IFLA: The “That Time of Year” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of Feb 11

by | Feb 11, 2024 | IFLA | 323 comments

The thaw brings out lots of people


The week starts of belligerently, with Mercury and Mars dominating. Fortunately that wears off by Wednesday. On the 14th, things show go remarkably well, with only a few date ideas cautioned against. Specifically, avoid cruises, boat trips, and related activities. Yes, I know that the pirate/pegleg/hook thing might be a Valentine’s Day tradition for you, but this year the risk of splinters is just too high. That all changes on the 16th. When Venus moves into Aquarius, feel free to engage in water sports to your heart’s content.


Daisy and Callie are in Lily’s Circle of Trust


Aquarius: 7 of Coins reversed – Sometimes investments don’t pay off.

Pisces: 2 of Cups – Celebrations, agreements, unions, formal partnerships that work.

Aries: Ace of Wands reversed – Something you started a long time ago comes back to bite you.

Taurus: 5 of Wands reversed – Loss in games, in-group politics going against you.

Gemini: 10 of Cups reversed – It’s not about problems, it’s about the “successes” that wind up being not what you thought.

Cancer: 2 of Swords – Balance, peace through strength, perhaps being a bit too judgmental.

Leo: 2 of Wands – You got yours, and a spare too. Thistle? Rose? They both bloom nicely.

Virgo: 10 of Coins reversed – Large risk gives large loss.

Libra: 6 of Swords – Running away from your problems does not help. There is no “fresh start” to be had.

Scorpio: 10 of Wands reversed – Burdens of your own making. Are you sure you’re even interested in that goal?

Sagittarius: King of Cups reversed – Sometimes the nice guy is actually a dick.

Capricorn: 9 of Coins reversed – Basic bougie bitches behaving badly.

Bonus Super Bowl Prediction draw: 7 of Cups reversed – this actually doesn’t mention which team wins. What it means is the game will be decided by a misperception/illusion/seeing something that isn’t there. Either a terrible read by a QB, a shit call, or a real call getting reversed.


Murray is not.

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323 Comments

  1. Don escaped Texas

    Libra: 6 of Swords โ€“ Running away from your problems does not help. There is no โ€œfresh startโ€ to be had.

    One could play with some American’s ego instead of planning next moves in Ukraine – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

    • Don escaped Texas

      Taurus: 5 of Wands reversed โ€“ Loss in games, in-group politics going against you.

      I thought I handled him quite well – Tucker Carlson

  2. The Late P Brooks

    Sagittarius: King of Cups reversed โ€“ Sometimes the nice guy is actually a dick.

    What’s in it for me?

    • The Other Kevin

      Normally I donโ€™t like ugly people but for you Iโ€™ll make an exception.

  3. DEG

    Nice dog videos.

    You got yours, and a spare too. Thistle? Rose? They both bloom nicely.

    This doesn’t sound sufficiently shitty.

  4. Toxteth O'Grady

    Everyone’s horoscopes suck.

    Beige dog seems not to like his ear warmer or whatever that red thing is.

    • Not Adahn

      That is Samson, and the wrap keeps his ears from bleeding in the cold.

  5. Mojeaux

    Taurus: 5 of Wands reversed โ€“ Loss in games, in-group politics going against you.

    Da. Fuq.

  6. Nephilium

    Well, I did start the chili this morning, and pretty sure it’ll bite back after it’s consumed. Bell, poblano, jalapeno, Fresno, Serrano, habanero, one of Sean’s super-hots (chocolate naga I believe), dried chipotle, dried aleppo, and smoked paprika.

    • Chafed

      Are you making chili or trying to start a fire?

      • Nephilium

        Chili of course. A nicely balanced, very spicy chili.

      • R C Dean

        Sounds too spicy for my taste.

        Which Iโ€™m sure is a top concern for you.

      • Nephilium

        I just finished shredding the ~half pound of smoked cheddar to top the chili. Whole batch goes into an earthenware pie pan, topped with the cheese, and then just gets parked in the oven at the host’s house long enough to melt the cheese. Works as a dip or to spoon into a bowl to eat it. The heat is there, and it shows up, but it doesn’t overstay its welcome. The fun of bringing this over the years is watching the kids reactions to it. They get warned that it’s spicy, and the bolder ones will try a little bit on a chip. One of my old acquaintance’s kids tried it, and came up to proudly say, “I tried the chili, and I didn’t cry or anything!”

    • The Other Kevin

      Wait so THATโ€™S what Aleppo is?

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      I, too, just finished putting all the stuff in the chili pot: serrano, habanero, jalapeno, bell, poblano, chipotle, dried poblano (aka ancho), with short ribs

      AND THREE KINDS OF BEANS, MOTHERFUCKERS

      • Mojeaux

        Dis is de wey.

      • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

        And one banana pepper

      • Tres Cool

        Want me to send you a new CO alarm ?

      • Nephilium

        No beans!

        Onion, garlic, oregano, cumin, salt, smoked pepper, fire roasted tomatoes, beef, Founder’s Porter, and masa.

      • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

        Black beans, kidney beans, Goya “pink beans” (no idea what they are, but they have a thin, tender skin)

      • pistoffnick

        No beans!

        *stands next to Neph*

      • R C Dean

        When Iโ€™ve got my New Mex purist hat on, no beans. Abuela Deanโ€™s recipe had no beans, so thatโ€™s pretty much that.

        Itโ€™s a big world, though. Iโ€™ve had chili with beans and enjoyed it more times than I can count.

      • Chafed

        You had me at Founders Porter.

      • Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

        Why are you making beans?

        I mean, it isn’t chili, so…

    • Sean

      ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

      • Nephilium

        The girlfriend has already yelled at me for “trying to kill her”. She was unable to be in the kitchen at the beginning of the cooking process due to the pepper fumes. I managed to avoid injuring myself with superhots, which is always a victory.

      • Tres Cool

        Rubber gloves are your friend.
        Once after chopping peppers for chili, I diligently washed my hands with Dawn and hot water thinking that would get rid of the oil.
        Hours later, before bed, I washed my hands again when I took out my contacts.

        It was like Id been maced.

      • Nephilium

        Once I had harvested some ghost chili seeds to send someone, and thought I had washed my hands well enough to be safe. I was incorrect, and touching my eye taught me that. I was contemplating pouring a shot of milk in my eye to try to help, instead I just suffered for the 20-30 minutes while the girlfriend laughed at me (after I had made it clear that there was nothing that could be done).

      • J. Frank Parnell

        I have a friend who once chopped up some habaneros, then later that night his girlfriend discovered that he hadn’t washed his fingers enough.

      • R C Dean

        โ€œShe was unable to be in the kitchen at the beginning of the cooking process due to the pepper fumes.โ€

        Yeah, no.

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      ยฟHay cilantro?

      • Suthenboy

        Hey now, we are just talking recipes amongst friends. There is no need to bring criminal conspiracy into it.

    • Drake

      Burns going in and coming out.

  7. kinnath

    Pisces: 2 of Cups โ€“ Celebrations, agreements, unions, formal partnerships that work.

    I can work with this.

  8. rhywun

    a shit call

    No way.

  9. rhywun

    Poor Murray ๐Ÿ™

  10. The Other Kevin

    Are there any sports games on today?

    • Rat on a train

      There were some Hurling matches today.

      • rhywun

        I think the hurling comes later, if I’m reading some of the above comments right.

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      My next door neighbor, who is a soccer hooligan, said there was some West Ham match this morning

      • Raven Nation

        There was, but West Ham didn’t show up.

      • juris imprudent

        There was a team in West Ham colors on the pitch, they just weren’t playing any defense to speak of.

  11. KK, Plump & Unfiltered

    Something you started a long time ago comes back to bite you.

    Fuck off!!!

  12. Tres Cool

    Virgo: 10 of Coins reversed โ€“ Large risk gives large loss.

    Sufficiently shitty.

    Tres Ver 2.0 got his taste of a 12 gauge today. We’ve mostly been shooting small caliber since its cheap, and he needs to work on his skills.
    But I loaded the ol’ Mossberg 500 with some slugs. Boy was he surprised.

    • Suthenboy

      equal and opposite….all that.
      He should try my 458 Win Mag. It’s not what you would call a plinker. Three shots and you have that special kind of headache only a gun like that can give you.
      It spits 500 grain bullets at around 2100 fps.

      • Tres Cool

        Unless Im facing down a grizzly, or a Lyle Alzado filled with PCP and crank, I dont think I need that kind of firepower.

    • R C Dean

      โ€œBut I loaded the olโ€™ Mossberg 500 with some slugs. Boy was he surprised.โ€

      Nothing tightens up your form with a shotgun like shooting heavy loads. At one of my classes, we had a competitive shooter who was really good with light loads. When we started shooting 00, he learned some things about his stance. Slugs are where you squeeze out the last bit of slop in how you manage the gun.

      • Chafed

        And nurse your shoulder the next day.

      • R C Dean

        Iโ€™ve run dozeens of slugs and hundreds of 00 over a few days, and if your form and stance is tight, youโ€™ll be fine. You get beat up when you donโ€™t seat the stock right and donโ€™t lean into it right. Itโ€™s mostly repetition with heavy loads so you know what to expect.

      • Chafed

        Where can I learn this mystical form of shooting?

  13. The Late P Brooks

    Boy was he surprised.

    By the recoil, or the destruction?

    • Tres Cool

      The kick. And the noise.

  14. The Late P Brooks

    Blood in the water

    President Joe Bidenโ€™s allies on Sunday defended the commander in chief and blasted a special counsel report that questioned the presidentโ€™s age and mental fitness as containing โ€œgratuitous, unnecessary and inaccurate personal remarks.โ€

    Mitch Landrieu, a senior adviser to Biden, told NBC News’ โ€œMeet the Pressโ€ that โ€œthis kind of sense that heโ€™s not ready for this job is just a bucket of B.S. Itโ€™s so deep [that] your boots will get stuck under.โ€

    Landrieu added that as a longtime adviser to Biden, he can testify to his mental acuity.

