This entire week at the sharpshooter house has been dead quiet, unless the dogs yap at something. I don’t know what to do with myself. I am living in a manner that I do not understand. I am…
…temporarily unemployed.
This is my review of Lagunitas Willetized Coffee Stout aged in Rye Oak Barrels.
Unemployment Day 1: Its cold for Phoenix this morning. Below freezing. I have warm winter clothes, but sadly I lack the drive this morning to dig them out of the closet–hey, I have coffee.
…Nothing on the agenda today, I’ll just go to the gym.
…The Monday morning crowd at the gym is…different. A lot of women in their 40’s and 50’s and an old guy. They’re looking at me like I am some kind of new guy. I’ll show them by throwing a spin kick on this Thai Bag; the murder kick after all is not something for a new guy…
Save money on hiring Mexicans, by being Mexican yourself!
“Jesus, what was that?”
“Sorry, I’ll just go over here.”
That didn’t go well.
…I need to replace the attic ladder! That’ll take me a couple hours, if I force myself to use hand tools.
…wait! When I get to the point where I put in the temporary planks to hold the frame in place HOW DO I GET OUT OF THE ATTIC? Well, I guess I can grab some beer.
…I figured it out.
…That’s going to trigger somebody in the neighborhood. This will probably trigger a lot more people.
Unemployment Day 2: It’s still cold for Phoenix. Slightly above freezing. I am out of coffee.
…nothing on the agenda today. I’ll just go to the gym.
…I suck at this unemployment thing. Lets make some tacos.
First I took thawed out my winter solstice holiday gift for a day. Whether or not Wagyu beef is suitable for tacos, it was a thoughtful gift from another Glib. You know who you are, you (((magnificent))) bastard! Then I took my usual fare for a marinade when making Carne Asada. Some fish sauce, soy amino, lime, cumin, salt, pepper, chili powder, onion, garlic. I set them all in a bag in a sous vide for several hours and put it in the fridge when it was done. It creates a better sear
when cold. I also grilled jalapeños because I like jalapenos, especially when grilled.
Carne Asada is type of taco typical of the Northern Mexican state of Sonora. It is a style defined by grilled beef on a flour tortilla (as opposed to corn). It is a style popular there for one obvious reason: they have cows, lots of cows. You know how when you go to Texas there’s a steakhouse on every corner? Same reason. Its also a relatively high desert, which makes grilling outdoors a pleasant activity for eight months of the year, with the other four being outside grilling preferable to making the kitchen unbearably hot.
Mexican food is often overdone when made by Americans. I can point my finger at a lot of people and Taco Bell for ruining it, but its best to keep it simple, as it is deliberately simple food. Even though I have the traditional flour tortillas, I like corn tortillas. I made elotes while I was at it, because it is easy. My family also has a habit of making a ton of beans once every six months and freezing them whole (but cooked) so I can make beans whenever I get the idea to make tacos. Here’s the result.
Unemployment Day 3: HOW THE HELL DO PEOPLE DO THIS ON PURPOSE?
Relax, I go back to work on Monday. This beer is quite good. It is a classic milk stout dominated by roasted malts, resulting in a rich coffee, cooked berry (think subtle raspberry), and chocolate flavor. They then put the whole thing into rye barrels, resulting in the rye spiciness, and a bit of oak on the nose. If you think I am crazy for this description, Swiss Servator happens to agree. Its quite good, and at a very reasonable price. Lagunitas Willetized Coffee Stout aged in Rye Oak Barrels: 4.3/5.
Sorry about the OT, but carried over from previous thread, for any interested parties:
Found it!
Had to go back to roku youtube channel and hunt.
The Killer workbench.
Seems on topic enough to me.
I’ll add that to my Saturday night playlist (yes sitting in watching youtube is the best I can do). I don’t watch a lot of wood butcher channels but I like this chap, along with Jeremy Schimdt, and April Wilkerson, because generally I just like watching people make things. I don’t know a real OG carpentist from a hobby hero but I know what I like.
There is no need to apologize. I’m just sitting around.
Holding the electrode with his fingers?
Lagunitas always comes up with good things,
Get a Neck Gaiter
it’s not that cold if you actually go out in it,
Bhc, cold
Vegas,Colder
Kingman, freeze your ass off
PhX, pretty cold
All in the Desert……
My least favorite temperature and road conditions up here. Hovering right about 32 degrees and snowing. A great recipe for icy roads. Thankfully, I’ve already gone out to my spin class, hit the grocery store (and the bagel treat after class), and am back home now. Nowhere else to go until Monday.
Whats a neck gaiter?
A lizard used for warming your neck. Duh.
Think ascot, only more manly.
And don’t whine about the Census Glibs! it’s in the
Constitution, remember? that thing the Dems are trying to kill?
I have no objection to the census if it consists of one question.
Wood?
“What is the meaning of life?”
42… duh.
“You know who else took a census”?
Quirinius?
Caesar?
My grandma? Oh wait, that’s a centrum.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck would?
