196 totally doesn't look awkward at all

The day after we rode out there on our bikes, SF Gate had this to say...

It's flat and it runs next to the Pacific Ocean. But I guess if you're stuck in car mentality, having people walk on a roadway requires some deep thinking.

Geez, no kidding.

File under: get rid of your guns

Wife calls police, saying he's loading a gun, and he has more.

Turns out Brad is not alone.

And in fact, if you own a gun, the person you're most likely to kill with it is yourself.

Where is the gun violence in the US, be anyway? Those scary big cities?

Like Fairbanks and Whitefish?

1 in 5 adult Americans own one, or more, because there are more guns than people in this country.

And we like to use them. Like Brad. He knows statistics. Although, in this instance, maybe there was a little spin happening.

Sounds like everything is going great on the campaign.

Great!

This man makes $10M a year, but uses a phone with a cracked screen. Turns out, he prefers to give his money back to the community that raised him. Literally. He gives everyone $60 a month.

Remember that the next time you hear someone bragging about donating their salary while taking millions of dollars in taxpayer money to fly to their golf resort every weekend.

(Likely tonight.)

Finally, file under: 3/4s of a good idea

Deb's been after me to build a knick-knack shelf. This was the inspiration image. After that planter box project last week, we had some scrap wood, so I went for it.

Unfortunately, we only had enough 2x2 for three legs. Totally doesn't look awkward at all.

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