So, my cousin ordered Pizza on Thanksgiving day, while dinner was served, at grandma’s house, with the whole family there. I found out when my mom walked up to me and said “if you touch that pizza, better plan on walking home.” We were a 4 hour drive away. Still a family story 20+ yrs on.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
So, my cousin ordered Pizza on Thanksgiving day, while dinner was served, at grandma’s house, with the whole family there. I found out when my mom walked up to me and said “if you touch that pizza, better plan on walking home.” We were a 4 hour drive away. Still a family story 20+ yrs on.
My TKD instructor always said in a real fight go for the knees, not the head or torso. they are weaker than most other available targets and a attacker with a broken knee can’t keep up with you.
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My TKD instructor always said in a real fight go for the knees, not the head or torso. they are weaker than most other available targets and a attacker with a broken knee can’t keep up with you.
So, I showed my 11 yo daughter how to use a hammer last weekend to help me put up a fence. In 10 minutes she was swinging the hammer better and sinking the nail further with each hit than this nimrod.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So, I showed my 11 yo daughter how to use a hammer last weekend to help me put up a fence. In 10 minutes she was swinging the hammer better and sinking the nail further with each hit than this nimrod.
Yep. That way the theory that Sean Connery’s character in The Rock was really Bond and got caught by the Americans and sent to Alcatraz is a little more likely.
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Yep. That way the theory that Sean Connery’s character in The Rock was really Bond and got caught by the Americans and sent to Alcatraz is a little more likely.
I always liked the theory (not mine, I read it somewhere) that the “James Bond 007” name was a cover that British Intelligence gave to an agent for a time. That way there is always a Bond, and they can replace them with a new guy when the old one gets killed.
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I always liked the theory (not mine, I read it somewhere) that the “James Bond 007” name was a cover that British Intelligence gave to an agent for a time. That way there is always a Bond, and they can replace them with a new guy when the old one gets killed.
Yep. They were never moving to Cleveland or St. Louis or anywhere else. It was always DC or NYC. But if you can scam every small city in the country into giving you a tax break for your operations (or at least the data to demand them later) gotta save Bezos a tenth of a percentage of his net worth.
June 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Yep. They were never moving to Cleveland or St. Louis or anywhere else. It was always DC or NYC. But if you can scam every small city in the country into giving you a tax break for your operations (or at least the data to demand them later) gotta save Bezos a tenth of a percentage of his net worth.
From my anecdotal evidence, the people who do move based on tax rates are generally the upper middle class, not the really rich. If you are comfortable, but still have bills that are a significant percentage of your assets every month you are a lot more cost sensitive and likely to move away.
June 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
From my anecdotal evidence, the people who do move based on tax rates are generally the upper middle class, not the really rich. If you are comfortable, but still have bills that are a significant percentage of your assets every month you are a lot more cost sensitive and likely to move away.
I had a person who was ostensibly my team lead with a masters degree like this. They had no idea how to do the job and spent all their time focusing on unimportant details not the mission. It was especially problematic when they were promoted into the manager position on the basis of their resume.
June 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I had a person who was ostensibly my team lead with a masters degree like this. They had no idea how to do the job and spent all their time focusing on unimportant details not the mission. It was especially problematic when they were promoted into the manager position on the basis of their resume.
The realheads would prefer “Poppies” or something off “MP3”.
June 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The realheads would prefer “Poppies” or something off “MP3”.
Also there is a significant portion of those subscriptions that are either free, (eg the Post used to offer free subs to anyone with a .gov email in a city where gov is the main business) or purchased by an employer. I’d be curious what percentage of PAID subscriptions this is.
October 29, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Also there is a significant portion of those subscriptions that are either free, (eg the Post used to offer free subs to anyone with a .gov email in a city where gov is the main business) or purchased by an employer. I’d be curious what percentage of PAID subscriptions this is.
Our Apple III had the 512k option. The sales guy who came out to set it up, showed me the sticker on the case and said “you’ll never need more than this!” I’m fairly sure my toaster oven has more now.
October 24, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Our Apple III had the 512k option. The sales guy who came out to set it up, showed me the sticker on the case and said “you’ll never need more than this!” I’m fairly sure my toaster oven has more now.
I’m fairly sure that’s the cab area of a box truck with a custom bed of some sort and tall tires. I’ve seen them before made from an IH frame. The branding all over it also says that is a “delivery vehicle” for tax purposes.
October 9, 2024 at 12:59 AM
I’m fairly sure that’s the cab area of a box truck with a custom bed of some sort and tall tires. I’ve seen them before made from an IH frame. The branding all over it also says that is a “delivery vehicle” for tax purposes.
