What’s that ringing sound? It’s just me, phoning it in. Before I get going, a big Thanks to TPTB for getting last week’s post approved on such short notice. Now, I’ve got some fairly entertaining links for the curious and the possibly chatty among us here. So, do me a solid (Eww!) and get you phreaky commenting on.
OK—which one of you is this? Anti-government vs. Pro-Trump? I smell a conspiracy… (watch the beginning of the news report video to get clued in)
But, England is so reasonable, and freedom-loving!!
Free helicopter rides for all commies! Something tells me this guy is the type to rag on religious people for being ‘brainwashed’ by their families.
This is rather cool. And, a bit creepy too. Jump to 7:50 if you, too, are an asshole. Or, a humor-type person.
But, Brazil is so reasonable, and freedom-loving!! Yes, yes—I know…cut me some slack.
Submitted for your horror enjoyment. And, just so no one gets the idea that the Bee is playing favorites (too much).
Too bad this won’t be televised. If it were, it would call for a Hefty 30-gallon trash bag full of popcorn.
So, for a ‘night’ theme—one for the ladies…of the night.
Alright—one for the guys men dudes males.
And, for those that need some encouragement.
To all my fellow glibs who have been supportive of this endeavor, pretend I’m giving you a pat on the back. Any sensations you feel beyond that are strictly your imagination…maybe. I hope those who have been ill recently are getting better, and that all the other ca-ca in life is getting sufficiently resolved. Let’s plan again for next week—same bat-time and bat-channel.
There’s links?
Sorry Digby.
Again, B5 leaves Amazon Prime on Friday, finish it NOW!
You should just buy the discs…::sigh::
But I’ve already got them all downloaded and stored on an external HD.
Wha….you cheeky cunte!
Amazon didn’t have the movies available for streaming. And I downloaded them all long before streaming was a standard option.
Then, why do you have to get to the Amazon versions by Friday?
I don’t, but I’m guessing all the B5 fans don’t necessarily have them downloaded. And if you start now, you can still finish the whole run by Friday.
I bought the series about….7 years ago. Bought the “movies” on Vudu.
Neph suppose a fellow Glib has 5 seasons on DVD. Hypothetically, how would a person defeat the copy protection so that this nonexistent person could rip the DVDs to a disc? Asking for a friend.
Ask l0b0t (sp?).
Ask Makemkv.com
He might know.
I literally never saw it. *shrug*
I do keep an eye out for it but… it’s very back burner.
It’s one of the best plotted early sci-fi shows. There’s things that are hinted at in the first season that don’t pay off until the fifth. The problem is that when it was aired the fifth season was questionable, so they made the fourth season packed full of two seasons of plot (and mostly pulled it off), and the fifth season suffered for the scraps that were left. If you’re just getting into it, I would suggest doing a search for the “essential” episodes, and watch those to see if it’s a show you would be interested in. They did set up multiple stable time loops if that helps.
JMS proved 2 things about entertainment, especially on TV:
–There are still very talented people creating “content”
–timing is damn near everything, when it comes to technology.
*taps foot* We’ve been over this young man. Now go straight to your room and don’t come out until you have watched the first two seasons.
Here is a guide to watch the essential episodes.
I appreciate that advice but if it’s the show I’ve been hearing about, I would only consider watching it from start to finish because that’s what I do.
Then if you’re seriously interested, I can share the downloads I’ve got of the full run. I’m only suggesting the essential episodes since they leave Amazon Prime on 1/31.
Hm.
L0b0t (sp?) I think already offered and I declined because I don’t like watching on my desktop or streaming to my TV, but…. upon 2nd thought why not? If I really like it I’ll buy it on media like I did for DS9, Angel, Futurama, etc etc etc
Pssst. Look upthread. Someone asked you an important hypothetical question.
For cracking DVD protection, I would do a simple search, that would lead you to a formula that was banned on the internet for a while.
