I Sleep
But the stars, the stars never sleep. But sometimes they don’t have a whole lot to say. Like this week. This week they say that for those of you living with a romantic partner, Tuesday is an opportune time to indicate that you’d be interested in a little sumthin-sumthin. The stars are right for my postal match. And that’s it. Well, not it, exactly, just that last week’s indications remain in effect for Capricorn, Scorpio and Sagittarius.
I Wake
Sagittarius: The Lovers – Aww, good for you!
Capricorn: The Moon reversed – You are looking in the wrong place.
Aquarius: 7 of Wands reversed – I’d say “don’t let the bastards grind you down,” but it’s pretty likely they will.
Pisces: Page of Wands – Never send a boy to do a man’s job.
Aries: The Devil – Run!
Taurus: 6 of Cups – Merchants return courtesy. Smell the flowers.
Gemini: Queen of Coins – Someone is worrying about money.
Cancer: 3 of Coins reversed – micromanaging bosses who steal credit.
Leo: Page of Cups reversed – all they had to do was one simple thing. They failed.
Virgo: 6 of Swords reversed – Not only did you not want to take this trip, but the cabbie/Uber driver sucks.
Libra: Ace of Coins reversed – The Invisible Hand taketh. Adam Smith can be such a bitch.
Scorpio: Two of couns – Juggling multiple responsibilities? Yeah you can so that. Succesfully.
I Sit
Carpe florem.
Have you thought of getting a real camera with a zoom lens to avoid waking the dog with your pictures?
Nope.
I am not a photographist.
Besides, she provides opportunities for pictures without notice.
You can turn off the fake camera shutter noise on android phones. And many “real” cameras (SLRs) inherently make noise because the mirror moves out of the way when a picture is taken.
And iPhones.
Gemini: Queen of Coins – Someone is worrying about money.
No shit.
“Juggling multiple responsibilities? Yeah you can so that. Successfully.”
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Are the two on the right sisters, or the same person?
In my case, I’m just hoping that prediction extends out far enough to assure I won’t screw up the staff payroll that hits on Christmas Eve.
Because I’ve done that before. ?
“Merry Christmas, you get… a delayed paycheck”
Pro tip: if you have to change the effective date of pay day so it lands on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day (well-known banking system holiday,) be sure to enter the correct year.
“What do you mean we’re not getting paid until 2201?”
“Ummm…. it’s deferred compensation!”
I could probably put together some “How to not burn down the kitchen” training.
How many hours would you need it to be on insane Girls Personal Improvement Plan?
You can lead a horse to water…
Include a section on the white supremacist origins of burning down kitchens. Maybe that will get through to her.
“The Moon reversed – You are looking in the wrong place.”
We’re going to go check out a house this afternoon. High probability it is not “the one””.
Sagittarius: The Lovers – Aww, good for you!
Will be driving on snowy roads, towing a trailer. I love that.
Godspeed.
I, who find snow driving to be a sport, would even hesitate with that.
PSA: a newer GTI isn’t really good in snow.
Get some snows. My VWs are awesome with Blizzaks.
The cost/benefit ratio doesn’t make the cut for me. The amount of use I’d get from them would be super marginal.
My 1996 Olds automatic front wheel drive was a great snow car.
My 1986 Honda CRX manual front wheel drive was an exceptional snow car.
Can confirm.
I thank the skies/god/,s above we have not gotten any snow yet. Weather says that is going to change but I will take the mid 50’s and sun today.
Already 60 here. Partly cloudy, but I’ll take it.
Currently in a winter storm warning that started overnight. 25 falling to -7 overnight. 6-10 inches of snow. Winds gusting to 48mph. The both of you can fuck off.
We got about 6 inches of the stuff. Looks like it’s over. I wasn’t sure if I could run the snow blower but it appears I can. I want to get it cleaned up before the cold arrives tomorrow morn.
Glad you feel well enough to run the snow blower. Be careful.
The wind blew it around so much it’s hard to say what we got here…maybe 3-4″. There is still more snow hanging around just to the south of us, not sure if we’ll get anymore or not. Now for the wind and cold.
We’re supposed to get 16-20 inches over the next 48 fiscal hours. Yay.
I’ll gladly take some.
