The planets aren’t lining up this week, so instead, let’s watch the wrestling match between All-American Girl and The Siberian.
And it’s a vicious battle! But it looks like All American Girl has gained an advantage over The Siberian!
Visitations are still happening, and frankly it looks good for pretty much everyone in the “getting lucky” department. Cancer and Leo have it explicitly, and everyone else gets covered by the increased risk of venereal disease promised by the waxing gibbous in Scorpio. So take precautions!
Oh no! This isn’t a tag team match! Where’s the referee?!?
Cancer: King of Cups – Fair man, man of business, law, or divinity; responsible, disposed to oblige; also equity, art and science, including those who profess science, law and art; creative intelligence.
Leo: 6 of Cups – A card of the past and of memories
Virgo: Page of Wands – Dark young man, faithful, a lover, an envoy, a postman. He will bear favorable testimony concerning a Libra
Libra: King of Swords – Power, command, authority, militant intelligence, law, offices of the crown, and so forth.
Scorpio: The High Priestess – Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed, silence, tenacity; mystery, wisdom, science (but not SCIENCE!).
Sagittarius: The Star reversed – Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
Capricorn: 3 of Coins – Métier, trade, skilled labor, nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory.
Aquarius: 8 of Swords – Bad news, violent chagrin, crisis, censure, power in trammels, conflict, calumny, sickness.
Pisces: Knight of Coins – Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility, rectitude
Aries: 10 of Coins – Gain, riches; family matters, archives, extraction, the abode of a family.
Taurus: Temperance reversed – Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests, getting shitfaced.
Gemini: 9 of Cups – Concord, contentment, physical bien-être; also victory, success, advantage; satisfaction
Victory! All American Girl is Triumphant!
Taking questions at the post-bout media event
All this optimism makes me suspicious. Things going well are the most obvious signs of an ambush.
“Yeah, a little too Raph…”
A card of the past and memories?
Worst one yet.
They must be doing SOMETHING. It appears the Earth is still rotating, even if it’s ceased revolving around the sun.
Props to All-American Girl! USA!!! USA!!
***Puffs up and marches around***
Alright all. Hold down the fort. I’m gonna do something good for my body and my psyche. Off to ride a bike through the woods and get an unhealthy lunch.
Mad it for wings. Got to ride over a road that was closed due to high water yesterday and this morning. The river had calmed down to being under the bridge again so clear road and good riding.
Oh my, the wife’s a Libra. BBC BDSM postman pron video coming right up.
I checked last week’s Aries, and I’m starting to think these things might not actually be accurate ?
“Virgo: Page of Wands – Dark young man, faithful, a lover, an envoy, a postman. He will bear favorable testimony concerning a Libra”
I’m open to this,
Finally, you got one right!
Apparently we still need to talk about these things:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/levin-talks-rise-of-american-marxism-appeals-to-people-who-dont-take-responsibility-for-their-own-lives
“Despite all the examples of how horrendous and inhumane Marxism and its offshoots have been – 100 million dead and God knows how many billions enslaved – you know, ‘It just wasn’t done the right way,'” Levin said.
Sagittarius: The Star reversed – Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
I should dust off the top hat. If I’m gonna be impotent, I might as well look impotant.
Good luck with the vasectomy.
Well if it makes you feel any better, I think you’re potent.
https://twitter.com/MemesSoCold/status/1416555822558162946
My dad snapped the belt, but never used it, just got normal spankings.
My dad made everyone in the house bleed at least once and eventually went to prison for stabbing my mom. Nobody really liked him, not even his mother.
My dad only struck me twice. He swatted me and I flew into a wooden shoe cabinet in the hall. I still have the scar on my face. Thereafter, he left the beatings to my angry German mother. It was standard in my house that if little brother was getting a beating, big brother was going first. Good thing for me. My mom would wail on us until her arm got tired. I’ve gone swimming with stripes from thigh to lower back. No adult ever said a word.
This made me mostly non violent. I’ve had to fight, mostly when I was young, but I avoid it much more than most.
That’s for the best. I’ve avoided violence and only got cornered a couple of times. Usually because the bullies were backed up by much larger brothers.
Must be a German thing. Gramma Tres (Tres Sr’s mom) was German, and quick to dispense an ass-whooping. Once when I was about 5 or 6 and sitting next to her in church, she stood me up and marched me out of the pew, down the aisle (in full view of the congregation) and into the narthex where she proceeded to blister my ass.
