Currently dress like that still, iirc. Awesome! Read more

Grandaddy and Granny, circa 1950. You don’t want it with his dimples.

Before my grandpa became a refugee and immigrated to the US, he was a puppeteer in his home country. He’s second from the left. He was the most amazing, wonderful, funny man I have ever known and 17 years after his death I still miss him every single day.

Me and Ginge, Singapore, c. 1963. He died in Feb so gonna be teary this w/e. Brag: When he was a teen, he made dates with 3 different girls and arranged to meet them all along the same bus route, then watched as the bus went past and he went on the date with the third one. Playa.

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My dad at a football game in the early 90’s. It was only 10 degrees outside.

That’s my grandpa and abuelita, in their immigration photos, the first time around. I never met my grandpa—he died when my mom was 12 from a heart attack related to acromegaly, which, holy shit. Also here is my mom’s Tío Chencho, who was kinda like my default grandpa. HANDSOME MEN OF LA FAMILIA ESCOBEDO

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Great grandpa, grandpa, and dad (also pictured with Dad: mom, baby sister, little brother, me, and that one priest who everybody said was stealing from the church)

I would add oxy-cleaning (with a scrub brush on a stick) your grouted tile floor as the urine can really build up in those little valleys!
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As a guy, I would love it for a woman to propose. These stories were great.
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I hope no woman ever does any of these things to me. I’d be a blubbering, embarassing mess.
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For any and all interested parties, Poo pouri is the real deal. Completely masks and eliminates odors in the restroom even after a beer and five guys filled weekend. ask me how i know Read more

Further advice on the caulk issue... Never use latex or any of the standard painter’s caulks for your bathtub/sink/toilet areas. That type is made of natural materials that mold and mildew can grow on. Instead always use 100% silicone products.
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Check your organic privilege.

I can’t find a kimono that fits over my smoking jacket....
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I’ll let Mike Rowe tackle this one, you water wasting, sewer worker disrespecting fool: Read more

You can get a large-sized silica gel pack at a lot of sporting goods stores (at least ones that sell guns). They are used to keep in gun cabinets to eliminate humidity to prevent rust of the metal or warping of wood stocks. The packs also typically come with a “sensor” that tells you when they are saturated, and then… Read more

And when you clean your toilet, really clean it. Make sure you get all up under that rim, folks. There’s a lot of nastiness hiding in there that can cause some stank. Read more