How many Lowe’s would Rob Lowe rob if Rob Lowe would rob Lowe’s?
That’s clever. I like it.
Which Rob Lowe? Regular Rob Lowe? Peaked in high school Rob Lowe? Meathead Rob Lowe? Pipspeak Rob Lowe? Creepy Rob Lowe?
Sheesh, this is a man-cave. Rob Lowe…talk about better with age.
Are you unfamiliar with “DirecTV Salesman Rob Lowe”?
Yeah, what will you do when you encounter paranoid refuseniks like us who shout a number and then slam the door?
When I refused to answer anything other than how many people live in my house, the Census workers starting asking my neighbors about me.
My neighbors let me know what was going on, and I told my neighbors, “All the Census workers need to know is how many people live here. That’s it. That’s all I’m answering and that’s all you have to tell them.” My neighbors said OK.
Obligatory census sketch
https://www.moddb.com/members/moxbestro/videos/christopher-walken
Love Walken. Lol.
I really want to win that prize.
If all they asked was how many people lived here, it wouldn’t bother me.
We got the long form in between censuses. Fuck that shit; it’s not the government’s business how long my commute is or how many bathrooms we have.
Why don’t you want the government to make things better, Teds?
They can make things better by doing none of the stuff they currently do.
On the last Canucki long form census, the first question was “Does anyone in your household have mental health problems?”.
Yeah, hard pass on that.
I almost felt sorry pity for the summer students they hired to harrass me; they must have come by more than a dozen times.
“Does anyone in your household have mental health problems?”
Yes, we do have someone who votes Liberal in Federal elections. Why do you ask?
I dunno Yusef. This billboard is reminding Spanish speakers their responses are protected and their personal info is also protected.
Why would Spanish speakers be paranoid about that?
For the same reason everybody else should be?
¡Aye qué locos!
Gracias, señor.
You have inspired me to make a huge batch of Chile Verde.
Sorry you suck so bad at being unemployed. I laughed at the gym story, though.
Man I enjoyed this time last year when I was between contracts for a few weeks – practice for retirement (2 years out).
I have enough shredded beef in the freezer to last til warmer weather and then I can run another brisket on the Traeger. Tonight however will be potato gnocci, baby portabellas, prosciutto and asparagus, with some salad and a slice of garlic bread. Unfortunately, I’m hungry now from the carne description!
Yes. My wife said I’ll be a PITA when I retire.
Chili verde is an excellent use for a venison roast that you don’t know what to do with.
Tundra – not sure if you’ll see this, but any good Mexican recommendations in the MSP area? I went to one in St Paul – I was a little disappointed, although the bartender was so nice that I want to go back.
MMMMMMM, carne asada.
Actually, carne asada was completely ruined for me by this little strip mall Mexican place in Monterrey (California). It was so incredibly good, so tender, so delicious, that every time after that if I ordered carne asada I was disappointed. I finally just decided to never order it again.
Make your own, easy, fun and Tasty!
Mexican Food! Fuck Yeah!
thanks MS!
That happened to me during my brief stay in Escondido. My roommate who I knew from Annapolis took me to a burrito place for a carne asada burrito. Nobody spoke English. It might have been the best thing I’ve ever eaten, and I think it cost about $4. I’ve been on a quest to find something like it ever since. No dice–not in Maryland, certainly, and surprisingly to me not in east Texas.
If you ever remember the name of the place, share it please. I live just outside Escondido city limits.
Try Los Dos Pedros down in La Jolla. It’s a hole in the wall where the surfers eat after spending all day in the water.
I have consumed many a carne asada burrito from there.
Will do. It’s on the tip of my tongue. My friend told me at the time that there’s a whole bunch of the places that all have really good burritos, particularly carne asada, and because they’re all run by Mexican immigrants who pretty much moved to the area, saw a successful burrito place, and then opened one of their own like a mile away with a slight variation on the original name, it’s like an unofficial chain.
You must be talking ’bout Roberto’s.
No, he’s talking about Alberto’s.
We’ve got a couple of local taco chains and the like, but I wouldn’t class them as authentically Mexican by any stretch. What we do have several locations of is some traditional Arepa locations. This one was one of the first, and was down the street from where I used to live (and their spicy peanut sauce is awesome). Back then, they were BYOB, but have since gotten a liquor license.
Yeah, I got 3-4 places like that within a ten minute drive.
In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, there is wee Mexican place called La Guerra, onto the front of which is molly-bolted a plywood tamale stand. A tiny lady who speaks no English vends absolute Heaven from big Igloo coolers for $1 per. The pork with salsa verde is my favorite. I would always serve them as an on-set treat on my Crafty job, but when a chance came to eat there it was great. The restaurant let you come in and eat her tamales and Bud longnecks were $1.25.
“Closed”
Well, there’s probably a zillion others in the same area.
Sigh… The turnover here in NYC never ceases to amaze me.
Easy to find good carne asada around these parts. Some is better than others but none of it is bad. I have two favorite shops.
