I opened the door to the seedy bar and took a step inside. Immediately I smelt stale beer, cigarette smoke, and the tart smell of years old pickled eggs. The bar was as dark as the portico to Hel and was cool as a tomb. As my eyes adjusted, I saw this establishment was narrow and deep with a dark, almost ebony, bar to my left and a series of high-backed booths with cracked red pleather seats and pale lights shining weakly onto the table tops. As my instructions directed, I walked along the bar until I arrived at a server’s station and asked the bar tender for a “Large Red White & Blue”. She was a tall red head resembling Katey Sagal who just put a beer in front of me saying, “It’s Old Milwaukee. Two bucks.” As I paid with a Jefferson bill she looked at the bill, looked at me again, smirked and with cold eyes said, “Second booth from the end.”
I took my already warm beer and made my way back to the booth. As I approached, I noticed a poster of Chuck Bednarik standing over Frank Gifford taped to the wall. There he sat. The man who I hoped could provide some answers. He was everything the “CIA Ad lady” was not. He was completely forgettable. Blah looks, meh clothing, nothing stood out about him. He greeted me with “Sit down.” I attempted to slide into the booth, but the cracked and sticky surface made that difficult. I silently reminded myself to burn these pants after I was done with this meeting.
“A person I know said I should talk to you about a subject we both have an interest in.”, he quietly stated to me. I couldn’t identify the accent, wait, yes, I could. He sounded like the PA system in major airports. He had no discernable accent. I stammered, “How are you today? Thanks for meeting with me.” He faintly scowled, “Quit the bullshit. You don’t give a fuck about my day. Either ask me what you want to know, or this discussion is over.” I swallowed and tried again. “A friend of mine is in danger of losing their job because of a couple of comments on a website. Do they stand a chance of keeping their job?”
He picked up his beer and brought it to his lips. Thinking the better of it, he placed it back on the table without taking a sip. “Let me guess. They have a security clearance and the comments weren’t exactly “supportive” of the current administration?” “Correct.”, I replied looking down at “the Beast” in my glass. “Well then they are gone. Even the press is reporting how the Pentagon is “thinking” about monitoring social media, and how the army is going after a chaplain because they didn’t want to perform a wedding for gay soldiers. When the media is saying “thinking about” you damn can well count on the program is both ongoing and wider than reported.” I started to say, “What about the…..” and he cut me off. “The first amendment doesn’t apply the courts will rule. It is a private business making a business decision. The courts will not rule that any company is cancelling people on behalf of the government because to do so will validate the complaints made by some about fascism. Facebook, Twitter, the NYT, the employer of your friend, are all free to do what they want.”
I sat there and tried once more. “But they didn’t post the comments during work hours or from a company owned machine. At worse they occasionally viewed the website with a company machine, but never commented.” He looked at me with some pity, “You really are slow, aren’t you? That right there gave the programs all they needed to connect your friend with the website. From there it is easy to link their off hours comments. I mean unless your friend was using VPN, a burner computer, a different location and never commented. Did they do all that?” I stared at my glass, “I don’t think so. So, they could lose their job huh?” “Count on it. Look, it is a new woke America. The powers that be can do things the Stasi, KGB or Gestapo never dreamed of. Artificial intelligence combined with a hard left media and social media environment pressuring companies means that we all exist on borrowed time if we connect to the internet at all. We all will be cancelled someday. Even you.”
The funk of the bar was getting to me. “Well thank you for your time. I had better go.” He looked at me with some pity. “Sorry to have to give you the harsh reality. What site was your friend looking and commenting at? If you want to tell me, I can use that information. QAnon? Alex Jones? PJ Media?” I looked at his eyes and said, “It’s okay. I can share that information. It is a small site called Gliber…..” His eyes immediately turned as harsh as MD20/20 left opened in the sun for a week. “Those sick bastards who advocate for putting pineapple on deep dish? Just leave now. “
I worked my way out of the seat and started for the door. Midway there the bartender said to me, “Go play some disk golf you sicko.” and laughed. I saw a sliver of light hit the front door from behind me. Turning around I saw a rear door closing and that the booth was empty. The bartender continued to laugh as I opened the door and stepped onto the sunny sidewalk.
I never saw the bicycle that hit me. 
Pretty sure few people here are actual pineapple deep dish lovers. This is fake news.
