I’d play it.
Just get the one serious link out of the way right now.
“Mirror Layers is, on the surface, a very standard horror experience.”
‘”I would love to direct ‘The Cursed Child,'” Columbus said.’
Friday Afternoon Links
About The Author
Riven
[riv-uhn]
noun
1. a gaming, lifting, shooting, intoxicated, ravenous, and happily-taken nerd.
2. often aims to misbehave.
3. and though she be but little, she is fierce.*
And rumor has it that she (and her husband) are also delightful dinner companions. You didn't hear it from me, though.
whaddup doh’
Shutup! I was really first!
Taxes Suck! i win because Topic!
New York: 67.2 percent
At what point can it just be called slavery? What fool who had enough brains to earn enough for the top bracket would stay?
66.2, point still stands.
It’s not slavery until it’s 100%!
Anything else is just the social contract!
But I was poked and prodded.
-Colin Kapernick
If only they would move to one of the states in the middle of the pack tax wise. Just think by moving from NYC to Missouri they could be only paying 57.8%!
Well yeah, point taken.
Not trying to be facetious to you personally, it’s just the reason that the rich largely are fine to stay in their coastal haunts. To them it’s worth the extra 5-10% tax wise. I think that map just shows that the real problem in taxation is the Federal guv.
But why would you want to be in a coastal shithole?
If you were rich why wouldn’t you want to be?
When you want peace in the countryside you go to your house in Jackson, WY for a couple weeks and then fly back.
Because it’s a coastal shithole. If I could afford to live anywhere, I sure as hell wouldn’t pick either coast of the US.
You are not fabulously wealthy. I deal with people all the time whose net worth is measured in the tens of millions. I know exactly why they live here. Their kids don’t go to shitty schools, they go to incredible private ones. No one craps on their front steps, the bums are kept off their street. They can eat out in a different fancy restaurant each nite if they want. Two weeks in the winter they go ski the Yellowstone Club. Maybe this year they go to French Polynesia for ten days. And then it’s back home to where they can hang out with other high net worth earners and maybe sit in the front row at an MLB game or an NBA game. The rich want to be next to the other rich and have experiences that their money can afford them.
It is funny — because my fantasies if I had that kind of money are mainly building a house so I could be pretty much left alone with my family.
Well, and maybe learn how to handle a decent sized ocean going boat so said family could take an extended cruise…
If I came into lottery type money myself I’d probably be pretty close to what you are talking about SDF. Large acreage where I could hunt and fish on or next to and a ski resort within an hour drive. Although I’d maintain a small house or condo in the city to see fam and friends and such. But what’s also missing in that above exchange is that most rich that I encounter are not the idle rich. They work, often still long workweeks, and as such need to be in or near the big city to keep that up. Even in these days of Zoom meetings and whatnot.
My cousin is the driver for a hedge fund manager. That dude works his ass off.
His wife, however, does qualify as “idle rich”. Guess which of the two is filled with unreasonable demands of my cousin?
Heheh slum, I can imagine which.
Looking forward to two weeks in a row of GP. These should be good races.
Yep, already making plans for tomorrow’s qualy & the race sunday. Looking forward to it.
Because concentration of resources means more and better services. Which also means a servant caste, which can create shitholery.
Nobody needs more than $100K per year after-tax income.
How am I going to keep building up my classic shotgun collection on less than $100k a year?
With enough shotguns you can start breeding them?
When a double bore and an open choke love each other very much….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zaebtU-CA
Protest of the 95% tax bracket.
Weren’t the Stones living in France around that time to escape the onerous UK tax burden?
Probably.
95% is still better than the Swedish author who ended up over 100%.
Astrid Lindgren of Pippi Longstocking fame. And she wrote a story about it, Pomperipossa in Monismania, that led to the downfall of the Social Democrats government.
Related musical link.
Lot of smart cookies around here so this is probably common knowledge. But when I read Albert Goldman’s John Lennon biography I was SHOCKED to read the story behind “Taxman”.
