An Ice fog blocks the inlet,
As ebbing tide begins,
We make our way homeward,
On gentle eastern winds,
Our journey was not easy,
And carried many travails,
But also brought home treasure,
For Norsemen never fail,
The cliffs of Ice and Black rock,
And the other Green with tree,
A narrow passage rock filled,
We travel past at ease,
As we land our boats ashore,
And greet our Women fair,
We see the cold mountains,
And feel the chill cold air,
We tire of burying our dead,
In the rock and ice and snow,
Farmers turned warriors,
In the name of a King,
So all gathered in great ships and left,
To warm lands and good soil,
And some ships lost,
in storm and great turmoil,
Finding a shore, collecting our dead,
Not knowing just what lies ahead,
We set up our camp and do some recon,
So we know just what we are looking upon,
The English attack, silly men that they are,
And so we slaughtered them, while we stood where we are,
And so it took a few hundred years or two,
but we erased the England you once knew,
Secret Nazi Symbol!
*Shout out to Digby, Great idea IMO
** yes I’m a Viking, got a problem?
*** the symbols are, Tribe family courage honor
Hey Yusef!
*raises gin & tonic*
*raises Tequila lime and soda*
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Double IPA Back at ya!
generic stout while carding out STL @ CIN
Nice
“Think about it.”
-Joe Hiden
“-Joe Hiden”
I see whut u did thar!
but we erased the England you once knew,
ENGLAND FOR THE ENGLISH
Or the Norse, or whomever
I’ve heard it both ways.
ENGLAND FOR THE FRENCH
The Danes should have got them.
Better than the krauts for sure
As a half-kraut, I agree.
Ditto (at whatever percentage applies to me).
France is for the first one to tell France to surrender.
Best Indian food in the world is what I heard.
FUCK British food, that is all. Didn’t eat much of anything until I got to Wales. Bastards.
British food is to the other European cuisines what Philippine food is to the other Asian cuisines. They are both the glaring exception which makes you wonder “WTF??”.
Best meal I had in London was a highly recommended Thai place.
Next best was good ol’ English pub food at a pub I could walk to from the Metropole hotel but on side streets so not trying for tourists. An older couple ran the place and lived above it. I ended up there nearly every day.
The British food that attempts to rival “fancy” Continental cuisine is expensive and horrible.
You misspelled Vietnamese and Korean food.
What th’ Pho you talkin’ ’bout?
And as for Korean food – yeah, not my favorite – but I’ll take a good Bibinpap over anything authentic from Manilla.
Brit food is good! Will argue with youse later.
Yufus, you should put on sunscreen. My forearms look like that too. Sans Tattoos.
Alt Text
LOL
But don’t lizards fare better in the desert?
Yeah, I posted this earlier today, but in case anyone missed it, here’s the YouTube version.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e4AB242FxLk
It’s just that good.
Didn’t they just release the debate schedule?
Dunno. I only sort of pay attention.
Fantastic! thanks!
You’ll like this
https://poseidontee.com/product/the-quicker-sniffer-upper-biden-shirt/
You are correct.
You are correct.
Norm!
Heh
There isn’t going to be a debate. At least not live and in the same room. The DNC might try to arrange some Zoom-esque on-line debate in which Sleepy Joe can have a tele-prompter off-screen to feed him his lines but that’s as close as it will get.
The DNC is better off taking the hit from Trump while the media carries water for Biden’s excuses than risking having the world see just how mentally gone Biden is.
Yup, been saying that for months. I will be shocked if there is a live Presidential debate this year.
I saw some lefties commenting on a forum that Trump is being laughably ridiculous in trying to get a debate squeezed in before early voting.
They thought it was a dirty trick by Trump to hold a debate that might affect the election results.
Isn’t that the point of debates though?
But for lefties, especially younger, inexperienced voters, sticking to True Blue no matter what is the greatest and most noble act they can perform.
It’s probably one of he only acts. Dressing themselves. waking themselves up ‘on time’, cooking for themselves….these are all too much of a challenge for most of them.
“They thought it was a dirty trick by Trump to hold a debate that might affect the election results.”
Which means, consciously or not, they know a debate will go poorly for their side.
OK, who took my shocked face. I know I have one here someplace…
To be fair, I don’t think they should be holding debates to accommodate people who can’t be assed to drag themselves to a voting both on Election Day. Election season is too long as it is.
Ted Wheeler belongs in jail, and IDGAF about the West coast. (Sorry to any Glibs there.)
Thanks Yusuf
I was never any good at poetry beyond the kind you find on the stall wall.
your too kind, I enjoy ideas for new material,
For a good time + your phone number ≠ poetry Scruff.
Just for that, you’re going into my next stall wall poem.
For artistic purposes you need to know my name rhymes with Nantucket.
There once was a lady from Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They came back from the ride with the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
/clean limericks FTW
+1 In Harm’s Way.
Clean ? You think having an aggressive pussy eat a woman is clean, but reverse the nouns and the true dirtiness comes clear.
I knew I could count on you guys to make it dirty!
THEEEEEEEY”RE GREAT!
“Why are you looking up here?
The joke is in your hands.”
+ 867-5309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4
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Maybe they should just have killed the king.
The ultimate answer to kings…is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
-Joel from https://joelsgulch.com/
“beguiling illiteracy”
God damn it Tucker. I almost spewed some drink out of my nose.
Who was that about?
Fredo Cuomo.
I like it. I have one nitpick though:
On gentle eastern winds,
That means the wind comes out of the East. They’re coming home from raiding the Baltics, not England, if they have an Eastern wind.
They are tacking, which Can be done with a square sail,
/yeah, that’s it,
So, what you’re saying is, is I didn’t have enough beer with dinner?
#cathynewmanquestions
They tacked you pedant.
From “His Last Bow” set just before WWI broke out.
I’d like to share his enthusiasm on that last bit, applied to the incipient social unrest threatening here and now.
Britain in 1914 had a more patriotic and historically literate leadership class than we do today. They may not have been ready for what is coming, but at least they weren’t actively pulling for the other side.
Great point about actively pulling for the other side.
When Obama was president, I didn’t like what he was doing but I didn’t want him to fail so badly that the USA failed with him.
Few people are willing to acknowledge that we even have common ground with our political rivals.
I’m not sure how much common ground we still have. In the 1970s version of this I think that deep down most of the left was still patriotic, just with a different vision of how best to actualize the ideals in our founding documents (and probably some quibbles about the nature of those ideals but not active disagreement). These days I don’t think that is really true anymore. The modern left is focussed entirely on equality of outcome being justice, which is entirely inconsistent with liberty, actual justice, and any form of merit based advancement. You can have common ground with someone who thinks that expanding a social safety net will allow people to better their lives in a free society while disagreeing. How do you find commonality with someone who believes that virtue is found in black skin and vice in white, who insists that evil is always the provenance of those whose group (however divided) holds higher position and good is only found in those whose group holds lower position (again always by group never by individual actions and abilities)? In their world merit is actively evil because those who display merit rise. How do you compromise with that?
