Flying this across country would suck.
Yep. ‘Ol Spud is headed back to Glibs Gulch tomorrow for a couple of weeks. I’m looking forward to it after this summer.
Shall we peruse the shit show that has become our world?
BTW, did you know we’re at the beginning of WWIII?
That’s it. I’m going to go hide in Appalachiastan for a couple of weeks and fortify the defenses.
Leaving on a Jet Plane!
Some 50 years ago I was walking across the El Paso airport when I first heard Mary Travers singing the song. I had just returned from VN and on my way home.
I didn’t think Mary Travers was Mexican.
I’ve got that CD as well. Mary, bless her heart, couldn’t stand up to a big iron on fate’s hip
Summer camp songbook staple.
I’m going to bed since some of us work all night.
Someone alert Rufus.
5 years ago absolutely nothing happened in Vegas.
Insane, isn’t it?
I can’t believe more of the victims’ families aren’t raising hell.
Even Vegas doesnt care….it’s a commercialized message of Vegas Strong just like Boston was okay with the fuck head teen boy bombers so long as they can profit off it.
That’s hard to fathom.
Its weird.. We have on the back of our business cards the ‘vegas strong’ message which is just the city skyline, but the advertisement is all ‘remember Oct 1, buy a beer!’ I guess I get it
Wait, Facebook has users? I thought it was another botfest.
Work sent out an alert yesterday: we are not allowed to install TikTok on company machines and are seriously advised not to install it on personal machines, and they went into some detail about how the CCP mines it for data. I was quite surprised at the candor.
Itβs spyware.
https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser
Check out the TikTok section.
LOL
TikTok isn’t using them, the CCP is.
Ho-lee shit! I knew it was spyware. I didn’t know it was that bad.
Sounds like you work for smart people.
I am generally pleased with them. They seem to buck a lot of the trendy shit other bigcorps are doing (like DEI). I sometimes wonder if it’s because the execs are pretty (((hard-core))).
That may have something to do with it.
I doubt TikTok is the only one.
My company got worried about Google Translate on work product, but then turns around and goes whole hog on Android for mobile solution.
Makes surfing Japanese a PITA.
Fortunately my work hasnβt reached that point.
A gay rom-com does not necessarily have to be woke. I don’t know the particulars of this one but jeez it’s been done a zillion times before.
Maybe it’s just that it doesn’t appeal to a wide audience.
Maybe it needs more trans-action.
Why do you hate gay people?
Lol
Here’s the thing: If roughly 10% of the population is actually gay, but Hollyweird (TV, movies) makes it look like it’s a good third to half of the population, it means they’ve swallowed their own calculations and it exposes the bubble they live in, never mind that the industry is disproportionately gay to begin with.
Newsflash: Just because people believe gays should have equal rights under the law doesn’t mean they want to have a front-row seat to their lives.
And also, the article said it had a bunch of advertising, but I’ve never heard of it. Not that I’m important, but I can’t see a movie I haven’t heard of, and I bet I’m not in a small minority.
I’ve seen countless ads for it. From the ads I’ve seen it seems to be about a blue collar gay male coming out and dating a culturally gay male. Then they get introduced to each other’s cultures. To me it comes across as a standard outline rom-com, just with two guys.
Maybe I just don’t get out much.
Like, from the closet?
Does the pantry count?
Oh man I wish I had one of those.
My middle room which I guess was intended for a dining room table in addition to being a hallway, is now a kind of pantry after my food supplies spread out to there from the kitchen. They are sitting on a bunch of plastic moving bins that I haven’t emptied in ten years.
When I get it straightened out again (thanks to Hurricane XY), I’ll post pantry pr0n.
I’ve seen many ads for it. You must not be watching the gay rom-com friendly channels. π€ͺ
I suppose if it becomes a “box-office disaster” it will be because they misjudged the wider public’s interest in it, which will of course be turned into a political football yay.
If itβs supposed to be crossover why have explicit sex? Iβd watch a gay romcom if the focus is on the comedy.
Iβm assuming gay guys donβt mind straight romantic comedy, but really arenβt going to be interested if it has lots of graphic hetro sex either.
Look at all the great screwball and rom-coms from Hollywood’s Golden Age that don’t rely on graphic sex.
Yeah, I didn’t know about that. It’s certainly not hinted at in the commercials.
I was glad in the 90s that the fad of slipping a sex scene into every R rated movie (action movie, drama, mystery) had more-or-less subsided.
80s directors of R rated movies seemed to think throwing in a sex scene was necessary, regardless of whether or not it furthered the plot. It got annoying, like flinging a random saxophone solo into a rock song that had not included any sax up until that bridge l.
Now that society is accepting of gay relationships, similarly uncreative directors think they have to show deep throat gay kisses and sex scenes, rather than just present the gay couple as a couple and move along.
I donβt want to see ANY depictions of sex or heavy wet kisses. Just tell the damn story or advertise the damned product.
That is us! Fade away at kisses or whatever. People aren’t dumb they can figure out someone got the bone come the morning scene
The more entertaining is when the movie throws in the topless scene just to get the R rating over a PG-13.
