Here’s a Puzzle – solve it then go whinge about current events in the comments, or skip the first part, what do I care.
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.
If you use, “at what level of forehead meter does the glibzoom participant finally slide onto the floor” as a clue I will do your silly puzzle.
^^^This
Sounds like I missed some fun last night
It was Friday night. Last night was not that fun.
It wasn’t that bad either. You poured out your wrath on me and I poked you in return.
I hope you and your loyal pooch vanquished the wasps.
Your memory is not that great, but glad you enjoyed it. Honestly, I did not sign off soon enough. Won’t make that mistake again.
“Recollections my vary”
—QE2
It’s all good. Every Glibertarian has more in common with one another than we have in general with the rest of the world.
Yet we will never win an election!
glibzoom participant
Tonio’s logging into the Glib zoom in his leather kit is The Glibertarian Moment.
Can confirm.
That was indeed the best Glibzoom cold open of all time.
You know, one could take that as a challenge.
solve it then go whinge about current events in the comments, or skip the first part, what do I care.
OK
Can I whinge about you using a British version of whine all the time?
“Flickertail State” is the correct answer to H. You fucked that one up pretty bad. “Peace Garden State” is also acceptable.
We’ve been over this, there is an important distinction between the two words. Whining is simply making a sound, an engine can whine, a dog can whine. Whinging, on the other hand, is the act of complaining, tirelessly and annoyingly complaining. One may whine while whinging but whining alone does not convey what you people do everyday about the same predictable issues.
whinge
verb
ˈ(h)winj
British
: to complain fretfully : WHINE
Whinge isn’t a simple spelling variant of whine. Whinge and whine are actually entirely different words with separate histories. Whine traces to an Old English verb, hwinan, which means “to make a humming or whirring sound.” When hwinan became whinen in Middle English, it meant “to wail distressfully”; whine didn’t acquire its “complain” sense until the 16th century. Whinge, on the other hand, comes from a different Old English verb, hwinsian, which means “to wail or moan discontentedly.” Whinge retains that original sense today, though nowadays it puts less emphasis on the sound of the complaining and more on the discontentment behind the complaint.
So you’ve only been wrong about WHINE for approximately five centuries.
Some puzzle solving music.
OK, one more for less hairy tastes.
Hey. Tesla is a fine choice. Saw them live on the tour supporting Edison’s Medicine. They played well, had fun and were pretty high.
Love Tesla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAj_WlH3J6Q&ab_channel=TeslaVEVO
+1
Mechanical Resonance was a pretty good album. My favorite songs off of it are Cover Queen and Before My Eyes. They weren’t radio singles. At least, I don’t remember them being radio singles.
I prefer The Hair. 🤘
I just took a class on whinging. It’s harder than it looks.
If the kid’s talking to his geography teacher about a triangle, it must have been the Bermuda Triangle! 😃
The smart ass kid’s answer did involve making a ‘triangle’ on a globe so that’s probably what threw me, also I clued this puzzle a 3-4am after a few negronis.
What?!?! I thought you were a Tom Collins man.
Id guess a side-car. Or Harvey Wallbanger.
The answer to ‘L’ had better be Bootsy Collins. If not ima gonna make it fit.
Is it whinging or whining? The former seems British. Or gay. Or both.
Is it amazing or depressing that a former slave is more articulate than 90 percent of our current population?
help me find my way in life, and I will build you a shrine
St Jude is hosting the PGA; the final round is under way.
It’s muggy as hell. Memphis has always been one of the least attractive stops on the tour because of our oppressive humidity. It’s only 86°F just now due to a storm that just swept through, but the cloud ceiling is 40,000 feet; 68% humidity (dew point of 75°F for those of you scoring at home), so this is about as good as our August gets.
I trust everyone knows the great work the hospital does. I revisit the story of how Danny Thomas founded and funded St Jude often.
