Relax its really not. If you are anything like me you’re probably somewhere else, and not here…With other loved ones.
But you are here so I’ll throw this story about Amazon at you!
This is my review of St. Bernadus Christmas Ale:
Trigger Warning: This is CNN.
Tim Ball, who delivered packages for Amazon until quitting this year, said he prayed the same prayer every time he walked up to a home that felt “sketchy” in rural Texas. He said he’d see confederate flags, or signs that warned of shooting trespassers. He said he felt most fearful when delivering packages at night, sometimes working hours after Amazon’s competitors had ceased deliveries for the day.
He better keep his punk ass out of the projects.
The neighborhoods that DSP drivers deliver in aren’t consistent, so it’s difficult to develop local expertise such as where hostile residents may live, drivers and DSP owners say. Amazon delivers in a wide range of vehicles: some are branded Amazon vans, but others are unmarked. This is most noticeable during the holiday season as Amazon needs a larger fleet to meet demand. Amazon drivers often aren’t a familiar face arriving at a person’s home in a familiar vehicle.
How is St. Bernadus Christmas Ale: (4.2/5)? So good I couldn’t take a decent picture of it. So lets go ahead and forget that one, and review this one because I think I am better than that*.
Insert obligatory “shit that never happened” reference here.
He was killed dead, 37 times!
Shot, lynched, etc.
I believe he might have been that unhinged to feel fear. But I’m not sure what he would pray to.
He might have reason to be concerned if he were delivering to a meth trailer. Everybody else? Jesus dude, they’re waiting for you because they want their stuff.
Yeah, I don’t doubt the confederate flags or the “we shoot trespassers” but I do doubt that he was in any danger 99.9% of the time.
Someone on CNN being a giant pussy? All too believable.
. . . he prayed the same prayer every time he walked up to a home that felt “sketchy” in rural Texas.
So, like, all of them?
Funny. Capitol Police are the only people that I have heard shooting unarmed trespassers recently.
If youre delivering a package to the addressee, youre literally not trespassing as you have been invited by the owner to deliver that package on the property.
I blame Lefty schools for not teaching basic US law and customs to students. I also blame Lefties for lying about most things.
And by Capitol “trespassers” I mean peaceful protesters entering a public building to protest/object/view the counting of EC votes for democrat election steal 2020.
That St. Bernadus Christmas Ale looks like it should after you have had a few, yummy!
Peppermint? Porter? kill me now, Blech.
Merry Kringle Glibbies!
I guess if you like something from the deep-dish family of beer. Seriously, if you want something that tastes like peppermint bark, eat some fucking peppermint bark. And if you want to get a good buzz while eating something that tastes like peppermint bark, wash it down with Dalmore 40.
I needed to drive, so I only had one!
You drank it this morning? You really are a team player.
No, last Saturday. I had to attend a gathering of 6 or more people.
As requested: all day Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86480645748?pwd=QjhnaEs2Mysxak5iY0JMN0ZxbUNqQT09
Feliz Navidad, Señor!
So about those vintage CCMs…
Merry Christmas Tundra!
I like the blue counties in the Dakotas that are the reservations.
Every 4 years it’s interesting to see the counties around the reservations go 60-70% for the Rep. and the rez go 80-90% for the Dem. And then a Dem wins, absolutely nothing on the reservation changes, and they vote 80-90% for the Dem again.
After the last election, I would be very curious about that, ah,consistancy.
You could say the same about the blue counties which represent isolated large cities.
Just as more and more Black Americans are leaving the democrat plantation. More and more AmerIndians are leaving the democrat reservation.
There are AmerIndians who will always live off the govt teat and never hold Democrats accountable for Andrew Jackson. Same with some Black Americans living off that teat.
Merry Christmas!
Been visiting in-laws and now with my family.
Bonus video that Elon pushed out to the fleet over Christmas:
https://youtu.be/9Micd4zrWCE
he prayed the same prayer every time he walked up to a home that felt “sketchy” in rural Texas. He said he’d see confederate flags, or signs that warned of shooting trespassers.
Please, God, send a CNN camera crew to ask me how terrifying this is.
Did you hear about the time Amazon made him deliver a package containing a noose?
Gold!