It’s hard to put pineapple on pizza when the pineapple goes south before one manages to roll the dough out.
Pretty sure you don’t roll a dough for a deep dish dumb ass.
Having worked at Pizza Hut in my not-misspent-enough yute, I can assure you that pan pizza dough is rolled, albeit minimally.
Don’t encourage him Moj.
Quality
I like it, and the story sounds eerily familiar, as if I know who wrote it…
Go play some disk golf you sicko!
Stick around for redhedz Glibs After Dark.
Will Do!
We know you wrote it Yusef.
No I didn’t, but I think i know who did, a great twist, if a bit scaranoid,
I also like Pineapple on deep dish pizza….
If Yusef had written it, there would be commas where periods belong, as if each paragraph were a run-on sentence.
😉
I’m worse that Yusef on this. My typing reads like William Shatner talking.
I ordered the Elements of style, what next, grammar school?
Catholic grammar school with sister Mary Elephant. class,Class, CLASS!
Where you learn to diagram sentences.
Other options include learning Latin.
I had an entire semester in college diagramming sentences.
I took Latin voluntarily in senior year. With a bunch of ninth graders from the “humanities” side of the school.
Yeah I’m weird like that.
“Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near its brow.”
::waits to see if Moje recognizes the reference::
Heh. Little Town on the Prairie, Laura’s teacher examination. Third class, because she was too young to get second class.
My HS offered a one-semester class in Etymology, taught by the Latin teacher (who was quite nuts in really fun ways.) I’m convinced it helped me immensely on the Verbal portion of the SAT.
Little House nerd confirmed once again. (It takes one to know one!)
I’ve mentioned before Latin helped me significantly learning Japanese.
Not that there is much in common, but it forced you to understand what part of speech every word was in a sentence. So that was applicable to Japanese as was the sentence diagraming.
My odd story was taking a 300 level medieval history class with the chair of department as a free elective. Most students were history majors, the remaining humanities. I was the only one there from business school.
Great class, but he was douche about grading. I never would have taken it if I’d known. Small class in the old days pre grade inflation. He graded on a pure bell curve. He gave like 1 A 2 Bs and the rest Cs and 1D. I got one of the 2Bs. He fucked over a bunch of history majors within their major. They were right pissed.
Such a shame because the class was good and he was a good teacher.
Gender, sometime this weekend I’ll be a few miles from where Laura was born in beautiful Pepin, WI (The Big Woods). The Upper Mississippi River Valley around here is one picturesque view after another. There’s a small museum there, but not really worth the visit. BIL has a cabin in Pepin overlooking the lake.
PP, sounds like beautiful country! So jelly you have access to a cabin up there, even if just for a visit!
I live about 60 miles south of Pepin along the Mississippi in La Crosse, WI. Animal’s famous Alamakee County is about 30 miles further south.
Sensei, good story.
After I took a medieval art history course with one prof at UNC, I really wanted to take his Crusader Art and Architecture course but he didn’t offer it very frequently and it didn’t fit my schedule, but he let me do it as a solo study course with him meeting once a week. Think I wrote my term paper comparing showing how Crusader castle designs migrated back to France, etc.
Good times. Not every day you get to work one on one with a world expert on a [random] topic.
“How can you have your pudding if you don’t eat your meat?” LOL
Serious respect for engaging that, though.
If Yusef had written it, there would be commas where periods belong, as if each paragraph were a run-on sentence.
It’s a bit of a tell.
Thot Thursday is tits-a-poppin’.
https://archive.li/b7Yqt
And what about the people who can’t stand pineapple?!
I am literally shaking rn.
Remember in, “The Life of Brian” when Moses drops the third tablet, so there are only ten commandments instead of 15? Yeah, one of those was, “thou shalt not put pineapple in pizza”.
You are this close to a stoning, young man. This close.
This fish is good enough for Jehovah!
Fake news!
“History of the World, Part I.”
Life of Brian also had a great scene about diagramming sentences in Latin.
Everything around here is intertwined tonight. It’s as if someone said “plate o’ shrimp.”
Anybody got any kids they can send up to Michigan? We need some kids to help get the dosage dialed in. Thanks in advance.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2021/05/27/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-trial-young-children/7473862002/
I identify as Vaccinated, tell em that,
Where in Mi are you at GS?
Holland. About 2 hours south of you.
