i don't actually know what day my parents' anniversary is, i just know it's not on hitler's birthday, it's a little bit later. if i am in the ballpark, my mom gives me credit.

april 21st, 2012. the mariners are perfecto'd by the white sox #5 starter, who would finish the year with a 6.44 era. it remains the most memorable baseball game i've ever been to.

you might think "well, one of these teams is guaranteed to win, it's not unbelievable at all" but here's the thing: if you don't believe, they won't give out the trophy at all.

a world where people hang out at bars and nightclubs run by shrinkwrapped software companies.

the people holding up the believe signs are right about 50% of the time, so they seem to work pretty well.

the dunkin donuts man is mimicking the powell peralta/bones brigade skeleton so it seems like someone who worked on it was familiar with at least the visual culture, but then it very curiously says "snowboarding rules". it's an interesting piece.

this one is in the upper west side, and it has 25 or 30. it's the first i've seen in double digits, so much higher than any other i've seen.

the most seats i've seen sold for a screening of "Lorne" is 6. most are completely empty or have 1 or 2 seats sold.

sausage-related names for racehorses:
sausage, kielbasa, chorizo, andouille, mortadella, boudin, pig in a blanket - used
bratwurst, merguez, linguica, soppressata, landjager - not used

capicola was born in 1985, gabagool was born in 2020. they don't appear to be related.

stan's t-shirt kind of defeats the purpose of a concealed carry: "that's not toilet paper hanging out of my pants... it's wadding i need for my concealed smoothbore firearm"

rebooting "room raiders" but we're struggling to get a single usable episode because so many of the people just go straight to medicine cabinets looking for pills.

thumbs at temples, waving fingers around, saying "hee-haw" like the guy from puyallup in it's a wonderful life.

today is "new shower caddy day" here. really excited to take it for a spin.

imagine if the mississippi changed course and east dubuque and west dubuque were connected by a landbridge. it would be like the reunification of germany.

they buried him near a border that's defined by 2 rivers. if the rivers change course, he could wind up in south dakota or nebraska. this is a catastrophe.

bro, the plate you assembled at the salad bar? it is a feast for the eyes as well as the body. i couldn't be more proud of you bro

expect to see a lot more this. a lawyer discovered that if the label says "dirty", they cannot be held liable for any food safety issues. dirty string cheese is coming. dirty milk. dirty soup.

in february 2020, i got a french door fridge. in april, i discovered one of the doors was too low to flip the mullion. not wanting a repair person in the house, i fixed it myself by raising the door slightly with a plastic washer. it's worked for 6 years and counting. samsung fridge, they suck.

it's almost the end of hockey season, so i will not see commercials again for 5 months or so, so it's time to say that those starbucks that show someone sprinkling a packet that gives you foamy coffee look incredibly gross.

if you name a street "locust", everyone is going to think of the bug, not the tree.

it's easy to imagine what it's like to be in the same room as them by how obsessed they are with "sillage" - leaving a huge wake of smell.

2001 Nisqually earthquake - Wikipedia

this was my biggest, woke me up from the nap i was taking my pickup truck (regular cab, bench seat - great for naps).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Ni...

made the "significant worldwide" list, that's a baller quake

difficult to imagine the american movie industry has more than 2 or 3 years left when stuff like that is getting a theatrical release.

i see a VW van around town that has some fashion stripes that i really like.

found the picture.

have a buddy that i'd always eat indian food with, because he loved it and his wife didn't care for it. when i finally met his wife, he introduced me by way of our indian food thing and it kind of seemed like she perceived me as someone he was having an emotional affair with.

mr. hooper's business was failing. no one is making money selling hot dogs for 20 cents. he only had one way out.

pick up the phone, dummy

more nooks, more crannies, same low price. these were still 65g, but i let them rise for longer, slightly wetter dough, and started the cook hotter.