The lyric “That’s one for you, 19 for me… Should 5 percent appear too small, Be thankful I don’t take it all.” was factual. Back in those days, the top tax rate in Britain was 83%. Yes, 83. And the so-called “super rich” had 15% tacked on to that. So they were paying, brace yourself, a 98% tax rate.
Taxes around here are shit. Theft, at the barrel of a gun. But as bad as we have it, imagine making a dollar for an hour of work. Then Uncle Sugar comes at you with armed thugs, steals what he wants, and leaves you with 2 pennies in your hand.
And the so-called “super rich” had 15% tacked on to that. So they were paying, brace yourself, a 98% tax rate.
If I remember correctly, Tolkien paid that rate.
Then he became a communist.
And that was the time when Thatcher had to pull them out of being in complete shit, economy wise.
Scooby-Dee “Arrrrrrrewww??” sound effect. I didn’t know this was your link until after I wrote that screed below.
By the way that’s Scooby Doo. My kingdom for an edit button.
Guess we’re well past the point of: “One day you’ll look down at your paycheck, and realize they’ve done started taking HALF!”
This is pretty solid:
DeSantis on Vaxx mandates
“If it’s an emergency, why did they wait 2 months?”
Lots of good stuff there.
I just noticed. He says “uh”, “ah”, and “um” far too much.
As much as Obama?
Hey, c’mon, man! Obama was reading his “uhs” off of a teleprompter!
DEG, are you a member of Toastmasters?
No.
Though, in a public speaking class I took during my undergrad, “Don’t say ‘ah’, ‘um’, or ‘uh’ too much or people will start to count them instead of paying attention to the content of your speech.” came up. The instructor wasn’t a Toastmaster as far as I know, but he was a former stand-up comic.
/gently pats his Switch
These euphemisms…
No that’s an honest description of his girlfriend.
Switch: A person who vacillates between dominant and submissive roles within sexual relations.
A “switch” means a whole other thing to me and my age cohorts. And you never wanted to get sent out to cut one.
^this, Ouch!
US Would Have Highest Top Income Tax Rate Among Developed Nations Under Biden Plan, New Analysis Warns
Well they need to pay their fair share, don’t they? It’s not like the tax is a cost that will trickle down to the consumer or anything.
And when the value of your 401K goes down to below the actual number of dollars you originally put into it?
We appreciate you helping out society like that, Dear Comrade.
Happy Guy Fawkes day. When the the English celebrate stopping the only man to enter Parliament with honest intentions. on Jan 6th. I mean Nov. 5th
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli’ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below,
Poor old England to overthrow;
By God’s providence he was catch’d (or by God’s mercy*)
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holla boys, Holla boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
And what should we do with him? Burn him!
Insurrection!
Idiots.
“As it stands, there will likely be about 1.5 million fewer Switches on the market this holiday season than previously anticipated.”
But how many toggles? Levers? Knobs?
Lower your expectations!
IT: If you’re going to keep all of your eggs in that one basket, you may want to upgrade the basket, it’s old enough to drink.
Agency: Whycome you want to waste money on toys?
Server: *breaks*
Agency: Get server back! We have start of month processing, special events, and billing to do!
IT: *sigh*
The agency only thinks it’s a waste of money because their cronies don’t get a chance to wet their beaks on the proper upgrade.
/looks at client that’s running on a platform that is long past end of support
/looks at calendar that shows their busiest time of year coming up
What could possibly go wrong?
I could end up losing my weekend at the pace we’re piecing this database server back together?
I have some experience with such things. Good luck.
/looks at python2 codebase
*sigh*
for x in *; do 2to3 -w $x; done
Problem solved!
😉
I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter. I am a huge fan of industrial sabotage.
Indeed, Biden’s plans include a vast suite of tax hikes to “pay for” the proposed spending—hikes that would leave the US with the highest top income tax rate among developed nations, according to one analysis.
