So I dropped $12 on a 'haunted' mall map from a weird kiosk and it actually led me to the best abandoned arcade

Rant: A guy in Chiang Mai told me my 'work setup' was just a fancy vacation

I was at a cafe on Nimman Road last month, and this guy, Mark, saw my laptop and portable monitor and just laughed. He said, 'You're not working, you're just paying to be on vacation with extra steps.' It stuck with me because it felt like he was calling out the whole 'laptop lifestyle' as a scam. Has anyone else had a local or another traveler just not get it at all?

Rant: My town council just voted against a solar farm project last week

They had a whole plan for a 50-acre site on the old mill property. The vote was close, 4 to 3. The main reason they gave was 'visual impact' on the edge of town. It feels so short-sighted when we need clean power. The company said it could have powered about 1,500 homes. Has your local government ever blocked a good project for a bad reason?

I used to think the best way to find new music was through streaming radio, but a random CD I bought for 50 cents at a garage sale in Omaha changed that.

I found a band from 2003 that never made it to any algorithm playlist, and now I'm digging through physical media bins again, so where's the best place you've found something great that the internet never showed you?