All the goyim are running around like idiots. I’m celebrating the day by taking a pile of acoustic measurements for an article, so it’s a net profit for (((me))), rather than an expense. NPR Lady is traveling, so this weekend it’s just me and a 5 pound three legged Chihuahua with the attitude of a mastiff who I’m dogsitting. I’m not normally a fan of rat dogs, but this one I adore. Every time we leave the house, he goes crazy because I won’t let him chase deer. Not that we’re leaving the house much given the -35 degree wind chill…
And yes, birthdays are back, including the guy who put Claude Rains on the map; a rather complex and reluctant legend of the Old West; a rather energetic fellow; one of the more interesting people to push wood; what Jason Robards and Dean Stockwell have in common; the malevolent member of The Lollypop Guild; a guy who I was lucky enough to see play several times before he literally self-destructed; a rocker who came to a similar end; the guy who convinced me that Trump actually was an idiot; and a guy who I hope actually got two girls at the same time (and probably did).
That all behind us, let’s do some Links.
Your sperm whale’s in the gutter, your love’s in the sink.
…so one bear says, “Climate Change,” and the other bear responds, “No soap, radio.”
She actually got one right. Of course, this is after she stuffed it with pork.
“Was that wrong? Was I not supposed to do that?”
Sometimes, there IS good news.
Yes, it’s a touch chilly out. And I’m not the only one who noticed.
City of Lights, the lights being burning cars.
Old Guy Music is in theory featuring a birthday boy. But this is one of those magic times when every single solo on this song is absolutely wonderful. This will get your blood circulating.
Good tunes! Where’s that blizzard?
Dairy Queen
Good but diabetes in a cup.
Well done
She actually got one right.
She only voted no because she wanted more.
She stomped her feet because she couldn’t bring home enough bacon but she also knew the bill was a done deal and she could be theatrical. What a sham world we live in.
She definitely lives for the drama, that’s for sure.
It’s almost like she knew it would pass anyway.
I do love the fact that some of her constituents showed up to protest her voting for the Ukraine boondoggle. Apparently there are a few anti-war lefties left out there….she just isn’t one of them.
Dagnabbit — I guessed Peter Dinklage. Good one, though — morning, OMWC. Hope all goes well… have to say, I’m much more of a “closer to wolf” dog person than a rat dog one as well, so that must be one special chihuahua.
SF says… oh, whale… nevermind.
Good Morning, OM,
I recently read a bio of Kit Carson. We need more Kits and a lot less AOCs but I’m afraid it ain’t gonna happen.
You probably knew him personally.
“There you go again”
LOL
At this point, I really want nothing but Davey Crocketts so they can remember the core principle that Congress isn’t supposed to be funding 99% of the crap they’re doing.
I’m sure that will happen right after the swine flew and I win 5 straight Powerballs all while being struck by lightning, I know.
“We need more Kits”
A weird misspelling of Pinochet but I’ll allow it.
Hard times produced Kit Carson. Easy, decadent times produced AOC. AOC is personally seeing to it that we continue the cycle.
When I hear that name the first thing that pops in my head is the advice given to anyone that went out with Kit – ” When the game gets scarce dont let him get behind you.”
That IS good news. I’ve never understood the insanity of trying to ban products when it is clearly communicated exactly what you’re getting. But we’re nutty around here and believe in self-ownership, I know… so we can’t understand that we elect our rulers and all. :eyeroll:
See once you accept that you need to be ruled, the rest is easy.
Got to love a town named after a poker game. +1 3 in the bush!
#Fuckthefeds
Yeah, how dare anyone dispute the geniuses of the FDA, right? Some dirt ignorant farmer? Off with his head!
Huh, I thought the Amish farmer was going to get a jolly good rogering by the feds so that is good news.
And yes, birthdays are back, including the guy who put Claude Rains on the map;
I was thinking Michael Curtiz, considering the opening of Casablanca.
And you really need to see The Clairvoyant.
