by Old Man With Candy | Oct 26, 2024 | Daily Links
The Old Man is suddenly falling apart. Back in the hospital this week, with a delightful case of pneumonia. Nonetheless, after they stuffed me with bronchodilators and antibiotics, he persisted, and I’m heading to Cleveland tonight so I can watch the Christians...
by Mojeaux | Oct 25, 2024 | Fiction, Prohibition
Prologue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20A | 20B | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25-26 | 27 | 28-29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35-36 | 37 | 38A | 38B | 38C | 38D | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42-43 | 44-45 | 46 | 47 | 48-49A | 49B | 50...
by Nephilium | Oct 25, 2024 | Daily Links
So, several days into my first cruise, I have a correction to make. It’s not like being stuck in a hotel, it’s like being stuck in an airport. Albeit, with a drink package and food package that covers quite a bit. I have introduced many people to Aperol...
by ron73440 | Oct 25, 2024 | Advice, LifeSkills, Musings
Last Week Meditations How to Be a Stoic How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic If you have anger issues, this one is a great tool (h/t mindyourbusiness) This week’s book: Discourses and Selected Writings Disclaimer: I’m not...
by sloopyinca | Oct 25, 2024 | Daily Links
The Rams beat up on the Vikings. The World Series is finally starting. ManUre couldn’t even beat a Turkish side. And F1 is in Mexico this weekend. And that’s it for sports. I hope everybody in this story loses. And based on the company’s financials,...
by R.J. | Oct 24, 2024 | Film, Fun, GlibFlick
Cryptic I stumbled across this movie just a few weeks ago. The wife and I watched it, and I decided it was a perfect movie for an Every Week is Halloween post. So I threw it in the mix! The whole premise is, “What’s in the coffin?” Interestingly...
by Tonio | Oct 24, 2024 | Daily Links
DATELINE – UNDISCLOSED RURAL LOCATION: The boyfriend had to go into town today, so I got a break from the usual routine of sports, athletics, and other wholesome and manly activities. I can still hit the odd skeet after an hiatus of forty-some years! But...
by R C Dean | Oct 24, 2024 | Ballot Access, Opinion, Politics
Life in the Desert Update Turns out I did have a picture of Saguaro flowers. Saguaro blooming. The seeds sprout and grow when they are under another tree called a nursery tree (usually, around here, mesquite trees). I’ve been gathering up some of the seed pods from...
by Banjos | Oct 24, 2024 | Daily Links
Good morning one and all to another exhilarating day! “The Atlantic” Writer Behind “Suckers and Losers” Hoax Is Out With a New Hit Piece – And It Got Debunked Instantly Kelly Amnesia: Democrats once questioned general’s ethics, but now embrace his anti-Trump...
by CPRM | Oct 23, 2024 | Hat and Hair
This is the one that has become our annual Christmas Special. The Hat prays to Baby Jesusclaws to overturn the election for Donald. This will make for a special month, as hopefully on Halloween, the day after the next new episode should arrive, the Halloween Special...