Relax, I go back to work on Monday. This beer is quite good. It is a classic milk stout dominated by roasted malts, resulting in a rich coffee, cooked berry (think subtle raspberry), and chocolate flavor. They then put the whole thing into rye barrels, resulting in the rye spiciness, and a bit of oak on the nose. If you think I am crazy for this description, Swiss Servator happens to agree. Its quite good, and at a very reasonable price.
This sounds delicious.
The carne asada looks good.
It seems like Mexican food has in common with Italian (Italian-Italian, not American-Italian) that it’s mainly about the quality of the ingredients rather than the number or variety. There’s probably some relationship between the complexity of a region’s cuisine and the availability of fresh ingredients, especially vegetables, through the year.
Now I feel like having tacos.
Here you go!
https://pics.ballmemes.com/yesterday-really-wanted-tacos-now-em-eat-eng-tacos-follow-10489538.png
I think I’ll give this XFL thingy a try in an hour…
“Please turn off the coaches’ mics.”
/me
Just turned it on. Wouldn’t it be confusing to play offense for the Defenders?
Just turned it on. Worth a shit?
The Asada looks awesome. (Tri-tip?) Consider recipe stolen. Also the beer sounds good I will search for it.
I’ve seen your type at the gym on weekday mornings. Christ, what a bunch of assholes.
I had this is beer for the first time a couple of weeks ago. A damned fine stout.
Since I work second shift, I get to workout with all the trophy wives in the morning. I also enjoy lagunitas IPA. Also, also, I don’t see how you do the attic as a one man job. My cousin helped me do my and it wasn’t technically difficult, just awkward.
Lot’s of Mormon mommies here and they work the gym hard.
Westbrook IPA at 4 years olds bday party: mediocre.
As long as it gets you drunk enough to put up with the kids.
cheese and onion enchiladas with corn tortillas
That is all.
I’ll have to walk over to the Lagunitas tap room here in Ballard and see if I can grab a swig. Thanks MS for the review.
Meantime, I just poured a Smirnoff with OJ, and lime Perrier. Yeah, I know it’s 10 am. I ran 6 miles today, and I was productive as hell this week. I’m gonna get a little drunk on the weekend.
I too am having a screwdriver for breakfast.
It has juice—that’s healthy, right?
I have to do something to drown my sorrows after having come to the end of The Crown streaming episodes on Netflix last night.
Cheers!
A famous American alcoholic who invented power-pop, covering a Scottish power-pop band singing about alcoholism. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/fErF5Tfj6Qk
nice
Seriously, I think the alcohol has more health benefits than the juice. Alcohol raises HDL and is good for the heart. Juice has tons of sugar and some vitamins. You’re better off with a shot of vodka and a multivitamin.
I have on occasion made a vodka and Emergen-C, with Perrier. It’s not bad.
You make have discovered the elixir for eternal life.
How about vodka and Enzyte?
You just discovered the elixir for happiness.
The FBI fake Nazis are coming to get us.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fbi-neo-nazi-isis-us-terror-threat-level-trump-a9323786.html
BLM is now far right violent extremism. Where does antifa fit into this?
They’re Nazi fighters man
Perceptions?
“Look, just because we’re spying on them, infiltrating their organizations, and reporting them to further violate their civil rights doesn’t mean it’s ‘overreach’!”
COINTELPRO 2: Electric Boogaloo
Oh, how I laughed: Dems demand Twitter, Facebook take down edited video of Pelosi ripping up State of the Union speech posted by Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-demand-twitter-yank-edited-video-of-pelosi-ripping-state-of-the-union-speech-posted-by-trump
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On Thursday, Trump posted the video, made by Turning Points USA, which shows the “powerful American stories” that Trump highlighted in his State of the Union address interspersed with the moment immediately afterward when Pelosi tore up the speech.
The video appears to be a continuation of the point made by Republicans that Pelosi, in ripping up the speech, was also ripping up the stories of those Americans that Trump highlighted in the address — including stories of a Tuskegee airman, Americans killed in combat and a military family being reunited.
But Democrats objected to the video because it implies that Pelosi ripped up the papers after each story was told — which she did not.
The video was also posted to Facebook. Hammill was quizzed by Facebook spokesman Andy Stone about what he found objectionable to the video: “Sorry, are you suggesting the President didn’t make those remarks and the Speaker didn’t rip the speech?”
“What planet are you living on?” Hammill responded. “This is deceptively altered. Take it down.”
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Meanwhile: AOC, boyfriend discuss ‘combating racism as a white person’ on Instagram
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Neither offered anything in particular about what they defined as racist, or who gets to decide what is and is not racist. Roberts suggested telling racist white friends that they were not, in fact, racist, but merely held “wrong” opinions.
“One of the effective ways is just to talk and kind of help teach them about why some of the things they believe or say or think are wrong — not necessarily racist — but that they’re wrong and that will sort of chip away and contribute to some development in this area but not necessarily take somebody from being a racist to not being a racist in one conversation,” he said.