LET’S GO BRANDON!
I have a link: Feds raid Project Veritas’ journalists’ homes.
That’s related to the alleged Ashley Biden diary, right?
Yes.
Fun music:
https://youtu.be/sEd6wNC3xo0
McAuliffe Blames Loss On Low 3AM Ballot Turnout
Trump Forced To Start From Scratch On His ‘Dems Rigged The Virginia Election’ Speech
It’s really been a decade since the final Hairy Podder movie? I never read the last couple of books or saw the movies of them. Long story short I think a few significant characters die and there’s some kind of epic final battle in which Hogwarts gets totally razed to the ground. Is that about it?
No clue.
Yes, that’s about it.
Thanks, Main Kevin in comparison with whom all Kevins are other Kevins.
You’re welcome. And thank YOU for the high praise.
https://youtu.be/MIkHlZJQmaE
Thanks, that’s about the level of summary I was looking for.
Hogwarts wasn’t razed, it survives and Harry’s children with Ginny, and Ron’s with Hermione, go there.
“Aa few significant characters die” don’t die, a shit-ton of significant characters die, to the point some younger kids I know were traumatized by it. Murdered by Death Eaters at the final battle.
Harry kills Voldemort, at the expense of said significant characters, and it’s implied what’s left of his Horcrux-torn soul is delivered directly to Satan.
So, a good time happy ending.
Reasonably good conclusion, however if you ever finish the books do yourself a favor and skip the epilogue completely.
Oh uhhhh…. Spoiler alert for a 15 year old book.
Fairy nuff
The Bee also does real news.
Dems Announce Plan To Call People Racist Even Harder
Report: Hillary Clinton Tried To Prove Trump Was Colluding With Russians By Colluding With Russians
They’re brutal and I love it. From the sidebar:
Secret Service Agent Spotted Carrying Diaper Bag
Toddler With Full Diaper And Incoherent Speech Goes As Joe Biden For Halloween
There is a big problem afloat.
Ship Report 11/3: 159 total ships inport LA/LB including 101 at anchor or loitering & 58 at berths. Of the 159, 102 are container ships including 76 at anchor or loitering & 26 at berth. 52 vessels loitering; 45 container ships, 2 tankers, 4 bulk, 1 general cargo.
Caravan of Somali’s seen leaving MN.
At this point they may be the only ones who can unload those ships.
I need to momma brag a little. My HS senior just got his SAT scores back — 1590 out of 1600 bitchezzzz! THAT’S MY BOY!
Damn, well done. Where was he less than perfect?
Verbal. 800 math. He’s always been accelerated at math, far above grade level, which is one reason he’s at a private school.
Congrats!
Damn, nice work!
Woot!
Where’s my LIKE button?!
Excellent!
Go you!
I had no idea you were asian.
Congratulations! That’s awesome!
And I hope that potential schools are impressed as well, they should be!
But a cautionary tale: Two years ago our son scored a 1560 on the SAT, which was the 99.6 percentile. We were thrilled and even started raising our expectations for the applications. But we were stunned at how many schools turned him down, or put him on the no-chance waiting lists. He even was rejected from the college both my wife and I (and her mother) had attended, which he went early decision, even though we had been very generous donors for over 30 years continuously. (We stopped donating after that, those fools). We learned from a contact on the admissions panel that he was 1) too lightly complected; 2) they wanted kids who would be the first in their family to attend college, 3) we weren’t poor enough; 4) there were too many other applicants from northern California; 5) he wasn’t lgbtq+; 6) there was no evidence of him being a social justice warrior, in fact his interest in majoring in economics said the opposite. All his extracurricular stuff, leadership positions, lacrosse team play, and starting his own successful internet business in HS apparently were meaningless.
He only applied to two Ivies and two other schools at the Ivy level, out of 16 applications, so it wasn’t setting his sights unreasonably, either. Some much lower ranked schools dinged him too.