Yes, small ball is more fun! Watching a MLB game and waiting for something, anything to happen ruins the game for the audience. This leads directly to declines in audience and market share. If a casual fan tunes in to a game and has to watch 4 innings to see anything interesting, they just won’t.
October 7, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Yes, small ball is more fun! Watching a MLB game and waiting for something, anything to happen ruins the game for the audience. This leads directly to declines in audience and market share. If a casual fan tunes in to a game and has to watch 4 innings to see anything interesting, they just won’t.
When I played HS ball, it was my favorite part of the game. I loved the chess match with the pitcher and using my speed to get an extra base. I miss it in the current MLB game.
October 7, 2024 at 8:26 PM
When I played HS ball, it was my favorite part of the game. I loved the chess match with the pitcher and using my speed to get an extra base. I miss it in the current MLB game.
Honestly, never seen it, so perhaps….
October 4, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Honestly, never seen it, so perhaps….
I was thinking this as well, perhaps with Jessica as a “true crime” type podcast host. Spends most of her time pointing out where the cops f-ed up the investigation.
October 4, 2024 at 11:29 AM
I was thinking this as well, perhaps with Jessica as a “true crime” type podcast host. Spends most of her time pointing out where the cops f-ed up the investigation.
First date, went to Basic Instinct at her insistence. The young lady kept talking about a movie she had seen with a female lead who used scissors to murder her date/boyfriend. Never saw her again.
October 1, 2024 at 1:05 PM
First date, went to Basic Instinct at her insistence. The young lady kept talking about a movie she had seen with a female lead who used scissors to murder her date/boyfriend. Never saw her again.
I liked it a lot, but my teen and pre-teen girls LOVE it. The Marvels and Capt. Marvel were in heavy rotation this summer.
October 1, 2024 at 12:56 AM
I liked it a lot, but my teen and pre-teen girls LOVE it. The Marvels and Capt. Marvel were in heavy rotation this summer.
The absolute worst pizza and Italian food I’ve ever had was in rural Sweden in 1990. It was the only restaurant in town and the next closest place to eat was 20-30 minutes away. We ate at least one meal there a day for 10 days.
September 16, 2024 at 2:54 AM
The absolute worst pizza and Italian food I’ve ever had was in rural Sweden in 1990. It was the only restaurant in town and the next closest place to eat was 20-30 minutes away. We ate at least one meal there a day for 10 days.
When I was a kid we were driving on lakeshore one afternoon and I looked up from my book to see 2 A-10 Warthogs skimming along the shoreline towards us. They pulled up and I could have sworn they were close enough to touch. It was insane.
August 14, 2024 at 10:01 PM
When I was a kid we were driving on lakeshore one afternoon and I looked up from my book to see 2 A-10 Warthogs skimming along the shoreline towards us. They pulled up and I could have sworn they were close enough to touch. It was insane.
I once received a breach notice from an apartment complex that had owed me a refund on my security deposit for 10 years. When I asked how they suddenly realized they had a forwarding address they finally cut the check.
August 14, 2024 at 9:56 AM
I once received a breach notice from an apartment complex that had owed me a refund on my security deposit for 10 years. When I asked how they suddenly realized they had a forwarding address they finally cut the check.
The standard, here’s a year of identity protection and a lollipop. The funny thing is if I could run the all the free years of identity protection I have from previous breaches back to back I’d be set until 2055.
August 14, 2024 at 9:50 AM
The standard, here’s a year of identity protection and a lollipop. The funny thing is if I could run the all the free years of identity protection I have from previous breaches back to back I’d be set until 2055.
I got a letter from my High School last week about a breach. I haven’t been a student in almost 40 years and don’t live in the state anymore. Why do they still have current PII on me?
August 14, 2024 at 9:39 AM
I got a letter from my High School last week about a breach. I haven’t been a student in almost 40 years and don’t live in the state anymore. Why do they still have current PII on me?
Homecoming night at the school we shared sports with (small school sharing sports and FFA with an even smaller one) one guy showed up on a new Massey Ferguson articulated tractor with his date. Do you think anyone from the coasts would know what a flex that was?
August 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Homecoming night at the school we shared sports with (small school sharing sports and FFA with an even smaller one) one guy showed up on a new Massey Ferguson articulated tractor with his date. Do you think anyone from the coasts would know what a flex that was?
Oh shit…that could be a huge mess. That book has a ton of plot lines that could be messed up spectacularly. Now I’m imagining Ron trying to condense the Hillary stand in and the swarm cannibalism plot into some kind of understandable arc.
July 23, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Oh shit…that could be a huge mess. That book has a ton of plot lines that could be messed up spectacularly. Now I’m imagining Ron trying to condense the Hillary stand in and the swarm cannibalism plot into some kind of understandable arc.