Hello there Glibbies! Long time no links.
I’ve got so many things whirling around in my mind I rather don’t know where to begin.
A couple mornings a week I look after a toddler who belongs to two of my employees before I go about my errands for the coffee shop. A couple days ago I was claimed by one of the outdoor cats who lives in the yard. She’s incredibly sweet and has decided her best life is lived riding around on my shoulders.
I arrived yesterday morning and went about my usual routine. I got the kid up, changed, and fed. I was making myself coffee when I heard a very faint “meoowww” by the door. The child toddled over, as he does, and said, “cat!”
That, in and of itself, was quite a big deal. He is autistic, and has a very restricted vocabulary. His usual words are, “hi” “hug” “help” “outside” and “Tractor Supply.” Yes, Tractor Supply the retailer. It’s adorable.
For about a month now, I’ve been studying Arabic. It quickly came to my attention if I really want to do a good job of this, I need to study Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, and Levantine Arabic. The dialects are similar, but not as similar as I had hoped, which makes the journey even more challenging. The child has mastered the word عفواً (afwan), which translates to “pardon” and is also used as a response to “thanks” شكراً (shukran).
I also introduced the child to the world of Terry Pratchett. We’ve watched Going Postal twice this week now. I highly recommend it if you haven’t seen it. It wasn’t until this most recent re-watching that I noticed Alex Price from Father Brown has a small role. I rather enjoy the mini-series they made of Pratchett’s work, even if they’re not 100% true to the books. I watch Hogfather every Christmas Eve, and feel it’s really the best Christmas Movie (next to Die Hard, of course).
In other news, l0b0t and I have been arguing about something for a little bit now: are operas musicals? My position is operas are musical, but are not musicals. l0b0t thinks operas are in fact musicals in and of themselves. l0b0t also thinks musicals are the highest form of theatre, but I’ll leave that argument for the comments. 😉
Onto links…
Some of these links might be repeating what’s popped up in the comments lately. I’ve been too busy to keep up with the site. But here’s what’s caught my eye this week.
Babylon Bee kills it with an article about the new female Twitter CEO.
For a mere €950,000 this charming property in County Wicklow can be yours.
I recently got my hands on a bottle of Widow Jane Decadence. If you’re interested in bourbon, I strongly suggest hunting one down. One of the better bourbons I’ve ever had.
This Twitter thread about the magical bakery box at Costco.
Great link fu Web Dom.
Have a good afternoon/ evening.
Happy Birthday CPRM!!! Wish I could be there, but Mrs time’s birthday is today.
For you CPRM:
A little Wisco Disco.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=krhdVi3qlyw
Hey– are you even listening to me?
I read the whole thing.
What is wrong with me?
Water sports are close to hand at Blessington Lakes
Not even a euphemism.
The Wicklow County home is nice, priced right but needs a lot more forest and lakes.
Not a twitterer so I’m not concerned about how many characters she needs. Go for the max!
For about 9 months, my daughter’s vocabulary consisted of “Go”.
That was it, one word. And she only said it if you said , “Ready…Set…” first. It was useful for finding her if she was hiding.
Then we started ABA therapy (YMMV…greatly).
I’m sure ABA is not American Bar Association. What does it stand for?
Applied Behavior(/Behavioral) Analysis
I’m with you on the distinction. Musical conveys spoken dialogue interrupted by song. Opera is continuous music.
Yep, a musical is just a degenerated opera.
What about through-sung theater?
I, too, agree that operas are NOT “musicals.” But I also agree with l0b0t that musicals are the highest form of theater.
And just to be a bitch (as well as a bit of a Gilbert & Sullivan aficionado,) I’m going to throw operettas in the mix. Opera? Musical? I say they’re their own thing.
I think all the various forms of theater have their place. Not a fan of full-on opera but I like musicals and straight theater. I don’t know WTF an operetta is, TBH.
From what I’ve gathered in scattered television and internet references, opera for people with short attention spans. As a novella is to a novel.
Yanno how we learn the definition of haiku as 5-7-5, but weebs roll their eyes at that (and Japanese people are far too polite to do so)?
Operetta is like that.
Who cares? They both suck.
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Musicals are descended directly from Grand Opera, via Light Opera.
Actually, “musical” is just a marketing term for “light opera.”
Hi WebDom!
l0b0t is correct. Grease and La bohème are, in fact, the same genre. And they all suck.
Quadrophenia is more my speed.
Yes, Tractor Supply the retailer.
That is the cutest thing ever. The kid is gonna be just fine.
Great memes. Especially the one-tripper. That one speaks to me.
Have a great night, Glibs!
What are you, some uncultured provincial white trash swine?
Agree, by the way.
“l0b0t is correct. Grease and La bohème are, in fact, the same genre. And they all suck”
QFT.
Greasecan be made much better than it was.
Opera is of the devil, that’s what.
Musicals are of some random middling demon.
for you
Where do we stand on Rock Operas? I feel like that has the potential to be the new deep dish.
See above.
I tend to agree. But as much as I hate all involved parties, The Wall is pretty damn good.
Um, gonna hafta go with a no on that.
