I’m looking at the old, unused clothesline and remembering hanging up clothes to dry when I was younger. That made me think of when my dad taught me how to make a springed, wooden clothespin into a little gun that could shoot self-striking matches across the room.
And then it occurred to me that people might get mad at you for teaching a young kid how to make burning match guns.
Dad was always great about sharing dangerous knowledge.
This is a “breakfast fatty”. It’s basket woven bacon, layered with sausage, then eggs and cheese, and rolled up, basted with maple syrup, and smoked for 2 hours.
The Midwest is not known for its healthy food, but wow, does it ever taste good.
I could either fly out at 5AM with a 1 hour layover, or 7AM with a 6 hour. And that’s why I’m sipping coffee at 0230.
Let’s go Ballers! 👏🏻,👏🏻,👏🏻-👏🏻-👏🏻
These games feel like small town events in ways people in neither place would believe. Everyone’s having fun and happy to be there, more than at big, super corporate happenings. Local companies dominate the ads. Downtime entertainment has footraces for kids and grownups competing to make funny voices. There are taco trucks.
And I can’t get enough of it.
I am sorry, little spider buddy, but you have broken the covenant. I know you do an important job of keeping pests out of our house, but the pact is clear: we avoid each other at all times, upon pain of exile. And so your removal was swift, unyielding, and punctuated with no small amount of shouting.
To those following in your many footsteps, I warn you to respect the covenant.
China Is About to Show Off Its New High-Tech Weapons to the World
On September 3, China will hold a “Victory Day” military parade in Tiananmen Square to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan—and to send the West a message.
Somewhere, a Chinese PR team prays that this will become the first Google result for “tiananmen square tanks”.
If you ever feel like your career’s been all over the place, remember that the same guy wrote “Fury Road” and “Babe”.
Being on a customer call at 7AM should come with hazard pay.
That feeling when you feel absolutely crummy, then you remember other people have it worse, so then you feel guilty about comparing your problems to theirs, but then remember that it’s not a contest and it’s OK to feel any way at any time, no matter how your circumstances compare to another’s.
I see too many people wearing heavy backpacks with the straps loose so that they’re hanging low on their backs.
Don’t do this. This is how you mess up your back.
You want to carry weight high up on your back. It puts much less strain on all of you. Tighten the straps as much as possible so that the bulk of the weight is under your shoulder blades. You’ll be amazed how much easier it is to carry the same weight.