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They really love issuing demands, don’t they.
It’s “starting conversations”.
Get it right man.
And by conversation they mean that they talk and everyone else either grovels or shuts up or gets beat up. It’s in their never changing dictionary everyone must adhere to.
Fake news. AOC and boyfriend don’t have any friends.
They’re too busy doing science experiments.
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1225623348748546049?s=19
“What planet are you living on?” Hammill responded.
The one where fascist government parasites like you don’t get to use your goons to censor free speech. Piss up a rope, you unAmerican piece of shit.
Deceptive editing? Never heard of it before.
Whereas the number of Republican politicians who have literally pushed old ladies in wheelchairs off cliffs defies tabulation.
OT: An interesting, if wordy, article about the Nike Vapor running shoes, and their impact on competition, the Olympics, and orher human endeavors.
https://sportsscientists.com/2020/02/running-shoe-tech-the-emperors-clothes-and-the-issues-for-the-integrity-of-running/
A few things. The author believes men should not compete in Women’s competitions (so unwoke!).
At no point in the article does he blame Nike for being innovative, blame Capitalism, or evil profits (so unwoke!)
Might be a little niche for a general audience, but I thought some here might be interested.
40mm stack height? Jesus.
Those are some damn ugly shoes.
Ugly shoes. Pretty finish times, world records, and gold medals.
The author’s comparison to the swimming bodysuits is dead-on. At 40mm, you might as well just allow shoes with little pop-out wheels. Run on 20mm like the rest of us, you perverts!
PSA: Eating far too much Carbonara cooked while drinking moderately too much Rye, which leads to decisions like, Hmm let’s use the whole package of bacon and double the cream, and then deciding that ice cream sounds good at midnight leads to a very unhappy stomach.
Damn, that makes my stomach hurt.
So does eating too much Shirley Temple poke cake at 1:00 a.m. because boy does that cake taste good. Nom nom nom.
So does eating too much Shirley Temple
Whatever floats your boat….
There is no such thing as “too much… poke cake…”. 97% of scientists who study cake agree. The science is settled.
Bacon and cream in Carbonara? Trolling The Hyperbole are we?
My refrigerator does not generally contain pancetta, I use cream as well as cheese and if someone wants to claim that is inauthentic, I will take pride in my not giving a damn.
Oh I have made it both ways and cream and bacon is damn delicious. Hell, bacon cream and cheese would be good on anything.
No shit, It’s like he wants me to make fun of Skyline “chili”
Go ahead. I am not a fan.
Huh? I thought that was you, I’ll need to update my notes.
We’ve only got one more to go before we’ve cleared the Cleveland area of Skyline chili.
They have threatened to re-open the one that closed in Brooklyn though.
There’s one on the north end my greater metropolitan area, but I’m convinced it only manages to stay open due to the hillbillies coming in from the outlying hick areas.
A little sweet for my tastes but huge on the tropical fruit and minimal on the IBUs.
https://untappd.com/b/payette-brewing-company-saucer-boy/3651449
Marxists Can’t Math
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/02/student-debt-forgiveness-lets-do-some-math
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In many situations, loan forgiveness costs more than the principal balance forgiven. For example, if I give you a 30 year mortgage for $400,000 at 4 percent interest, I expect to make money on that loan. If you pay your mortgage, after thirty years you will have paid me a grand total of $687,478! But forgiveness can also cost much less than a loan balance. If I give you the same mortgage, but then the value of your home drops to $100,000 and you lose your job, I am very unlikely to collect $687,478 from you. In fact, I am very unlikely to collect $400,000. It’s possible the best I can do is collect $100,000 through foreclosure. So forgiving your debt doesn’t really cost me $400,000. Forgiving your debt only costs me $100,000, because that’s the most I could hope to collect.
***
[head desk]
This might be my clown college education talking, but I figure the lender takes at least a $300k loss in a foreclosure scenario.
***
Modern Monetary theorists have explained at length that government revenues don’t need to match government expenditures. So we should take care not to fall into the trap of thinking that if the government gives up revenue by forgiving student loans, it must therefore recoup it elsewhere in the budget.
***
[anguished Zoidberg groan]
Funny, this kind of logic is never applied by the left to tax cuts.
Funny, this kind of logic is never applied by the left to tax cuts.
Taxes are about shaping behavior, not making money.
They’re about the idea that everything belongs to the state first.
I’ve heard progs say that since the govt makes money, all money rightfully belongs to the govt.
The first time, it took a while for my eyebrows to return from the back of my head.
Hahaha, “modern monetary theory”.
MMT to economics is like what the Commerce Clause is to freedom.
Come on fess up. Which one of you is secretly writing got the BB? We want to give you three hearty “Huzzah”.
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-in-scuba-gear-to-avoid-drowning-in-liberal-tears
What manner of authentic frontier gibberish is that? I need to have some tea, or beer.
