You know how my buddy Mark decided to go all-in on fresh pasta last month? He was sure it would save time after work. But then he kept having to buy cream or fancy cheese to make it taste right, stuff he never used otherwise. Like last week, he made fresh fettuccine and had to get heavy cream and parmesan, which cost him an extra ten bucks. He said his old box of dried penne soaked up jarred sauce just fine without all that. Now he's back to buying big bags of dried stuff on sale.

Ever learn that lesson the hard way too? I turned a nice shelf into a modern art sculpture once. My advice is to just keep that gun moving like it's radioactive.

Could be Dutch elm disease starting maybe?

Seriously? You weren't there, @emery_sanchez. That mud was like thick glue, and my foot came out with a horrible sucking sound. The boot just kept going down, man. I dug around with a stick for twenty minutes and couldn't even feel the top of it. You ever tried to find something in swampy mud that just swallows stuff? Why would I just leave a perfectly good boot behind for fun?

Does a print force you into the same moment in a way a screen just can't?