I want to advocate for bare-footed Mumblety-peg. 

Oh, I can see you have feelings. So sad. The world is a cruel place. I’m afraid you might not make it.

Gasoline has a shelf life. When the gas in the tank goes bad, a dead battery will be the least of your problems.

This does work!

True! You only get a few minutes to edit. 

Also, versions by people who weren’t even there.

Is that you, Xi?

Great. Here’s your name tag. I’ll be looking for you.

Hey, Russia and China are already vaccinating people, with god knows what.

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It’s getting so hard to communicate these days. Every god damned thing you say, write or do is a crime against humanity.

Any other year than 2020 I would give this some consideration. But right now I’m all guilted out.

You’re welcome.

The only guy that’s proud to live in a box under the freeway bridge. Lighten up it’s holiday season.

This is good advice.

High expectations? I’m not sure I agree with that. Parents wanting to be buddies instead of parents, encouraging kids to “go out and find yourself”, to go and “gain experiences”. But you’re right it’s an aimless generation. 

Good advice. Problem is if the folks you’re buying wine for are more pretentious than you’re trying to be. A lot of people have the sophisticated palate of a horse. Don’t go to their house and see what they drink. They may just go to a wine shop, see what’s expensive, and buy it. I would be happy to get a bottle of…

So basically, spoiled. I can see that. I think it’s pretty complicated. People work hard for their families, hopefully to give them opportunities they didn’t have, just like generations before. Where they’ve failed is showing the next generation how to seize that opportunity and do something meaningful with it. And…

Maybe it’s the other way around.