Lakewood Ranch is actually an area IN Bradenton (rather than nearby.) And THIS is why Bradenton is known as the Friendly City. Not at all surprised by this story!  (Except for the scheduled to be euthanized part...Bradenton’s shelter is no kill, and the plethora of rescue groups take puppies when the shelter is…

That episode of Ugly Delicious pissed me off more than anything. He went to New Orleans for Cajun food then skipped straight to Houston for Asian-Cajun fusion. Completely ignored actual Cajuns and the massive Vietnamese and Laotian populations in Acadiana that have been creating fusion food together for decades. I…

The story of the rise of Vietnamese-Cajun food is deep enough to warrant another dedicated article. While I live in Chicago now, I grew up in Baton Rouge and Houston. Getting crawfish boil from the Asian markets was a regular occurrence.

I’ve found there are more intangibles for Pixels than what appears on a spec sheet. Like you can instantly tell a review that really used vs read the sheets by what they talk about experience wise. I’ve tried to talk myself into better spec’d One Plus 7Pro T or whatever flagship we have here that the US doesn’t...it…

I can’t make it through shit like 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, and The Office. That whole second hand embarrassment genre of comedy mystifies me.

Hungry Howie's is Detroit-based. My father loved their stuff. My Florida condo is within a block of one. I know, ham and pineapple with hot peppers sucks, but it's for Dad. 

Hungry Howies is the best chain pizza for sure.

Abide 

This. It’s remarkable how good the air circulation can be under a big, long skirt. And the all natural fabrics would have breathed, unlike modern synthetics.

That’s actually one of the advantages of those crinolines - they kept the fabrics well away from the body, and the over and undergarments (with the exception of the corset to support the bust) were primarily made from lightweight fabrics. There was more air circulation and fewer layers than you might think under there…

Cracklin’ Oat Bran and Quaker Oatmeal Squares for me— old man status confirmed

Detroit’s only good if you’re stuck in the good terminal. That is a nice, airy terminal with a lot of restaurants, light, an easy to use tram, and a hotel that allows you to get a day room (or have day meetings for colleagues spread across the country). The other terminal sucks, has limited options, and is a fairly…

Im right there with you. I also LOVE raisin bran.

I remember being 7 or 8 years old, spending summers at grandma and grandpa’s. Grandpa LOVED two cereals, Corn Flakes and Cracklin Oat Bran. I’m with you, I have been an old man since my early teens, too.

The “sawdust” description makes me suspect that he also prefers white sandwich bread over other types of bread.

I love COB. I love it so much I just call it COB, since saying all four syllables and one apostrophe (or hyphen, depending who you ask) takes too much time out of my day. How do more cereals not use coconut?

They came for the dog fighting, and I didn’t speak up.

It’s on Spotify now, and is great music to work to.

VIII’s a hard sit, too.

I didn’t start listening to Car Talk until I was in college and had a $500 car that I could barely afford to keep running, so I had to learn how to do it myself. Years later, I was a consultant and landed in Boston on the day that Tom passed. I remember listening to NPR and seeing the info boards over the Mass Pike…