Poppy’s post of nonsense

by | Jul 26, 2022 | Fun | 255 comments

NM is a foreign country

When I lived in New Mexico this was a constant problem. In fact, one time I said I was flying from NY to NM and someone asked me, “how are you getting in? You don’t have a passport.”

 

*fewer

*fewer

 

Aaaand I'm dead.

Aaaand I’m dead.

 

Art is up to interpretation

Art is up to interpretation

 

Might be my new thing, not gonna lie.

Bags made of cheese or bags in which to place cheese? The world may never know.

 

My books know the truth.

My books know me better than I know me.

So speaking of books, I’m currently reading the first of The Lincoln Lawyer series. And golly is it different from the Netflix series. I always love a good legal and/or police procedural (oh happy day it was when l0b0t introduced me to Law & Order), so I devoured the first season of The Lincoln Lawyer in about a day and a half. The first book is, thus far, significantly better. (Cue the shock and awe)

There are entire characters missing in the TV series. One of those characters is Hieronymus Bosch, who doesn’t even exist in the Netflix adaptation. Amazon’s ownership rights of the Hieronymus Bosch character prevented The Lincoln Lawyer series from being properly developed. I am curious, however, as to how Michael Connelly managed to license two characters to two different studios. I would’ve loved to be in on those meetings and see how that was negotiated.

Anyway, back to the nonsense.

 

This one is for l0b0t

This one is for l0b0t

 

Owl party, any one?

Owl party. My place. Stat.

 

Goals

I shared this with my staff. One of my managers said she’s going to start giving out my number so I can do this.

 

She's a cute.

Definitely my type.

 

 

Ffs...

Ffs…

 

What thought process lead to this?

What thought process lead to this text?

 

OMWC trolls scammers

OMWC trolls scammers

 

Looks legit

Looks legit

What is colourism? 

Watch Bob audition for The Office.

For OMWC.

This was probably shared, but man is it awesome.

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255 Comments

  1. R.J.

    These are my favorite links ever.

    • Poppy

      I am Poppy.

      • R.J.

        They are awesome links, and they made me happy.

      • Poppy

        ❤️❤️ thank you

      • Chafed

        Seconded. I have no idea how you gather that collection of links.

  2. Don escaped Texas

    Honest US citizen here:

    Worry about PA oz. Download Pennsylvania’s weights and measure standards: meet those and you’re golden in the other 49

  3. Brochettaward

    Dudes asking for your number at a bar is normal part of the mating ritual of seconders. How about women grow a spine and just say no?

    • Poppy

      Oh I don’t know, but the ghost trolling might be worth a laugh or two.

      • SDF-7

        If nothing else, how the guy reacts would tell a girl a lot, I expect. But then again, I have to assume my wife picked me for my sense of humor (God knows it couldn’t be much else… 😉 ) — so being able to take a good joke seems like one of the things you’d check.

      • R.J.

        The first answer to a bad pick up line should always be:
        “What’s your blood type?”

  4. SDF-7

    Honest US citizen here. I don’t get why we’re all Tulpa and not Poppy. I think she’s one of the best linkers on the site right now. She just needs time to do this. We should back her and trust the process. We can do this! Let’s go Glibs!

    • SDF-7

      More seriously — like the panoply of madness. Particularly the “Cute single moms”. That one got a big grin from me.

  5. CPRM

    oh happy day it was when l0b0t introduced me to Law & Order

    They didn’t like my pitch for a law and order spin-off.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        At first I just saw DNR and thought Do Not Resuscitate.

      • SDF-7

        Damn my slow fingers!

      • SDF-7

        Drat… I was hoping for Law and Order: Do Not Resuscitate to finally be the Sequel to literally end all sequels.

      • Poppy

        I’d watch the fuck outta that.

  6. juris imprudent

    Twitter denies massive bot presence, and second, those quidditch players sure look like they are making “wooshing” sounds as they pretend to fly.

    • Zwak doesn't know what to ignite and what to extinguish

      So, this would be the first time the players had a “stick” between their legs, I am guessing.

    • R.J.

      That quidditch shit is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Please detach yourselves from J.K. Rowling and spare her the embarrassment. She’s probably grateful.