I was considering submitting a weekly ‘New Woke Picard’ feature if there was any room, but I might be having ideas above my station and could just plonk it in the comments on morning links or something, but that seems like it might be to easy to leave spoilers in a place they might be seen. I’m 3 eps in, and I believe here in the UK we’re a week behind the USA because we know our place.
Would it surprise to learn that BBC America, for the years I tried to follow new Dr. Who, showed far more US programming than they did UK? Re-runs of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Law & Order were an all day affair.
The asshole they imported from Comedy Central torched the British programming in favor of cheap filler about ten years ago. The same inbred group of clowns that think all twenty cable channels should show the same crap in volume without any identity or differentiation.
I have such a love/hate relationship with television. It has such amazing potential, and when done correctly is great art, but so much is still a vast wasteland.
Keep in mind what happened to the last person to do a weekly column talking about a woke TV (or Telly) show…
Yes. It drove her figuratively insane?
“I’m Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise (he/him). What are your preferred pronouns?”
“Get a load of this guy, Lurr.”
*unloads Romulan disruptor*
Even the universal translator might have trouble keeping up with the Woke.
Darmok at Tanagra. Shaka, when the falls fell.
Greta, at Davos. Her eyes, opened!
How date you!
Dare. How dare you!
Too much vodka.
Ass, when drugs fell out.
LOL
Fab and Fabulous.
Study Finds that Black Keys Less Likely to Be Played than White Keys
PITTSBURGH – Although black keys account for over a third of the keys on pianos, they are played less often than white keys according to a new study. Al Sharpton was quick to call for Affirmative Composing in order to increase the number of sharp and flat notes being played. Others, such as Ta Nehisi Coates, have called for piano pieces to be re-written such that black keys are played as often as white keys. Several of the Democratic contenders also weighed in. In a rally that boasted a crowd in the double digits, Joe Biden said that “black keys are just as smart as white keys.” Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders promised that if elected, he would appoint a member of Black Keys Matter to a senior cabinet position. Pete Buttigieg suggested that his position was more moderate: painting the white keys black and vice versa. This was condemned by Jesse Jackson for “perpetuating the hateful legacy of blackface.”
Leading Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer has promised to only use black keys in future scores, a move which was lauded by the NAACP. Across the nation, many pianos have been vandalized by Antifa mobs who were unable to find statues of Confederates.
The first thing Trump did as President was to order all of the black keys on the WH grand piano removed and replaced by white keys because he didn’t like the sounds that the black keys made.
How can you not like The Black Keys?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yCIDkFI7ew
Yeah, I like them. First heard them on SNL.
I first heard them in an NPR intro in the early ot’s and had to look up who they were. They skyrocketed after El Camino.
?
So, so goooood.
Music nerd alert!
A bunch of Stevie Wonder songs are in Eb Minor which, for those not in the know, uses almost exclusively black keys. Most important song he ever did in Ebm? The most funkalicious, grooviest song EVAH!
But don’t call me superstitious.
Roger Moore was the Glib Bond?
https://youtu.be/LJRbRp27sn8
I figured all the Bonds were Glibs.
I think being a government assassin is a bit anti-NAPish.
Fine, go there.
But booze and titties!
Go on….
Some story ideas
Coca Cola Proposes Limiting Michael Bloomberg to 16% of the Vote
Biden Recklessly Drives ‘No Malarkey’ Bus Through LA at Not Less Than 50 MPH
Army Sergeant Gets Permission to Grow Emotional Support Beard
Buttigieg Blackface Ad Backfires
Greta Thunberg Practices Saying ‘How Dare You’ In Mirror
All pretty solid:)
I need this amazeballs contraption.
That looks nuts
It’s electric…
I’ve been doing a good over the past month of cutting back on booze, so I decided to reward myself with booze.
This week’s line-up included Dead Guy, Backwoods Bastard, and Bud Black Lager.
Backwoods Bastard sounds pretty close to the beer featured in this article.
Backwoods Bastard is a good beer. Its label always reminds me of Popcorn Sutton.
I’m thinking more Devil Anse Hatfield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_Anse_Hatfield
Many moons ago in WV state history class, we got to watch a documentary about the Hatfields and the McCoys, because that’s pretty much the only thing anyone knows about our state besides the John Denver song.
Pretty sure the John Denver song only says West Virginia to fit the meter. The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River are features of Virginia, but you need the extra syllable of “west” to make the song hang together right.
ding ding ding
It’s fun to tell this to die hard Mountaineer fans and watch their faces turn purple.
True story – the WVU (my alma mater) cheer is Let’s Go Mountaineers. Rival fans would sarcastically chant Let’s Go Mountainqueers!
Many a butt was hurt.
It’s a beautiful state.
No joke, it really is. I got a scholarship that paid 100% of my college and then some. The only catch was I had to work in WV as an engineer. I tried but pickings were slim. So I loaded up the truck and moved to Chicago. City, that is. Swimmin’ pools and movie stars.
Yeah, hard place to eek out a living no doubt. Someday one of the town’s will become yuppieville like Asheville, NC did and tourist will flock but it will still just be service jobs.