    โ€œIโ€™ve been knowing him for 30 years. I have met with him personally. Iโ€™ve met with him with two people, five people, 10 people. I have been on trips with him, crisscrossing the country, rebuilding America based on this incredible infrastructure bill that was passed. And Iโ€™m telling you, this guy is tough. Heโ€™s smart. Heโ€™s on his game,โ€ Landrieu said.

    They’re behind him 1000%.

    • creech

      So not senile, then must be criminal; he knowingly took classified info he wasn’t legally authorized to take, mishandled storage of same, and then shared this classified information with a private citizen unauthorized to see it. Either narrative is devastating to Biden so they go for the one contradicted by what any citizen observed every time Biden talks in public?

      • prolefeed

        They go for the narrative that shows they own anyone who parrots such obvious lies.

        You ain’t free if someone can compel you to say bullshit you know ain’t true.

      • Gender Traitor

        Having it both ways – he’s sharp as a tack but can’t be held responsible for how he handled classified docs ‘cuz you know, good ol’ Grandpa Joe – without a trace of cognitive dissonance.

        โ€œAlice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’

        I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

      • Chafed

        So much this.

      • juris imprudent

        The law does not apply to the LEADERSHIP CLASS, and no Trump is not part of that club. Got it jack?

    • rhywun

      I wonder how long the MSM is going to play along.

      • Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

        They will keep playing until someone behind the scenes takes power. Right now it is a free for all; some want him gone, some want the cover of having him there.

  15. The Late P Brooks

    When asked whether he or other members of the Cabinet have considered invoking the 25th Amendment, which would trigger a process for the Cabinet to remove and replace the president, Mayorkas said, โ€œNot at all.โ€

    โ€œI donโ€™t engage in politics. Iโ€™m responsible for governing and following the presidentโ€™s agenda, which I scrupulously do,โ€ he said.

    “I’ve got troubles of my own.”

    • R C Dean

      A political appointee running a cabinet department who โ€œdoesnโ€™t engage in politicsโ€ isnโ€™t doing his jobs.

      But we already knew that.

      • juris imprudent

        Compulsive liar gonna lie.

  16. Shpip

    Specifically, avoid cruises, boat trips, and related activities.

    Fortunately, GlibsCruise isn’t until October (there’s still plenty of time to sign up!).

  17. DEG

    He thought it was America

    A U.S. Customs and Border Protection dog sniffed out something unusual in luggage from a traveler returning from Africa โ€” mummified monkeys.

    The passenger returning from a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo reported that the luggage contained dried fish, but an inspection at Boston Logan Airport revealed dead and dehydrated bodies of four monkeys, agents said.

    • R C Dean

      A good start to a horror movie. RJ can tell us if itโ€™s already been done.

  18. R C Dean

    The brave little helicopter on Mars had its final resting place in the Valinor Hills, named after the elven Undying Lands in LOTR.

    This pleases me.

  19. KK, Plump & Unfiltered

    I think I may try to watch the game and Zoom at the same time. Gonna try using mobile data on one, and ElonNet on the other

    I think I’ll sign in just before kickoff

  20. Shpip

    I’m getting ready to have company over for the game.

    Menu is:

    BBQ ribs from Dreamland
    Smoked sausage from same
    Brunswick Stew (the pork butt and chicken are what’s in the smoker)
    Cuban sandwich-style nachos
    Cream cheese and chorizo-stuffed smoked jalapenos
    Deviled eggs
    King cake (a nod to Mardi Gras on Tuesday)

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      Yum!!!!

      The Bourbon St webcam is gonna be lit after the game, methinks

      • Shpip

        (Note to self: remember to dangle some beads in front of KK if you get on the Super Bowl Zoom tonight)

    • Shpip

      For the Cuban sandwich nachos, we used this recipe, but with one important change.

      Instead of combining Old El Paso taco seasoning and mustard for the rub, we put the pork butt in a ziploc and added mojo criollo, then put it in the sous vide at 165F for sixteen hours.

      Between the bourbon, beer, and barbecue, a good time should be had by all.

      • Drake

        Wait! Cubano nachos? Never heard of them, now I want.

      • R C Dean

        *Homer drool*

      • Lazer

        That marinade will be tried! Thanks!

      • Shpip

        It’s easy to make your own — if you can’t find sour orange, you can use two parts orange juice to one part lime juice to make your own.

        If you don’t feel like making your own, mojo is easily found online or in any Latin American grocery store.

    • slumbrew

      I shoulda made deviled eggs.

      • Mojeaux

        Me too. ๐Ÿคค

  21. UnCivilServant

    I have a working clock I wired and coded myself on a breadboard. I’ve only used 964 bytes of the 1kB storage, and I have three I/O pins remaining, so I can add the last two features – a seconds reset button and a switch to disable to time set buttons (one to get a more accurate time, and the other to avoid accidentally changing the time) That won’t take up all that much more space, since they’re additions to exisitng code blocks. Still, the current version has stayed just a few seconds off from my computer time.

