"There Will Be Blood"

(title and photo brazenly borrowed from the New York Times, thanks guys)

Has anyone considered, maybe she's colorblind?

"If you don't like the way I drive..."

"...don't eat out."



https://la.eater.com/2018/11/13/18092518/fat-sals-crash-hollywood-van-news-update

"It just jumped right out..."

Poor streetlight, wandered into traffic texting on its phone...

Winter beers

I dropped by Bevmo (a local nation-wide chain) to check out some winter beers. I ran across this saison, and hoped it would be good, based solely on the junipers on the label, and Genièvre is a pretty name. I try to shop simply.

It turns out that this beer is WAY too good for any of the food in MY house. It's an absolutely lovely saison. There's no hint of weird flavor or scent, as is the case with some other juniper based brews. It's just a wonderful Belgian. Highly recommended.

New Busytown

As a frequent listener to Reply All, I'm sad to say that I get every one of these references.

https://www.topic.com/the-reality-stars-and-russian-trolls-of-the-brand-new-busytown

Woodworking

If you go to The Sagulator (a site for calculating the strength of a particular board of wood), after you enter your data and get a response, it informs you:

4. A fully loaded bookshelf weighs 20-40 pounds (9-18 kg) per running foot, or 60-120 pounds (27-54 kg) for a 3′ wide shelf.  A value of 35 pounds per running foot is used by some for library shelving. Fine Woodworking magazines can weigh up to 40 pounds per foot.

because what else would you put on a shelf?

Emery board suggestion

Since I type a lot, I like my nails to be short. But I find that emery boards don't last very long. Before I've finished polishing a single hand, it seems that portions of the board are dull. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to file your nails with a bit of smooth cardboard.

It would be great if you could *see* the parts of the board that were still good. It seems to me that, if we simply colored the sand differently from the board, where the sand wore off, the color would change in that location. So you could easily see where the sand was still present.

You're welcome.