If you have anger issues, this one is a great tool, H/T mindyourbusiness:
Disclaimer: I’m not your Supervisor. These are my opinions after reading through these books a few times.
April 30
“Just as what is considered rational or irrational differs for each person, in the same way what is good or evil and useful or useless differs for each person. This is why we need education, so that we might learn how to adjust our preconceived notions of the rational and irrational in harmony with nature. In sorting this out, we don’t simply rely on our estimate of the value of external things, but also apply the rule of what is in keeping with one’s character.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.2.5–7
It’s important to know what I believe. It’s also important that I know why I believe what I do. I have always had a bias towards freedom and a natural distrust of authority. The more I have studied economics and history, the stronger these beliefs have become. This studying has made me more skeptical of our “leaders” and more cynical about the chances it gets fixed.
May 1
“For philosophy doesn’t consist in outward display, but in taking heed to what is needed and being mindful of it.”
—MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 16.75.15–16
I don’t have a badge I wear to show I am studying and trying to follow Stoicism. The only person that has really noticed a change in me is my wife. As long as it is improving my state of mind and how I deal with problems, it doesn’t matter to me if anyone else knows or not, but it did feel good when my wife has mentioned a few changes she has seen in me, nothing obvious or flashy, just consistent improvement.
May 2
“First tell yourself what kind of person you want to be, then do what you have to do. For in nearly every pursuit we see this to be the case. Those in athletic pursuit first choose the sport they want, and then do that work.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.23.1–2a
Why did I start studying Stoicism? Because the world was pissing me off and I hadn’t been taking care of myself. I have been working on anger control and getting myself into a better mood. These thoughts are coming fewer times and not staying as long when they do show up. I have also been able to channel my energy into running and working out, even with my medical setback, if I was not studying Stoicism at the time, it would have been too easy to sink into self pity and not recover well.
May 3
“Those who receive the bare theories immediately want to spew them, as an upset stomach does its food. First digest your theories and you won’t throw them up. Otherwise they will be raw, spoiled, and not nourishing. After you’ve digested them, show us the changes in your reasoned choices, just like the shoulders of gymnasts display their diet and training, and as the craft of artisans show in what they’ve learned.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.21.1–3
Stoicism is, at its core a simple philosophy. Can I control it? If yes, then I should do what’s in my power to be correct. If no, then I shouldn’t worry about it. Trying to tell other people about it can get complicated quickly, so I just try to live my life following it and let my attitude and well being speak for themselves.
May 4
“How much better is it to be known for doing well by many than for living extravagantly? How much more worthy than spending on sticks and stones is it to spend on people?”
—MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 19.91.26–28
How much do I spend to live in my current lifestyle? How much of that is wasted? I used to do a lot more charity work when I was younger, but opportunities are harder to find now that I am older and everyone I know is well off. I miss doing things to help young Marines and older people. I am sure the chances still exist, just not sure where.
May 5
“The raw material for the work of a good and excellent person is their own guiding reason, the body is that of the doctor and the physical trainer, and the farm the farmer’s.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.3.1
Just like Dr.s work with people’s bodies, and a farmer works the farm, I need to work with my mind. If I keep working and set aside time everyday to go through my day, I will continue to improve myself. If I assume I “got” it and no longer try to improve, it will be easy to backslide without realizing it.
May 6
“Then what makes a beautiful human being? Isn’t it the presence of human excellence? Young friend, if you wish to be beautiful, then work diligently at human excellence. And what is that? Observe those whom you praise without prejudice. The just or the unjust? The just. The even-tempered or the undisciplined? The even-tempered. The self-controlled or the uncontrolled? The self-controlled.
In making yourself that kind of person, you will become beautiful—but to the extent you ignore these qualities, you’ll be ugly, even if you use every trick in the book to appear beautiful.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.1.6b–9
Who do I respect and emulate? In real life, my step dad, and a few Marines that I either worked with or for. In history, Thomas Jefferson and Frederick Douglass and many others. If I have good role models, it helps to keep my mind focused and not loose my cool over meaningless difficulties.
This week the music is from Manowar. I know their videos and outfits are horrible, and some of their songs sound like they were written in high school:
But, if you just listen to some of their other music, they have some excellent songs.