We’re supposed to drive to Anchorage tomorrow, too. Not sure if we’ll attempt it. Decide in the morning, I guess.
Might be a sloppy drive once you get to Sutton. We’ll see.
Ah not Sutton but the Wasilla-ANC portion.
Yeah, that’s what we’re concerned with. This morning it looks like the worst of the storm will pass to the north and west (really glad I’m not living north of Talkeetna right now) with another prong hitting the Wasilla area. But Mrs. A has to see her cardiologist, he’s in Anchorage, and it takes forever to get an appointment.
We’ve got a big heavy SUV with pretty new snow tires. We’ll see.
all they had to do was one simple thing. They failed.
Normal.
Damn, Lily is cute!
Leo: Page of Cups reversed – all they had to do was one simple thing. They failed.
Not sure who ‘they’ are, but it sounds like I’m gonna be annoyed.
With the ground being frozen and/or snow covered, I’ve ben able to get/keep her coat clean. It’s really extraordinary. The Pry/Golden cross has given her a ridiculously dense but soft coat.
How’d she get so big? I guess a dog like that ya gotta feed every day.
FWIW, the precious/next buttons are a vast improvement.
My Preciousss!
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Mine are still MIA
#ditto
#metoo
what buttons?
Exactly.
Buttons
Buttons
Buttons
No idea why the weird autocorrect kicked in. I have Google chrome installed on a Kindle tablet, and it sometimes spell checks the most bizarre things at the most bizarre moments. I think there are 4 distinct spell checkers in effect, two from Google and two from Amazon. And the Amazon ones are slow and buggy.
Anyway, the new buttons were at the top of the page and very handy as of that post.
Bobdole kicks it
Bob Dole Talked like STEVE SMITH before it was cool!
Bob Dole says, “Bob Dole says Good Bye”
Another COVID death.
Well…. bye
I had no idea he was still alive.
He isn’t any more.
+1 Hedberg “a picture of me when I was younger”
So 73 in ’96?
Well RIP.
Regarding the second photo, my dog is entertained when I point the phone camera at him, to the point that I can’t get him to stay in one location for the photo I want to get.
She knows that the phone is valuable and if she can steal it, she’ll have my full attention.
The stars are right for my postal match.
Mail-order bride, or your next shooting competition has a course modeled on a post office?
Am I the boy? ‘Cuz I got a lot of work to do this week
What if I drove myself here?
Today in I hate everyone.
Pick your hobby horse and justify the shit out of it!
Step 1: Require NYC businesses to accept Gotham Guilders
Step 2: Forbid them from charging more if the customer pays with Gotham Guilders
Step 3: The DNC will send you a thank you gift of Gotham Guilders equal to 150% of the USD campaign donations you make to them.
I’m starting to think Rothbard had it exactly right. People get butthurt about his “unleash the cops” language, but how the fuck can you have a peaceful society when the cities are fucking criminal free-for-alls?
I had not seen that before. Seems as fresh as if it were written yesterday, because every single problem mentioned has gotten worse.
Trump must have read that at some point.
Out of nowhere I had the motivation to scrub down the sink and toilet, and now the bathroom is shiny and bright.
That won’t last long.
Eh, ya got a clean bathroom out of it, even if the impulse wanes.
It also won’t stay shiny for long.
Can’t figure out why.
“Pardon the mess, but we live here.”
English toffee and magic cookie bars are on today’s Christmas baking adventure agenda.
The girlfriend has been asking me to buy pfeffernusse every time I leave the house. I pointed out they weren’t that hard to make, and we had all the ingredients. For my wit and wisdom, I have the feeling I’ll be making pfeffernusse by the end of the week.
Yeah, just slot that on your honey-do list.
I have never made candy, so this will indeed be an adventure.
I’ve done caramel and worked with chocolate, never gone to toffee or most other sugar based candies. From what I’ve read, temperature control is key. Best of luck, and remember that molten sugar is kitchen napalm.
I decided to get a candy thermometer instead of trying to wing it, much as I hate RTFM. I am deathly afraid I will scorch the bottom and waste all those ingredients. In fact, fear of wasting ingredients is one reason I don’t experiment much.
Re kitchen napalm. There have been times in my life that I considered a hospital stay a vacation. And then I would get one and think, “That was expensive and not as much fun as I thought it would be.” Well, I’m thinking about vacation again.
