I hope everyone is enjoying not having to go to work tomorrow. I myself will be driving back from the bustling metropolis of Hampden (the “p” is silent) ME tomorrow.
At first glance, things seemed pretty uneventful this wee, but the further I looked, the worse it got. The week started on a lesser sign of oppositional disorder with the moon and Mars teaming up against us, but that’s not too serious. And yes, both Jupiter ad Saturn are retrograde, but they have been and we’ve been able to deal with that. And yes, Mercury in Libra in the absence of the sun isn’t good, and… at this point I started realizing things – on Monday Venus moves into Virgo which is good for them at this time of year, but causes a real problem for the other eleven signs. Now this month Friday the 13th falls on the 12th, but along with that, that’s the day we get hit with another MERCURY RETROGRADE. Do not go to court on that day!
Virgo: Knight of Wands – Departure, absence, flight, emigration. A dark young man, friendly. Change of residence.
Libra: Queen of Wands reversed – Good, economical, obliging, opposition, jealousy, even deceit and infidelity.
Scorpio: 7 of Swords reversed – Good advice, counsel, instruction, slander, babbling.
Sagittarius: 3 of Swords reversed – Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.
Capricorn: 4 of Swords reversed – Wise administration, circumspection, economy, avarice, precaution, testament.
Aquarius: Death reversed – Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism; hope destroyed.
Pisces: Page of Wands – Lover, an envoy, a postman.
Aries: 10 of Cups reversed – Repose of the false heart, indignation, violence.
Taurus: Knight of Swords – Skill, bravery, capacity, defense, address, enmity, wrath, war, destruction, opposition, resistance, ruin.
Gemini: 3 of Coins – Métier, trade, skilled labor, renown, glory.
Cancer: 4 of Cups reversed – Novelty, presage, new instruction, new relations.
Leo: 9 of Swords – Death, failure, miscarriage, delay, deception, disappointment, despair.
There’s going to be a sex doll in the mail?
Certified pre-owned?
Aries: 10 of Cups reversed – Repose of the false heart, indignation, violence.
well, anyway, I’d rather be a big fish in a small pont – Dan Lanning
Luckily for me, I almost always get the opposite of the horoscope.
Does projectile vomiting and cleaning a bathroom while drunk AF count as indignation & violence?
Closer to Shock and Awe.
It’s only violence if you’re violating the NAP by vomiting on somebody else.
That is, somebody who hasn’t requested it, of course. Rule 34 suggests some people pay for it.
Sagittarius: 3 of Swords reversed – Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.
Business as usual.
Well, that pretty much covers the gamut of human existence. All bases covered.
Meanwhile, over at the Brownstone Institute
Directors of the American Economic Association
AEA Directors:
In advance of the AEA’s annual convention next January in New Orleans, you inform all AEA members of the following:
All registrants will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and to have received at least one booster. High-quality masks (i.e., KN-95 or better) will be required in all indoor conference spaces. These requirements are planned for the well-being of all participants. Participants are also encouraged to test for COVID-19 before traveling to the meeting.
Your announcement ensures that I will not attend the meetings under such absurd restrictions. Furthermore, it makes me weep for my profession, for it is strong evidence that today’s leaders of the world’s most prestigious organization of professional economists are unaware of basic facts about covid and, worse, ignorant of basic tenets of economics.
Don Boudreaux is not impressed.
I’m still getting reports of my vaxxed friends being caught by the Big C with a caveat that “it’s not too serious, really kind of mild”. Then I have to confess, of course, no vax, no C. Recently saw a lone person in a car with a mask, can’t be too careful.
Few , that’s very few, wearing a mask here now.
I assume N95 mask and proof of vaccination and several boosters will be a requirement for attendance at HH this year?
Monkeypox vaccine would be a good idea, too.
N95’s for poseurs. The elite know that you use a full self-contained breathing apparatus with complete hermetic seal between your face and the mask.
That would actually be the only thing that would work against an airborne respiratory virus. Baring mucosal transmission of which I’ve seen no evidence; but might want to throw in some Fauci branded goggles while your at it, just to really signal your dedication to the cause.
Medical people will be on hand to administer the latest and bestest vaccine to any medical scofflaws. Last year my grand daughter and her BF wore masks and no one laughed ’cause they were working. Then Kinnath pulled out a bottle (several) of his amazing elixir and masks came off.
This always makes me shake my head. Come on, people.
My working theory is that it’s mostly old fat people that the covid scared the shit out with a few virtue signalers whom haven’t installed the last couple doucheware updates.
