I haven’t quite figured out how much stuff will get grabbed for the front page. So here’s some song lyrics.
There’s glitter on the floor after the party
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor
You and me from the night before, but
Don’t read the last page
But I stay when you’re lost, and I’m scared, and you’re turning away
I want your midnights
But I’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day
You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi
I can tell that it’s gonna be a long road
I’ll be there if you’re the toast of the town, babe
Or if you strike out and you’re crawling home
Don’t read the last page
But I stay when it’s hard, or it’s wrong, or we’re making mistakes
I want your midnights
But I’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day
What? You were expecting Auld Lang Syne?
Puppeh!
Quite a lot to go over this time of transition. he week open with that same sign of completion/stability/harmony that last week ended on — Venus against Mars retrograde. But we also have the conjunction of the Mooon and Mercury, which is a double change sign. The stars really wouldn’t need to send a complicated sign like this if it was just about the changing of the year, since we already have calendars. I therefore assume it must mean something more important, that just happens to follow the calendar. Someone who probably follows the news more could probably give you more useful information, but whatever it is, it’s big. The signs for the new year are mostly unpleasant and boring: political duplicity, overfishing, blah blah, but there should be noteworthy peace in Africa, for that that’s worth.
By the end of the week, someone important finds someone new on Friday and leaves their spouse for them on the next day .
One of these is a year old pup. The other is almost four and considerably mellowed.
Capricorn: Queen of Coins – Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty.
Aquarius: The Magician reversed – Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet.
Pisces: 3 of Cups – The conclusion of any matter in plenty, perfection and merriment; happy issue, victory, fulfilment, solace, healing.
Aries: 7 of Swords – Design, attempt, wish, hope, confidence; also quarrelling, a plan that may fail, annoyance.
Taurus: 4 of Swords – Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit’s repose, exile, tomb and coffin.
Gemini: 9 of Coins reversed – Roguery, deception, voided project, bad faith.
Cancer: 2 of Cups reversed – Broken promises, unity between enemies.
Leo: 8 of Coins reversed – Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. Also a skill put towards dishonorable ends.
Virgo: 3 of Coins – Métier, trade, skilled labor, nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory.
Libra: 2 of Wands – Riches, fortune, magnificence, physical suffering, disease, chagrin, sadness, mortification. Basically, the result of having a long eventful life.
Scorpio: Ace of Cups – House of the true heart, joy, content, abode, nourishment, abundance, fertility.
Sagittarius: The Emperor reversed – Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
I love the happy doggos!
Zero snow here so far, so the dogs just have to be content with beating the shit out of each other.
What little snow we had is almost gone. I can’t walk in the driveway, a sheet of ice. I went out to feed the critters, instead stayed on the steps and tossed the birds’ groceries out in the yard. First time I’ve been housebound because of ice. OTOH I’m not taking a chance of a possible impending disaster.
Wise move. If they want it, they can durn well come and get it.
And they did, GT. The Toms are beginning to act like teenagers on their bikes in a convenience store parking lot. They must be reacting to the very slight lengthening of the days.
Good decision Fourscore. My buddy is up there right now at his cabin and said you guys got quite a bit of rain. Is it ever going to be winter there?
Right there with you 4×20. I had a bad fall on the ice a couple years ago, no where near as bad as yours was, and am still feeling it in the back.
Did get some of these though: https://www.yaktrax.com/
Staying off the ice is a good move.
Second the yak, I use those when I don’t wear caulks. Went feet up last year taking the dog out in ice. No lasting harm but a real wake up call not to be stupid.
Sagittarius: The Emperor reversed – Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
I’ve got immaturity covered.
Ditto:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBu9xKXR8U&ab_channel=Descendents-Topic
Well thanks for THAT earworm, Brooks! 😉
Nice dog videos.
Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. Also a skill put towards dishonorable ends.
Sounds sufficiently shitty.
Does that mean pranks?
2 more hours to home. This trip cannot be over too soon.
dafuq
+1 – Netanyahu’s prostate
<An inspiration to us all
After part of the iconic Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed into the ocean amid powerful waves on Monday, feathered culprits have been found to factor into the pier’s damage: seagulls.
Specifically, environmental requirements meant to protect the birds during their nesting season delayed necessary repairs to the 110-year-old structure, the Mercury News first reported.
