<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind?</em> <a href="mailto:funbag@defector.com"><em>Email the Funbag</em></a><em>. You can also read Drew over at</em> <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/author/drew-magary/"><em>SFGATE</em></a><em>, and</em> <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/232152/drew-magary/"><em>buy Drew’s books</em></a> <em>while</em> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087HC32K2/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1"><em>you’re at it</em></a><em>. Today, we're talking about forward progress, Queens of the Stone Age, grout, and more.</em></p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have to run a bit shorter than usual this week because I was summoned for jury duty yesterday. The juror lounge had no free coffee, and the vending machine was empty. RUDE. I was so agitated that if I had actually gotten called, I would have automatically voted to convict regardless of the evidence.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anyway, your letters:</p>