Hilarious deep kissing scene
People wouldn’t understand that visually. I need to see tongue in throat
Here you go
https://youtu.be/2z8lLg9cXo8
Another sex scene for you
Maybe the movie just sucks (not a metaphor).
Could be. My question is did they write a rom com with gay characters or a gay rom com. If it was the latter, then I’m guessing they put The Message before plot and character development.
It’s Saturday, and I have survived a local brewery’s one year anniversary (I got a free pint glass). So I’ll open up the Zoom/Happy Hour/Timeshare pitch at 20:00 Eastern.
I just got back from Denali State Park. Grouse cleaned and in the freezer, guns cleaned and put away, Animal cleaned and ready to engage in witty repartee with Glibs.
As soon as back from the bar I will dazzle
As you sure you’re in the right place? Better off staying in the bar.
Nah youse my people
Spud, I can’t keep up with your goings on, wandering around god knows where
So mysterious!
Spudz salacious, sybaritic Silicone Saturday slootz.
https://archive.ph/PhmRD
The nice lady in the green shirt gets me.
JFC..
But this year, the income threshold dropped to $600, with no minimum number of transactions. If you received $600 or more for the sale of goods or services, you may receive a 1099-K in early 2023 β even if you are just an occasional online seller of used household items or clothing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/your-money/online-marketplaces-1099-k.html
I’m waiting for the inevitable crackdown to collect state and local taxes on online purchases – of course Amazon already collects it but many smaller operations don’t.
Gunbroker does. π
But this year, the income threshold dropped to $600, with no minimum number of transactions. If you received $600 or more for the sale of goods or services, you may receive a 1099-K in early 2023 β even if you are just an occasional online seller of used household items or clothing.
No more stealing from the government!
So much for my tiny business
In Joe Biden’s America, wealthy fatcats will no longer be allowed to shirk their duties as tax paying citizens.
βIβm not sure thereβs a core business that works anymore at Facebook,β said Laura Martin of Needham, the only analyst among the 45 tracked by FactSet with a sell rating on the stock.
Fads fade.
This is gonna sound weird but I almost think they killed themselves.
I used the command to throttle people who did nothing but whine about politics, and the entire page just got silent. There’s nothing there.
There was a plugin years ago that did the same thing. After tuning the filters, I had ~10 posts per day in my feed. I peaced out shortly after realizing how little signal was embedded in the noise.
Likewise, I just unmuted a bunch of people on LinkedIn as I continue my job search… What a cesspool of woke virtue signaling and bullshit slinging! I’d delete my account if it weren’t basically mandatory for career networking.
I’m sorry. My circle is more conservative and it’s still full of non-work unprofessional posts except it’s flag waving crap.
Yeah, I wound up there a couple times after I was last hired. It is a different kind of person than me who seems to enjoy posting there. All platitudes and yeah, woke shit.
The teenager “died from an act of self-harm while suffering depression”, he said, but added it would not be “safe” to conclude it was suicide.
WTF? Sounds like suicide to me.
Today the view looks much different. Meta has lost about two-thirds of its value since peaking in September 2021. The stock is trading at its lowest since January 2019 and is about to close out its third straight quarter of double-digit percentage losses. Only four stocks in the S&P 500 are having a worse year.
When they bought the former Sun Microsystem’s Menlo Park campus… I figured this would happen.
I’m not a big John Denver fan… but I like that song.
Bit surprisedβ¦
γ«γ³γγͺγΌγ»γγΌγγ (Country Road cover)
https://youtu.be/0BUngY6_nw0
Best John Denver cover ever.
Not θ₯Ώη° γ²γγ?
https://youtu.be/2FrVQBfs9gg
WTF? Sounds like suicide to me.
It’s no longer suicide unless she had dirt on the Clintons.
Hiya, Spud!
Enjoy your trip back East. Thoughts and prayers for the liver.
That’s quite a collection of lynx. It appears that we are approaching peak retard.
And thanks for the song. I have no idea why, but John Denver is one of my favorites and that song always kicks my ass.
What’s shakin’ tonight, peeps?
People watching at the local pub.
And peak retard can never be reached
Probably.
People watching at the pub sounds good. We got a nice hike in before the storms came through.
Another of my favorite JD songs.
I’ll turn in my punk card.
Uh why turn in punk card? Punk is a lifestyle and way of though, not adherence to a certain music style.
Beer and phone posting don’t mix. Though=life
I was at Ye Olde Local Brewpub earlier tonight for some drinks and dinner. I left when I did because I am supposed to get a document done for work for Monday. I haven’t opened my work laptop yet. In fact, I had another beer. I might have one more.
The world moved on with the notion that one more beer was warranted
I’ve had more than one more.
John Denver is a guilty pleasure.
My 10th grade math teacher was in love with him and not shy about telling us.
Enjoy.
I don’t like much John Denver, but I really like this one.
Yeah, that’s probably my favorite.
I don’t understand using John Denver and pleasure in the same sentence.