I bet that idiot was wearing clothes in their car alone, too.
Full disclosure, I wore a mask by myself in my car last Tuesday. But it was due to getting tired of the acrid feeling in my throat from the heavy wildfire smoke.
Just returned from the grocery store and yeah, it’s mostly done except some old ladies, and every East Asian person.
PS. There was a sign up next to the Reddi Wip claiming you need to be 21 to buy it.
Too bad that’s not true.
Addabbo can say that wasn’t his intention, and maybe a court will read that out of the legislative memo (which doesn’t exempt canned whipped cream either, despite his claim), but the actual law is
If whipping cream cans are a steel cylinder and they contain nitrous oxide (which apparently they do), then they do appear to fall under the law, despite protestations. Draft better next time.
My wife went to a Kiwanis picnic Friday — only one person wore a mask, and it came off before the end of the picnic. This was outside, of course.
Didn’t see this posted yet, but apparently Styx and Dave Smith had a debate on Liberty Lockdown this morning – sounds pretty good from what I’ve heard so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibuZl8c00hQ&t=629s
Did you see my recommendations for lawyer referral sites, Fish?
Didn’t see any actual links. I did find out that the lawyers just down my street will do wills – so I may just work with them initially – but I don’t think they specialize on any of the other things I’m thinking about in the future.
Avvo or Martindale, .com the both of them.
N95’s for poseurs. The elite know that you use a full self-contained breathing apparatus with complete hermetic seal between your face and the mask.
This. Clean room bunny suit and scuba rig or STFU.
Recently saw a lone person in a car with a mask, can’t be too careful.
This always makes me shake my head. Come on, people.
The best one is when you see somebody on a motor scooter with a mask and no crash hat.
No, the best is somebody on a motor scooter with a gimp mask. Yes, I have seen this in the wild.
PS – as always, thanks NA – Lily pics and wrestling are one of the highlights of my Sunday morning.
Regarding drag queen stripper story time and the transification of america I thought of something this morning.
7 years ago after Obergefell, sugarfree posted this:
“Year Zero
Day four of the gay marriage apocalypse. Saw a heterosexual couple gunned down in the street. Dasfaggengruppen troops kicked the woman until she stopped moving and then covered her in glitter. I can hear my wife in the attic. I pray they don’t find us.
Jets overhead at noon, rainbow contrails linger in the sky. I can see churches burning from my second floor window. I’ll scavenge for straight food after the sun goes down. I’ve eaten nothing but brunch since Friday.
I dress carefully to go out. A pair of my wife’s jeans. One of Jennie’s Strawberry Shortcake shirts. I breakdown crying when I realize I’ve been trying to decide which shoes to wear for half and hour. Goddamn you, Justice Kennedy.”
At the time it seemed like great satire. But these days… i think it’s time to start shopping for a strawberry shortcake shirt.
I’m bemused when SoCons rail against gay marriage as some sort of “threat” to families and/or baby making.
When back in the good old days, it was lots of “confirmed bachelors” and not very babies or happy marriages coming from that set.
Liberace was just waiting for the right lady to come along
“Dasfaggengruppen”
😀
SF really is a genius.
“I can see churches burning from my second floor window.”
We had to wait until the abortion apocalypse for that.
@Brooksie My family is the Hyundai family. The car I drive was my mother’s, and she said it was the best car she’s ever had. It’s a 2006. It’s a 6-cylinder so ething-ridiculously high liter. There’s a reason I call it Zippi. She sold it to me and got another Hyundai. My husband bought a used Hyundai to replace Granny car and it’s been a trouper. It is also a 2006. My daughter also ended up with a Hyundai. It’s a 2007. We also have a pickup that is just for hauling mulch and lumber. It’s a 2002 Ram.
The nice thing about aerodynamics dictating the look of every car on the road, is that you can have an old car without it looking that old. I live on a tight cul-de-sac with 6 other houses. Among them, us not included, there are 5 more Hyundais.
My husband would buy a Hyundai hybrid if we had the money. Me, I don’t have any particular brand loyalty for a car (I love our pickup). I just want a nice looking car that works.
Prefer toyota myself. My first new car was a 2008 Rav4. Got my 2012 (preowned) after that one got rearended in 2015. Almost 160k miles now. Want to get a truck next and will almost certainly be Tundra or Tacoma.
4-Hyundai family here. The youngest Patzer is getting good use of the 2008 Entourage with 145K miles. Still rolling along and the ability to chauffeur a bunch of his buddies on road trips has significantly enhanced his social standing. One of these days he may discover the proper way to enjoy using the space afforded by folding down the rear seats.