I think there is a loud layer of scum that actively hate this country, but they don’t even reflect the majority of that side, with factionalism, tribalism, and fear keeping the masses in line. I’m actually getting more optimistic, as I’m seeing more and more cracks in their control as enabling them becomes more personally painful.
I hope you are correct.
He says as lockdowns and mask mandates continue while rioting is allowed to go unabated.
Of the opinions of normies.
They’re fucking everywhere. How do we have a major US city rioting every night for three months and the mayor, police chief and almost all of the major media call it virtuous. Over fucking boogeymen! They literally gun down people for waving american flags and everyone cheers them on. It’s far from a tiny sect. The democratic candidates ALL green lit this shit. ALL of them! Not a single democrat will call them thugs, not even the rank and file.
I’m not talking about the people who bought into the machine, and won’t be able to escape. I’m talking about the citizendry who had previosuly been inseperable from the tribe, but now can’t deny what is burning around them.
In the 1970s version of this I think that deep down most of the left was still patriotic, just with a different vision of how best to actualize the ideals in our founding documents
I don’t think this was true in the 20s, let alone the 70s.The progressives (as a movement) have been post-enlightenment thinkers since day one.
20th century united states barely resembled the country outlined in the constitution. 21st century United States bears almost no resemblence. I think that tenuous link has meant a lot, even though it was so diffuse, but patriotism to 1970s US doesn’t tell you much about their fidelity to the constitution.
Tom Seaver, RIP
Took my son to see Tom pitch on little Fourscore’s 9th birthday, Mets Stadium. He had read the Seaver bio and was a big , big fan.
He’s #6 on the all time strikeouts list with 3640. Incredibly he is more than 2000 behind Nolan Ryan at #1. RIP.
But which had more white privilege?
You have to get to #12 on the list (Fergie Jenkins) to shake the strikeouts white privilege.
Where is this statue that we may topple?
our neighbor’s dog in VA was named Seaver. I’ve said the name many times without knowing much more than that he was a pitcher.
I would have guessed your neighbor was a fan of Growing Pains.
Damn right!
Show me that smile again! That’s a good boy!
little Fourscore
Let’s see, that would be Threescore or Twoscore, or somewhere in between?
Halfscore.
Reminds me of this:
Valhalla, I am coming!*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqUkPzFmfxo
*OK maybe not cumming, but definitely breathing heavily.
SKOL! Vikings
This was in the sidebar. When will it be cancelled?
Weirdly timeless, isn’t it? I remember this started playing on ye olde stereo over ye olde radio waves maybe fifteen years ago, and I would swear it’s recent except I googled it and know it’s only geologically recent.
It gets in the rotation on a few XM channels.
Bell-bottoms, scarfs/ascots and porn-staches have already been cancelled.
Don’t dis my bell bottoms.
Pictures or it didn’t happen.
Most of these retro-wannabees wouldn’t know a waffle-stomper if it was stomping on their face.
That shit ain’t even getting cancelled, Black Betty bam a lam! There will be a jihad!
Muh 404
hopefully soon, they play that song like 12 times a day on all the classic rock stations.
Nope, Pearl Jam and Nirvana are oldies now.
The only good Seattle grunge band was Alice in Chains.
Soundgarden
But AiC was great too.
Best vocals. That and Outshined.
Sort of interesting comment from that vid:
The STP part aside, that’s not a terrible comparison.
From the replies:
Also not a bad take.
Chris had a beautiful voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEpq__c0E0M
Is or isn’t Audioslave oldies?
They’re goldies for sure.
I’m not sure who made the rule that if you were a famous Seattle grunge band vocalist, that you must die young. But there was a rule. It was almost like being a famous rock guitarist.
Chris had a beautiful voice.
Hell yeah – good tune from a bad movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO6odc5VJmY
Look, some of the grunge stuff was OK and some of it actually good, but none of those whiny fucks were anywhere near the level of greatness of Zep, Sabbath, The Who, etc. Not even a close call. They basically kicked off the whiny sniveling that now has driven the whole nation to the brink. So, you’re adopted, get the fuck over it, asshole.
The bald chic did it better.
near the level of greatness of Zep, Sabbath, The Who, etc. Not even a close call
No disrespect, but every generation feels that way about the music they grew up with.
You’re likely even correct, but in terms of “band X was a huge part of my life when I went through my teenaged years”, I don’t think that’s a terrible comparison – Nirvana were indeed a revelation compared to what was rock at that point.
No, you’re both wrong, lynyrd skynyrd and Van Halen were better that either your fag music.
I know. I didn’t mean to be obnoxious. Well, yeah I did, but I’m just an old guy yelling at clouds. Sorry.
I have a sudden urge to watch Singles
Lynyrd Skynyrd is highly underrated. You just gotta get away from the hits.
skynyrd and Van Halen are a’aight
(I couldn’t pick one for skynyrd – too many options)
I was just saying that as a response to your and Slumbrew’s comments.
My growing up, I suppose was in the 70s. My first band when I was 17, we did Southern Rock, a lot of Skynyrd, but we also did Van Halen and other stuff that was popular at that time.
But I still love The Who, Zeppelin, Sound Garden, And Alice in Chains.
Music is music, it’s either good or it’s not.
For Skynyrd, most people would choose Free Bird or Sweet Home.
But here’s another song I’ve played so many times, I hear it in my sleep all these years later. Still might be my favorite.
The Hunt
“Music is music, it’s either good or it’s not.”
I contend that it is all good.
I just like some more than others.
I’m always huntin’. One of my favorites.
Another favorite!
Superunknown or GTFO
::crosses fingers::
EddieVedderEddieVedderEddieVedderEddieVedder….
And then there is this, which is not often heard badassness.
Was I right or was I wrong
I have odd musical tastes. The same day I bought Alice in Chains: Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, I also bought S Club.
That don’t mean classic rock stations are changing their line-ups. Radio is a sad state of affairs these days.
It’s (ironically) even worse in los angeles. We went through a ten year period where every other song was U2 or the Police, ON EVERY FUCKING STATION! They crossed over to every genre. I could swear I heard them once on the country station. Now, it’s GnR. I just hope they don’t pick a band I really like and make me hate them too. I would seriously call it to people and they’d be amazed. After two non U2/Police songs, I’d say the next would be one and presto, it’d happen.
That’s just wrong.
My buddy grew up in LA in the 70’s and 80’s and mentioned the lack of musical diversity then as well. He was a big Rush fan when they were nobodies and the only time their songs got airplay was right before they were playing a concert in town.
Now, it’s GnR
Oddly enough, the “greatest hits of all time” station here doesn’t play GnR at all.
I was thinking this.
Better version
LOL
YAAAAAARRGGGG!
I prefer the masculine version.
https://youtu.be/R7SFZ3D9cd4
Man, that’s exactly the kinds of thoughts I have when I’m in Bullhead in summer. Exactly!
