Saturday evening links, because why not?

by | Nov 6, 2021 | Daily Links | 214 comments

Be this guy.

Here we are, the beginning of November, with beginning of November weather. The nutjob from Illinois that shot the Boise mall had apparently been trying to goad people into starting something for some time. I guess he finally decided a tranny security cop asking him to calm down was enough.

Okay, a few links?

 

What could possibly go wrong at a festival seating concert, amirite?

 

Uhhh, somewhat ironic coming from TOS.

 

That’s a really bad day.

 

Return to monke.

 

Womp. Womp.

 

Song.

About The Author

Spudalicious

Spudalicious

Survey says I’m a Paleolibertarian bitches. That means I eat “L”ibertarians for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Soave tastes a little fruity. Wait a minute, that doesn’t sound quite right…

214 Comments

  1. DEG

    “That caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries. People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic,” he said, adding that a cause of death was not yet known for the eight victims but would be determined.

    Seventeen people were transported to hospitals after the crush, and 11 who were taken by ambulance were in cardiac arrest, officials said. They added that more than 300 people were treated throughout the event Friday at an on-site field hospital.

    This is fucked.

  2. DEG

    A federal court issued Texas a temporary victory in its lawsuit against the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate issuing a stay on the controversial federal government regulation in Texas.

    Good.

  3. DEG

    Roy Orbison has some good songs.

      • hayeksplosives

        Blue Bayou
        Crying
        Pretty Woman
        Only the Lonely
        You Got It
        I Drove All Night
        Too Soon to Know

      • DEG

        Good list.

        Thanks for pinch-hitting. I’m not interested in whatever game Hyperbole wants to play.

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        He’s parodying nerds to who challenge people they meet in whatever fandom they’re a member of.

        “You’re into Star Wars? Name seven characters”

      • UnCivilServant

        With George’s naming proclivities? We’d violate the community guidelines for onscenity.

      • The Hyperbole

        Akshually, I started asking that as an attempt to challenge you people to stop collectiving “others”. I would ask that when someone would take the idiotic ramblings of one or two lunatics and then attribute those beliefs to an entire group. Now I just do it when I think it’s funny.

      • UnCivilServant

        Would you like to invest in a sense of humor?

      • db

        “you people”

      • The Hyperbole

        What kind of gloves does it come with?

      • C. Anacreon

        Blue Bayou

        I remember when country boy flamethrower Kerry Wood had just struck out a record 20 batters in one of his first-ever games pitching as a rookie for the Cubs. One of the local press unsuccessfully tried to get a “clever” nickname started for him, “Blue Bayou” (as in his fastball “blew by you”). Oh well, nice try I guess.

      • Aloysious

        Freebird?

  4. UnCivilServant

    Evening Spud.

    Third day of fixing the same box. We’re at 90%. I’ve clocked enough hours to round out the pay period and then some.

    Just need the last few problems to get fixed

  5. limey

    If you really wanted a tail, how upset would you be to find out that you’d been born with a legitimate one only for doctors to have removed it?

    Nightcrawler every Halloween?

    • rhywun

      Yesterday I saw a guy carefully inching his way across an exposed girder, two stories above the basement which was now full of piles of wood, bricks, and other demolished materials, in the building they’re tearing down next door. I thought, “why in the hell is doing that?”

      I guess he could have used a tail.

  6. Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

    When they tasered that guy, massive amounts of drugs shot right outta his ass

    • Spudalicious

      You get what you get.

      • Ted S.

        Some people should get hat-tips.

  7. LCDR_Fish

    Don’t forget to check your clocks tonight (unless you’re in AZ). I can at least use the extra hour tonight.

    • Gender Traitor

      I quoted this a while back, but I’ll take this opportunity to repeat: “An extra hour of 2021 is like a bonus track on a Yoko Ono album,”

      • dbleagle

        Hawaii is exempt from the DST madness. On the other hand, the Guv is considering reducing indoor mask mandates “some time after the new year.”

      • DEG

        On the other hand, the Guv is considering reducing indoor mask mandates “some time after the new year.”

        Barf.

      • UnCivilServant

        Throwing politicians into lava drives away the ‘Vid

      • Chafed

        That’s a strong point.

      • UnCivilServant

        Sacrifice him to the volcano.