Mrs Patzer likes the ease of access provided by her 2017 Tucson, and the firstborn and I tool around in late-model Elantras. All with low mileage and not a hint of trouble; I may not need to ever purchase another vehicle.
Thanks, Moj!
I forgot to say, 3/4 of the Hyundais (between me and mom and daughter) are Sonatas, as are all the Hyundais on my cul-de-sac. My husband’s is an Azera, which is the “luxury” model, whose “luxuries” I do not care for.
Full disclosure, I wore a mask by myself in my car last Tuesday. But it was due to getting tired of the acrid feeling in my throat from the heavy wildfire smoke.
A reasonable and rational decision. Effective against particulate pollution; less so against viruses.
Plus, the virtue was shining so bright, I didn’t need to use headlights.
Prefer toyota myself. My first new car was a 2008 Rav4. Got my 2012 (preowned) after that one got rearended in 2015. Almost 160k miles now. Want to get a truck next and will almost certainly be Tundra or Tacoma.
My thirty-plus-year-old Honda has ~320k miles on it now and it still runs great. Unfortunately, it has developed an issue which appears to be heat related. I think it’s the ecu (old solder joint, maybe). It will fire right up when it’s cold, but after you drive it for a while and it gets up to operating temp, it doesn’t want to restart until it cools off.
*”it” = engine temp or ecu temp? Not certain which.
And this is why I am shopping for a speeduino.
So…I’d seen some tweets about it, but after seeing reviews from both NRO(?) and Critical Drinker, I looked up the Tollywood flick “RRR” on netflix last night. (didn’t watch the Critical Drinker vid till after I watched the movie). Technically, I think it’s supposed to be in Telugu – not sure how different it is from Hindi – but when I went on Netflix, I only saw Hindi (seemed to sync properly) – good English subtitles too and surprisingly during the songs as well.
I’ve only watched a few Bollywood flicks in the past – I think the only one I own is Lagaan – great flick, India’s Oscar submission in 2001 IIRC – which is currently on Netflix as well. However, seeing the ones they’re listing now on netflix and prime – I may try and catch up on some I saw referenced on Twitch/Screen Anarchy over the past 20 years that I never had a chance to see before. With a couple exceptions, they never get released on US DVDs – just never got around to importing sight unseen (unlike HK/Korean stuff…) even though I recall many of them had subs.
That said…last night really put it in perspective – I saw virtually no titles older than the last 5 years on netflix streaming last night. There was Lagaan, and Arahan (an excellent Korean martial arts flick from 2004 I own on DVD) but nearly everything else was “brand new”. That’s why I still rent discs from them.
https://www.hotcars.com/whistlindiesels-1600-hp-dukes-of-hazzard-general-lee-custom-muscle-car/
Vroom vroom.
https://www.chewboom.com/2022/09/04/jet-puffed-welcomes-pumpkin-spice-and-candy-corn-marshmallows-for-fall-2022/
Yuck.
Steaks have been grilled. Got two more to do this evening, hoping the weather will cooperate.
Do you pre-cook streaks for the week? How does that work?
Or is it for steak salads or the like?
Yes. Big steaks means left overs.
Occasionally steak on salad, but not often.
Steak sandwich leftovers for me.
Love the doggies, thanks for the weekly ray of sunshine,. NA.
This cannot be real:
“Gemini: 3 of Coins – Métier, trade, skilled labor, renown, glory. ”
Are you sure you’re doing this right?
https://ktla.com/news/chp-makes-nearly-300-dui-arrests-in-first-12-hours-of-max-enforcement/
Max enforcement. What were you slackers doing before?
Rousting bums from the streets of San Francisco? I crack myself up.
How was the festival?
Lax enforcement?
Through zoom research we found out that you can get a DUI in wheel chair, and not just the electric ones.
Hmph. I guess when FedEx says “2-3 business days” they don’t count the 4 business days a package sits in two different Chinese cities. 😡
Noticed that. Tracking gets weird too sometimes if it goes to one of the Alaska transit zones – maybe due to the dateline or something else.
It’s been sitting in Anchorage for almost 24 hours now. I guess since “business” doesn’t commence until Tuesday, they can let it sit there for another day and a half. *shrug*
i found praying mantis #3 in the house. Unless it’s the same one, and she keeps coming back like a homing pigeon.
Mebbe she’s into you. Or wants to bite your head off and eat it.
Or, y’know, both, as God intended.
Neat.