Cliff Notes Pelosi – “Bitch set me up!”
There was definitely a vibe of “nice hair salon ya got there, be a damn shame if somethin’ were to happen to it” about her response. Then again she is from a Baltimore family that had pretty close mob connections.
One man’s vibe is another man’s 8-point Richter-scale earthquake.
You tell me, the very next day our asshole mayor OK’d the indoor use of hair salons. Coincidence? The next fucking day!
Sorry, it was the county. I’m pissed at the mayor because he’s stealing 10% from all of us city employees because of the “emergency” he forced upon us.
Anyway, Tell Me is a great song.
That was my thought. Papa Pelosi will just buy the building and figure out a way to ruin the peoples lives.
Can you spell “tone deaf”?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/30/angela-merkel-great-migrant-gamble-paid-off?utm_source=pocket-newtab
“Can you spell “tone deaf?”
Yep
GUARDIAN
The Grauniad never fails to fail.
Funny, but, I don’t see any ability to comment on that “article”.
VERY funny, that.
/hand-waves away criticism
Shit happens:
https://www.kcrg.com/2020/09/02/mayor-signs-proclamation-making-face-coverings-mandatory/
Mayor Brad Hart signed the proclamation on Wednesday which means face coverings will be required in public places throughout the city when a person cannot stay at least six feet away from other people. The masks will be required indoors or outdoors, in locations like stores, restaurants, bars, or someplace that’s not their home.
Masks will not be needed for people under 2 years old, those with medical conditions that would prevent them from doing so, public safety officials, if you’re in a private vehicle, exercising outdoors, while actively eating at a restaurant, or if it violates religious beliefs.
The order defies Gov. Kim Reynolds’ assertion that local officials do not have the authority to mandate masks.
Anyone here want to be my priest and instruct me that wearing a mask violates my religious beliefs?
Yeah, I’m allergic to bullshit.
As a minister I advise you that God frowns upon those that would seek to cover thy face from the heavens. Woe unto ye who seeks to shield thine face from the Devine creation. So shall it be said, and so shall it be done.
https://www.ulc.org/
Thank you.
God bless.
OT: Crusader Kings 3 came out yesterday. Dark Ages/Early medieval dynasty sim/strategy game/RPG. Damn if it isn’t awesome.
Although I miss societies. Also, I don’t think I can set my kids specialty can I?
Not that I’ve seen so far.
Although I miss societies.
Well, they do have to save something for the DLCs. It is Paradox, after all.
It’s very fun. We should organize a glibs mp
Although I played Stellaris online, I never tried CK2. I think one of the issues is I have weird and difficult objectives each game. How does online CK play?
I can’t comprehend even trying to play such a thing multiplayer?
How do you get 100+ hours of everyone online at the same time? Or does the AI take over and ruin your country if you log out?
I used to play Civilization on LAN with some coworkers 15 or 16 years back. It was fun, but tended to end up with us still sitting in the office at 2 am.
One advantage of the paradox games for many people is there are no turns.
I hate real time strategy game multiplayer. I am not dextrous enough to keep up with the pacing. *glares at stupid medics still standing by the barracks as my marines get mowed down on a road. When I used to play EU I’d turn the speed way way down while entering orders
I hate real time strategy game multiplayer. I am not dextrous enough to keep up with the pacing.
Crusader Kings 2 had a speed setting, so I’d imagine you could do CK3 with some like minded people, if you didn’t mind playing a 100 hour game (the speed setting exists so that in peacetime you can skip through the boring parts but slow it down for war or when things otherwise get interesting, at least in SP).
These games aren’t really like that, but they do have extremely high learning curves.
You misspelled learning cliffs.
Well for Stellaris we had “sessions” once a week for 3 or 4 hours. Until the game was over.
That one works well because relatively equal starting positions and there is an “end game crisis” that you’ll want to defeat together.
We did this during COVID as a way to hang out online and had a conference call run at the same time.
Some cool features in all paradox games:
1) you get all the host’s expansion pack
2) if you die, you can just take over another ai empire.
I guess if you get enough people you can just have a crazy alternate history game.
For Stellaris, we usually had about 6 people on at a time. If you can’t make a session, the ai plays your guy.
That last clause is killer, because the AI does phenominally stupid things for the long game, especially with important things like marriages and construction.
Um yeah. If the ai plays your guy, he fucks everything up. But we enjoyed this too because it was hilarious.
I think when you do online you just have to accept that you’re really engaged in weird emergent storytelling more than anything.
That last clause is killer, because the AI does phenominally stupid things for the long game
In Crusader Kings, I just see this as increasing the realism in a historically themed game. If you miss a session, just pretend your dynasty was ruled by a particularly inept idiot son.
The thing I hate is that there appears to be no way to influence the technology development to get anything discovered in less than five hundred years. In five hundred years the game will be over! And this is still the tribal stage of the tree.
Primogenture (the one thing I really and truely need in order to meet any serious objectives) is hiding past a minimum year and so many era gates that it’s not funny.
Yes. This substantially increases the difficulty.
Ditch the minimum year at least. If you’ve cranked up your cultural development to the point where you’ve gotten the whole tech tree, you shouldn’t have to wait for 900/1200/whatever to move to the next era. The painfully slow innovations mechanic already keeps that progress to a crawl.
Vikings theme,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFWVjdS1Kz4
As we land our boats ashore,
And greet our Women fair,
I get greeted in the genkan with a rolling pin most Friday nights.
Is she wearing face cream and her hair done up in curlers?
She is when I’m done with her.
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Interesting. You play the straight man very well.
LOL
Who’s on first.
I’m always First. Also, straf knows about playing it straight.
I bent the curve in mama Brochetta.
Hi-yo!
Dude, you might want to explain what a Genkan is to our non-expat host here. Some of them might be typing out “Go on…” with trembling fingers.
It’s a little sour pickle with some spices.
IT: Any interest in a Thursday Glib Zoom? I’m taking Friday off, so am available to host (and I’ll be hosting this weekend as Neph is taking a well deserved mini vacation.)
Zoom on!
What day is Thursday?
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow
Manana…and every 7 days after.
Just a little look into the cartooning practice. I have 10 Trump audio clips I got from a speech he made. I just listened for little things that sounded like something I could use and snipped them. No plan at all. Now I’m letting it all float around in my head thinking about current events. Once I reach a certain level of drunkeness the Hat and Hair will begin conversing in a way where these soundbites work to fill in the blanks in their conversation. And that is how a
baby is borncartoon is written.You do Trump better than anyone. You should do gropey jo.
Gropin Joe has been in several episodes, but it’s tougher because I don’t have any characters for him to interact with.
Wha? There seem to be several characters for him to interact with. Unfortunately for him most of them are in his head.
Corn pop? An ankle monitor that alerts the DNC if he escapes the safe house where he’s being hidden?
Or a kiddie pool so he can play with the hairs on his leg.