And my personal favorite:
Thanks for this, Ron. WRT to the now gone and forgotten placeholder…
Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Where’s our placeholder comments?
This is not fine.
Don’t worry, the government has them on file somewhere.
They think no one noticed.
Like it never even happened.
Like tears in rain…
On your wedding day?
Alanis Batty? or Roy Morisette?
Come to think of it, her career did last about 4 years…
Not exactly the pleasure model.
I’ve learned to accept it.
For philosophy doesn’t consist in outward display
I’m reminded of this bit from the Gospels.
It helps being a weirdo, I could not care less about if other people approve of me.
It helps being
a weirdoold, I could not care less about if other people approve of me.At least for me, being a weirdo was not sufficient.
It’s probably both.
Yeah, I’m a little surprised that any stoic philosopher would discuss the opinion of others as validation.
I don’t think it’s using others as validation as much as it is saying validation from others is meaningless, so do the right thing regardless.
It sounds more like an exhortation against conspicious consumption and towards charity. Though couched in external validation, it does read differently from the introspective focus expected.
The Tao of Richard Feynman.
That man’s books should be required reading.
I assume you mean the books about him or his own, e.g. QED.
That bit is one of my core problems with the Church internally. Lots of pomp and circumstance… VERY VERY much outward display.
We live in a modern, post-modern world. Having trappings that help bring you out of it to contemplate religious values is a net good in my book. And having dedicated spaces that can inspire people is a useful crutch towards enlightenment.
So don’t stand on the 50 yard line immediately after the game and pray?
[snort]
When (OK, we’re talking about the future here) Mrs. Patzer makes note of a positive change in me, it’s a pretty good indication that I’m on the right track, so keep up the good work.
And because I am an unreformed idiot:
“DON’T ANY OF YOU PEOPLE WORK???”
—
MUSONIUSRUFUS,LECTURES, 16.75.15–16every day from now on, I hope.I’m multi-tasking, waiting for a process to finish.
Admittedly, there are things I could be doing – filing a weekly status report, filling out a server build request, filing firewall requests, trying to figure out what the *bleep* [Redacted] is even talking about.
But all my mind is willing to do is either cyberloaf or stare out the window at the parking lot.
filing a weekly status report
Ugh. Do not miss these.
My response to this incessant request: You either know what I’m doing, in which case you don’t need me to tell you, or you don’t know what I’m doing, in which case either you’re not a very good manager or I’m not a very good employee and so at least one of us is superfluous.
(my immediate manager agreed but his boss didn’t care and couldn’t be fired anyway)
Except, it’s a status report to the project governance board, which does not have day to day supervisory responsibility of my group, but does have responsibility over the multimillion dolar project. Since they have zero visibility to the group’s activities, there are status reports.
…Aaaand Done.
That sounds perfectly governmental. I wonder which affects decisions more, cozy comped lunches or weekly status reports?
Decisions?
You’re funny. The Governance Board exists to avoid making decisions.
^^^ THIS. The Army version is Council of Colonels which report to General Officer Steering Committees (1-2 star level and 3-4 star) – none of which make actual decisions. That is worked out at the Action Officer level (O-4/O-5). The most expensive rubber stamps tax dollars can support.
Council of Colonels sounds like a ruling junta post-coup.
This week the music is from Manowar. I know their videos and outfits are horrible, and some of their songs sound like they were written in high school
They probably were written in high school.
But not all of them.
I have Die with Honor on my gym playlist. It keeps me moving on the elliptical.
They are either really good, or mind numbingly bad, sometimes on the same album.
“For philosophy doesn’t consist in outward display, but in taking heed to what is needed and being mindful of it.”
In yet another Stoic/Christianity crossover:
One of my favorite features, Ron. Thank you!
DEG would agree.
You’re welcome.
🙂
Thanks for writing these Ron!
Lol.
Great minds, I guess!
Yep.
“Manowar, Manowar, living on the road
When we’re in town, speakers explode
We don’t attract wimps
Cause we’re too loud
Just true metal people
That’s Manowar’s crowd”
I didn’t know Epictetus was in a metal band.
Very important OT news: Oktoberfest is back!
