"How do you unlock your phone?"

"Oh, I just take my hand off."

Sort of a disturbing exchange until you realize I was talking to someone in a fursuit.

#fanexpodenver #furry

I'm trying out mass transit in my Midwest city. The music from the crickets in the field across from the platform is so noisy that the electric train can practically sneak up to the platform.

Inside the train is another thing entirely. It's loaded full of families going to the local comic con.

I'm saying it's nice. But ask me again when I'm closer to my destination.

I'm pondering the phrase "draggin' ass" today... A number of decades ago, I got written up in the hometown newspaper for my small part in getting emergency medical help to a man who had been dragged by a donkey.

This is your reminder that that ass is bigger than you and it is not the one that is gonna get dragged.

Your spam filters are probably clogged with notifications from PayPay and Docusign and a million other places telling you that you just bought GeekSquad or an iPad or McAfee.

I suddenly realized why they struck me so obviously as being spam despite coming from legit companies:

They list a phone number to call.

Shit, man, ain't no company today answering the phone!! Only scammers answer the phone! Real companies hide that shit like it's the cost center it is.