Despite this, we are thrilled where he ended up, and his college turned out to be a perfect fit for him. He’s doing great. But it still blows our mind at how a stellar transcript and winning essay weren’t near enough in the current era.
Our major institutions are clearly filled with very serious people.
I had a classmate with similar academics as me who got a free ride to Harvard. I got into an Ivy but I didn’t get any free ride. So I said fuck you and went state. This was 30+ years ago – this shit’s been going on forever.
Enraging.
Glad it worked out for him, but those rejections suck!
oh yes, we have most of those things the same (Asian=White, of course), plus the pandemic screwed up a lot of placements as well, since kids (reasonably) took a gap year last year so there’s even fewer slots for next year available. These admissions people have boxes to check! Which is why he’s doing a CalState app as well as the more prestige ones.
ha, econ. I bet yours and mine would get along, then.
Awesome!
That’s fantastic! Great job.
That’s fantastic. Congratulations.
*celebratory gunfire*
Winning.
Well, guess I’m glad I already have my Switch. Seriously, best $300 I ever spent. I have gotten more use and enjoyment out of that little thing than just about any other gadget I ever owned. It probably works out to about .0001 cents per hour, not including the price of games.
mario maker 2 is the best and worst game ever
Just about ‘greed there my friend.
*cackles* I mean, it’s not like there is anything we can do about gas prices. It is really a comically ridiculous question. And please pay no attention to the 2017-2020 period behind the curtain.
Host Tom Keene said, “In Sturgis, Michigan, it is $2.89 a gallon. I guess that’s better than in California. What is the Granholm plan to increase oil production in America?”
Granholm laughed and said, “That is hilarious. Would that I had the magic wand on this. As you know, of course, oil is a global market. It is controlled by a cartel. That cartel is called OPEC. And they made a decision yesterday that they were not going to increase beyond what they were already planning.”
Yeah, ignoring that we were well on the way to breaking that cartel or at least flipping them the bird. I’m not a fan of Star Trek Picard — that that “Sheer fucking hubris” clip Critical Drinker uses a lot is leaping to mind about now….
Every single Biden cabinet member is either ignorant, a ghoul, or both. jfc.
She must have learned that from Harris. She is now on her way to being just as popular.
“The FBI searched two locations in New York linked to Project Veritas as part of an investigation into how Ashley Biden’s diary was stolen and published online.
The New York Times reported that one apartment in New York City and another in Westchester County were searched.
In October, Ashley Biden reported multiple personal items stolen in a burglary to federal authorities, including the diary.
Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe issued a video statement on Friday confirming the searches.
He also claimed that he had received the diary from a ‘tipster’ who claimed Ashley had ‘abandoned the diary in her room’.
O’Keefe then denied it was him who posted it online. Project Veritas did not publish the excerpts, but they appeared on a different website.
‘It appears the Southern District of New York now has journalists in their sights for the supposed crime of doing their jobs lawfully and honestly,’ O’Keefe said. ‘Our efforts were the stuff of responsible, ethical journalism and we are in no doubt that Project Veritas acted properly at each and every step.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10170569/FBI-RAIDS-Project-Veritas-linked-addresses-linked-Ashley-Bidens-stolen-diary.html
Given the messed up proclivities of that family, my mind is pretty open for the diary being misplaced. I mean, it isn’t like anyone else in her family would drop off a laptop full of incriminating emails and documents for repairs and then just not bother to pick it back up or anything. Heaven’s no…
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Let it snow!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cy04cAlIWU
The FBI is investigating a break in, but couldn’t bother to investigate USA Gymnastics. Fuck Joe Biden
“Josie Canseco frees the nipple on night out with her DAD Jose as she wears see-through top with no bra to celebrate 25th birthday”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10169753/Josie-Canseco-flashes-flesh-arrives-arm-dad-Jose-ring-25th-birthday.html
Classy.
So *that’s* how it is in their family…
That’s just weird.
