our car got an update and now you can buy themes for it. they have 3 peanuts themes and they're sort of cute but definitely not $25 each cute. anyways, a message to hyundai: Brown/Line Friends or Miffy or Keroppi and i will pay $250. TAKE MY MONEY.

have been using a home down perm kit for a couple months now and friends, i am sold. have a weird cowlick pattern (gotten worse with age?) that makes hair at the back right corner of my head stick out like a bow leg. don't need anything as extreme as this photo (no strips) but in any case IT WORKS.

It’s happening! Alexander just submitted his application for naturalization 🤞🤞🤞 knock on wood tuh tuh etc etc

soft launched this on IG several months ago only bc people asked about it after seeing some stories. re-launching it here after making some enhancements. simple, lightweight planner for your trips to help you organize what to do each day. syncs using google acct. mobile ready. planner.jonk.org

Screaming (no pun intended, sorry Nancy) because the place we are brunching at has a Tonya Harding connection!! 😳😲 Trash in the dumpster connected “Portland’s ice skating champion Tonya Harding and the attack on her Olympic teammmate and competitor Nancy Kerrigan” www.koin.com/news/the-doc...

TIL the first Starbucks in Georgia-the-country is opening in the location of a kind of yuppie cafe we used to go to (CoffeeLAB in Axis Towers in Vake). Too bad because I liked the food there.

Why do I even bother

my biggest memory from that trip was when the fire alarm (false alarm) at the hotel went off at 10:45 at night so we were told to evacuate but the doors were locked shut 😬😬 (alexander and this rando were able to overcome the magnetic lock with enough shoulder battering)

there was a drone attack on an oil refinery in Ryazan -- where alexander knows a lot of people (luckily all ok). the building in this shot is next to where one of his closest friends lived (no longer there; moved to Georgia-the-country with him). www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

lately i have been super nostalgic for stomp clap hey music and i am not sure if that is a character failing or a character strength.

Working the “ask me anything” cart at the airport and someone asked if I was “carbon or silicon” and I should have answered, “I’m an ugly giant bag of mostly water” (If you get the reference, I’m glad we’re friends)

I just saw someone write “Mt. St. Helen’s” 😫

it's been over a year and it's still going on. do i have rights to file a complaint with the cops or someone?!

Sautéing mushrooms with a heavy wallop of garlic has to be one of the best smells in the world.

i didn't realize AT&T tried to commercialize the system used for EPCOT WorldKey. youtu.be/VyfPMJKNW1k?...

When you really need that Crunchwrap supreme! Ad for a van ride from Cologne to Taco Bell in the Netherlands. Also reminds me that I somehow know the word Mitfahrgelegenheit

am i the only one who thinks these two people look alike?

in Riga last week we stayed around the corner from the Dreame store there and i was so curious what they did. i guess they're trying to launch into the US market now too. www.theverge.com/tech/922511/... (anywhere from household electronics to household robots to cars to phones...)

if you have 30 seconds, can you answer a quick survey about the type of computer you use at/for work? (if you use a computer at work) mostly personal curiosity. thanks! forms.gle/Hti7UYkeHEno...

I guess a penny rounding policy is policy for cash or check but getting a refund check shorted a rounded penny is 😡. Where’s JG Wentworth when you need him!

alexander has been trying to explain this stuff to me for years (various types of hybrid systems in general and the hybrid synergy drive in particular, and diesel-electric locomotives) -- this video definitely helped 😅

Looking at our shared shopping list and I’m glad this one basically is the same word / translates itself (“vitamins”). (I assume he just defaults to whatever language he was last thinking in and has the phone keyboard set to, as most of the other items are his too)

One closer to 37 pieces of flair

Every time I eat falafel I’m reminded of how I don’t like falafel.

huh our little priority pass lounge at pdx got *global* lounge of the year 👍👍👍

took me longer than expected to find the closure map for the September Rose Quarter I-5 closure but here is the PDF in case anyone is interested. i5rosequarter.org/media/fugbma...

can i give the disney+ google tv app a -5 star rating?

i wish there was a poll feature because i'm so curious what other people think: which is more expensive? which has more included? --> an "economy light" ticket or an "economy basic" ticket answer in the image. (the next level of economy up is economy flex, basically full fare)

Today’s flight home is KLM’s first 787-10 in KLM 100 livery (all circa 2019)

First time flying with Starlink

it's not often you see valpo get name checked. (i have relatives there and in college would go spend holidays with them, thx South Shore Line)

there's something about this that rubs me the wrong way. like, we're supposed to PAY you to celebrate? (is this just me being too cynical?)

every time i use an induction cooktop i want one so bad. (but for reasons -- i guess all $-related, like having to get all new cookware and figuring out our electricity plan which is most expensive around dinner-cooking time -- it's just a pipe dream) someone needs to deinfluence me!

"Thank you once again for being an integral part of the Delta SkyMiles family." y me no BEST PART of the Delta SkyMiles family? 😤

Of course we are leaving on Saturday.

Halfway through the world’s longest road traffic tunnel! (Takes approx 20 minutes to go through) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A6...

The Stegastein viewpoint is smaller (like, narrower) than I thought (but worth the one-lane switchback road up the fjord).

I don’t know if it’s because you’re so close to the water or because the water is so smooth or because the boat is electric so there’s no motor vibration but it really feels like you’re flying.

Oh, wanted to say that road tripping with an EV in Norway was as easy as expected, especially since it’s low season now (no waiting for the hotel chargers!) — but soooo many stations all over the place. Note the scale in the top right. 6 type 2 chargers and 18 fast chargers within a mile.

Ugh I stared at my post before I hit the button knowing I wanted to add something but couldn’t figure out what lmfao. I was going to post a link: www.vangsgaarden.com/en/bilder/ We are in a “Deluxe Fisherman's cabin” — cheaper with a group of 4 than 2 regular hotel rooms.

Anyways, driving back to Oslo tomorrow (friends we’re traveling with are back to work on Monday) so it’s almost the end of our road trip. I’ve done basically this circuit twice before by rail (solo and with parents) but doing it by car (with friends) is definitely a completely different experience.

Tried to pay for an ice cream at a supermarket with this bill (worth roughly $5) I had from my last visit in 2016. Cashier looked perplexed, flipped it over and over until she finally asked, “is this an old one?” — checked Wikipedia and they became invalid in 2019 😂

Waterfalls you can walk behind ftw

Bridge crossing a fjord and then into the fjord wall where there is a roundabout. IN THE ROCK. (Similar roundabout on the other side of the bridge we came from, so we got a twofer!)

I think I have relatively strong nerves but this steel bridge staircase — with expansion gaps — over waterfalls is a bit much.

Stopped at a rest stop that’s supposed to be on a lake but the lake is covered with snow and I can’t believe the height of these roadside marker poles 😳

😭😭😭 I was so confused trying to separate our McDonalds trash. The cup lids and straws are made of cardboard so no longer go in the “plast[ic]” chute like the picture says but I wasn’t sure if they are truly “carton” so I just put it in the remaining waste chute on the lower right 😂

Let our Norwegian EV road trip begin!

TIL what we call biscotti is really something called cantucci

This video does not do the Oslofjord justice