The world-famous Oktoberfest is to take place again this year in the Bavarian capital, Munich, after a two-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Announcing the resumption of the festival, Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter said he had had a hard time making the decision because of the war in Ukraine, which could make such celebrations seem inappropriate.
He said that no coronavirus restrictions would be imposed on visitors as there was no legal basis for doing so.
as there was no legal basis for doing so
Why let a little thing like that stop you?
caused by the coronavirus pandemic
That’s not what caused it.
Don’t get too excited. We will be having more virus theatre/tyranny come autumn.
The sale of Chelsea FC may have to be postponed so that it can be serialized as an absurdist TV comedy.
I am simultaneously intrigued and horrified:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/ucgpg0/flexibility_and_jaw_strength/
SFW
That ain’t right.
How do you decide, that’s what I want to get good at?
It’s China. It’s decided for you.
Ffs…
Can’t even watch the NFL draft without being bombarded with Ukraine Propaganda
We are setting this up for one ‘mistake’ to happen that will be putting American boots on Ukrainian soil
Yeah; I noticed that too.
I can’t deal with it anymore. I’m going to resume wearing my Russian orthodox cross necklace and might even put on my Anisimov jersey (Russian national team) just to remind people that “all things Russia” aren’t necessarily bad.
And, oh by the way, all things Ukrainian aren’t necessarily saintly.
Now I want a vodka martini.
Can’t we (USA) just butt out?
Can’t we (USA) just butt out?
The US people? Sure. The US govt? Not so much.
Listen Jack. This is about defending freedom and democracy from a ruthless, uh, you know the thing.
Today has been a headache of a day. Tech called out sick so I have my coordinator out working on equipment that has been down for a week. Started calling in people offering OT to assist and no one available. So next step is for me to go out there and toss off the management hat and put on the technician cap. It’s a safety issue cause of the climbing and in a radome. The guy out there just messaged me “cover your ears….I fixed it”. Which means he climbed alone.
Some stoics would serve me well right now.
He was showing initiative.
I would have done the same thing.
A few more years of government service will beat that out of him.
Needs more passivity
“cover your ears….it’s fixed”
Ugh. I feel ya.
I can be lax with silly rules and paperwork that does more harm than good, but, working with high voltage, high explosives (and now nukes), I do NOT allow for safety violations.
I don’t ever want to be on the receiving end of a phone call about a fatality due to corner-cutting again.
I have terminated the employment of a more senior employee than I over that shit.
Yup. Ill sometimes (and have been) lax with my own safety on the job, but Im an asshole to employees. “Where’s your fall protection? Hard hat? Safety glasses?”
“Im not going to be the one to go to your house and inform your family you died at work today.”
I’ve got many stories.
Dad fired a guy one time because he had one eye and was using a weedeater without safety glasses.
Guy stood under a seized forklift load and started messing with the chains, you can guess what happened next.
Mechanic stood in the bucket of a skid steer and started messing with the foot pedals that control the bucket action because they were sticking.
Guy threw a cup of gasoline into a very large carboard box lying on its side on a hot, summer day and then walked into said box to light it.
And on and on….
Yep it pissed me off he didn’t wait for me to come out. Thanks for saving me the trip I guess but its my job as your manager to support you.
That’s what good middle managers realize. Their job is to allow you to do your job and keep the organization off your back. Unfortunately many don’t.
I used to work at a power plant, and in the area for which I was responsible were some sludge pipelines in spaces that weren’t technically confined, but probably should have been. These pipelines had the potential to collect hydrogen sulfide gas, which is extremely toxic, due to sulfur reducing bacteria that could grow in our process. To control the bacteria, we could add a biocide to the process, which we did frequently. Additionally, we had safety procedures to ensure the sludge pipelines were flushed with clean water thoroughly before being opened up for service on the pipes or pumps.
Several years after I left that place, three men were killed in the underground tunnel where the pumps for those pipelines were located. Evidently the state of maintenance had become so poor that they got backed into an operational corner and didn’t “have time” to do the flushing (and I suspect the biocide addition had been curtailed due to budget cuts). Apparently as soon as they unbolted the flanges on the pipeline they were overcome by H2S fumes, which is enough to cause immediate cardiac arrest (H2s can cause cardiac arrest within 48 hours of exposure even at low levels). Two of the men were brothers and one was killed in a foolish effort to go down the tunnel to save his brother.
