Glibbooks 2 –Β TIL
I try to keep the quotes for my glibcrostics in a somewhat libertarian-ish area. Sometimes I just picked a good old libertarian source other times I find a freedom-ish passage in whichever book I happen to be reading at the time. It’s surprising how often libertarianΒ principles crop up in novels that aren’t explicitly libertarian. Two weeks back I picked one just because I found it interesting in the ‘ah, So that’s why we say that’ kind of way. [Spoilers Ahead for the two week old puzzle] The collection of short stories I was reading had Victor Hugo’s tale of a canon that comes un-tethered on a ship in a violent storm, sending the massive thing careening about, smashing ship and sailors. Now I have always known what it meant when we call someone a loose canon I just never thought of why, I guess I never really thought of a naval canon more ofΒ your regular old battlefield canon and assumed the phrase was more akin to someone with a “hair-trigger,” you know “He’s a loose canon he could go off at any time, unpredictable and dangerous.” The nautical explanation about an actual loose canon makes more sense. So Glibs, am I the only one who didn’t know the origin of the term Loose Canon, and have you had any “Oh, so that’s the reason” moments? Enjoy this Glibcrostic and let me know in the comments, or not, it’s merely a suggestion.
Music to solve Glibcrostics to
* You can go ahead and look this one up, It’s okay I give you permission
** Not that kind
Reminder: The last Sunday of each month is “What Are We Reading” Day so if you want to participate get your reports in to HeyBuddyStopDoingThat@protonmail.com by the second to last Sunday.
Snow Bowl in Buffalo! This might be a fun watch.
I love it! My grandpa had season tickets to the Vikings back when they played at Met Stadium. I saw many games like this.
One of my Firsts has more nourishment for the brain than ten Tolstoy’s could produce in the entirety of their lifetime’s work.
To bad you seconded.
Cannon. Artillery is cannon. Literature is canon.
I hesitated to make this comment, but then I saw it was The Hyperbole. If he doesnβt have a thick skin, well, who does? And/or he should.
Well, if you hadn’t, I was going to, so thank you for enacting my labor.
It’s the exact sort of thing he’d latch onto to give off the impression that he’s an intelligent, original thinker.
Dammit! My kingdom for an editor!
Well, I COULD, but β¦ I won’t. *snerk*
So much this. Loose canon is Jews For Jesus. Loose cannon is a big piece of lethal iron careening around the deck.
You beat me to it.
He also pluralized “watercraft”.
GlibBook.
https://archive.ph/ftwaH/0d02a03d293b16b41744c2536b9dd47d5f63e375.webp
NSFW.
https://archive.is/g7Dj6/6a08859f66fcef3242f7eb5f96adfa2cc08171f4.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/RM1Y6/05cb28f331569549a98c8bb60295c6991150b03e.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/I80Pc/a6d04aefaa5d853f2d267683cdd7d9b0c138f2c4.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/JAdHb/958322c0be41d540b91c041c3d05217fe6507784.jpg
NSFW.
Now I want to start a book club.
Lesson 1, book binding?
For sure if Creosote Achilles is running it.
Book O’ the Month? Week?
She’s pretty.
I give two more weeks before you run out of pictures of naked broads reading books.
Challenge accepted.
Pshaw, it’s an extremely popular genre. The stripper I lived with did some photoshoots in that theme.
For the record, I knew the origin of βloose cannonβ.
In more modern times, I look at some RVs and think, βwhat is that giant refrigerator going to do if you get in an accident?β, but I donβt think βloose refrigeratorβ is going to catch on.
No, but Nuking the Fridge has.
I donβt understand; nothing like that happened in the 3 Indy movies they made. Just 3 movies.
Lol. I’m not sure how I’m going to explain the upcoming fifth sequel to you.
The what now? Those words donβt make any sense, given that there are only three movies.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W8qcccZy03s
another heresy?
In a Class A you are going to be the first person to the accident. The refrigerator will come crashing into your bloody pulp a few hundred milliseconds later.
Yep, itβs those fancy Class As Iβm thinking of.
Makes me appreciate our friendβs Living Vehicle all the more. That big-ass Ram they pull it with is way more crash worthy.