How’s this?
Those lyrics are still awful.
These kids actually do a pretty damn good job, too.
They are doing their best with the original material but it can’t be saved. I suppose Rush is to you as John Denver is to me.
If you like 1.5 Rush songs, than yes.
I do not understand you people who actually know the names of songs and bands.
I didn’t see anybody mention this John Denver yet.
John Denver for when I am missing Wyoming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXOihxjXqAo
Or this Wyoming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McDZK1ir5QI
My kitty eunuch has recovered wonderfully from his surgery and doesnβt understand why he has to remain confined to the guest room (doctorβs orders).
I find it interesting that the painkillers they gave us to administer for the next 3 days is Gabapentin. Thatβs an anti seizure drug in humans. But in cats itβs used for pain, anxiety, and also epilepsy (didnβt know cats had that, though I know itβs not rare in dogs).
I might let the little guy out of the room early instead of waiting a whole week.
A week?! OMG let the poor guy out early.
I let him out for half an hour to play around the house. I had visited him earlier for cuddle time.
But now that older cat is inside, Iβm keeping the little dude in the guest room so that they donβt play too rough.
Iβll probably let him roam the house freely by Monday. His appetite is fine, his litter box habits are fine. I donβt predict any issues at all.
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I forgot about the other cat. Yeah, segregation for awhile it probably a good idea.
That makes two of us. When we got our female fixed, we just kept her in the house for two days (she and her brothers are shop cats) and the vet thought that was a prefect wonderful plan.
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Came back from the grocery tonight. Got burger patties at the counter and asked the guy three times to shrink wrap them on a tray. Idiot comes back with the tray wrapped in butcher paper. And then I noticed it’s 85%. π€¦ββοΈ wtf is wrong with people?
Did you want more or less fat?
More!
Iβd be cool with 80%, but didnβt want to assume.
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Guess I’ll just put a pat of butter on them when they’re on the grill.
Some people are animals.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
Best of the lot.
None of them particularly tickled the ol pickle, but I’m not a chest guy.
Even Drudge, who’d I’d thought would put it up has ignored the deadliest mass shooting in the US but nay…nothing. Vegas’ greatest magic trick is their was not a ahooting.
There was a Vegas shooting?
It got NOFX kicked off their own tour because Fat Mike made an “offensive” joke.
Only in movies
Behold! The First shall cometh!
I’m sorry, what? I wasn’t paying attention.
Well, sure. Anyone can masturbate.
Who the hell thought things need periodic LED flashes? Every new smoke detector has them. Worst is when it’s mounted on the ceiling over the bed in a hotel room.
The new voltage detector has it too. Genius to flash the same light that indicates voltage. π€¦ββοΈ
Yup. The hotel ones are evil. Like it isn’t hard enough to sleep somewhere novel without periodically flashing a light into your face. All hotels should come required with electrical tape to cover that up.
Also, no way it isn’t on the books somewhere that it’s required.
Watching #1 Georgia losing to unranked Missouri.
This will be an insane upset if Missouri can pull this off – they were getting 32 points.
How much do you have riding on it?
Nothing, I just like a huge upset.
Of course, I jinxed them. Georgia with possession, up by 3 with under 2 to play.
So MO will still cover the spread.
What you did with the music choice. It was seen.
Demonstrated the awful penchant for curlicues in seventies font design?
https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/3368/33681255_so.jpg
There is a commercial playing some inferior remake and now I need to hear the real thing.
Here I was expecting Coke.
Cass!!! π€©π My kind of singer, and homey, certainly your kind of woman! π
::blissfully flashes back to older sister’s HS choir concert that had this as the theme::
If I had Cass, it wouldnt have been the ham sandwich she choked on…
Morning peeps. It’s finally cool enough to open windows, no humidity or very little and no rain the past few days.
Can any Florida peeps confirm this is from the hurricane or just normal for start of October?
I have the sliding doors open this AM. Just suffered through all of summer with the house hotter than I’d like. The wife better break out her sweaters.
Wanted to work on my article but can’t find my computer… Weird.
Do you have the California score, too?
At 54 (“feels like 51”) degrees, it’s a wee bit chilly for me to be comfortable sitting outside, so I’m stuck indoors, at least for the time being. However, I did hobble my way through the grocery last night, so I now have a “homemade” chai latte (equal parts mix and milk,) a yummy croissant, and choral music on the streaming satellite radio, so it’s all good! πβπ₯πΆπ»π§
Cozy. But back to hobbling?
Eh, it’s been on and off for the last week. I consider yesterday an accomplishment because I helped TT trim our tallest shrubbery. (He climbed and trimmed, I held the ladder as needed and raked up the trimmage to go into the big rolling trash can.) Had a bit of a rest after, before grocerizing, but that was probably a bit much for one day. TT and I competed for who got to use the shopping cart as a “walker.”
No Cat?
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He just now figured out I’m still inside and finally jumped up on my lap. ππ±βπ€
suh’ fam
yo whats goody yo
TALL SABBATH CANS!
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