So, trucks and CUVs.

Bye, Felicia.

True, but I’ve stepped on both a pop top and a beer cap, and it was only the pop top that pierced the skin. The beer cap was no worse than a Lego.

That’s good to know, but I only need pasteurized eggs once a year. I can buy a lot of eggs in cartons for the cost of a sous vide set up, although I have been intrigued by the idea of cooking steaks via immersion followed by a fast sear.

Well, if you’re under 50 and recognize Maverick as a compact car from Ford, you’re definitely a Jalop. I’m a boomer, as is my wife, and one day recently I had to turn the car around to gawk at a Maverick in a parking lot. My wife had no idea what it was.

Back when trucks were trucks, and knew what their purpose was.

His being so extremely online has nothing to do with Tesla business strategy. That’s just him wanting to be the uber-edgelord, and wanting to keep X/Twitter from crumbling into complete irrelevancy.

I’ve wondered what younger generations make of Jimmy Buffet’s line in Margaritaville “kicked off my flip flops, stepped on a pop top”. 

Yes, to the ground clearance but no, to the wagon designation. My wife is very happy with our Forester, and loved her previous Malibu Maxx, but if I called either vehicle a wagon she would want nothing to do with them. She’s equally averse to my Sable wagon, mostly because it’s a wagon.

The Maverick car was gone 40 years ago. The general public has little to no recollection of it, so re-using the name for a truck only triggers us olds. And with the timing of the release of the Top Gun sequel, applying the name to the new truck captures that synergy since Ford isn’t going to introduce a new car…

I saw so many posts from immediately after the incident that day, proclaiming that Biden’s policies were clearly responsible for the “terrorist attack”. And yet I’m sure that none of those posters ever acknowledged how wrong they were, nor did any of their followers question anything else fed to them by those posters.

Yes, that Tubman telling was shameful. It’s sad that her story isn’t enough as is for modern audiences, and such utter b.s. has to be written in for “dramatic purposes”. I suppose that the same would happen to Smalls’ story if it ever got made into a film.

If you think that the Reeves story is a missed storytelling opportunity, consider the story of Robert Smalls. How this has not been made into a film is baffling.

Timing is important. Knowing the growing season means that from late fall/early winter in the northern hemisphere, melons are going to be sad all the way until mid-spring. Within the good window, I find checking the blossom end for a little bit of give improves the odds that the flesh will be good. That, and giving it…

I’ve been washing off whole melons before cutting for years now, ever since a big issue with AZ melons. It’s not hard to do, and gives me ease of mind.

Some food travels poorly

If you’re going to do takeout, ordering ahead and going in to pick it up is the only sensible and decent thing to do. There’s no excuse for tying up a drive-up like that.

Finding pasteurized eggs in the shell has become impossible here in Chicagoland. David’s brand was my go-to for many years, but no one carries them any more. I have found, however, that cracked, pasteurized eggs can be purchased in cartons. They’re intended for use by someone looking to make scrambled eggs or omelets…

And Billy is out there pitching a follow up to the festival, and he means it this time, it will really work out. So there’s no end to this golden goose!

Well, the Euro-style safety net works a lot better when you know that your family’s health care and future education are a function of your citizenship, and not dependent on your job. Then going to a lesser job is challenging/embarrassing, but not life threatening.