Airports host a high-tide-line scrum of forgotten franchises. Persistence for so long in many cases that one can see the same contiguous offering across multiple iterations of popularity (frozen yogurt hot, and cold, and hot again over DECADES). I’ve got my eye on you, Quiznos.

Redeye flights are the trench warfare of business travel.

Decoding voice-to-text is as necessary a skill as decoding auto-complete I'm the year 2019

Really? I know we’re broke, but c’mon!

Adding my two cents for a signal boost. Verizon wireless isn’t acknowledging total service outage to most of NC. #verizonoutage .@VZWSupport .@verizon

#verizonoutage looks like they’re finally acknowledging it.

Dealing with some terrible hardship. Grocery store only had reduced fat Club crackers. Our puff-pastry baked brie with apricot preserves is really going to suffer.

Moral hazard exemplified by seeing a help wanted sign during the worst period of unemployment in almost a century.

Everything Is Broken tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

youtu.be/opkGfDklqus It's the memory of the memory of the way this used to make you feel.

youtu.be/0P5jV4lHHR0 Hold on.

Excited to launch my Substack "Ridge Talk" today... "The Hunter" begins my "American Spirit" series, which will feature timeless stories of fictional men and women who embody the American spirit. Next in the lineup: "The Pioneer" ridgetalk.substack.com/p/the-hunter?r…

Something foundational has been broken in California. It’s been three years since I’ve been here and everything feels shabby, empty, and directionless. I’m worried about the rest of the country.

.Adam Carolla rich man/poor man: attending your kid’s middle school graduation.

This morning I had the displeasure of driving 125 miles each way for a DMV appointment. Left my house at 4 AM. At 5 I’m in the ass end of nowhere heading east through central North Carolina. Waning crescent moon rising, Jupiter bright right next door. Out of nowhere I see this

Drop something red

I could build me castle of memories just to have somewhere to go.

And here we go! palmettostatearmory.com/brands/sig-sau…

If this gets 10k retweets, we’ll start giving away free guns.

Having a moment where I realize why so many 90s country greats like John Rich🇺🇸 Alan Jackson Randy Travis Travis Tritt and all the others resonate so much with our generation. We children of the 80s were poised on the cusp of adulthood with our whole future in front of us. They