    • rhywun

      JK was a fucking genius to get tens? dozens? of losers to prance around a pitch while seemingly gripping their junk.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Lose the stick and seems like a somewhat logical playground game that includes smear the queer

  7. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Honest Mars Life Form here. Biden is the best tasting President in office right now.

    • R.J.

      Please consume him faster.

  8. Tundra

    Man, Poppy sure reminds me of WebDom.

    Chili Palmer is much more interesting than Keke Palmer.

    I don’t think it’s gonna make that much difference, but I am enjoying the new LNP.

    • SDF-7

      Does this mean there’s a Chili Rosberg out there too?

  9. Shpip

    Damn, now I want to host an owl party.

    • R.J.

      Yeah. I have yet to get any owls on my tiny property. Owls do rock and one should have an owl party.

      • Bobarian LMD

        In Missouri, my neighbor kept rabbits and there was a Great Horned Owl that would sometimes sit on my fence and look for opportunities,

        His/her wingspan was probably over 6′.

    • SDF-7

      Just invite a bunch of random people you meet at the supermarket. Then keep shouting “Have you met Bob?” so they can stand around saying “Who?”

    • Plinker762

      Old Wild Ladies?

      • Ted S.

        Operating without a license.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Kinda like a lemon party, then?

    • rhywun

      Yeah, owls are awesome.

    • Nephilium

      I go to a Superb Owl Party every year.

      • Shpip

        I host a baroque music-themed gathering at my house every year. I usually call it More Than You Can Handel, but I figure if I can get a raptor wrangler to show up with his charge, I’ll call it Owl Be Bach.

        /that’s the best I could come up with, really owl I could come up with

        /that’s owl she wrote, folks

  10. Tundra

    I always love a good legal and/or police procedural…

    Then you need to read the Rebus series from Ian Rankin.

  11. CPRM

    This small town in NY that I’m currently in reminds me of Wisconsin with bigger hills. I even know some people here, but don’t know how to contact them…

    • Old Man With Candy

      Drop me an email at omwc at this domain and I’ll give you addresses and cell numbers.

    • rhywun

      Assuming you’re on the left side of the Appalachians, I’ve always said it’s more midwest over there than east.

      • Lackadaisical

        Exactly right. We’re fundamentally Midwesterners.

    • MikeS

      Just walk into every restaurant in town and yell “Fuck off, Tulpa!” until you find the one where not everyone looks at you funny.

      • MikeS

        Start at Perkins.

      • rhywun

        Heh, dinner at Perkins was a childhood treat; a close second to Ponderosa.

      • Tundra

        We had a place called Mr. Steak.

        Definitely a treat.

        Interesting that it started in CO!

      • DrOtto

        I worked at Mr. Steak on Robert St. in West St Paul back in the day.

      • Tundra

        We went to the one on Lyndale in Bloomington!

        Were you a WSP guy?

      • pistoffnick

        I worked at a Ponderosa in Ames, Iowa. I actually cut my hair to keep my job – the owner was a total dick. I wasn’t even customer facing – why did I need short hair?

        I remember cutting up 6 crates of cantaloupe, 4 crates of honeydew, 3 crates of pineapple, and 10 crates of watermelon on an early Satdee morning,

        I only lasted a semester at Iowa State before I ran out of money.

        Ain’t been to a Ponderosa since. Fuck ’em.

      • DrOtto

        SSP

      • Tundra

        Doc, my dad grew up in SSP. What part of town did you live in?

      • DrOtto

        Mr. Steak had a Ponderosa across the street and down the block from it. When Red Lobster built right across the street from us, it was the beginning of the end for that location.

      • DrOtto

        We were on 5th Ave near Southview.

      • Tundra

        Oh shit,

        6th and Southview. Right down from the Dairy Queen!

        When did you live there>

      • DrOtto

        ’71 up through ’94

      • DrOtto

        At this point, I’d be shocked if we didn’t know each other, at least in passing. I used to hang out at Nipp’s garage on 7th and Southview as well.

      • Tundra

        You probably knew my uncle. He was only 8 years older than me.

        It was a great goddamn town, in a weird way.

