The Price of Admission
Twenty-five years of the euro, and what cooperation actually costs
Panasonic ES-LS9A, two and a half years in: would I buy it again?
I’ve just ordered replacement blades for my Panasonic ES-LS9A. Paying to keep a two-and-a-half-year-old shaver going, rather than replacing it, already answers the question
Destroyed With Facts and Logic
The popular atheist case against religion was already shallow, and the same habits carried straight over to feminism.
Victorinox Pioneer X Alox, 16 months in: would I buy it again?
A Swiss Army knife is one of the few things I’d recommend to anyone. It’s small enough to keep on you, it lasts for years, and it handles the little jobs that come up all the time, from opening a package to tightening a loose screw.
Nobody Argues Their Way Out
Leaving doesn’t require a confession, and you get to keep the weights. Here’s what actually has to change, and what it costs you.
You Can’t Lose This Argument
The reason it kept checking out isn’t that it’s true. It’s that nothing you could have found would have counted against it.
The Monitor I Wasn’t Looking At
My desk was arranged correctly on paper. My pointing hand quietly overruled it.