I thought I liked you, Zwack…
So, almost without exception, film musicals are are heinous. And it doesn’t matter if some good songs come from them. I’ll contend ’till the day I die I got hacked if this gets out, but I like some songs from South Pacific. But I’d rather have needles inserted under my toe nails than watch that fucking movie.
If your exception is not Singin’ in the Rain, you are irretrievably mistaken.
And what song or songs from South Pacific can a decent human being NOT like??
42nd Street is another great backstage musical.
… and another Busby Berkley classic.
As is The Gang’s All Here.
A solution in search of a problem. Opera snobs and rockists both rightly reject them for essentially the same reason: they are pretentious midwittery. Rockers trying to rise above their artistic station.
Jesus Christ Superstar. I wore out my my first set of vinyl.
I once attended a movie “triple bill” of Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, and Tommy.
I guess someone thought the three of them went together according to some sort of strained logic.
Never was a fan of Godspell but JCSS is a guilty pleasure.
Tommy is brilliant. Ann-Margaret as eye candy and many, many rock interludes.
Ann-Margaret was fantastic.
Tommy was awful. Ann-Margret, Tina Turner, Elton John were exceptions, but “Oliver Reed Sings” was an abomination.
I agree with all of that.
For you Hobbit. https://youtu.be/LTZCRBvhBbQ
Thanks!
My dad took me to see Tommy in the theater when I was way too young and I’m convinced it’s why I’m afraid of needles.
the three of them went together
Sure, based on when the acid kicked in.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Was the nadir of rock opera movies.
Where does ‘Joe’s Garage’ fit into this, Rock opera, musical ? all I know is that it kicks ass.
“Concept Albums”.
I like Zappa but Joe’s Garage is way down on the list.
Not all opera is bad
I saw that when it was first shown. After the “kitties are sleeping” line, I was laughing for about 5 minutes.
re: Canada Goose range. I can confirm. The Hate Birds (birds that hate) are also in Germany. Freaked me the fuck out. I was afraid they followed me here until I looked into it more.
How much do you suppose this beer in the hotel room fridge is going to cost me?
Who cares? Vacation dollars don’t count.
This guy gets it
That beer is gonna cost you a trip outside the room, which will require putting pants BACK on, along with shoes.
Drink at your own risk.
Erste, Schlampen!
Happy birthday CPRM!
Indeed. And since I can’t make it to the party, or get you a gift, I’ll just wish for the Packers to have a good draft this year.
I mean, I like CPRM and all, but that’s a bridge too far!
Yeah, I didn’t think I’d make it to Remagen.
Stop. Hammock time.
https://ibb.co/kMT15Cd
Now that’s the life, right there.
Same Zoom link as last night?
Oui, y aura-t-il un Zoom?
OMG I want that Vader teapot.
Who else thought Webdom was talking about Lobot when she mentioned a toddler who liked tractor supply? The musicals things threw me from that thought. That overpriced house is way cool.
Good luck on the Arabic studies!
I can relate on the learning curve.
This afternoon I attended a memorial gathering for the adult daughter of a longtime friend. To say the deceased had led a “troubled life” would be putting it mildly – she went off the rails years ago, and the fact that she ended up being killed by a hit-and-run driver was only surprising to me in that it wasn’t an OD or outright murder that finally caught up with her. She left behind five children, none of whom she had raised. (My friend raised four of them – three boys and a girl with pretty serious developmental disabilities.) Yet her mother and younger sister remembered the sweet little girl and big sister she once had been.
Does it reflect poorly on me that this is the song that comes to my mind?
I think that it is quite appropriate. Sorry about your loss.
Sorry, GT.
Deeply sucks. Sorry to hear this.
But, Momma tried.
I have been acquainted with several such dysfunctional people over the course of my life – several in my own family. It always makes me some combination of angry and sad that they create so many lives only to destroy them. As big a fuckup as I am, there’s some comfort in the knowledge that I at least didn’t spread it around. Hopefully the kids can overcome those circumstances.
I was (kinda) surprised today when it was the second youngest child – a boy of about fourteen – who ended up speaking for the rest of his siblings about their mother. He’s always struck me as “Mr. Personality,” and displays poise beyond his years. I have high hopes for him, especially.
It seems a lot of families will have one renegade or throw away child. It’s strange how kids with the same parents, same genetic make up will have totally different personalities and outlooks.
I’m guessing those we call homeless, drug users, are the throw aways of their respective families. Who knows?
I wonder if we even rally have free will. I see people (me) and the genetics of our children and sometimes they act the same way. Are we programmed to be good or bad?
I think that we are born “bad”. Take what you want by any means possible. Kill or be killed.
I think that “good” is the result of culture. Your parents show you how to behave in a community. Cooperation is learned. Respect is learned. Constraint is learned.
We are born feral. Parents civilize us.
What kinnath said.
I used to hate musicals. “People don’t just go around breaking into song!” Then I saw “Fiddler on the Roof” and I realized that maybe, sometimes people do break into songs. Been a fan ever since.
Even as a kid, though, I loved the complex dance routines in Busby Berkley musicals.