In Loovahl…I get yelled at cause I just cause cannot say it ‘right’ so now it is Luis Villa (in true spanish form no less) to piss off the natives. At a bar called the Troll Pub. Should have enough pics for a travelogue.
Lou-vuhl or even Luh-vuhl usually works around the locals.
If you like horse racing, a trip to Churchill downs off hours for a tour and is worth it.
Attached museum is nice too.
Don’t forget the Louisville Slugger museum and the giant baseball bat visible from I-64.
I was told the restaurant up top is “Top O’ The Bat”, and the street-level bar is called “Corky’s”.
“so now it is Luis Villa (in true spanish form no less) ”
As a Californian, I approve this message. Lu-ees Veeya, pendejo.
I invested in a company that made Henry Winkler related products and got scammed.
Turns out it was a Fonzi scheme.
sit on it, Tres
Can we get a narrowed gaze over here?
Wow, stealing ShPIP’s(!) thunder.
ᕦʕ •ᴥ•ʔᕤ
Thanks, dad.
TO’G: At your recommendation, I requested a copy of McCarthy’s Bar be sent from a library in a neighboring county to my local branch. It has arrived, and I’ve just started reading it. Hilarious! Many thanks! 😄
Would any Glibs be interested in doing a fantasy football league? Prize would be bragging rights.
I don’t know anything about the NFL but wish you luck.
Did I dream this or was there some online thing a bunch of us did years ago and about half the guys outed themselves fumbling with the profiles and usernames or whatever?
Good question. I’ve always done FF through yahoo. Historically it’s been free, easy to use, and convenient links to player stats. I’ll do a little research on the least intrusive method of participation.
If there’s any personal info downside, it’s not worth it.
Is the kneeling in FF?
One problem is that the NFL has become political and socially active in the past several years, and that’s a big turn off to those of us who grew up when football was sport and it didn’t matter whose politics were what.
So I’m just gauging interest.
Sloopy in
CAVATX ran the J sub D Memorial League made up of folks from TOS and Glibs. I participated between 2015 and ’19. Then the Summer of St. Fentanyl happened, the NFL went full potato, and the fantasy league just… stopped.I found that I didn’t really miss it, so I’m on the fence about joining if another Glib FF league starts up.
There was a March Madness pool a couple years back.
I think I was in the running to win until Texas Tech made the Final 4 or Finals. An alumni or fan of the team picked them and ended up winning the contest. At least that’s my truth as I remember it.
I’d be in.
👍
I’d join as well.
Define “fantasy.”
The Robert Jordan Jackass’s vs. George RR Martin Morons.
I usually think more in terms of “Me, Kate Beckinsale, Scarlett Johanssen, a gallon of Wesson oil and a Twister game,” but OK.
fantasy
if you could talk Beckinsale and Johanssen into an evening of strip poker, at least you’d get to see Ms J nekkid….and you’d get to talk statistics with Ms B
smart women are my jam, but there is that one downside
This thirsty cow? You sure?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12356223/Inside-Kate-Beckinsales-WILD-50th-birthday-Hollywood-star-shows-twerking-skills-raucous-bash-eclectic-celebrity-friendship-group.html
Maybe sci-fi/fantasy football.
I’m interested.
We are checked in to our pretty nice (no kids allowed) resort.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/oDNuA7EVSqKlO8mDk_RDhQ.oQrkAuQxa3xKLZuZiy_BUY
Nature, right outside our little patio.
Supper?
Too lean.
Nice. Hope you get some more good wildlife watching.
We talked a bit on Sat Zoom about fentanyl.
This article—-damn.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12402505/Terrifying-moment-Florida-deputy-exposed-fentanyl-collapses-bodycam-footage-saved-Narcan.html
I thought most of these type situations end up being more of a psychosomatic situation, than an actual O.D.? Either way, if we didn’t have the stupid war on drugs, we wouldn’t have these situations creeping up with more and more frequency.
I’m skeptical, that either actual legalization or the pseudo legalization/decriminalization, would eliminate it. Let alone decrease it.
