Heard of the word exactly from that reference, but I had never seen it in print and assumed it was non-English or split like “ton deen” or both.

I think based on this post I'm older than you by a year - but I went to school at MSU (right in VPs backyard), and you could not escape their songs on the radio. Did get to see them once by surprise, opening for BNL.

Indeed!

I am car shopping now (for the second summer in as many years, actually), and I think buying cars intersects with all my insecurities and weaknesses. No fun. Hope your hatchback lasts you a while more.