A 2021 repair and maintenance plan for the wharf published by the California Coastal Commission states that repairs and maintenance are needed on the structure due to its “age, location, and construction material.” The plan also states that since seabirds like western gulls and pigeon guillemots are known to nest in the wooden columns that support the wharf, major repairs should take place outside of the birds’ nesting period, which occurs from mid-February to the start of September.
That means major repairs — including the replacement of the pier’s wooden columns — must take place during what are generally the stormiest months of the year.
What are the odds the Coastal Commission will allow the pier to be rebuilt?
“Just build new pilings for the homeless seagulls.”
ring ring ring ring ring ring ring… BANANA phone….
Seagulls are protected? I thought they were considered vermin. Surely there’s no shortage of the suckers, even without the piers.
Sounds like an excuse to me.
It’s California, they killing a mess of farms over the excuse of a bait fish needing the water. You probably can’t even kill roaches in the state.
I dont think adults can experience the kind of carefree joy of being that children and dogs do.
I will take dog videos over auld lang syne any day of the year.
I’d agree with you and point out that the acquisition of knowledge (Prometheus, Garden of Evil) and subsequent responsibilities is classically linked to both humanity “growing up” (and no longer being directly directed by God(s)) and the loss of a precious innocence. Everyone on some level would love to reclaim that joy — but it would take not having to worry about survival / tomorrow / whatnot to do it.
I’m phrasing it like crap since I’m no philosopher… but doubtless y’all get the well trod point others have made before.
I put it a different way: I dont want to be ‘in charge’. Being in charge means everyone else’s problems become your problems.
My dog’s biggest problem is solved easily. They paw my leg and ask me “Hey. Do you know what time it is?” <— time to eat.
the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity
Well, that all sounds quite lovely…depending on what they mean by “fertility.” 🤨
“Fecundity is just another word for something else to lose”
/Teenage girl
A bit long winded – but sounds like a toast out of the Hornblower series…. I’ll take it. Confusion to immaturity!
That
abominationShevy re-engined Jaguar from the ded-thread, I shudder to think of that auto-crime. Might as well paint it pink and put a spoiler on the back you got from JC Whitney. Might as well and go buy an 80s Cadillac, as you already f’d the front-rear weight distribution.Aquarius: The Magician reversed – Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet.
Fitting, after being blinded by that thing.
Let’s say you had a few bottles of Blue Moon in a soft side cooler in your car for a few months (since, like Septemberish). Would you drink it?
It’s beer, so no.
Did anyone see you standing alone?
Only Elvis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiY5auB3OWg
I’d probably give one a try. From there it becomes an easy decision.
Two questions?
Did it cook? In other words, How hot did it get? Heat kills beer.
Did it freeze? Unlikely if the bottles didn’t break.
It should be OK if it didn’t get real hot. Try one. If it sucks, dump them both.
20 to 25
yup: 20 to 30% at my favorite place; I’d go so far as to say that once I have reason to believe a place does not deserve more than 20%, I thereafter consider it a place I would not patronize
my favorite server got a $100 bump for Christmas: everyone’s beer is open on our table before we’ve finished exiting our cars
No, throw that shit out and get some Hoegaarden.
Can you tell me where this garden is? Sounds fun.
What did you call me???
“Taurus: 4 of Swords – Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit’s repose, exile, tomb and coffin.”
Damn. That vigilance didn’t pay off, did it? I’ll do The Opposite and live fancy free. (I actually am, to some extent. Everywhere I’ve contacted has been out for holidays, several saying they’re out til Jan 2. Add the weekend, and I’m trying to actually rest and enjoy it. Sanity is your friend. I do believe I’ll go to Snow Bird Bro’s and drum for a bit.) Overcast Indy and it’s.. 56 out. So far we’ve only had about maybe a half-week of ‘cold.’ Very pleased, am I.
Morning, Glibs. I don’t care if it’s after noon.
If this turns into a trend, I could get behind it… really tired of the “20 percent or more!” expectation these days (remembering when 10 was polite and only with good service and all).
I tip 15-20 percent. I am happy to do it, although I will tip less if I got shit service.
The last time I was at a No Tip restaurant I got the worst service of my life.
I started tipping 20% during the panicdemic and have mostly stayed with it. It’s easier to calculate; move the decimal and double it.
I generally tip 20 to 25 percent. But I do frequent the same places on a regular basis. The staff generally remains the same, and they are always happy to see us come in.
