Working-with-your-hands Wednesday

Now, that's a burger! I'll have two to go, please.

Unfortunately, the restaurant has closed. Death of a dream.

Bonus video!  Make your own "strike anywhere" matches (H/T: friend and commenter JeffS).

Even in Maryland...

...one occasionally sees an outbreak of sanity (although it usually has to be triggered by an extraordinary burst of idiocy).

And now, a word from our sponsor

 

A lot of sticky fingers out there

No doubt emboldened by zero jail time: "Boston BLM Fraudster and “Bostonian of the Year” Must Return $220K in Funds Stolen Through Fraud".

From the Department of People Never Learn

Or perhaps it is more accurate to say that, with respect to some things, many people must learn from scratch.

Classical corner

Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu in C♯ minor, performed by Anastasia Huppmann.

Bonus video!  I'm pretty sure I've never seen them before.

Brings back memories

I saw this article - about mead made from Coca-Cola - and immediately thought about our friend Wronwright, from those golden days at Tim Blair's old blog: "Brewers are turning Coca-Cola into a very boozy wine".

For anyone who might not know, the fellow who called himself "Wronwright" was one of the most popular commenters at Tim's blog, and such a unique character that I dragooned him into service as  Detective Paco's sidekick. Sumerian mead was a trope or meme of some kind that got started in the comments section (I don't recollect the "origin" story), and it was frequently associated with Wronwright. I believe he may have commented here once, back in this blog's infancy, or perhaps he sent me an email, I don't recall exactly, but I haven't heard from him since, and I miss him. If you're still out there, Wron, I hope you're doing well, and please drop us a line sometime.