Friday Inspiration 553 I try to ignore clickbait titles as much as possible, but I somehow had a hunch this one was going to be good even though its title was "We Built a Wall. 3 Months Later, This Happened." (video) I can't say I remember the last time I was in a Marshall's, but the lengthy chain of responses to this Thread, which is a joke about the curious products one finds at a Marshall's, is hilarious. The one that got me laughing out loud was "I need a shirt for my dog that vaguely...

Friday Inspiration 552 If I had to guess by the southern Utah scenery, I’d say this dreamy edit was shot when these folks were in the area just before or just after last year’s Red Bull Rampage? (video) A FAVOR TO ASK: I don't have a new My Favorite Things podcast this week (putting together next week's!), but if you've been listening to the podcast and have a few minutes and would like to help me out, would you be able to write a quick review on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify? I'm coming up on...

New Technology Is Cool, But Have You Heard About Old Technology? A few nights ago, I had my bicycle up on the stand in our garage, pulling the old chain through the derailleur, thinking about how I used to do bike maintenance in the bathtub (not while bathing). And that I’d had the same chain tool ever since those days, almost 19 years ago now. I laid out the old chain on my workbench, next to the new chain. The guy at the bike shop had cut the new one for me a few hours earlier, with a few...