Aug. 31.2023

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Costume conundrum, cart justice & the mother lode

September 21, 2023

Interesting fact: There’s a whole “shopping cart theory” proposing that a person’s moral character is revealed by what they do with their cart in the parking lot. I propose that it’s better revealed by what questions they submit under obviously fake names to a newspaper columnist.

Drinking the Kool-Aid, squeaky clean & bad batch

September 14, 2023

Interesting fact: Oils and dirt still build up on a bald scalp, so you should still use a dollop of shampoo on that light bulb.

What's love got to do with it and merging disfunction

September 7, 2023

Interesting fact: Time magazine has a whole archival article to explain that absolutely no one understands where the tennis scoring system came from.

No filter, side hustling and more like Martha

August 31, 2023

Interesting fact: Even at its worst level of performance, an indoor HEPA filter can capture 99.97% of airborne particles. No word on how that compares to my automotive air filter.

Sugar fixated, hockey on meth and boring dogs

August 24, 2023

Interesting fact: Until the pandemic, Halloween candy season typically lasted six weeks. Now it’s 10 or 12. At least Covid gave us this one good thing.

What would Jeeves do, hot stuff and rack envy

August 17, 2023

Interesting fact: Colorado Revised Statute 42-3-202 is pretty unambiguous: “A person shall not operate a motor vehicle with an affixed device … that causes all or a portion of a license plate to be unreadable.” No word on what happens if you’re NOT a person.

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