I know it’s a lost fight, I’m aware it has a particular metasemantic signal of authenticity, and there are even some audio advantages, but I’m allowed to old-man-at-clouds about the practice of handholding lav mics.

I saw a video this morning of a guy struggling to speak into a mic he was handholding as he was manhandling large objects, straining to reach where the mic in his hand was. Hey, buddy, gotta tip for ya…

Because I sit at the Venn intersection of ‘creative’, ‘mastery of tools and processes’ and ‘low impulse control’, I made up a chauffeur’s cap for when I’m picking up queer friends.

Pride Rides Taxi Co. — “Where the customer always comes first!”