E-Z candy*: https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/make-dulce-de-leche
* I’m sure Moj already knew how
Yep, though I haven’t done it. It won’t do for toffee, though, because it doesn’t get to hard crack stage.
I’ve done this. It was nom nom nom.
Me: “Yeah, but I’m afraid I’m gonna screw it up.”
Aunt: “Meh, it’s easy. Just [insert a War & Peace-length diatribe of instructions here].”
Gunga Din
On my list of things I should make at some point is a real butterscotch syrup. I’ve got several recipes, it just pains me to pour a half cup of good scotch into a dessert topping.
The girlfriend was quite surprised at how easy it is to make caramel or chocolate ganache.
Ganache is harder to spell than to make.
“Well, you don’t spell it, son; you eat it!”
I’ve got several of the Trader Joe’s Pound Plus (18.6 ounce) Belgian chocolate bars up in my baking cabinet. Unfortunately, my girlfriend is broken and doesn’t like chocolate cake, chocolate truffles, or cheesecake.
I may be half-broken because chocolate is kind of a last-resort sweet for me. I’d rather have something chewy or fruity, especially if it involves citrus.
OMG HOW LONG DOES THIS FREAKING TAKE?!
I recommend this.
Spendy, but worth every dime.
Definitely. It’s a crucial kitchen tool.
I have cheaper OXO one that seems to work well but I have idea how accurate it is compared to this one.
If you want, Thermapen also does have a cheaper alternative. I’ve got that and a Thermapen (which unfortunately needs a rebuild as it doesn’t always turn on anymore).
You have nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, cardamom, anise oil, lemon peel, AND chopped citron*?!
*not sure what the Rombauers meant by this
I survived 11 days with my extended family including Thanksgiving and a family birthday without getting too drunk at any point in time.
I am so sorry.
I said “too drunk” not “pleasantly buzzed”.
?
That’s just pure laziness.
So sad at almost Christmas time.
Just drunk enough, surely.
OBE, that was a great article last week. I don’t know what state you live in, but mine got a judicial reprieve last week for now. I’m supposed to draw up a federally approved plan for my employe but I told the bossman that I’m not making one. It should be an interesting board meeting in two weeks because I know that all but one board member is against any plan regardless of an employee’s personal choice on the matter. I know most of my employees already got their shots but are not going to get a booster.
deep fryer should be getting here later today. Burgers with fried onion topping and a side of french fries is on the menu.
Paging OMWC…
Woke New Jersey Dem fooled by fake rabbi’s parody Twitter account
Anyone heard of this outfit? Solar United Neighbors I only just learned about them, so haven’t dug too deep, but they are an advocacy group for individual solar electric systems. The thing I find intriguing is they help people form small local cop-ops to band together and buy-in-bulk, thereby lowering the install costs.
My view on wind and solar is we are focusing too much on large city-powering builds. We should scale down and focus on helping individuals install solar and/or wind. If you could fill flyover country with homes that produce more electricity than they use, it could drastically reduce the strain on the coal and gas plants. At fist blush, groups like this could help do just that.
I hate it when my fist blushes.
I was about to ask what you’re doing to your fist to embarrass it so, but then realized that I really don’t want to know.
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Its OK, MikeS, I’m still your friend. What you do in the privacy of your own home/shop in none of my business.
Decentralized power generation should be the future. Of course, excepting small nuclear reactors, decentralization doesn’t work very well in multi-family housing or in subdivisions with 0.1 acre lots.
I have a friend who works for a company making neighborhood-sized nuclear generators. It’s very interesting stuff. The tech is a lot further along then I bet the vast majority of people know. For some reason the greenies and their media lapdogs are being allowed to control the discussion, and nuclear isn’t in the discussion. Common sense would tell you that AGW adherents should be salivating over advancements in nuclear energy, but nope. They don’t even talk about decentralized solar and wind. It’s all huge solar farms and even bigger wind farms. Can’t figure it out. it’s almost like they don’t really care about the environment and there is an ulterior motive for what they are doing…
No shit…
Because their ranks are some admixture of doomsday cultists who want to see the human race go extinct and/or greatly reduced and Commies who want centralized control over everything.
None of it has anything to do with power generation.
Now do Covid.