      • Animal

        The more I read about the rest of the country, the more I love Alaska.

      • one true athena

        Hey I heard we’re set here until 2023 because masks are so awesome.

  8. TARDis

    I’ve always wondered, is there an actual photo of Roy without glasses. Does he have lizard, or cats eyes?

    • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

      Tons of pics…he looks way different

    • db

      I ran into Joe Paterno on campus at PSU once in the 1990s and wondered what lay behind those impenetrable dark glasses.

      • hayeksplosives

        Dark circles from guilt at covering for Sandusky for so long.

      • db

        Quite possible. I honestly couldn’t make out anything behind the glasses. It was actually creepy.

  9. Gustave Lytton

    The same talking heads shocked and appalled at the physics of crowds and crush deaths, were poopooing 1/6ers who talked about being pushed along onto Capitol grounds or into the building.

  10. Nephilium

    It’s still a weekend, and I’m home, so here’s the link to the Zoom/Happy Hour/Beer discussion which I’ll kick off at 20:00 Eastern.

  11. Ted S.

    Return to monke.

    Hey hey were the monkes,
    I think we better monke around….

  12. Penguin

    Soave tastes a little fruity.

    He’s got a co-host gig on theHill.tv these days. He’ll be using fix-a-flat on a better class of car soon.

    • Spudalicious

      Run flats.

    • db

      how the mighty have fallen

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        I think he was always pretending.

        Once he found his new Beltway friends, he just switched skinsuits.

        In other words, he’s an unprincipled fuckstick.

      • db

        Sadly, you’re probably correct.

    • Nephilium

      Once he shifted to the Washington Post, he went downhill.

      /misses the Agitator.

      • Chafed

        #MeToo. I still have the mug.

    • rhywun

      “vomits up his anti-vaccine garbage”

      Charming. I wonder if managed to listen to what Rodgers actually said.

    • hayeksplosives

      Dang it, don’t make me like Aaron Rodgers!!

  13. hayeksplosives

    Oklahoma State had a good day. Watching LSU now (though I know Alabama has to win); nice that the tigers have the first score.

    I’m stimulating the economy by opting for the delivered groceries instead of going to the store myself. Inexplicably, the grass fed free range ground beef was cheaper than regular, so that’s what I’m getting.

    The chuck roast price is just stupid high. Might have to find one of those co-op deals where I buy a “share” of a steer to be butchered at some later date.

    • Nephilium

      One thing I noticed recently on food prices was one of the local grocery store chains is changing their perks package from a percentage based (max of 20% off) to a dollar based one (what used to be 1% is now $1).

      • hayeksplosives

        Daily Mail is calling it “Skimpflatuon.”

        https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10172477/Skimpflation-Longer-waits-fewer-options-bare-bones-customer-support.html

        ‘Skimpflation’ is here: Longer waits, fewer options and bare-bones customer support hide the true price of inflation as businesses slash services in response to rising costs and labor shortage

        I don’t want to lower my expectations. Hey Biden, I’ve upped my expectations; now Up Yours!

      • db

        “Skimpflatuon” sounds like some sort of elementary particle of cheapness.

      • hayeksplosives

        You might be on to something. Maybe we could appropriately half-ass a Scientistic article about it and win a Nubble Prize.

      • rhywun

        Or a really bad day at the “office”.

    • Ted S.

      I was in the grocery store on Friday, and the Genoa salami at the deli counter had gone up from $6.99/lb to $7.49. Didn’t notice any other price hikes on things I normally buy.

  14. commodious spittoon

    I need a better hobby. Parading around Smiths without a mask is getting boring. Nobody even looks at me.

    Possibly because I’m scowling and deliberately making eye contact.

    • C. Anacreon

      Morrissey and the boys aren’t upset you aren’t wearing a mask? Perhaps you need a different 80s band for your hobby.

  15. westernsloper

    The tazer to flames article was playing a muted story about Colin Powell. I instinctively thought a tazer wasn’t needed.

    • Nephilium

      But Powell was fully vaxxed, that should make him live forever right?

    • Penguin

      At least you’ll be able to answer “How soon is now?”

      • Penguin

        The fuck? S/H/B a reply to commodious

      • Trigger Hippie

        He’s human and needs to be loved. Just like everybody else does.