I don’t want to be recognized – it means I’ve been eating out too much and ruining my attempts at eating better.
Was reading an article about the no-tipping culture in Japan and thinking, “This would never work in a country like mine that has bred the work ethic out of young people.”
Ah, here it is.
We’re more likely to get French levels of dismissive service.
Yes. I see in older people too. Coworkers that get upset for having their time “wasted” by a customer rescheduling. Dude you’re getting paid either way, and the customer is paying for the miss and the makeup. It’s just part of life.
On the other hand, no teeth sucking.
In other words, no tip needed. I wouldn’t tip under those conditions, either.
No tip at counter service unless they’re busting their butt or going out of the way on a request.
I hate the tip demand before you even get your meal or whatever. It’s the fucking Square machines that are set up to push ever high amounts because they take a cut of the entire thing. Fuckers.
Bigger tips for places where I do repeat business- dog wash, ice cream parlor, barber. I’ve been going back to zero for takeaway.
I hate that shit.
In my state, you have to be an actual server to get the lower MW that is used to justify tips. I worked the front counter at a diner once. My wage was higher than the waiters and waitresses, and I did get some small tips but nothing like they did.
Might as well and go buy an 80s Cadillac, as you already f’d the front-rear weight distribution.
Those early Jaguar sixes weigh a ton.
Back in the ’80s, small block swaps for XJ6s were a fad. It actually took some weight off the front. The real gain came from swapping a Turbo 350 in with it. The Jaguar transmission was horrible. You would have made a huge improvement in the car by swapping the transmission and keeping the stock six. A manual would have been even better.
My Jag has a Turbo 400 from the factory (’83 XJ-S). What were they putting in the XJ6?
Either putting more or less weight in the front still changes the balance of what was a serious contender in the Saloon car races of the fifties, and going backwards with an overhead valve motor is silly to put it best. Also, that that one of the best Jaguar engines in the post-war straight-six era, the 3.4 litre, and most of them did come with sticks, at least in civilized countries.
Putting a SBC in it is akin to fake tits. Might look pretty from a distance, but god awful up close, have zero feel, and you might as well yell to the world you want style over substance, and would do the same to a Disco Volante.
It’s okay to have preferences, and it’s okay to point out that most Americans raised on SBC (like me) are tasteless hicks (like me), but
* I seriously doubt that
could pump out much more than 200HP all day for anyone other than a dozen factory mechanics with unlimited budgets and all manner of tweaked, proprietary goodies at their disposal
* it is childishly simple (like I said, I’m a hick) to get 300HP out of a smallblock without regard to how retarded and old-school (1953?) OHV heads are
* it is childishly simple to get 250HP out of a smallblock for every minute of the day with parts you picked up at the NAPA
* waiting three months for the dealership to get you parts from Coventry is not a cool pose unless you are fucking Diana Rigg in the meanwhile
* it’s impossible to know if the “feel” would be better or worse, but 50% more torque off that next corner means I don’t care: set the nose, roll through the apex, and watch Mr Feel evaporate out the mirrors
FWIW, a CPO retired to my neighborhood in the 70s, and I thought his Jag was the coolest thing I had ever seen, but I never so much as saw it down off blocks….but I could imagine how cool it might be
What is the first rule about making a car go faster? Get better brakes.
What is the first rule about making a car go faster? Get better brakes.
Brakes?
I thought all you did was strap a rocket engine to the car. What could possibly go wrong?
😉
Elon has a reasonable statement about the H-1B kerfuffle… since I know we’ve talked about it quite a bit over the last couple of days.
Suck it, loser
The former first lady posted a video wishing her followers “Happy Holidays” and highlighting the work of the Obama Presidential Center as 2024 comes to a close. But critics noted with disapproval that her video begins on a sour note.
“Happy holidays, everyone. I know it’s been a difficult few months for so many of us, and that folks are feeling a little bit anxious and uncertain,” Obama says in the video.
“But even during these tough times, there are plenty of reasons to stay hopeful,” she adds, before mentioning programs operated by the Obama Foundation.
Hey, look. The sky is still up there, Chicken Little.
“So difficult….”
Jesus fucking Christ on a goddamed cracker, these people are weak.
“We don’t always get it right, but here in America, we rise more than we fall,” Obama said in Norristown, Penn., on Nov. 2.
In dark and difficult times, she said the country needs leaders who will “connect with people’s pain and address the systemic issues at their root, not leaders who stoke our fears and focus our fury on one another.”