For DL’ing, You’ve got my e-mail, let me know. I can easily set up a share. Chafed, it’s my handle at the mail of Google. Again, I have all of B5 and the movies.
So, I see a twitch streamer who goes by “OldBaldAndGrumpy”
He’s apparently younger than me, so, I dunno whether to be pleased, or pissed, at his existence.
I was mildly entertained to see a new option when I was filling out the paperwork to renew my passport today for hair color… bald.
I decided to pick that option.
Not “flesh”? I am disappoint.
Well damn… if it’s just me and Digby, I’m going to refill my pint glass.
Digby, you want anything?
I got coffee. Thanks, though.
GAY!
When did my porter become gay?
Did I miss some new slang term?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ8NWiG3h4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Q37V8Hiew
This is what I’m currently listening to. My spin class this morning had a subtitle of Punk goes Pop. I think there was one Blink-182 song I recognized, but I heard no punk beyond that. I brought up my complaint to the instructor after class, and told her I was expecting to do sprints to shit like this. Of course, she yelled at me during class when she said the location topped RPM out at 130… they cap it out at 149… the instructors response was, “What are you doing back there?! Give me more gears!”
You here to watch?
‘Cause, you gotta pay extra for that.
**pant, pant** I’m here! I’ve been trapped under our new kitty, who is (unlike our dearly departed kitty) a lap cat. For hours. Took a pic on my phone while he had me captive, but can’t get onto Imgur on my phone to upload it.
Awww, damn! Well, glad you got here when ya could.
Oi! GT, how go your spin classes?
I’m still going and doing what I can, but it’s frustrating when I find the resistance numbers she says we should be using are way too far beyond my ability. Several new folks turned up on Tuesday but didn’t return Thursday. I suspect they were discouraged. The instructor seems oblivious to the idea of suggesting alternatives for newer attendees and/or those who aren’t daily gym rats. So I do my thing, stop when I can’t go further, and mentally dare her to throw me out.
That is rather awesome of you.
“C’mon, you candy-assed cycle-hussy…I dare ya.”
Don’t worry about it. I’ve told all of my instructors, “Here’s why I’m here, I want to keep some conditioning for road riding. I’m never going to stand in my saddle for a sprint. There’s a reason I’m going for the back row. If you don’t like this, tell me now.”
The only reason I signed up with a subscription with my current place was that it knocked the price down to ~$10 a ride instead of $20. I’m just trying to keep my cadence up for when the weather changes and I can ride outside again (and I can put a pause on my ride subscription for six months).
I was mildly entertained this morning when the goal for the group was a power of 225 watts, and the instructor said not to go for 300… so I stepped back where I was. 🙂 My peak has been over 600 the past couple of weeks, although my average has dropped since November.
Unfortunately, it’s a smallish class in a multipurpose room (we each have to fetch our own bike from the nearby storage room,) so we’re arranged in a single “circle” around the perimeter of the room. Means I can’t lurk in a back row. Instructor is good-natured, but also pulls crap like (during the “sculpt” portion of “Cycle & Sculpt) saying “Just five more seconds,” then a few seconds later, “Just ten more seconds.” So I stopped after the first “five seconds.”
The times I get stuck in the front row, I apologize to the instructor before the class, and during it.
One of the instructors has done the, “8 more seconds”, “Now do it for 8 more”… “This is why we have trust issues, blame me!”
She’s also the one who yelled at me to add more gears today when I corrected her where the studios stats capped out.
The main reason I eschew exercise classes–other people (esp. trainers/coaches).
Digby: That’s the reason I do the classes. Without competition, I find myself just doing the minimum to get by. Give me competition, and a score… I’ll try to win. And find ways to game the system (within reason).
Neph, is their setup one in which the instructor can see your stats? Happily, this class at the Y isn’t high-tech enough for that. I,too, dislike the standing sprints, I’ll stand for a while but sit down when my legs get too tired. Otherwise, I’d never make it through the 50 minutes, nor be able to drive home.