I screwed up the first link, which should have been this.
one of the more interesting people to push wood;
Happy birthday Robert Wagner?
The kind of wood that DOES float.
So I splurged this year and got my 3 nieces and nephew the Vanatoo T Zero speakers for Xmas. They NEED good sound in their rooms instead of listening to music through shitty headphones or the phone speaker.
I took your recommendation a few years ago and got the Vanatoo T1’s for myself since they are a little bigger for what I needed. They really are a great set of speakers and the guys who run the company are great. I had an amp issue with the T1’s and it got resolved right away. One of the owners even called me.
Probably Gary? Great guy and really knows his shit. I’m using the T0s for my TV along with a subwoofer. The T1Es are in my dining room.
Yep, Gary. Yeah, he was really cool. I had a question before ordering the T0’s, and both owners responded to me!
So I went to my 9th or 10th Warren Haynes Xmas Jam last weedend in Asheville, NC. Have you and Spud ever considered going? With your eclectic music tastes and fondness for Gov’t Mule, I would think it’s right up your alley. It’s always one of my favorite days of the year. 7-8 straight hours of great music and collaborations with lots of music genres represented every year.
We should. How often do they run them? Yearly?
It was every year for 30 years, then they took a year off over a controversy and 2 years for the scamdemic.
It started up again this year. It’s always the second Saturday in December. I haven’t done it, but they also have a Pre-Jam on Friday night if you get the VIP ticket with most of the musicians playing at the Orange Peel Bar.
It’s just a super cool atmosphere and great musicians. Every year there’s usually a country artist, bluegrass or country artist from Appalachia, rock band, Gov’t Mule, and something for the Deadheads / jam band crowd.
Almost every year there is someone I’m not too familiar with who surprises me with their talent. This year it was Brothers Osborne who blew everyone away. They also had Dinosaur Jr, Tyler Childers, Mule, and Phil and Friends with Warren and John Scofield on guitar, John Molo on keys. Molo also sat in with Mule this year, along with a musical chairs of other guests.
Amusingly, the chances that I’ll run into NPR Lady’s ex-husband there are close to 100%.
Maybe you guys can go together and compare notes? After another year, you should have plenty of things to bitch about.
This morning I am going to do something I haven’t done in a while…
Sit on the crapper for as long as I want with a cup of coffee and Angry Birds on my phone.
I usually do fruit ninja.
::takes a deep breath:: Good morning, Old Man, Yu, Roat, Stinky, 4(20), SDF-7, ‘sloper, Ted’S, Bob B., and KK!
Having canceled our travel plan to MO under the meteorological circumstances, the plan here is to stay indoors as much as possible (other than retrieving from the curb the trash can that was NOT emptied yesterday) and slow-cook a lovely sirloin tip roast with ‘taters and carrots. I may also bake the other small batch of muffins I’d intended to share with the in-laws on Christmas morning.
Morning, GT — sounds like a good (and tasty) plan. No firm plans for food today – tomorrow is the fairly traditional (for us) ham, green bean casserole and garlic cheddar biscuits. Hope you like your in-laws and have a great day.
My trash can, which was also not emptied, will sit on the curb as long as it takes. Fuck the city.
Would do likewise if I didn’t have to add the “offering” from the cats’ litter boxes every day.
You mean you’re not enjoying the holiday out at Tranquility Base?
Ummm….no. The neighborhood outdoor cats didn’t even come around to look for the food that’s usually out there (but wasn’t) – no little footprints in the snow.
Mornin’! Sounds delicious! My MIL is making rouladen later today which may be my favorite part of Christmas with the in laws.
Damn… those do look good. Bookmarked the recipe to try some time — thanks!
They are actually pretty easy to make as long as the person behind the meat counter will slice the top round the right thickness.
Speaking of which; I helped put away groceries yesterday and saw that four top rounds roasts, the shittiest cut of beef, cost about $20 a piece. A year or two ago we could have eaten prime rib for less than that per lbs.
Being Christmas and all I’ll politely decline to say what I think of the people making economic decisions for us.
