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I honk back at everything. It doesn’t matter who the horn was for. It doesn’t matter if I can even see the car that produced it. If I’m behind the wheel and a horn goes off anywhere in the vicinity, I honk. Once, firmly, with purpose. Then I continue my drive like nothing happened. I’d been doing this for years before I ever thought to question it. Then one afternoon, somewhere in stop-and-go traffic with a horn going off three or four cars ahead, aimed at someone I couldn’t see, about something I’d never know, my hand went reflexively to the center of my steering wheel. Afterward I asked myself: why do I do that? Why am I joining an argument I was not invited to? ...

A Slurpee and a Slushie are not the same drink. One is an engineered frozen carbonated beverage that requires a specialized pressurized CO2 machine. The other is flavored ice in a cup. The distinction matters, because one of them is genuinely worth going out of your way for. The Slurpee: The Champagne of Frozen Drinks The Slurpee is a Frozen Carbonated Beverage (FCB). That is not just a category name. It explains why you can only get one at 7-Eleven. The machine injects CO2 into the mix under high pressure, which keeps the ice crystals microscopic and produces a texture that is airy, light, and almost foam-like. No jagged chunks. No separation. Just a smooth, uniform freeze that behaves more like soft-serve than loose ice. ...