Well, uh….let me now announce the 2020 Sir Digby Charity Give-A-Thon. Earn points by donating cash to me, on a point-per-dollar basis!
GT: Yes, the instructor can see your stats. I’ve gotten called out a couple of times. I refuse to stand for sprints because it’s wrong. You get more power in the saddle pushing the pedals. If you can’t lean the frame you’re on, sitting is the most efficient way to ride. Of course, my goal is to keep up some conditioning for my long distance rides, and I watch my average RPM and Watts drop every week.
Digby: So it’s in dollars? And I get a point per dollar?
/creates Neph:Dollars at 1M:1.
The best way, it sounds
A friend at work bought a peloton. He loves it.
Good for him… I’ve already got a trainer, a stationary bike, a road bike, and a hybrid bike. I don’t need more gear (except maybe a touring bike…) For me it’s the challenge and the stats that help me push myself. If I sit in the stationary, I have to push myself to do anything more then hit my standard cadence. In the spin class, I have to have some pride as the middle aged guy sitting there with a bunch of young girls.
If I could get that as a tread, I’d definitely be tempted. They may have them, but are prohibitively expensive.
Tulip: I’m guessing you mean a treat? I’m tempted, but the fact they require a subscription irritates me.
In all honesty, the workouts I’ve been doing the most over the past 3 months is Ring Fit Adventure. It’s an RPG on the Nintendo Switch that makes me do more squats then I want to (shut up Warty), and run in place a lot. However, since August, with calorie restrictions, I’ve dropped over 30 pounds. I’ve got 15 more I want to drop before April, and I’m on point to hit that.
Ugh. I meant treadmill
Tulip:
Sorry, I fucked up my knees back in my pre-teen days (I had a van door get blown shut on my leg). So the idea of a treadmill just makes me think of pain. There’s multiple reasons I took up cycling.
Last month I got a stationary trainer to which I hooked my road bike, It works with some apps and I find trying to hold the specified cadence and power is engaging enough to keep me at it, I just can’t suffer while waiting for the clock to tell me its time to quit.
I’ve started playing with an app that runs a video over a course at your pedaling speed and that makes it almost fun.
I’ve got a mountain I want to take the moutain bike up this summer, and I’ve a ways to go before I’m in good enough shape. If I can even do it.
Good luck to you. I’m hoping to get the century in this year!
Thanks. I’ve been away from cycling for a very long time and this new-fangled statistics stuff is interesting. I used to just ride as hard as could ’til I fell over (more or less) and the distances got longer hopefully. Never could measure anything except distnance with a star wheel and time with a watch. It’s cool watching (my now quite modest) numbers get better.
I just got started a couple years back (I figured I needed at least one healthy habit). This year is the first I’m doing the spin classes during the off season to try to reduce the loss that comes with six months off. I’m still mildly entertained that this middle aged fat man could correct the instructor that that the Max RPM reported would be 149, and had to roll back my power when she told us not to aim for 300 watts (I was at 600 when she said that).
I’ve got different goals then most of the people in the class…
You want me to go all GlibFit on her ass?
Oh, hell to the yeah!
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You may be out of range. There’s an advantage to being a road rider in spin classes… We can usually spike your RPM, and power meters, even being overweight middle aged men.
Jesus, Digby, first link I wanted to stop watching but couldn’t.
Inorite??
Don’t be leaving the men folk out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJ7DQojzIY
I went to see Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center. It’s the Matthew Bourne version so the swans are all danced by men. It was awesome! Lots of oiled chests on display. Very aggressive swans, and it was interesting. All kidding about oiled chests aside, the lead swan was AMAZING! If you get the chance to see it, highly recommended
Also, lots of humor. The ballet within the ballet is a total send up of typical ballets. Really funny.
