Author: Harry
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Time flies
It’s well known that your feeling of time passing accelerates as you get older. The two hour car ride which felt like forever is just part of life. The Olympics have really kicked this home today. We’re just over halfway through the Games, and it felt like it only started yesterday. Two weeks is a…
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Full disclosure
Today Ky and I completed our driving tests to get our full licences. I’m thrilled to announce she passed. I’m sheepishly embarrassed that I did not. Now, now, there is no need for histrionics. I didn’t run some invalid over, nor did I fail in some darkly comical fashion. Rather, I broke a well known,…
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Why use the Oxford Comma?
Sometimes I feel a bit bougie using an Oxford Comma, but that only makes it more appealing. For those who are unsure as to whether they want to adopt it, may I offer the following travesty as evidence in favour: Now, I know God did have at least one child, but he hasn’t been around…
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Bye Bye BofA
Today was a great day, as I was finally able to drop one of my biggest burdens, banking with Bank of America. To give them credit (excuse the pun), they did allow me to open an account without an SSN, which Capital One didn’t. From there, it was all down hill. Things I hated: Since…
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Boil and burn
It’s the best way to cook sausages. A lot of the time, people just chuck them raw onto a grill or pan, which has its time or place,, especially when feeding a crowd. The downside of this is that you’re often over cooking the snag, causing the juices to run out. By boiling the sausages…
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No one wants fries with that
There was an interesting article in the FT today on McDonalds about how they had dropped sales for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The reason for that drop was obvious, so why is this quarter a loser? The story, as is often the case in the FT, best found in the…
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Olympic Week: Cross Country
The games are afoot! We are fortunate to have a subscription to NBC’s streaming platform, Peacock, although in this household we prefer to refer to it as Pelican. Unlike watching it on TV years ago, we have full control of the schedule, and can pick and choose which events we want to watch. As a…
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Variety or volume?
Ky and I are thinking of buying a car, and we’re exploring the option of purchasing an ex-rental from Hertz. They’re great value, but while doing our research, we came across this little humdinger. It’s inevitable that when you buy a used car, the previous owner would have farted on the seat. The difference between…
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DMV
You don’t have to be an American to have heard of the DMV – the bureau that overseas all automotive rules, regulations, and licensing. Most countries do a pretty crummy job of it; and the propensity to complain about these things is even more common. Regardless, it was a bit over 2 hours of my…
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200 up
How time flies. Today marks the 200th post of this blog. Savvy observers will notice that today is the 207th day of the year, and I notionally started this project on Jan 1st, so there are a few sick days scattered through here. The good, the bad, and the lessons. The good: I think there…