A nice place, maybe I’ll drop by for lunch soon, I’ll buy,
You missed out on the tulips for this year unfortunately. Early May is really something around here.
Some photos from our local fishwrap from this year.
https://www.hollandsentinel.com/picture-gallery/news/local/tulip-time/2021/05/10/gallery-sentinel-readers-photos-2021-tulip-time-festival/5022359001/
That’s an impressive collection of tulips.
Huzzah! I swear I didn’t write this but I could have.
It could be me, now,
It doesn’t have your inimitable style.
not the writing, the story,
Yah, me too.
I have actually had the cold sweats worrying that my job was in danger from the Woodchipper Affair.
If my Company knew about this place, I would be cancelled in a heartbeat,
/Cali Prog Fucks
It’s a genuine concern I harbor, too.
I agree with you. Since last summer they have been getting more woke.
I’m actually slightly less concerned since I was re-hired six months ago. (By the same company I was working for during the Affair.)
If only because they aren’t jumping head-first into wokesanity to nearly the extent I’ve seen at a lot of other companies and as reported by some here in their experience.
Well, I didn’t get involved in the Woodchipper thing, except as a spectator. I probably can’t get fired for the shit I say here, but It’s not a long path to the space where I could. I’m shocked by the rapid descent to this point. Seems like just yesterday I was arguing with my wife about the #metoo bullshit. Now here we are.
I remember actually having commented in that thread and sweating bullets in case I was up next.
I nominate this magnificent bastard as the Glibs new spirit animal.
He’s only cool in hindsight. Back then he was just another dad who drank a bunch of beer at Busch Gardens.
Not all heroes wear capes BJ.
No, I mean literally half the dads back then would do that. I remember being kicked out of amusement parks because my dad got into drunken brawls. No onions on the belts, but…
I’m sorry if my comments or fiction here have caused grief for anyone.
Someday I’ll tell everyone the story of Woodchipper Day, where I was, and what I was doing. But that was another time, where antifa were still suckling at their mothers’ teats, in a galaxy far far away.
Should we not observe Woodchipper Day annually, with all appropriate solemnity (read “hookers & blow”) lest we forget and neglect to pass on the important lessons and the legacy to succeeding generations?
Ask every person if he’s heard the story
And tell it strong and clear if he has not…
And the Wedding guest as sad and wiser man,
So, break it down into smaller, more digestible pieces?
[sniffles] No, it’s just allergies. Really.
Is this your work Sir?
No. I’m retired. I no longer have to worry about clearances, wokeness training, etc. And I realize that gives me a certain sort of temporary immunity.
But I fear for our friends who still have to put up with that.
Looking forward to that. The cleared money is good, but so many attendant headaches.
Gotta try and GI Bill some additional skills.
Woodchipper Day is an offense to all of those beautiful noble tree who were tragically ground up in those nefarious machines. Henceforth, it shall be known as Silviculture Remembrance Day.
/Columbus
She was a tall red head resembling Katey Sagal who just put a beer in front of me saying, “It’s Old Milwaukee. Two bucks.” As I paid with a Jefferson bill she looked at the bill, looked at me again, smirked and with cold eyes said, “Second booth from the end.”
Shoulda tipped her.
I never saw the bicycle that hit me.
Well, at least it wasn’t a bus. So we know the author isn’t pregnant.
Shoulda tipped her.
That jumped out at me as well.
*resists ‘just the tip’ joke*
Regarding the comments in the previous article about lumber. Canada doesn’t ship pressure treated lumber to the US. We use a different formula here, thanks to Termites. I’m guessing that puts additional pressure on pricing compared to other lumber.
Wood!
https://twitter.com/JournosPostLs/status/1397664863422402566
CWAA or CWAC?
Grate storee, mr anonamous.
Yor sty-le remindes me of a yung mickey Spil-lane and his of my hero, Mr hamer.
Usef an them oher gys are gud riters 2 tho.
So, wokesters, how are y’all?
I have a question.
How do you do deal with liars, thieves, and scoundrels?
I’m talking the non-government ones.
So, today was a shit fuck day in general.
Yesterday around 6 pm, while I was still working, my internet went down, again. So, I can’t work because I work from home.
So, I called liars, thieves, and scoundrels central. AKA, Comcast.
They say ‘your modem is toast’.
OK. What are you going to do?