      • DrOtto

        I had fun growing up there, till I realized warmer climates were a real thing. I still have friends and family in the area and go back about once a year.

      • Timeloose

        I used to pick up my sister after a shift at Mr. steak. I felt like I was her pimp.

      • Tundra

        Damn, we may have run across each other.

  12. Plinker762

    “I’m non-binary, feeling lucky?” Got a laugh out of me.

  13. pistoffnick

    WHO IS JUAN GALT?

    • Tundra

      El hombre de Glibs.

      • pistoffnick

        I bet he’s into Messicans, weed, and ass sex.

      • rhywun

        A true gentleman.

  14. MikeS

    The Quiddich thing; I read two articles that said they were changing the name because they wanted to create/expand their ultra-nerd leagues to national and international levels and wanted to avoid copyright troubles. Both had a one or two paragraph claim that, “Oh it’s also because JK is so TERFy” but neither gave any evidence whatsoever to back up that claim.

    Also, WTF is a Keke Palmer?

    • Penguin

      A Palmer one short of solving Sammy’s problem?

    • Mustang

      I read it as Kek Palmer at first. Still doesn’t answer the question, but I chuckled.

  15. Gustave Lytton

    I’ve been banned from Freddy’s fuel station apparently. Wonder if it applies to all Kroger stations. It’s 98F out with humidity dripping off the sweat, and I’ve lost patience with waiting for the pump monkeys to take their sweet ass time to do their stated jobs. So I pumped it myself. Dipshit wanted to run “the lahhhhhh”. Whatever, that ship sailed when Gov Shitstain suspended the self serve law first for COVID and then for heat emergencies(*). Apparently this need for public safety is so important that it can be waived at will. Or even rescinded in much of the state. Tell me, how does population of a county affect whether self serve is “safe” or not? Assholes want to burn up the rule of law to get at their devils, well reap it shitheels.

    *heat emergencies now being declared anytime it’s hot out, usually within the normal range of weather. Insanity.

    • rhywun

      Crazy. Is there anywhere other than Oregon and NJ you can’t pump your own gas?

      • Gustave Lytton

        Not as far as I know. And it’s not a complete ban either

        Exempt
        Diesel at all pumps
        Cardlock fuel pumps
        Half the state’s counties 24 hours a day
        3 counties between 6pm and 6am

    • Brochettaward

      Do you know how many untrained motorists died pumping their own gas last year? Do you?

      • MikeS

        A quick DDG search anecdotally shows you’re more likely to get shot pumping gas than from the act of pumping gas. So maybe they’re on to something…let the attendant take the bullet.

      • Chafed

        Biden did that.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Why is this ever an inquisitive question here?

      • MikeS
  16. pistoffnick

    I would like to be (short haired) Meg Ryan’s boyfriend.

    “I’ll have what he’s having!”

      • MikeS

        Antonio Banderas?

      • Tundra

        Was he the plastic surgeon?

        Otherwise, no.

      • MikeS

        By the looks of her, maybe he was.

      • Mojeaux

        No, that was Melanie Griffith, and he was the decent one in that pair.

      • MikeS

        Well, shit. Yup, I always get those two mixed up.

      • Mojeaux

        Totally understandable. She mutilated her face too.

      • Zwak doesn't know what to ignite and what to extinguish

        Man, plastic surgery is a hate crime. Why do these people do it? Remember Ellen Barkin? Ruined her face, and career. Billy Crystal? A freak show!

  17. Ownbestenemy

    The NM thing. When I got my divorce and I was talking with a friend from high school she no shit asked “I’d love to visit but I don’t have my passport”

    Probably dodged a bullet with that

    • Tundra

      Probably?

      • Ownbestenemy

        Meh…she was truly like a sister all through highschool and my HS gf BFF.

  18. Aloysious

    Thanks, Poppy.
    . I larfed.

    • Aloysious

      And apparently I believe in superfluous penises.

      • Aloysious

        *sighs wearily at self*

        Periods. Superfluous periods. Man, I haven’t even got off work to start drinking yet.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Maybe it’s just a big skin tag?

      • R.J.

        I was about to ask about that, then I saw the explanation. This will pop up again in a post.

      • Mojeaux

        That’s a clitoris.