Hair plugs could talk to his dentures… Just not the same as Hat and Hair
This already has me chuckling.
SF blew it off, so it’s up to you to explain why Judge Trump’s tweets sound like his.
I saw that mentioned in SF’s thread, I got no clue about the reference.
I seem to have been taken in by a sketchy news piece on a parody account which has since been deleted. Too bad!
/slinks away to find succorance
The original is glorious.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm34444275
What even in the fuck?
And with that, Happy V-J day, everyone!
https://youtu.be/17lkdqoLt44
Haha—nice.
That’s the gayest thing I’ve seen since the original YMCA
Viking ancestors. Trying to stay OT.
HEY BUDDY! Stop linking that.
That wasn’t the same. Swedish and Japanese sound the same to you? Racist.
Since this post has a Norse theme. The Fimbul Winter seems to have a then contemporary source.
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-climate-cultural-history/the-long-harsh-fimbul-winter-is-not-a-myth/1613223
Not all volcanoes are “Hawaii nice” and can have serious repercussions which can’t be blamed on “Donny Two-Scoops).
“…which can’t be blamed on “Donny Two-Scoops…”
The DNC wants you to hold its beer
Clearly vulcanism is exacerbated by fracking!
All the music talk led me to search for the most fun concert I have been to, Billy Idol @ Red Rocks mid 80’s. No joy, but the OMWC often linked to Billy Strings did come up. Great place to see a show.
DISCLAIMER – first world rant follows
I remember back in the Olde Dayes when purchasing a license for something entitled the purchaser the right to use said item in perpetuity.
About two years ago I purchased a license for MS Office to use on my PC which came with a CD to download and install. Recently I started getting messages telling me that my license had expired and I needed to purchase another one. DAFUQ??
Luckily for me, I am the Japan representative for 5 different companies, each of which has set me up with an Office 365 account with their company e-mail address. So I can always use one of those accounts to do Windows content stuff on my PC.
Of course this is a bit of a PITA dealing with 5 different accounts since I can only be signed in to one at a time. I have each of these set up to forward all incoming e-mail to a separate e-mail account on my phone so I know when I have received a message to any of these accounts.
It seems to me that the entire Windows 365 package is not set up for people who might be using more than one instance of the product. Nothing surprised to note that MicroSoft has effed up something again. But as WFH becomes much more prevalent I would think that this issue affects more people.
I see this “licensing” issue increasingly creep into other digital areas – I’m finding it difficult to download some music (some of this is due to my geo location) as my phone pushes me to monthly subscription services like Amazon Music which will give me access to songs but not allow me to download them.
The same thing is happening with video streaming services – you can watch but you can’t download.
It seems like options to download and own digital content are being slowly (or maybe even rapidly) peeled away.
Feature , not a bug.
Affix your hook, and gaudy hat, and patch over one eye….
That is one of the reasons that I still purchase “dead tree” books. If I pay to own something, I own it and you have lost any future claim to the item. I want to lend the item or give it away? You have no say. I want to modify it? You have right to deny that, and I have no claim on you from damages from my modifications.
I don’t trust any digital media sources to honor ownership.
…no right….
I agree when it comes to music and video – I only pay to own – but man, books (well, novels) on my phone are just too damn convenient.
Lots of video editing software is going to a ‘pipeline’ structure, where you can’t ever own the software, you just continually pay a subscription. The ‘cloud’ is retarding (in the actual sense) so many things. I know people love following trends, but this is the first one where when the trend dies people will have lost access to things they ‘own’.
“Excuse me sir, what you purchased is no longer yours as the license has expired. When is it convenient for us to come get our car, or would you like to renew your purchase?” Software companies are extortionists. They don’t sell shit. They lease it to you until the next upgrade. Kind of genius in an evil way really.
This is exactly what it felt like when I entered the purchase code which came with the CD and license agreement – and kept getting an “invalid” response. It took me a little while to figure it out. I’m only glad I was able to limit the damage because I had purchased it at the PX with a military discount.
IMHO software is different from music or video – it requires constant updates and bug fixes. Reputable companies – there are a few – let you use the current version in perpetuity if you stop paying the subscription.
I don’t get why something like MS word needs any updates after 30yrs, except to work on newer Windows versions that are made by the same damn company, who should know how not to break their own software. I mean it just has to let you type save and print.
Shockingly, there is a feature I’ve actually had to use not in that list.
We have had documents with multiple people working on it at once. It’s now possible to have each making their own changes in a single copy. (we still have ‘track changes’ on so we can see what other people did).
Of course, that’s a bureaucratic feature a regular customer won’t use often.
When an employee leaves our organization, I create a termination checklist for various managers & supervisors to make sure they remove the former employee from access to various systems or sites, delete them from directories, etc. and sign to confirm they’ve done so. In the past, I circulated the checklist in hard copy, but now I save it to OneDrive, and I can see who has signed the doc. The trouble is, if it’s not completed the first day I share it, I have to close out of it when I leave, and I haven’t yet developed the consistent habit of opening it again on succeeding days to make sure it’s all done.
They add ‘features’ and rename things and redesign menus , and some portion of the world is convinced that using the old version (that your people have spent a few years mastering) is inferior to getting the new shiny version (that your people will spend a few years getting back to their prior level of competence on). *glares at the idiots at the brokerage I work with who moved to 365, and one drive and who regard me as old fashioned because I use Office 2010 and store my files on a jump drive I carry with me. Then wonder why I can still work when the internet goes out.
“..I can still work when the internet goes out.”
This is a big part of my issue with this new way of using PC’s in that, as an independent contractor I usually don’t work from an office so when I am away from home – while here in Japan – WiFi is not a given. I know the few venues where WiFi is provided free of charge to paying customers so those few choices are my option when away from the house.
Fair enough. I’m still using Word 2013.
I’m writing Markdown in a text editor and storing it in git.
(if I were a proper nerd, I’d be using LaTeX).
Oh, and Cancelled – thumb drives are _not_ robust, so do make sure you’ve got recent backups. One good drop will scramble them.
I back up regularly both at the office and at home, and my drive is titanium clad (and has lasted several years). You can find fairly robust drives, they cost a bit more but Kingston makes good ones.
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Do not get me started.
Suffice it to say I will sit and nod my head at every ranting word. I may scream AMEN! from time to time.
Thanks for the nod, Yu! Most excellent prose.
That is a beautifully brutal left handed compliment. Vicious enough for a Mencken and I applaud you, while sympathizing with poor Yusef
? I’m missing the insult.
What is “left handed”? And, why does that…whatever it is, make it brutal?
Most excellent prose.
It’s verse. Prose is by definition not verse, and is traditionally regarded as a less ‘fine’ form (hence the term prosaic meaning dull)
and a left handed compliment is an insult phrased as a compliment.
What happens when you backhand a pedant?
He critiques your form, obviously.
As a Southpaw-American, I’m insulted by the term “left-handed compliment.” I’ve been triggered!
That sounds sinister.