We’ll send someone out there … Tuesday, June 1 at…
Rude interruption ‘Have you lost you fucking mind? I have to work, this is my office, you have to fix this now’.
After about 30 minutes of yelling at them. ‘All our technicians are booked, but we’ll have someone down there by 10am on Friday the 28th.
All your technicians are booked? You service must suck fucking donkey cock. OK.
So today, I went to Best Buy and bought all new equipment (modem/wifi router), this time both in one unit.
Came home, installed, setup. Internet!
But I’m keeping the appointment. You know why?
Because liars, thieves, and scoundrels.
These fucking assholes. I told them I want the fastest internet. Well, I have the fastest they have. This was only a month ago.
Well, according to their internet, they have up to 1.2G in my area, but I only have 400mbps. How can that be?
Because liars, thieves, scoundrels, and scam artists.
Sure enough, if I just search for internet, they list the stop speed at 400mbps. But what is this? If I click on one of the combos and include cable (don’t want), phone (don’t want), and security (WTF?), I get speeds up to 1.2G.
what.even.in.the.fucking.hell.
Time Warner. We’re on our third router. My wife does all the dealing with them. I don’t really hold back much with those people.
Getting pissed at the cable company for jerking you around is like getting pissed at the Devil for tempting you or water for being wet. It’’s just what they do.
We have Verizon Fios. Our Comcast experience has been so bad my wife threatened divorce if I signed us up for Comcast again.
Also Comcast has such good brand credibility it’s now Xfinity. You’ll. Note we all still call it Comcast for a reason…
“We have Verizon Fios. Our Comcast experience has been so bad my wife threatened divorce if I signed us up for Comcast again.”
LOL. I believe you.
If I wrote down every single awful experience I’ve had with them (all of them), the Library of Congress couldn’t even house it digitally.
I have cable and internet and your speed is 4x mine. ?
Dude, I’m sorry. This shit is unacceptable really. But it’s not so much the internet speed, it’s usable, it’s the customer service. It’s the worst in the history of civilization.
Spectrum isn’t horrible even though it’s overpriced.
It’s gotten better since they took over Time Warner. Yeah, high bar…
I’m not sure what overpriced is, but I’m paying $250 a month for 400mbps internet only.
Some of it is for rental fees (cable modem, just replaced), (wifi router, just replaced) (HD cable box, have not used in over 2 years but somehow still being charged for).
But yeah, Comcast, their entire business model is to set around all day trying to figure out how to fuck your customers over for another dollar.
Well, I don’t pay that.
I pay around 200 for 100mbps plus cable TV.
Did you know that ESPN alone eats up an average of 35 bucks a month for the average TV subscriber?
Yeah, I want to “cut the cord”. Looking at Fubo but I need the Tennis Channel which would be extra.
And of course I need another internet provider besides the Spectrum monopoly.
Do it if you can. I just subscribed to Formula 1 TV for 70 bucks a year to get my race fix. Better to pay for just the sports that you watch. I specifically mentioned ESPN when telling them why I ditched their burnt corporate asses.
I have the internet, plus (for wifey) I have Sling, I have Netflix, and Amazon Prime. So those 3 services are eating up another $40 a month or so. But I’m talking $250 a month for only internet.
Comcast will just keep raising your bill every other month or so, without adding any value, it adds up a lot over time.
I guess the trick is to call them up every couple of months, bitch, and demand another promotion. Pain in the fucking ass for someone who has other stuff to do, like work. And man, they will lie lie a politician on steroids.
@K:
I also subscribe to ESPN+ for fifty bucks a year. It’s actually a good deal because they show all the major tennis tournaments and tons of soccer. Lots of (out of market) hockey too. Certainly a better bang for the buck than the mothership.
@Hyp:
I am not a bitchy person. I can’t play that game. I wish I could. But yeah, Spectrum keeps raising the price and blatantly cutting services. I’ve lost several channels that I used to watch a lot.
Hey, rhywun. I don’t watch TV and no longer watch sports either.
My wife does watch TV, but she is 100% good with streaming services.
So I’m good with internet only. For $250 a month because they won’t sell me decent internet without a ‘package deal’. They need to die in a fucking fire and a pox on their house. /bitchy person
I just ditched Comcast and was happy to do so. The actual internet speed and such was fine, but fuck paying for television that we were not really using. The new service is 70 bucks a months for 1000 mbps and a land line phone line (need it for my biz). Was happy to tell Comcast that my reason for leaving was the woke bullshit from sports.
