Grandma Utz is fried in lard, not beef tallow.  Still tasty, but not the same thing.

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There needs to be a little context for this for those who do not frequently drive into DC. First, there are cameras everywhere. And many of those cameras are on roads with absurdly low speed limits. 25 mph zones on roads that would normally be 35-40 mph in other places. Second, the parking signs and meters in DC…

I feel that steakhouses are the worst value for a meal at a restaurant.  The majority of the work is being done by using a quality cut of meat in the first place.  If you start with good ingredients, cooking a great steak at home isn’t that hard.  

I rewatched Rogue One before watching Andor this year.  I forgot how much I enjoyed that movie.  I wish it would serve as a template for more varied story telling in the Star Wars universe. 

But, blood-sucking parasites are a perfect match for the royal family.  Add a little inbreeding and hemophilia and we’re looking at King Lamprey II for the next coronation. 

If you think that justifies summary execution by chokehold on a train car, you need to look in the mirror. 

These kinds of financial advisors offer what I think of as psychological-based financial advice, rather than math-based financial advice.

Sure, that’s fine and good if you come from a household where the parents have financial literacy of their own that they can teach. Not every family is like yours, though. A lot of financial bad habits are perpetuated through generations because no one knows better and was never taught otherwise. No amount of…

If you like honey flavored potato chips, you need to get yourself to a Korean market ASAP and buy some honey butter potato chips.  

Sure, why not. We’ve already polluted the hell out of the water up on top, might as well start making sure the water underground is polluted, too.

The best part is that the same track is available from the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog for only $125K!

Pretty much everything sold in Philly needs to have a tether attached so that it can’t be used as a projectile. Or make everything boomerang-shaped.  

I hope they do something more with Glover as Lando, he has the right charisma to fill the role. It would make a great series.

A couple of years ago, TD Ameritrade issued me a corrected 1099 after I had already filed. That was a PITA to have to refile Fed and state returns. So, now I wait until the end of Feb or early March before filing in case they do it again. Sure enough, this year they issued another corrected 1099 about a week or two…

It was marked ‘delivered’ but customer service agents are investigating and will get back to you shortly. 

I don’t know, I think the reluctance to actually enjoy Venice is warranted. It’s complicated because Venice is beautiful but is clearly being harmed as a city by tourism. I’ve been twice in my life, once about 25 years ago and again with my wife about 5 years ago. The changes to the city between those two trips was…

Trying to, but the whole internet is ads and clickbait now. 

Big deal, my grandfather used to do this with straight vodka.  Every day until his liver liquified into mush and he died vomiting blood.  Drink up, kiddos!