Seriously, Christ Pratt and Sam Elliott just need to keep their faces shut and let me imagine they are actually Andy and Progressive Ron!

I grew up in Stockton during the 70/80/90s and, yes, there still was a strong “cowboy” culture. It was known as Pombo country after our then Republican congressman. I was part of the campaign team that beat him.

Sam Elliott himself wears chaps indoors in at least one cowboy film.

But also - and this disappointed me about Marc Maron in the lack of discourse in the whole interview when he brought it up - arguably, it’s not a cowboy movie. I mean, it’s not The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. There are some pretty major themes around performative masculinity, sexuality, rich men playing at being…

Joan Didion’s attachment to the Donner Party

That was funny! His parents were high school teacher. I love the guy and I’m bummed by his attitude.

if being born in Sacramento in 1944 doesn’t make you the arbiter of all things cowboy then what are we even doing here

I actually want to try and take a drive to Laguna Seca in something nice and fast so I can write about it. So look out for that.

I have two goldens, one 12 and one 6. The older one is starting to fade a bit and I’m dreading taking the other one’s buddy away.  She’s going to be so confused.

Sending you lots of positive thoughts and warm feelings. Losing a dog is hard, but seeing the impact it has on your other animals continues to be tough. I hope the dog you’re meeting turns out to be just the kind of pet you’re looking for!

My husband used to be a car salesman and this sounds like every single one of his weekends. May you find something that does not suck ass in the near future

then you’ll probably want to get a couple bottles

After work, I’m taking the family to meet a dog that I hope we’ll be adopting. Our sweet old dog died last Fall after 11 great years. Our surviving dog needs another buddy to do dog stuff with. 

You may need something stronger than the “bottle of paint that you smooth over your rock chips with a gloved hand” kit

I’ll volunteer my car if it means I get to expense rally wheels/tires and coilovers

Prolly going to head over to a local Cars & Coffee with a neighbor and hopefully not get hit by an idiot doing burnouts in a mustang. I’m a teacher and this kicks off spring break, so I am hoping to get some wrenching in and maybe get a little Forza or Gran Tourismo time in if the weather doesn’t cooperate. 

Unfortunately the best roads in Michigan always have to have the disclaimer of “it’s pretty good... for Michigan”

For used cars, it seems like some prices are already starting to crest their peaks. But with automakers focusing on their best-selling big SUVs in the chip shortage, and gas prices on the way up, there could be another demand spike for smaller secondhand cars. The world is weird right now

I presume you're from Texas so might actually be able to go here, but: There are tons of county highways and back roads to the east of San Marcos that I love driving when I have a press car. It gives a good mix of proper highway, poorly maintained highway, gravel roads, and dirt roads, and I always end up in some new…

I’m a car salesperson who is looking forward to another weekend where I’ll spend it chasing cars around the lot and trying to make a few dollars, while I scour indeed and linkedin while customers are out test driving in a desperate attempt to find a new career path that doesn’t suck my life away from me.