Greased Melon

Now that the weather is nicer, I’m able to ride to work more often. This means my lunch options are a bit more…constrained. …Especially since I work in the suburbs where there is no (real) bus service and where they don’t want poor people around since they’ve designed the place in such a […]

I’ve been drinking Bell’s Hopslam for a little while now. I’ll admit–I hoarded it when it came out (thanks, Jeff). I’m glad I did.
Exhibit A: The Label

It’s awesome. It’s a Double IPA, which is a strong, hoppy beer. It tastes kind of citrusy, like grapefruit, along with the hops. […]

Chip out the frozen earwax and listen to our friend Lewis Black.
The Coldest Winter EVER
In other news, my brother in Portland, Oregon said they got some snow. Portland doesn’t usually get snow. So everyone is freaking out. Rightly so–they have hills there. Observe what happens to cars on said hills with […]

That’s a line from Dan Conner on Roseanne.
KC ended up with 3 or so inches of ice, sleet, and non-categorizable frozen precipitation starting early Friday. And then today the bottom dropped out on the thermometer–it’s currently 12 degrees at lunch time and we hit our high earlier this morning. After not touching my […]

This morning I started the process of filing a claim to cover a few things that were broken in the little crash yesterday.
I hate dealing with insurance.
I called State Farm, who insures us both. Here’s how it went.

At first they didn’t know how to classify me. Vehicle? Well, you weren’t a car…Pedestrian! […]