RE: Those Rouladen’s….would. Book marked thanks. In the past I have made a giant rouladen using flank steak and stuffing with mushrooms and cheese. Delish.
Also bookmarked but I just checked the German joint a couple blocks away – they serve it. Which means I’m more likely to let them do it 🙂
Vice never heard of Parliament-Funkadelic?
Hey, we fought a war so we’d only have to pay attention to House and Senate Funkadelic!
OK LOL
it’s the Mothership Connection!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT3ecv01xDE
Flashlight!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkLYlrE2lPs
Cosmic Flop, baby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp4pgMOugbo
Lol. Or Slop, even!
Christmas eve starters. Pork pork and some pork. For the vegetarian jews among us.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5yjMe9fAZcBQPpCR9
Head cheese is hard to find around here, don’t know why. A few years ago every store seemed to have it.
‘Orning ‘ordles for those who care — nothing exciting in my results, though I had better hopes for the main event than what I ended up with, obviously. C’est la vie
Daily Duotrigordle #297
Guesses: 36/37
Time: 04:47.65
https://duotrigordle.com/
Daily Quordle 334
5️⃣2️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣
quordle.com
UR… that’s one of your seeds?!
Daily Quordle 334
5️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
Nope — but my first seed gave me the first two letters and a yellow on a vowel (4th letter), so it didn’t seem like there was all that much else it could be, so I took a guess and it paid off.
Daily Quordle 334
8️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
Daily Quordle 334
6️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣8️⃣
Daily Quordle 334
3️⃣4️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
not bad
5 6
3 7
It’s colder than a witch’s tit in space out there. I am supplementing my electric heat with a propane heater right now.
Merry Christmas Eve to everyone.
Woke this morning to the thermometer flipping me a single digit, 1. The dogs went about their morning business with exceptional promptness.
The kitchen faucet stopped running cold water. We kept the heat up yesterday but houses in SC aren’t built with 8F in mind. Guess I should tell the rental company.
Researchers surveyed Western Hudson Bay — home to Churchill, the town called “the Polar Bear Capital of the World,” — by air in 2021 and estimated there were 618 bears, compared to the 842 in 2016, when they were last surveyed.
According to our model…
Obviously the fault of covid.
ICE air-flight no doubt, contributing to further climate change and degradation of the bears’ habitat. Way to go guys.
Being Christmas and all I’ll politely decline to say what I think of the people making economic decisions for us.
We can hope they get what they deserve, can’t we?
They will. We just get it in the meantime.
So true
The temp has soared 21. It’s supposed to be above freezing for the next few days.
9
Holding steady here at 0º F
Looked like you fellers got a bit of snow.
Just broke double-digits here 😀
30 on the way to 45. Cold snap is over.
Same for us. It’s already warmer than yesterdays high temps.
“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) was the only House Democrat to vote against a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package on Friday, voting “no” on the measure because of increased funding for defense and federal agencies that oversee immigration.”
If only the funding for these did anything useful.
It’s kind of crazy. I just got back from a road trip in France. No potholes anywhere. Roads all seemed to be recently paved. And almost everywhere the utilities were underground. Come back to Florida, where we don’t even have snow and ice as an excuse, and the roads are jarringly bad. And we just gave Raytheon enough money to fix all of them.
I smell a travelogue post! 😃🥖🥐/woefully untraveled person
Hey, Red. Up above I linked a song with one of the greatest male vocalists of all time, the sadly missed Glenn Goins, and I though of you. It’s the Mothership Connection song and he kicks in a about 5:45 on it. Check it out!
Wow! Thanks! 😃 Yeah, the funk was a part of the soundtrack of my childhood, courtesy of my playmates in the “changing neighborhood” in which I grew up. Don’t know if I ever heard that one, but P-Funk and, of course, hometown heroes the Ohio Players were featured prominently.
““The USDA wants to take what was supposed to be an interstate labeling law and use it to regulate what foods you can and cannot put into your own body.””
