantage.

That’s what I thought to, but maybe I’m out of touch. I hadn’t heard this was a white power sign. I immediately thought of the best Malcolm in the Middle episode where Stevie got his revenge on Reece.

I travel 3-4 months of the year for business for 1-2 weeks at a clip. On the plane, I wear dark jeans, a dressy polo shirt, a grey travel blazer, and my running shoes. In the rollaboard goes 2-3 pairs black trousers, 1 pair grey trousers, and 1 pair navy trousers; 5-6 dress shirts that will match any pant color I…

Sessions is starting to remind me of George Costanza near the end of his run at Play Now.  He’s trying to hang on and force a firing, but I don’t think it’s because he has access to the best toilet in DC.

My in-laws are a miracle whip family.  It almost derailed the wedding.  They know to buy a jar of Helman’s if I’m coming to town or I will stay at a hotel. 

As a young 2LT in the Army, we had a support ops officer who was responsible for helping us get all the parts we needed to maintain our vehicles. He was a short guy (5'5") with a massive Napoleon complex. He didn’t talk when he could yell, didn’t walk when he could stomp, you get the picture. When you talked to him in…

Two James is the bomb.  I’m from the D originally, and I got a bottle for of their vodka a few years ago.  It’s now my go to when I go home (along with bumpy cake and a case of Vernors).  I’ll have to try the whiskey.

Eliminate (most of) the government backed student loans and allow people to discharge loans through bankruptcy. Because the colleges and the government know they will get paid regardless of your ability to pay, there’s no market forces to hold tuition in check. This has lead to the escalation of tuition free of an…

Why does it have to be college?  Not everyone wants a degree.  If they expand it to cover trade schools as well, I could get behind it more.  It’s easy to outsource design and sales, try getting someone to teleconference in a weld on your building.

I majored in Criminal Justice with the intent to go into law.  Uncle Sam said I’d be better at fixing tanks, and lo and behold I was.  I’ve spent the past 20+ years in transportation manufacturing, using more of the project management and people skills I learned in the Army then my degree.  It’s been good for getting…

Who are the teachers spending $0 that pulls this average down? My wife has been in education for 20ish years and we have never written off less than $2000 even when we first started out on a first year’s teacher and a junior officer salary.

Not enough stars in the sky for this.  My wife has been in education for 20ish years and she’s of a similar mind.

The same as the ratio of Shrute-bucks to Stanley-nickles.

There have been three Star Wars movies released since the Browns last won a game. 

“And the waves crashed over the bow,