Also, I used to hate opera. Then PBS broadcast the NY Met production of “The Ring”, the entire 16(?) hours over four nights. I was hooked. Now I can say that I don’t love or hate opera, I appreciate opera.
Not every musical is the same.
Love it, love it, love it, even though neither of the two leads can carry a tune in a bucket.
and don’t forget
… and that is a Mission From God. One of a solid core of classics from the ’80s.
I have Firsted my way to Firsthalla 100 times over, but The Great Firster foresakes me?
So, you are a ‘Halla back girl?
You’ll never make it to Firstvana if you keep claiming firsts on the fifty first comment.
Shouldn’t everyone forsake you?
The revenge of the technocrats
The British version of no matter who you vote for you get McCain. At least they aren’t bombing anyone (except they kinda are).
OFFS.
In response to the pleas of civil servants
The lamentations of the bureaucrats? Now THAT should be a musical.
The burning of bureaucrats and burying of civil servants.
LOL. Sunak is there to undo Brexit. He was straight up lying.
The new homophobia
You’re not. The trans fad is anti-gay. Better a kid who sort-of passes for a “girl” if you squint, than a gay boy.
I’m just gonna say – when you find yourself in the same camp as Shi’ite mullahs, wrt transgender vice being gay, you might really want to rethink your premises. You aren’t very fucking radical or transgressive.
“I met straight women with Grindr accounts”
wut
I think there was rhyming term for those sort of women twenty years ago.
Fruit fly?
Gay for pay?
Fag Hag
If I were younger I would think about setting up a Grindr account and look for the straight women on it.
If I were younger, I look for countries where I could get a work visa.
All I wanna do is zoom-a zoom zoom zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09
My gf has been hitting the pistachio butter too. It’s now a 3 jar a month habit. 😒
What’s a “walk-in”?
This.
🤔
Not this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk-in_(concept)
Maybe this: https://onefatfrog23.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/483414_10152562936045118_1397592279_n.jpg
Local butcher shop has his picture on their freezer too.
Probably this:
https://archive.is/brRWg/90ad1da4633211e661ef65adb921ac7a0f8f94a9.webp
Help me find my keys and we’ll drive my jeep out?
https://archive.is/EQKxm/89790d52b294f6a5fd9b69c36b998abb629fcad4.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.is/qGHfD/d8e98b61958b94da2609c925847ca2e56ad6009b.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.is/OYDzW/c56e85c5656c3dee263b4e16138c2a59deb60155.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.is/1uzIg/7ab2cf1f47966b10dc1a493bea2c5ae9259ace0c.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.is/8NcM7/ccdf40f8cf55a1fdcba7201e6793ac3054d4e6f4.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.is/rRP3X/3806b58174741f0be0cffd838ea557c204cc2808.jpg
NSFW.
I’m detecting a theme.
Perfect match for the 14in penis dude with the muscle suit.
Wait, what? Where did that come from?
Our collective dreams.
Lol
Oh my.
Dirty hippy talks about the environment.
Seriously, it’s Dr. Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace, talking about why the modern environmental / climate change movement is utter bullshit.
Yeah, I’m all for not pumping raw sewage into rivers and smokestacks spewing god knows what but the current environmental movement, if you can really call it that, has gone off the rails. From solar farms that take up huge amounts of pristine land to wind farms that chop up birds to banning gas stoves, it’s all so obviously a grift.
Wakey wakey.
☕🍳
Get up and kick some ass.
https://youtu.be/e3EQ0xP50u0
🎶🎶
Good morning, Sean, Stinky, Penguin, and up-thread a ways, Ssccrruuffyy and NA!
It’s a sunnier morning than yesterday here at Tranq Base, and I have my favorite Sunday morning choral music show on the Radio From Space. (There may even be some opera involved at some point.)
Mornin
I’m afraid I’m more inclined to sit on my own ass this morning than to kick anyone else’s. 😄
[Kick’s Sean’s ass]
”””””’
”””””’
”””””’
I’m blocking you with a wall of apostrophes’.
Hateful®.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-hints-hunter-bidens-sex-workers-may-testify-in-front-of-congress/
Poor Jerry Springer left us too soon.
This is how America ends, with crack whores and corrupt politicians.
Fitting
I hope Upgrayedd testifies too.
What’s the extra d for again?
Something about a pimp’s love….
Morning Glibs!
Spending time with my wife’s extended family and getting to know them for the first time. All I can say its showcased the human cost of what wokeness does to families. It really is akin to the younger generation joining some strange new (cynical) religion. I know that happy, functional families are the exception rather than the rule but it’s truly heartbreaking to see. Makes me appreciate my own (far from perfect) family.
So what is the toll? Are the global warmists attacking the the transgender enablers because of the carbon footprint of the surgeries or something?
https://www.kcci.com/article/idaho-mom-triple-murder-trial-verdict/43878397
Zombie children? Seems appropriate for Mothers day.
Something especially alarming about mothers that intentionally end their own kids.
Also, fifth husband? Lord have mercy…
Medea is the enemy.
suh’ fam
yo whats goody yo
TALL SABBATH (and Mother’s Day) CANS!
Mother’s Day obligatory cover.