      • C. Anacreon

        Yet another reminder to scroll down before posting.

    • slumbrew

      ? Detachable detachable detachable ?

      That’s an ear worm.

    • DEG

      I ran the “busty asian lass with pigtails and a ‘cowgirl’ t-shirt” through Google image search. First hit. After some digging, I found her subreddit.

      Good gallery.

  16. Trigger Hippie

    Is see TOS comment section is still inhabited by the same hateful, simple, petty, childish, bad faith argurers from yesteryear.

    Nothing like a good old fashion Tony vs Sevo shit storm.

    /retch

    • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

      Tony vs Sevo shit storm

      oh for fuck’s sake

      • rhywun

        Fun times.

      • Trigger Hippie

        *the spirit of Bo whistles past the graveyard”

      • C. Anacreon

        I always thought Sevo was written by Michael Savage.

        They both are from the Bay Area, at least.

        And Tony? Not sure which TOS staffer has been assigned to write him now.

        I seem to remember Sevo always responding to Tony by saying “go fuck your brother”, is it still the same shtick?

  17. Sean

    Man, the new Chipotle in town is super popular. Line wrapped around the entire perimeter of the restaurant. Literally. At one point, the end was past the cashier.

    No 6 ft, few masks.

    They need to get their online ordering up.

    • SDF-7

      Are you sure that isn’t their line for the bathroom?

      • Chafed

        Whatever happened to Playa Manhattan?

  18. commodious spittoon

    I unironically love this woman. Politically and socially, she’s a turd. But she’s the English version of Elaine Benes, Whatever her flaws, I just love her.

    btw her younger brother was Reek in GoT.

  19. JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

    My internet is down. Can somebody give me the count of Cal players who tested positive for COVID?

    • slumbrew

      Ah, I like a good callback joke.

    • db

      might as well just judge the winner of games based on number of players infected

      • rhywun

        The female “World Cup” of tennis is going on, and Australia brought a bunch of gals I never heard of. They did not bring the best female player in the world, presumably because she already spent all of last year away from home because of their tyrannical quarantine theater and I guess she decided not to go through that again.

        Sports is just another part of the economy that will be broken for years unless people say “enough already”.

      • Ted S.

        Yeah; Barty isn’t going to be at the year-end championship either.

        On the bright side, you get another Djoković v. Medvedev match tomorrow in the Paris Masters final. I know how much you love both of those players.

      • rhywun

        Yeah, I’m not even going to watch it. Couldn’t care less.

  20. Sensei

    Funny how USA Today defines “denounce”.

    NASCAR president denounces ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ chant: ‘We’re not happy about that’

    What was actually said:

    “I feel for Brandon,” Phelps said. “I think unfortunately it speaks to the state of where we are as a country. We do not want to associate ourselves with politics, the left or the right. We obviously have and we’ve always had, as a sport, tremendous respect for the office of the president — no matter who is sitting. …

    “Do we like the fact that it kind of started with NASCAR and then is gaining ground elsewhere? No, we’re not happy about that. But we will continue to make sure that we have respect for the office of the president.”

    • db

      The nice thing about living in a free republic is that you are under no obligation to show “respect for the office of the president,” only to follow the laws as enacted.

      • Sensei

        Precisely. But I’m not going to fault NASCAR for taking a middle of the road position here. Puts them well ahead of some other organizations and businesses.

        And by my and other definitions I looked up I’d say say he isn’t “denouncing” it.

      • Loveconstitution1789

        Caveat: They have to constitutional laws.

        Obamacare is an enacted law but completely unconstitutional. There is no enumerated power for the federal govt to force Americans to buy health insurance.

      • Loveconstitution1789

        Its a penal tax, you say? All revenue bills (tax laws) must originate in the House of Representatives. Obamacare was a reconciliation bill that originated in the US Senate.

        The ScOTUS only legal move was to strike down Obamacare as written and let Congress write a new Obamacare bill.

    • Nephilium

      So… Let’s Go Branson!

    • rhywun

      NASCAR president shouldn’t have anything to say about this because it isn’t fucking relevant. But the media probably shoved their microphones in his face so he stupidly thought he had to say something to them.

    • JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

      I’m just happy the headline writer didn’t say that he slammed, ripped or blasted it.

      • Ted S.