Was he delivering confederate flags to people who had confederate flags? Because I could see that being redundant unless the old flag was worn out.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Run Run.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kxl3Jx6Zn9c
Lemmy, Dave Grohl, and Billy Gibbons.
Cover pic: IMHO, Robot Santa is one of the great cartoon characters ever created.
+1 Moral paradox crumple zones
Dang, Sharpy! A 4.2 out of 5 is high praise indeed from you! St Bernardus can do no wrong in my eyes, though I’m an almost exclusively wine person these days. (HINT: any Glib passing through Pahrump Nevada should hit me up for a trip to the zOMG wonderful wineries here.)
Who doesn’t love a good rednecks in the mist story for Christmas?
If I wanted to see rednecks in the mist, I’d go visit my family.
I could just look in the mirror.
LOL been there
Mom might have settled in the big city but the northern PA doesn’t go away. And my stepfather… OMG.
Two Brothers is generally good, but that sounds awful.
Merry Christmas to all! I haven’t yet found the box of books that contains my copy of the Heliand (Saxon for “Savior”) so I’m sorry I can’t type out the Christmas story from it.
Spoiler alert: he’s the Son of God and saves mankind from the punishment we earned by being such screw-ups. But with more Vikings and swordplay. Plus, on Christmas Eve, the angel comes bearing the news not to shepherds, but to the grooms who are tending the Germanic tribe’s horses.
Partly excerpted here:
https://floasche.wordpress.com/2012/12/
Nice! Thank you.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24/652/
Got that as a gift last night, havent tried yet.
Merry Christmas
Prepare to muzzle!
Researchers may be in the early stages of discovering an effective strategy for inhibiting the virus that causes COVID-19, according to the results of a recent study.
The results of the findings from David A. Ostrov, Ph.D., of the University of Florida, were published in Pathogens in late November.
The report suggested that combining diphenhydramine — an antihistamine sold as Benadryl that is used for allergy symptoms — and lactoferrin — a protein found in cow and human milk — reduced replication of SARS-CoV-2 by 99% in lab tests on human lung and monkey cells.
“We found out why certain drugs are active against the virus that causes COVID-19,” Ostrov told the University of Florida Health Newsroom. “Then, we found an antiviral combination that can be effective, economical and has a long history of safety.”
Simple? Cheap? Effective?
BURY IT.
At this time, it appears to be easier to list things that don’t work against wuhan coronavirus:
mRNA ‘vaccines’
masks
lockdowns
social distancing.
During the great plague of the 14th century many cities in France burned down their business centers because they thought they were the cause of the plague’s spread. The economies in those cities recovered much more slowly If at all compared to the ones that didn’t. The study of history is first and foremost the study of human behavior.
Oh,k right my list is incomplete. It should include:
communism.
internal passports
prosecuting defiance of illegal orders.
Why must we repeat the past???
I had to write a longish and heavily referenced (Chicago Manual of Style) term paper in high school, and I chose the Black Death (14th century edition) as my subject. I argued that although the bacteria itself was indeed formidable, it was human behavior that made it into the devastation it was. They locked down, forced “quarantines” wherein people were stuck together indoors, lack of sun, masking, etc.—all made it worse.
I further posited that such a catastrophe could not happen in modern times because we know better now.
Ah, how sweet and naive.
I believe there were also local cat-eradication programs because the animals were believed to be bad luck/spawn of Satan/carriers of disease. Reducing the cat population helped the rat population grow.
Prior to the Great Plague, the black rat—also known as the roof rat (Rattus rattus)—was the dominant rat species in continental Europe. The black rat tended to be an ideal host and carrier for yersinia pestis and the fleas that spread it.
Then along came the Norway rat (brown rat or Rattus norvegicus), which are super smart and much better adapted to living with Homo sapiens (one of few species younger than Homo sapiens; the Norway rat is considered a “commensul” species that evolved alongside man). The Norway rat vastly outcompeted black rats and drove them, well, to the roofs and out of the houses. Modern epidemiologists credit the Norway rats with helping Europe get rid of the widespread bubonic plague.
… needed to add that the fleas that carried the plague bacteria Yersinia pestis didn’t like Norway rats.
Norway rats are the ones we (well, the nerdiest of us) have as pets today.
*flex*
Speaking of the Black Death
Huh. Interesting.
I’ve been somewhat surprised I haven’t had coronavirus (or at least not badly), but every night I take 50mg of diphenhydramine without fail.
sleep aid?