It would decrease cops OD’ing due to poking into shit that isn’t their business. As for users, yeah, they’ll probably keep dropping as they have been for years.
I call bullshit.
Cold fried chicken legs from Winco. I feel better now.
Just ordered grilled pork chop to go from the tavern in my neighborhood. It’s served over sweet potato and carrot “hash” (small dice” ) and topped in small apple dice.
Good when microwaved for later, OUTSTANDING when heated and crisped in the skillet.
As I recall from my time in in Owensboro (my dad worked for GE), it’s “Loo-vull”.
I despised that fucking place. One of the happiest moments of my life was when he announced he had been transferred back to upstate New York (Hudson Falls- we lived between Glens Falls and Lake George).
“Loo-vull” is close but there is a subtle variation that makes it *almost* a three syllable word.
It starts at the back of the throat like you’re just gargling Scope.
Lull-u-vll.
I didn’t put a vowel in the last syllable because it’s not a real vowel sound. It’s not even the “upside down e” we were taught in the 80s. It’s just the sound the throat makes when trying to transition from L to V.
Just ordered grilled pork chop to go from the tavern in my neighborhood. It’s served over sweet potato and carrot “hash” (small dice” ) and topped in small apple dice.
Sounds yummy.
Just finished this.
I’m ashamed of myself for not pushing back more.
“Data is the most important asset in the world. Those who control the data control the future not just of humanity but of life itself.”
That’s Klaus Schwab’s robotic minion at about 22 minutes in,
I’ve had a lot of crazy “conspiracy” ideas about the Covid shots, origin of Covid itself. Etc, but before watching all this, it really hadn’t occurred to me that the Covid jabs could be as mud h about harvesting DNA as it is about injecting experimental mRNA shots.
Husband just cashed in a gift card he won on Angus 1-1/2-inch steaks.
Nice!
Oh, I forgot — they’re a pound each.
That’s… (checks exchange rate) $1.27 American. Not bad.
LOL
🙂
Some early Tuesday-afternoon fodder for y’all:
A burger joint in Santa Fe state, Argentina decided to get cutesy with naming their fare, including fries named after Gengis Khan, Benito Mussolini, Chairman Mao, and Moustache Guy himself. But they evidently crossed a line when they named their “Drag it through the garden” burger after Anne Frank.
I couldn’t confirm if their hot dogs were named for Nikki, since we all know that she’s the wurst.
Booooo!
*thinks of all the tasteless food jokes* nah, I’ll pass
Maybe I could start up a restaurant in Big College Town with an atrocity menu. We’d have:
Onion Goerings
The Maoie Wowee — a Hawaiian burger with a genocide of fries
The Pol Potluck — Khmer-style hotdish served in a human skull
The Rachel Corrie — a smashburger (side of livermush $4 extra)
Dessert can be either StrawBeria shortcake or Karl Dönutz.
‘The Pol Potluck’ the taste is too sure for, but always leaves me hungry.
I’m ded
Damn, those are funny.
Hitler Hamburger Outrage was the name of my last failed aggrotech project.
So… just getting around to watching Tucker Carleson interviewing the former chief of the capital police on Jan 6.
He is super careful not to speculate about who told people not to help or why… but it is damning.
If you believe for even a moment that Jan 6 was not an orchestrated event by the DC establishment after watching this interview, I’d really love to talk to you about this bridge I have to sell.
Most of this we already knew… but the details about when and how he was denied are damning. Bonus…. the Jan 6 committee decreed that they would only talk to current employees, not the people in the positions on Jan 6. This means not the chief of the capital police. Not the Seargent at Arms of the House. Not the Seargent at Arms of the Senate. That is all. The latter 2 were the conduit for the approval of the deployment of the national guard. They denied the guard assistance, starting 3 days before the event. They are the avatars of their political bosses…. Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell.