Sinister? Don’t be gauche!
That is just not right!
Perhaps it’s time we left this topic.
Agreed, not enough room to exercise linguistic dexterity.
Handism is one of last acceptable bigotries in this country. Want to talk of systemic oppression?…
Pile on the sinister ginger!
I am fairly “bihanded.” (“Ambidextrous” still has that pesky right-centric dexter root.) I write and draw with my left hand, but do many, if not most, other tasks with my right hand. Having grown up with graphite smudges on the side of my left hand, I definitely identify as left-handed. Both my husbands have been left-handed, too (though that wasn’t a requirement to marry me.)
I can’t help it if those middle french couldn’t appreciate fine text.
Though it may be that most were illiterate and missed out.
Oh they loved fine texts, they spent days drawing letters in gold leaf to create them; they just liked them to be rythmic.
Prose is the superior art form.
Can’t write poetry huh?
Shakespeare should’ve only written in prose?
I’m sorry Jar, but your magic motivation discovery powers are wrong.
And old bill from stratford couldn’t even manage to stay within english, constantly making up words to make his verse work.
Autism by any other word would smell as sweet.
It is the easier form, both to write and to read, and certainly much more saleable in the modern world, and there are certainly great prose works, but I don’t know that it is superior artistically. By what metric? Lack of meter?
It’s like saying a photograph is superior to a painting. Different mediums evoke emotions in their own way.
Sweet is really a taste sensation. Smell actually accounts for about 90% of taste, so you can, in theory, smell sweetness. Sweet was also a British glam rock band in the 1970s. Most of the original members of Sweet are dead. Michael and Robert Sweet are brothers and members of the Christian metal band, Stryper.
It’s writing; he wrote it…ergo, prose.
Plus, I just so happened to be channeling my inner Ted. Or, Bill–take your pick.
Is your Mom hot? That is how we tell which you are channeling.
But she was both of their moms, and now Ted’s sister-in-law…
I mean….CPRM is correct.
/they were just a bit too….OK, with all of that, doncha think?
Lord, no! I’ve got 1/2 my genetics from her, after all.
Dig, if you watched the RLM review, I agree with their assessment of the characters, they are just happy-go-lucky guys, no reason they’d get hung up on missy, especially since it would ruin a good gag.
-I did not
-makes sense
Speaking of ‘Most Excellent’, I watched Bill and Ted Face the Music. It was OK. Keaneu was terrible in it though, don’t know what was up with that. Like, he’s not a good actor, but he was bad even by his standards. Mostly, RLM was spot in their review. I don’t like this $20 to see a movie though. It’s terrible pricing, just like how downloading an MP3 album still costs as much as buying a CD. No reason it should cost that. But, it seems people are paying it (including me this one time) so I guess we’ll get stuck with it.
Prices are determined by buyers not sellers and are not related to production and delivery costs. Sellers have a more or less binary decision, “will I provide item X at the price buyers will pay? or will I no longer offer it.”
Hence my final sentence. I just didn’t think people would be stupid enough to buy in at these price points, but I often misunderestimate the stupidity of the populace. It’s why I’m here.
But why is it stupidity to pay basically the same price in 2020 you paid in 2000 for a more versatile version of the same product? CDs and DVDs get scratched and you have to have remembered to bring them to the place you want to use them (and then have them stolen and your car window broken because you left the case visible.
I bought it outright, on the promise of a $3 credit, that I’ve yet to receive.
I mostly agree with CPRM, re: B&T3. Keanu wasn’t great, but….bagpipes.
Well, hell–I did get that credit. Glad I did an email search, protonmail!
/I love ya, but, you can be a real bitch
In 2020 the CD still costs the same, so I’m not sure what point that is. Once you own the CD you can rip your own MP3 and have a physical copy; and people, when the MP3 thing started, should have realized they were paying the same price for less capital investment on the part of the producer, but nobody hagled and here we are paying the same for a product that costs less to produce when if more consumers were smart we could be paying less.
Rising energy costs? Talent costs? Advancing technology costs?
??♂️
All of those apply equally to the production of a CD/DVD.
Or used as a beer coaster at a party…
Heh, I’ve bought cds for less than the download price. Which means Amazon is paying me to take the CD. Had several where the CD +download was less than just the download. Like any good economist, I wondered if I could get a paper out of it.
It also happens with soem book and audiobook deal bundles where I ended up paying less than just the audiobook alone. (this is not constant, and care must be taken).
Yeah, a lot of the blu rays I buy come with a digital download that I give away to some one else. In 10 years when Vudu or whoever is hosting those goes out of business I’ll still have my physical copy.
Denying the world a Trump v Biden debate would be worse than murdering baby Hitler.
Talking points from the Blue team seems to indicate that the presidential debates were never really a thing. And to assert otherwise would be to out yourself as a Trump supporting, white supremacist, militia member.
You’d think pure curiosity alone would over power the desire to gain power. Then again, that is why I’m not president.
Their desire for power overwhelms reality in their brains. Curiosity doesn’t stand a chance.
They, or at least the true believer post modernist they, do not believe in objective external reality. They are not being figurative when they discuss socially constructed science.
At least I know that hair I just fished out of my soup wasn’t mine. Most of the mystery is solved, but I’m not sure which waitress it belonged to.
Do what I do – imagine it was from the one you think is the hottest of them and enjoy your afternoon.
Weren’t you stirring it?
That hair was not from her head.
And She was not always a She. It’s 2020, you bigot!
Length, hopefully, says otherwise.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/woman-attacks-12yrold-trump-sign
Alright–I admit that, even now, I tend to feel a bit hopeful when I hear stories of kids who like more conservative political candidates (coming from that side of things). But, many of you will point out how it shouldn’t happen for most any political candidate/party, since it’s always an ugly business, and I come to my senses.
Then, stories like this happen, and I
no longer need you lot to point it outquickly am reminded of just how nasty some people make it.Another benefit of working from home – I get to make my own lunch.
Last weekend I was signed up to drive for my oldest’s baseball team which meant I would be packing my lunch. I made a huge pot of Burrito stuffing – enough for several days – with a few extras I tend to skip when making just one for one lunch. Pretty Effing tasty if I do say so myself. I ended up stretching it out by throwing a smaller-than-usual amount into a skillet with a couple already-scrambled eggs.
This led to another benefit of working from home – a short can at lunch!
I guess Gov Kunt is willing to do anything to avoid calling up the guard (nickname “Bloody Butchers”) to deal with the Portland Riots
https://www.koin.com/news/protests/oregon-state-police-troopers-federally-deputized-amid-renewed-portland-protest-response/
Team blue is playing with a flamethrower made by an 11 year old with ADD.
STRAFF!!! There’s a cock in your avatar!!! Ohmigosh….
/Sorry-couldn’t resist
Speaking of which, do you see what I see in this pic? Seemed like God was speaking to me, so I took the pic.
https://ibb.co/28krrLX
Baby seats on bikes? I haven’t seen those since the 80s.