    • R.J.

      Nice. Now get some Nixie tubes to wire up your clock display. That will change how you communicate with your display to show time. Will also be fun.

      • UnCivilServant

        That’s later on in the future. (Time was one of the things my ill-defined nixie project was going to display)

        First I want to solder this onto a protoboard.

    • Sean

      Next up, researching bank vaults?

      • UnCivilServant

        Nah, that was years ago.

  22. Derpetologist

    Off to Shpip’s party soon. He’s a swell guy for inviting me. I’ll be on my best behavior. ETA 1745L.

    • R.J.

      You all have fun! I am just going to relax at home.

      • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

        Zoom Zoom Room!

  23. The Late P Brooks

    Just made a beer run to Smith’s (They are closest). The deli counter and chicken fryer are just inside the front door, so you get a snootful of fried chicken as you enter. I thought I might as well see what they had in the way of cold chicken. I only like dark meat, so I don’t ordinarily bother looking because the packages seem to always be breast/wing/leg. Today, they had boxes of “leg quarters” which I don’t remember ever seeing before, anywhere. Leg and thigh together. Very tasty, indeed. I hope they are a regular thing. That could get me back more often.

    Supar bowl feast handled.

    • Sean

      Bbq or buffalo sauce?

  24. creech

    Game in 15 minutes. I’m going to root for Andy’s team. Therefore you all should bet on SF.

    • Don escaped Texas

      Vol factor even: 1 to 1

      SEC factor: KC 13 to SF 9

  25. grrizzly

    They couldn’t find a more repugnant singer to sing America the Beautiful.

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      But Reba is cool

      • Mojeaux

        You can tell her voice is weak and that it is worn out.

      • hayeksplosives

        Well she *is* 68 years old.

        At least she knows enough to start the anthem at a low enough register that she will be able to handle the high notes.

    • Ted S.

      You haven’t heard me sing.

      • grrizzly

        No facial tattoos would already be an improvement.

      • Ted S.

        I don’t have any tattoos at all.

    • Urthona

      Taylor Swift?

      • Mojeaux

        No. He was utterly repugnant.

      • Urthona

        I prefer his pre post malone works.

    • Chafed

      I didn’t notice. I was still swooning from the Black National Anthem.

      • Tres Cool

        My favorite version is by RUN-DMC

    • Tres Cool

      Roseanne Barr ?

    • The Hyperbole

      It was a perfectly cromulent version of the song, other than fuck that jingoism shit, I’m not going to shit on the dude because he has face tats and a grille.

  26. The Late P Brooks

    Will this be utterly intolerable?

    • Chafed

      Don’t worry. We’ll snark our way through it.

    • Sensei

      So far, yes.

      Even the commentary has been what I expected.

      • Ted S.

        Westwood One has too many Pfizer commercials.

      • Sensei

        Boner or myocarditis?

      • Ted S.

        The latter.

    • rhywun

      Hard to tell… every time I flip over it’s a commercial.

  27. UnCivilServant

    MSP430: Flash/FRAM usage is 782 bytes. RAM usage is 62 bytes.

    Dq Fuq? I added code, how is it 150 bytes smaller?

    • UnCivilServant

      Because it doesn’t work anymore.

      • UnCivilServant

        So, If I reference an input pin that doesn’t have an interrupt enabled for it, the compiler/optimizer goes “Welp, that code is never going to execute” and omits it, even though that pin can have its state change extenrally – I just don’t want to trigger an event on that pin’s state change. It’s a switch to enable or disable setting the time. Maybe I just have to have its interrupt event do nothing.

      • UnCivilServant

        Well, turning on interrupts for the pin the switch feeds got it past the compiler and now the buttons only change the time when the switch is on. Good.

        But the bounce sensitivity has gone way up. Bad.

        I still have some wiggle room to add some debouncing code. Meh.

      • R.J.

        We break things to learn how they work.

      • UnCivilServant

        I’ve broken this clock code a lot.

      • UnCivilServant

        ๐Ÿ™

        All of the methods I’ve tried to debounce the inputs has resulted in them simply not working. I can see that it does run through the code since the delay causes a flicker in the output display, but the action from the button doesn’t execute.

      • UnCivilServant

        W00T!

        I fixed it. The output still flickers, but I get 1:1 updates of the time value per intentional button press, and it only registers button presses when the switch is on.

      • Gender Traitor

        ๐Ÿฅณ

      • UnCivilServant

        Cleared up the flicker, and the debouncing appears to be working correctly.

        I think I’ve done it.

        MSP430: Flash/FRAM usage is 932 bytes. RAM usage is 62 bytes.

        Cutting it close on the space though (I had to rework some of the existing code to get it back under the 1kB limit)

  28. MikeS

    GO NINERS!!!11

    • Brochettaward

      There is only one team, The Golden Firsters. We stand against all seconds.