My crime? “Fidgeting”
That’s funny and sounds about right. My Oma spoiled me rotten though. I spent most of the Summer before kindergarten with her in Berlin while my parents stayed in Frankfurt. My German cousin was with us briefly, and my brother was not invited. Cousin got several whuppins, and returned to my Uncle. Oma spoke very little English, but I remember her saying, “He is a base boy! He is only bad.” I guess she meant he was a low life. I’m pretty sure he got that from my awful Aunt.
When I was a teenager, my mom told me Oma once knocked a lit cigarette into her mouth when she got caught smoking.
Similar to my house hold except we all got the belt once, after that it was fear that kept us in line.
I never raised a hand to my son and he turned out to be better than any kid you could dream up. I reserve violence for the evil, not the misbehaved.
Yeah, I’m at least a little messed up by all the violence I experienced as a kid. At least I was able to take it as an example of how not to be.
I got maybe two spankings in my life.
Once my mom went in for a swat, I stuck my hand in the way, bent knuckle up. She ended up with a bruise on her wrist and I never got another spanking.
/FREEEDDDDOMMM!
And that’s how LH became lord of the wasteland.
Got the belt from good old Uncle Bill at 6 yrs old. Started cursing at dinner: “Oh sh…ugar”. Belt comes out. Me: “B-b-but I said sugar!” Uncle Bill: “I know what you meant”.
Slope, gave a shout out to Cape May right from this here beach. Lovely day.
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I am getting ready to light the grill and partake in some pool time. Enjoy the beach!
Back at ya! My job for today is scanning the beach for wardrobe malfunctions.
Observation:
I am in South Jersey, about 140 miles from the North Jersey homestead. Might as well be on another planet. Since we got here, at most 5 people wearing masks, none outdoors. Back home? Still in panic mode, lots of masking up even when not required.
I’m convinced this disparity is primarily due to the difference in economic impacts. Seems that the downturn was much more severe here – different kind of economy, entire malls are boarded up, devoid of open retail businesses. People living through this have far fewer fucks to give than my neighbors ( and me, TBH) who by and large were able to WFH and emerge relatively unscathed.
This is part of the reason why I’ve said lockdowns should have included locking down the media and shutting off the transmitters and printing presses. The lockdowns weren’t affecting them as much, and once there was a precedent that locking them down violated the Constitution, it would be easier to turn public opinion against the other lockdowns.
Well ya…but then how would they let the little people know how they really feel about them?
That’s not my problem.
Never got the belt, but got the hand a few well deserved times. It was the waiting on the couch for the old man to get home that was the real punishment though.
I don’t need any more carbs than what I’ve already got.
No carbs in hard liquor, just sayin.
Uhmm…. what?
Just what I said.
TIL:
Is alcohol considered a carb?
Light beer and wine are low in carbs while pure forms of liquor like rum, whiskey, gin and vodka are carb-free.
I’ve seen it classified nutritionally as a “pseudo-carb.” 7 calories per gram of pure alcohol as opposed to 4/gm of all other carbs. The human body seems to preferentially process alcohol’s calories before other calories, too.
No, the carbs are fermented into alcohol. The more fermentation or distillation, the more alcohol and fewer carbs.
Another advantage of vinegar based BBQ sauce over brown sugar and molasses ones.
Indeed! DEG and Ozy seemed to like it.
Neph gets it.
When I was hard-core low-carbing, then had one of my 7 annual cheat days, I’d get shitfaced on sugar and bread, and OMG the hangover!
Aquarius: 8 of Swords – Bad news, violent chagrin, crisis, censure, power in trammels, conflict, calumny, sickness.
Not sure what a few of those words mean but it doesnt sound like a good week for Ole Jerms. Hope my family trip up to the river in Watertown NY goes ok.
Someone mentioned Schwarzbier yesterday, here’s one from KeWeena brewing Houghton MI.
Widowmaker Black Ale,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XTFZ8HdGvYzUwJ517
Not hoppy at all, this drinks smooth, but not thick like a Porter would
Yeah, I’m on day three of a 10 day quarantine. No skilled trade stuff for me for a while.
Presently just started the replay of the British Grand Prix. Very nice to see 110 thousand massless people in the stands at Silverstone.
I have a friend who is a nurse who is a marshall at UK races of various kinds, including today at Silverstone. She’s a Branch COVIDian. I’ll have to check her Facederp to see how scandalized she was today.
Heheh. From all the crowd shots it looks like 95% in the stands are naked face. One day I’m gonna get to Silverstone and see one in person. My wife’s mother lives pretty close.