I want Starlink. If Elon pulls this off and drives a stake into the heart of cable companies forever, he truly is a God.
I’d pay $1000 a month right now if it destroys Comcast and nukes the ashes from space.
We have what used to be called Time-Warner Cable. It is now called Spectrum Cable.
My husband calls it Rectum Cable.
Whatever it is, just thank the gawds it is not Comcast. Dealing with these people will make you want to commit mass murder.
Yes, we do.
Yeah, it’s spectrum now. How can a company be hated by all of it’s customers and still exist?
Comcast is somehow living proof of that.
But the truth is, locally government controlled monopolies.
When I lived in Howard County, MD, FIOS came to the neighborhood where I lived (everyone there was on Comcast) and 99%+ of the Comcast customers left for FIOS in the same fucking day. Nothing says hated like that.
Yep, my only choice for high-speed is Spectrum.
Yeah, and that is the problem.
Some of my neighbors have FIOS. I’ve been waiting for two years and my building won’t connect to it.
So, it’s not just government monopolies any more. If you’re a renter, your landlord makes your choice for you.
Just like that one kid wanted a job as a Catcher in the Rye, I want a job where I advise people the clock is running out.
I would be known as a Time Warner.
One of the few advantages of living in rural Iowa, is that I don’t have to deal with Mediacom or Comcast.
Starlink working there yet?
Out here in the “designated census zone” in which I live, our only choice is Cox.
They are awful. They recently sent me a new WiFi extension pod to replace the 3 pods I had bringing Internet to all corners of my house.
The new pod sucks ass and doesn’t work.
I’m wondering if I could do as some of you suggest and buy my own router hardware and extenders. I will try asking a neighbor before I lay out any cash.
You can even do that for Crapcast. I just did it today. I have one wifi extender and I bought that one myself also.
Of course, you can’t get away from them altogether because only an ISP can provide you with te intertoobz.
I’m wondering if I could do as some of you suggest and buy my own router hardware and extenders
You may need the initial gateway/modem to be their equipment (AT&T requires that here), but everything after that can be yours. Extenders and the like are well worth buying for yourself.
Yes, skip renting the cable company’s garbage and get your own equipment if at all possible.
I got this cable modem some months back and should have done it years ago.
That aside, Wirecutter’s recommendations are solid:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/lists/the-gear-to-get-reliable-wi-fi-in-any-home/
Cox lets you use your own modem, you just need to call them once it’s installed so they can register it or whatever.
I picked up a Netgear Nighthawk mesh system from Costco, it works pretty well getting wifi throughout the house, especially out to the garage. Much better than a regular wifi router + an extender.
Just because you are in the MLB it doesn’t mean you forget your T-ball days. Two out and a fielder’s choice situation. Ooops.
Now with the link.
https://www.mlb.com/video/fieldvision-baez-s-wild-rundown?t=mlb-fieldvision
Tom T just showed me that clip. Said it made our usually-hapless Single A Dayton Dragons look good. 🙂
That site is aids.
https://i.imgur.com/yKyjYEJ.jpg
NSFW.
https://i.imgur.com/FIBngD2.jpg
NSFW.
Meow!
Gorgeous
Late to the party.
Thanks for the story.
Tomorrow is my last day of WFH. *sigh*
And no plans for anything “flex” either. Oh well, at least I get to read on the subway again. (There is a reason I haven’t participated in What We Are Reading in a couple years.)
Sorry rhywun.
I’m looking at it as a new adventure.
I’m torn because WFH is nice but also I haven’t interacted with another human on anything more than a superficial level since I was job hunting just before DOOMPLAGUE and I kind of miss that.
? ?
Fucking bogus, dude. #WFH forever!
It’s gonna feel weird, eh?
Kill me now. Wife is scrolling through paid new releases on Amazon. “This looks like a good one.” No, no it’s not. You know why? Because it was made in the last five years. Crap shoot on anything made in the last twenty years.
Dude, you’re only going to get a non-lethal dose of wokeness.
There are so many good old movies I haven’t seen, so at least I can watch those instead of the garbage being put out these days.