New for me…. He requested backup immediately when they started attacking the outer barriers. The National Guard had troops staged within sight of the capital for that exact purpose. This required approval of Pelosi and McConnell. Over an hour later, he was still being told that they were waiting for approval… any minute. When that approval finally came, the Pentagon said no. So he sets up a call with the Mayor, the capital guys, DC police, the National Guard and the Pentagon. It has now been a couple of hours. But Ashli Babbit is still alive. The National guard is within eyesight.
The general from the Pentagon says no… he doesn’t like the optics of troops on Capital Hill. During that call, Ashli Babbit is killed. Sund (head of capital police) is notified and he tells them “we have shots fired. Is that urgent enough for you!?!”
3 hours later, the National guard arrives on Capital Hill. The troops that were a short walk from the capital were put in vehicles and driven to the capital armory, miles away, where they were relieved by a second shift. They arrived after 6pm and lined up to take a picture on the capital steps that would be published in US military magazines. So much for “we are concerned about the optics”.
There is no plausible way that “oh, it is a big bureaucracy and mistakes happen” explains this.
Worse, he has been saying this since Jan 7. Nobody in the press has really reported on this. Even Fox. Tucker did the same interview months ago at FOX. It never aired.
Also from the interview…. during 2020 BLM riots, DC police were prevented from helping to protect the White House. He is friends with the DC chief… he says that it didn’t come from him, he wanted to protect the White House and was prevented from doing so. More LEO injured that day than on Jan 6. He claims all charges dropped, including a group that tried to set an occupied hotel on fire.
(compare and contrast with Jan 6)
Not just never aired, but was scheduled to be aired and Tucker was fired/taken off air just before.
Interesting observation:
Ep. 14 from Aug 6 is an interview with the lest famous Tate brother. It has 149k likes, and has 46.6 million impressions.
Ep. 15 is from Aug 10 and has this interview with the Capital Hill police chief. It has 186k likes, but only 11.4 million impressions.
Something is wonky about the X (twitter) algorithm. Why only 11.4 million impressions in 3 days, but so much higher of a like total and ratio?
GOP now controls the House, so set up a hearing and get under oath testimony from these excluded witnesses.
Why would they do that now?
Even if they didn’t want to protect the establishment…. where can this go? Just look at what Garland is doing with the Hunter special prosecutor to ensure that Biden is protected from bribery charges.
So they find the smoking gun the Pelosi and some dudes at the FBI set it up. Then what?
The press will not report it. The DOJ will not prosecute it. The courts will not enforce any warrants they issue. They have no shot.
Because, if they play their cards right, this will give them the house and senate. And possibly the impeachment that is coming.
The last eight years or so have taught me that this means that what they are not reporting on is 100% true.
Particularly when it is something explosive. If there is a huge hole in the press coverage, you can be sure the crazy rumor is true.
Corollary: when there is an inexplicable pause in the coverage, whatever comes next will be bullshit. It doesn’t happen all that often, but whenever there is an unexpected adverse event for the establishment, the press starts coverage and then very quickly stops. Then they come back with a well-coordinated story.
On top of being The First Of All Firsters and The Three–Eyed Firster, someone also thinks I have time to be the Troll Master and “Twitter Fab.” I can’t even.
I am secretly pulling the strings of all trolls on the internet.
I don’t just run 4chan. I am 4chan.
Wait… so you’re responsible for some dude at a Cubs game playing the “O” game on camera receiving a lifetime ban from the stadium?
Well played, lad.
Was there really a time when this country was led by serious people?
It is easily provable that this was all started as a joke by 4chan to mock the media and progressives, as noted in the video. Yet here we are…
Look, it’s either, “busier than a one-armed paper hanger” or “busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.”
It’s just spilled milk under the bridge.
Stop whinging.
Tired after a long day of hanging out with my nephews. Went to start my laundry to get ready for another week and… no water. Not in the sinks, not in the terlet. Pump isn’t running. Too tired, that’s tomorrow’s problem. Good thing I still have at least enough clean clothes to make it through tomorrow.
