Strange, indeed. Plus, cigarettes are $10-11 per pack. Ain't a cheap habit.

Lmao

This point should have been included in your original post.

Overall, I suspect the urban experience in Detroit versus New York City is drastically different.

Why did you put single quotation marks around writers? You're saying you don't want "spoiled brats" signing up for this program?

Kiddo?

Your impeccable use of the English language further emphasizes your point.

I am employed, full-time, as a writer and editor in a city much more expensive than Detroit. I busted my ass to get where I am, and have been financially successful as far as journalist pay is concerned. I do the jobs of three editorial staffers who got laid off this year for the content of two magazines.

Sven folding saw - Sven Saw - $35 (two blade sizes)

+1 for Darn Tough socks. I'm gradually growing my collection, and DT is slowly replacing my many pairs of Smartwool. Lifetime guarantee is money, too.

Can I iMessage the cute stewardess?

Brilliant.

While this was a particularly vitriolic, however unsurprising retort, I must agree with you. That comment was a non-contributing zero.

Not into the name Vezel. Don't like looking at it, trying to sound it out, the way my mouth feels when I combine those letters. It sounds like something (ornament? vase?) I should be impressed with at a rich person's house but could give two fucks about, and would make fun of after I left.

This storm is 'Boreas,' which I think is a Greek word for "meteorologist boners."

Right. You get 2 freebies on the Illinois Toll Roads before they come after you.

The toll roads around Chicago are insane. It's worth it to get the I-Pass, if not for the reduced toll fee, to avoid the soul-shattering inconvenience of going through those bucket change counters. It fucks up traffic, too.

The toll roads around Chicago are insane. It's worth it to get the I-Pass, if not for the reduced toll fee, to avoid the soul-shattering inconvenience of going through those bucket change counters. It fucks up traffic, too.

The toll roads around Chicago are insane. It's worth it to get the I-Pass, if not for the reduced toll fee, to avoid the soul-shattering inconvenience of going through those bucket change counters. It fucks up traffic, too.

My dad had an Eagle when I was growing up in the 90s. Thing was a tank in the Cleveland winters. Talk about a real life Canyonero.