Been thinking about this probably not super scientific polling result for a bit. Yes it indicates strong unity on the issue nationally, but the implications of the 10-18% of Americans on the other side are alarming. Is that the percentage of people cool with pedophilia?

An example of the reality distortion field that envelops the Metro Detroit area. Our little town is lousy with Regal TourXs (ours in the back), I know of at least three more within about a mile of our house. Based on local observation alone you'd swear GM sold these like hotcakes.

Thank you, CVS, in addition to your "From the Road Original Scrolls"-length receipts, you have now enshitovate again with this: Semi-bogus sale tickets obscuring almost every single product on every single shelf. That really makes finding what I came for sooooooooo easy.

Soft secession has begun.

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." - Plato

Went to metal mart yesterday to pick up a piece of 36"x36"x1/8" steel tread plate to fabricate a sump well cover in a basement. $145. That would have been $50 tops last year. Thanks Trump.

Is it weird that I feel more naked forgetting my pocket knife than I do when forgetting my phone?

I recently realized I am allowed to just work from the Detroit Institute of Art if I want. For free. Well, maybe parking.

Sat in my '64 Continental for the first time in about 12 years. Had to clean out the junk I stashed inside as I was moving. Life really comes at ya fast. Now that our tiny human is becoming semi-autonomous I'm finding time to rediscover myself, my interests, and tackle the put-off to-do list.

Yeah, that's some good summer. Just let this last forever.

Being human is knowing that I will never achieve relaxation at the level of our three legged cat.

Next January the Chevy Express will have been in continuous production for 30 years without a major redesign. Is that a record? I really don't know.

Nope... nothing to see here. No cause for concern, study, or coordinated effort to address the root causes. Go on about your business.

I like how Trump is being all tough guy with his illegal military deployments in large liberal cities, DC first, apparently NYC and Chicago next, but hasn't even whispered the name Detroit. Last time the feds visited they brought tanks and left with casualties. Also, how about those Epstein files?

I gotta say, making it seven whole months without declaring martial law somewhere seems weak, guy's slipping. Really thought he'd have shock troops causing chaos in blue cities by the six month mark. I know, I know, LA, but this is for really really real this time.

Yesterday I said "ohp sorry" in the presence of a total stranger and his wife said "SEE! I told it it was a Michigan thing!" I suppose I have fully transitioned from Hoosier to Michigander at this point.

The general success of The Naked Gun Demands reboots of similar properties, I suggest Police Academy, but given the moment "ICE Academy" is ripe pickins for lampooning.

"That boy's about as sharp as a bowling ball." "Nice girl, but about as sharp as a sack or wet mice." Foghorn Leghorn is an metaphorical insult inspiration to us all.

@johnvoelcker.bsky.social it's a joy every time I use it.

Is it weird to say I haven't liked the overall GM USDM aesthetic since about 2008? "Angry Transformers" design language has been pervasive throughout and persists now. I love the Buick aesthetic, but that's entirely EU/China driven.

Sure, why not. Radioactive wasps.

Planning to visit the family farm over labor day weekend and what's going to be playing at the nearby drive-in movie theater? Jaws 50th. We'd be going in my wife's Buick station wagon too. Livin' in 1975.

Move slow and make things Move slow and maintain things Move slow and mend things

I haven't watched all of last night's episode but I've seen a few clips and whoo boy, Matt and Trey pulled no punches. The closing scene is... well, it sure is something. You laugh your ass off, for sure, but you'll want a puke bucket nearby.

"We are neighbors but we are not friends."

Was mowing with phone in back pocket and my butt managed to go deep into the developer options and select a right to left layout and let me tell you that was one of the most confusing tech experiences I've ever had. Thought maybe it was a weird update or I forgot how it had looked or I'd gone nuts.

My wife, the funny lady.

Six years ago our dog and new kitten were trapped by a downpour.

Reading the original scroll of On the Road and man... Malcolm Cowley deserves a Nobel Prize for editing.

I really liked the Superman movie and am glad my daughter will have her own Christopher Reeve to grow up with.

In the summers of 2000-2004 I'd go to Tigers games with my friends and for $5 we got a nosebleed seat (and snuck down to baseline), hot dog, soda and a Detroit Newspaper (used for pirate hats to get on the jumbotron). The cheapest tickets now are $29. A 222% leap even after inflation. And no hot dog

Funny thing about the 4th of July holiday, you never expect this one to be the last one.

You've got to respect the hustle on this kid.

Another Dad showed up to the splash pad in this absolute unit. Diesel with an Allison doing the motivation, said it gets up to freeway speeds no problem. And just like that our Regal TourX became a very distant second most interesting vehicle at the park.

You know what would have been an easier grift for Musk? Just keep being techno Jesus for early adopter progressives. Instead, now he's in no man's land politically and the friendly handouts for all his businesses are all but dead.

Welp, guess this is when I turn into a true old guy and purposefully forego a phone update.

Ah crap. I just realized the copyright for Star Wars begins to expire in 2073 and now I have to live that long to see what happens.

In the last two weeks I finished watching both seasons of Andor and read Dune and it turns out I might be the kid from the Neverending Story.

Unfortunately, I think we're far enough into this century that it's becoming reasonable to just say "the 1900s" for any time in the last one.

Hand injury tracks for Michigan. We actually make stuff here.

Today this came in my email from USPS. Do you think whoever put together this photo shoot and this graphic has ever met a Golden Retriever?

Two years is PLENTY of time to get Starship orbital and reliable, then develop, get orbital, and test space tankers and the refueling process, then develop HLS, get it orbital, refuel it, get it to the moon, and do an unmanned test run for landing and lunar liftoff. Oh, and also do Lunar Gateway.

I think its a sad reflection on myself that I can't help but block people who have made bicycles their entire personality. I'm not sure I can have a reasonable transportation discussion with that category of social media user.

Oh Hardly Right, it's been far, far too long.

I know we're all watching the west coast, but has anybody checked in with how reconciliation is going with the Republican's recession package?

I get by with a little help with my fit outs.

The ash frame reveal with the trunk opening is such a hard flex.

To our Canadian friends from your buddies in Michigan, please stop setting your forests on fire and sending the smoke our way.

It's a good thing groups and grandparents exist otherwise there's zero reason to visit the AI-slop wasteland that calls itself Facebook these days.