Red, White, and Screwed: A Tariff Story

Red, White, and Screwed: A Tariff Story

Same concept, I write a post and let ChatGPT improve it, then I edit. Do you like this style? Let’s get something straight: other countries don’t pay tariffs – we do. More specifically, I do. And then, so do you. Tariffs drive up costs, which raises prices for...
The Worst 19 Months of My Life

The Worst 19 Months of My Life

19 months ago I moved from my house to an apartment complex about 4 blocks away with the intention of updating my house in the interim. This time period overlapped with Stortz Tools moving from Old City to Newtown, which is storybook naming in its own right. Moving...
16 Minutes Before an Alarm

16 Minutes Before an Alarm

My alarm was set for 5:35am today before I awoke, looked over, and saw 5:19. Do I go back to sleep? That would take me a few minutes and for a measly 10 minute snooze? In that groggy state, waking up and hopping out of bed doesn’t seem reasonable because...
The City of Sewerly Love

The City of Sewerly Love

I tried to think of a punny title for our smelly city and couldn’t produce one. CHATGPT did well. The feature image is AI too. I ran today and admired all the trash piling in the street. It smelled awful and makes the city look like shit. One can place blame on...