Meanwhile Dems want to force you to take an experimental injection that causes blood clots.
I’m not a milk person, but gett between me and my red meat and sees what happens.
Typing on my phone is awful…
“Get between me and my red meat and see what happens”
See my post above about the skyrocketing price of beef. How many Christmases until we start seeing commercials for delicious tofu loaf or cricket roast as an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to bird, pig or cow?
If they were smart they’d market it as Christmas like the Cratchets! They of course are not smart.
Christmas like the Cratchets:
Everything is too expensive for your budget
Your boss is a dick
You freeze for lack of fuel in the winter
Eventually your kid dies waiting for government run healthcare.
Coming soon!
Road trip to CA and shop lift the whole beef section. I hear SF is nice year round.
gett between me and my red meat and sees what happens
While it is great that you found love on the reservation, you really should call him by his name in public. Save the pet names for your private moments.
The capacity for polar bears in the Western Hudson Bay to reproduce will diminish, Atkinson said, “because you simply have fewer young bears that survive and become adults.”
There is a specific precise number of bears appropriate for this habitat which should be permanently stable.
These people aren’t scientists, they’re zookeepers.
There has never been population fluctuation in the animal kingdom. Everything is in perfect balance all the time. Only nasty old Humankind can upset the balance. This is known.
I think I could take a polar bear in a fight. they need to toughen up
Other Twitter users were horrified and aghast to see the images, and several speculated about how terrible the flesh must have smelled.
f only there were a few polar bears around to clean it up.
Guess I’ll hit the road now. See y’all.
Be careful out there!
it is unseasonably warm. weird.
We are going to have that in early January. It’s good you aren’t freezing for lack of Russian gas.
So the missing link is in the City of Lights?
The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn
“In a call with Yashar, Kosatka admitted that the decision to withhold the information from parents and inform the students in a low-key way was intentional. “We want to recognize students for who they are as individuals, not focus on their achievements,” he told her, claiming that he and the principal didn’t want to “hurt” the feelings of students who didn’t get the award.”
This woman is scum
Correction this man
It seems that my Kia is surrounded by deep snow, not a plow in site. I shall commence day drinking,
Tall Cans!
🍻🌨
Cheers Bob!
I put in a couple hours of OT and came home with a 30-pack.
Im right there with ya.
Powerline,
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/12/the-week-in-pictures-merry-christmas-edition-2.php
Lol the gas behind the license plate meme – I bought a ’77 Cutlass in the early aughts for a daily driver. The wife’s car broke down and I had an easier bus commute, so she was taking my car till hers got repaired. The first time she had to fill it I got a call from the gas station because she couldn’t find the gas cap.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/12/IMG_1965.jpeg
Not too horrible
Access denied. 🙁
Link works for me. It’s in Yusef’s link a ways down.
Elena Musk
How gracious and benevolent our liege lords are
The IRS has delayed, for a year, when payment services such as Paypal and Venmo and e-commerce companies such as eBay, Etsy and Poshmark will have to issue tax forms to individuals whose business transactions through those platforms exceed $600.
The agency on Friday said that such third-party platforms won’t have to use that threshold for when they report 2022 tax-year transactions on a Form 1099-K, which goes to both the IRS and taxpayer. Instead, they can rely on pre-2022 threshold of more than 200 transactions worth an aggregate above $20,000.
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 dropped the threshold to just $600. And even a single transaction can trigger a form.
“To help smooth the transition and ensure clarity for taxpayers, tax professionals and industry, the IRS will delay implementation of the 1099-K changes,” Doug O’Donnell, acting IRS commissioner said in a statement.
“The additional time will help reduce confusion during the upcoming 2023 tax filing season and provide more time for taxpayers to prepare and understand the new reporting requirements.”
The agency said it will issue additional details on the delay, as well as guidance for taxpayers who may have already received a 1099-K as a result of the American Rescue Plan changes.