Every once in a while I’m flipping channels and nothing is on and I just let TCM run and enjoy some old movie I never heard of. Seen quite a few good ones lately.
Film Detective is good for that too.
That’s what we usually do, but the wife gets sucked by the siren song of the new releases getting pushed hard. But we escaped tonight! No new crap.
At least she’s not scrollin through your Glob comments,
or Glib, YMMV
The Good: I’m officially on mini- vacation through Tuesday!
The Bad: I’m using a long vacation weekend to travel to a friends wedding.
The Ugly: The wedding is in Des Moines, IA.
The Bad: I’m using a long vacation weekend to travel to a friends wedding.
My mother-in-law is coming up for the weekend – thankfully, she’s not staying here. I quite like her but that would be too much. Still, a quiet weekend would have been nice.
The Ugly: The wedding is in Des Moines, IA.
Worse than Detroit?
No, not Detroit!
I heard there’s a panic.
https://youtu.be/PcLCF-mDVyY
I had chicken and waffles for the first time tonight. A weird thing to have for dinner. But I guess I’m in the South. Surprisingly, it wasn’t as sweet as I feared despite apples and honey.
It’s one of those dishes that I think of as “fine” that other people love.
Did they try to feed you sweet tea with it?
The place had an extensive wine list. They were not into sweet tea. But chicken and waffles looked way more exotic on the menu than snapper with asparagus.
Ah, fancy chicken and waffles. I strongly suspect it’d be way sweeter elsewhere.
What wine with chicken and waffles? A crisp rosé, perhaps?
Nothing special for chicken and waffles. My partner had something less exotic, so we got a bottle of tempranillo.
I’d have gone with gewürztraminer.
This just randomly came up for me
1 – awesome tune
2- good lord, Jennifer Connelly was so lovely (and still looks pretty damn good)
3 – what happened to Frank Whaley? He was in everything for a hot minute, set up to be a “star”, then just faded. Has worked steadily, but has been related to a bit player.
*relegated
Jennifer Connelly is one of the Top 5 most beautiful women God ever made. It’s not even debatable – it’s fucking science.
Yes.
That’s a shame.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/27/patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter-california-2/
Some black lives are more equal, I mean, some Black Lives Matter more than others.
(Side note: when I typed the space after the word “matter”, the phone automatically capitalized the phrase Black Lives Matter.
I hate that. Stupid woke phone algorithm.)
She was enriching herself and her family using proceeds donated to the organization? Sweet Jesus, say it ain’t so!
Whoo! Man, it’s been crazy the last few months, but I’m (finally) coming out the other side.
Sorry to be so scarce, but Life has been coming at me like a Nolan Ryan heater: high, hard, and inside. (That should be easy pickin’s for the late night adult Glibs crew).
I’ve been lurking, but couldn’t even be around for my own article this past Tuesday.
Anyway, figured I’d drop an update here while I’m working late to get out the last of my decisions as an ALJ. Fate (and a wealthy business owner) rescued me and I start a new (reasonably paying) gig next week. I should be around more and I’ll crank out another “Ozy in China” piece for the following week. These first ones have mostly been set-up and atmospherics for the “lessons learned” that I’ve really wanted to get into.
BTW, great piece, there, AnyMouse! Good for a chuckle.
Be of good cheers, Glibs. How lucky are we to exist in such a time! This is what we’re here for – if we were around in the early formation of the republic we’d have nothing to add or offer. Our opinions about the relationship of Man to State would be known as “conventional wisdom.” Hang in there and re-read “Isaiah’s Job” when you feel down.
Hey, Ozy! Glad to hear you moving up in the world—or at least that you’re taking on a new career adventure.
Also, thanks for the positive spin on our current times. It’s easy to get down when we look at all the people and organizations trying to tear down what the founders tried to establish. Franklin tried to warn us it would need vigilance to maintain with his “A republic, if you can keep it” answer.
As for the non political things, it’s a great time to be alive. Fewer people in abject poverty, better medical treatments, more time for recreation and art—maybe I’ll watch or read some more Johan Nordberg to remind myself that it’s never been better and will likely keep getting better, on the whole.
We just need to excise some of these pockets of bad tissue here and there before they become cancerous.
And by excise, we mean…
woodchippers.
(To keep with today’s theme)
My new kitteh is very friendly. He only hid for about an hour.
By this evening he’s head-butting me and the spouse for scritches and has explored the house, climbing cat towers, etc.