It’s a weekend, I’m home and upright, so I’ll kick off the Zoom/Happy Hour/Refuting Entropy at 20:00 Eastern.
Next weekend I’ll be out of pocket as Friday the girlfriend and I are going to head out for a night out, and Saturday we’re going to be geeking out at the Cleveland Gaming Classic. Free play arcade, retro game room, vendors, game wall, and some potential at checking out some games in development.
The object at the center of the FBI raids which DEG and Count Potato link to above is this alleged diary of Ashley Biden in which she describes inappropriate conduct by her fater, now-president, Joe Biden. I have no idea of the veracity of any of this.
Sounds like another case of “a little TOO perfect”, but then again as mentioned above, Hunter’s laptop seemed that way too. Seems like a hand written diary would be hard to verify, although one was reported as stolen, and could you create a convincing fake in under a month?
I said earlier in the week that my reaction to these sorts of things has gone from “that’s tinfoil-hat territory” to “that’s plausible” in a depressingly short period of time.
I was just thinking that same thing. Today I had that realization with the pharma companies. They are making big bank on vaccines, and are in position to do so by force of law for every year for eternity. They spend tons on advertising with the corporate press so anything shady will never be reported. This week I saw that blacked-out congressional hearing about ignoring reactions during the vaccine trials. There is no way they aren’t hiding something big, probably multiple somethings.
The Truth Twitch!
This has become a standard point of mine when I’m trying to explain why I won’t get the vaccine. The rate and severity of side effects could be much higher, and there’s an extremely strong possibility that it would be ignored by the press and removed from social media as “misinformation”.
I dont really buy it, either. I may need to adjust my tin-foil, but its the DNC/DOJ/TMITE throwing a senile old fuck under the bus. See also Cuomo.
Whatever they had planned didnt work, so they’re going to stall in the media and re-group.
If it’s hand written, wouldn’t it be easy to verify?
I don’t know. Are handwriting experts still used in court? Maybe it would be easy.
Yes, they are. And I don’t know whether they are drug-dog level accurate, or double-blind level accurate. Also, there must be forgers out there somewhere who can fool the experts, and I suspect there is an overlap between the forgers and the experts. [passes ceremonial roll of tinfoil to TOK]
There is a whole eco-system of expert witnesses who basically make their money testifying in court. Some of the highest paid are people with both an MD and a JD (law degree).
Konrad Kujau says yes.
Well, he’s certainly no Kennedy.
“BOMBSHELL: New York Times, FBI Confirm Legitimacy of Ashley Biden Diary Published by National File
National File’s reporting is confirmed by the New York Times and, strangely enough, the FBI”
https://nationalfile.com/bombshell-new-york-times-fbi-confirm-legitimacy-of-ashley-biden-diary/
Bigger bombshell for me and maybe I just missed it, but that was published online before the 2020 investigation and Bill Barr opened an investigation into its alleged theft?
*election
Sorry about missing the discussion in the midday thread. Ironically, I was out having lunch with a bunch of patent attorneys.
Billable hours right?
Lol, thankfully not a concern for me.
Twenty-nine dogs at the park this afternoon.
So much romping.
Sounds like a recpie for disaster.
Obligatory
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ojULkWEUsPs
Good afternoon!
Thanks for the lynx, Riven, even though I know nothing about gaming.
I do know, however, that punishing the productive is not a string strategy. But of course that won’t stop the fucking Brandon Brigade.
Any of you revolver guys use a particular snap cap/dummy round for dry fire/reloading practice. I’m a clumsy retard so I must practice!
If you are trying to improve dexterity, use spent cartridges, it’s more difficult to load than live ammo.
Um, for loading, not firing.
Thanks, I’ll use some spent ones for ejecting, but I was thinking snap caps for the speedloaders and dry fire.
