kainoa, from that one time.

Okay. So Kiehl's jacked their prices (again!) since the last time I went in for some basics and I'm done. Everything is 2x what it cost a few years ago. NO.

I hope all the teens are stealing your shit from Sephora or Nordstrom or wherever else your fluids are sold.

Booooo Kiehl's. Booooooooooo.

Many of us were ahead of the trend. Before bartenders had remotes with skip buttons, my go-to was Aqua's timeless hit, "Barbie Girl."

For length, the choice was always "Rapper's Delight."

I Played 'The Boys Are Back in Town' on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out The boys were back in town, but I was out of the bar, because they asked me to leave.

There was also this:

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Remembering the time I was driving a rental with Jersey plates through East Tennessee and got pulled over simply because I had driven past a local cop from a town outside Hoboken who lived there now and missed his people. (Which, WTF?)

He was SO disappointed when I told him I was from California.

The replies… acting like you’re buying a $30,000 Chow Chow. And it’s not like you’re not getting papers!

... and availability had shrunk. Then prices went up again. And again. And then there was but one stick left, and it was so expensive, I passed it up. REGRET.

I'll last for a good while on what I've got stocked up, but I should have bought that last stick.

Stock up on the things you love.

Example:

My deodorant was discontinued over 15 years ago. I found it on eBay for a while at just over retail, and bought up what I thought was enough for a while.

Turns out, I want this deodorant forever, and I'd ran out. When I went to replenish my stock, prices had doubled...

So backup the shit you love. Keep a spare pair of sneakers on ice, stock up on that soap that smells good, and if you find a brand of undershirt or socks that fits you perfect? Pick up as many as you can. Things get discontinued, then become expensive on the secondary, then they're gone.

BACKUPS.

That thing you may even love will get lost or stolen, will wear or run out, or get damaged. AND, when you go to replace it, you'll find it's no longer available. So you'll resort to buying replacements (if you can find them) on eBay at a high price. Eventually you won't be able to find them.

It took me far too long in life to learn that when you like a product (a pair of shoes, a kind of soap or deodorant, a backpack or piece of luggage, a cool hat, a nice jacket, etc.), if you CAN, you buy a backup.

Ha! Not today. I'm thinking it's better told in-person? Next time we hang out. Happy New Year to you too!

"Haha, You Clowns" scratches a very particular itch, and I'm so glad it exists.

There's a moment during Michael Phelps' opening monologue in the episode of SNL he hosted in 2008, where he throws it to William Shatner in the audience, WHO, is standing next to a seated Guy Fieri.
So those three have at one time, been in the same room.
The world is crazy, and anything is possible.

Rob Reiner was a titan and a legend.
This is tragic and awful and so, so sad.

Welp. Tore through the Sean Combs: The Reckoning doc today.

It was absolutely infuriating, and I don't know where to put that energy. An intense and insane watch, and yet another wild reminder of what money and power can shield you from if you have crazy amounts of either, and especially both.

H.R. Giger’s Wikipedia entry is shamefully brief.

Someday kids, I’ll tell you all the story of being detained at customs in Mexico, the two jails I was taken to, the “judge,” the corruption, and the bribery that kept me from becoming a prisoner of Mexico.
It’s a goood story.

Solid work Bri.

Niche Advice:
If you get new glasses but w/ the same frames you had again because your prescription changed but you liked the style, keep the old frames around because you might break an arm on the new glasses and if you have the old frames you can put the new lenses in those and go on w/ your life.

NEW HOODIE DAY.

Was about 60 pages deep in a new book, and suddenly had to take a moment because my brain had stopped processing words because it was busy remembering the audacity Mars Wrigley had when they changed the Green Skittle to APPLE for 8 WHOLE YEARS before finally reinstating lime in its rightful place.

Yeah

1999. Pierce and Rene and Sinnerman.

Sometimes it's 4am, and you haven't slept well or long, and you know that there's no use in trying for more.
So you decide to watch a movie, maybe pay some bills, maybe do some laundry, maybe chop up some trinity for tonight's red beans and rice.
But what movie?
Today?
The Thomas Crown Affair.

From the AmIOverreacting community on Reddit: Am I Overreacting over this “small prank” Explore this post and more from the AmIOverreacting community

I immediately thought of this:

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A masterpiece. Thanks Branson.

I might be one of the last still making mix-tapes, but I was reminded tonight while crafting one for a beloved friend I see less often than I would like, that "You're So Vain" is such a HARD way to start the musical conversation you're about to have.

You establish dominance, and then they're yours.

She got moved, and she may get pardoned. Just wild.

It's WILD that they never once brought up how Chandler went to Yemen.

Ghislaine is either gonna get pardoned or get dead this summer.