Yeah primarily, but also for some allergies which have seemingly disappeared here in the desert.
Diphenhydramine is my friend.
Diphenhydramine is my friend.
**HEAVY SIGH**
Yeah, me too. And the Spousal Unit too. Sleep is much harder to get a decent dose of when you’re getting older.
The research, however, is preliminary, and Ostrov has cautioned against self-medicating with either diphenhydramine or lactoferrin for COVID-19 prevention.
They would say that.
The Bro was given the gift of clothes, but not a single piece of maternity wear. It’s a slap in the face. It’s like people don’t even appreciate what I’m doing to myself for humanity.
On the day commemorating Christ’s birth, you might want to chill the Firsting schtick a little.
The Bro was given the gift of clothes,
Thank god for that, because nobody wants to see you naked.
To be fair, nobody wants to see you clothed, either.
So you’re rooting for a half-naked Bro?
I don’t understand you, Ted.
https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/12/image002-4-copy.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1
Sharing a Wicked Weed German Chockolate Cake. They are great, but it’s a 9%, so a one and done.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30581/443879/
I consumed lots of alcohol at Wicked Weed’s brewpub in Asheville.
Do they do little beers or only monsters?
I don’t remember.
I did consume a lot of alcohol.
I remember the food and booze were good.
And I consumed a lot of booze.
I’d rather just eat the cake, thank you very much.
This guy get it.
How is St. Bernadus Christmas Ale: (4.2/5)? So good I couldn’t take a decent picture of it. So lets go ahead and forget that one, and review this one because I think I am better than that
I have a four pack of this. I should open it up after I drink my Samichlaus.
You won’t regret it.
I am wrong. I have a 750 mL bottle of St. Bernadus Christmas Ale. I’m going to drink the whole bottle tonight after I finish my Samichlaus. I am drinking the Samichlaus, but I didn’t look to see what vintage it is.
Merry Glibmas to one and all.
Just put the turkey in, and Jugsy got stuffed with my Yule Log™.
Now for many SmallCans and start some cookin’.
Oh! Christmas tree! ?
Glad to hear Jugsy didn’t get stuck in the travel snarl-ups this week and that y’all are together.
We had a feast yesterday so today’s cooking will be pretty boring. Made delicious layered biscuits from scratch for breakfast and that’s about it.
On the other hand, Festive beverages will be happening lately. I put coconut rum, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, vodka, orange juice, sweet and sour, and cranberry in the fridge and requested that the Mr Splosives make me a pitcher of foo-foo drank to see me through the football games.
Merry Christmas indeed!
Christmas eve was a cheese and meat plate for all the relatives, today is multiple Christmas houses where we thankfully did not have to do major cooking. Only beef and dumplings were made for today by us.
I had my sister try to do Christmas Eve dinner last night and it went poorly. My mom knows how to entertain but my sister wanted to help her this year and made it more stressful instead.
My wife got a migraine because we didn’t eat until 2 hours after we were supposed to, my niece threw up because it was hot and she was ready for bed.
Today it’s my wife and MIL trying to create new traditions now that my FIL is gone. They made vegetable soup and now are making cranberry and pistachio biscotti.
I’m going to my parents for ham, Turkey, and Kielbasa later today. Potato salad, pieroggi, and coleslaw.
Ugh, my sympathies on the holiday hosting drama. That’s why I don’t attend Christmas and Thanksgiving with the ol’ fam. I prefer to visit on a random week in Feb or March so we can all be chill about stuff.
I hope everyone finds some new joy even without Dad.
Kielbasa and other Polish delights sounds ideal.
Last night was garlic shrimp after we returned from a sail. (Nice day but skunked in the ocean fishing and whale watching goals.)
Today is football, the last of my aged nog, and some body surfing between the games.
The big news is that two mornings ago it was cloud free before dawn and I saw my first winter 21/22 sighting of the Southern Cross. Huzzah! In another couple of weeks Omega Centauri will join the show.
When we die, if I’m wrong and we do get reincarnated, please look me up.
Have a wonderful sailing season!
Everyone at Chez Mojeaux gets Peter Mays kielbasa in their stocking.
Sorry about the drama. Entertaining is an art form and people spend years perfecting it. I think it’s nice your sister at least tried.