      • Brochettaward

        THE cLITORIS IS A MYTH

      • Mojeaux

        You’re thinking of the G-spot.

        *psst* Not a myth.

      • slumbrew

        *psst* Not a myth.

        Can confirm.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Clit commander is real

      • pistoffnick

        You’re thinking of the G-spot.

        *psst* Not a myth.

        New girlfriend is a racecar 0-60 in 2.4 seconds with the right “come hither motions”.

        Old wife was a Yugo.

      • pistoffnick

        Or rather, old wife was a frigid bitch was a neglected Triumph Spitfire with an original Lucas ignition system.

      • Shpip

        The clitoris is real. It’s the female orgasm that’s the myth.

      • CPRM

        The clitoris is real. It’s the female orgasm that’s the myth.

        Don’t You FUCKING LOVEScIEnz!!!??

      • Brochettaward

        I said what I said.

        Is anyone going to take the word of a woman on the female anatomy over that of The First Of All Firsters?

      • pistoffnick

        I dunno if the female orgasm is real – I’m jest a simple country boy – but she seems to enjoy herself. And If I can help with that in anyway, I enjoy that.

  19. Brochettaward

    A boy’s best friend is his First.

    • slumbrew

      A boy’s best friend is his First.

      FIFY

  20. The Bearded Hobbit

    Thanks, Poppy.

    The NM thing was well-known when growing up. The state magazine New Mexico used to devote the last page to people with similar stories. Doesn’t seem to be as much as an issue in our Modern World.

    Florida Ounces: About a month ago I had a very young Sweet Young Thing ask me to decipher an item on her grocery list. “What’s a lb?”

    • db

      “units of libido. Wanna see mine?”

    • one true athena

      “One of our 50 is missing!” I remember that. It was always good for a laugh.

      never ran into it in person, but I saw once on the evening news years ago, I think it was Brokaw doing a piece on MEXICAN FIRE ANTS OMG. and he said something about how the ant invasion was going to sweep From Cali thru Arizona and into Texas! poor NM didn’t even get a mention in this march of deadly bugs.

      • The Bearded Hobbit

        National TV weathermen like to stand in front of New Mexico while talking about the weather in more important places.

      • dbleagle

        During the Vietnam War period there would be at least one letter to the editor each year complaining that the Viet Cong flag was being flown all over Arizona.

        Idiots.

  21. db

    Who the fuck is this “Poppy?”

    I feel like Glibs is changing too rapidly and the world is being swept out from under my feet.

    Change scares me

    • Mustang

      Poppy is from the Before Times.

    • The Bearded Hobbit

      I’m torn between

      “Fear is the mind-killer”

      and

      “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”

    • Gustave Lytton

      Phil Hartman, is that you?

    • Mojeaux

      psssst *looks around* webdom shhhhhh *fades into dark*

    • Ownbestenemy

      We’re you not around for the Poppy phase?

  22. DrOtto

    Just got home late from work and catching up on the links, I like these Poppy. Also, regarding the gay marriage ‘gotcha’ from the previous links, I don’t think marriage is a legitimate state or federal function. Marriage is a religious ceremony, church and state bitches. States should have to acknowledge any civil unions between one or more consenting adults, much like they should be required to “shall issue” firearm permits, but marriage occurs in the church amd should not be a gov’t function period.

    • db

      I, likewise don’t think that issuing permits to carry is a legitimate state or federal function. It’s a human right to arm oneself; no permit should be needed or even allowed.

      • DrOtto

        Actually, you’re correct, there shouldn’t be any firearm permitting. As far as civil union recognition goes though, it has to be recognized for job benefits and the such, but the government shouldn’t be in the business of sanctioning what unions are allowed/disallowed, they should just be in the business of recording said unions for the record.

    • The Bearded Hobbit

      Exactly. It is a contract and should be treated as such. Church should be separate and totally not a state function (other than securing the contract.)

  23. Tundra

    OK. No war movie tonight.

    Comedy recs, por favor?

    • Ownbestenemy

      Throw Mama From the Train

      • Zwak doesn't know what to ignite and what to extinguish

        This. Awesome movie.

