The Paradigm Shift in the Crisper Drawer

Let me set the scene: It’s a standard afternoon, and The Girl (my 8-year-old force of nature) is playing Roblox on an old Android phone. It glitched somehow and wasn’t showing all her avatar items and I’m watching in real-time the oscillation between mild annoyance and total systemic meltdown. I’m…
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The Trends Paradox

With the popularity of Stranger Things, “The Girl” has been watching 80s music videos recently and it made me aware of a trend I hadn’t noticed before now: most of these music videos and movies had heavy industrial themes. There’s an incongruity in seeing musicians playing “instruments of the future”…
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The Magical (and Gross) Truth Behind Spotless Undies: A Guide to Laundry Miracles

If you’re anything like me, you’ve had that heart-sinking moment when you pull a pair of your kiddo’s underwear out of the hamper (or worse, off the floor) and think, “Oh no, this one’s a goner.” Those brown streaks just scream “trash bin”, but we’re a working class family so…
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PSA: Age of Reputation

I am a scavenger and I find it a point of pride to rebuild and reuse electronics. Imagine my surprise when I found a camera in the dumpster with someone’s wedding photos! This photographer captured some truly emotional and beautiful moments on one of the most important days of a…
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Everyone really is dumber than you; get used to it

Between living with my daughter and visiting my nephew during the Christmas season, I think often about how difficult life will be for people who’s brains are operating many steps ahead of most people. This is an open letter to those kinds of people who might need this pep talk……
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Cranberry Ginger Old Fashioned: My New Go-To Cocktail

Wife has been nearly bedridden for around a month now. She’s starting to get better, but she still doesn’t have much energy. With me doing “single-dad mode” to keep the household running, I needed a way to unwind once the kids go to bed. We bought that giant pack of…
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Human Error

I swear McDonalds intentionally makes you wait for a cashier and then intentionally messes up the order to push people to the kiosks and app. We stopped on the way home at the McDonalds in Ithaca (which has always been fast and accurate when we do drive through or order…
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”Back in my Day”

I hate to be the “back in my day” guy, but I remember when every product at the grocery store had a price tag on it so you knew exactly how much it would cost. I just grabbed a box of cereal from an end cap that said, “select varieties…
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2008 vs Now

I normally don’t do these (because it’s likely feeding the Facebook facial recognition training data more-so than normal) but this one shows a pretty stark contrast between 22 and 39. I don’t know if either of these guys would recognize the other.
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Cold Morning

Dang it’s cold! -8° F Current Mood: frozen
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