My wife keeps singing music from Into the Woods. It's a fine musical, and I'm a fan of it, but she's getting the songs such in my head.

I need ammunition to fight back with.

What's a good song to play that I can't get stuck in her head?

Here's the concept: instead of things you want to do before you die (AKA the Bucket List), I'm thinking about creating a Fuck It List, of things I want to never have to do again.

If you were doing so, what would you put on your list.

I was hanging out with a retired former coworker last weekend, and she got in my head. I have at least 11 years to go, assuming I'm able to retire, so it's not realistic now. But what is life without hopes and dreams?

So far, all I have on the list is:

Having time for a quick chat with my manager.

I will rejoice when I don't have to do that again.

I use shampoo from a large bottle with a pump. The pump can't get the last bit out of the bottle.

I cut apart the pumps from two shampoo bottles and epoxied the caps together to make an adapter. I'm going to use it to attach the old bottle to the new bottle and drain the remainder out.

I'm going out with my daughter to look at a car for her. She's an adult, she's buying it, I'm just along mostly for moral support. Doing the dad thing. However, it's out of my wheelhouse, and I want to make sure we don't miss anything.

What sort of things to you look for or check when shopping for a used car?

Do you have any suggestions?

"A serious sentence is necessary to reaffirm a foundational principle of our criminal justice system: no one is above the law, particularly those entrusted with administering it," the DOJ says in its sentencing memo.

Etch, my daughter's guinea pig, crossed the rainbow bridge today.

He was her emotional support animal and went through college with her. He was a very good boy.

I wonder if they'll ticket the school buses that speed through the school zones.

I realized a while ago that in my whole career I've never worked for a for-profit corporation.

Recently I've been wondering if non-profit corporations could succeed in areas typically dominated by for-profit corporations. I'm in the U.S.

There are certainly plenty of non-profits functioning, employing people, and providing services to the public. Schools, Hospitals, public radio & TV, etc. But what areas are there where non-profits could exist and survive where they don't currently?

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When I'm using Android Auto, my phone will intermittently lose cell signal. It doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I'll go weeks or months without it happening, then other times it will happen several times in a single trip.

There have been a couple times when the phone seemed to be acting up before it completely lost the signal. The only way to recover is to restart the phone.

It has never happened when not using Android Auto.

It happens in my current car, a 2022 Honda Ridgeline with wired android auto support. I recently bought a wireless adapter for the car, and it happens with that as well. It also happens when my phone is plugged into our 2020 Honda Civic.

It happened with my previous phones when I was using Android Auto in my 2011 Honda Ridgeline which only had an aftermarket Bluetooth adapter.

Current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S10. Previous phone was an LG Nexus 5x.

It seems that the only common issue is Android Auto.

Has anyone else experienced this?

What's your favorite production of A Christmas Carol?

Include as much detail as you can to explain why it's your favorite and what you like about it. Feel free to include your least favorite as well.

I'll start.

My favorite is the 1999 TNT version.

What I like about it:

It has an incredible cast including Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard Grant as Bob Cratchit (also Joel Grey, Dominic West, Saskia Reeves, Ian McNeice, etc.). The story is well realized. It stays true to source material and fills in where necessary for the television production. I particularly enjoy seeing the travels of the Ghost of Christmas Present as he visits various people to spread his blessing. I also like how Richard Grant's Cratchit reacts when first encountering Scrooge in his redeemed state.

If I had to give a runner-up, I'd say the 1951 version with Alistair Sim as Scrooge. I really love his Christmas Day performance after he's repented. The playful, manic, childlike joy he expresses really touches me.

After that, it would be the Muppet Christmas Carol, with Statler and Waldorf playing Scrooge's business partners, Jacob and Bob Marley.

My least favorite is the 2009 version with Jim Carrey. I can't get past the uncanny valley effect. It seems more gimmick than art to me.

What is your favorite "epic" movie?

By "epic", I'm referring to the old-school style of movie. Expansive story, massive production kind of movie.

I'm currently rewatching Lawrence of Arabia.