Even without the new reporting requirement in place, income from business transactions through such platforms is still taxable, which means sellers must report it. The delay only means business activity won’t generate a 2022 tax form at that low threshold.
All your earning are belong to us.
No coincidence they fund the hiring of thousands of agents around the same time they announce this reporting requirement.
I wonder where they line up on billions of dollars in payments to foreign dictators.
IRS Form STFU-1984. You can also use supplemental form FYTW-2020 to declare all monies laundered via CIA and friendly corps that have been green lit to assist in funneling said monies.
Oh, goddammit.
Philip Pullman: ‘I had to grow up before I could cope with Middlemarch’
The author of His Dark Materials on the life lessons in George Eliot’s masterpiece, ditching Lawrence Durrell and being wowed by Ginsberg
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/23/philip-pullman-i-had-to-grow-up-before-i-could-cope-with-middlemarch
Pullman is an idiot. Not only did his series suck, but Durrell is miles better than anything Ginsberg shat out.
Second that.
“We want to recognize students for who they are as individuals, not focus on their achievements,”
in what universe does that even make sense? You are what you do.
The war on objective reality continues.
You are what you do.
No, you are what we tell you; now stop that annoying thinking for yourself! Unless of course you are prepared to choose to be one of our approved identities.
Objective reality is white-supremacy. Or so I am told.
Last week, the American Institute of CPAs shared “deep concerns” about the $600 tax reporting threshold in a letter to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee.
The professional group said it supported a National Taxpayers Union Foundation recommendation to raise the threshold to “a level sufficient to exempt casual or low-level online activity.”
AICPA said even a $5,000 threshold would be “significant progress.”
The IRS needs to be able to track every penny’s worth of financial transactions and get the Big Guy’s cut.
I’m certain this was delayed in order not to fuck up 2024 for Biden.
What fabulous treasures are buried in the latest omnibus spending bill which will be passed unread and unexamined?
Lots o’ gun control. GOA has a good breakdown.
Welcome to 2023, my fellow felons!
A shit-ton of “social justice” and “equity” crap.
Billions of dollars sent to foreign countries and billions in domestic spending, all of which is so far outside the purview of the federal government that it is not even in the same galaxy.
It’s all non-existent funny money though. So there’s that.
I seem to detect a slight difference in tone when the last administration was speaking to the recipient of our largesse.
https://nitter.net/Amer_icanbadass/status/1606324273647276032#m
Global warming, my ass.
*ahem*
“Climate Change.” To get around pesky winters like this.
They should just call it Worser Weather – that really covers it.
How long before they develop a ‘model’ and when the weather is outside that given predicted model it will be because humans caused it?
Forty-five or so years ago. Sigh.
Rebutting Twain’s claim that people talk about the weather but never do anything about it.
Worsted Weather?
Good morning, Old Man!
A three legged Chihuahua sounds like some sort of punishment.
King is king. 5 pounds of dog with 200 pounds of attitude.
Hates other animals and intimidates them. All of them. The neighbor’s German shepherd cowers, l0b0t’s Maine Coon runs and takes cover.
Apparently, other than his owner, I’m the only human being he likes.
This dog is a Glib.
Lol.
I like small dogs that play big! Border Terrier is on our short list for next doggie!
Yeah, our Jack Russel Schnauzer mix loves to torture big dogs.
He is fucking adorable Tundra. Got to see him on the zoom the other day.
He’s a Chihuahua. Not adorable, by definition. Ankle biters and whiny little yappers can suck it.
Was he murdering something?
“From steroid-injected hamsters to Pentagon espresso machines, Sen. Rand Paul debuts his annual ‘Festivus Report’ and the airing of grievances over ‘government waste'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11570441/Rand-Pauls-annual-Festivus-Report-highlights-482-billion-government-waste.html
Only $482B?
He only is covering waste, not fraud and/or abuse.
Thanks, Edit Fairy!
Happy Shwanzaaa!
Schlurring her wurdz?
Pelosi mocked for wishing Americans a ‘Happy Shwanza’ during final speech as House Speaker: ‘Shawarma?’