Back in from a two-day ocean race. Sore and sunburned in some odd areas but the conditions were great and so was the company. We’ll see how we finished on Tuesday after all the time corrections are computed.
One member of the crew offered their iPhone up as a sacrifice to the elder gods who dwell deep within the waters. His opinion may vary.
Morning…early flight this AM in a few hours and can’t sleep. Productive and fun trip. Really enjoyed Kentucky. Found a few houses we like but not sure if we want to pull the trigger.
On those houses in particular, or on the move itself?
Morning all.
Some lighter music after yesterday’s. Both by Michael Rother, master of guitar+electronics.
From his first album, which inspired a very strange German film (Flammende Herzen), we have
Karusell.
From a later album, Erlkönig
And yes, that’s a human drummer, not a drum machine 😉
A prize to the first person to identify the drummer.
Eternal gratitude to whoever can find me a copy of the movie.
Good morning, Shirley, U, and OBE (
ifwhether or not you’re still around!)Checking out this first tune…
Good move, it’s the shorter of the two. Lol
Not everyone’s cup of tea, but I’ve loved his first 4 solo albums to the point of obsession since hearing Flammende Herzen. I was fortunate enough to see the movie a few years later. Very odd film; more French odd than German odd, but decidedly German nonetheless.
Motorik 👍
Extremely so 😉 But which of the two otiginators of the style.
I’m amused by remarks vis a vis his fourth solo album that the drumming sounded more human than the first 3. That was the one he used a drum machine for. 😉
I already looked it up so I know which.
Ah, good on ya for not cheating 😉
If you’ve not seen it, I highly recommend Krautrock; The Rebirth of Germany. They got Rother, Froese, and most of the other survivors. I thought it was well done, and an interesting view into a very different world that also erupted with new musics.
Cool, thanks
*waves at the early crew*
🌞
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RlNXd5oja3k
🎶🎶
Mornin’ Sean,
☕🍳
Good morning, Sean!
Am I remembering correctly that you’re on vacation?
Yup. Currently in the Poconos.
So you’re glibbing this early, even without work?
We have activities planned. And breakfast. Dinner last night was so good, I can’t wait to see how their breakfast is.
Off to shower.
https://pagesix.com/2023/08/13/britney-spears-gyrates-on-pink-stripper-pole-in-raunchy-dance-routine/
So trashy.
Still would. 😂😂
suh’ fam
What’s goody
/trying to get out of DAY
That’s not you in one of the wrecked vehicles at the end of my street, is it?
No. I took Philadelphia to Fredrick to 40
I use the park & fly lot
Have a safe trip! Where are you off to this week?
Vegas
What happens there stays there.
I thought that was New Vegas.
“It’s off to Las Vegas to check out the lounges…”
Wait, what??? The local news site’s traffic map says there’s an accident at the end of my street where it meets the state route! Must go investigate…
But that intersection was always so quiet whenever I stopped by.
Sure enough – on the state route but visible from the end of my driveway. And all the traffic is being diverted down our little street. Thank goodness for the two new speed bumps, one of which is right in front of our house.
Spoke to the gal next door, who was just leaving for work. She said she heard the accident and it made her jump. I would already have been up, but I don’t recall hearing a thing.
Mornin’ Glibs et al,
Got the first cup of morning swill in my hand, (sip) and it really (sip) is the way to start the day (big drink)
Sounds better than commuting.
Good morning, 4(20)! ::raises travel mug of coffee:: I’m sure you’re glad you don’t have to travel this morning! (Except maybe for errands)
Another day driving in metro NYC.
I feel bad for the innocent people involved. Hopefully he got his requisite Tik Tok video out of the deal before he fled the scene.
Idiot thought he was too skilled to crash
I knew without looking that it was a 3-series BMW…
Good morning all!
It’s NYC so non-zero chance it wasn’t stolen.