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Jack Crosbie
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Contributing Writer, Splinter

Just FYI, that orange and camo thing is a seat cushion, called a Heat Seat. Keeps your butt warm(ish) and dry.
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I decided to lean in, declaring myself a bag expert. I was asked what my favorite bag is. It is a canvas duffel, I said, because I believe wheeled suitcases are like umbrellas: used by the weak. Read more

“Help me with my bags” is something most Americans have said about their cloth exterior, frame interior, suitcases with wheels. Read more

A suitcase is a rigid rectangle shape that holds it’s form, an bag is not rigid and can more or less take on the form of what you put in it.  Also, Papa has a brand new suitcase is not such a great song title.  Read more

That part of Des Moines is pretty different today than it was in 2009. That being said, I’m fairly certain there was not a taco johns in the area. There *IS* a Tasty Tacos not far away. Read more

I have fully lost two people in my life to Crossfit. I don’t think there’s inherently anything wrong with it - quite the contrary, I like people trying to be healthy and strong and have plenty of other friends who do it! - but the people I’ve lost, the Crossfit turned them into mega aggro psychopaths. Or maybe it Read more

I live in Des Moines, and there has never been a Taco John’s near that location. They had to have moved. Read more

... and an aerial shot of the Tesla gigafactory, which is indeed in Arizona. Read more

I don’t agree with the law at all, but, and I really hate to say this, based on how Congress wrote the law, how Kavanaugh is reading it is probably correct. Congress could’ve passed a law that had stipulations for the severity of the crime and how long ago it was committed, but they didn’t. Whether or not that’s Read more

My grandmother lived in a tiny midwestern town that didn’t have USPS residential delivery, so everyone in town had a PO box that they walked down to for mail. So I guess If Illinois adopted a law like this, she (and everyone else in her town) never would have been eligible to vote? Read more