Safety shortcuts are a very bad habit to condone.
Sometimes you have to be Right Bastard/Total Bitch about it. It’s one thing to be endangering only yourself, but when someone is a menace to others….
-.-
I’m trying to follow up on an obscure reference for inspiration (or rather just new material for my brain to chew on that usually churns out story ideas) and the link is to a book in untranslated 18th century academic latin. But at least it’s available free online…
Dare I trust machine translation?
Do 4 or 5 different machine translations and compare?
I’m not even sure if the content is worth the effort for my end goal.
(And right now I’ve got a work meeting… boo who schedules a work meeting friday afternoon?)
And Friday afternoon, no less. Should be grounds for immediate termination.
::suffers flashback to Friday afternoon QS9000 meetings – for which she had to take minutes – back at Delphi Automotive. Old facial tic returns::
There, there, the meeting is over. Nothing more need be done.
Hawt.
QS is almost as worthless as ISO.
Wasnt Firestone QS9000 when they made all those tires that blew apart and killed people ?
A classic: https://imgur.com/a/ptc5xhD
Modern Romance languages do fairly well with machine translation.
Japanese is awful.
On academic Latin I’d guess somewhere between the two.
I fed pieces through the machine. Some parts were legible, some parts made no sense, and portions were untranslatable and the words merely carried over.
Nice takedown.
Never touch another man’s vehicle.
That was a hell of punch.
The dumbass must have have been poo-faced. The punch was practically telegraphed in 4K.
Nice shirts.
This is a good one to contemplate.
Immediate example: wear a mask or don’t; up to you. But don’t be pushing the decision that resulted from your rationale on me.
Except the Stoic position on masks was that we should wear them because there’s no use fighting public policy and it’s a minor inconvenience for you and a lifesaver for your fellow man.
Bird Flu 2: Avian Boogaloo
A man working on a farm in Montrose County is the first person in the U.S. to test positive for avian flu, also known as H5N1, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) said.
The department said the man is mostly asymptomatic, reporting only fatigue. He is now isolating and taking the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance.
The department said the risk to people from this virus is low, as H5 flu viruses spread mostly among wild birds and poultry, and do not normally infect people or spread from person to person.
Take your vitamins and get over it.
Wait—I read 2 days ago that the one devastating our raptors (mostly owls and eagles) was H1N8. I definitely recall the “8”.
Are they being sloppy in this writing or just trying to be sensational?
Both?
Huh. The site I read a couple of days ago has replaced the specific strain references with “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)” .
Again, too early to know, or deliberately obfuscating?
China
Originating
Viral
Infectious
Disease
How long until the usual suspects start shrieking for lockdowns?
I’m shocked they aren’t already.
I didn’t know BLM/Antifa had a presence in Russia.
7 cars burned down to a crisp in Moscow. Address: 9 Kustanayskaya Street. So far cause is unknown.
Fuel+Oxygen+Heat. Duh.
Daily Quordle 95
6️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
back to par
I don’t do these enough and that bottom right was a hail mary for me
Daily Quordle 95
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Can’t we (USA) just butt out?
Haha, you slay me.
I remember when Democrats and their fellow travellers thought messianic American foreign policy was bad.
Uh when was that? Since they invented it.
Only because it was politically expedient at the time. When GWB was president, it was useful to oppose his foreign policy. Then came Obama, now Biden, and the same foreign adventurism is embraced.
IFAK envy.
Apologies for the OT Ron, but this was too good not to share. And MSM wonders why a large chunk of the population doesn’t trust them.
The Rise and Fall of the Star White House Reporter
TW – Politico
Sean Spicer and his Men’s Wearhouse suit.
Voice of the every man right there.
Yes, that left a bad taste in my mouth. These fucking people.
no longer saving democracy
Find someplace very high and pitch yourself from it.
Well ya when you just ignore anything and everything along with just reprinting what Strawberry said, I can see how it has become boring.
Good grief.
a) The Trump admin sure as hell didn’t invent that tactic.
2) Team Biden also employs this tactic.