        He pounced.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      The office of various mass murdering douchebags and war criminals that’s fast approaching dictatorial powers? Nah, let’s go Brandon and fuck the office of the president too.

    • TARDis

      Milquetoast pussy.

      If he had said:

      “I’m sad a demented long time racist parasite is the sitting president of our once great nation. “Let’s go Brandon” is a classier version, family friendly if you like, of an appropriate expletive directed at an illegitimate administration. I don’t like that this is where we are in our history, but if you’re stuck in the mud with a pig, you have to do what you have to do. FJB. Thanks.”

      Then I’d be watching some racing tomorrow.

      tremendous respect for the office of the president — no matter who is sitting. …

      Lost that when Clinton got elected. Reaffirmed when Bush II got reelected. Now I have two absolute POS as senators. What a world.

    • l0b0t

      “We obviously have and we’ve always had, as a sport, tremendous respect for the office of the president — no matter who is sitting.”

      Wait… Wasn’t this sport predicated upon bootleggers outrunning FedGov agents?

  21. rhywun

    Today I learned that drinking and playing the piano don’t mix.

      • rhywun

        The singer does actually seem drunk.

      • Tundra

        They were always drunk!

        I was lucky to see them many, many times.

      • rhywun

        That’s not very professional.

        But I’m not really into “bar bands” so if one is, I suppose there could be some appeal. ?

  22. Tundra

    Hiya Spud!

    Here we are, the beginning of November, with beginning of November weather.

    72, sunny and perfect here today. Reality is on the way but damn, what a fantastic day.

    Just turned on WIld/Penguins and it is not fantastic.

    What’s up in your worlds, peeps?

    • dbleagle

      High 84 and low 73 for the next 10 days with Trade Winds at around 12-15. Quite typical really.

    • kinnath

      65 and sunny today. Same tomorrow. So I will be out on the patio boiling honey to make bochet.

    • Hyperion

      Y’all live in the tropics and stuff? 68 here today.

      Looking at the forecast, I think I have to start bringing the houseplants in soon. The orchids and Christmas Cactuses look very happy, but I’m afraid the blooms will get frost bit. Wife already brought in the most delicate ones like her Maidenhair Fern.

    • rhywun

      40’s here. But no wind + heat I’m too lazy to adjust means I’m boiling in here.

    • creech

      It was about 40 this a.m. but I was warm as could be in my wool Civil War uniform. I was mc of the tombstone dedication ceremony for a Cpl. Thomas Nolan, 25th Ohio.
      Soldier’s grave was unmarked for 135 years until I found his burial location and got him a headstone. Long story, but here’s the really cool part: Nolan is born in Ireland, circa 1832. Emigrates to U.S., probably in 1850s. Joins 25th Ohio in July 1861 and fights through to Gettysburg. Captured, he is paroled and sent to a prison camp in Chester County, PA.
      Local farmer hires Nolan to help bring in his crops. Nolan goes to the farm and finds out the farmer’s wife is a girl he used to date back in Ireland! What the fuck are the chances of that? Anyway, Nolan goes back to his regiment and then gets notification that the farmer has died. Nolan musters out in 1864, returns to PA, marries the widow and they have four kids before his death in 1885. You may find this story boring but it always touches a nerve with me.

      • Tundra

        Boring? Are you joking?

        That would be a fucking amazing movie!

        How did you get involved in this?

      • creech

        Researching my Civil War novel, obtaining an historical marker, a few fortuitous tips from friends, internet searches, googling another prisoner’s name same as mine, lots of forensic sleuthing, cooperative cemetery superintendent, lots of luck.

      • Tundra

        How do I get on the list to buy that book?

      • creech

        You can find “Stars and Bars Over Philadelphia: Lee and Jackson win Independence” on Amazon. It is an alternative history novel, based on a real plan by Stonewall Jackson to invade the North, burn the coal mines of Pennsylvania, and capture Philadelphia. It is, of course, only plausible if Stonewall survives Chancellorsville, which I make possible based on a real story of defective ammunition made at the Richmond arsenal in March 1863.

      • SandMan

        Not at all boring to me, very interesting actually.

      • DEG

        That guy had an interesting life.

      • Tulip

        I’d love to read about how you found his grave.

      • l0b0t

        Holy Mackerel! That is an amazing story. Was he a relative of yours?

