Like chocolate or cheese (watch the video)

This wooden bike has blades instead of wheels so you can ride it down a snow covered mountain / Boing Boing

http://bit.ly/2STwJLC

The end of civilization; this time it's real

Kraft's iconic American cheese is losing ground in today's America - The Washington Post

https://wapo.st/2EbLY8u

Pats can't get through a year without a scandal

New England Patriots Owner And Billionaire Robert Kraft Charged With Soliciting Prostitution

http://bit.ly/2SVjb2o

Quick – what else does he not like?

Almost every book Trump blasted has been in high demand

At this rate, President Trump may have to be named Publishing Executive of the Year.

Almost every book Trump has blasted on Twitter in the past year has achieved blockbuster status.

https://nyp.st/2E1PnXA

Wouldn't it be a lot easier to list the ways it won't?

7 Scenarios for How the Mueller Probe Might End | WIRED

http://bit.ly/2SQFRk9

Two drugstores, one burger joint and one donut shop

That's how many places we can use Apple Pay (or any of the other pays) where I live. We are not exactly on the cutting edge here. In fact there is one place I regularly shop (I won't mention it's a grocery store) that can't even handle chipped cards yet. Because, well, when's the last time you heard the checkout counter person say, 

"Our quill pens are down today."?

Me, I use cashless payments any way I can. For one thing, I don't wind up with pockets full of coins.

Apple Pay adoption soars, but still lags in U.S.
Cult of Mac

The number of Apple Pay users continues to climb, but the country with the slowest adoption is the United States. Year over year figures show a 135 percent increase in Apple Pay users, a meteoric climb likely fueled when Apple added peer-to-peer payments at the beginning of 2018. Research conducted by investment firm Loup Ventures... Read the full story

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February may not be the cruelest month…

…but it is definitely the messiest, around here at least, at least this year. It's snow rain thaw snow rain thaw snow rain over and over day after day until, if the present trend holds, August. Seriously.,

Also, February makes me hungry.

Just the two of them, in a car with a loaded rifle

German man loses gun license after dog shoots him

https://nyp.st/2E2ll5Q

First thing every morning…

…I ask Siri how many days until Spring. This morning she said 30. I hope she's right. It's been snowing all day, but just a little bit. So, maybe.

She probably knows better than that groundhog, at least.