Well, that was easy; here’s a nut-punch from just this afternoon to prove #2:
FBI Conducted Potentially Millions of Searches of Americans’ Data Last Year, Report Says
An that’s the problem. The laws are written with so many weasel words that there can be legal justification for nearly any abuse.
Yeah, you’ll notice that word “routinely”. So, what, if they only do it on occasion, it’s all good? And when is it no longer “routine”? One out of five searches, one out of ten? Four?
“Routine” always fucks people over.
Marshall, Will, and Holly
On a routine expedition
Met the greatest earthquake ever known.
High on the rapids
It struck their tiny raft.
And plunged them down a thousand feet below.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost.
3.4M people is around 10% of the US.
A decent QA/QC number.
1%
The article also goes on to differentiate between searches and people. So, in practice, it’s probably 10’s of thousands of people who account for all the searches. One is too many, but at least it seems relatively limited. Of course, that’s just the searches they are admitting to,
w/e….you dont even math, brah.
I had to sensitively account for the under-represented peoples of color and latin(x)
Also, Ive had too many beers and its bedtime.
The section of FISA that authorizes the FBI’s activity, known as Section 702, is due to expire next year.
It’s only been renewed half a dozen times since the Bush administration, but yes it’s totally going to lapse this time.
Buried headline
Which was nicely accompanied by a picture of a circle jerk.
Actually I think it makes her look like a bitch, but you do you, sycophant.
What a disaster our “Fourth Estate” has become.
Not a one of them are embarrassed by the Ben Rhodes revelations about how he played them.
Yeah, I forgot about that one. The dude basically called them a bunch of stooges who’d drink strychnine if he told them to and he’s still not persona non grata in media circles. At some point, Democrats are going to figure out that they can walk up to the press and ask if they can screw their spouses. The journalists will volunteer to do clean-up duty.
They are stooges.
They’re nothing more than Democrat Party fan-bois who are more concerned with dropping names to their own social circles than they are with reporting. In fact, reporting is the last thing they want to do.
What’s the actual evidence that Jen Psaki is particularly good at her job? I mean, if lying with a straight face is her job, yeah, I suppose she’s reasonably competent. From what I can see, it’s mostly a matter that she’s popular with the press. But, that’s mostly a function of the fact that she’s dealing with a mostly compliant press that act more like PR flacks for the Democrats than adversarial journalists. In terms of being able to give answers or address issues on her feet, Kayleigh McEnany seemed much more talented. But, she wasn’t part of the DC mean-girls club making snide comments about people’s “Men’s Wearhouse suit”.
What’s the actual evidence that Jen Psaki is particularly good at her job?
Uh, dude, that’s the narrative. Who are you to question the narrative?
‘D’ next your name = good
‘R’ next to your name = bad
‘Member how they treated Melania (an actual model) versus Michael – uh – Michelle?
McEnany was quite good. I don’t watch these briefings all that often, but every time I did happen to see one of hers I was very impressed.
It was the binders.
I so wanted her to walk in one day and say “Alright, cuntes. Let’s get this over with. ” or something to that effect.
lmao
I’d expect it to have this sort of energy
Clearly Im self-loathing and hate myself, but by G_d…….still would
Yes, clearly…
The hits keep on coming for me today. Third technician called out sick and with very generous rules that the government allows, not much I can do. On top of that, HR says no one submitted a qualified application to my old position and instead gave me two guys that aren’t even training in the discipline we maintain…fuck a duck this day sucks.
And of course…*pounds head into desk*
HIRE YUFUS !
I’m with you, Tres.
WE OUT HERE !
That is the entirety of her job but yeah the only reason she looks at all “good” at it is because the sycophants in front of her don’t call her out on all the lies.
That twat’s resume reads like “I’m a no-nothing douchebag.”
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwelltani
My thinking is he wrote this about a year too late. When you’ve got a guy in the White House with approval ratings in the thirties and the press corps acting like his bi**hes, this sort of thing just doesn’t fly.
I am thinking that is exactly why he wrote it at this point. We are bleeding billions to Ukraine, approval for his whole administration is in the tank, Title 42, DHS Ministry of Truth, DHS Attack the Parents Squad, … all of it barely any of the populace probably is aware of so you run this as if everything is calm and just goes so smoothly with the WH.