      • creech

        No, but he was held in a paroled prisoner of war camp about 1000 yards from where I live.

      • l0b0t

        Wow! G/d bless you for doing the legwork and G/d bless and keep Cpl. Nolan.

      • Sean

        Great fucking story!

        *Points to avatar*

    • KSuellington

      Went out at daybreak to the beach and surfcasted for Dungeness as the season opened today. Lots of fisherman out there. Got one nice 2lb keeper and a couple of undersized that went back into the sea for another day. Waves were real big, got hit by one at the end and soaked. Sold a bunch of scrap brass. Took the kids to the playground and then watched the F1 qualifying for the Mexico GP tomorrow. Cooked up the crab and it was delicious. Onto beer number three now. Almost reading time for the youngest.

      • slumbrew

        That sounds like a spectacular day.

      • KSuellington

        Thanks slum, it was actually a damn good Saturday. Once the kids are in bed it’s going to be capped off by a nice spliff and a likely viewing of Thunderball.

        And cool story creech. How did you happen to find his grave?

      • creech

        Forensic sleuthing, cooperative cemetery superintendent, luck and preserverance whenever a seemingly dead end loomed.

      • Tundra

        Sounds like a perfect day.

      • mikey

        Dungeness crab, cioppino, & Parisian sour dough. A few things I have to admit I really miss from the Bay Area.

  23. Hyperion

    “Uhhh, somewhat ironic coming from TOS.”

    But at least there are no more mean tweets, are there? You spineless pussies.

  24. Hyperion

    “What could possibly go wrong at a festival seating concert, amirite?”

    This is why we can never go outside again, ever. Just ask America’s doctor, he has all the right answers, because he’s an expert.

  25. Hyperion

    “Womp. Womp.”

    Gee, thanks, insurrectionists. Now we’re all going to die because you won’t listen to America’s doctor.

  26. The Bearded Hobbit

    As a “normal” person I hate the time change. As an insomniac I loathe, LOATHE, LOATHE, the time change. I will not get back into a sleep schedule for about a week.

    • The Bearded Hobbit

      If I’m lucky.

    • kinnath

      Fall is easy. Spring is hard.

      • The Bearded Hobbit

        One of the key treatments for insomnia is consistency. Going to bed at the same time every night is part of it. Throwing the schedule off by an hour, either way, throws off this consistency.

        Doctors: “This is a temporary condition.”

        Me: “Get back with me after you have spent four nights with zero minutes of sleep.”

      • kinnath

        I’ve struggled with insomnia for 3 decades or so. I basically don’t recover from the one hour shift in the spring. I don’t feel normal again until the shift back in the fall.

    • rhywun

      I’m not looking forward to the tossing and turning starting at 4am instead of my usual 5am.

      • Trigger Hippie

        *TH’s bladder lays down the 3AM of Spades*

        “Call”

        ?

    • Trigger Hippie

      I’m actually looking forward to it if for no other reason than the fact that I always seem to drive East for my job site in the morning and obviously West after work to drive home. My gripe is my commute always seems to align with the goddamn sun in my eyes. Add on the fact that I even in November I still mostly work outside and have to look up a lot while on a ladder I gotta say…fuck the sun. I’ve been dealing with its bullshit for most of the year now. If it isn’t baking me in the Summer it’s blinding me in the Fall. Yes, yes. Ungrateful cunte, no surface life without it, piss off. I’m on a rant. The time change mostly eliminates the commuting issue and lessens the work complaint.

      I like This round of DST, I like cloud cover, I like Autumn, I like dying leafs, I like the fact that a large murder of crows settle in the KC area to roost during this time, I like seeing my breath for the first few hours of sunlight, I like slowly working myself into a sweat and shedding layers of clothes, I like chili, I like hot beverages, I like the reflexive evolutionary pull to suck it up and work just a hair harder to ensure survival during the Winter…

      I feel my most alive in Autumn.

      • rhywun

        my commute always seems to align with the goddamn sun in my eyes

        I actually read a theory years ago which claimed that the posh suburbs were typically to the east of downtown for this very reason. Seems like bullshit to me but it does hold for my hometown (Rochester, New York).

        There is another country to the west of my college town (Buffalo) so can’t apply the theory there.

