Late Monday Morning Musings

WHAT’S ON MY MIND

Enshittification. Whether it’s the freshness of grocery items, the reliability of goods or society’s inability to get along with each other the quality of everything has gone downhill. It’s like I’m spending more money, time and energy on rotting garbage rather than the level of things I’m accustomed to.

WHERE I’VE BEEN

Callaway Winery, but this time it wasn’t a solo trip. I forewarned Bert there were two types of crowds on weekends, and I was highly amused when the younger, performative “rich cosplayers” were absent from the tasting room. We thoroughly enjoyed being around the chill senior citizen and family crowd I’m accustomed to during my weekday visits.

WHERE I’M GOING

I need to visit Barnes & Noble. During the winery road trip I realized it’s been a long time since I’ve read Wine Enthusiast or sipped a chai latte in the Starbucks Cafe.

WHAT I WATCHED

Aussie Supercars visited Townsville this weekend and I managed to watch two of the three races. Cam Waters is fourth in the championship but sadly the odds are not in his favor. Tickford Racing is the proverbial redheaded stepchild in the Ford Racing stable.

WHAT I READ

The new Zatanna comic isn’t quite enshittification but three issues in I fear it won’t get much better than the woke slop I stopped reading after one issue about a year ago. 

WHAT I LISTENED TO

I streamed the Watercolors and Real Jazz stations on SiriusXM during my winery trip.

WHAT I ATE

Last night I made this marinated yuzu citrus salmon with coriander lime cauliflower rice dinner. It paired so beautifully with a 2023 Callaway Special Selection Rose Soleil that I’m making it again tomorrow night. 

I'll also work on forming a higher, smaller pile of the rice beneath the salmon next time for presentation's sake.

THE KIER STARMER AWARD GOES TO…

Uncle Albertson’s, the parent company of Vons. After reading this article my beef with those wankers peddling water injected salmon two days past its expiration date for $20 a pound seems trivial. 

Yeah, I could shop elsewhere but the truth is any grocery store within a file mile radius of Le Crash Pad suffers from... wait for it... enshittification!

WHO DESERVES A FIST BUMP

Everyone at the dealership and the winery. I’m thankful there’s still two businesses that are still doing quality work and provide excellent service despite the permeating societal rot.

WHAT I’M PLANNING

Tomorrow ushers in an extreme heat watch. While the coastal temperature may not cross 85 the humidity will be downright dreadful. I got a taste of it while doing yard work this morning and now I’m picturing myself living inside someone’s armpit for the next three days.

WHAT MADE ME SMILE

I picked up Costco (COST) on the dip again. I don’t know when it will rebound but it always does. It feels like it's a safe stock to hold onto in the interim.

I spent the past couple of weeks playing Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots on the PS5. It’s rekindled my interest in the game, and if Bolt Man follows through with this declaration of returning to America I already have a starter set of clubs bookmarked for a future purchase. 

One of our hobbies was playing the occasional beer fueled twilight round. I miss those days!