Just before I came to bed, I watched a couple of episodes of House, and he hopped up on my lap, then eventually laid down, made bread on my lap for a while, rolled belly up and stretched out as far as he could from my abdomen to my legs (I was in a recliner).
I’m in bed now but I won’t be surprised if he comes in here and starts meowing for attention.
He’s a sweetheart.
Mine is up on his tower and nearly fucked up a decision I was writing AND saved and sent it.
How can a cat know exactly which keys to step on to do that?!? That’s some seriously dark magic right there.
Still love my kittehs, however.
I love the insouciance of cats, just as much as I love the slobbering loyalty of dogs.
Have you seen “The Voices” with Ryan Reynolds?
The cat/dog representing evil/good in the mind of a schizophrenic man is the basis of that truly strange movie. If it’s not your bag, just watching the trailer gives you the general idea.
I saw that mentioned somewhere else in the comments and I might have to give it a look. I think Ryan Reynolds is better than he gets credit for.
Like Brad Pitt, I think being that good looking for a guy almost automatically makes their acting get overlooked. Same is true for women, too, IMO. If Meryl Streep looked like Racquel Welch I think she’d have a few less oscars and nominations.
It was probably my comment you saw. I only just watched the movie myself.
Certainly not everyone’s cup of tea.
One of my cats did manage to send an email once….
No lasting damage though.
Awww, lucky!
That is friendlier than either of mine got in fourteen years.
Awwww.
Congrats on the new kitteh.
Did I miss pics of the cuteness?
Thanks.
No, I haven’t done a photo shoot of the kitty yet. He is awfully busy exploring.
I’ll get some today perhaps. I definitely need to get one showing his orange eyes.
Here are some haphazard pics of nameless kitteh I snapped yesterday.
https://imgur.com/a/Iolqy51
Awww – one of mine was a fat version of that.
Skinny!
So cute, young, and lithe. Beautiful fella.
What a handsome boy! He has a mask like a superhero! He needs a superhero name! 😀
“Blotch”!
How’s he adjusting?
Adorbs.
Happy Friday mein Froinds, as long as the Sun Rises and not the Creek,
Morning.
Good morning and Happy Friday, Yu & Sean! Yu – I’m stealing that expression.
Howdy GT, sean and all y’allins out there,
Steal away
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-voZou1JllY
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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/05/26/new-study-refutes-fauci-efficacy-of-mask-mandates-n2589990
The obvious becomes more obvious.
The only question is whether the MSM will share this information with the public or sit on it for another six months.
Don’t get your hopes up too much, it hasn’t even been peer reviewed yet.
suh’ fam
whats goody ?
Good morning, homey! Hey – while I appreciated the offer, it’s just as well I didn’t have you refresh the coolant in my A/C. (NOT A EUPHEMISM!!!) Turned out there was a leak in the condensor. The good news is the condensor and compressor are under warranty, so it’ll only cost me my $100 deductible to replace. 😀 In the meantime, it’s blowing cold air until I can schedule the service some time next month.
I dont warranty my work once it leaves the garage anyhow.
The compressor on that black denali has a slight leak, so I just figure a couple recharges per summer is the cost of ownership. I aint paying ca$h money to fix that turd.
Morning, Glibs.
Good morning, U! How are you today?
And by the way, I’ve opined that hayek’s new (& masked!) kitteh needs a superhero name. As our resident expert in such matters, have you any ideas/suggestions?
Here’s a little secret – it was monumentally difficult to find a superhero name that is suitable, sounds good, and isn’t already in use by a character similar enough that you’d be accused of plagarism if you touched the name.
My mind actually went to ‘dalmation’ when I saw the cat. I know those are dogs, but that’s what came to mind.
I hadn’t thought about it, but with the explosion of the comics industry and so many independent publishers besides the Big Two (are there more big ones of which I’m not aware?) picking a new superhero name would be a real challenge requiring extensive ‘Net searching, wouldn’t it?
It is. Fortunately the net is available, and there’s already a number of cross-company duplicates. If it’s generic enough and the characters don’t resemble each other there’s less of a chance of trouble from a duplicate name.
A multitude of Captain Marvels (Captains Marvel?) stand in agreement.
In the good ol’ Hong Kong Phooey cartoon, was friends with a cat named ‘Spot’. Which I found quite clever.