Many a butt was hurt.
Quite apt.
Which one of you is this guy?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=DjlOEhUr4Ys
If you’ve almost been killed by an exploding refrigerator, youuuuuu might be a redneck….
That reminds me. I have some tannerite in the garage I need to dispose of.
Just leave it there, and dispose of the garage.
I need to take out life insurance in this guy.
https://youtu.be/5namxy7z82U
Biden Challenges Corona Virus to Push-Up Contest
CONCORD, NH – At a rally attended by several people, Presidential hopeful Joe Biden promised that if elected, he would “find that damn virus and punch it right in the mouth”. He then walked back his remarks and said that a push-up contest was an acceptable alternative. He added that “listen folks, I can beat Corn Pop and I can beat this virus. And I don’t give fart in a high wind what some slant-eye Chinaman says about it.” Biden later apologized for the “Chinaman” remarks and said that some of his best friends “eat rice and are shitty drivers”. In preparation for the contest, Biden has begun eating raw eggs and jogging up the steps of the Philadephia Museum of Art. Tragedy struck on the second day when he fell, broke his hip, and was later discovered to have a severe case of Salmonella food poisoning. Trump sent Biden a get well card containing a cartoon of a paramecium wearing boxing gloves.
Oh My God, Derpy, you’re killing it.
Holy fuck, I was literally crying as I read this to my wife!
That’s fantastic.
Derpy is the mole confirmed.
Study Finds that Black Keys Less Likely to Be Played than White Keys
*incapacitating laughter*
[grateful bow]
I did stand-up for a few years when I lived in Chicago and I kind of miss it. It’s nice to have a place where I can exercise my sense of humor.
Please, more of these. They’re fucking gold.
Finally found Campari in my area so playing around now. Wish I would have looked for a better sweet vermouth while I was there. Next time. First sip by itself tasted like cherry NyQuil but it somehow works with the gun and the M&R sweet vermouth. I had Aperol and am doing side by side. Also, incorporating Sprite zero since that and lemon juice are my go to gin mixers. At first I liked the Aperol better, but as my taste buds acclimate to the bitterness I’m moving more towards the Campari. I often find when I drink heavy beers the bitterness subsides the more I drink.
Gin, not gun. Lol.
You never forget your first time. Just ask Jerry Falwell.
I’m evidently already a little slow on the uptake. Not getting the reference?
Momma in the outhouse bit from Hustler?
https://boingboing.net/images/falwell-hustler-first-time.jpg
Parody of the Campari ad campaign at the time
Lol. That was abstract, but well played:)
News from the Future….
Former Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Wins Porn Star Award
LAS VEGAS – In a speech at the Adult Film Awards ceremony, Greta Thunberg, 37 thanked the adult entertainment community for opening her eyes to her true calling. “After a year or so of that silly bullshit, I realized I was just being an attention whore, so why not porn?” Thunberg received the coveted Best Gang Bang Award for her starring role in How Dare You! 5.
The How Dare You! franchise recently surpassed Star Wars as the highest grossing films of all time.
I didn’t realize you were also a Seer; I thought that was NA’s regular gig.
Perhaps you would be interested in the Tuesdays With Derpy saga?
https://www.glibertarians.com/2019/07/apollo-missions/#comment-1086242
comment #33 on the Apollo thread
Derpy!!! I ask where you are/what happened to you in my Night Shift post, that is currently pending for tonight….if any TPTB can help out with that pleezandthankyou.
So….yeah–you’re around. Mystery solved.
I took a break for a month. Needed to cut back on the sauce, hit the gym, etc.
You care if I’m alive?
[sobs] You like me! You really like me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_8nAvU0T5Y
Damn skippy! But, uhh…not in front of the kids. 😉
I do not doubt thee, O Great Oracle!
(I just don’t want to be around for any more Ken Burns’ docs that are about anything other than sports).
A propos of that comment, my friend used to quote an old editorial that discussed how medicine extending people’s lives might not be the unmitigated good some suppose. Specifically, it’s no great boon if medicine extends our lives out to 150, but the last 75 of it is in a home hooked to a bunch of wires. Better to be fully functional until 85 and then die quickly and peacefully. Too many people want more years and think nothing about what they’re able to do with the ones they have.
There’s a great Mark Twain quote that goes something like: there are people who want live forever in heaven who get miserably bored on a rainy afternoon.
In the same vein: if you can’t get to 70 by a comfortable road, don’t go.
My maternal grandfather made it to 96. The last 5 really sucked and he was quite vocal about it.
If you want to get super scientific about it, I don’t think the human brain is adapted to handle immortality. It would be a curse and we’d be like the vortex geezers from Zardoz.
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^^^ This.
As I do not believe in elective abortion/abortion on demand/abortion as birth control, I also do not believe in the artificial lengthening of life and particularly in the presence of other problems (e.g., dementia). But we live in a marginally free society, so no one else should have a say in who lives or dies.
Well, after a bunch of running around I finally got the darn red dot on the ruger where it belongs.