        Doesn’t seem to apply to my current residence, either. Posh is north of NYC, not east.

      • Trigger Hippie

        ‘I actually read a theory years ago which claimed that the posh suburbs were typically to the east of downtown’

        Huh. Anecdotally speaking, this checks out. Though the North Eastern area of my metro area has also seen a significant influx of upper middle class wealth. And to be honest, what was once considered nice working class communities in the East have rapidly become shitholes. Populations flee to open land and now what were once considered rural areas are suddenly suburbs. Suburb becomes shithole…I wonder what happens when the wealthy Easterners run out of room and bump shoulders with the generationally poor West?

      • creech

        And Philly’s “Main Line” is definitely west of Philly.

      • rhywun

        But east of Philly is Camd— oh.

      • rhywun

        Maybe state and international boundaries mess with the theory. Yeah, that’s it.

      • The Bearded Hobbit

        Dad told me, “always live east of work. Otherwise you are driving into the sun going and coming.”

        I managed to ignore that advice for the last half of my career.

        I would stare into the rising sun each morning until late autumn when it would be below the mountains for my commute. Then, Standard Time would hit and, BAM!, the sun was back in my face.

        By spring the sun was high enough in the morning that my visor could block it until DST hit and, BAM!, it was back in my face again.

        Every year there is a huge uprising among the sheeple to end the time change and every year there is a measure in the legislature to end it and every year is goes nowhere. It’s like our elected idiots don’t care or something.

      • Trigger Hippie

        ‘Dad told me, “always live east of work. Otherwise you are driving into the sun going and coming.”’

        Funny thing is I recently moved about fifteen miles South East to save money and be closer to work but I still seem to only drive even further East. At least now I only drive blind for half an hour instead of a full.

      • Sean

        I’m now North. Used to be South.

        You people are weird.

    • KSuellington

      California voters actually got something right here a couple years ago and voted for no more time change. In order for it to take effect it has to be approved by the state legislature and Governor. Then it can be sent to Congress for approval and signed by the President. All to not change back the effin clocks.

    • Homple

      Jet lag for the disadvantaged.

  27. J. Frank Parnell

    Man burst into flames after Taser used on him, police say

    It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.

    • SandMan

      Reminds me of an Eddie Murphy ANI skit on “spontaneous negro combustion”, if I’m remembering that right.

      • SandMan

        That’s “SNL skit”, stupid autocorrect.

  28. hayeksplosives

    Where’s Trashy’s Psalm of the day?

    • rhywun

      He dropped it early today, back one post.

  29. Tres Cool

    Im off to work, kids.
    Don’t burn the place down.

    • J. Frank Parnell
    • slumbrew

      You’re not my supervisor!

      (Have a good night of work)

  30. Sensei

    Allow me to present:

    https://www.risingshadow.net/library/book/37957-earth-ship-and-star-song

    I read this as a teen and it was an interesting contrast to Asimov and Heinlein. I’m rereading it now for the first time. It’s way more lefty than in remember. That said it fits perfectly with times now of top men and impending ecological disaster.

    That said it still roots for the human race and I’m not sure that’s the case anymore.

    • rhywun

      I got so sick of near-future Earth eco-doomporn I can’t read anything that isn’t far future and/or totally alien any more.

      • Sean

        If you can make it through the Night Lands by WHH, I’ll send you some cookies.

        Twas a bit of a slog for me.

  31. UnCivilServant

    *monotone* Celebrate good times. Come on. It’s a celebration */monotone*

    *falls asleep*

    After 45 hours of work over the past three days, the damn database server is in a state where I am no longer needed to babysit every step. It’s not 100% back, but I can get some sleep.

    • rhywun

      I had to log in for 10 minutes today to finish my timesheet.

      😉

    • Brochettaward

      I worked 48 hours over the last 3 days. 86 on the week. I’d say get on my level, but you will always be a thirder.

  32. Brochettaward

    The First Firster rises.

  33. rhywun

    I wonder if Calgaryites are especially polite or something? They’re crushing my Rangers 4:0 and you can practically hear a pin drop in the arena. WTF?

    • Tundra

      My Wild were down 2 to the Pens with a few minutes left. Wild pulled the goalie and scored 2. Then Minnesota’s own Nick Bjugstad won it in the shootout.

      Damn.

    • rhywun

      6:0 now.