And distributing those would have a huge impact on transmission loss.
What are you talking about? Electricity comes from the holes.
… in the ground, where they dig out the fuel.
Their board seems to be full of do-gooders without any EE or technical background or generation/distribution experience. Tread carefully.
Yeah. And there is this red flag:
I don’t plan on giving them any money. But if they can help me get a solar system for a reduced price, I’ll give them my email address.
I get the feeling that their sense of ‘democratic, equitable energy systems’ doesn’t jive with the Glib interpretation of the phrase.
And no Ted’s, I don’t mean a solar system like this.
Red flag? It looks more like sky writing in bright red smoke that says “STOP READING HERE”
There is only one way to get equity/equitable and I bet you can guess what it is.
What would you say if I said Judge Nap had a new podcast? (e.g; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/judging-freedom/id1591962689?i=1000542206952 *)
*can’t find a general link
What if I don’t listen to podcasts?
What’s a podcast?
I would have a few questions
*This one is with Our Randy. Haven’t heard any of them yet.
I’d say Mister Nap; former political office holders shouldn’t get to keep the title.
Man say him a t’ing, him a t’ing – https://youtu.be/BmxsNBCFwxs
What would you say if I said I’m not interested?
Not vetted, but evidently all well under 30 minutes.
Yeah, I was just going for the Judge Nap question mark theme.
Understood.
Magic bus…Wisconsin style
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/12/05/facebook-asks-users-to-send-in-their-nude-pictures-again/
#Itsatrap
Zuck makes me glad we’ve moved on from first-generation replicants.
That’s a Babylon Bee article, right?
RIP Eddie Shames
Stud.
I’m gonna have to rewatch BoB.
Why would he need his mother’s signature if he was 19?
Yeah, that caught my attention, too.
Every time I run across a video of this lady, i find myself smiling and nodding.
“at no point in history have the people forcing others into compliance been the good guys”
Preach sister!
There is stupid, and then there is this.
Duh, that’s what the Lincoln Project is for. I mean come on.
I lit the grill, turned on this, and stacked some wood while I enjoyed some sun. Mother. Fuckers.
I wonder if the Dem/Media love affair with the Kennedy clan will get him the attention this book deserves?
Haha! I know…
I have known about Fauci for at least 30 years. That toad has always been a bean counter who craves power. If you see him crossing the road in front of you, hit the accelerator.
We are not a democracy. That commie dunce Obama was always going on about ‘our democracy’. That got under my skin every time he did it. I think he did it on purpose.
50% +1.
Sagittarius – “The Lovers” Not from my view of the battlefield thus far. Arrived at my small site to discover that the urinal in the Men’s room has been backed up since Friday. The South Asian crew has been peeing into it anyway. Shouldn’t surprise much, shitting in the open is a big problem still in many parts of India. You can imagine the stench. Hung an “Out Of Order” sign on the door and left a note for the supervisor to call in a plumber. Then I get to my big site. That’s when things got real. There is one dude that I have been butting heads with for three years. He’s an odd fellow, probably “on the spectrum”. He shows up 45 minutes early for his shift and wants to take over the lunchroom just as I’m starting to swab the deck. With the plant running 24/7 and staggered breaks I’m already keeping plates spinning. I nicely asked him to find another place to wait so that I could finish my task. He got pissy, “Fine!” I start mopping and realize that he’s watching me from the doorway. I ignored him for a few minutes until I’d finally had enough. “Clifford, you do realize that the floor will take a few minutes to dry, don’t you?” “I have nowhere to put my stuff!” he replies even though the locker room is maybe ten feet away from him. I kinda snapped then. “If you walk on my wet floors I am going to get really fucking angry!” Day Fifteen. 18 days until Xmas eve. Oh yeah, Clifford has been reading Dune for over a year. He’s either a really slow student or he’s treating it like his Bible. Appears to be halfway through. I dunno, the guy freaks me the fuck out. If anyone is going to go postal, it would be him. Venting. Rotten day.
Oh and get this. I get a text after I arrive home to lower the flag to half-staff and be really sure to raise it again tomorrow. Go fuck yourself, idiot!
Palate cleanser – https://youtu.be/0SvgY7hGFOY It’s a silly pop song but catchy and the bass player was adorable. The Spoons, one of my guilty pleasures.