      You would know this, but you are a fraud.

    • Chafed

      I’d like to see Purdy get the ring. It would be a real underdog story.

      • Urthona

        He plays for the favorite team, but I know what you mean about not being a big name at the beginning of the season.

      • Chafed

        He was literally the last guy drafted. To be the starting QB in the Super Bowl is damn impressive.

      • Brochettaward

        Seeing people talk about what he supposedly isn’t has pissed me off. I’ve seen this story before. It really does remind me of Brady. Does he go onto that career? Unlikely not. But the guy can play, and if he was a first round pick everyone would be fitting him for a golden jacket already.

  29. Don escaped Texas

    never date anyone from KC

    Met up with a girl for lunch, she tried to get me to go to church with her. Didn’t even try to get to know me at all, just kept talking about how much I needed Jesus in my life.

      • Chafed

        I can’t imagine why people see SF that way. I have to go there later this year for business. I hope to have my CCW by then.

      • rhywun

        Residents who had long seen their city as a wondrous jewel of the West Coast, with its culinary delights and sublime natural beauty, are now trying to rebuild the cityโ€™s tattered reputation โ€” and finding it a daunting task.

        Most cities, including NYC, don’t have the worst of the decay butting right up against City Hall and the Financial District and major shopping in nearly the same way that SF does.

        Put simply, you cannot live there and avoid it. Because in almost every direction, except North, you have to travel through the shittiest of shitty neighborhoods.

        And the NYT is counting on their readership’s ignorance of the reality there.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        And no left turns!

  30. Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

    Well, commercials are dumb.

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      You’re a minute or so ahead of me on your TV and I heard that play before I saw it! GAH!!!! Plz mute plz

      • Don escaped Texas

        we watch everything on delay

        and spend all the rest of our time avoiding tweets and texts and such of the scores

    • Sensei

      Yes. Wow.

    • Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

      Muted.

    • rhywun

      I flip back to the Bar Rescue marathon at every commericial (and through much of the action).

      • rhywun

        Ugh they’re dipping into the plague years now.

        On to the South Park marathon.

  31. Chafed

    I may have eaten a lethal dose of salt and vinegar potato chips.

    • pan fried wylie

      Nah, the tongue ulceration should prevent a lethal dose.

      • Chafed

        News I can use.

  32. Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

    So far, D is where the action is.

    D don’t win games!

    • Mojeaux

      bUt DeFeNsE wInS cHaMpIoNsHiPs!!1!one

      Never understood that. SOMEBODY’s gotta get a point to win.

      • prolefeed

        I think that means if you curb stomp them on defense, a single sack and turnover near the opponent’s goal could be all it takes to win.

      • Don escaped Texas

        Tennessee tried defense one year

        Sep 29, 1939 North Carolina State 13-0
        Oct 7, 1939 Sewanee 40-0
        Oct 14, 1939 Chattanooga 28-0
        Oct 21, 1939 Alabama 21-0
        Oct 28, 1939 Mercer 17-0
        Nov 4, 1939 LSU 20-0
        Nov 11, 1939 Citadel 34-0
        Nov 18, 1939 Vanderbilt 13-0
        Nov 30, 1939 Kentucky 19-0
        Dec 9, 1939 Auburn 7-0

      • Don escaped Texas

        and then suddenly a Vol threw the only TD in this game

      • Ted S.

        I think Marv Levy’s comment was that special teams wins championships.

    • R C Dean

      โ€œD donโ€™t win games!โ€

      Let me introduce you to my liโ€™l blue frenโ€™.

      • Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

        WHOS GOT THAT D? WHOS GOT THAT D?

  33. Sensei

    The autotuned Temu ad is awful.

  34. KK, Plump & Unfiltered

    WTF was that pass

  35. The Gunslinger

    Anyone doing a wellness check on Mojeaux? Chiefs not looking good so far.

    • Mojeaux

      *gurgle*

      • The Gunslinger

        Good news is, it feels like it should be 17-0 but it’s only 3-0.

      • Mojeaux

        I keep telling my husband it looks like they’re falling apart, and he’s like, NOOOOOOOOOooOoOOOOoooO

      • rhywun

        ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    • Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

      What do the kids say? It slaps?

  36. Sensei

    Wait, there is a new Shogun mini series?

    Will it be as ridiculous as the first? Which I loved because of its camp a bilingual cast.

    No way thatโ€™s happening again.

    • Urthona

      They seem to be speaking English in the commercials.

      Has gotten good review though.

      • Sensei

        I had the TV on mute.

      • R C Dean

        The commercials look good. Iโ€™ll give it a go when it starts.

      • Urthona

        Depicting Tokugawa as a black lesbian is a bit of an odd choice.

      • Sensei

        Didn’t catch that.

        Wonder if they took license from Yasuke.

        Yasuke

      • Urthona

        Just kidding.

      • Sensei

        Today that wouldn’t surprise me a bit.