I’m gonna guess I’d have to understand ballet to get the jokes. The same as you have to watch horror movies to get most of the jokes in Zombeavers.
/tries to duck under getting slapped by Tulip
I think if you’re at all aware (pop culture expectations of ballet) you would find that part funny. Especially as the Girlfriend’s phone rings, she wants to eat M&’s, etc. Plus, just how the ballerina makes her wings vibrate was funny. Same ballerina is a cynical burlesque dancer later, and hilarious.
The only expectations I have of ballet dancers is cutting M&M’s in half, and more extreme calorie counting then me. But I’ll accept that burlesque can be awesome .
I’ve learned that my world expectations and experiences aren’t normal over long periods of time…
I learned from the program that the end of Billy Elliot is the him waiting to dance the lead swan. Huh, I didn’t know that before.
I think there are movies that can be described in this fashion…
Black Swan didn’t have a sense of humor. If you have something else in mind, I’m interested
Purely euphemistic, I assure you. 😉
Damn
That’s Diggy–always disappointing the lady-folk.
You had me at oiled chests.
Was it hot in that theater, or was it just them? Shirtless ballet dancers, mmmm
Was it Gay?
It obviously wasnTop Secret!et!
Yes, the shirtless dancers were still hot.
I’d probably go see the Jason Bourne version
Discovery on the SPLC should be interesting. Hope he sues them to bankruptcy but that is unlikely given all the money they have stashed offshore.
I was thinking the same thing.
That did sound really weird. A US non-profit…. with offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands?
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/01/driver-leaving-his-portland-apartments-garage-felt-a-bump-then-felt-another-one-he-called-911.html
Of course, the homeless fomenters who have blood on their hands won’t be held to account.
This just proves people shouldn’t have cars.
Well, that’s inconvenient.
11pm and I’m still awake. Weird.
Also weird–it’s after midnight….?
Not only that, it’s after 1 a.m.!
BASTARDS! They’re always one step ahead….
Hush you!
Otherwise I may have to feel guilty when I refill my beer.
Don’t worry! The bar’s open until 2!
What?! It closes?!
Welcome to Ohio.
Yeah… I’m going off the taps in my basement. The bar is always open.
GT, how far are you interested in riding? And would riding for charity increase that amount? There’s a very good chance I may sign up with Team Left Hand for a ride this year (the ride does everything from 35-150).
Oh boy – I think I’d be doing great if I could make it 35 miles. And remember, I don’t even have my own cycle!
If you’re close to 5′ 10″, or 4′ 10″, I (or the girlfriend) probably have a bike you could borrow.
And 35 miles isn’t that hard if you know how to snack and ride. Every 30-40 minutes, eat at least 100 calories of carbs. And this ride also provides as much beer as you can drink when you finish.
Wouldn’t you know – I split the distance: I’m about 5’4″! : )
GT: Now is when I mention that a local bike shop is also a sponsor, and will make sure everyone has a bike they can ride.
Or if I do sign up this year, feel free to cheer for us as we ride into Ashland.
I have now found the non-official release on youtube. I’ve had this song stuck in my head all day, and when I went to a spin class named Punk goes Pop, I expected shit like this!
That lady in Walmart was hilarious. At first I thought it was Jessica Yaniv. I’m almost disappointed it’s some random meth head.
I couldn’t stop watching. She is fucked.
Related… Patricia Tillman (Lyta Alexander) from B5 was in Army of Darkness.
Gilmored it or is there a Walmart connection I missed?
I really think Yaniv oughta ve called “J”
People will hear it and think “Jay”, which is closer to the truth of the matter. But, Just using the initial isn’t a violation of whatever the fruity Canucki hate speech law is.
He/she/it will hear it as va-jay-jay.