So does Ted or anyone else have any good Christmas movies? Old movies are fine.
I’d ask R.J. but I don’t think Santa Claus vs. Zombies would go over well 🙂
I’ll check back later.
A Christmas Story, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and Die Hard are my go-to childhood nostalgia Christmas flicks.
The Bishop’s Wife was on last night.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue is on TCM later today.
In an R.J. vein, I’d mention Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, which is hilariously awful.
If you like the series Psych,
https://www.republicworld.com/amp/entertainment-news/web-series/psych-christmas-episodes-list-for-all-the-detective-series-fanatics.html
Christopher Walken once starred as Puss In Boots in a cheap shitty musical that was so terrible it was almost entertaining:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0177606/
I guess that’s not really a Christmas movie. Just thought I’d throw that out there.
Not a Christmas movie either, but I recently watched Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, which tells the story of how two Israeli cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoran Globus, came to Hollywood and wound up running a movie studio that produced rather bonkers movies since the cousins didn’t quite have their finger on the pulse of American culture.
Some of the stories are wild. Golan had seen Romancing the Stone, and wanted to do what would become King Solomon’s Mines. He asked one of his underlings to “Get me that Stone woman”, meaning Kathleen Turner from Romancing the Stone. But the underling misunderstood, and got a young Sharon Stone, who apparently everyone else involved with King Solomon’s Mines hated.
Sounds interesting, I’ll have to check it out.
Need to watch that one. IIRC it’s the same director who did “Not Quite Hollywood” and “Machete Maidens” documentaries – both more than worth a watch.
The Christmas Chronicles with Kurt Russell is good.
I can provide some non-Hallmark choices that are not horror films.
Four Christmases
The Santa Clause
Original Jack Frost stop motion
Christmas with the Kranks
Seth rogan had a christmas themed tv show recently
Not a movie, but Christopher Titus’ Christmas Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwzLADwWQRY
Better off dead.
Bad santa.
happy secularized version of a christian holiday that may have been inspired by a pagan one glibbies.
I will give you that it might have been scheduled according to a pagan one, but it was not inspired by one.
Nevertheless, I’d give you a peck on the cheek under a little mistletoe, Celtic goddess style!
/Welsh Splosives off
“Scrooged” is an of course. “Stalingrad” is the another. The German version and not the horrible Russian version. When you think we have it bad, this will show that it can always be worse.
I’ve heard some good things about the WWI Christmas Truce movie that came out a few years ago – name escapes me – haven’t watched it yet obviously.
Another Xmas truce (haven’t seen): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102443
Didn’t Santa bring you a new avatar? ?
Computer won’t let me change it.
Friend computer knows what’s best.
Remember, citizen, happiness is manditory.
Maybe this one?
I thought it was well done.
Hey, I don’t know if anybody around here remembers me. I think it’s been about a year since the last time I posted, which seems absolutely astonishing to me. I still recognize some old familiar names. Just wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas. Crazy year that’s gone by at a surreally fast pace. In addition to all of the panic mongering bullshit and accompanying implosion of free society over the last year (and the one before that), some of you may recall that my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer back in August of 2020, and her prognosis was not that great. I’m extremely happy and grateful to report that she’s still among the living and her treatment is actually still going quite well, which is the greatest Christmas gift I could possibly imagine (but the vintage jump hour watch I bought myself isn’t bad either).
To be honest, the last couple years have just about succeeded at curing me of libertarianism, or at least sapped my desire to discuss politics, but I miss seeing you lot. Hopefully I’ll find some time to come around before another year has gone by.
I know almost none of you are religious, but there actually is more to this holiday than good booze and good food, so I’ll leave you with this:
Fuck off, Tulpa.
Actually I think we run about 50/50, with the best part being that the believers, the agnostics, and the confirmed atheists don’t give each other any shit so it’s a great example of tolerance and occasional deep philosophical chats.
Hang around dude!
Can confirm the above.
Also, great news about your mom.
I’m curious about your “cure” from libertarianism. Does that mean you want more government control now or less? Or something else? Hard for my pea brain to imagine thinking “mind your own business” is a bad philosophy, but I do get that the organized Libertarian party is a shitshow.