      • slumbrew

        I couldn’t get into it. Maybe my vague grasp of Russian history is to blame.

      • CPRM

        Or Black Dynamite if he’s not an Eddie Murphy guy

      • Tundra

        So which one? The 1975 original or the 2019 homage?

      • CPRM

        Which one of which which?

      • Tundra

        My bad. I’ll watch the Eddie Murphy one.

      • CPRM

        Good choice, probably his best movie since the 80s

      • MikeS

        It’s fun

      • Tundra

        So far so good!

      • Tundra

        Love it.

        Thank you,

      • Chafed

        Watch Black Dynamite, the recent version, sometime. It is fantastic.

    • pistoffnick

      What We Do in the Shadows
      Anything Monty Python
      Captain Fantastic

      • pistoffnick

        Bert Kreisher

      • db

        This one might be the best live version I’ve found. Really captures Jennifer’s bass playing and has some of the best guitar work too.

    • Mustang

      Free Guy got a few chuckles out of me. Could definitely be hit or miss though.

      • R.J.

        I enjoyed it.

      • R.J.

        Although I realize my answer could be problematic.

    • slumbrew

      Deadpool.

      That counts, right?

      • Tundra

        It counts, but I’ve seen it.

    • slumbrew

      Kingpin
      Midnight Run
      So I Married An Axe Murderer
      Slapshot

    • DrOtto

      The Goods

    • J. Frank Parnell

      I watched Team America: World Police again a few weeks ago, hadn’t watched it in years and had forgotten how funny it was.

      • slumbrew

        Please, Gary, I’m not from Hollywood. I’m not going to fuck your mouth and my time is extremely valuable

      • J. Frank Parnell

        “Wow, this is a nice limo.”
        “Yes, yes it is. Now, suck my cock!”

      • slumbrew

        “Let me explain to you the kind of man Gary is. He’s a man who knows that when you put another man’s cock in your mouth, you make a pact. A bond that cannot be broken. He’s a man so dedicated that he will get down on his knees and put that cock right in his mouth.”

  24. Lackadaisical

    TFW ‘don’t schedule the plumber until Wednesday’ gets translated into ‘schedule the plumber for Wednesday’.

  25. Mustang

    Random Glibfit update. On Sunday I decided to do a 24 hour fast just to see the effects (something something first world problems something choosing to fast). I did a very light workout in the late afternoon, just some rowing and calisthenics, a very light workout. By the evening, my back was getting pretty stiff. The next morning, it was pretty bad, but I was okay by Monday evening so I did some yoga to keep it loose and a very short run. This morning I started to do some really basic calisthenics and got two reps of bodyweight squats before my back gave out and I had to lie down. Been walking around hunched over all day. Ice helps. Damn, just when I was starting to get into a rhythm.

    • Mustang

      *drops to knees and repents*

    • Tundra

      Shit! Am I dead?!?

    • Ownbestenemy

      Nail, head, hit

    • mikey

      I’ll tell you whatever you want to know. I’ll do whatever you want.
      Just make it stop!!!

  26. CPRM

    Stopped over and had a drink with those friends I have here. They even pretended to like me. People here are so polite, unlike those assholes from MinnySoda

    • Tundra

      You really gonna insult Fourscore like that?

      The rest of us, yes, but Fourscore?!?

      • CPRM

        He is the exception, you are right.

      • Fourscore

        (Puts a post it note, “Remember to pay Tundra back the money I borrowed” on the computer)

      • CPRM

        I did feel bad about not coming in and saying goodbye before I left, but when I’m sober I’m not very social. You and the Mrs were great hosts though. And I’m glad you have gotten some joy from the mug.

      • CPRM

        Also, my dad was a trucker, so I get that mentality to, get moving as soon you can.

  27. LCDR_Fish

    Hello Fellow Glibs – just got a promo from Matt “Gourmeltz” Strickland that he’ll be doing a mini-campaign event at his place on Sat – may try and swing by and maybe some content develops…

  28. Brochettaward

    Someone needs to pull Rob Zombie aside and tell him that his wife isn’t fucking interesting. She’s not charismatic, she can’t act, and it’s fucking annoying that he crowbars her into every fucking project that he does. Like, if she had talent, she could get work without you forcing her onto the world.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Mrs. Moon at one point was intriguing but now…not so sure

    • rhywun

      I’ve never thought “Rob Zombie” was interesting so I guess there’s that.

