Well, there is some good news, of sorts, I guess, kinda’:

I was having a discussion with some neighbors at a holiday party and one person was telling us about the considerable number of people living in cars and doorways in relatively prosperous Buncombe County, NC (Asheville).

I’ve never seen that font before and can’t read it. It also has a paranthetical English translation underneath. Very strange. What’s the source?

Hope the in-laws aren’t driving you nuts, or alternatively you’ve maintained a comfortable, though not excessive, level of inebriation.

These were probably field-cut trees from the wild, not the heavily fertilized commercial trees that we’re used to.

German language book: Unsere Haustiere (Our Pets). 1940

And in a short four years these toy soldiers would become real and suffer horribly, eventually some would die in battle, others in camps.

I got stopped recently and the first thing the nice man asked me after he had my license in hand and noticed the eyeglass restriction was, “Sir, are those prescription glasses?” (sunglasses). (NC)

Ultimately, but there’s some more milking to be done.

Well, the logical conclusion to your suggestion would be (aimed at the highly unapproachable African-American vote) R. Kelly, VP.

As a photographer, please pass along my compliments to the photographers. Great images!

Old bartender’s recipe for a hangover.

You’re not the only one that’s surprised.

“Jet A-1 is a kerosene grade of fuel suitable for most turbine engined aircraft. It is produced to a stringent internationally agreed standard, has a flash point above 38°C (100°F) and a freeze point maximum of -47°C.”

That and having to pay for your own meals.

Or the Bud Lite.

Well, it’s a strange place, to be sure. But yeah, I can see you, fwiw.

Early Christmas present from the Kinja?

Why are you in the Gray? Gray? hmmm. . . This is just wrong.

Is it possible that these parts are manufactured by a sub-contractor and were beginning to show anomalies on the company’s test track?