Cars For Ann

 I can't remember if Silvio is all wheel drive or not, so my suggestions will include some RWD options:

1. Buy a newer Audi TT.

2. VW offered a Golf Sportwagen in AWD with available manual transmission in the US until 2019.  We have the automatic version because it's my wife's car and that's what she likes.  It's been reliable, gets good mileage, handles well and has plenty of room for road trips. Some of the earlier models were branded as Jetta--one of our daughters has a FWD TDI, which she loves.

3. Subaru offers a very reasonably priced AWD Impressa, which you can still get with a manual shifter.

4. If you want a little more style, more power, a bit more expense (but probably still cheaper than a late-model used TT) the Subaru BRZ or Toyota 86 is an elegant manual transmission RWD vehicle which you can buy brand new for under 30k. They come with a limited slip differential, so are probably okay in the snow.

5. Keep the TT on the road forever.  It will be inconvenient, but probably the least expensive option to just keep fixing whatever breaks or wears out.

Althouse

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Define Woke

"... and then acting accordingly. Like, basic kindness. Maybe a gesture of care to people who are more vulnerable than you. You know what, actually you wouldn’t like it — it’s Jesus stuff...." 
Said Sarah Silverman, guest hosting on "The Daily Show," quoted in the NYT.

Kindness, like getting people fired or criminally prosecuted for using the "wrong" pronouns? Or maybe kindness like teaching white kids to hate themselves because of things which happened hundreds of years before they were born?  Or maybe kindness like terrifying children over non-existent threats to to the environment?

Silverman's claims about what "woke" means, reminds me of the old feminist lie: "Feminism is believing women are human beings too"

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 More like error 404, right?   

16th loss.

New Clean & Jerk Marathon Record

3,083 lbs in 21 lifts.  This is 23 lbs more than my last record of 3,060 and as such, is a record for the largest increase between two records.

Also, I made 155 lbs for the first and only time this month.

The lifting session was a bit later in the afternoon due to a work meeting which spanned  from 11:00 AM to 2:15 PM--the people who were in-person had a lunch break, but since I'm fasting today, I stayed home and called in.

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 I love when journey is symmetrical.

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