I thought all those formulas were useless. Son, you make me proud.

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

(also, you don't have to put coins in your shopping carts in other supermarkets??)

Aldi and Lidl also charge for bags. That was weird at first, but it’s becoming more common.

(I'm sure in germany and in the less-fun parts of europe the coin thing works great and everyone put the carts neatly ordered in their proper place, though)

words of wisdom from wikipedia this evening

what is happening. is it because the fish is naked

I had to try reading this aloud. - L

just got back into gardening so i’ve forgotten. are basil leaves supposed to be this big

am i the problem

Apparently someone got their car stuck on the light rail tracks at Mt. Baker. For those unfamiliar this is 35 feet up in the air

passenger cars look at streetcars and think "i drive with mama" and end up somewhere ridiculous

Finally, we have them all.

Just the world “deactivated.” Look upon their post, ye mighty, and despair.

flowers (singing): the sins of our forefathers bind us to the dirt