      • Urthona

        haha. i know.

    • R.J.

      Sounds like a Zoom watching party.

      • Sensei

        Toshiro Mifune made the first one.

    • rhywun

      the first

      Like, in 1980 or whatever? I remember that was a Very Big Deal in school. Sixth grade I guess it was.

      • Sensei

        Yup. Watched it with the family.

        I believe off screen Richard Chamberlain had no interest in the ladies.

  37. R.J.

    I go take a shower for a few minutes and San Fran gets ten points?

    • Chafed

      Yup. They did it out of spite.

      • hayeksplosives

        Lol

  38. rhywun

    LOL local weather scribe enthusiastically calls for 1 to 15 inches of snow, admits the models are shit.

    • Ted S.

      Yeah; the predictions here have been changing, even from the National Weather Service.

      • R.J.

        It will remain above freezing in Texas. It rained all weekend. Starting tomorrow the grill will be fired up every evening for dinner.

    • Chafed

      No way they don’t know what temperatures will be in a century.

  39. R.J.

    Holy crap I like that Kennedy commercial. Well played.

  40. Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

    Huh, Kennedy for pres ad.

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      Weird one

    • Sensei

      I thought it creative.

      • R.J.

        It stayed positive, did not discuss his policies, stayed high-action and tied him to his heritage as a Kennedy. Whoever put it together had a talented group.

  41. R C Dean

    There. Moj gets a lifeline.

    • The Gunslinger

      Yup. One score game and I believe KC gets the ball after halftime.

  42. The Late P Brooks

    Kennedy for Prez ad is far and away the best thus far. It looks like they pirated one of his uncle’s ads from 1960.

    • R.J.

      They did, that was a great idea.

      • The Hyperbole

        I didn’t get it. Unless the entire point was ‘hey I’m related to those old Kennedys that you people used to like’

      • The Hyperbole

        And I’d assume any probable voter already knew that, seemed kinda useless to me.

      • Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.

        It was fun, friendly, not angry, and reminds people of better times.

        It was a great commercial.

      • The Hyperbole

        I guess I’ll have to give it another viewing, I’m working as I watch so it didn’t have my full attention.

    • Sensei

      Similar to Biden’s intellectual capacity. It’s also got a few less potato chips in the bag.

      • Annoyed Nomad

        You sir, win the Internet today

    • Mojeaux

      While inflation has slowed down to a three-year low, prices are still punishingly high for many Americans

      These two things can’t be true at the same time.

      Unless you’re not measuring food prices in your inflation indexโ€”oh, wait.

      • Ted S.

        The media also dishonestly implies that if the rate of inflation is falling (but still above zero), prices should be falling, with the further implication that it’s the fault of the people charging the prices for not having falling prices.

      • Raven Nation

        Yep, Australia and New Zealand both have “independent” watchdogs investigating grocery chains for price-gouging.

      • Don escaped Texas

        not to bolster Biden, but I think they mean it this way

        suppose:
        inflation for year 1 = 10%
        inflation for year 2 = 10%
        inflation for year 3 = 0%
        then you could say with a straight face that inflation is at a three-year low even while prices are up 21%

      • Gender Traitor

        something something lies, damn lies, and….something

      • Don escaped Texas

        we could talk about price level to be clear, but everyone has a different reference point, so it doesn’t tell the kids anything if we say a buck today is worth $1.82 in 2000 dollar

        for my money (pardon the pun), none of the political arm-wrestling means anything: fiat money gonna depreciate, and large government is stupid, so there are no points for either party or any president to make; if anything, Republicans look dumber to me pretending Sleepy Joe is the original monster when Democrats have never proven any grasp of economics: Republicans are just as bad at paper-printing, but they know better

      • DrOtto

        Why come the prices don’t come down? Tis a mystery. They know exactly what they mean and are being intentionally misleading. That’s why the lead paragraph cites corporate greed.

      • The Hyperbole

        Some prices have, huevos para ejemplo. and from what I can tell many other prices have stabilized at about 15-20% over what they were pre covid.

      • Don escaped Texas

        https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PPIACO

        right: metals-based costs are way down since August 2022

        but I’ve been raising prices* at every turn for three years and haven’t lost but one job on price the whole time**

        * with zero fear: the previous administration did not know how to test markets
        ** and that one was a special case where my competitors are structurally more efficient

    • Chafed

      F***ing idiot blaming everyone but the guy responsible.

    • Gustave Lytton

      The American public is tired of being played for suckers,โ€ said Biden in the video

      as he continued to play the American public for suckers.

    • rhywun

      Drawing attention to inflation three years into his reign must be some 4D chess shit that I don’t understand.

    • RAHeinlein

      Do the exhibited Brands have recourse here? Many of the items displayed have not been down-weighted.

      • Gustave Lytton

        They can sue Biden for defamation. $1 in compensatory and $1M in punitive is the current going rate, right?

      • RAHeinlein

        Only if they invite Maddow on a shopping spree…

      • Chafed

        You can a lot of Indigo Girls albums for that kind of money.