You can use whatever you want for the speedloader. Unless it’s a .22, dry firing an empty or spent chamber should not damage the gun. Otherwise, there would be all of these broken centerfire revolvers, because people often miscount how many shots they fired. Although, check with the manufacturer. Using snap caps is fine, but some people are against using them for safety reasons because it’s “loaded” with something. Regardless, never dry fire with the muzzle pointed in an unsafe direction.
Dodge drama.
Our truck would randomly not start up after having been driven somewhere. Turned out to be some PCM thing that only the dealer could fix. Yes, I hear you groaning at the word “dealer”. My husband was quoted $600 via text. He approved this via text. Almost 2 weeks later, it’s done and the final cost is … $1800. So my husband says, “I don’t fucking think so. It’s a goin’-to-Home-Depot truck and I’ll let you keep it before I’ll pay that.” They dodged his calls for over a week. Yesterday (mind you, we’re a month out and we needed the truck during our move, didn’t have it, and had to rent one), the dude finally calls and they can’t come to an agreement, so the dude says, “I’ll eat the labor. Let me find out what the parts cost.” He did not find out because the parts manager was out. Now, look, if he can’t hit a couple of keys on his keyboard and look that up, I’ll eat my hat. So he says, “Why don’t you come get it and we’ll hammer this out Monday?”
Husband tells me we need to go get the truck and I’m just floored. “Without paying for it? Absolutely not.” “Why not?” I explained what a mechanic’s lien is. He had never heard of such a thing.
I mean, there is no way anybody could wring $1800 out of that truck. It’s 21 years old and has almost 400,000 miles on it. But don’t think a dealer wouldn’t be enough of a dick to slap one on that truck if we didn’t come up to scratch.
Lovely. I’ll never understand why people choose to be assholes. It isn’t that difficult to treat people the way you’d like to be treated.
IANAL. But I believe the lien only becomes a problem if you want to transfer title, including donating to charity.
That the dude doesn’t have a figure and needs to talk to his manager reeks of bullshit and sets off my alarms. Looks like they’re setting you up for a good cop / bad cop workover.
Also, the final cost being triple the estimate without intervening communication is also a warning sign. They should have at least called/texted “hey, it’s going to be $1800 do you still want us to repair it?”
RIGHT?!!!!
I just got stuck for an extra 500$ on a 600$ repair, but at least they called first. It’s a reputable shop that I’ve never had trouble with but I still wonder if they pulled a fast one.
Yes, I know that the lien is triggered by sale or donation. That doesn’t mean I want to live with a lien on my truck.
Sorry. It does sound like a scam attempt.
I promise to personally help primary Machin’s pussy ass if he folds like a cheap Chinese lawn chair on the dem’s insane spending. And he’s toing to, it’s a 100% guarantee. 100 fucking percent. Fuck you, Manchin, go live on the same island that Roberts bought and you can both fuck each other in your mealy mouths.
I meant Manchin of course. 7 beers, still pretty good spelling and I wasn’t driving my car 157 mph in a residential area, so there’s that.
Jeez, I just crawled out of the recliner from my after-work nap. How’d you fit 7 beers in? Day off?
*cough* alcoholism *cough*
In celebration of what might be one of my last trips out to get high quality, and maybe interesting and exotic food (due to my imminent jab-firing), I stopped in at the Asian market today for some hondashi, some king and oyster mushrooms, fresh Szechuan peppercorns and ginger root, and some shichimi togarashi and furikaki.
While there, I saw something that caught my eye and said what the hell. I’m now the proud owner of 1.2 pounds of fresh chicken hearts. I’m a huge fan of offal; tripe, tongue, and liver pate are among my favorite things. But this is an entirely new one to me. I’ve seen several recipes already at the usual suspect sites, but I’d love to know if there are any Glibs out there with preparation suggestions. (BTW: my propane and propane accessories are stashed in the garage due to some ongoing outside work, so that method isn’t available to me).
Too bad, re: the grill – grilled chicken hearts are the bomb.
I’ll defer to others.