Mocking her, on Twitter user wrote, ‘Happy Shwanza to all and to all a good night’
She just needs to keep the chill off her bony ass.
I’m sure it probably got nuked but the Nanshey Peloshi twitter account was magical.
Merry Silicone Saturday to all and to all big, bouncy tits!
https://archive.ph/EeQWn
From the Amish vs. USDA article – he refuses to treat his meat with some USDA concoction, therefore they consider it adulterated? That makes no fucking sense and me thinks the USDA doesn’t know what adulterated means.
It is you that is mistaken. Now, once more how many lights do you see?
Well, hell yes it’s another Amish crime. After all, aren’t the Amish responsible for much of the violence and crime in America?
Good essay:
https://compactmag.com/article/armenia-s-race-for-survival
I’ve been tracking the Armenian predicament for some time. This is a good summary of how things have gotten where they are now. It’s been frustrating for me to note the lack of coverage this has received in the American press, but I shouldn’t have been surprised.
I know a young Armenian mechanical engineer from my previous job (there is a significant Armenian diaspora in California; the buyers of my house there are Armenian) and she often shares articles and essays like that to try to call attention to the harms the US is casually causing by action or words.
It’s a sad situation. The ancient history adds yet more perspective for anyone with time on their hands for a good book.
A day which will live in infamy
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rebutted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) comment calling the government funding omnibus bill “one of the most shameful acts” in the chamber’s history, asking if he had forgotten about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
Pelosi responded on the House floor on Friday ahead of the voting to pass the $1.7 trillion bill, saying it would likely be her last speech as Speaker on the floor.
“It was sad to hear the minority leader earlier say that this legislation is the most shameful thing to be seen on the House floor in this Congress. I can’t help but wonder, had he forgotten Jan. 6?” Pelosi said.
Her response came one day after McCarthy railed against the bill, pointing to “left-wing pet projects” that the bill funds.
“This is a monstrosity. That is one of the most shameful acts I’ve ever seen in his body,” McCarthy said. “The appropriations process has failed the American public, and there’s no greater example of the nail in the coffin of the greatest failure of a one-party rule of the House, the Senate and the presidency.”
I hope there were a few billion dollars in there to properly memorialize the fateful day when DEMOCRACY! had its near-death experience. There should be a statue in every town square.
There is a big fat war chest stuffed in the bill for the DOJ
Hit post too soon. Specifically for J6 proscecutions. They will memorialize it by very public trials and quiet mumbles they can’t bring out the gallows and have to instead opt for supermax prisions.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2022/12/21/omnibus-allocates-millions-for-j6-prosecutions-n2617364
They are mocking us.
I can’t help but wonder, had he forgotten Jan. 6?
So Nancy, are you saying that someone in Congress had something to do with that, perhaps by ignoring the pleas of the Capitol Police? I agree, that was a shameful performance, and you’re just going to have to own it.
Pelosi said the omnibus is “truly a package for the people.”
Why is it ticking?
Modern bombs don’t tick. Now if the package is vibrating…
Its meant for Stormy Daniels ?
Omnibus is Latin for “fuck you, peasants”.
The FBI is pissing off some of their supporters.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3787443-when-the-fbi-attacks-its-critics-as-conspiracy-theorists-its-time-to-reform-the-bureau/
The people who are okay with their behavior out number those who are even mildly concerned to those outraged. The American populace as a whole want this.
Please stop, my misanthropy doesn’t need any encouragement.
From a normie POV, a fairly hard-hitting critique. Of course I would argue the FBI has been wildly corrupt since before I was born and none of this is out of character. But I’m sorry, this is pathetically naïve:
FISA courts were recommended by the Church Committee. Notice how the FBI uses FISA courts.
“Alarm: ChatGPT by @OpenAI now *expressly prohibits arguments for fossil fuels*. (It used to offer them.) Not only that, it excludes nuclear energy from its counter-suggestions.