  43. Sensei

    I’m off to chat with my friend in Japan. See you in the 4th quarter.

  44. Chafed

    I didn’t expect to see Starlight Express during the halftime show.

  45. hayeksplosives

    Wow. Bold move bringing the roller skates for halftime!

    My favorite part so far.

    Whatโ€™s old is new again!

      • Chafed

        Holy cow! That really is the most 70s thing ever.

    • Gender Traitor

      Xanadu!!! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

  46. KK, Plump & Unfiltered

    Love me some Lil Jon

  47. The Late P Brooks

    Is it safe?

    Is halftime over yet?

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      Mercifully short, though it wasn’t too bad

    • Tres Cool

      I expect a bunch of bad officiating in the 2nd half giving the advantage to KC.
      Between Mahomes being โ€œjust black enoughโ€ and the Kelce/Swift media draw (and him being pissy in the 1st half), media has already decided KC will win.

      Kinda like the NCAA and โ€˜Bama.

    • The Hyperbole

      Meh, it’s not my kind of music but it didn’t suck. Nice production had what I assumed were some surprise guest performers, better than the football game so far, anyway.

      • Ted S.

        The surprise guest was the streaker.

      • The Hyperbole

        I was thinking the chick playing piano and the chick playing guitar and the dudes rapping. I didn’t see the streaker,

    • Don escaped Texas

      Strats: looking cool AF for 70 years

      • pan fried wylie

        Strat:Mustang::Sara Jessica Parker:attractive women::Jaguar:Elizabeth Hurley /compoundAnalogy

      • Zwak says the real is not governable, but self-governing.
    • The Bearded Hobbit

      Is halftime over yet?

      I’ve got the whole thing muted and the only time I looked up I saw some idiot with his hat on sideways. Glad I missed it.

      • R.J.

        Yeas. It started with an interception. Another nail in the KC coffin. Please wake up, KC!

    • Don escaped Texas

      Usher: oh, that’s where the loud shit at games comes from

      now I know

  48. hayeksplosives

    Ok, I now can picture the Superb Owl entertainment committee deciding on artists, acts, etc.

    โ€œOk, we will give pregame to teh whites and to teh black gospel singers. Then we give halftime to teh blacks.โ€

    โ€œHmm, throw in a sop to the National Coalition of Vinyl Manufacturers at halftime and we have a deal.โ€

  49. R.J.

    Pluto TV has had two ads now. Go Pluto!

    • Gustave Lytton

      Their previous logo was better.

      • R.J.

        Agreed.

    • Chafed

      They are awesome.

      • The Hyperbole

        ‘Walker Texas Ranger’ doesn’t belong on the Western TV channel, other than that Pluto is great.

      • Chafed

        They have a Baywatch channel and two Star Trek channels. They are gods among men.

      • The Hyperbole

        ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ is not a western television show, it is a crime drama, it belongs on the same channel as ‘Murder, She Wrote’, not with ‘Have Gun Will Travel’

  50. KK, Plump & Unfiltered

    Show the MFing streaker!!

    • R.J.

      Just put smiley faces over the jiggly bits and show the security tackle! That would be some excitement!

      • Chafed

        It’s hard to believe how big that song was.

      • rhywun

        I did not realize that that guy and the “You Can Call Me Ray” guy were two different people.

  51. Gustave Lytton

    NFL film has been replaced with NFL soap opera effect.

  52. Gustave Lytton

    The fix revealed? A bit early for the “upset”.

  53. R.J.

    Freaking finally, KC gets a touchdown.

  54. Mojeaux

    I’ll be in the ER with a heart attack.

  55. The Gunslinger

    San Francisco has the offensive player of the year in CMC and they decide to have Brock Purdy try and win it for them. Brilliant.

  56. R C Dean

    Welll. Tied with less than 6 minutes to go.

    • Chafed

      It’s a good game.

      • The Hyperbole

        It’s a good last quarter only because it’s close, the rest of the game blew.

    • pan fried wylie

      “Box containing seventy nine mail-in touchdowns discovered post-game, Joe Biden has won the SuperBowl.”

    • OBJ FRANKELSON

      As it is not invested in either team this is the best possible outcome. If there the Bears were playing I would want an extremely boring reenactment of their last win.

  57. Yusef drives a Kia

    Why watch the game? I get play by play from the happiest people anywhere!
    Cheers!

  58. whahappan

    Where’s everybody on the zooms?

    • hayeksplosives

      Canโ€™t join the zooms til after the Superb Owl

  59. Dr. Fronkensteen

    My squares came in 9 and 9. But Iโ€™m not sure what the plan is for overtime or do we just split the pot as normal and whatever the score at the end of the game doesnโ€™t matter.

    • The Hyperbole

      Every board I’ve ever been on is the last score is the final score even if it goers to OT. no ties , if you had 9/9 you’re fucked.

      • Dr. Fronkensteen

        That could be for the final jackpot but we had a smaller amount for the quarters. Weโ€™ll have to talk it over tomorrow. This was with work people.