Grilled chicken hearts sounds epic. One of the recipes I saw somewhere was marinated hearts on skewers, flame grilled to perfection. Damn right I’m going to try that method as soon as I can get my damn grill back where it belongs.
Not asian, but I like them in tomato sauce. Although, I can’t eat them anymore because I have to watch my iron.
In my youth I would have said bullshit how can you have too much iron? But several years ago my own elderly dad was getting a check up and when it came time to draw blood they couldn’t get enough. Dr said it was way too much iron and they showed me a drop going in to a vial where it just dropped like a rock. Didn’t think it was possible to have too much of a good thing but there you are.
We figure it’s because Dad loves spinach, broccoli, and red meat.
Dirty rice?
Suthen probably has a good recipe for dirty rice
Onions, peppers, something, something, capful of Zatarain’s crab boil, something, something…
Holy cow, I didn’t realize hearts or gizzards in general are used in dirty rice but I just looked it up and sure enough. I’d put aside half the hearts for that purpose, except that I’m cutting out carbs starting YESTERDAY(!). However, when I ease them back into my diet, I’ll keep that fact in mind….
Mmmm gizzards nom nom nom
I just roasted a carcass along with the innards and then made another 16 cups of broth. Last batch I did was an all day stock and it is all thick and gooey goodness.
Innards and carrots in that cook went to the dogs for being so darn cute. I do no sodium stocks/broths
Me too. Stock is an ingredient, salt later.
WORD!!!
Chicken livers for dirty rice…
I’ve never prepared chicken hearts.
I have eaten a lot of them at Brazilian BBQs. Whatever the folks at those restaurants do, chicken hearts are delicious.
I can’t stand them, but whenever mom made fried chicken, dad always scarfed down the fried hearts and gizzards first.
I love innards. Livers, gizzards, hearts…
When I buy whole chickens, I sometimes make pate from the liver. And sometimes fry the heart and gizzard. There used to be a drive in in my hometown that offered a bucket of fried gizzards. Always my dad’s favorite.
Organ meats, acorn squash, butternut squash, and octopus are really the only things I won’t eat.
Octopus? The sweet delicious meat? Are you including calamari (squid) in that? And Ink for black pasta?
Taste belongs to each of us, but my man…. You’re missing some good stuff….
Octopus is delicious, but for me, it’s ethical; they are too smart for me to want to kill. I love squid though and will eat my weight in fried calamari.
Well you’ve hit upon one of my weak points. Once a year or so, I vow to give up pork. I can’t stand it, because pigs are sweet, intelligent, loyal creatures, on par with dogs. In my mind of I eat a pig I should be able to eat a dog, which I would never do. It’s just so damn easy to buy pork, and it’s so freaking delicious. This is try number 4,371: I’m quitting pork. They don’t deserve to be eaten.
l0b0t, same here, while us kids enjoyed the fried chicken, our parents would be savoring the gizzards. I never understood. Then as I came of age, slowly I started to dig it too, and now that I’ve hit middle age, I’ll be damned if I didn’t turn into my parents re: chicken gizzards, okra, tabasco sauce, pickles, and a hundred other things.
OK for my first attempt, I think I’ve decided I’m going to marinate them in an aioli/olive oil mixture, then broil them in the oven on skewers.
Whether they turn out well, or they suck, this is only my first attempt out of many. I’m fascinated by a highly nutritious organ meat, that’s also very affordable, and can adapt to so many flavors. If I end up in the poor house due to the jab, it might be the best thing I have going for me for a while….
So the sea bass now have a purpose, but do they have a sole?
That was a crappie pun.
OK you both get de-MER-its for that.
F*ck I just pulled something horribly doing that backbend. I apologize to you all — it was nice knowing you and I’ll show myself out now.
Ouch. Your barb makes me shad.
Don’t be so gar damned sad about it.
Easy for you to say from up on your perch.
Just trying to get some sun.
Damn dude, that’s the worst thing to come down the pike in a while.