It’s probably a little too complicated for one post to the extent it’s even coherent. I used to be really hung up on ideological consistency, but I don’t care that much anymore. I’ve considered trying to jot it down into a manifesto of sorts, but I probably never will. I’m not self deluded or hubristic enough to imagine I have any novel insights into politics or society.
Best I can put it succinctly is that I’m anti bigness. Big government (of course), but also big business, big church, big anything. Having spent my entire life from my early teens being a rabid market fundamentalist (which inspired my attraction to libertarianism), I’ve now realized that living in an oligarchy where the aristocracy derives its power from economic dominance is only distinguishable from totalitarianism in a navel gazing philosophical sense. Given the course of events the last few years, I strongly suspect that my death will be from something other than natural causes, either because I’ll get Randy Weaver’d for the crime of trying to be left the fuck alone, or kill myself because of that inevitability; I’m not so addicted to living that I will ever live like that. God bless Solzhenitsyn, I’m not that resilient. So rehashing century old debates about a pristine free market that will never exist, or the proper scope of a pristine state that will never exist, or the minutiae of this or that policy proposal has just lost its attraction. I’m certainly not going to join the revolution, but if some band of radicals (left wing or right wing) decided to go Robespierre on every billionaire and/or political authority in the country, I wouldn’t lift a finger to stop it or really give a shit. I’ve spent over half my life defending people and organizations that have made it crystal clear over the last 5 years in particular that they despise people like me and would be ecstatically happy to see me imprisoned or dead. To say nothing of my increasing discomfort with the sort of amorality that can chalk up using the labor of foreign children and concentration camp victims as a matter of mere labor cost arbitrage (or descend even further into the depths of moral dyslexia to rationlize it on the basis that they’re better off losing digits to provide the west with cheap shit to sit in a California harbor than they would have been in a rice paddy). Unfortunately, there’s no libertarian answer to bigness in any dimension other than government, and the promise that real capitalism has never been tried is no more reassuring than the same promise that real communism has never been tried. In the long run we’re all dead.
Thank you all for the welcome back. I’m glad I wasn’t completely forgotten, even if I probably wasn’t missed that much.
Congratulations!
I had no idea I was posting under the “Pat” handle.
Your avatar is/was memorable
^ yup ^
I never forget a sockpuppet.
/lies
But I do remember you
Thanks, Linus! 😉
Worrying about relatives is tiring, innit. And I understand your politics fatigue.
That’s great news about your mom.
Good to see you Pat, and, believe it or not, I was thinking about you the other day. How is your small business doing? Did Covid kill it (it sure killed mine)?
I am glad to hear you mother is doing well.
Not quite dead yet, but definitely slower. Fortunately, I sell a really niche product for which there’s no real alternative. Unfortunately, I sell a really niche product in an industry that’s hugely susceptible to economic downturns. Frankly, I never actually expected this business to last as long as it already has. I figured the market for it would die out, and before that happened I’d move on to doing something better. One of those “You do a thing and that’s what you are. I must want to be on the night shift drivin’ somebody else’s cab” kind of things. I’m grateful for it though, it’s enabled me to have the kind of flexibility I need right now dealing with my mom’s health issues and all that.
Thanks again for the welcome back, to you, DEG, Sean, and everybody else.
Welcome back! I remember you.
Good about your mom.
Its pretty ballsy to say there is absolutely no God. You cant possibly know.
With that being said humans create elaborate stories to mitigate fear of life. If there is a Heaven, Why would a God force family members to forever be reunited when they can barely stand each other but are civil on Earth?
Maybe Earth was a rest stop for our Alien ancestors and a few “humans” got left here. Or our ancestors were criminals and Earth is a penal colony. Who knows.
Merry Christmas!
Glad to hear youre Mom is doing okay after Big C.
I just heard from a 6 time cancer survivor who cant do chemo because the drug is currently unavailable. She will find out soon if she is a 7 time cancer survivor.
So does Ted or anyone else have any good Christmas movies? Old movies are fine.
I don’t know if it “technically” qualifies as a Christmas movie, but Nobody’s Fool with Paul Newman is a good movie.
And one of Jessica Tandy’s final roles. Definitely worth watching.
And Melanie Griffiths is quite memorable in it.
There are people who will eat Vienna sausages who won’t eat Spam.
Strange world we live in.
Also this
Vienna sausage = Wienerwurst = hot dog.