      • Brochettaward

        He really isn’t. The House Of 1,000 corpses was ok. Everything else was shit, and by Halloween his everybody is a grungy 70’s style piece of white trash aesthetic was more than tiresome.

        And he quite clearly did not get what was supposed to be creepy about Michael Meyers. He was a guy who just killed with no explanation or reason. Giving him a tragic backstory with Mommy issues and hallucinations like Jason was cringy as fuck. And half the sequel being a dream sequence should have gotten him banned from ever making a movie again.

      • rhywun

        I thought Michael Meyers already had a backstory from one of the original movies but I’m no expert so *shrug*.

      • Brochettaward

        He was a kid who from a middle class family with no history of violence who just went and killed his sister one night with no discernable motive. He wasn’t an abused child. There’s a reason they just called him The Shape in the script. He was a blank slate who never spoke.

        Giving him some cliched backstory to explain his violence goes completely against that.

      • rhywun

        But yeah, one of my pet peeves is giving the bad guy some sort of redemptive backstory. I’m talking to you, Stephen King.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      If she was talented she wouldn’t be appearing in Rob Zombie movies. It’s been all downhill for him ever since Thunderkiss ‘65.

  29. J. Frank Parnell

    Bags made of cheese or bags in which to place cheese?

    Why not both?

    • slumbrew

      “Stay fresh, cheese bags” will be stuck in my head for a while. My friends are gonna be so confused.

      • one true athena

        Reminds me of one of the aliens in ST:TNG calling the humans “ugly bags of mostly water”.

      • Chafed

        I have a feeling you are going to say that to your wife and instantly regret it.

      • slumbrew

        That would be contraindicated.

  30. hayeksplosives

    I’m having a glass of wine now in hopes that it helps me sleep.

    Tomorrow is a pivotal day for my future career: in the morning is the phone call with my boss’s boss to discuss my career path. He indicated he’d like to put my leadership and management skills to use on a big project.

    Then in the afternoon I have an (unrelated) internal job interview.

    I’m trying not to be nervous or to let my mind race when I need to be sleeping.

  31. Sean

    Mornin, you weirdos.

    • UnCivilServant

      Why would you post that? I didn’t want to find out I lost until I checked my ticket!

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        You knew you lost when you bought it.

      • Sean

      • UnCivilServant

        The entertainment value is in the fantasy, not the math.

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        I buy one a week myself for the same reason.

  32. Sean

    Stupid server error.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      There goes the Howard Zinn propaganda and the Robert Maplethorpe coffee table book. A damn shame that…

      But seriously, I’m not too keen on book purges but the parents ought to have some say at least.

      • Lackadaisical

        Seriously though, there are several lawsuits against Florida regarding the parental control over education law. They should all be getting thrown out. Clearly the state has the power to regulate what is taught in it’s own classrooms and the parents have the right to know what ANY government functionary is doing, especially teachers of their own child.

    • rhywun

      One wonders what objectionable material the librarians have already snuck onto the shelves that prompted this.

      • rhywun

        I’m guessing something about “trans kids” because that is what every controversy needs to be about these days.

      • Lackadaisical

        Probably. A local school apparently was encouraging boys to wear dresses at some pride day. I suppose this is the end result of claiming being a tranny isn’t a mental disorder.

  33. UnCivilServant

    Welp, gotta go into the office. see you guys when I get there.

  34. Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

    Early morning revelations are interesting, but I’d rather just sleep.

    • PieInTheSky

      was the revelation that metric is better than imperial?

      • UnCivilServant

        No one would come to such a conclusion.

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        We Americans don’t need units of measurement that make logical sense damnit!

      • Not Adahn

        Base 12 is vastly superior to base 10.

  35. PieInTheSky

    Gonna be another hot one 36C at 40% relative humidity real feel (TM) 39

    • rhywun

      Heat wave is over here. Finally pleasant.

  36. Grosspatzer

    Mornin’, reprobates!

    Thanks to “Poppy” for the bizzaro world links. Nice to start the day with a few belly laughs.