Damn, brutal crash for my guy on the first lap. Fine racing start.
I’m watching the last day of the Tour dee France on DVR (NO SPOILERS). Champs Elysee is gonna be LIT
Spoiler: I did not participate.
“110 thousand massless people”….were they all photons?
Lapsed Catholics?
Friendly ghosts.
They don’t even have to be lapsed. I mean it’s not Christmas or Easter… is it?
/goes to check calendar
Heheh. Didn’t even see that till now. There are certainly plenty of people of mass in attendance.
“…. the waxing gibbous in Scorpio.”
Ewwww.
Your dog is adorable.
Leo: 6 of Cups – A card of the past and of memories
Accurate. I am going to a memorial this week for one of my earliest childhood friends, who was killed in an accident last week.
Sorry, Tundra
Sorry to hear that. Condolences.
Damn that sucks. Sorry Tundra.
Very sorry to hear that.
Sorry to hear that, Tundra.
Condolences.
My condolences.
Thanks, peeps. You would have liked him.
My condolences.
Sorry to hear, Tundra.
Sorry for you loss. I learned it here (I think from OMWC):
“A joy shared is doubled; a sorrow shared is halved.”
Truth.
I’ve said it before, but this here’s the best place on the interwebs. I’ve dabbled in other forums, but nothing really comes close to Gibs for me.
Same here.
I am sorry about your friend.
Sorry to hear that, Tundra, but the memorial is at least close to the time of death. In any case, enjoy the memories with your other friends in attendance. Let up know if the hot dish measured up to expectations
Callahan’s Law:
Sorry Tundra.
Whoa, that sucks. Sorry man.
Sorry to hear that, Tundra.
Oh I am so sorry.
She is so cute.
Showed the last photo to Mrs. T.
“Awww!”
::Pregnant Pause:: then,
“Nope.”
*sigh*
Oh well, at least she didn’t toss all the pet stuff.
She gets away with so much bad behavior because of that.
Woot!
Finally did well at a moderately sized match with some decent shooters. Beat everyone who wasn’t B class.
Of course, I tanked the classifier, so D class 4lyfe!
Now off to take Lily to wrestle some more.
I was never Jerry Mikulec but I never embarrassed myself. Keep up the practice. The best shooters are the ones with a certain kind of nearsightedness. Unless you have that you will never beat those guys. Compete against yourself…always try to beat the score you had last time and pay no attention to the other shooters.
I wound up scoring high on stages with lots of movement. Which is weird because I am not a fast runner
It depends on how you time your shots with putting your foot down. It sounds like you have the right timing. I always did best on still shooting bullseyes. I was only fair to middling on the moving shots. Then there was always that one guy that I never could beat. Thiels, that was his name. I complained once to some friends that worked with him that no matter how much I practiced he always beat me. Their response: “Forget it. You are never going to beat him.” I sure had a lot of fun trying though.
Shooting on the move is just fun. Few stages reward it, but there were a couple today.
Congrats.
That’s great! Congrats, NA.
Oh, and to set the record straight, the white dog in the second pic is her most common playmate who was mainly trying to get Lily to wrestle with him instead of Ghost.
I’ve just seen the new “Sportster” S. It is just not a sportster. Harley keeps asking why it’s losing market share so fast. It’s because they don’t make Harleys anymore.
This has no relation to…
My 1st bike was a 73′ H/D (AMF) Sprint 350. What an utter POS.
God, I wish I still had that bike.
My first bike was a CZ 175 that seized twice before I threw it away. Then I got my 1966 XLCH and rode it very hard for about 5 years. I still have it.
Right now, I own the ’66 CH, a ’63 CH, a 1967 XLH and an ’06 Roadster 1200. I’ve had about 4 others that have moved on. I like the little things.
I kind of like it though.
It’s OK to like it, just know you’re not liking a Sportster.
HD needs to figure out what they want to do and do it.
They need to either kill all but a handful of bike models that still sell or try to make bikes that younger riders want. Either way they need to downsize their production. Right now their trying to build everything and there is a glut in the dealerships.
They are trying to get new customers with these water cooled models and they will if they make them fun to ride and incorporate modern features.
I was considering buying one. I agree they should have named it something else.
It would have been pretty cool to make a DOHC top end on a real Sportster. Still have 4 cams and decent bump in power. I will bet ( and win) that a hot-rodded actual sportster will out perform this new…whatever it is. Hell, my 1991 FXRT will beat it in many ways.
This 2017 sportster Which has a direct relation to…
This 1957 sportster.
Errands all run, I am in my slippers and I am about to put y’all’s claims about carbs/alcohol to the test. Good afternoon all.
whaddup doh
Mandatory.
Nice. Thank you.
Sipping a Smirnoff, Emergen-C, and Perrier. Cheers!
That sounds almost healthy!
Salut!
I went with a local Kolsch and a beer that I thought was a fruit beer based on the name, but turned out to be a fruited NE IPA.
Now drinking water as the sun was out, and I need to rehydrate.
My pool beer was this. I am a fan of it.
I had a nice Kolsch last night at the brew house too. Also had a Monday Night Taco Tuesday lager. It was just okay, not enough flavor to be called a Pilsner.
The UnPackening Continues.
Thanks to DEG, Mojeaux, and Mr Mojo for enjoyable BBQ and conversation with like-minded ne’er-do-wells yesterday eve. Nice to get out from among the boxes.
The Libra card may turn out to be prophetic. I start new gig this week and meet with the folks I’ll hopefully be managing over the next few years (if all goes well).
limey – did you get my reply to your question in the comments from a few days ago? You asked about Con Law cases regarding compulsory vaccination. I answered it, but might have been after the thread was dead.
Have a good day, Glibs! I’m enjoying my new status as a Kansan. I just made the place that much freer by moving here.?
Lucky!
The movers picked up our stuff on Wednesday and I won’t see it again until 8/3. Since we are homeless for a couple weeks, we are staying at my awesome SIL’s place.
It’s weird to not have a million house-related things to do on the weekend. Yesterday, I went to the range for a few hours with my brother and shot a bunch. It was nice.
Lunch was some left overs.
Dinner, however, is gonna be some juicy porterhouses.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/SI0stt5TRUukRfOH_L1Dcw.ScMGUTjquWh2-NHxxFg2tt
I also prepped some meals for the week.
Got a couple of filets thawing on the counter. That’s dinner. Got a chicken thawing too. That’ll get brined in beer. That’s dinner tomorrow.
My wife’s folks are coming into town Tuesday. So it’ll be meals out for the rest of the week. Indian casinos here we come!
Gonna bacon wrap those filets?
Bacon wrapped yes. And cooked in leftover pork fat from the fast bastard pork chops I fried up last night.
Endless slots!!!!! Hope you can stand it.
Fuck the slots. Endless buffet, baby!
See if you can eat enough to get kicked out, EDG!
Relevant.
Probably just hit the lounge/bar. Wife and I don’t do slots/tables. If there is a sportsbook, we can easily lay some action on horsies, track n field, soccer, whatever.
Her parents will play slots all day. They do Indian casinos in SoCal, so we figured they’d like to do that in Seattle.
The dining options looks pretty good at the places we’re going to.
I think I have seen that one before. You need a new pistol. You are getting close to enough to enough guns when you can mix a new one up in the pile and when your wife asks “Did you buy a new gun? How many guns do y ou need?” and you answer “Me? A new gun? No. What, you mean that old thang? I have had that forever.” and she sorta believes you.
Yah, I might have used that one before. I got lazy and pulled it from the front of the safe.
GF doesn’t mind me buying guns, cuz she does too. She’s finally got all her parts for her next AR.
My wife asked me how many guns I needed. I told her that she better pray that ‘need’ never become part of the equation, because at that point the answer is inevitably ‘more than I have now’.
She actually understood!
I love, love, love my new SD40VE. IMHO, better than a Glock for half the price.
Next weekend! KF&G practical shooting match! Plus Lily afterwards!
Oh yeah, there is horse racing too.
Cavendish 🙁
My pool float died. The chinks can’t build pool floats like they used to. Actually, they do. I have only had one that made it two seasons. Vitamin D was had and pork chops on the grill so all is good.
It was an inflatable unicorn, wasn’t it?
NO!
¡Me duele el pene porque la vagina tiene dientes!
https://archive.li/rgqlX
Fun thought:
Trump wins in 2024, appoints Jen Psaki as his press secretary.
Well, she can sling shit with the best of them and has no conscience, so yeah, that would be fun to watch.
Or just grabs her by the _____ on the way out.
Smugness?
1st liar doesn’t have a chance. My money’s on Psaki
El oh el.
https://archive.li/A13nZ/70fb12d5bd4f8b249951ea2ddba42bf7dc319e74.webp
Turns out, no. Ikea is just like that. Full acquittal.
Ouch. This hits a little close to home.