I’m not so sure about the lack of awareness. Yeah, they probably don’t know all that stuff. But, I’m pretty sure they know about the inflation, the impending recession, the schools pushing woke BS and a few other things. The only people you’re going to be trying to convince, at this point, is other people already in the tank for the administration. But, maybe that is the point. It is Politico, after all. The Democrats’ big worry, at this point, has to be their coalition blowing up with everyone trying to grab a lifeboat (progressives writing them off as “they failed because they weren’t progressive enough”, moderates trying to run as “a different kind of Democrat”, etc.). Projecting an image of normalcy, rather than acknowledging the collapse, is probably a reasonable course.
Everything they do at this point is just to maintain their base. They’ve given up on the middle, which says that they know the news for the next six months is going to suck.
Good points. What you and Scruffy said its all to maintain the base of bat-shit crazies.
And I can’t believe I typed “no-nothing”.
Must be Friday.
Jawing with Jen just makes you look like an asshole.
Funny. Jawing with McEnany made you look hysterical and retarded.
That sums up my last decade nicely.
Thanks, Ron.
One of our law firms has apparently gotten the hint that we’re gonna fire their asses as soon as we sign on a new firm. Their work has gone from distant last in the law firm stable to now being as bad as our outsourced drafters in India.
Good news is that I don’t have to send any more work to them. Bad news is I still have to review their pending work.
*brews another cup of coffee and straps in for a long afternoon*
Buckle Up Buckaroo
waitwaitwaitwait.
Your company had a firm in india drafting legal documents? As in paperwork where small changes in verbiage have big impacts on effect?
^^ this man sees the issue.
And no, it’s not a firm. We hired them in-house. Because, you know, having to go through HR to end our relationship with them is much better than simply firing a vendor.
The law firm we’re firing is a US firm that has struggled with us for a while. One of the partners is lazy and gets backed up, which results in awful work product. Any time your work product is comparable to the team in India, it’s not a flattering comparison. We could hire high school students to do a better job.
I’ve often heard concerns voiced that the rise of remote work within the US will just hasten outsourcing to cheaper places like India. This is exactly why this concern realistic for many industries.
Many of my clients already have subsidiaries in India that do what I do. Despite already having their own employees available to work at no additional cost (or minimal) to their budget, they still choose to pay very much more elsewhere. The final product isn’t remotely comparable.
And the reverse – outsourcing to wherever has hastened the rise of remote work in the US. What’s the point of going into an office when I don’t work directly with any of them?
The final product isn’t remotely comparable.
That’s where the issue arises from. Metric based mentality. A count is a count is a count. Except that it isn’t.
For our situation, why have patents? Mainly 4 reasons: 1) keep others from stealing our tech; 2) carve out a bit of space in the tech field for future development; 3) squash upstart competitors; and 4) sale/licensing.
Outsourcing a patent application to somebody who doesn’t natively speak the language and who hasn’t bothered to study the laws accomplishes none of those things. Well, I guess we could sell the patents to trolls, but even they usually don’t want the horrible ones. However, we hit our numbers reliably, every year. For a GC with other priorities and a COO trying to run half the company, they’re happy when we can flash a number on the screen and an associated cost savings. Everything else is just noise to them.
/looks at the responses from Indian help desk workers and Philippines help desk workers
I know which I would lean towards.
I can recommend getting some Costa Rican remote workers.
They’re almost all great.
Belarus is mostly good too. We’ve got some rock stars there.
Whoa! Whoa! Belarus? Good? I think we’ve found the pro-Putin Nazi!
That’s why legal instruments should be composed using the modal mu-calculus.
Engagement contracts for ad-hoc contractors
I have spotted your interest.
Who has time for anything but piecework nowadays?
I assume “$20, same as downtown” would qualify as a binding contract.
Damn, son
Now you’re speaking my language! Of course, a halfway decent template gets you 90% of the way there without all the math.
+1 Legal Zoom business model
I said halfway-decent. ??
I can’t decide if I should hiss and run away, or push for us to get that.
You may rest a bit easier knowing it’s only for Singapore.
For now.
Noticed the same!
That link was shockingly pedestrian.