The shadow it’s casting. MILF rider.
Oh, that shadow was behind a thing that said ‘load photo at full resolution’, so didn’t see it until I clicked that.
Damn you–you made me zoom in on that mushroom pic!
That’s something. I’m still waiting for Portland’s business owners to become snipers. At this point I assume it isn’t going to happen.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nebraska-man-goes-viral-with-impassioned-plea-for-city-council-to-rename-boneless-chicken-wings
BTW, “Saucy Nug” was my HS nickname, on account of my dark, greasy complexion, and libidinous tongue.
…drugs…ass…I bet it was Sechuan sauce like that lame burp cartoon.
Why are harshing my fun, bruh? Expecting me to know whatever the hell other people post around here, when I’m just trying to get my kink humor on…
Kink away, I ain’t stoppin you…I’m just sayin the sweet and sour was way better than the shishwaaaaan. Deal with it fan bois.
Wait…..what? I thought we (you) were going on about repeat linkage. Now, it’s all some Rick & Morty shtick?!?
How dare you!
I can do two things at once! Like fart AND sleep. I’m a mutlitas- Hang on I have to take this call…
Finally got around to watching a movie I’ve been meaning to watch for years. Robot and Frank is a good movie.
No….shoulda made it look more like Skeletor.
What you did there…it bankrupted Cannon Films…
What Cannon Films did there bankrupted Cannon Films.
Hell, civil War 2.0 might be named after the Breakin’ sequal, at least Cannon will be a footnote in some history boo…nah, nobody cares about context or meaning anymore.
I thought Superman IV did them in?
Now I feel like watching The Delta Force and American Ninja.
I think I’ve found my next ringtone.
https://youtu.be/SQUeQOIlcDM
Lifeforce
Highlander
Cobra
Barfly
Bloodsport
We’d be missing all of those without Cannon.
Just add an “s” to the end of the name, and you could easily resurrect the company, provided you could find worthy action heroes today.
/OK, that, or make it a porn studio.
Did you catch that they resurrected Orion Pictures for Bill and Ted Face the Music? I’m not sure what that is about.
I did not…also, didn’t realize Orion was defunct.
If you haven’t seen it, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is a must see.
I’m a fan of the name “Yoram”.
/L’Chaim
How long did it take them to make that?? A lot of the people interviewed for the movie seem much younger than they would be in ’14.
Do I look like IMDB to you?! *Joe Pesci impression*
Well, I hadn’t intended to mention it…
That looks good. Where is it available?
You can watch it on youtube, both legally and illegally I think. I watched it when it was on Netflix years ago.
Thanks
Ooof, Boston mainstay The Pour House is gone after 34 years:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEqBcCMAjWS/
Many a drunken night there.
It’s a small price to pay so Grandma can live another three months.
About time. The world needs another Applebee’s.
A new angle on the Down Under moniker
The most shocking thing is that she’s only 28. Sadly the rest seems obvious in current year.
UK: we don’t have citizens, we have subjects – watch what we can force them to do.
Aussies: hold my beer
Aussies: hold my
beerFosters.Slumbrew don’t speak Australian.
They also have XXXX – which is how Ozzies spell ‘lager’
Pronounced Castlemaine.
Living up to their heritage as an open air prison.
They should never have given up their guns.
The truth is that the overwhelming majority of them didn’t.
But it seems that if you didn’t write your nation’s founding documents with the blood of tyrants the word ‘bugaloo’ doesn’t translate well.
Isn’t that the truth. I’ll bet some of them are coming to that realization now.
I am of the opinion that the ones that didn’t are the only ones realizing just how short-sighted that
lawlegislation is. I expect that a Commonwealth nation has for more Mommy Government Knows Best/Karens than we do.Nighty night, Glibbies. I have to regain some semblance of consciousness all too early in the morning, so I’ll take my leave. In light of the “handedness” convo above, I’ll do so thusly.
Heheheheh….she linked ‘puss.
a pink one at that.
You know why left handers die earlier? “No! Not THAT button!”
I haven’t seen that since before I got a degree with a minor in drama. He exits HOUSE LEFT! FAKE NEWS!!!11!
Fer fucksake. Just saw TOS put out a video entitled ”How Portland’s Protests Drifted Into Dangerous Territory”. Yeah, months later it ‘drifted’. If they didn’t still have Remy i would unsubscribe fast…speaking of which, does Remy release his TOS videos on his own youtube channel? That’s how I watch all of Stossel’s stuff is off his channel and not TOS’s.
Yeah I watch Remy on YouTube. I just forget to check for months on end.
Lockdown
https://youtu.be/3r-6s6cRGgA
Affluenza
https://youtu.be/VVe8bPQX4Z0
Here’s an excellent one on inflation.
https://youtu.be/Ro7lrA781To
Remy has upped his rap game since his earlier offerings.
Those are both through the TOS youtube though.
Ah I see. I thought you were avoiding using TOS.
They produce the vids though, so they can control them.
Good Lord–Remy has a Magic: The Gathering channel, which doesn’t list any other channel for him.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3YmkUUyVZSnfPzy4smvgXA
Well, there ya go–your contributions seem to keep Remy in the $.
Looks like he hasn’t posted any videos to his own old page for 3 years, and the last one probably pissed off TOS for being not woke.
Not linking those channels, tho….I guess I can kinda see why.
Travesty of justice continues
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/09/bend-restaurant-owner-who-removed-covid-signs-pleads-guilty-to-violating-governors-order.html
Violation of an executive order? GFY. And the rest, elevated to a felony because it occurred during a state of emergency. BS. Oh no, he tore off caution tape. And the police had enough time to set up cameras and monitor it. They don’t put half the effort into solving actual thefts and property crimes.
Playground closures are just downright stupid. How long does it take UV to kill any susceptible pathogens? I’d say in Bend, by the time the first kid gets off the slide below.
And prosecutions of the mob aiding and abetting the criminal aliens being detained by ICE? Crickets. That’s right, the DA was one of the participants.
How can you plead guilty to something that isn’t a crime? Oh yeah, FYTY.
Of course they have the time and resources to nail that guy. I wonder how long it will take the state coppers to find the guy who killed the Trumper. It took the internet autists a few hours to ID him.
I’ve been searching…high! I’ve been searching…low!
Step up to the sweet sounds of 2020 Gustave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utCjuKDXQsE
Can’t expect an elected official to hold themselves accountable, now, can we?
WAPO: Trump suggests that North Carolina voters vote twice.Actuality: he explains the correct legal procedure.
I mistakenly read the comments.
When people are so stupid that they can’t differentiate between “vote a second time” and “vote twice”.
All because WaPo > OMB.
I think you did it on purpose, like autoerotic asphyxiation.
The OTHER Choke ‘n’ Puke.
Vote > mail ballot > verify it was tabulated > If yes, stop.
If no > cast in-person ballot > stop.
OMB IS COURTING VOTER FRAUD!!! SEE?!?!?