My supervisor is on vacation, so I’ve got to look after the team.
Two of our major projects have decided to pile up on the same time frame.
I’m still dealing with psychosomatic itching from the reminder at the park that ticks live in the woods.
And I’m not sure if you saw my email two days ago.
Oh, yes – re: Ixaxi. I did read it. My apologies for not yet responding. Will ponder & reply ASAP.
Hope you’re able to check yourself thoroughly to ensure you’ve not picked up any “hitchhikers” in the woods. Still, a nice walk in the woods is worth it, I believe.
As far as I can tell I came back alone.
check for ticks ?
I have.
Repeatedly.
Serendipitous to the old film comments above, y’all might want to check out the movies section of the forum.
Good morning, l0! I feel silly admitting this, but I’ve been forgetting the forum even exists. I’m afraid if I snooped around there AND here, I’d never get anything else done.
#metoo Ditto, the Discord thingy. Although I freely cop to being put off by the learning curve of both.
Yeah, it’s why I’m not a gamer. I’d be Step-son.
I think I’ve sired a Blues Brother and a carny. Son only wants toast for breakfast, while daughter only wants a soft pretzel.
“there’s two honkeys out there dressed like Hasidic diamond merchants…”
“Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.”
“you get my cheese whiz, boy ?”
for some reason there is an acute Milwaukee’s Diet Beast shortage in SW Ohio. At least in the 30 and 18-packs.
Ive had to turn to standard Miller Lite for my libation, and now Im worried everyone thinks Im a NASCAR fan.
“Milwaukee’s Diet Beast shortage”
Maybe there’s a Covid induced supply shortage of substandard ingredients.
Millet Lite is tolerable, but its $20/case vs. $14.99/30 of the Beast.
Im not made of money, ya know.
I swear, we need to bring back the Bootlegger 500 where contestants have no build rules on their vehicles, and are tasked with getting booze from the backwoods to a designated speakeasy, with victory adjudicated in terms of gallons/hour, and a pack of ‘revenuers’ trying to intercept them. Aka, bring NASCAR back to it’s roots.
Dirt tracks FTW!
Make Daytona a beach race again.
Would watch with glee. NASCAR has become far too standardized and rule-heavy.
My home town represents – https://youtu.be/Iy6ieG_jj0U only a couple of minutes long.
That brings a tear of joy to my eye. Also, the fact that I’m not spending my time doing that is more evidence that I’ve chosen the wrong path.
https://youtu.be/1aUl9l1O7sE
If you ever wanted to observe the Northern Redneck in his natural environs, “Crash to Pass” is the place to be. Chain smoking breast feeders, fist-fights in the stands, gear heads and yahoos. Yep, It’s got it all! Much, much beer drinkin’.
Or as I call it, “another family reunion”.
I’ve played this one a couple of times but it bears repeating – https://youtu.be/2BT5O6rzboI same city, same people.
Third week of Friday Freedom. Still adjusting… Mornin’ Globs!
How has nobody pointed out the continuity error?
I am very disappointed in all of you.
I’ve been owned by two blotchy cats like that. I named them both “Moonfloss”. Alas they both came to tragic ends so we won’t be using that moniker going forward. Present cat names are “Festus” and “Whisker- Biscuit”. We shorten the latter to “Beasty” in polite company such as the vet or the groomer. What? I thought it was funny 15 years ago…
LIkewise, Current Black Cat’s formal name, bestowed by the Humane Society and on record at the vet, is “Sterling,” but we just call him “Snot.”
They are so prideful that I need to bestow diminutive names.
Our dogs are not exempt from my naming conventions. I’m an “Equity and Inclusion” pet guy. We had an obese goldfish that weighed about a pound so I named her “Precious” about the same time that movie came out.
About to tuck into the Friends reunion show. It was I show a so very much wanted to hate but found it to be charming, very well written, and perfectly cast. We’ll see how it holds up after 17 years.
Tom Selleck made it jump the proverbial shark.
Unrealistic but funny.
Same. I watched the whole thing like four times through as background noise while I was out of work last year since it was on TBS (?) all day long every day. I only saw a few episodes during the original run.
I dunno if I’m interested in the reunion. It’s a “stream” anyway, right? Which means I’m not paying for it.
Go check out the forum’s movie section.
Ha OK.