while ago i replaced a carbon monoxide detector and when i took it off the wall i discovered that one of the walls had been painted black. it's a very small house, there's no space for teenagers. an adult chose that.

this drove people insane 35 years ago, but it reads very differently today.

we struggle through the 10 egg weeks so we have 2 eggs left at the end of the week and we can luxuriate in the ensuing 14 egg week, 2 per day.

among the handful of albums that have come after a 20+ year break in the band's output, archers of loaf's "reason in decline" remains my favorite.

spring up to the attic to check on the christmas ornaments fall down to the basement to check on the other christmas ornaments

going back to salted butter. we were happier using salted butter.

if you aren't ready for college ruled paper but all of your peers are already using it, you can carefully remove the cover off a college ruled notebook and then glue it over the cover of your wide ruled notebook.

"what if just a single smart person joined a police department?" is a common premise for a tv show. realistically, "what if a real dumb guy joined a company?" is more common and relatable.

pretty excited to try the tall items spray head accessory for my dishwasher tonight.

the 2026 garbage pickup calendar arrived today, no changes from 2025.

there's so many "most improved average" bowling belt buckles for sale, i wonder if anyone actually wore them.

watched a movie and someone made a snack that was a buttered baguette with some squares of chocolate inside with a glass of milk.

business idea: get some real cheap old cars and then just badge them as an special edition tied to a defunct retail operation. b. dalton edition toyota tercel. mervyn's edition plymouth sundance. you get the idea. i'm sure you can find someone who will pay for that.

really like it when movies have interiors with walls that are kind of messy or less than perfect or use a hard wearing high gloss paint. the standard matte paint has to be touched up so often, t looks really inert when it's perfect.

top 10 mousepads for march 2026

i opened a package of fruit snacks and it was 7 grape ones and 1 apple one. really challenging start to my day.

finding someone that looks exactly like me. we start talking, we become friends. late one night, an idea is put forward: what if we put on a little weight and rode motorcycles? is guinness really going to check birth certificates?

a movie about how the tidal wave of ticket barcode scanning technology fractures the family of a ticket stub tearer.

sales of lice shampoo collapsed after ratatouillie was released.

larry ellison is going to force everyone in america to watch sailing, it doesn't matter how much it costs him.

single men do not get invited to a lot of baby showers.

every single day i live with the guilt of accepting a grade school choir certificate for perfect attendance that i did not deserve.

no one has assigned me a book report in a really long time

things really started improving when we were all given so many more opportunities rate and review other people

my tiger rice cooker came with this ladle. it quickly rose up the rankings of my favorite utensils: its shorter handle makes it more user friendly. i own 4 now, i bought spare ones because i keep finding new uses for it, and i have yet to find another that is quite as good.

the scene in 'stolen kisses' when he puts the letter in the pneumatique slot, and then you get to see the mail tube system - just thrilling.

i told my blind date i'd be wearing a humane ai pin in my lapel, but the coffee shop was full of people wearing them.

lookup what people want for old checklist cards. presumably they are rarer because people tossed them or actually wrote on them.

where's the gold medal for podcast?

instagram flexing and fomo of the early 1900s, telling people you got a new billiard table, saying a bunch of kids had a nice time at a dance, telling everyone you are on vacation, that kind of thing.

"the brink's job" has this real nighthawks shot toward the beginning. kind of fun. don't want to get real peter greenaway with it, though.

i don't like ferris wheels.

if you wanna scream at some refs, the ones at foot locker have a lot less authority.

if you see someone taking a photo, always ask to be in it.

my cowboy doctor diagnosed me as a city slicker. please keep me in your prayers.

if you renew your car tabs a few days before, it feels like you are getting a valentine from the registration office 🥰

if you need valentine's day romance advice, i won a date on a dating game-style show when i was in college.

if you are nice to rich people they might let you hold their wallet while they go swimming and you will be able to steal from them.

it's worth auditing your coffee roast preference once a year or so. i updated mine from medium to medium-dark.

before you find yourself storming the court after a water polo game, you should sit down when you are calm and collected and decide if you are really a strong enough swimmer to be doing it.

imagine what you could do with the time you saved if you switched from separate vitamins to a multi-vitamin.

here's a suggestion: flip around the channels a bit, see what they put on tv when they assume no one will be watching.

looking for anyone selling 1 extra ticket for tomorrow's munch's make believe band show

dad went to the metaverse and never came back

parents got a new dog and i'm trying to dissuade my mom from her impulse to give an animal that will eat its own poop and lick its balls the same name as a city or mountain range. it should be more like a clown or cartoon character.

it's door dash but for elongated penny souvenirs.

literary salons and lectures on a lake havasu pontoon boat. very unsuccessful business.