Eh, whatever,
workday’sworkweek’s almost done.I’ve decided that my goal for this weekend is to finish as many incomplete short stories as I can. I’ve got my eye on three where I know the rest of the story but just have to actually write it.
Welp, I’m done here. I’m going to pack up and head on home.
Later people.
From the prior post WRT to Kale- when I make collards I use my pressure cooker.
1 cup chicken broth
1 bunch collards, stems removed and cut into approx 1/4″ pieces. Leaves cut into approx 1 1/2″ ribbons
minced garlic to taste
1/2 large white onion
generous hunk of diced smoked ham cottage butt
1 tbsp. bacon grease
Toss leaves on bottom, stems on top, then onion, garlic, ham, and grease. Cook under pressure for 15-20 minutes
Release pressure, stir, and feel the soul.
/helps to drink beer and listen to Freddie King during preparation and cooking
“And the work is a lot less rewarding, because you’re no longer saving democracy from Sean Spicer and his Men’s Wearhouse suit. Jawing with Jen just makes you look like an asshole.”
Psssst. Guess what, Shirley. You always looked like an asshole.
Done in 2.
Lewdle ?? 101 2/6
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lewdlegame.com
Inspired by stoicism and Psaki.
I found a game I can luck out in – unlike that other one. ?
#Worldle #98 1/6 (100%)
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https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
I cheated and looked at map to start. I didn’t know that was a real country.
They do “territories” too. Which is where they usually get you.
Ah, good to know.
Like a bull in a China shop
How to continue propaganda under the guise of a sensationalistic tabloid moniker.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1603132/ukraine-news-ghost-of-kyiv-dies-in-battle
Ghost of Kyiv hero of Ukraine war dies in battle defending country from Russians
THE Ghost of Kyiv fighter pilot who shot down more than 40 Russian aircraft has died in battle, according to reports.
Which woke streaming service will deliver us the sensational story of this amazing hero. The part will be played by Juicy, I hope.
It’s just embarrassing at this point.
At least Snoopy vs. The Red Baron was creative.
It was awesome!
So is this.
I’ll never forget my son as a toddler laughing his ass off at that scene.
I think I’m gonna order my new grand-niece all the Charlie Brown specials. Thanks, Tres!
Charlie Brown is such a treasure
Since Snoopy popped-up in the sidebar after that, Im truly convinced that Germans are all evil Nazis.
German is such a lovely language.
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Dogs barking as it were.
As they say; You can say the most evil things in French and it sounds like you wish to make love, but you can say the sweetest things in German and it sounds like you wish to kill someone.
Eifersüchtig!
When the girlfriend and I were in Vegas, the day we went to the strip, we were in one of the shopping areas. In there near a brewery (which is why we were there), was an art store. Hanging in the window was an original Charles Schulz sketch. I asked the woman inside just for a ballpark price. She said she could give me the exact price, which was staggeringly out of my price range ($39,500).
Ouch. That’s pricey.
My brother and I got an eight book hardcover boxed set for Easter in the early 70s. We read them yearly. We refused to part with them. It was actually 16 books because after reading half-way through, we had to flip it over to read the other book. I think we put them in a the Army thrift store when we were in HS. I wish we hadn’t.
The World War One Flying Ace was one of my absolute favorites as a kid. I had a Snoopy and the Red Barron book, too. I gotta find that and keep it with my And To Think That I Saw It On Mullberry Street.
Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
At least Vasily Zaitsev was real
Heh heh. The one night Hayeksposives shows up to movie night, it’s a Steve Smith takeover with a USA Up All Night grade film. Sorry! I am on vacation on Lake Texoma. It’s all STEVE SMITH’S fault!
I finished it today. It was… odd. Though it had its moments.
Neph is next week. After that I have some “higher quality “ new films like ‘Enter the Fat Dragon’ and ‘Black Sheep.’
I had to get that one out of my system. Although STEVE SMITH was angry that I confused Bigfoot and a Rapesquatch. I had to take a sensitivity training class. By sensitivity training class, mean….
I actually enjoyed Comrade Dracula. I was expecting a comedy, but it was okay anyway. Do you have a list of movies? I’ve missed most of them, but for now I’m off on Fridays so I can watch.
Hmm… let me put together a list of every Thursday movie and a link in the forums. I have been asked about that a few times.