Preach, sister.
Helpful of her to point out why Kamala lost.
Yeah, the cognitive dissonance is strong in the left.
They spent the better part of a year screaming “Hitler!!” while talking about death camps and the loss of democracy, and they’ve the nerve to call the kettle black.
Fuck all of these people. May their religion of Daddy Government die a horrible death.
What were they putting in the XJ6?
Some kind of mushy Borg Warner thing. The shifts were not exactly crisp.
Looks like a good week for my birthday.
Putting a SBC in it is akin to fake tits. Might look pretty from a distance, but god awful up close, have zero feel, and you might as well yell to the world you want style over substance, and would do the same to a Disco Volante.
Or maybe you just want to make it back from lunch.
Sure, you could do the same swap in a Ferrari, and it would be just as bad.
Again, if that is what you want, buy an eighties Cadillac. It was at least designed for that motor.
Bid to $15,605, reserve not met. I guess the guy puts a value on not having it.
Why is Babylon 5 on Discovery+?
That doesn’t make sense from a service theme perspective.
I don’t know, but I’ve been enjoying the 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galactica on prime. I didn’t have cable back then, and now it’s on the steams.
Also, half the stuff on Discovery is just as fanciful as Babylon 5.
The setting and genre, however, isn’t the same.
Among the other random other shows that showed up was “Spencer: for Hire”, and twelve minutes in the stilted dialogue was painful enough that I almost abandoned watching the pilot. Though I wanted to at least reach Avery Brooks’ first line in the show.
The title character is insufferable and for whatever reason tactless in situations where an iota of diplomacy would serve his ends better. At least the reaction of the other characters is appropriate and he doesn’t end up getting what he wants in spite of the tactlessness.
The show could have been trimmed down by an agressive editor and been improved. A script doctor for the stiltedness wouldn’t hurt either.
The title character is insufferable and for whatever reason tactless in situations where an iota of diplomacy would serve his ends better.
A good writer knows how to write character flaws.
“ Cancer: 2 of Cups reversed – Broken promises, unity between enemies.”
Hmm…hate fucking? Three way?
Both?
Sure, you could do the same swap in a Ferrari
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if somebody did, in a 400, back when they were worth nothing. I know a guy whose father put a chevy (427, if I remember correctly) in his Testa Rossa race car, because it was too slow.
Speaking of dumb car stuff… I watched a thing this morning where some guy was bragging on his Factory Five Daytona Coup. The thing was really nice- Beautiful, even, but then he started blathering about the motor, a Windsor blown out to 405 cubic inches, blah blah blah. In other words, a dump truck motor.
I want to see the one with the “period equivalent” 289 built to Formula 5000 spec, including Lucas mechanical timed fuel injection, or four downdraft Webers.
Speaking of crimes against factory original fetishism
@rhy’s Japan-no-tipping article: While reading, I just thought “Culture matters” the whole time. And then… “The average rent for a studio apartment in Tokyo is currently the equivalent of about $607.” Um. I confidently throw my Bullshit Flag on the field. If a “studio” means ‘a closet to sleep in,’ that may be semi-in the ballpark.
Jimmy Carter gone, gone, gone. Thank god almighty he’s gone.
I’d have scooped you if I hadn’t taken time to look up his sign.
doh’t
At least he got to vote!
Bless him!
I guess this mostly fits – Jimmy Carter died today at the age of 100.
He had been in hospice for months, so, it’s not much of a surprise.
What remains to be revealed is to whom he left his vote in the 2028 presidential race.
His was first, yours was better.
Trump has yet another opportunity to show some class
Jimmy Carter dead
I recall this making the rounds in the past…..
Redheaded women can tolerate up to 25% more pain than people with other hair colors, a McGill University study showed.
They also feel less pain when pricked by a pin, a study out of Oslo University reported.
But it gets even better for those with locks of auburn hair.
Scientists have recognized that redheads also experience pleasure differently.
I will neither confirm nor deny any of these studies’ conclusions. 👩🦰
Your red hair is a dye job anyway, isn’t it? :-p
Well, I WAS born a natural redhead before I became an unnatural redhead.
I don’t think any of us Glibs were ever natural. 😉
I’ve had redheaded girlfriends.
Mexicans, weed, ass sex AND.. Jimmy Carter’s dead. Noted.