I do the landscaping / outdoor maintenance for a couple Walmart SuperCenters, so I’ve got to see some pretty interesting and funny things over the years. The “campers” stumbling out early and getting in marathon arguments is a classic. One of the larger landscape beds seems to be a popular place to fuck. There’s always condoms and needles up in the middle of the bed. Even found an extremely large black dildo up there one time. Had to tear up a homeless encampment at one of them. Almost needed to wear a HAZMAT suit due to all the needles and other nasty stuff.
I…..I musta missed that part of the class….
Hey man, even some hipsters can make good music. And the bass player Joe Dart is the shit.
I wanted to see the whole rant in one shot. Dude stopping the tape and interrupting annoyed me.
Look who thinks she’s Quentin Tarantino.
#metoo
Sir Digby, I found a song that would work great as an outro to one of your late night posts. Some might say it’s the perfect Outro song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XftabV9S2z0
Sigh.
I really think this fits better.
I prefer the classics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4
Hmmm….Interesting.
Don’t make me link it.
I can’t possibly force ya.
What kind of a hipster do you take me for??
::searches for fainting couch::
Bringing over from the last thread. I’ve been working my ass off, but I figured if I didn’t check in, someone was going to send out a St. Bernard with a neck barrel. I like neither dogs nor whiskey.
@KSuellington, I love Fagan’s solo album, but I don’t own it. I should probably remedy that.
@Yusef, JSB is da bomb and @Spud, I adore Handel (I have 5 different performances of Messiah, one of which was extraordinarily hard to find) and @Ted’S, I also like Vivaldi. I am baroque girl. I am also broke. @MikeS, dude, you know I love you, but I van’t get on board with the Wagner love. I like him more than Mozart. That’s as far as I can go.
Now I will read the links the kind Sir Diggy has prepared for us.
/sends Mojeaux a box of cookies.
Oh, dear….er, uh, I mean, finally!
I was supposed to read the links?
I blame the pints.
You are a tour de force Mo.
I would have liked to have watched the whole motherfucking video but he kept stopping the tale and talking. Like, dude, shit up and let me make my own judgments here.
You tell him!
He’s a content creator, and that wasn’t his video, so he has to talk. I like the guy, although, yeah–sometimes, he would be better off keeping quiet.
Just so you know, my daughter’s first plushie is named Digby. He’s a big floppy dog.
Yay for plushies!!
If wishes were horses.
/me, last week
To bad. She would have led you to Jesus.
That’s right motherfucker.
God was a motherfucker.
See comment 18 below.
That Ozzy album was just plain ol’ good. All of it.
Nice little modern tune with a lovely redhead.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bvmafgJevSo
Jake E. Lee agrees.
I never got over Randy Rhoads’ death. Those 1st two Ozzy albums will always be my favorites by him.
So much this.
GAH! So…. I signed up for a 4 rides a month subscription with the spin studio I go to. It triggers on the 4th of the month. This means I have no ride paid for this weekend, and they want $20 for a ride.
I can afford it, but it irritates me that is’ going to cost me half the price of my monthly subscription (4/month ~$40) for one ride. So… go to the standard or try out another studio?
Pay to ride a bike. I don’t get it.
Road tax?
Bike paths.
Wait–I thought wild bikes made those…
Mall escalator. *trapped at mall now*
That’s exasperating. Try another studio I’d you have to pay full fare.
Bed time for me (waaaay past, actually)
‘Night, Tulip. I’m sure you have good dream material.
Oily ballet dancers FTW.
I am going to bed. The Tylenol PM is working.
Man; tough crowd tonight…
‘Night, Mo.
I just realized crazy meth lady in Walmart inspired this song.
https://youtu.be/J5ttxK7SOC8
Sorry I’ve been so quiet – new kitteh insinuated himself back onto my lap and has been demanding my undivided attention.
So, the kitty’s affectionate?
Yup! And my laptop is out of juice, so I’m going to sign off and see if we can get the kitteh to sleep on top of the bed instead of under it. Thanks for doing this, Diggy! Nighty night!
Snuggle-cat.