PS the magazines for the 10/22 suck, and whoever designed them should feel bad.
The BX-10s? My only problem with them is the lack of any way of telling how many rounds you have int them. Supposedly, they only rattle when they’re full, but mine are all trimag’d together so that’s not particularly helpful. Plus I really doubt that a partially loaded one won’t rattle.
Well I found one source of my irritation. The springs on most of mine are too new. The older magazine didn’t take so much force to get a round in that I wondered if the round was going to go off. And I have to get used to how to get the darn things out of the rifle.
Most Rugers come with a coupon for x% off the Ruger store. On there they have magazines and a product called “trimag” that makes pulling them out a lot easier.
The BX-25s are worthless. I got a couple uses out of the one I bought before it broke. I had a clear 50 rnd mag that I don’t think is even made anymore that lasted for years. There stock 10 rounders work for a while. It’s not a good design. Out of 6 mags, I have one that works and it was stock 10 rnd replacement I bought last year.
These are BX-1s.
Supposedly the GSG drum works great — but UnCiv and I are limited to 10 rounders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcga_efvk_Q
Cool thanks!
Nobody needs a 110 round magazine.
What’s need got to do with anything?
How else are we going to determine who gets to have what? Some sort of lottery, divvy it all up by height or some kind of competition?
What means “we” Kemosabe?
And now for something completely different.
http://archive.li/B1Xh3
#1 is nice.
17 and 30
5, with an honorable mention to 21, at least judging by what they’re highlighting.
I like my asses a little on the smaller side.
Yep. I judge them by how many more air squats they need. I know, sexist and terrible, but the human body is a rear-wheel drive machine.
NEEDZ MOAR SQUATS!!
Men get judged by the same standard, by the way. Flat/No ass is not a good look on anyone.
Well, if you look at my picks, they definitely have asses, just no fat. I’m not looking for East German powerlifters.
#5
What makes Clear Rear the best choice for my tush?
We still have a ways to go to catch up with the Japanese in anal cleaning technology.
The Americans have a strong contender
Have you thought of seeking medical attention for that?
Let’s go FLYERS!
Yeah! Go Flyers! Beat…whoever you’re playing! /not watching roundball but legally required to root for home team/other alma mater
The Flyers play hockey.
It’s a Dayton thing. My town has an epidemic of Flyer Fever!
Cincinnati has an epidemic of Johnny Fever.
More gunz.
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/7/how-pccs-can-fit-in-your-defensive-plan/
I have a .45 Uzi Carbine that I’ve had for probably 25 years and is great. But with the AR “pistols” that are available, I’m just not sure why you pick a pistol caliber over a rifle caliber other than you just like it because it’s cool. Which is fine, I can totally relate to that.
They make sense for a home defense gun, I just don’t see how they are the best choice. Maybe for someone who isn’t going to be doing much training with their home defense weapon.
I haven’t fallen in love with mine yet. I’d put it down in the least fun of the four categories in the 2×4 format, though I will admit as a piece of competition equipment, they have a ton of advantages there.
“They make sense for a home defense gun, I just don’t see how they are the best choice. Maybe for someone who isn’t going to be doing much training with their home defense weapon.”
Wife/girlfriend who can’t get the hang of an all up rifle. Seniors. Kids.
The best defensive caliber for a given person, IMO, is the biggest caliber they can put on target from a given gun. 9mm on target out of a PCC is far better than big booming 12 gauge misses.
Those would fall into the category of “isn’t doing much training.”
Specifically talking about home defense, you’re talking about extremely close ranges unless you live in Wayne Manor.
Obviously, the BEST home defense gun is going to be suppressed but unfortunately ‘muricans aren’t going to be able to protect their hearing when they really need it.
watching the first XFL game, and I like it. Also they’re doing lots of live interviews and an offensive lineman dropped the Fuck word. oopsy.
That was the best part so far. All these mics hooked up is driving me nuts, though. “Bingo Zeus Double Adam 12!” Maybe that stuff is interesting, I dunno.
Seattle’s QB got injured at the end of the game and got caught on mic ‘It hurts like a motherfucker’. A couple of checks to FCC on the first ever broadcast.
All these mics hooked up is driving me nuts, though.
Same. I don’t need to hear play-calling.
Put me down on the other side of the ledger. I love the strategy side of the game, and knowing the plays ahead of time gives me more opportunity to watch for the subtleties that win/lose the play.
@UCS, I finally read part 3. It was interesting, as usual. My only real quibble was that Kord was awfully cool under pressure. In fact, I think he was too cool. There was no indication that his heart started beating faster, his breathing changed at all. He just went along like someone was saying, “Hey come look at these newborn kittens!” He was also never ever struggling to cross examine. It was like he was totally prepared to do so. There was very little internal dialogue like, “What the fuck?”
I noticed his surprise about Annika (when did she leave the house? Was she already gone? Who brought her?), but that was all. Are you setting the reader up for a) court drama that it was marginally planned so Kord wasn’t surprised, b) that Kord really did try to poison him, and/or c) that Kord expected something like this to happen and had covered the details in his head?