I think my character caught himself…
By surprise?
Well, I managed to overpower the intruder and complete the scheme successfully, so I think so.
Take your mind off this governmental stupidity (but, I repeat myself), and watch some foreign MRE testing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQu55s-Y9M8
Seems like he eats too much, says this fat man.
If I’m not mistaken, he works in landscaping. In Florida.
So, he IS Florida Man, and, he earns the “feast”.
I didn’t realize you worked for the Department of Plenty.
Does it come with powers of arrest?
Cardiac only.
Steve’s voice bothers me. But I like the content. Meal doesn’t look terrible.
The dinner obviously is, considering what he’s willing to eat, usually.
Really? his voice? I always found it…well, maybe not ‘soothing’, per se.
‘Reassuring’. Let’s go with that.
But it doesn’t look So Good?
This week is the county fair. I don’t care to go alone. My older sister won’t let her kids go, cuz they might get the Vid. My younger brother is self-quaranting his family because his youngest’s day care teacher tested positive for the Vid. Grups ruin everything.
“County”….pffft.
Go Big, or GTFO
Yeah, State Fair is in Milwaukee, never gonna bother with that. Only reason to the county fair is to take the kids, and it’s 15 mins away. No reason to drive 3hrs into a war zone.
certain Glibs and i can’t shut up, where’s eveerybody!!!!!!
It’s that hump-day….hump, I guess.
Oh, that i could speak up,
something about unrequited Love……….
That one is the story of my life.
Tell me about it,
Butch Walker: Mixtape
Oh, I hear ya, my good man…men…you know what I m–Wait, are we supposed to be in a bar, or, something, drinkin’ and commiseratin’?
Virtual! Drink!
Bar?! You want to give us COVID!!!11!
It’s my Sunday, BTW. Are the late night’s not going well without me? I feel flattered, I guess.
I’m still here complaining,
/Eeyore
You can cry, if you want to.
You can leave your friends behind.
I already did,
/sad
But, it isn’t my birthday.
Filmed in my old stomping grounds. I also went to school for several years with a girl that said John was her 2nd cousin (I think…)
I wonder if he visited her family while filming.
Just finished my audiobook of “Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire that Rescued Western Civilization”. Highly recommended for ancient history buffs.
It’s part of my mission to gain at least an overview of each major civilization, empire, era, conflict, and ideology throughout history.
Tough mission, I’m on the same path, a life times worth of education,
I’m going for the next big move, ready? Upper Michigan, a really small town, going to my Sister, she is going to take care of me,
Where in the UP?
That sounds rather ominous.
Well…..at least he’ll be around family.
/Wow, this went dark side real quick-like
I’m from Wisconsin, home of Beer, The Packers and Serial Killers, so this is pretty common in these parts. Oh, I forgot cheese.
“I forgot cheese.”
Don’t worry. Whatever you order there will come with cheese whether you forget to ask for it or not.
ackshully, while cheese and bacon have become more popular staples in broader pop culture, their popularity here has waned.
My memory of the place – Milwaukee for a three-day biz trip – is more than 30 years old so the details may be a bit out of date.
Hat-tip to Rasillio for the link: https://twitter.com/RecoveringHolic/status/1301343705354260480
What in the ever-loving….a “non-violent burning”. Unlike words, which ARE violence.
It would be real hawt if the forward gave a detailed definition of fascism, but words have no meanings and meanings have no words any more.
But the buildings burn non-violently.
unlike their love, which can’t be stopped by Orange Man Bad, even though they are sure he is out to get them, along with the Russians…wait, this story is starting to sound good, but no one would ever believe it.
I would certainly vote twice for it.
HYO!
Words, like violence,
Break the silence.
If only we could enjoy the silence, now.
Thanks to Regicidal: https://imgur.com/K97m9AL
I don’t like Leonardo DiCaprio either, I don’t think he’s a very good actor.
I think hes an asshole as a person but a pretty good actor though not the best. I rarely hear people say he is not a good actor.
He’s a Matt Damon type, no matter what role he plays it is him playing the role, not becoming the role. Hell, Stallone had 3 distinct characters: Rocky, Rambo and ‘Stallone’, that they can’t even muster that is pretty sad.
He’s a Matt Damon type, no matter what role he plays it is him playing the role – I disagree… maybe you always see him the same but he has some range imo
Please give examples, I’d love to know why people think he’s a good actor.
examples of what? He played very different characters in Inception and Blood Diamond and The aviator and down the list… And did it fairly well
How were the characters different? How did the way he played them differentiate them from eachother?
What do you want me to do describe the movies to you?
Different look different facial expressions different accents different mannerisms…
I’ll give you those, except mannerisms and accents, he isn’t any good at those either. And the rest is the bare minum that can be asked of an actor, not worthy of a 30 year career with praise.
Eh–he can do a good job, but, I definitely don’t get the hoopla in H’Wood around his “skill”.
Spider-Man when I was a kid #KidsJustDon’tUnderstand
https://www.fox29.com/news/philadelphia-business-owners-say-they-received-racist-emails
Uh huh. I think we’ve seen this before.
I eagerly await them finding the culprit.
https://mobile.twitter.com/TrumpStudents/status/1301297127780478981
C’mon–that is so totally unfair to
ither. She was far too busy being set up by that nail salon.?
Is it acceptable to hook up a douche nozzle to one of those fire hydrant shower manifold arrangements? What are the cultural norms around such a practise in SanFranistan?
Hello and good morning, Sean ?☕
Can confirm silliness.
Mornin’ peoples.
Mornin.
Time to get ready for work.
Is it morning? I screwed up my sleep schedule then.
How’s the situation with lightbulb discipline?
Ooooh…spanking a lightbulb is probably not the best way to deal with one. Grounding doesn’t really work, either–they tend not to pay attention anyway.
My outlets were misbehaving, so I grounded them.
Mornin’, limey/JD and anyone else who’s awake at this hour.
Mornin’, GT!
Mornin’, Tundra! You’re up early!
Yeah, I’m up at 5:30 to 6 every damn morning!
Getting old isn’t for the weak!
I prefer to blame the dog, but yeah
If you drink and smoke enough that is no longer an option.
Or alternatively, on your next anniversary get a young lady of negotiable affection to come to your house and tell your wife you got yourself a threesome for your anniversary present.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/09/02/Anglers-on-California-river-reel-in-live-pipe-bombs/9631599080171/
?
Mostly peaceful fishing.
Salmon Lives Matter
Good morning, early birds. Happy reduced pay Friday to you. All quiet on the eastern front. Well, except for all shit going on.
*Eagerly awaits the morning links*
It’s only Friday Eve where I am, but I do get paid tomorrow. Have you taken a pay cut on account o’ the ‘VID? And as much as I love the links, we don’t need no links to have a good time!
25 percent reduction in hours, with no definite return to full time.
Ouch! Sorry, Friend.
I’m sorry! : (
Oof. Sorry.