As one of my FB friends posted today,
Just the idea of cats with 6-pack rings around their necks….
I was thinking more of their odd predilections for knarfing on artificial Christmas trees and the like, but sure.
A doc pack clowder will work too.
Six pack.
I would murder Autocorrect if it ever took on corporal form.
You could always sic a cat on it.
Well, everyone knows that it’s “Tiny hunters before Bros” so you’re in the clear.
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New topic: handed-ness. As in, righties and lefties.
Clearly it’s a right handed world, from scissors to pencil sharpeners and all.
I was born in the 70s, raised by a 1940 mom. She was taught that left handed kids faced lots of obstacles, so tgg hv etc should be “converted”.
I naturally reached for things with my left hand as a tot, and mon would then place the item in my right hand to “correct” me.
So I turned out ambidextrous. When my right arm was immobilized due to injury, I wrote with my left hand. Oddly, I found writing from right to left across the page and literally mirror imaged cursive to be much more natural. I still do it now and then for fun or if I’m holding the phone or mouse in the right hand.
How many Gliibbies are left handed?
And did anyone have a “handedness” intervention like I described?
I was born right-handed, just like the Lord Himself. And, that means the superior, single writing style.
/’Muricah.
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I envision young Hayeks secretly practicing left-handed writing writing flow charts and whatnot in her room as a kid.
Double writing, even!
Never had to practice! Just came naturally when I said “screw it” and started writing mirror imaged.
I can take notes with both hands simultaneously: right is “normal” and left is mirror image, right to left.
I have learned that people find it unnerving when they see me do that at meetings.
Suck it up; it’s how I roll. Left hand takes the “notes to self” creative but, and right hand takes the strict minutes.
I’m also ambidextrous. Years of boxing and baseball batting as a switch hitter helped with that. I’m left hand dominate, right leg dominate. Really learned to write with my right hand after my left was in an aircast several times after slightly ripping a few tendons in my thumb. I prefer to play sports like feild hockey and disc golf right handed. Don’t know why, it just feels more comfortable that way for me.
(Gentle high five, to avoid injury)
It’s funny to me how lefties are shunned by society.
Left = sinister (literally true in English)
I think it originated from the Roman’s belief that left handedness was associated with evil and bad luck. It also is generally the hand one wipes one’s ass with in less developed cultures who lack toilet paper, and thus considered the dirty hand.
Right-handers vs. Wrong-handers. :-p
I was left-handed until I broke my left arm 2X, once around age 9 and the second time around 11.
I write right-handed, but I’m pretty much ambidextrous for other things.
I’ve always written with my left hand, but I do almost everything else with my right hand. I don’t know what that suggests about my neural wiring. I don’t recall ever having had an intervention trying to change which hand I used, but I almost got messed up by my kindergarten teacher (inadvertently) – she saw me coloring with my left hand and told me, “Have your mother get you the scissors with the green handles.” BUT I use scissors with my right hand, so I couldn’t figure out why the damn things wouldn’t work.
Two fun facts: 1. Both my husbands have been left-handed. (The current Mr. GT was converted to right-handed guitar playing via an early intervention by his older sister.) B. In our old musical trio, all three of us were lefties – the bass player played a right-handed instrument strung and tuned the standard way, but flipped over. When we recorded our CD, we printed the “jewel box” inserts “lefty” and inserted them so that when viewed correct side up, the box opened on the left side. (We assured buyers the disc WOULD play on right-handed CD players.)
Cool links!
20 minutes in and no links and nobody complaining about the lack of links?
[taps microphone]
Is something wrong?
Let’s occupy the site and refuse to leave until we get our AM Lynx!
We tried to riot earlier this week but nothing happened.
:Looks for Nevadan to throw off a mountain:
Church is gonna be rough this morning….pickle juice STAT !
Just think of dick jokes like Mojeaux does.
I don’t suppose there’s any chance they use real wine for communion?