All that said, I can’t wait to see where it goes.
I suppose it would help if there were some sign that Kord grossly underestimates his opponant and the situation. After all, he’s a Dragonslayer and Gunther is just some fat guy who hasn’t paid his debts.
Does the oath administered by the priest have any actual effects in that world?
Not visibly. Azerion has not been known to go a smiting. But he is the judge of the dead, so people assume that breaking an oath taken in his name would have long term consequences.
Question: Why doesn’t he think politically? Shouldn’t bankers who trade with politicians think politically?
Because this is literally his first stint in banking.
He’s a wandering adventurer.
Ah, okay. I didn’t remember. This is why I don’t real serials and also I have kind of a lot going on.
It doesn’t help that it’s not really written for serialization. It’s just a normal story put through a bread slicer.
If you’re so evil… why don’t you just EAT THIS KITTEN!
“And catch the next Chinese superbug? No thank you.”
I’ll gladly eat the pussy.
I’ve been told that this kind of thing only happens in the US.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-gunman-opens-fire-busy-21455929
He’s obviously a white Thai. Probably a Trump voter too.
I kind of miss the lesbians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-qnsZhQ_iI
You know what is really frustrating? When you spend 3 hours proofreading, formatting, and editing a document and then the people for whom you did this upload the preproofed version to their website because they are too damn careless and self absorbed to pay attention even though I name files Doc Name Proofed JF and the date for version control. grrrrrr.
As long as they pay the bill.
RAYCISSSSS
https://freebeacon.com/politics/sanders-the-united-states-is-a-racist-society/
They’re just such mendacious fucks. It’s ridiculous that everyone doesn’t see right through them.
Someone commented last night that this is just red meat for the weirdoes who follow the primaries.
Sanders can go fuck himself.
I saw a debate clip this morning – Warren said “we need race-based laws”
Oh that is special.
Darn the luck – we used to have a bunch of those. Whatever happened to them? ::looks under sofa cushions::
I respond to Warren thusly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN2FGuYgtlY
Christ, what an asshole…
You know who else had race-based laws?
The Democrats for almost their entire history controlling the south. They owned the Jim Crow laws for 100 years and then managed to get 90% of the black vote afterwards. That’s pretty amazing really. Propaganda. What can’t it do.
Some of the shit these morons have put on tape through these primaries boggles my mind. I think both Sanders and Warren have promised fracking bans via executive order on Day 1.
Read somewhere that would kill 14 million jobs, more than the “great recession”.
It immediately raises two points:
1- You’ve been a Senator for how many years, Bernie?
2- Speak for yourself, fuckface.
But I hope he keeps doing it. I’ve heard it’s a winning strategy to insult potential voters by calling them racists.
suggested music: Monty Python theme song
Bernie Sanders interviews punks in 1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaD1DcWfaGA
Punk rock girl is cayute!
It’s like they want to lose.
“End the drug war”
Sure you are. Va dems ran on legalizing weed. I am not going to hold my breath.
“end cash bail”
There is a reason that bail bonds are a thing.
And you’re a piece of shit Bernie.
Would
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7MRu3fHWXZ/?igshid=18ye3y9mfk1in
…get the clap
Worth it.
@Neph. The Sierra Nevada 40th Anniversary is a tasty little beer.
Glad to hear it. Hopefully I’ll be able to put a dent in the beer fridge in a couple weeks.
/kicks a bottle cap
Stupid on call. Stupid needing to drop weight.
So far, the XFL seems to be decent football.
Agreed. But I don’t like the p.a.t. rule. And there is a conspicuous lack of cheerleaders.
My interest in American football begins and ends with the lady cheerleaders.
I guess XFL is not for me.
You’d think in the era of Trump, football would have the best cheerleaders. The classiest.
Yeah, the p.a.t. is a weird one.
Mmm… I forgot I actually know how to cook.
I mean it’s just burger patties seasoned with some salt and pepper before cooking, then allowed to rest on a lower bun dressed in mozzerella and bacon. (Top bun added before consumption).
Sometimes it’s the simple things that work best.
American cheese or die.
You’re free to die. I won’t stop you.
Cheddar for me.
Now I know you are just a troll. No one is that wrong.
American cheese on a bacon cheeseburger is excellent.
Fite meh.
I say we promote cheese diversity on burgers. I’m partial to Big Boy’s Swiss Miss burger – Swiss cheese, rye bun, and that nommy nommy tartar sauce.
Just made cacio e pepe pasta for dinner tonight. Came out quite good.
Which one of you was this?
The video, recorded in 2018, was posted on PornHub, which bills itself as the “world’s leading free porn site.”
Officials in Milwaukee, including Alderman Khalif Rainey, are outraged and calling for sanctions against Dhillon and the gas station.
“It was the owner,” Rainey told Fox 6. “He was there. He was watching. He indulged.
Top comment: “She was in the right aisle for getting a packet of salted nuts.”