I’m the same way. If I see an itemized line for COVID cleaning, I’ll balk and complain. If you hide it as a price increase, I’ll just pay the bill. Looking at it in black and white, it seems counter intuitive and almost childish, but there it is.  I don’t know all the pricing that goes into my haircut or latte, so if…

I always take it back one step. Where did the Audra/ Karens come from - baby-boomers. The boomers have absolutely screwed everything up with their demand for entitlement, tailoring the world to their whims while whistling past the graveyard with headstones marked “Environment,” “Economy,” &“Inequality.” It looks like…

Back in the Before Times, I had a job where I traveled internationally for about 25%-50% of the time. I would be gone for 2 weeks at a clip and was able to get by with just the roll on and my work bag. The key was one color pallet and hotel laundry.

I loved how The Other Guys completely turned the whole thing on it’s head in the first 15 minutes.

The best parental control is not to let your kids on Tik Tok.. The app is rife with security concerns and may be sponsored by the Chinese government, who has no problems snooping on their citizen’s private data, much less that of the west.

No liquor stores open in PA.

I’ve lived in 5 different states in my adult life and am in PA now. The laws, taxes, and legislature are the worst of the 5, including my time in CA. There is just so many ridiculous, infuriating things.   My wife is a teacher and it cost more to get her license here than the past 2 states combined.  Add to that the…

It seemed like Raffi was still at least half in the bag, if not 2 sheets to the wind.  She had her space-vape with her the whole time and was puffing away.  I don’t think she was competent, I think she was bombed.

I remember how bad S1 &2 of TNG was and how much everyone hated on the first half of Disco. Shows need time to get their footing, especially serialized shows. Not everything can be an Emmy winner right out of the gate.

a rally at which he praised India’s religious tolerance.

Yes, you must tip them 20%. An tip the flight attendant as well.

I’m usually going between Ningbo & Shenzhen, as well as out from Shenzhen to points north.

One of the other things to think through is how to work with your SO on this. I came from a pretty idyllic family, my wife did not. When she started to talk about cutting one of her sisters completely out of her life, I looked at her like an extra head just grew out of her shoulders. I resisted and pushed her to do…

I’ve never had that one.  It’s usually some sort of sausage on a bun or pork/chicken noodles.  The little fermented yogurt drink thing always calms my tummy.

Not a food story so much, but...When we were coming back from Italy 2 summers ago, we were in economy seated with a U12 boys soccer team that chattered away the entire 9 hour flight. Never loud enough to have to tell them to be quiet, but never quiet either.

I’ve found the food on the domestic Chinese airlines (China Southern/ Air China) to be much better than US domestics.  It’s not fancy and is a bit odd to my American palate, but it tastes pretty darn good as I roll on the the plane at 8AM hung over from last night’s business meeting/ drinkfest.

Or, you know...don’t get one.

I don’t like Harley’s either, but get out of here with your anti-dentite comments.

I’m heading to Shanghai, Ningbo, and Shenzhen in a month.  I’m waiting to see how this plays out with the New Year.  I figure it will get much worse or much better over that time and may cancel the trip depending on how it goes.