You know what I like about your YouTube videos? As I'm sitting and watching and I think "But what about ... ?" it's only a few moments before you raise the same question. Nuance, nuance, all is nuance.

I realize this will probably get buried, but I'm going to ask it anyway. Having just watched your latest video, I wonder about the quality of those limit switches in space heaters. Is it possible that, over time, the metal could corrode enough that they stop functioning, especially if it's humid?

In a strange way, it's like asking someone how many C's there are in the word "vacuum". Nine out of ten will ignore your question and say, "There are two U's."

Probably just someone playing the odds. If it's a great quote, it's probably Voltaire, Churchill, or Wilde.

What I hate about myself sometimes is that it makes me think, "Oh, you're gonna be a dick to California? Just wait till it's [red state]. Then you'll get your comeuppance."

Because, you know, everyone in those states deserves it. /s

Don't ever get any kind of binding machine. Just don't. Then you'll find yourself buying paper, designing pages (lines or dots? hexagons? how far apart?), and filling shelves with personalized notebooks....

So. Many. Hours. And when, a few years later, I got the updated version ... (sigh).

To be That Guy: Only the Chanukah menorah has nine candles. The 'standard' one has seven. ;-)

Not enough people will get that reference....

Maybe it's just good metallurgy these days, but I've found that even cheap Chinese pens are usually excellent writers. (I'm a *comfort writing* snob, but not a pen snob, so that's great for me!)

I feel like a lightweight: About 20 pens (plus a few that don't work) and 6 inks (not counting a ton of cartridges that come with pens). Plus 4 billion different kinds and sizes of notebooks — thank you, ADHD. :)

Just for fun, I asked my electric friend for some advice on your issue. Her answer is here: chatgpt.com/share/67715e.... (Basically, it's a selection of pens, papers, and ink that are more suited to lefties.)

I can accept that there are certain people, notably in the media, who need to have an account there in order to follow various people and companies. But it irks me when those people *advertise* that they have a Twitter account. They can use it without admitting it as far as I'm concerned.

I'm a rightie, but my handwriting tilts to the left — I have the same problem as lefties. The solution: fast-drying ink! It makes a big difference. And as @inkrasands.bsky.social says, changing how you write can also help. Heck, just writing from below instead of the side might be enough.

Ah, the age-old excuse: "I vas just following Otis."

Pilot Metropolitan, fine point, with Noodler's ink of some sort (green, always).