  60. Chafed

    I’m pretty sure this game isn’t a psyop.

    • UnCivilServant

      For a moment I read that as “Martian” guitar.

    • WTF

      Now that’s cool.

  61. UnCivilServant

    To take a break from the clock project, I poked around the random assorted bits I’d collected, and found an Optocoupler in one of the boxes. I’d never heard of them before, so I figured I’d look into it.

    I ran into the problem that Transistors make no goddamn sense.

  62. Lackadaisical

    Kelce is gross.

  63. Mojeaux

    Welp. There goes the high-quality fireworks in my neighborhood!

    • Dr. Fronkensteen

      Glad you survived your heart stress test.

      • Mojeaux

        GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!!111!

    • creech

      Congrats to Chiefs. Wish Andy had stayed in Philly.

      • rhywun

        I was rooting for fewer commercials from those players all next year. Oh well.

  64. The Late P Brooks

    I was rooting for the 49ers, but… dumb penalties and mental mistakes.

  65. The Late P Brooks

    Why were there so many ads for movies I will never see? Has it always been thus?

    • R.J.

      Yessir. It has.

  66. The Late P Brooks

    Anheuser Busch ads were weak.

  67. grrizzly

    Done with booking hotels for my trip to Japan in March. I’ll stay in Sapporo, Tokyo, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Tokyo and Yokohama.

    • UnCivilServant

      So what was actually in the ad that he’d need to disown it?

      • Mojeaux

        Nothing, I thought. It was a very nice, classy ad.

      • R.J.

        People need to stop apologizing over nothing. It was a great ad, probably the best I’d seen from any presidential candidate this cycle. His family is making him feel guilty about it to get the ad pulled because it would otherwise be very effective against Biden.

  68. Derpetologist

    Shpip’s party was fun. His wife is nice and a good cook. Also, I learned the amusing story behind his glib username. His friends were pleasant as well. He also gave me a tip on a place nearby where I can hunt wild hogs. I’d prefer to use a spear and a knife, but I can use my lever action if I must.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CNg-68J9iw

    If I bag a hog, I will donate the meat to Shpip and submit a post about my experience.

    • Lackadaisical

      It’s great you guys got to meet.

      Sounds like he put on a good feast.

    • Gender Traitor

      Good morning, Sean, rhy, Ted’S., U, and Lack!

      I think I actually slept through the night last night, although I still got to bed rather later than I should have. Still, I don’t remember waking, looking at my alarm clock and saying, “Seriously? It’s only X:XX a.m.??” I count that as a win!

      • Gender Traitor

        U! Wake up! Time to eat your cheese curds!

      • UnCivilServant

        *blinks*… but I’m at my desk, I don’t have to be alert enough to drive anymore…

      • Gender Traitor

        As soon as you’ve had your breakfast, you can go back to sleep.

      • UnCivilServant

        Technically, today’s a holiday, but they went and made it a floating holiday.

        ๐Ÿ™

      • Gender Traitor

        Super Bowl Monday??

      • UnCivilServant

        Lincoln’s Birthday.

      • Gender Traitor

        Oh, OK. Do you have next Monday, too? That’s the Fed holiday.

      • UnCivilServant

        Yes. The state offices are closed for that.

        That’s why Lilcon’s Birthday is inevitably one of the floating holidays every year. They tend to always be the same ones (Lincoln, Election day, etc) but since it’s a contract memorandum rather than legislation, the determination has to be officially made each and every year.

  69. rhywun

    This one stopped being fun about 12 hours ago.

    I played https://squaredle.com/xp 02/11:
    23/23 words (+6 bonus words)
    ๐ŸŽฏ In the top 33% by accuracy

    I played https://squaredle.com 02/11:
    67/67 words (+14 bonus words)
    ๐ŸŽฏ In the top 17% by accuracy
    ๐Ÿ”ฅ Solve streak: 166

    • Ted S.

      On the bright side, the snow seems to be moving a bit south.

      • UnCivilServant

        The amount being forecast for me has already halved since last night.

  70. UnCivilServant

    Have to go into the office…

    Be back after the commute.

    • UnCivilServant

      Well, I’m back, with cheese. ๐Ÿง€

      Well, cheese curds. But that’s still cheese.

      • Ownbestenemy

        I bought more than average amount of cheese this weekend. All different types.

      • UnCivilServant

        I’m only halfway through my breakfast – why am I full?

      • The Hyperbole

        All the anger and hate that you’ve swallowed?

      • UnCivilServant

        I’ve had their stuff. (the local butcher sells it). The price to flavor ratio isn’t that favorable. (they’re expensive for what you get). It’s okay, and would be great at a slightly lower price point.

  71. Tres Cool

    suh’ fam
    whats goody

    • hayeksplosives

      Sup Tres.

      Nothing is afoot here in the PAC NW. no sign even of Steve Smith. Presumably heโ€™s working in his presidential campaign.

      Free cascadia!