From Shawn: Pardon the background noise under my audio. I’m traveling and had to improvise a recording setup at my location.
Shawn is in the mountains this week and shares some fishing stories. That leads to some talk about the weird subculture of people who don’t bathe (and we each try to remember our longest stretch without a shower). MiLo provides an update about the toaster he’s been nursing along. We’ll continue to keep you posted as the story develops. We riff about how remarkable it is that wheelie luggage wasn’t a thing until the 1980s, and four-wheel ‘spinner’ luggage didn’t really emerge until about a decade later. Finally and as usual we can’t refrain from touching on the latest destructive and depressing shenanigans of the Trump administration (will we actually have midterms in 2026, or a presidential election in 2028?).
Mentioned in this episode
Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail — Shawn mentions this essay once again, a favorite of his.
“Welcome to Costco. I love you.” and Costco Law School. (Idiocracy)
Catching bullets on That’s Incredible:
