No, really, I got a trophy and a gift card and bragging rights.
Every year, my department at work has a chili cook-off. This year I entered a traditional Texas Bowl O’Red style chili. There were 10 entries and mine won by popular vote. It seems like the perfect pandemic cooking project because it takes most of a day. I make it on the stove. Don’t use a slow cooker for this as it won’t cook off the liquid properly and the texture will be off.
Like barbecue, chili styles vary by region. I think they are all legitimate -even the Cincinatti style served over spaghetti. The Texas Bowl O’Red style does not have beans or tomatoes[1]. The red color comes from the dried chilis. Mine is not quite legit as I use a can of chipotles which does have a little tomato in it.
I can’t give you an exact recipe because it’s chili and I think it ought to be different each time. But here’s the general ingredient list: variety of dried peppers (I used California, New Mexico, Mulatto, and Negro dried peppers. OMWC helped me find them.) Fresh peppers (I used poblanos and jalapenos both times. I’d like to add a habanero (but they didn’t have any), onions (1 large), and garlic (6 cloves). I also add a can of chipotles.
I used about four pounds of chuck roast cut into 1 ½ inch cubes and 4 strips of bacon. I also use tequila and beer as well as onion powder (1 tsp), garlic powder (1/2 tsp), cumin (1 tsp), Mexican oregano (not regular oregano) (2 tsp), cayenne pepper (1 tsp) and bay leaf as well as salt and black pepper to taste. Why am I adding onion and garlic powder when I have fresh? I don’t consider onion or garlic powder substitutes for fresh – they taste different. However, precisely because they taste different from fresh onion and garlic, combining them can add a depth of flavor.
Directions: I used 12-14 dried peppers (6 California and 2 each of the others). I stemmed and seeded them, then toasted them lightly in my dry cast iron skillet – just until you can smell them and see a hint of moisture on them. Then I put them in a bowl and poured boiling water over them to soak for about 30 minutes.
A little more or less time doesn’t matter. While they’re soaking, I cooked the bacon in my cast iron dutch oven. When the strips were crisp, I removed them and set aside, then started browning the chuck roast. I had to do that in batches. Once that was done, I set the meat aside and put the onions in the pan and sautéed until translucent.
About this time, the dried peppers were done soaking. So I drained them (discard the soaking water) and put them in the food processor with the can of chipotles and about ½ can of water. Process until you have a smooth paste.
Now, add the fresh peppers and garlic to the onions in the dutch oven and saute for a minute or two. Then deglaze the pan with some tequila (about a shot’s worth). Return the meat to the pan and crumble in the bacon. Now add two cups water, the pepper paste and 1 -2 beers. I used Dale’s Pale Ale, because that’s what I have, but Modelo would be good.
Bring it to a simmer and let it cook for 4-5 hours. Give it a stir every hour or so. If it needs more liquid (if it’s cooking down too fast), add more beer or water. Here at hour two you can see that it is cooking down nicely.
I remove the bay leaves around hour 3. At about hour 4, I mix ¼ c of masa or so with a small amount of water and stir it in. Then let it cook for another ½ hour.
Enjoy topped with cheese, with a beer or margarita.
[1] Texans say “If you know beans about chili, you know chili got no beans!” The rules for the Chili Appreciation Society International states “2. NO FILLERS IN CHILI – Beans, macaroni, rice, hominy, or other similar ingredients are not permitted. “ https://www.casichili.net/uploads/3/7/7/2/37727781/rules_2018-2020-12-20-19.pdf, page 6, accessed on March 21, 2020.
Sorry for OT, You guys are so Cool, My Family…..
HEY YUFUS!
Small Cans!
Hell Yes!
Look at those glorious peppers! Thanks much for sharing the recipe.
This is similar to my (wife’s) award winning Texas chili. I take a few shortcuts, but the flavor profile is similar.
Being a Yankee, I admit to preferring the “everything and the kitchen sink” style of northern chili, but I’ve never met a chili style I didn’t like.
“Being a Yankee, I admit to preferring the “everything and the kitchen sink” style of northern chili, but I’ve never met a chili style I didn’t like.”
Me too but this looks delicious.
Sounds yummy.
Can I have mine with a dollop of sour cream on top?
Absolutely
And crispy chow main noodles.
No. WTF? I suppose you also like pineapple on pizza!
*nods *
I’ll get her spaghetti.
Who doesn’t?
Fritos or GTFO
Savages. Saltines are for the discerning chili connoisseur.
I actually like this idea.
Yeah–my experience goes with MikeS, but, I do love some chow mein crispy noodles….
That looks super good and then I remembered I’m a MN guy. Oh my, Tulip used hot peppers. I’ll let the other folks enjoy my share.
Then I remembered, how did she learn that up on the border? Thanks, Tulip
It’ll put some hair on your chest, 4score. And maybe a little zip in your step.
I use 5 different types of beans and at least 4 meats in my chili, Don’t like Beans? Whatever………………
Tulip, your killing me, how do I make that for one?
Great stuff!
“… how do I make that for one?”
It seems to me that one may collect the various and necessary ingredients and save any extra portions for later.
There is also this, YdaK: it seems to me that there are many individuals who post comments/responses for you on this website. Unless I am mistaken, Sir, you are not far from some of their thoughts, even though you may not be physically present.
No onto the next point. You wrote that you “… use 5 different types of beans and at least 4 meats in my chili” – yet you did not provide any details.
That looks really good tulip- Ive never thought about bay leaves before. That would certainly add to.
George Carlin used bay leaves for underarm deodorant.
I dont doubt you, but citation needed
I look at that spoon and go “That has got to be a pain to clean.”
That’s what dishwashers are for. Plus, I don’t stick the chandelier part in the food.
I don’t have a dishwasher, and utensils slip, so there will be something in those cutouts.
I’m going to get some bigger storage bags and do som larger recipes like this, and just freeze them. I love home cooked food, by me, but living alone what can you do?
Chili freezes well . We still have 3 or 4 bags of it in the chest freezer.
I usually cook two or three meals at a time, so I don’t bother freezing them. Just use lots of Rubbermaid containers.
Inspirational. I’m gonna make a chili tomorrow. Chili sin carne.
Good idea. I hear it kills viruses and despots posing as leaders.
Well, it will be dinner for me. Baby steps.
… what’s the point if you don’t include any meat?
I know I did it to get in a with a vegetarian gal, otherwise I see no point.
I use ground hamburger, but you can use the vegan stuff like beyond burger and it works great if you make sure to brown it well first. I’ve done it several times, I swear most people will not be able to tell the difference.
A friend of mine makes delicious chili with kamut grain. (As she has had to raise several of her grandkids – one of whom is developmentally disabled – I’d say she could be forgiven for using filler. She certainly gets great results.)
To invoke incredulity from people on the internet?
Yummy.
I’m lazy so instead of chopping up peppers and shit I used a sauce (“adjika”) the one time I made a “real” chili.
I’m gonna try some harissa that I have next time. I like this idea better because I dislike pepper seeds in the adjika.
I make the best chili that has ever been made in history. And it’s pretty simple, actually. It;s based on Goldstar chili, just an improved version, emphasis on cumin. And yes, Chili has beans for Crikey sake, it wouldn’t be chili otherwise. Pinto beans ONLY.
With beans, you get casserole; without beans, you get chili.
All I had to do was read the ingredient list. Superb chili, Tulip.
And for others, I freeze a lot of leftovers. There are plenty of nights the microwave is my best friend.
Great recipe Tulip. I like to do a similar one which dried chili’s when I have the time.
These days i use a lot of ancho powder and a few tablespoons of store bought mole for the chili flavor. I also use the bay leaves and masa. I go with a small can of Rotel because my wife likes tomatoes.
Everything else is the typical garlic, jalapeños, and bell peppers cut up very small dice before stewing.
Forgot about the ranch beans.
I love making chili, but I add beans and tomato, and a lot of hot sauce.
I told ya that all that meth was gonna ruin your sense of taste.
/smdh
That looks delicious.
Now I’m hungry for chili. That looks amazing.
The color is great. Reminds me of some of my favorite TX Chili’s
OT: someone is putting on a fireworks display a couple blocks south of me. FOR SHAME.
Drove around for a few hours today to just be out. Lots of people still living their lives, it was good to see.
You weren’t drinking beer were you?!
No, the cupholders in my car suck.
You need a different
booze cruisercar.A chocolate habanero or two would really kick that up a notch. Ok, I’d add 4 or 5, but I like the heat.
Oh definitely, I would love to have added a habanero. They didn’t have any at the store. Chocolate habanero sounds awesome.
[adds a habañero]
an habañero?
This is why you go straight to scorpion or reaper peppers.
Wow, they just released Mount and Blade II, after what, 20 years?
I guess that’s good since we can’t go outside, have jobs, or anything else these days.
Texans say “If you know beans about chili, you know chili got no beans!”
Can confirm.
Nice recipe. I’ve never used masa in a chili recipe and will try next time.
So, you’re saying it really is Mexican and Texan’s claim to it has been a lie all of this time. OK.
No.
She is saying it took a Texan to figure out adding massa to the chili made it thicker.
“made it thicker.”
I used to use corn starch, but then figured out that tomato paste and corn meal works better as well as adding an interesting texture.
Those idahoan instant potatoes work wonders. And the ‘better then bullion’ beef base to boost flavor.
My Cat is 20 years old and has always been small, and now she is a skinny old Lady, I had figured she would Pass by now, but since She is cruising along, i’m treating her like Gold,
extra treats and comfort, What a nice Kittah!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SxA62C8YFiGVq85d8
Awwww! Happy kitteh in sunny spot!
I don’t let her roam, we have some big Hawks that own the territory,
Yo hometeam- you werent lyin!
I drove past the CU today…..that line was something else.
Aw. She remembers the Bush-Gore election and 9/11.
Stop it!
Aw! My 14-year-old is driving me nuts. With her partner in crime now gone it’s become more clear how finicky she has been. Turns up her nose at anything I put in front of her unless I make a show of “preparing” it. Anyone have any tips here? My vet told me once to feed the other one (after surgery) Fancy Feast because it’s “junk food for cats”. I will try that next time I venture outside, who knows when.
Does she prefer wet? FF cans or pouches if so; Temptations (kitty Fritos) for dry. How about sardines?
She won’t touch wet. Turns out it was the other one eating it all.
The most luck I’ve had is with dry mixed with a little water. But only for so long and then she rejects it until I throw half of it out and repeat. ?
Tuna. The answer is always tuna.
Or Hitler.
She comes running when I open a can but refuses to eat more than one or two tiny bites when I give her some.
Same with cold cuts.
Neither of them would touch so-called cat treats.
How often do you feed, and how much?
Um… well, it was a regular schedule before Maggie departed but now it’s just kind of “leave food out all the time and see what takes”. In general I used to leave out dry food at all times and add wet food near my bedtime.
My 16 year old has lost some teeth. He really likes it when I stir in some hot water and make his canned food all mushy and warm.
it’s not that I’m judging you, but, okay I’m judging you. I can’t imagine caring for an animal so much. My kid is enough of a handful that I wouldn’t have any more ducks to give.
No way, dude.
I absolutely understand caring for an animal that much. Taking care of them at the end of their lives is a fucking privilege.
Damn straight.
I might try that. I have a huge stock of canned food she’s not eating.
My 16 year old has lost some teeth.
Kitty meth is a hell of a drug.
Heh. We had a cat the would only eat on dinnerware that had been on the table before we put it on the floor
Kibble was fine. It just had to look like is was people food.
Beef kidneys.
I had a cat that was finicky too. For some reason sitting there watching her eat helped. I have no idea why.
Mine seems to like that too.
She just had a nice feed. Please don’t puke it up.
What a great girl.
Cute cat.
Can’t believe you didn’t say nice pussy.
Heh.
You seem to have good taste, DEG.
For some definition of good taste.
“even the Cincinatti style served over spaghetti”
Well I don’t even know if I can take the rest of this seriously.
Just wait until you get to the bay leaf bullshit.
No one who has ever lived in Cincinnati takes that bullshit seriously. I lived around there most of my first 20 years of life and I NEVER once saw chili served over spaghetti. Communist lies!
Yeah, Sloopy was just pranking me
He broke your link too. That guy… he’s a funny guy!
It’s a thing up here, but I’ve never been to that restaurant and I’ve never seen anyone serve it that way anywehere else up here.
It’s not chili. It’s a greek/arab meat soup/stew.
You can pry my Skyline from my cold dead hands! That is, if you can make it through the cloud of Skyline farts.
Goldstar, you commie!
FU…..Camp Washington > Dixie > Skyline > Gold Star
Change my mind.
(Empress fits in there someplace)
Sorry, no – Trashy is correct. Skyline is the gold standard. Accept no substitutes!
Fun fact: I’ve asked my husband to take me to Skyline for my birthday dinner. (He did so gladly.)
There’s no Gold Star around here tho, bae.
(psst…its the same)
“Mulatto, and Negro”
I can’t with this right now.
Nice recipe. Looks tasty. Made me hungry.
I like to roast the fresh chiles (And sometimes the garlic and onions. Depends on my mood.), puree in blender with liquid of choice, then strain the pulp out. And then finish pretty much like you do.
For me, perfect side is corn bread. Top the chili with sour cream and sliced green onions, watch me ascend to the heavens.
“Top the chili with sour cream…”
Ah, a gentleman of taste and refinement. ?
*blushes coyly*
This was a great share, Tulip! I am a weak person and would sweat a nipple off eating this, but it looks delicious.
It’s really not hot. Needs habanero.
Mildly hot is hot to me, so I consider it hot.
Crusade
Raiders
Doom
Young Guns II
Young Guns
Sanford
Mumford
Katie Elder
Now this is a tribute.
The F2F meeting discussed March 26,2020 @ https://www.glibertarians.com/2020/03/allow-me-to-introduce-myself-part-2/ has been moved to teleconference
Thanks again to:
Gustave Lytton
invisible finger
Nephilium
Ozymandias
Pine_Tree
R C Dean
Scruffy Nerfherder
Sensei
Tres Cool
When are we supposed to do this? And on what platform?
I may shave, but I cant guarantee I’ll wear pants
Invited to a meeting. Unspecified number of other attendees. Told will be capped at ten. Told temperatures will be taken by non-contact. Where the meeting is, if the cap is reached, do not see how ten people will be kept at least two to three metres apart.
Tres Cool: ‘Walk in like a crab, and greet everyone with “balls up, kingfish!”
Tres Cool did NOT reply to: Now wondering … Was Tres Cool doing that pre-Wuhan fever?
Thanking, not invite.
+ the hog snorts at the crow
/touches nose
+ the area that includes Buffalo, Delano, Hutchinson, Mound, and Waconia
Why are you in my state?
Flight
Time
Distance over Time..
And cool formica table!
Paris lockdown leaves streets stuck in 1942 for abandoned film set
Dude Rick nailed Illsa all around that mug.
Thanks for sharing Tulip! That sounds great. I wondered if you would share when you mentioned you were doing a chili contest and glad you did. I have bags and bags of dried chili’s around here. Not sure if they have a shelf life. Good call on the Chipotles. I put those in all my chili and a bunch of other things. I have never made a “real” chili cuz I never cared if something is real or not unlike most libertarians but they aren’t real libertarians anyways so who cares what they think.
Because I’ve been playing a hunting game I’m thinking this chili could use some venison…
Actually that sounds pretty good.
Elk Chili, OMG!
Chili is just red soup and not a real meal. Change my mind.
You are obviously mentally deranged and it would be a waste of time to try and change the mind of someone with such a tenuous grasp on reality.
Chili is an excuse to drive to Terlingua and get drunk
pro tip: Terlingua is even better when it’s not full of chili drunks
If I scan that real fast, it almost reads as “chick drunks”, and I’m all like, “Whaaaaa???”
If your chili is soupy, you didn’t cook it long enough. It should be thicker than stew.
+Reduction….
Chili soup is what most people up here make and call chili, it’s more like goulash than chili.
Gross, but, hey, whatever works…
I need clarification on that. I made beef stew last night, which while quite toothsome, didnt really seem thick enough for me. Despite being hearty and a 1/4 cup of flour added to thicken, it seemed more soup.
So…at which point is a soup a “stew”
It’s a subjective spectrum, but stews are thicker than soups.
I’m not really sure where the cutoff is.
Stewing, like braising or roasting, is a technique thus for something to be a ‘stew’ it must be stewed, A ham and bean soup or a corn chowder no matter how thick wouldn’t be a stew because one doesn’t stew ham and bean soup or corn chowder. Also one can stew beef and end up with a ‘loose’ gravy but it wouldn’t be a soup no matter how watery.
You’re clearly wrong.
It was bound to happen. I’ve been right all day long today and one can’t expect to keep that kind of pace going for long.
Kind of my point. I think Dinty Moore has nailed it with the the appropriate amount of viscosity. But is that a proper stew?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stew#History
That Flour? in Chili it’s called Beans, I use,
Pinto
Black
Red
Kidney
and plain old Navy beans,
and all those beans get 3-4 pounds of meat added, no Bean Soup here,
Pinto beans: yes
Flour: no, corn meal
All other beans, blech!
Corn flour blends easier into the chili.
You have to make sure you stir it well before it gets too hot, otherwise it will clump. Cornmeal gives a great texture.
UCS has it right. It shouldn’t be soupy.
Bookmarked! Thanks Tulip! Chili on the menu for Saturday.
Great looking recipe Tulip. I wish I had some venison to sub in for the beef.
Also be cautious about wild grown chilis. Unlike most domestics they can vary wildly in potency, even from the same plant. During high school I learned my lesson the hard way biting into my second chiltipine from a plant. It was wickedly hotter and I had limited water since we were walking back to the car after climbing.
Once I had planted bell peppers (we call em ‘mangoes’) in close proximity to jalapenos. Guess what? The cross-pollinated and I got….spicy mango peppers
They’re that close relatives?
They’re practically kissin’ cousins
West Virgina style
Hot
My sister had that happen as well.
New cartoon is done and submitted. Now to continue drinking.
Never mind that shit–THERE’S NEW HOMESTARRUNNER CARTOONS!!!
I miss the printer.
True–I admit I was clicking all over the screen, hoping in vain that they were able to printer-fu the YT.
I’m eating Hormel Chili, no Beans right now, good generic, Chili
Suzanne Somers reveals she wants to pose NUDE for Playboy to mark her 75th birthday: ‘That’s on record’
Hey- she needs the money
And we’ll need the photoshop.
Janet or Chrissy?
Yes.
900 NYPD members will be positive for coronavirus by Monday, commissioner says
Protect and serve!
Well, Bye……………
Trio of local men earn ‘Adirondack 46er’ status
My God boomers will live forever.
4K? HAHAHHHAHAAA! Pussies…………………..
We call those…….Kansas.
^this
/ Rocky mountain High isn’t a joke
Geneseo?? Nowhere near the Adirondacks.
/Finger Lakes girl
Yellowstone slaughters wild bison to shrink park’s herds
Bison chilli is delicious!
It is.
My 4B chili (beef, bison, bear, bacon) has only been made 3 times (when relations in CO have been able to get me bison and bear) but it is really yummy.
Gaaaahhhhh! This is so much bullshit. This is not about brucellosis but about control over whose animals graze on public lands. The science is clear that bisons don’t transmit the disease to cattle- in fact cattle stand a greater chance from getting it from elk. BUT ranchers can sell the rights to shoot publicly owned elk on the lands they own or whose grazing permit they have (not own) and get zero dollars for bison because they are an endangered species.
This fight has been going on since the late 1980’s and renewed in strength when the wolves were returned to Yellowstone in 1995. In the trapper era Yellowstone was largely empty of megafauna because of brutal the winters are. As long as there is a way off the plateau the animals will leave in the winter. Plowing roads for skimobiles and snowbuggies help make it easier to depart.
Seems like a great idea to continue relying on these guys for basically our entire supply chain.
https://news.yahoo.com/suspected-sars-virus-and-flu-found-in-luggage-fbi-report-describes-chinas-biosecurity-risk-144526820.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb
We’re besties.
Once this all over we need to sit down with China and have a heart to heart talk. On second thought, we, along with the rest of civilized world, needs to take them to the woodshed and give them a severe beating.
This thread OT.
OT: ‘It took a worldwide pandemic. It took a 35% plunge in the stock market. It took six feet of social distancing. It took quarantining. It took many small businesses closing. It took canceling practically everything, to bring the USA economy back to the Obama high mark.’ — Rush Limbaugh today
Rush is many things nasty but politically astute to his base…he is spot on in my opinion.
Not that I 100% agree with what he said.
Ann Summers Sold More Penis-Shaped Pasta This Week Than The Whole Of 2019
My God.
Unsurprisingly, the X-rated pasta—which is more commonly purchased for bachelorette parties—quickly sold out. Ann Summers managed to restock and are now limiting purchases to one box per customer. Laura Whittaker, senior manager at Ann Summers, says the surge in interest took the company by surprise.
Throwing some shade there?
No, they’re white.
I got a fever, and the only prescription is Mammary Monday.
http://archive.li/qxwWt
Too much ink.
Plus this:
https://tinyurl.com/ufusvyn
I’d like to see more of #28. I think she has potential.
Thanks for sharing this Tulip. It looks awesome, totally awesome. I too appreciate the full spectrum of the chili world.
With THIS in mind, I bet they can cut antother 1,000 and still and keep it going
Maybe union members losing a paycheck will get them to open back up.
Kurt Cobain Conspiracy Theories Live On in Generation Z
*channels Colonel Nathan Jessup*
YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT I DID!!!!!
I hear they’ve got him and Elvis frozen in a missle silo in Wyoming and they’re going to thaw him out when the economy gets better.
I’m starting to think Grohl killed him. No way he has that career sitting behind overrated angst-man.
I hear you. In seriousness though, he was a depressive heroin addict with a chronically painful stomach condition. People have sucked on shotguns for less.
You forgot a terrible wife.
That too, I recall a few years ago watching a Netflix (I think) special with a private detective, or maybe he was a former cop, that was involved in the case saying she had him whacked. Who knows really?
He was both a former cop AND a private detective, Tom Grant.
For the record, Buzz Osborne of the Melvins who had been a friend of Kurt Cobain’s since high school said that Kurt admitted to him once that his stomach condition was total bullshit and just an excuse to get high.
I don’t think Courtney had him killed, but I do think she hounded him into suicide.
You just declared war.
Why You Watch: Ace in the Hole
Worth reading if you like prescient stuff that isn’t dumb and gay.
Nice, Tulip!
I believe I have that same Dutch Oven. It’s cooked many a chile verde!
Thanks for sharing your go-to!
I always have a difficult time keeping a straight face when people use the term “Dutch oven” seriously.
Man, for an accomplished physician and author, you are really quite immature.
Which, of course, is why I dig you so much!
You have a juvenile mind. Clearly he meant that the pot should be called a casserole.
You have a juvenile mind.
Uh, yes. Of course.
Libertarian, dude.
lol
Something tells me that even the funny kind gets said with, at least, a straight face by wives everywhere.
Woman Violated New Jersey’s Stay-at-Home Order After Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Boyfriend’s House
My God it’s madness.
So, you were allowed to do that before they saved us by destroying the economy?
What a great lede, Complex. Truly you assholes understand what journalism is all about.
Dr. Birx predicts up to 200,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths ‘if we do things almost perfectly’
Are we even at 10,000 deaths yet?
WE AREN’T AT THE PEAK YET!!!!
I have a friend in Brooklyn, NYC. He currently has some URI. His doc told him “DO NOT get tested- they’ll send you to a hospital, and thats the last place you want to be”. So he’s riding it out @ home.
I wouldn’t go near a fucking hospital right now unless I was on death’s doorstep. Seriously.
But my friend is an “undiagnosed case”!
Oooooh! Spoooky!
Better than asymptomatic carrier, or “disease mole”.
URI?
Upper Respiratory Infection
Oh shit. That aint good.
Nah…he’s younger than me and says “its not even a cold”
Is he at least staying away from the old folks? I think this shit is way overblown, but if I was sick I would not go see my folks right now.
Do you still have a job or any freedoms left? Yes? Then we’re not doing it right yet.
I need more foil on my head- but this is all by design. The plan was to tank the economy, cause Trump was campaigning on a strong market.
And out of the shadows comes Cuomo- the strong leader the DNC has to have.
They’d better stick with sleepy Joe.
When this whole thing started there was a guy at the gas station near work who wore a literal
tinaluminum foil hat, it was glorious.It gets better- the DNC cant put anyone together. Biden has Alzheimer’s and cant speak. They hate Bernie to the point Hillary bought him a house. (has anyone ever looked to see where that funding came from?)
Cuomo is sweeping the polls, “cause he DID SOMETHING”…….and Hillary is in the shadows
Hillary/Andy2020
Hillary/Andy No Jobs, No freedoms 2020
What’s not to love?
Who else do they have to offer?
“what difference at this point does it make?”
We land somewhere between 30k-40k tops.
Somewhere south of 100K is a good bet.
How many from homicide and suicide due to the shutdown?
It won’t only be from suicide. If they don’t stop this shit, millions in the short term, 10s of millions soon enough. Compared to 200K as a top projection. Tell me how that makes any sense?
Just beat your kids. Duh.
anada COVID-19 outbreak is ‘like a powder keg’ for child abuse, welfare workers say
Hey UCS if you’re still around, from the dead thread- here’s a WWII German drilling on Forgotten Weapons 12ga/9.3x74R.
https://youtu.be/LnHW3-aDP30
THAT is exactly one of my porn kinks.
I have a Cimmaron Arms double barrel with exposed hammers to fill that gap but I’d drop some serious money for a drilling like that.
Well, I just got back.
This recipe looks delicious, Tulip. I would certainly eat that!
Thanks for posting!
I cleaned my office today. The office I never spend anytime in because the wood stove is in the shop. I submit it here for ridicule of my book collection and for Hyperbole to rip on my carpentry skills.
You know the only reason you raised that curtain was to provide light for the shots
I had to take the tinfoil down.
Protip- put that cellphone on the freezer. They’re tracking you.
Well, they are, but if you have a SmartFridge™ it doesnt matter anyhow.
You built that? I would love to have those shelves in my office – beautiful.
Ya, I had to make the cove crown because nobody here sells big cove moldings. It is all cedar. Taboo in the cabinet making world because it is so soft. I say it just gets character quicker with the dents. I really enjoy sitting in there but it costs too much to heat. Overhead electric radiant.
Can you hang a gas heater somewhere?
It is tiny. 10 x 10. I used the buddy heater to heat it up before I cleaned it. I think I have two new spider bites. The bench with the ugly afghan is a built in futon and folds out. I actually lived in there prior to building the apartment upstairs.
Yeah, that is lovely.
Agreed.
Nice skis.
Not so nice afghan (sorry if your mom made it).
Map is gorgeous.
My summary: you have nothing to be ashamed of.
That is the ugliest damn afghan in the world and my Grandpa made it. He took up crocheting when he was in his 70’s ish and did it while he watched professional wrestling on the TV. He cracked me up. Love the thing.
That changes everything. Particularly if he was a fan of The Baron Von Raschke
+1 Gagne sleeper. Memories of watching wrestling with my Dad – thank you.
I was lucky enough to know a bunch of pro wrestlers. When we finally get together, I’ll regale you with stories of those wonderful dudes.
Especially the Road Warriors.
Looking forward to it – hopefully this Fall at Fourscore’s honey bash!
Are you on my list?
minnetundra AT geemail
Just sent email – full dox!
Got it!
Don’t worry about the dox – I’ve got the cyanide pill with me all the time!
Can Fourscore’s heart take it when Burning Man North breaks out at his house?
No one wants to see Glibs dancing nude around a bonfire.
Are you joking? Fourscore is one of those guys that you wish was your dad. Smart, tough, funny and accomplished.
Nothing we can bring would even merit a blip on his radar. I hope you can meet him this fall.
95% of what I say on here is a joke, but it gets hard to keep track of…
Gagne wrestled your dad? I’m assuming it was Gene then?
My uncle wrestled Greg in high school at 112lb when they were Jrs. Greg wrestled in the AWA at 235lb so he must have done some growing.
Cedar keeps the moths away though.
Not so nice afghan
You can’t call it that. It’s a blanket that happened to show up first in Afghanistan, but it’s racist to say the Afghans are responsible for it.
Boom
I can’t work out what’s the blue thing.
Pool float chair. It will be summer soon and I am not wasting another $7 on a pool float chair. These are hard times.
Rusty pool chain? Is that you, Corn Pop?
I can’t see the titles on the spines of the books.
The office looks good.
I agree with Tundra: The map is gorgeous.
Ya, sorry, I thought it would zoom better. Might be an imgur thing. In the pics on my computer they zoom in a lot better.
Actually, the more I look at it, the less likely I would ever come out of there.
That is what we experts call a ‘cool space’.
That is what I was going for. Thanks.
Good hole up spot for the apocolypse.
More Honest trailers,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tWG2t_ZugU
Checking in before I head off to bed – thanks for the recipe! Nothing like a good chili.
Looks delicious. Getting peppers is a bit tricky, but I’d like to try. Thanks. You missed an Oxford comma opportunity: Enjoy topped with cheese, with a beer or margarita.
Way OT: I was supposed to be traveling on April 5th with my team. I went to United Airlines’ website and cancelled the flights for my employees. It was a little slow but no big deal. I’m on a separate flight. I have tried repeatedly to cancel it but it can’t be done. The site says I have to call. Anyone have any specialized knowledge that will allow me to get this done online? Sitting on hold for hours is not a pleasant prospect.
Sorry, no. I spent 9.5 hours on hold one day with Delta trying to get my kid back home.
Not sure why they won’t do online changes, but it sucks.
Are you an “elite” member? United Credit Card? If you have that the wait was not much if not instant answer. At least that was my experience in a past life.
I’m silver level. I guess I’ll find out what it gets me.
They use lube first. But it’s not the good brand.
Water based?
/what….?
Try DM to United on Twitter? Otherwise, just have to make a pot of coffee and put it on speakerphone.
We used to do quarantine with more class.
I remember listening to that as a kid when my parents watched Hee Haw.
I’ve watched some old reruns of HH and it is amazing how good the musicians on that show were. It was also amazing how many jiggly girls they managed to work into the skits.
Roy Clark makes everything amazing.
He’s a birthday buddy and I vaguely remember Hee Haw – ’bout it. But yeah, this is nice.
Remember this?
*tingles*
Wow!! I had no idea (a) he was capable of that and (b) he appeared on the Odd Couple.
Sunday nights, right?
I thought Sunday night was Disney.
+2 Apple Dumpling Gang
Rides Again was my favorite of the movies.
You really GET me. *elbow bump* Also, this seems fitting for our times, even if it is out of our usual banter topics.
great if you have to shoot someone every hour
Don Knotts and Tim Conway together are pretty tough to beat.
The chick in Rides Again was also in Herbie Goes Bananas, and the real life mother of the chick in The Man in the High Castle.
Ugh. I liked some of the more “teen” oriented stuff but mostly I was completely immune to Disney crap.
Of course it was on in our house every week because… WTF else was on?
Hee Haw was, a Saturday night phenom, as I remember it.
Boy, it’s amazing what C&W stars and Canadian comic actors can get up to when the 70’s are in effect.
Hee-Haw was before my time, but I do remember when CMT was channel, and Shotgun Red was a thing.
Didn’t that guy just die from COVID?
Didn’t we all? Those of us that hadn’t already died from Net Neutrality that is.
Fuuuuuuck! I forgot about NN!!!
I predict that, in the future, Toei studios will have Net Neutrality fight COVID-19, along with drunk driving, meth, and, oh, I dunno….an AR-14.
It’ll be an instant classic.
Yup. I think it was Hee Haw (instead of Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom) then Disney.
I ran across Hee Haw on YouTube somehow not long ago. I never really watched it when I was a kid, but damn they had some fine looking ladies in tiny shorts on that show.
Uffda. Negro peppers? Masa? Are you sure I won’t be arrested for trying this recipe?
I think I’ll stick with Minnesoda chili:
Hamburger
Ketchup
salt (optional)
pepper(optional-may be too spicy for most)
Really doesn’t matter because everyone at the pot luck will pass it by and have the hot dish and green jello with a can of fruit cocktail (and carrots) in it. They will skip the chili because they know that some crazy people make spicy chili and who wants that?
Don’t sorry, you can bring the leftovers home and use it for sloppy joes because that is the same recipe.
Same as the other side of the river, but with cheese.
Hamburger
Ketchup
salt (optional)
pepper(optional-may be too spicy for most)
That is a worse offense than violating Leper Length.
After seeing what passes for “spicy” in Minnesoda, my Korean wife is extremely paranoid about cooking for any of my relatives. She is terrified that they will end up having steam come out of their ears if they try any Korean food with the normal amount of red peppers and other spice. My father is one of the biggest spice sissies in family.
On the flip side, the amount of fat, butter and salt that my father uses to cook with makes my wife insane. She can’t believe he is still alive (and in very, very good shape) at 75. In his world, the only reason you have vegetables is for something to hold melted butter, salt and pepper.
My sister and I both ate spicier foods than my father when we were in elementary school.
Goddamit.
The rest of us spend hours trying to convince the Glibertariat that we aren’t rubes and you bring that?
Fuck it, I’m done.
*grabs plate of hot dish and jello*
You mean a gourmet meal of Casserole de pomme de terre avec creme de champignon, followed by gelatina de lima con frutas preservadas y zanahorias?
* scuffs shoes in dirt *
* mumbles something about at least not praising lutefisk *
Was over by Wausau today and saw a billboard for this store. I was in there once like a decade ago. I think that’s where I got this sign.
“Drunk Wives Matter” t shirt. Haha.
I NEED THAT SO MUCH!!!
LOL!
I want that beer sign, CPRM!
My younger nieces and nephews are getting to the point where they can read it, some of them may have even put 2 and 2 together with a case of beer always in fridge and a constantly full can can.
Certainly you meant.
I meant the recycle can for aluminum, it’s full more days than it’s empty.
If I owned a liquor store, my sign would read, “If this tyrannical government overreach is driving you to drink we are here to help!”
You didn’t mention the page of Ole and Lena jokes
This one rings true:
Worked with some people who lived in Minnesoda for several years. Heard lots of Ole and Lena jokes. And a couple of Iowa ones too.
What is interesting is that no one likes Ole and Lena jokes more than Norwegians.
If you want the read deal, full on Minnesoda experience you need some old Norwegian farmer telling you Ole and Lena jokes where he doesn’t need to do the “accent” because that is exactly how he talks every single day.
Same with Polish jokes round here.
Fun fact: three or four waves of immigration ago, my neighborhood was the locus of Norwegians in NYC. They still have a parade every year passing by my house. Not sure how much longer they can keep it going.
Still have a Sons of Norway lodge in a nearby town here. Might be some other mutts in it, but I’d bet the parade could last quite a while.
Chili soup et round here:
1 number 10 can of tomato juice.
1 can of kidney beans
1 pound of hamburger
1 box of macaroni
lots of cheese
the smallest amount of chili powder possible.
As soon as you added the macaroni, didn’t it become goulash?
That’s Johnny Marzetti, Goulash is potatoes, and stew meat in a broth heavily seasoned with paprika some people add carrots or onions or green beans and some may serve it over pasta but the pasta is not in the goulash.
My mother made “goulash” out of hamburger, potatoes, and carrots. There were no spices except salt involved. I was never sure why such a pedestrian dish had such an exotic name.
Same. When I found out what “goulash” really is, I didn’t believe it.
Evidently I’m not supposed to worry about the government going authoritarian because we are in a crisis. Fine. I’ll only fight against authoritarianism when it just falls out of the fucking sky.
Good to hear this phenomenon is international.
Sorry. Not here. I’m just seeing what they are doing in Virginia.
Haven’t the Japanese been starting to clamp down too?
Tokyo a bit. Take out from restaurants, no large groups, weekends stay home. 95% of people out and about are wearing masks, so I think that is helping a lot.
Sounds like my area in the South but we have a sane governor.
Oh, I thought you got the stay at home order like the rest of us.
At least you aren’t an expat in Hungary. Now what Orban did, that’s how you take advantage of a crisis.
Only a Nazi would fight authority during Crisis!
Why do you hate grandma?
Virginians have been fucked. The options are to get out or to burn richmond to the ground and then proceed north.
I’ll take the former. Just signed the paperwork tonight to list the house next Wednesday.
Evidently I’m not supposed to worry about the government going authoritarian because we are in a crisis.
I’m curious though what brought out these feelings? was it just seeing what is happening in Virginia?
Made the mistake of looking at FB.
I got an “Oh, you’re one of those” earlier today on facebook. It makes me proud.
“One of those who think for myself?” was your reply I trust.
It was on a friend’s wall, from a friend of his in response to my saying that the proper response would be for Governors to ask people to stay home, and accept that not everyone would comply.
I would hope the reply was, “Well, allow me to answer in your language–Baaaaaa!”
That guy sounds British.
Wait, what is happening in Virginia? Are you just talking about Coonman’s silly announcement or is there some new horror I’m not aware of?
Quit your job, cowboy
The Enabling Act was passed just because.
No no no you’re only supposed to worry about authoritarian govt bullshit when the proper people at the proper news media establishments tell you to. Orange man is bad. We know this because of the tireless efforts of said proper people to spin absolutely everything so hard so as to obliterate any context or even pretence of principled journalism to tell us how very bad the orange man is.
Folks seem to have a hard time understanding that I actually don’t much like Trump beyond some key appointments he made (Pai, DeVos, and nominating Gorsuch), and his ability to drive the aforementioned “journalists” up the wall while weathering their constant feces flinging like a champ. Overall, far far far from being the worst president ever.
Bored, so I made this.
https://www.kapwing.com/videos/5e82c0474723b30016857c30
Maybe a bit over the line? You never know till you cross it, amirite?
I laughed alone in my living room.
I laughed quietly, to not disturb my co-worker. But, laugh I did.
You sir, are an autour. I don’t know why I even waste my time.
I paid old David Bowie to shut up.
Guess I’m not the only one who likes that iconic scene.
Ooops. That wasn’t the final cut.
https://www.kapwing.com/videos/5e82c317cc618f0016943a53
Aren’t they in Minnesota?
*sigh* Why, yes, yes indeed.
http://archive.li/7DRLT/f78dc4955daf21425366be34684a2164ef427326.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/1nTHJ/90d75ab7382fd437f92053d883a07a8e6f1bbcb6.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/xzVfB/ef8bcbb7791fb23e207aefbdfbb0784a5a65bd1d.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/OgvqH/c765cedf28372b394134080cf904d15787a9df7b.jpg
NSFW.
Wow!
I had a shit sleep last night and have quite a bit lately no matter how much Tylenol PM I shove down my gullet.
So I have decided to embrace my insomnia and just take naps. There are TWENTY-FOUR hours in a day, my friends.
It’s 05:20 and I’m still awake. Uuuuuugh
You haven’t been to bed yet? MY PEOPLE!
I peeled myself off the couch at about 04:15 and am now lying in bed talking to some other guy’s wife on the internet without his knowledge.
hawt
Why you–
Oh.
Heh.
Once he finds out, it’ll be even hotter.
Once JD finds out that Mojo is a thrice divorced trucker with a beard, it’ll be even hotter.
Hmmm….handle-bar mustache, is what I’m picturing. So many great pick-up lines.
Pfffftt.
*glares at Straff* I paid you not to out me.
Hey, any port in a storm, am I right?
I haven’t slept more than 5 hours straight in months. It’s starting to grate.
I can–COULD–only do that with a boat load of Tylenol PM. Now, I can’t even do that.
I don’t have a drug regimen other than nicotine, vodka, and ibuprofen.
quit the nicotine maybe it helps
That’s just crazy-talk.
Please be careful with tylenol, it doesn’t take much to cause serious liver damage. And they sneak it into a lot of other meds, like nyquil and sinus regimens. I avoid tylenol as much as I can.
You trying to cause a scare?! While we’re all dying of Covid-19?! Terrorist!!
Mo–let me echo the good Doctor’s caution: I know next to nothing about Tylenol’s effects, but, I willfully admit to being worried that you may be doing yourself harm with your use.
SLD still applies, and all.
SHUT THE FUCK UP, PHYSICIANTARD!
I will not argue with a physician.
.
.
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Oh, fuck yes, I will.
I know it’s bad for me, but I can’t sleep well or at all unless I stay up for 24+ hours and then keel over. I’m kind of in a no-win situation here, so I’m kind of leaning toward just staying awake and taking naps when the need arises. It can’t be WORSE than being unable to sleep on Tylenol PM (and no, the Benadryl by itself doesn’t work at all).
Why not get a prescription for Ambien or something?
(It didn’t work for me, though.)
I’ll ask, but I’m a little (a lot) wary of the Ambien Walrus. I already have a problem with sleepwalking and sleeptalking.
I have delayed sleep phase disorder, which is why I am awake now, even though it is 1:30 here on the East Coast. I didn’t have much success with pharmaceuticals, the only thing that really works for me is Pie’s excellent advice on sleep hygiene.
Of course, in a teach from home, stay at home order reality, my sleep hygiene has been terrible as the days just blend into one another.
That’s very interesting.
In my keepsake/business papers scanning and shredding, I came across an old sleep study evaluation and yeah, I had apnea (don’t now; lost a lot of weight), but the sleep doc noted that the brain wave activity was abnormal, but he didn’t know what to make of it. When we spoke, he said something about epilepsy and wanting me to see a neurologist and I pretty much took off like a shot. No. No, I sure as hell am not going to risk my driver’s license for a diagnosis.
So I know there’s SOMETHING going on there, but I don’t want to find out what it is in case that “goes on my record.”
Let’s say it together, non-Obama-ites: FUCK YES WE WILL!!
Also, I can’t do ibuprofen or aspirin or any other NSAID. Ulcer. I’m kinda stuck.
Mo, could it have anything to do with your ECA? Can you get some Flexeril? Have you tried Dramamine I?
here’s a list of hypnotics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnotic
No, it’s always been like this. The ECA was a godsend and I only wish I’d found it in middle school (and could afford to buy it).
You’re a dude.
Have an orgasm.
You’ll sleep like a baby.
It’s quarantine all the good massage parlors are closed.
Ha-Ha!! No superfluous “U”!! Suck on that, my illustrious Canucki friends.
Good on you, Pie.
The massage parlors here are staffed solely by 50 year old Korean women.
Romania to poor to get e eh… “exotic” chicks of any age. SO that’s something, at least.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
You’d think.
I’ve never been able to sleep well. Unless I’m utterly exhausted I get up a few times every night. One thing that works for me, when I’m desperate, is a baseball game I recorded on the DVR a year ago. I’ll pull that up and watch a few innings. It’s just enough to hold my attention so I get some respite from thinking about other things, but not so much to get me excited and wake me up more. I’ve never found out who won.
Eww…oh, wait. Gotcha.
What works best for me sleep wise is a steady schedule. I go to sleep at the same hour every night or 95% of nights, unless I have a good reason. Well a steady schedule in general. Also I try not to eat or drink non-water 3-4 hours before sleep.
You mean the ChiComs are lying? Well slap my ass and call me Judy!
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-boris-johnsons-government-reportedly-furious-with-china-2020-3
smart smart smart
with one British official quoted on Sunday saying Beijing would face a “reckoning” once the COVID-19 crisis was over.
This whole thing could easily spill over into war. Commie incompetence or malice. Either way, there will be hell to pay.
I wonder if the Chinese fret over having to rely so much on American soybean production.
Soy sauce is more valuable than an Archduke.
Damn skippy–I ain’t putting Archduke in the stir-fry, IYKWIM.
But if you have Prince Albert in a can you better catch your running refrigerator…
::Gasp in shock and alarm::
You know I can’t run!!
I wonder if the average Chinese citizen is even aware how much they rely on American soybean production.
In my limited experience, on average, they tend to be more savvy than the comparative American about such things. Entrepreneurialism is so ingrained in Chinese culture that not even Maoism could fully extinguish it. The desire for a basic understanding of who needs what is how one looks for a niche in the global import-export market. YMMV, of course.
The winning strategy of US mayors: https://www.theblaze.com/news/houston-mayor-tells-criminals-to-chill
Why didn’t anyone think of this before? It’s common sense, like socialism.
I am hungry and still an hour to go till breakfast
Just don’t think about food, and I’m sure it’ll be alright.
Well, messed that all up…sigh.
Broken link, but I’ll assume this.
I kinda went the opposite direction *sigh*
I thought you were Romania. Did the borders change again? It’s so hard to keep track. That’s why we just call you all gypsies.
Feel free to eat when you want, comrade.
that’s silly talk , I am keeping a 14 hour fasting window
You sleep for 14 hours? And you call us lazy?
You can always have an early breakfast with more food.
*After double-checking the current time in Bucharest, who waits for a full breakfast until 9am?*
well I last ate at 7 PM. Add 14 hours…
So, are ALL the stay-at-home edicts really that bad?
This is what I have to say about that.
Has anyone ever told you that you have the most amazing links?
Amazing is not usually the adjective, but yes.
Well, consider it added. For now, at least.
You’re willing to use physical force to enforce social distancing? Ok, putting you down for a castle in World 8-4.
Can I pass that with a warp-whistle?
Martinally related and mentioned in a previous thread:
My husband is now my officemate.
He is very social.
He is very chatty.
This morning: “Honey, you can use my desk in my office because yours sucks.”
“Thank you.”
“But you can’t talk.”
“Hrmph.”
Now it would be really sad if you said some other guy was your ‘work husband’.
Now I’m mad SP scheduled the new cartoon for next week, rage building.
OFFS. What is it with this fetishization of “public school children” who need a handout? It’s obnoxious. They’re the “affordable housing” of plague plans.
People–some people–just really need an “official” validation of their charitable deeds,
My school district’s handing out lunches to whoever rolls up to the curb. XY likes them, so I thought, WTH, why not. So now he rides his bike every day and goes and picks up 2 lunches. XX doesn’t want hers. Hell, he’s a 14yo boy. I can use a little help in the shoveling food down his gullet department.
Um, that doesn’t sound healthy, most boys that age are eating 10x the ‘daily recommended’ allotment of the FDA.
I don’t understand…
He eats a lot. I’ll take whatever people are handing out.
Then I think we’re talking past each other. I took ‘I can use a little help in the shoveling food down his gullet department.’ as meaning he didn’t didn’t eat much.
I’m irritated that schools have taken up the job of “social service providers”. That ship has sailed, I guess.
“I’ll have those brats voting Democrat for the next…”
Now I want a brat…and that isn’t a sexual reference.
All food is politics…and, sexual.
Damn, you’re right. I hate the world.
Well, if they’re doing it in Flushing, you know it’s going to be some pretty good dim sum!
If by “dim sum” you mean “sloppy joes”.
I have an idea and I want to get all y’all’s remarks.
Do you use a planner?
How do you use the planner?
What would your perfect planner look like?
If you do you use a planner, which one, and what irritates you about it?
What “features” in a planner do you use most?
What part of the planner is too small for you to be able to complete your thoughts?
I use a DayTimer, and I follow the TimePower system to prioritize my daily tasks.
Planner Porn
I’m very disappointed. There wasn’t even a hint of thicc.
Well, that pen’s got it pretty good.
I remember when Thicc Thursday was one of your priorities.
We speak the same language, you and I.
I’m into bujo pr0n, too, but I DO NOT BUJO!
I have this and I just scribble in it. I call it my vomit book because I just spew out thoughts. I use all sorts of different colors though. Pen pr0n. (And that’s my two links before I go into moderation.)
blue = base color
green = dun-did lists and asides
orange = to-do lists
pink = ideas and proverbs
black = reviewing the last completed notebook
By the time I finish a notebook, it looks like it’s been to hell and back, but I like the look. It feels well-loved, like a beloved novel that’s falling apart. “Battered chic,” younger sister of “shabby chic.”
Some of the bujo blogs are just performance art, really, and some of them start looking all the same.
MOAR STATIONERY!.
So, a subscription to an office supply…store? Online Service? Whatever–is your dream gift?
Etsy.
My IDEA is to create a planner and sell it. Be the newest craze in plannerdom.
It’s just that I like what I have. I love my system. It’s great. I’m totally committed. But that doesn’t mean I don’t look at other systems, don’t wish I could use that planner or color in some other planner. I always go back to my notebook.
I just need ideas that aren’t performance artists on Insta.
I love computation pads.Used to use that in high school as my paper.
makes a notepad of varying sizes using canary legal pad paper. Just the right weight for jotting notes.
Current pens are Muji gel, but also like the Pentel Energel.
Itoya makes
We’re calling graph paper ‘computation pads’ now? or has this always been a thing and I’m the last to know.
We can be tied for last, I guess.
Hah, beat you both!
Computation or engineers pad has the lines on the back side and reproduces cleanly. Graph paper has lines on the front.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringStudents/comments/2f2idh/what_is_engineering_paper/
I’ll be, at guess I can cross off ‘learn something every day’ really early. Nobody better try and teach me shit for the rest of the day I’ve reached my quota.
I like the engineering paper, but I flove the green evidence paper. That stuff is scarce as hen’s teeth.
Weirdly, I don’t like gel ink. I started calligraphy in high school, took a couple of college classes too, and I never really got the feel of gel.
I can’t stand the ‘razor-point’ kind of Uni-ball pens.
Gel–I’m ambivalent on, I think. Then again, not that much of a writer, currently.
And, I love me some etsy.
Yeah, those are scratchy. I’ll put up with it for calligraphy. Not for everyday writing.
I like porous-tipped pens (think Le Pen), but the points split or wear down before you run out of ink. Nothing worse than a split poroud-tipped pen.
I’ve always used the Pilot V7 blue pens, but I discovered the joys of the V5, without the scratchiness.
Etsy has the greatest stuff. The human imagination is a wonder.
I can dig on those Pilots. When they run out they can be a bit more irritating (to me), but, I do like ’em.
Also, don’t tell anyone, but I’m awaiting a lightsaber from Latvia that I ordered on etsy…
Hey, those Trump bucks aren’t gonna spend themselves….well, OK–they probably will.
Trumpbux going directly to feed the mattress. It is hungry.
Yes–according to wife, “holding on to it” will probably be the order of the day. She recalls the last “stimulus”, which was before we met…at least, that’s the one I know of. No withholding apparently did a # on her–might have done so for me, too.
So, ditto, it seems. You getting tired of us late-nighters yet?
Oooh…I would love to help out here, Mo. But, I have almost nothing that requires having a plan–I’m Basic like that.
If anything, I have a Despair/Demotivators calendar where I write in appointments that I might forget. But that is usually few and far between.
To that end, I can recommend the Demotivators wall calendar, if for no other reason than a good, cynical laugh.
Sorry that this is the extent of my helpfulness.
LOVE the demotivators!
They are awesomely pessimistic.
My personal fave (and one that scares the hell out of me):
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/6917/products/mistakesdemotivator.jpeg?v=1554328460
I don’t make plans, because they usually don’t work, and then I get mad.
Takahashi 261 Excellent Personal Schedule
The name alone should sell it. I like to put big stuff in there and generally use it for looking at a month at a time. For day to day, I use whatever iCal is called these days for keeping track of appointments and such synced with my phone and the missus. Outlook rules the work world.
Link?
My google-fu is not well.
I buy a schedule book from the bookstore and fill it up everyday. Those false rape allegations aren’t gonna disprove themselves.
Heh….”false”.
I’m not worried about the true ones. They know what’s best for them.
?✍?♂️
If the ink is dry, you must let my client fly!
Link? What’s it look like?
Me? It’s just a regular old calendar schedule book. I fill it in with pencil.
No.
It doesn’t look like any of the remaining questions can accommodate that answer.
Ooooooorg moooooooodeeeeeeee
Seriously, I used the hell out of org mode in college, but I use onenote now. I’ve never been able to find a tool that meshes events, deadlines, and undated priorities as well as orgmode.
Throughout the history of mankind young people have thought they were the first to discover something known for ages and were humbled when they found that wasn’t the case. But it seems this new batch doesn’t get around to that last bit. Or maybe I’m just old now. Get off my lawn!
In reference to what?
Also, H&H NOW!!!
/for the PTB, not you. Unless….
Watching a youtube vid about Spider-Man Turn off the Dark, made by a yougin who talks about Spider-Man becoming popular because of the Sam Raimi movies. Also, late nite leak.
AHHHHH!! Got my fix.
TY
The true test – you are certifiably old if you have, or at least wish you had, an M-1 Garand in your hands when you exhort the young’uns to get off your lawn.
Richard Jewell- slow movie that sneaks up on you. Clint did an excellent job of turning an ordinary story into a good movie.
The Wedding Guest- not what I was expecting. Another enjoyable Michael Winterbottom movie. Slumdog Millionaire is all grown up. Didn’t even recognize him. Also, Radhika Apte.
Gran Torino was so good, I’m willing to give anything Clint makes a shot.
Seconding this. Although, I haven’t quite got into his drug mule movie. I will at some point.
I’ve been meaning to ask, straff–does your daughter share any of your snark/humor, personality-wise?
Yeah. She’s definitely anti social. *shrugs*
Man, she’s gonna be a straight trip–a stone cold gas, man. Seriously, though–you had me rolling on the Zoom meeting, and I can just imagine the merging of Japanese and (your) American. Damn.
Also, do not have a foot and 100 lbs on you, bruh!
For her: https://giphy.com/gifs/o0g91ltSdhceA/html5
I think HM works for Youtube.
Had no idea this place existed near one of my jobs. Hope they are open for carry out. Looks like it would be worth the trip.
https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1317/A131701/13099763/
Something like a gastro-pub? Just a regular pub? I agree it looks like it’s worth an investigation.
Looks like one of those cubby hole restaurants. My feeble attempt at ribs last week makes me want to try some real ones.
Here’s hoping you get to try it out soon, and that it’s worth the effort!
Found on the Glibs Discord: https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/woman-who-ingested-fish-tank-cleaner-was-prolific-donor-to-democratic-causes/
Regardless of all other things, it is still just people making a really bad mistake.
“We saw Trump on TV—every channel—and all of his buddies and that this was safe,” she said last Monday. “Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure.”
This is why we can’t have nice drugs.
Now, I want to vote for the Cheech and Chong ticket.
Also–for anyone who may still have an inkling of interest about Discord: As far as “keeping up” with comments, all the sub-channels that have been set up get a small white half-dot next to the channel name when someone posts a comment. Also, you can set notifications to show you who, and where a new post comes in.
An easy tutorial: https://youtu.be/le_CE–Mnvs
If you’re not convinced, I don’t blame ya. I get in when virtually everyone is gone, so I can read at my leisure, and comment, but I don’t get immediate feedback, either.
What you are missing on the Discord (courtesy of Rick C-137): https://www.gifng.com/wow/71978/
Splendid stuff
Morning glibs.
Morn’
[mumbling]
*raises cup of coffee*
We should probably get some to JD, he doesn’t seem all that awake.
Anyway, my work from home directive has been formally extended, so I’m still sitting in my house, waiting for the morning teleconference to start.
Yes! Thank goodness for covfefe!
Good morning, gentlemen! (Giving you all the benefit of the not-inconsiderable doubt.)
Returned to my office yesterday to learn that I’m to be in-office for the duration. While I was at home last week, they decided to abandon the “alternating weeks” plan and just set up a bunch of folks to WFH until this whole shitshow is over, with specific folks remaining in the office. I’m in, which is fine by me, as my duties can’t really be done offsite. Last-minute changes in how WFH is to be coded in our payroll system prevented me from submitting it yesterday, so I hope I’ll be able to get it done today. On top of all that hecticity (the state or condition of being hectic – neologism!) Unreliable Coworker, who was likewise assigned to work in-office, called in sick (not SICK OMG QUARANTINE, just regular sick, apparently) so I also had to back up her daily gotta-do’s. Grrrr.
I’m still trying to figure out how the two lines in the WFH directive “Accruals will not be charged” and “employees are to work remotely to the extent possible” would mesh with say “I got food poisoning and my insides feel like they’re trying to become outsides” sorts of non-quarantine illnesses. Does this mean I don’t have to charge my sick time if I get sick during a wuhan work from home period? Or does it mean you don’t have to charge accurals if you can’t do your job remotely but are nonessential?
And I’m sorry about the extra gotta-dos. Did you gettem-dones?
All but the most time-consuming one, which could wait another business day. If she doesn’t come in today, I’ll have to do it, and I won’t be pleased to do so.
howdy
I fatally poisoned my husband with fish tank cleaner and it’s all Trumps fault!
The shame of it is that she doesn’t get a full Darwin Award, just an honorable mention.
Her new name is A Fishtank Called Wanda.
?!
Drugs just fell out of my ass.
Chloroquine?
Sadly no.
Damn those Fentanyl farts
Overdosing on some of that? What a way to go ?
Stay at home orders = No crime committed, no charges filed, no counsel, no indictment, no trial, no conviction ending in house arrest.
Orders, my ass. Stay at home suggestion is legal. Orders, not so much.
Now we have a governor sending thugs out to do. house to house searches for out of state individuals?
These goons are starting to really piss me off.
Those house to house searches sure sound like a fantastic way to spread a virus around.
If they own the property and they’re otherwise complying with the quarantine I don’t see how that’s even remotely legal.
You think they’re considering the shades of legal/illegal at this point? They’re totally stroking off to authority porn, looking for that next fantasy to imagine themselves in.
https://www.wfmz.com/trump-declares-disaster-as-wolf-shuts-schools-indefinitely/article_7b5645cb-fd6f-5180-8d6e-05466085e672.html
“HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The president declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania on Monday night, capping off a day that saw nearly 700 new cases as Gov. Tom Wolf extended the closing of schools and nonessential businesses indefinitely.”
Indefinitely.
INDEFINITELY.
???
Are we quite sure Trump didn’t mean that Wolf was the disaster?
*applause*
I wonder how much damage this is going to do to public schools and on-campus universities when people realize we dont need that shit.
I am hoping the commietards that have co-opted academia are going to take a huge hit.
Tangent: I wonder what the national vandalism load on public infrastructure is now.
Bored kids with time on their hands who aren’t obviously truant when out can do a lot of damage, and this quasi-lock-down means that enough people are out are provide cover but not so many that there are eyes on every asset most of the time.
“ I am hoping the commietards that have co-opted academia are going to take a huge hit.”
Look at you being the optimist.
Society as a whole is going to take a huge hit.
?
Told the gf that we need to bolster the alcohol reserves.
He’ll huff and he’ll puff and he’ll close your schools down!
An interesting video from The Epoch Times on the actual state of the virus in China, the WHO, and some other CCP virus related news:
https://youtu.be/lkpuVdCGEPs