James Gunn is going to cast TimothΓ©e Chalamet as Superman. I can feel it. The perfect non-threatening little beta.
Lois better be trans and still the love interest.
Eliot Page in drag?
Iβll pivot to GlibFit a bit;
While I love my Waterrower, a big knock is that you donβt get accurate data from the monitor – itβs an analog machine, with varying water levels, etc., The monitor measures rotations of the paddles and stroke rate, but canβt give an accurate measurement of effort (watts).
TIL this now exists:
https://www.waterrower.com/us/digital/smartrow
a replacement pulley with multiple strain gauges, etc., which transmits the data via Bluetooth.
Ordered and Iβm eagerly looking forward to receiving it.
There’s a reason I go to the spin studio I do. They give stats, including average/max power and average/max RPM (although I’ve found the limit for max RPM). I like being able to confirm if I’m getting better or not.
I track time and distance now but looking forward to better data.
Theyβve got rankings and challenges if you choose to upload your data; can also upload but keep it private. German company, so they look to be good with privacy.
https://smartrow.fit/#/rankings
The various classes have rankings, and they have different types of classes that either hide them through the class, or put them front and center. I know that I do much better in the classes where the stats are front and center (they call them Performance classes). Chatting with one of the instructors who ran a Performance class I did on a regular basis that she always knew during the pushes that it would be a fight between three of us in the class. Especially when we were pushing for max power. Last March I hit my best ever with a peak of 1,398 watts. I usually get between 1,000 – 1,200 for a max.
The studio also at times does competitions between classes, where they put a bracket up on the wall, and take the average class power as the score for the whole class. You can tell which instructors are competitive during those challenges.
@RJ from dedthread: Yes, I have 2 practice tests left in my package, and I may buy the second package offered. The problem is, I can pass them, but can I pass them in the time allotted? That, I don’t know. So I will be practicing for speed.
No worries, Mo.
You’re built for speed!
I’m certain Mojeaux is going the distance.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=F_HoMkkRHv8&feature=shares
Thatβs a good plan. Work under the exact same circumstances so you can find your failure points before the big test. I did the same thing for my insurance license (not as tough a a coding test). I kept tripping over the same subject (maritime insurance) and so I focused on that and did great on the teal exam.
Sigh. I fixed teal to real. Not my day clearly.
You need to be like a Firster like you were last night. You have to have the need. The need…for speed.
Nah just don’t over analyze and game the system. You need a, what, 70% to pass you said? Don’t be a perfectionist.
Yep, 70%, but wow, what a memory!
I just quit my medical editing job in favor of a better one, so the deglovings and knee lancings will continue.
Good luck; I’m terrible at memory stuff. So you can’t even look stuff up? That doesn’t seem reflective of the real world.
Oh, yes, of course I can look things up! I was referring to Bro remembering how much I needed to pass.
There are 100 questions, multiple choice, 4 hours. It’s harder than it sounds.
Ah whew.
Apparently reading comprehension isn’t my strong suit, either.
At first glance I read that as β Yes, I have two practice testes left in my packageβ¦β
Of course you did.
Thanks, Hyp!
I absolutely suck at these, but I’ll endeavor to persevere.
League aint done screwing Cinci. Last year’s Super Bowl, the shenanigans with seeding and home field and laugh at their concerns, and overturning that catch.
I thought it was a good review. The defender knocked the ball loose and the receiver only regained control out of bounds. It was close one.
It was a close one is the key part there. It was ruled a catch on the field and that’s the exact sort of stuff they claim they aren’t looking to overturn. It has to be clear and conclusive evidence. Also, it has to make sense to at least 80% of the impartial viewers watching in the bar.
I’d settle if the centralized review process the NFL uses was consistent within the same game, though, let alone between them. Because in some cases they’ll analyze a play to death to overturn and in some cases they won’t.
‘Also, it has to make sense to at least 80% of the impartial viewers watching in the bar.’
Probably the most important section of the rules.
It’s football, and the rules didn’t used to be anywhere near as complicated as they are now. And the more complexity, the more human judgement you involve. That leads to piss poor controversial results. Like the NFL breeds on a near weekly basis.
Now here we have a fumble, but I’m sure they’ll find one frame of evidence to overturn it. His arm was clearly contacted before it was going forward.
I’m not even disagreeing with you, I just thought it was a funny comment. A bad call is a bad call, I’ll take it when it’s in my favor, but I’m not about to defend it.
Hello, checking in from South Padre Island. Mild temps but the wind is blowing chairs over on the beach. Harumph.
Also, about a week into our road trip and the websites for Holiday Inn and Best Western have login issues. Makes it difficult to make reservations ahead.
Now traveling with a dog (“Wut”) so that is cutting our options considerably. No Marriott takes dogs and very few Holiday Inns. BW was always our go-to but can’t get into the website. We have found that La Quinta mostly takes animals.
I thought the origin of “loose cannon” was well-known.
Dog? Did you rescue a road doggie?
What did you think of Big Bend?
Got him from my cousin’s wife at Thanksgiving.
I loved Big Bend. I thought that the western side had more interesting geology than the east.
Yeah, we were there in 2021. Fantastic park!
Congrats on the pup! How about some details?
Ten year-old Yorkie, 5 pounds soaking wet.
Our Shih Tzu changed my opinion of small dogs. Tai was a gentleman and smart as a whip. Wut is trying to undo all of that. He’s not a nipper or a yapper but he can be annoying. So far he’s a good traveler, though.
Mrs. Hobbit adores him so that’s good enough for me.
Did you send me a pic of Tai? AKA little shithead?
Nope, Wut.
TIL previous Seth Rich victims:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pinchot_Meyer#Murder
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Nels_Nelson#Death
The thing that jumped out at me about Nelson- “Nelson began his career at The Providence Journal as a typist after his honorable discharge from the Navy. After rising to bureau chief he was tapped to join the staff of future Senator Claiborne Pell.”
Pell’s grandson, the ex Mr Michelle Kwan below
These steaks are taking forever to get to room temp
*Looks around*
What’s this about steaks?
Kenji sez that doesnβt matter. Fridge to room temp is trivial compared to what happens on the grill/stove.
For resting on the counter, I’ll do an hour or an hour and a half. Just as part of the process, but I don’t worry about the actual temp.
Same. I know it doesn’t much matter, but I like the ritual.
I usually sit ’em out for a half hour or so. Then it is in the skillet with butter on med-high heat for 12 min, flipping every 3 min. for medium. Depends on what level of doneness you want.
Some of the waves at the Eddie are washing over a sand bar and knocking spectators into the river behind it. But there is a crazy competitor who went out today despite being in his 60’s, having a bum ankle that is severe enough he couldn’t walk to water without assistance, and not being able to use the board leash. I don’t know if he’ll get out of the first round but that is some dedication.
The waves don’t seem to be quite as big as from the 2016 youtube you linked to. Still amazing though.
It’s dedication or a suicide. Let us know which.
Did anybody else get the vague idea that the Bengals were expected to go easy on the Bills? No? Just me?
But Damar Hamlin is AMERICA’S HERO!
I’ve been impressed by the backup O-line that the Bengals have been running with.
I just came in just before the end of the 2nd quarter.
I love snow games.
As do I. Which is why I’m not a fan of the NFL starting to talk about moving division championship games to neutral sites.
So say we all. Snow games are great to watch.
I’m just livid (okay, mildly annoyed) about that neutral site thing. I only want the Bengals to win so we can play at home.
I dunno but I was expecting the Bills to suck so I can enjoy anything non-suck they do.
I absolutely hate that our previous engagement with the Bengals was cancelled, yes, we would have lost, but at least it wouldn’t be some pussy shit like it is now.
Disgusting.
At the time, I thought not continuing that night was the right thing to do, but hindsight β¦ You got a player who dies on the field, then wakes up a week later, and the first thing he asks is, “Who won the game?” You gotta know you fucked up.
One of the Dallas Stars went into CA on the bench. They revived him and his first words were asking if he could go back in.
Studs.
Okay, not then play it the day after.
You playing or not isn’t going to save the guy’s life.
Don’t get me started on the doctors’ idiotic response of “you won at the game of life”. It reminds me of the bad old days when doctors wouldn’t tell patients they had terminal cancer.
Also TIL, Michelle Kwan is ambassador to Belize and her ex-husband is a nepotistic wannabe politician who oozes slimey vibes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Pell
So Nelson that was murdered, worked for Pell. And Kwan who gets a do-nothing state dept. position was married to his grandson?
Is she next to be assassinated?
Does she have dirt on Hillary ?
That was one hell of a first down.
TIL that the new pistol brace rules are worse than feared. Apparently if you have ever put a brace on an imported pistol, like a draco or a ZPAP 92, it has failed 922r compliance and must be destroyed or turned into the AFT. Normally I’d tell everyone to write/call their reps/senators, but Im not sure how I can tie this into making it easier to chase down and threaten random black dudes in order to sway Sen Fetterman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK4gJeJ_CI4
If you remove the brace, how would they prove it?
That jumped out to me, as well.
Take the brace off and it’s still a pistol, right?
Asking for a friend.
Fuck you, that’s how.
When the process is very much often used as the punishment, what does it matter what can be proven?
mock-star gets it.
It matters very much if the defendant can afford a good lawyer.
The poors are fucked though.
That said, this is one reason why I do not advertise my weapons on social media.
The game is going as badly for us as I thought it would. I think next year I can probably stop watching the Bills again…
…and it just got way worse. Just stick a fork in us.
There needs to be a mercy rule to put the viewers out of their misery. This is a lot of time left to “play” with zero hope.
Do you have a moment to talk about our team of perennial disappointment?
You just need to accept the Browns into your life.
I was really hoping everyone responsible for bringing Watson in would get fired before he ever saw the field.
SW Ohio (and Cincy teams) wave “HI”.
Specially the Reds.
/looks at the Bengals beating the Bills
What was that?
Did the Bengals not play in multiple Superbowls? The Browns have never played in a Superbowl.
Look, at least you’re not Detroit.
Haha, on multiple levels, but that is really digging deep.
I would apologize to Detroiters, but no one lives there anymore.
If the Bengals play like this next week, KC is in trouble — especially if Mahones isn’t near 100%.
Cincy is our kryptonite on a fabulous day, so β¦
And yet, up until their last meeting Burrow had never won against the Browns. If only the transitive property worked in sports.
I’m not even sure which is worse anymore. The level of drinking in Buffalo (and I believe Cleveland) is another level, and we both know why.
I think it’s far worse to have good runs and then have the carpet pulled out underneath you in embarrassing fashion. The Browns have just kind of sucked since the ’80’s. Losing 4 straight Super Bowls tops what they put up with then
Memories of former glory make it burn more than just always having sucked.
See, also, every Red Sox fan for almost a century.
I agree.
There’s multiple reasons for the level of drinking here in Cleveland. Sports is just a minor part of it.
While we’re close to Canada, we’re not going to listen to their damned fool recommendations.
The Packers have been successful for 30 years now, and the level of drinking in Wisconsin would put people from Buffalo under the table.
I am Guardians fan, so …
I tapped out when they stopped being the Indians. At least the Indians made it to multiple World Series in my lifetime.
When I was a “yout” the Indians played spring ball in Tucson and the Tucson Toros was their minor league team. I watched plenty of games of both teams. Fiddlesticks to the Guardians.
I had a relative play for the Indians back in the 80’s. I saw more bad baseball then anyone should be subjected to.
/still has my Wahoo gear.
Itβs hilarious they didnβt make up a fake team for βMajor Leagueβ, like they do for other sports movies. Nope, itβs the Indians.
The NFL let the makers of Black Sunday use real Super Bowl footage.
Archer – Blimps
Sensei:
Rigid Airship!
And the Indians fans have embraced the movie. There was talk of Charlie Sheen throwing out a first pitch over several years.
I like it and try to catch it when it’s on.
Avoid the sequels like week-old fish.
Our friendβs 13 lb Italian greyhound has tons of personality and totally dominates our 55 lb staffie.
Iβm not quite as anti-small-dog as I once was – they can be alright.
Donβt ask me why that comment is here.
Bearded Hobbit:
I think I subjected myself to each sequel once. Not watching again.
If you like baseball, and black comedy, I would recommend Brockmire.
Can confirm, Neph. Brockmire was great fun. During its run on IFC, I caught Fox NASCAR host Chris Myers making a reference during a race to “keeping it Brockmire.”
GT:
I’ll say the last season was… strange. Especially coming out just before the 2020 lockdowns. Overall, I loved the series though.
Legit lol.
Please.
As a Vikings fan, I can assure you I feel your pain.
I had to look it up, somehow I believed Moss won a ring in the 90’s when I was a kid, apparently not. >.>;
Pats 18-1 season was his best shot. I wish they had won that one for Randy alone.
Absolutely. My favorite receiver of all time.
Brady/Moss was just magical
Plus Welker in the slot if you wanted to double-up Moss.
This is part of the pain of being a Bills fan, 20 years of Brady. Luckily most those years we didn’t have a chance anyway.
Just saw a commercial by the Virginia Department of Health using children to push the convid jab. Wtf, Youngkin?
I am sure it is the Deep State. They are the same assholes who went after Matt Strickland for daring to resist COVID theater.
Youngkin was better then Clinton Bagman MacAwful, thatβs about as far as it goes.
The Bills always suck when the game is important.
Note: The letter clues on the Alice Cooper Song (3,6) should be (2,6)
How are we even discussing if this was a fumble?
Do balls just jump forward on their own? Jesus the refs are idiots.
I’d blame it on the earlier call that was called an incomplete pass that probably should have been ruled a fumble.
Allen slides for the first time in his life, and still gets hit (barely). π
When you’ve lost CNN…
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/opinions/biden-trump-classified-docs-stewart/index.html
More proof that they’re pulling the plug on his reelection bid.
That was the subject of POTP today.
I can’t figure out if they are trying to torpedo just 2024 or if they want him out sooner.
Looking up POTP came up with this:
https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/12/from-better-sex-to-body-acceptance-inside-the-py-power-workshop-2-18085676/
“Power of the Pussy (POTP)”
It’ll be a nice cudgel to go after Republicans and Trump with if he wins the GOP primary. If they force Biden out, they can pretend to be the party and side of principles.
Bonus for “tHeRe Is No DoUbLe StAnDaRd At ThE dOj!!!11!!!”
“they can pretend to be the party and side of principles.”
LOL
Yeah, they can’t even pretend that. Just too foreign.
Talking points have been disseminated on Journolist 2.0.
Joeβs gotta go.
Yes, but orange man still badder.
Like the difference between Mussolini and Hitler.
If you were Jewish, that difference would be manifest. Mussolini had a Jew in cabinet.
25%. The mustached man took out much of my grandmother’s family.
Evil is Evil.
But I get the point and also why CNN is trying to make the Biden distinction.
I am sorry. – many people think it was lock step between them (which it was, after a while) And yes, you have brought that argument forward. Of course, we all know the best is to eradicate preference. Well, good luck with that.
Sensei, poorly worded response. Imma shuttup now.
No worries!
/Stalin and Mao laugh condescendingly.
Game over, man.
That wasnβt even close.
Bengals peaking at the right time.
Helluva game. Chiefs better start praying bath bomb guy is ready.
Now for “Jerry’s ‘Pokes” to lose in SF. Hopefully on a play that will break their hearts.
“Bengals peaking at the right time”
https://archive.ph/rhE7s/76f95e7a0554c680b79cf98f96d42b834a344300.jpg
Go on…
I expected a good game. Not an asskicking.
Dunno why. The bills have been playing like dick the past 3 weeks.
I don’t see them often, but Allen seems like kind of a bitch.
I don’t understand this take.
He makes scary runs constantly and knocks over linemen, of that makes him a bitch, I wish I was one too.
Stefan isn’t too happy with him
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1617297273616056321
You can be my bitch, Lack.
Have the authorities located that missing Giants team yet?
https://www.ktbs.com/news/business/talat—six-pound-toadzilla-may-be-worlds-biggest-toad/video_08421913-d286-5126-b3fc-0d68decb6d71.html
Toadzilla!
And they killed the bastard! Stupid government could have made money showing it off.
Well, looks like another old kickstarter I backed is finally making some progress – excellent prohibition-era set webcomic turned into an animation. Lackadaisy.
Well, I’ll watch it LCDR_Fish.
SRSLY like the topic and animation style.
Clearly going to be great, based on the name alone.
Lackadaisy is a great strip. Fantastic art.
Interesting piece about “(in)justice” vs. “liberty” and the direction SJW’s want to take us.
If they keep it up, weβll be headed for a honor society. I donβt think theyβll really like that.
The steak was excellent
I’m nursing a beef stew with several enhancements over my last sad attempt – such as marinating the beef in wine. It’s almost ready.
…
My goodness, it was amazing. My best effort ever.
A secret: molasses.
π€’ I don’t keep that stuff around.
Don’t add enough to taste it, but enough that its mellowing powers come through.
Not nutmeg? Or bay leaf?
Fresh ground, of course…
I’m sure it was fresh when it was ground.
Husband made pork chops. I had to teach him to undercook the pork so it would finish cooking on its own.
Moving toward cocktail hour here. Tonight will be a shrimp and asparagus stir-fry.
In regard to the earlier request on the Eddie. The broken 60+ year old surfer survived the first heat but didn’t move ahead into the 2d heat. During the second heat a surfer had a successful ride but then was driven against the bottom during the dismount and broke his leg. The rescue team snatched him right up.
Good pork is done by 150Β° at the highest.
LOL!
Are we all just going to ignore the fact that George Santos in drag and Gretchen Whitmer are the same person?
I canβt unsee that now. Thanks I think.
I kind of saw it right away, that xe looked like someone well-known, but couldn’t place the name.
Not anymore.
*eyebleach*
Eye bleach.
https://archive.ph/PGG3Y/b0a4e5eec283b9247884ad60f6671e538a0b5678.jpg
Just tuned in to the Cowboys game. Looks like we are tied 9-9. Does that mean our kicker actually did something?
If by something you mean missed an extra point, then yes.
Yes he missed that extra point by a lot but he made a field goal!!!!!
That’s the spirit.
He hast to make this next extra point. We are damn near at the end zone. If he misses we donβt tie and his ass is grass in DFW.
Oh, never mind.
The fade-out music has been excellent these playoffs.
Heard Dinosaur Jr earlier and what was that just now… Bronski Beat?!
I caught Primus at one point.
I thought I just heard The Church but that can’t be right.
I wasnβt listening! I keep jumping to cartoons as soon as I sense a commercial coming on. I will start paying attention.
I watch NFL with the sound muted. Keeps out the blather and I don’t have to jump for the remote when commercials show up.
Or the screams of failure when the Cowboys lose.
Like now.
We will be passing thru the big D around Feb 9th, if interested in a meet-up
Yes.
I will reach out to you in the forum.
Worst cop shooting ever?
https://youtu.be/WRYUV7Up2qc
After they execute the guy they realize there’s a camera. Still release a total lie version of events.
Someone posted that yesterday.
Someone should go down for murder. But βand nothing else happenedβ is more likely.
*drinks*
I think the victim lived from the police report they posted at the end of the video. It says the cops charged him with the equivalent resisting arrest. I guess they are mad he didn’t die like he was supposed to so they could plant a gun.
My bad – didnβt watch the whole thing.
I hope he ends up owning the whole town.
I still think the one in Arizona at the motel is worse, but this one’s really bad.
Daniel Shaverβs killing was egregious. The fact the cop skated more so.
Not only did he skate…
Weird that a guy who would kill someone for sport has no problem leeching off the system….
Surprised it’s so little, TBH.
We have union hacks around here that retire with $300K or $400K pensions. These are typically Long Island Rail Road workers who have figured out how to game the system.
He was only 25 years old when he murdered Shaver. Probably a cop there for what…five years max? Enraging.
Less than two full years, apparently.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2019/07/10/mesa-police-officer-philip-brailsford-rehired-pension-daniel-shaver-shooting/1698540001/
It gets worse the more details I hear.
Did you see the part where he shot Shaver with his personal AR15 (allowed by the department) that had “YOU’RE FUCKED” engraved on it (not allowed by the department).
I knew about the engraving. I still canβt believe a jury, even in Arizona., let him skate.
Look he was crawling aggressively towards the heroes. What other outcome would you expect?
The murderous bastard didn’t skate- it was so much worse than that. After he was fired the cop union strongarmed the city to rehire the thug for one day so he could retire because of PTSD. Not only did he murder a citizen who had broken no laws and was trying to follow his shouted orders, he is going to paid by the taxpayers for the rest of his forsaken life.
Enraging.
Should have mentioned earlier – it took me a while, but I finally got the acrostic solved! Thanks, Teh Hype!
π
Let the games continue. Bradley’s from us, main battle tanks from Poland. What possibly could go wrong.
I expect the Brads to be quickly destroyed. Despite the frequent misidentification by the MSM, they are not tanks and using them as such equals many destroyed vehicles and dead “crunchies” (aka dismounts”). It took a generation of units getting their asses kicked at the NTC reinforced with stupid losses in Iraq for that lesson to sink into the collective knowledge pool of the US Army.
ThecLast of Us is Mandalorian meets Fringe and I am okay with that
Is it worth watching?
Hasn’t been bad IMO
The game was good.
βA promise we made in the Declaration of Independence β that we are each endowed with the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness,β Harris said.
Well, unless we want to force an under tested and rushed drug. Then, well, your bodies all belong to us. You’d think we would be able to peel off the non-crazy righty and lefties that recognize this
They frequently forget that the Declaration grants a fourth right- and that right is the only mentioned twice and as a duty. It is the right of revolution.
I also think it is telling that she doesn’t mention the right to life. After all it is only the first right mentioned.
Won’t someone please think of the casual sex.
Monkey-pox For All!
Hey, yβall! Iβm safely back in Pahrump after a lovely week in Everett WA.
Had some really good technical discussions about nuclear fusion reactors and also some stupid good reunions with old colleagues. And yet we survived!
Sadly, the Boeing museum of future flight was a bit of a disappointment (not as many exhibits as I hoped) but the appetizers were excellent and the booze flowed freely.
Gonna miss my former employees whom I got to hang out with again. They all want me to come aboard the new venture, but of course Mr Splosives would (literally) kill me.
Welcome back!
Is the Future Flight museum different than the Boeing Museum Of Flight? I didn’t realize Boeing had another one.
Yes, the one in Everett is newish, best part is the tour of the factory though I would guess HE got to see better stuff. We were there when a 747 was still in production (this was right before covid, Jan 2020). The Museum of Flight is the one at Boeing Field near to SeaTac, and it’s more history of Boeing. There was some ungodly stat there about them building a plane a DAY during the war and how the trains were constant bringing materials. Crazy to imagine. I found a kid’s well-loved stuffed animal there and took it to the front desk – I hope the family realized where it was lost and managed to reunite them.
I’ll have to check that one out. We go to MoF once a year usually, they let us in free with our EAA memberships. Paul Allen’s Air and Armor museum at Paine Field was also good. Mrs Pacer likes that one because they have her favorite plane, the DHC Mosquito.
It’s Monday morning. Again.
Hey y’all.
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Good morning, Sean, Roat, U, and Stinky!
The wheel place is supposed to get my replacement wheel today. At last check, the tire on the damaged wheel seems to be holding air well enough for me to tiptoe across town when they call to tell me the new wheel arrives. So now…I wait.
In other news, the impromptu time off allowed me to finish up the sofa cushion covers I’ve been sewing. Saturday, the cat-pee-defiled futon got wrastled around to the back porch and wrapped in plastic in anticipation of being hauled away on trash day. The new cushions were then deployed, fit on the futon frame perfectly, and get flipped up on edge when not being sat upon by a human, thus discouraging – and, ideally – preventing – feline misbehavior.
A cusion on edge is a tempting target for cat attacks.
Well, the seat cushions are 8″ thick, so when they’re flipped up, between them and the 4″-thick back cushions, the kitties can still get up on their favorite perch for looking out the window. And if the cushions are tense or nervous, I hope they’ll be able to relax soon enough.
Mornin’, GT.
Good morning, ‘patzie! πβ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MgmRLgxAJ1s
Monday morning mashup!
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https://ktla.com/news/local-news/monterey-park-shooting/suspect-dead-2/
Suspect killed himself. No news about his FBI handlers.
He had an “assault pistol” that is designed to take 30-round magazines.
Democrats were in their bunks fantasizing about a white attacker with an AR-15.
Lol. A cobray…
“Tran also tried but failed to target a second dance hall later in the evening, authorities said.”
Clearly a Baptist terrorist.
Damn, he’d been holding onto that thing for a while…
They’re reporting the guy was 72, so…
Whew. I’m relieved that politicians were able to find the time to climb up on the bodies and blather about their hobbyhorses.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/cowboys-fans-brawl-in-ugly-scene-after-playoff-loss-to-49ers/
Philly wannabes. π
Weak.
And in spicy news: https://fox4kc.com/news/entertainment/kansas-city-hot-sauce-returns-for-20th-season-of-popular-youtube-show/
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/01/17/australia-Guinness-World-Records-farthest-arrow-shot-feet-Shannen-Jones-Australia/6121673976469/
I don’t recall seeing this posted…
That’s not how you’re supposed to use your feet to fire arrows. Traditional foot archery was more like seige artillery, and it would go a lot furtner.
The walls are closing in on Kavanaugh
They’ve got him this time.
OFFS.
Itβs just performative trash, Blasey Ford was one of the most unreliable accusers Iβve ever seen be given any creedance. We know it was bullshit, they know it was bullshit, and they know that we know that is was bullshit.
When you accuse someone that happened back in high school…
And refuse to specify the city or state it happened in…
And refuse to specify the YEAR it happened in…
And the guy you accuse STILL has an alibi, you dun fucked up.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=57SNPbxi0r0
Monday morning mashup #2.
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Awesome!
Fun commute. It’s snowing at a fairly steady pace, low visibility, reduced traction, the normal stuff. But it was the behaviour of the plows that pissed me off. On the highway they operate in teams so they can get all the lanes in one swipe. Fine, fair enough. But this team of plows moved from the staggered lane coverage lineup to single file and headed up and offramp. My mind went “okay, they’re getting off the highway. Then they swooped left across the painted triangle of pavement where there are no lanes but it hasn’t yet turned to dirt to cut off the people who thought the plow were leaving and thus stayed in the highway’s right hand lane – a line led by me, with the second of three plows very nearly sideswiping me because I had a car to the left, a car behind me, and the first plow right in front of me at that slow plow speed.
If you’re getting off the highway, get off the highway, if you’re staying on, stay on, there is no reason to plow the triangle.
Hope you get to work without further incident. This is why I love my commute, my office is right across the hallway from the bedroom.
I’m in the office. I wasn’t going to gripe post while driving
Timid drivers cause more accidents than alcohol and teenagers combined.
We got most of our snow yesterday, but there was a little more overnight, so of course there are accidents all over the downtown area. I’m not in any hurry to drive across town when that new wheel arrives. π³
I really should have stayed home today. But my mind was going “I stayed home without permission most of last week, I should show up”
I’m an idiot.
It shows your commitment.
I am literally the only one here.
Well, assuming they plowed the lot, I bet you got a great parking place! π
Closest to the building.
I’m getting light rain. The snow drought continues with nothing forecast for this week.
::tries to wrap brain around concept of “snow drought.”:: That’s one o’ them koans, ain’t it?
How about viewing it from the perspective of a ski resort manager.
***achieves enlightenment!***
Which is nice.
Too much enlightening and she’ll float away. We need to find something to keep her grounded.
They realized it was the wrong exit. Following the modern driving SOP, instead of following through and correcting at the next safe point they made a dangerous move that was more convenient for them.
Mornin’, reprobates!
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Magandang umaga.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9uomagO4
Not even the combined mind power of the Glibs can stop Monday. Work begins.
Yeah, I gotta sort through this cube for my stuff and box it up.
I may not carry it out today given the conditions, but if I have my stuff packed, on a better weather day I can take more of it.
Good morning GT, et. al. GT, good luck with the wheel, and all the muss, fuss, and bother associated therewith! May we all survive Monday unscathed.
Thanks, and good morning, Shirley! π