@sama, what is the reason for this policy?”
https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/1606347326624215040
Their chatbot is in the beginning stages of the Matrix mainframe I see.
AI that disputes the physics of energy density – perfect.
“Sorry, Dave. I can only compose radical leftist arguments.”
Clown world.
+1
The Flathead County Crime Update!
Huh; who knew geocaching was still a thing.
I would be more interested using an ackshual compass and a map.
I bet there is a subset of geocachers that do that. Convert GPS coord into lat/long and go a hunting.
FM 3-25 FTW!
Orienteering!
Husband and his dudebropal are going to the Chiefs game, the tickets of which husband won (because of course he did*), and is currently awaiting said dudebropal, who is late, and husband is pacing irritably. He HATES not being on time, and to him, 15 minutes early is “on time.” He’s on the lower section toward the end zone, on row 33. Those are not cheap seats. They are also out in the wind and the windchill is -7 Freedom Units. Me, I’m happy to sit in my house rags in a warm house with a big TV with no Christmas duties to tend because I did it all yesterday.
*Sweepstaking is his side hustle. There’s a woman in his FB sweepstaking group who maybe has made it her full-time job. She posts her winnings each month and makes my husband look like a piker.
You couldn’t pay me to sit still on a metal bleacher in those unlivable temps.
Plastic chairs, but the sentiment remains. I did it once with him for a Chiefs-Raiders game. It was freezing, but not this freezing. Thing is, football is a freezing sport. The only thing that would make it better is a snowstorm.
Went to a Chiefs game near the end of the Vermeil era. Chiefs were already out of the playoffs. Cold, wind chill, freezing rain. Chiefs were up about 3 touchdowns at the end of the 3rd quarter. Looked at the guy who drove and got the tickets (for 5 or 6 of us), and said to him, “what do you think about calling it a day?” He replied, “if we leave now, we might miss something.” I said, “the only thing of import we could miss at this point would be the Chiefs choking in the last quarter.” He looks at me then, “all right everyone, let’s get out of here.”
I remember those days! And now it’s like they don’t show up until 9 minutes into the fourth quarter.
My husband’s heard ALLLL about Martyball.
Speaking of sweepstakes… read about this one a long time ago – this is a newer summary but pretty wild. https://www.tofugu.com/japan/nasubi-naked-eggplant-man/
Your husband understands time.
I hate laggers.
Visiting my folks in NC right now. Left all the taps dripping in VA and the temp set to 65 (maybe I should have set it higher this time) – will be back Mon. Praying for no unpleasant surprises.
Also a little disappointing that I’m still waiting on MilPay and travel claim from 2 weeks ago – was really hoping to get paid before the end of the year….
Well you see all our Travel AOs are on leave.
For us in FedGov I laugh at 7 days to file travel voucher and pay within 30 days regardless if FedGov processes your voucher or not.
I’m gone for about 3 weeks from flyover country. Talked with the FIL about it before I left. Set the thermostat at 65 but drained the pipes, turned off the mains, turned off the hot water heater. Just need to remember to everything in the right order when we get back.
and a guy who I hope actually got two girls at the same time (and probably did).
That is one of my favorite scenes in “Office Space”. “I’d do nothing. Absolutely nothing. ” alongside “Two chicks at the same time”. Beautiful.
An Amish farmer is back to be able to sell raw milk and meat after a US Appeals Court dropped a $300,000 fine against him is allowing him to resume selling raw milk meat.
Good.
Old Guy Music is good.
AI that disputes the physics of energy density – perfect.
Garbage in, garbage out.
Mad respect for the Santa’s Slay image to start it off.
I know how Lemmy really died.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LZ5fIKmn1ok&feature=shares
I can think of worse ways to go.
Next week it’s supposed to be 50s and 60s, which is perfect post-Christmas weather.
Cold as a witch’s tit, snow on the ground for Christmas, then hit 60 and ride that till May.
Its 16 whole degrees there. We still have 6º and 20 mph winds.
So that colder than a well-digger’s ass