At that point just grab your cat and let it piranha lap.
I laughed myself horse at the way you managed to switch animal types there–gives me a great feline.
Sun breem, on my shoulders,
makes me happy!
This ain’t the end.
Dammit!
I am STILL on the bridge for fixing this box. Of course we use ancient software no one kept the media for and we need to reinstall it.
At this rate I’ll get all of next week off.
Yay, tweleve hour day after yesterday’s sixteen hour day.
Just on the news regarding that truck driver (Durr) in NJ who upended the Senate Democrat leader: (Sweeney): Durr said some “hateful” stuff about Muslims (“Muhammad was a pedophile”) and Veep Harris (“she was picked because of her race and gender”). The easily offended are making the usual demands , etc. etc. I guess the Dems just couldn’t find enough or manufacture enough ballots to have Durr lose on a recount.
Should’ve assembled their opposition research earlier if they wanted to bring down Herr Durr.
He probably would have won by a larger margin…
Uh, didn’t Biden himself say he was going to pick a “woman of color”? How is Durr’s statement even controversial? Rhetorical question.
I guess calling someone who had a bride that was, what, seven years old, a pedophile is hateful. And the fact that Biden said his running mate had to be a black female makes it hateful to say K was picked because of her race and gender?
It makes you wonder why anyone would run for office against a Democrat, your life will be endless scrutiny, and you better not have ever coughed at the wrong moment in your past, or you’ll be hung out to dry.
The attacks have begun.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2021/11/murphy-stunned-at-sweeneys-election-loss-i-do-not-welcome-this-in-any-way.html
The governor has labelled Durr as dangerous.
Hi-larious. I’m glad to see Murphy is in no way chastened by just barely winning reelection.
He didn’t win. Cocksucker cheated.
Then he didn’t do it very well.
Well he is dangerous to established politicians.
Words of wisdom from a criminal who had to cheat to steal an elected office:
Uh huh. Fuck you.
I’d lose a little sleep tonight if I knew you welcomed it. As it stands, I feel warm and fuzzy knowing you fear for your grift and corruption. Oh and also? Fuck you.
Well she actually was picked because of her race and gender and the Democratic party freely admitted this.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1456344147103653889
OFFS!!
Id occupy here…IYKWIMAITYD
Fuck..her
Greee. Not here, her
It’s your dick but this is what you are going to get. https://youtu.be/jtWAr5b60fA
But before you do you will have to acknowledge that you are about to occupy territory previously held by Bob, Steve, Juan, and that one time in college by Barbara…
It is what it is.
Meanwhile, in London…
https://www.rt.com/uk/539493-million-mask-protest-london-police/
Hey KK! Class A diesel pusher with a bath and a half, 3 slides, and just 20K miles; 2008 Fleetwood Expedition for $69,995 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_J-hlNLs8o
So the employee that had my position (manager) for 6 months on detail is being a complete little bitch. I get it, you were passed up. But I am better. Besides, in a couple of months you will have the spot when I am fired. Get over it.
Past 10 years he has always been self starter, go get’em type of worker but since I have taken over, its “Im not doing anything unless told”. Fuck I hate people.
There are two people in my company. One too many.
I get it in a way. I have been passed over but I buckled down and sought out people and training I needed to get where I wanted to be.
https://rumble.com/vokrf7-sen.-johnson-expert-panel-on-federal-vaccine-mandates.html
This from this morning was an amazing thing to listen to. It reinforced my resolve. There just is not enough information or data to make this decision to get the shot or not.
Who wore it better
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1456662547298492416
Re: Taxes. Let’s go Brandon, indeed.
Assuming (generously and implausibly) that this shitbird commie, Poopie Joe, is not making a deliberate effort to completely destroy the economy and impoverish the American people. If he were, what would he do differently?
How far can we be pushed?
If we all had security in our jobs…they could probably push all of this without a rah rah online. Deny the job(s) and push it….who the fuck knows.