      I guess we’re still “rebuilding”. For like the last five years.

  34. Gustave Lytton

    Woo hoo! I found my hs diploma. Stupid government licensing requirements for applying (low voltage). Wtf do you need a hs diploma anyway?

    • hayeksplosives

      For reasons unknown, many employers have it on the books that you can’t advance to a certain position without a HS diploma or a GED.

      Probably helps keep out people who were completely irresponsible in their late teens, but also keeps out people who became responsible later, or who have dyslexia or other issue that makes a HS diploma difficult to get even though they are exactly the guy that needs to be the foreman or the chief technician etc.

  35. Chafed

    What a crazy night. Anyone still up?

    • Tres Cool

      I just got home from work.

      • rhywun

        Been up for an hour.

        Extra hour of sleep my ass.

      • Not Adahn

        It’s an extra hour of productive daytime activity!

      • rhywun

        More like an extra nap in the recliner during football.

      • Tres Cool

        + Bengals v. Browns at 1̶4̶0̶0̶ 1300h.
        I have the dishes done and put away, a brisket rubbed, and laundry in.

      • Gender Traitor

        I have an ultra-super-high-tech alarm clock that synchs with the atomic clock in Ft. Collins, CO, but twice a year I have a hell of a time figuring out how to get it to change to or from DST. The instructions suggest setting the clock by a window for better reception, but they say it may take three to five nights for the damn thing to change. I also have to make sure it’s set for the right time zone. If it hasn’t changed by the time I go to bed tonight, I’ll have to set the alarm on my phone.

    • limey

      It is possible that I was up before anyone else went to bed, except maybe Pie – not because of the timezones, but because of his nocturnal schedule.

      ?

      Good morning, Norte Americanos.

      • Sean

        *waves*

  36. Tres Cool

    suh’ fam

    yo whats goody yo

    TALL DST CANS !

    • Not Adahn

      Good moring!

  37. Not Adahn

    I’m going to try and finesse this time change over the course of a week to try and get puppy bladder reset.

    • Tres Cool

      The Dozer is ready for breakfast, since in his head its still +1 hour.

      • Not Adahn

        since in his head bowels its still +1 hour.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      You know, I was just thinking about what would happen…

      Not

  38. limey

    Does anyone else have the Acrobat Reader DC freezing problem? Apparently my 64 bit OS is no longer supported so even though I can download the 64 bit installer, it won’t let me install it. I fingered that might have been a fix, but what do I know? Back to the 32 bit version I go. I talked to some regular folks and they have had the same problem on newer machines with newer OSs, who are almost certainly (cannot confirm/deny) running the 64 bit version. More bits = more quicker, right? Not the solution to this problemo.

    I’m big into PDFs right now. Gotta have ’em. Also it would be advantageous to stick with Acrobat and not go with a third party/other solution.

    • rhywun

      I only use Acrobat under duress – it is a bloated mess. I only read (not write) PDFs and there are several better solutions out there.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      Try WPS Office

    • Tres Cool

      If I were you, Id check the thermostat.

    • Sean

      Nope. Try the non metric version.

  39. Not Adahn

    It might have something to do with spending so much time in mind-20s weather, but this morning I woke up with a cough.

    It was nice knowing you all. Well, most of you anyways.

    • Tres Cool

      Try that horse-dewormer. Or horse-tranquilizer. Or maybe both.

      • rhywun

        Inject some bleach until the horse meds arrive.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Oh that’s what I forgot…

    • Ted S.

      I hate the mind-20s.

    • Sean

      COVID!!!!!!!

      *sprays Lysol everywhere*

  40. Tres Cool

    Oh, Canada.
    Moose makes dramatic entrance crashing through window of Saskatoon classroom

    “Including the majestic møøse

    A Møøse once bit my sister …

    No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse
    with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given
    her by Svenge – her brother-in-law – an Oslo dentist and
    star of many Norwegian møvies: “The Høt Hands of an Oslo
    Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge Mølars of Horst
    Nordfink”.

    • Gender Traitor

      Kool Aid Moose??

    • Ted S.

      Covid deaths the lot of them.

  41. UnCivilServant

    Had an interesting mix of fog and frost outside this morning. With the complete lack of other human activity as I walked to my car to go grocery shopping made it eerie.