“Berlyn, you want us to give up smoking AND drinking? What happened to you? HAVE YOU SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED AND BEEN REPLACED WITH A STRAIGHT-EDGE DUPLICATE?!” Whoa, whoa calm down. I would never tell you to stop drinking and smoking! Have you read the news lately? Everything is fuc...
Clearly, there has been some demand destruction, and perhaps this was enough to cause the price of gasoline to come back down a little. But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe this demand destruction wasn’t the cause of the decline in gasoline prices. Maybe they fell f...
Never mind how, but let the record show that I not only had to cancel my dogwalks for three months, but I also had to cancel a planned getaway to Montana (for writing, ostensibly) in order to spend about three months healing the damned thing. And in a way, it was a blessing, bec...
Trudging through the swamp, Peter appears to encounter numerous threats – as another slave points out, “There are many ways to die in a swamp” – and these include everything from muddy bogs and alligators to the slave hunters on horse with their dogs in hot pursuit. It has presence ye...
I’m really looking forward to the ride. It seems like this build has taken a long time, but in reality it has not. Mounting the tubeless tires was a frustrating exercise, but I learned how to get it done, so that’s a plus. The hydraulic brakes were a bit frustrating for a couple...
I realized that it led right up from the ground, up the tire, into the wheel well, and straight to the brakes. It was a fresh leak. It was still wet to the touch. I rubbed the grease between my fingers and smelled it to confirm that it wasn’t just water. Maybe we had hit a...
brakes hard, shrieked and wrenched the wheel, but it was too late. Chains weren’t as responsive as expensive snow tires. Maggie crashed headlong into the satin smooth side of the truck bed. Horns blared to her right and tires squealed as the motorists behind them tried to avoid the ...
but you will eliminate the waste of those cans of food timing out. Think of the waste that my friend experienced having to throw out most of her ‘shelf stable’ canned food. My other friend who replaced it all after the fire – he would have had to replace it all anyway, fire or ...
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