salute to the neighbor's landscaper who still showed up to do a job in this stuff.....the noise from the howling wind and his gas-powered leaf-blower are kind of cancelling each other out

Columbia River erasure

I think it's char-lot, as opposed to char-lut in N.C.

it's funny how AP updates its stylebook regularly but won't add Nashville and Charlotte to this list

started leaving this guy on the local ballfield a few years ago to scare off geese during the offseason, he continues to get results

For sure. Avoiding that fate has become a goal as I get older.

a true MAHA believer would be lobbying for a definition and requirements that have to be met in order to slap that word on your label

I've kind of hopped on the protein fad this year, it has been amusing to discover new ways food companies have of separating gullible people from their money.

One thing I hadn't noticed until recently is how "regenerative" has become the new buzz word, RIP "sustainable"