Although I hear that in Wien, they call hot dogs “frankfurters” and in Frankfurt they call them “wieners.” I guess nobody wants to be assosciated with filthy fat Americans.
To be honest, the last couple years have just about succeeded at curing me of libertarianism, or at least sapped my desire to discuss politics, but I miss seeing you lot.
Don’t give up on good sense and logic, whatever you choose to call it.
Merry Christmas.
There are people who will eat Vienna sausages who won’t eat Spam.
I actually ate a Slim Jim a few weeks ago. It was dreadful.
But you finished it, didn’t you?
That’s gross. I love it.
I had a bunch of wine today and it was kinda average… But anyway Jesus would drink wine not beer is what i am saying
Jesus drinks cerveza.
I wish I could join the Zoom. I will probably just assume the fetal position later tonight after all the Christmases I had to take relatives to. If any random relative touches my bourbon, I will have to bury a body later tonight.
Chili is simmering in the crock pot, pie is sitting out for eventual dessert, various sizes and shapes of tableware are set out in readiness. My sisters and BIL are expected 4ish US EST. As long as they don’t arrive bearing too many gifts and too much additional food, I’m looking forward to a pleasant, low-key late afternoon and early evening. Now…we wait.
Whatever you’re up to, I wish all of you an enjoyable, drama-free day.
Thankfully, it’s just me, Dad, and the dog, so not much drama here.
Just dad, and my uncle, and me this year sharing a mutual sense of bewilderment over NFTs.
It’s just me, reruns of Time Team, and Eugenics Simulator: JRPG edition (Fire Emblem games)
Whew! I just remembered to set out the Beano!
Promised XX I’d make a cheese “Christmas” danish (anything with vanilla AND almond flavoring tastes like Christmas) and totally forgot until about an hour ago. Oops. Cheated with canned crescent rolls instead of homemade sweet dough, but oh well.
This is CNN
The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over. But life in many ways has returned to something resembling normal for many. That’s in large part because there are now multiple coronavirus vaccines, including one from Pfizer.
And that’s one of the main reasons CNN Business has named Pfizer (PFE) CEO Albert Bourla as the CEO of the year. Bourla joins previous winners Marc Benioff of Salesforce (CRM), Target (TGT) CEO Brian Cornell and Chipotle’s (CMG) Brian Niccol.
Savvy journalisming.
Would this be the same Pfizer that currently sponsors their entire lineup?
I wouldn’t know about the sponsorship. I don’t watch CNN.
Nobody does. Even Tater only watches Fox.
But Bourla was our choice for all that Pfizer has done in a year where Covid vaccines went mainstream (vaccine was even named word of the year by Merriam-Webster) and helped stabilize America’s economy — and the world’s for that matter.
“Pfizer did a lot of good [for] humanity and we are very, very proud of it,” Bourla said in an interview with CNN Business. “Not only were we able to save so many lives … but we are enjoying high levels of corporate reputation right now. People like us.”
It’s amazing what you can achieve when big business and big government and big media team up to make the world a better place.
2pm isn’t too early to start with the Rye, right?
It’s Christmas. Have at it.
Seconded.
False. Bottoms up.
Oh, I misread it as you saying that 2pm was too early. It’s probably due the beer I drank.
I’ve already killed off the Buffalo Trace from thanksgiving and will be busting out the Woodford Reserve before sundown. Jesus’ first miracle was getting an entire wedding party tanked on the top shelf stuff – he’s cool with it.
Another Libertarian Christmas miracle..
https://twitter.com/MartinSkold2/status/1474843360292745221?t=iHFi4Nv7kHPI66N_6qhtpg&s=19
Took a little spin to shoot my new gun.
The roads are deserted.
No one at the pistol range.
Pew pew pew. ?
So, what did you get? If you told us, I’ve forgotten.
Sig P320 compact carry.
I put on a tungsten cerakoted AXG grip.
Schwanky!
My bad. Sig is calling it titanium.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/10/07/two-new-p320-grip-modules/
Reverse two tone look. Makes a “boring” gun look interesting.
Cerakote does not wear well on stainless. No idea about Aluminum.
Yes, I plan on doing that Wednesday or Thursday. Gotta check out a new spot.
🙂
Freezing rain all day here today. No power outages, but I didn’t go outside.
OK Boomer
BT Tower!
