Leaving for work five minutes late makes your drive 10 minutes longer. Leaving for work 10 minutes late makes your drive 20 minutes longer. Nowhere are the economic theories of Karl Marx ignored more stringently than on American highways. … Continue reading
Yeah, the Colorado Avalanche may have won the Stanley Cup yesterday, but I paid $3.96 a gallon for gas. Ordinarily I say “it’s the little things,” but no, this was big. … Continue reading
Gas prices, smash prices… You want to know the real sign of economic chaos in the country these days? That so-called five-dollar pizza from Little Caesar’s is now $6.49. I’m pretty sure this is how the Great Depression started.
Two days of home improvement, three days at the beach. Quality summer vacay. Now, let the never-ending tour continue… commence summer session! … Continue reading
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again. The funniest outgoing voicemail message I ever heard went like this… This is XXXX. I’m on vacation. If this is an emergency, call someone who cares. Pretty much, yeah.
I told my students every day for the past two months the Golden State Warriors would take the NBA Championship. And one day into summer vacation they did. Shoot. Good thing I gave them this blog as their summer reading. … Continue reading
It was mildly annoying waiting two and a half weeks before I had a night free to see Top Gun: Maverick. Then again, I’ve been waiting for 36 years, so what’s another two weeks? (Pause for effect.) And for the second … Continue reading
Proof again that life keeps giving us things to enjoy (things to buy, really, but damn some of them are delicious), I did partake of the new Wendy’s strawberry Frosty this weekend. Why it took them 53 years I couldn’t tell … Continue reading
Hold page one… this is news. In the 21st century’s ongoing race to provide unusual snack items there is now this. Wendy’s. Strawberry. Frosty. Whoa. Took Wendy’s 37 years to figure out vanilla, now only another 16 to discover this … Continue reading
You may have heard a rumor that yesterday I turned 40 years old. Eh… perhaps. For further details, head here. … Continue reading