The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

I’ve always had a fascination with the things that end up on the clearance shelf of stores. My neighborhood grocery store, Publix (a grocery store chain here in Florida and parts of the southeast U.S. that’s earned a fanatical following) has such a shelf right beside the pharmacy, and I always end up taking photos of the interesting things that end up there.

This week, it’s 6-volt lantern batteries, for which $10.69 will get you two. It’s been years since I’ve owned a lamp that takes these batteries, and even longer since my other use for them: launching model rockets.

Get ’em while they’re still in stock!

Until yesterday, I had no idea that the mnemonic device pictured above even existed.

This poem about napologies or nonpologies — the not-really-an-apology apologies that narcissists give — comes from Reddit’s “Raised by Narcissists” subreddit (that’s Reddit-ese for “forum”).

Image adapted from a tweet by Andrew Hunter Murray.

In case you’re not up on your G8 leaders, that’s Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the right, son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

Worth checking out

Here’s a worthwhile read — click the comic to see the whole thing:

…and if you don’t have someone to celebrate with, please don’t do what this woman’s cousin did: