No puppy pics. Even doped up on Trazadone, she’s requiring 100% active intervention to prevent her from destroying literally everything. Fortunately, she can go back to the park on Thursday.
This week: A good day on Wednesday. Thursday is an optimal time to break something since the earth will flanked by the moon and Mercury. It’s also a day when luck will play a particularly large role. Thursday and Friday will be a time of aggression.
Virgo finishes out its time with a whimper, not a bang. Libra has their hands full. And next week… well, we’ll talk about that next week. No use in borrowing trouble. If you’re a woman having a semi- or illicit affair, this will be a good week for you. Actually, it will be a good week for feminine sexuality in general, but especially for those that are combine making whoopie with sneaking around. The moon in Pisces indicates rapid change and brief windows of opportunity.
Virgo: Ace of Coins reversed – The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence.
Libra: 8 of Wands – Activity in undertakings, swiftness, great haste, great hope, speed towards an end.
Scorpio: 4 of Cups reversed – Novelty, presage, new instruction, new relations.
Sagittarius: 3 of Swords – This card is a heart pierced by three swords. In the rain.
Capricorn: Knight of Cups – Arrival, approach, advances, proposition, demeanor, invitation, incitement.
Aquarius: Page of Swords – Authority, overseeing, secret service, vigilance, spying, examination.
Pisces: The Star – Loss, theft, privation, abandonment, hope and bright prospects.
Aries: The Emperor reversed – Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
Taurus: 6 of Swords reversed – Declaration, confession, publicity.
Gemini: King of Coins reversed – Vice, weakness, ugliness, perversity, corruption, peril.
Cancer: 4 of Swords reversed – Wise administration, circumspection, economy, avarice, precaution, testament.
Leo: 10 of Coins reversed – Chance, fatality, loss, robbery, games of hazard, gift, dowry, pension.
Editor’s Note: Glibs staff inadvertently changed the publication time of IFLA in August and the scheduling error continued through last week. Glibs regrets the error, and the person responsible has received counseling from STEVE SMITH.
I dead-threaded this, so OT like a boss:
I am sure that I am not the first person here to notice it, but as I haven’t seen anyone vocalize it, here goes.
Masks are the new necktie.
Look, everyone outside of the WOLK/Elect/Anointed knows that they do nothing, but many, many are forced at some level to wear them for jobs, family, etc. And so these unfortunate many will look to rationalize their use; “if it helps just a little” “it’s like the sneeze guard at the buffet” “it really isn’t so much to ask” and so on. Life is easier when you rationalize. And as the aspiring class goes all-in on wearing them, the plebs don’t. And as we have seen in the last few weeks, our “betters” don’t bother with them; the MET gala, Dame Pelosi’s party, Obama’s b-day bash, etc. Why should they care, and after all, the plebes working those gigs are masked and we all know this is now a lower class disease… No, masks are a part of fashion at this point, a way to show your team and that old college spirit.
The people who really want to be taken seriously by the powers that be (along with the hypochondriacs, who have been bred into the system for years now) will always dress appropriately, wear the smart garb that we are all supposed to like (remember knickerbockers back in the seventies, or Day-Glo after Madonna burst onto the scene? I am sure you can think of other stupid fashions that have been pushed by the rich) and generally go-along-to-get-along. But you will notice that city works people don’t bother, farmers don’t bother, in fact, all the people who never wore neckties over the last 70 years don’t bother. Because they already know that it has nothing to do with them. Unless they want to go out to eat, and then they need to dress appropriately.
Same shit, different day.
Reverse necktie? This time the requirement is on the lower class instead of the upper class.
Kinda, but mostly on the middle class. As I said, construction workers and tradesmen don’t wear them until a middle-class person asks/demands. But the rich and famous always did what they wanted, public be damned.
See just before. Was slightly disagreeing with you.
It’s all an effort to frame it as a party line issue and then a class issue, sprinkled with poor education to form a neatly molded wedge issue of all ages.
Well, the party line has become a class line. And, at least in my opinion, this is why so much of what ails us is so hard to unravel. If you look at it like “all the good people have jobs that make you wear a tie, er mask because we are so special, er, educated” it makes more sense, at least to me. No
Speaking as a lass, I really dig ties.
Trump’s appearances are always distinguishable by the color of his ties. He seems not to favor prints. Obviously he has had for decades People to Help with that.
I think bowties are a bit underrated.
Tucker Carlson sadly gave up that schtick.
Heh. I thought it was cute, but it does mark one as an eccentric. Must have been a jaunty thing back in the straw hat era. I think they still make sense for doctors and scientists.
I dunno, I have perhaps an excessive interest in costume history.
I hear they’re difficult to tie.
The mask is now a class marker more than a fashion accessory. The Laptop Class has not had their lives disrupted, in fact they have thrived, while the working class has suffered. The Laptop Class sequestered in their home office can wear the mask at the grocery store or Target or wherever for an hour or so, no big deal. The girl stocking the shelves or guy mopping the floors has to wear it all shift due to work policy or state law. Their friend who is a lineman or carpenter hasn’t work a mask at work unless the Laptop Class worker is there to check on them. The working class has seen the bullshit and is now realizing it’s all damn charade and the policy is a tool to reinforce that YOU are below the Laptop Class on the social hierarchy. The sheer disdain for non mask wearers from those who either don’t need to or haven’t suffered from the rona is disgusting. Fuck them.
I don’t disagree with any of that, and I think that is kinda my point. Back in WWII, my grandfather was a machinist. And I have pictures of him standing next to his lathe and wearing a tie. Now, it was tucked into his shop coat, but he was still required to wear one “for appearances” although everyone who has ever worked on a shop floor knows this is BS and potentially dangerous.
Back when the Old Man was working for John Deere, as a supervisor he was required to wear a tie; however, the company was aware of the possible risks of having a noose around your neck with the end dangling free around machinery, so the company required him to wear a clip-on.
Zero. Sense.
I agree, but I don’t think it’s fashion in the truest sense, but a marker of a belief system.
^^ this. It’s the portable version of “in this house, we believe…”
Well put.
OK, I can go with that. With the caveat that they are fashion in much the same way that a WWJD bracelet or Code Pink shirt becomes both.
And one thing I forgot to mention, ties were originally to keep your shirt closed and neck warm in a mini-ice age. Masks at this point, are changing from what is supposed to be a protective device, albeit useless, to a class marker and enforcement mechanism.
In my office I see people walking in from the parking lot with masks on. Get to thier offices or cubicles, then take them off and talk to people all day without. Put the mask back on before venturing back outside. Makes no sense to me.
Maybe its like a fedora or classy overcoat.
Outside is full of riff-raff – you can’t be too careful out there.
You never know who you will run into in a suburban New Jersey office park.
STEVE SMITH COUSIN HANG OUT IN NJ OFFICE PARK TO RELAX. AND BY RELAX MEAN…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil
Hell, I was witness to someone else’s zoom call, and there was a person wearing a mask ONLINE!! AT HOME!!!
Wait, you mean the ‘rona isn’t one of these internet viruses I’ve been hearing about?
That’s why I installed Linux.
So many morons.
I saw a lot of people wearing masks on the actual beach this summer.
This is the official policy of my workplace. You must wear a mask indoors if you are “unable to socially distance”. In other words, for meetings, trips to the bathroom, and entering/exiting the building. At your desk, you can take the mask off. I don’t think any of these people understand how the HVAC system works, even at a basic level.
Thank god they don’t. Because they aren’t going to spend money to increase airflow and condition outside air even more so it would be masks all the time.
One of the things that particularly enraged me was how politicians insisted the simple paper mask would protect you, but malls had to remain closed until they could get some sort of special filters for the HVAC system.
I’m guessing malls are disproportionately visited by the Icky Class.
Our local mall is decidedly lacking in white people. Maybe not that bad; but, compared to the 80s, the background of the people there is decidedly a lot more non-European than it used to be.
We knew that when the same people would talk about how the temp is set to make women’s nipples hard.
+1 Headlights on
Uh, that’s a +2
I’m-a need some of that today. Woke up to my alimentary canal empty itself with extreme prejudice, from both ends.
Call the whaaaaaaambulance. And bring Gatorade.
Damn, that sucks. Flu? Food poisoning? Hope you feel better soon.
Possibly something I ate (though not poisoning – maybe just sensitivity), plus booze last night.
Sad thing is, I have a nice steak dinner planned for tonight, and it’s not appetizing at the moment.
I think we’ve got that one down.
Yeah I don’t need any extra of that. I have plenty.
Sure – but this week you (we) can blame it on the stars.
No puppy pics – I haz a sad.
Reading Gemini’s forecast also gives me a sad.
Right? I want my money back.
At least you’ll be entertained or entertaining for a time. *whimpers*
Gemini: King of Coins reversed – Vice, weakness, ugliness, perversity, corruption, peril.
Sad indeed. OTOH, pretty much the new normal for this Twin.
You mean there are two people with that head of hair?
Inconceivable!
And has been replaced by llamas?
Sagittarius: 3 of Swords – This card is a heart pierced by three swords. In the rain.
Whose heart? I gots ta know.
Right? Can’t leave that so open for a Sag…might give us an idea to go adventuring and seek out windmills
Another normal week for Pisces I see.
If you say so. I think there’s something fishy about it.
?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak_MTXQALa0
That’s a magnificent tune. Have one in return?.
Working for scale?
Perhaps a different school of thought.
New volcano to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmyHHm0Pz_4
People predicted that one when the swarm of earthquakes hit last week. Impressive
I’ve been keeping an eye on it because my dad & his wife are supposed to go to Tenerife in Nov. Doesn’t look as bad as predicted, at least initially. I saw lots of talk of a slab of this land coming off completely.
THAT JUST STEVE SMITH GETTING HIS GROOVE ON
Another geological pimple pops?
Taurus: I declare I’m a lowlife, I confess to enjoying it and I want everyone to know.
Well, I’m interviewing for a new project on Tuesday, so what can it hurt?
You in the 20s yet? 28.9 degrees here right now. I have my heat off and it’s cold as hell inside.
27 here right now. Hard frost on the grass. Lovely morning though.
I’ve got some chores to do but am going to wait until it warms up.
Same. Gotta mow but the grass is frozen. Hopefully there’s only two or three more mowings needed. The front yard hasn’t grown much in 10 days now that it’s not getting any sun but the backyard gets the afternoon southern exposure. And I need to swap out a battery in a work truck so I can sell the damn thing and get it out of my driveway.
Alaska has perhaps the second best state flag.
Very fitting as it was created by orphan labor.
It was in the low 60s here, and glorious as I took the dog out for a walk.
Rekt.
OFFS.
Is he talking about covid tyranny?
Well, you can be sure one of the parts of the globe spared any hardship Harvard faculty lounge.
The dialectic at work. The constant thesis-antithesis-synthesis process does not allow for the toppling of the tower. Once you get thru a couple of rounds of the process, the faulty assumptions that are baked into the basis of the argument can’t be addressed, they become sacrosanct.
the purpose of the communication is to tell us that Harvard is on the front lines in the battle to save the world.
Take a knee, Harvard.
My days of not donating to Harvard are definitely coming to a middle.
I wonder if my horoscope said stay the fuck home because I’m flying to Fairbanks today and inadvertently had an unloaded pistol in my computer bag even after checking the bag before putting the computer on it. So now I get to worry about lawyer, state, fed and TSA costs.
Three years ago, I surprised myself by buying a car online without ever seeing one or touching it in person. Worked out great.
That experience emboldened me to buy some shares in that little car company run by the quirky South African immigrant.
In an hour and a half, I’m taking a virtual tour of a home in Nevada and will very likely be making a cash offer using those same shares without ever having seen the place.
It’s a brave new world.
(Thanks Elon)
Checks out.
This morning EF took off to Ireland; leaving me in charge of the house, dogs, LH Jr., and whatnot.
I had no idea I would feel this depressed about it – only 4.5 hours after I dropped her off at the airport. Having someone always there year after year makes a big difference for my normally dour Dutch farmer mood.
At least I have a bunch of wine, steaks, mozzarella sticks, and some other goodies to keep us bachelors going.
With any luck, an old HS friend will stop by today for some vacuum tube stereo listening and some weedage smoking.
Glad to see that LH Jr outranks “whatnot” in the hierarchy ??
Enjoy some “‘me” time. Make some funny videos with your zoo.
+1 Trash Angel
Once a year the wife and I take a vacation from each other. It’s usually me going on drive-about, last year I did the northwestern US, but we do this to make sure that we can miss each other, or at least that is how it has turned out. Next year I have some big plans (to be announced on a Glibpost!) that could take it up to a month, and the wife is encouraging this. Works for us.
Now you can crank up the music guilt free.
I usually enjoy a day or two being able to get things done and not worry about bothering anyone, but after that I feel the same.
Odd mid century find:
A perforated picture that is backlit by a halogen bulb in the back. It’s all hardwired, including the ballast, transformer, and starter cap.
The effect when on – cheesily enough – does look more 3D. At least it’s not a dripping oil on the fishline sculpture. I found those fascinating in the late 70s/early 80s.
Reminds me of a lamp that my great-aunt gave to my brother and me.
Cylinder about 14 inches high and 6 inches diameter covered by a translucent sheet of plastic with a scene of a stream and a wildfire. Inside of that was another cylinder that rotated on the harp of the lamp. The inner cylinder had a translucent plastic with a zebra stripe pattern. The heat of the light bulb caused the inner cylinder to rotate and the light thru the two plastic panels made the flames and the water seem to be moving. Very cool. I’ll have to ask my brother what happened to it.
I found it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/255137995184?hash=item3b6768d9b0:g:yK0AAOSwUepfxCeZ
I gave my son a dinosaur version when he was little, he loved it.
That’s what EF thought it was: “does it move?” she asked.
Sadly not. Static fall colors in the mountains; winding road sort of photo.
“That’s what EF thought it was: “does it move?” she asked.”
I’m going to guess that yes, it did move, since she’s still with you.
+1 Lite-Brite
For all of the drugs that just shimmied down my trouser leg this is worth reposting, probably: https://mobile.twitter.com/pennjillette/status/1438024011103965186
Libertarians are the worst.
That’s why we are Glibertarians!
(sniffs, polishes monocle on sleeve)
So much for his Libertarian cred.
He quite clearly renounced libertarianism a few years ago (like, literally said he was no longer a libertarian, directly). So, he has no cred to lose.
His libertarianism was bullsh!t.
I am wondering about his partner, Teller. I believe, but could be wrong, that he was the more libertarian of the two and tended to be much more serious about it.
can’t remember, can’t find him online
recent left-sympathetic academic/author on the power of words . . . . maybe “Andy” ends in “wicz”?
the entire memory side of my brain is so gone; I”m half the mind I once was
Footage Reveals New Details in Tourist Melee at N.Y.C. Restaurant
Naturally the story is now “evolving”. And in NYC it’s rather difficult to say that even Manhattan is racially homogenous.
I’m not going to read that but it sounds like I should continue to hate everyone in that story.
That’s where I’m starting. We will see if I need to change my mind.
OFFS. Dropped off the son at church to practice and headed to the office. I’ve been here all of fifteen minutes and just got started on work when he texts me to say he’s done.
This is why I’m perpetually behind.
Well this and shitposting on glibs.
Wow, the NY Jets Comedy Hour is a thing to behold. LMFAO.
Cat came home, but he had a thousand-yard stare and he wants nothing to do with going outside (as in, he’s not yowling to be let out). We’ll see how long that lasts, but I’ve put my foot down. Chunky Monkey the Missouri House Panther no longer gets to go outside. My Dude (he objects to “Mr. Mojeaux”) is convinced he spent the night in someone else’s house and either he escaped or they let him out.
White House Debating Vaccines For Air Travel After Fauci Said He’d Support A Mandate