  37. Fourscore

    Morning, Folks,

    Good to see you all today and every day. I’m noticing the shortening of the days already. Summer has been nice, except for the mosquitos earlier, now they are gone. Seems like the seasons pass so quickly, turn into years which also pass so quickly.

    • Grosspatzer

      Mornin’. Finally got a break in the heat, in the mid ’60s now. Beautiful morning.

      Where did the years go? Seems like yesterday I was jumping around trying (and failing) to dunk a basketball, today climbing a ladder is a challenge. My adorable little ones turned into grown men overnight. These are good things, I think.

  38. Gender Traitor

    Second attempt – first attempt eaten by server:

    Good morning, 4(20), ‘patzie, Pie, U, KK (No, I’m not going to make an acronym out of your current handle!) Sean, rhy, and Stinky! Another beautiful morning here at Tranq Base – clearer than yesterday, so maybe the grass can finally be cut.

    Didn’t make it to the Y yesterday because we stumbled onto a cheap ($3.50!) matinee of Minions! Heaven help me, I do adore those Minions! So anyway, maybe I’ll make it to the Y today. And preparations for travel continue apace.

    • Gender Traitor

      …and as soon as I posted that, I heard a rumble of thunder. Checked the local weather radar, and there’s a big blob of green, yellow, and red just off to the west. So much for cutting the grass.

      • PieInTheSky

        well if you can cut it before the rain starts it should be good

      • Gender Traitor

        The grass cutter is still asleep.

      • PieInTheSky

        throw a bucket of ice cold water on the grass cutter?

      • Grosspatzer

        On the plus side, Saturday is forecast to be sunny and in the upper ’70s. A perfect day it will be.

      • rhywun

        88 here but looks like the humidity will be low.

      • Gender Traitor

        I can hardly wait! 😃

        In the meantime, it’s getting disturbingly dark around here…

      • CPRM

        My lawn will be so out of control by the time I get back I may have to mow most of it twice.

      • UnCivilServant

        I’m in a bit of a quandry as I borrowed the extension cord I use for maintaining the vegetation outside my house to plug my computer into a different circuit.

        Do I get a new cord to hack down the margin? Or do I unplug my computer again?

      • CPRM

        extension cords are handy. Splurge and get 2 more.

      • Gender Traitor

        Get another cord. You can’t have too many extension cords.

      • Sean

        These euphemisms are getting weird.

    • UnCivilServant

      I read that as “a cheap manitee of minions”.

      *drinks more caffiene*

      Reminder to self – get hair cut, buy booze, get trash bags, visit grocery store. Not necessarily in that order.

      • Grosspatzer

        Having scrambled vowels for breakfast, I see. Manitees? Caffiene?

      • UnCivilServant

        I spel liek a publik skuul grad I yam.

      • CPRM

        Itz publix!1!

      • Fourscore

        Finished a cuppa joe outta my favorite cup. Thanks

      • Not Adahn

        Kaffeen. Rhymes with Canteen.

  39. Not Adahn

    Sometime between leaving my house last Thursday and arriving back home on Monday, my internet went down. I could probably go back and figure out when by looking at my charts, but the important thing is IT’S STILL NOT UP! The router and modem seem to be fine. Originally they weren’t going to send someone to my house until Friday, but I told them it’d be faster for me to just sign up with a competitor so supposedly there will be a tech out this evening.

    • UnCivilServant

      Wait, there’s more than one provider in your area? I figured they’d finished carving up the territories by now.

    • CPRM

      Do you need to know the Cal score?

      • Not Adahn

        I thought sports were still banned in Cali wut with the pandemic and all.

      • UnCivilServant

        Sports? It’s the Calorimeter reading.

    • Tres Cool

      For some reason (and this happened yesterday) from time to time my switch will decide that the port my desktop is connected to needs to be turned off.
      if I move the ethernet to another port- internet. But then that port remains dead until I attach a cable from a different PC. Then its back to life.

  40. Tres Cool

    suh’ fam
    whats goody

    • Gender Traitor

      Good morning, homey!

      It’s raining.

      • Tres Cool

        Just misting. Or that was my experience driving home.