https://youtu.be/S18KrqrC01U

This is what I’ve been listening to for a few days, but especially today. Good ol Guthrie

“the rich ones”

The AZ/NM area was absolutely my favorite part of the past 3 years of round trips across the country (driving someone who medically can’t fly). I’ll never be a desert dweller, but the Sonora, Payson, and heading into Gallup and Albuquerque is just jaw dropping.

Apparently it’s AI generated? Ironically, I used Google lens to search for the image and found people discussing that it was an AI generated Meme… I fucking hate GenAI

We need cops to realize that MAGA will absolutely turn on them if they sense any shred of hesitation to be 100% onboard with everything they do. Most of these thin blue line MAGA types totally fantasize about killing the cops they think are “oppressing” them, they only like cops when they are oppressing the “correct” people

PION

I’ve heard that if you use the rag as a stopper it could explode in your hands, so allegedly you should tie it onto the outside of the neck of the bottle and use a non-flammable stopper. In Minecraft or something

Went to a Korean barbecue place last night. First time I’ve ever been there, first time I’ve ever been to that part of town, it was the end of the night so we were the only people there trying to figure things out. We apparently managed to do everything right, but we were really unsure if we were the entire time until the check came. We did however manage to accidentally upgrade to the premium meat options but it was totally worth it.

I mean, I’m prone to spiralling occasionally and having someone call it out can help ground me, but ymmv

He needs to hurry the fuck up and stop taking the scenic route back.

A month, maybe. I’d probably get arrested for squatting at work sooner, tbh. If I cut and run to the woods tonight, I could probably make it further, but I’ll run out of food money faster than I could get a reliable food source going before winter hits

Tbh we could probably cut all tax to individuals earning under $100K a year and it would still work while also not effectively be a tax on living in a high cost of living area as an educated individual. A quick check of zillow’s calculator (which I suspect is generous) says that with 60K a year, 20K down and 1K a month in bills you have a comfortable home buying price range of under 200K in the Northeast, which might get you a mobile home. Might. We almost jumped on a mobile home for almost that much and it was old and needed work and didn’t qualify for basically any good loans.

100K a year but otherwise the same info affords 400K for a house, which is basically where you are starting for an FHA loan eligible house there.

At least I’ll have made it to 30… 15 years ago I didn’t expect to make it this far

I mean, it’s a hybrid vehicle that seats 7 people that is smaller in length and width than a new sienna, the same weight and the same towing capacity. It might be an inch or 2 taller than the sienna overall because I needed to add a 1.5" lift when I replaced my suspension at 195000 miles to give me the ground clearance to clear the rocks where I go camping when it’s fully loaded, but I still manage to get the 28mpg it was rated for 13 years ago. My previous 2006 highlander hybrid had almost 170K on it when I upgraded to the 2012. Hate on a Tahoe or Expedition or Wagoneer all you want because they are fucking absurd vehicles, but I bought literally the only used AWD, hybrid people mover/working vehicle I could buy, and when my 2006 hihy came out it was the only option at all 15 years before the Sienna went hybrid.

I guess this explains the 20000 anti-drone missiles the US admin diverted from Ukraine to the “middle east”

You can fit at least a twin, probably a full size inside most minivans (I did have to take one out of a grand caravan recently), and a queen or king would go on the roof fine if you spec one with crossbars. Most minivans also have reasonable towing capacity, so renting a U-Haul utility or cargo trailer is less than the difference in one monthly payment between a van and a bigger truck or SUV. I’ve put thousands of miles on my 2nd gen highlander hybrid just towing either my utility trailer (5x8) or a U-Haul cargo (4x6, 5x8, and 6x12), moved twice, helped friends and family move, done dump runs etc… I’ve only rented a moving truck once, for my first move, and that was only due to limited time for a full apartment move.

Hell yeah

“gestures broadly”

Not doing great, ya know?

Steve Irwin was my first, but Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington back to back definitely got me hard. I choked up when LP played numb with nobody at the mic during their remembrence concert