That sucks, sorry to hear that.
that sucks
Fuck that.
Sorry, dude.
They keep trying that little by little tactic on me. Just got a few new tasks added yesterday. Festus is not a happy camper.
Thanks, but no worries… yet. If my wife loses her job, then we’re screwed. If I didn’t have 2 kids in college, I’d take no pay Fridays for the rest of my career.
how long till they escape? hopefully a lucrative degree
Just check his avatar. I keed, I keed!
XX will be continuing on towards being a PA. We won’t be paying, but she is allowed to live in the basement rent free while in school. She may have a gap year to save money for expenses. There will be a fight with the wife over rent, I’m sure.
XY is just starting.
Pregnant Australian woman arrested and taken to jail for encouraging lockdown protest attendance on Facebook:
https://youtu.be/y4LDTujPNtw
Somebody call Crocodile Dundee, he wouldn’t put up with this shit.
this is drugs ass news by now
Ridiculous. Once a prison, always a prison, I guess. /deliberately provocative
How did this happen? Aussies live in the most poisonous place on earth and they eschew pants-wearing.
Yesterday was a cluster-fuck that ruined my long weekend plans but one small sliver of hope came shining through. Wifey made her first Etsy sale to a buyer from New York. It wasn’t a photo of me posing ala Burt Reynolds but it’s a start! Serious thanks to SP for urging Wifey to pursue that marketing angle. I tried to get her to sign up for the site but apparently SP is more persuasive in a five minute zoom chat than I am over the course of a year. I’ll link the deets to her site later if anyone might be interested. Nothing dirty! Zoomers have seen her work. 😉
Something, something prophet in his own country.
Please do post a link to her site. What sorta stuff is she selling?
Also sorry to hear about the SNAFU in your long weekend plans. We, too, had planned to go to an annual old-timey music festival in a quaint little Indiana town, but found out it was much reduced, masked, and social-distanced, so I’m pretty sure we’re gonna take a miss on it. If I find a near-enough state without mask mandates, et al, I wouldn’t mind an impromptu trip – if the cat can be trusted on his own for a couple of days.
She custom frames her own photography in distressed wood frames of her own design. Each image is hand tinted and textured so no two are exactly alike. Signed and numbered. I’m so happy for her. I’ll post her page sometime over the weekend. She’s sleeping like most normies on the west coast are.
The cat can be trusted to be just fine but he may eat all the kibble as soon as you lock the door. Leave the toilet seat up and he’ll be fine. You know he’s gonna sleep for the entire time that you are away.
Cool!
Thanks, Sean. It has been trying times lately at Chez Festus so any good news is long overdue.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/long-island-bar-slammed-for-taking-bets-on-chicago-vs-nyc-labor-day-weekend-shootings/
LOL.
Did you get odds on that because I think Chicago is clear favorite
Chicago by twenty easy.
Sounds right, but DeBlasio is doing his best to close the murder gap.
Don’t count us out. I have a pal who is a Minneapolis cop and he told me the bangers are executing each other like crazy. Dude took a 7.62 in the back of the melon the other day.
Geez, that’ll leave a mark.
A mess, actually.
Game of Thrones “Faceless Man”.
Tough call. NYC being 3x the size of Chicago might even things out but I think Chicago’s in the lead overall.
BLM has apparently been around longer than I thought:
It is an ancient brotherhood
I guess you would know about ancient brotherhoods 🙂 Mornin’, Pie.
BLM has apparently been around longer than I thought:
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/co-founders-of-black-lives-matter-on-starting-a-global-movement/
Nationally recognized protests—like the 2015 Baltimore riots. Protests = riots. Got it.
“Continue Reading”
No, thanks. Jeez that website is a dumpster fire.
Welcome to my world. I get that in my morning news feed (I work in adtech) and have been ignoring it for years. Should have paid attention, it is a treasure trove of derp.
Well it is called “Adweek”.
Just to get your blood going this morning:
Ron Paul in the 2008 election debates.
We’re still fucking talking about the same things 12 years later. Also the moderators were absolutely awful. I loved when he predicted all the election losing.
*ponders what might have been*
I wish that I’d paid better attention back then. I might have woken up a few years earlier.
For GT. “Happy” link.
Happy.
⬅️
YEAH!!! Sombitch never brought me Dancerina!
Although to be fair, he DID bring me Baby Tender Love at some point after that, so maybe I should cut him some slack. But if that chick has a beef with the Fat Man, who am I to interfere?
Music to get you motivated.
didn’t work
Huh.
Works for me.
Mountain at my gate – Foals.
I suspect he means that he remains unmotivated.
Needs thorazine. Or the blood of a virgin.
Oooooooh.
Yeah, that went right over my head.
Damn. That was good! Added to playlist.
Down with fake news!
https://www.adweek.com/digital/microsoft-announces-tool-to-help-news-orgs-detect-deepfakes-ahead-of-the-election/
I’d like to try this app on recent clips of Biden and RBG.
LOL!
Activision Announces ‘Call Of Duty: Obama Ops’ Where All You Do Is Drone-Strike Civilians
Damn, that is one sick burn.
Savage.
Another phase in the pivot:
This morning NBC news has a new segment. “America’s Cities: Fact vs Fiction”.
today, Inside Portland, the Battle for the City.
Remember the “mostly peaceful” mantra?
Yeah, that’s gone. The entire B-roll was of windows being smashed and police firing tear gas.
Simply watching the background footage it is clear what is happening. Police are randomly attacking peaceful protesters for no reason. Trump supporters are attacking peaceful protesters for no reason – well, other than to incite violence. And then some people got angry and broke windows.
They have completely ret-conned the entire last 4 months. Now any violence is a response to heavy handed police tactics (in Portland, where the police have been ordered to stand by and watch, and where prosecutors refuse to prosecute anyone they do arrest … something that is so egregious and so pervasive that other departments have refused to put their officers in harm’s way under a request from the governor. They don’t want their people getting injured only to see the people assaulting them released with no charges the same day. )
I’d really love to see an expose’ on the command and control of this propaganda machine. It has been just a couple of days, and the networks have all switched from “antifa is nonexistent, It is Trump’s fever dream” to “The cities are burning in Trump’s America because of his support of white nationalists”.
It was just last week that CNN was being lampooned for the “Fiery peaceful protests in Portland” chiron over video of rioters burning buildings. Now they are all-in on the Biden slogan “this is Trump’s America”.
Did none of them read Orwell? Or do they all see it as an instruction manual?
What of the rest of us? Are we really such experts at double-think that we don’t remember what was being said by these same people 12 hours ago?
CNN and the other networks to a lesser extent are preaching to the choir and they know what side their bread is buttered on. As to whether people remember what happened recently and the retconning of that, their audience seems to be eating that up (the smarter ones are pretending to, the dumber ones actually are) but hopefully the rest of America isn’t.
Because Portland (like Chi town) is Trump country. Solid red, amirite? This what it looks like when Trump has complete control.