Merci.
Thanks. Love the guy at 2:58.
Anyone curious about Neil deGrasse Tyson’s take on Santa? Me either, but now that I saw it I’m gonna share.
No, I don’t car about his take on anything.
here’s a santa political compass instead
lol!
So you have no truck for his views?
Tyson is like the concentrated personification of reddit. God what an insufferable cunt.
Spot on.
Sooo…you also hate big astronomy?
/jk
concentrated personification of reddit
Non-porn portions of reddit.
Reddit is for porn. The rest is a dump.
Why do people hate deGrasse tyson so much?
For those that dont know, him pointing out that santa’s delivering presents is scientifically impossible is his kind of humor. Additionally, he tries to keep real science in the spotlight and make it fun/relateable.
Lefties hate him because he really wont bend to Lefty attempts to corrupt science for political gain. Ars Technica and their commie commenters blasted him for like 3 months straight one year.
America needs some light shown on science, real science, right now.
I see the entire Rebuild of Evangelion series is on Amazon prime. I never saw the last one. Should probably rewatch 3.33 first since I remember that one being a bit bonkers and a completely new storyline.
Bonkers storyline is pretty much all I know about the whole franchise.
At the original tvtropes.com, there used to be a note on the “I am not making this up” tag that said it was only for the most out-there things. Paraphrasing from memory “‘The hero dies at the end’ doesn’t get the tag. ‘She hugs everyone in the world and turns them into Tang(R)’ does. This tag can be safely used for most thing concerning Evangelion.”
This is accurate. I don’t understand a single thing that happened in that entire 8-hour period.
All 4 on Amazon is a pretty good deal and the 4th one finally fave the series some closure with a mostly-coherent conclusion. 8/10.
I’ll pick up a 4 pack on bluray when it comes out. I still have the original TV series on DVD and the 1.01 movie (before they did a 1.11 (or 1.21) update).
HOLY CRAP.
I’m watching the Packers/Browns game on our “Christmas present” TV.
It’s kind of scary. 86” might have been too big.
Vision impaired hubby approves though.
I picked up a new 75″ TV a month ago. Still getting used to it. Definitely not going back though.
Soooo good for hockey
86″!? Wow. In our little living room I’d look like I was watching a tennis match just watching TV. haha
Yeah, I never get the front seats in a movie theater either. Don’t want to move my neck that much!
But now that I am a fat cat monocle wearing Glib,
I do enjoy a big screen in the house.
I even hired a dude from Vegas to mount it, based on his “thumbtack” reviews. He was good at his job, friendly, sang loudly to my husband’s playing of soul gospel.
He looked like Predator before he took his mask off, but he was cool.
Did he also look like the Predator after taking the mask off?
Nah, but he had a couple of sweet gold teeth.
Sang gospel like an angel from God and did his job well.
Got bless ‘em.
Relevant
If you hadn’t linked to that scene I would have been severely disappointed.
Porn must be nightmare inducing.
I recently upgraded from 42″ to 50″. Baby steps.
But I can’t really go much larger than that here.
Baker Mayfield doing a nice job so far.
86” might have been too big.
Euphemisms?
34 degrees and raining. Perfect Scotch weather.
Heavy cloud cover means it’s already dark. Lily is out back, I think she’s flushed an Unciv’s Bane.
Sunburnt fingers?
I don’t think dogs can flush those. I think Not Adahn is talking mice.
Thankfully, since I found and plugged the point of entry, I’ve had none.
I don’t think dogs can flush toilets.
If they can operate door handles, which some can, they can flush a toilet.
Santa brought me a GI Joe brand US Grant figure, unopened box.
I haven’t received an “action figure/ doll” for decades.
This one warms my heart.
General Grant, or President Grant?
Cary Grant.
Cary Grant and Sean Connery are the only dudes I can think of readily who were panty droppingly good looking in their 80s.
Joel McCrea also looked distinguished at the end of his career, but I don’t know if there are pictures of him in his 80s.
I’d have spent all night with McCrea just to listen to him.
Paul Newman!
I’ll allow it…:)
General Grant.
https://www.gijoeelite.com/Timeless-Collection-General-Ulysses-S-Grant
….wait
There’s a new thread isn’t there?
(I miss the arrows)
Nope.
Not yet.
6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central according to the calendar.