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Good news! f you survived yesterday, then tomorrow MERECURY RETROGRADE goes away. Other than that the stars are being extremely lazy, refusing to do anything until Friday when you should expect some sort of minor mishap domestically with Jupiter retrograde and the Moon. The week overall will be unsettled with Mars and the moon disturbing Libra, but Virgo finally gets some undiluted good news starting on the 18th.
Virgo: The Fool – Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment.
Libra: 5 of Wands – Games, competition, mimicry, gay orgy.
Scorpio: 7 of Wands reversed – Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.
Sagittarius: The Hanged Man reversed – Selfishness, the crowd, body politic.
Capricorn: 8 of Coins – Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship, skill in craft and business,
Aquarius: 3 of Wands – Established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery, co-operation.
Pisces: 3 of Swords reversed – Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.
Aries: Wheel of Fortune – Destiny, fortune, success, elevation, luck, felicity.
Taurus: Strength reversed – Despotism, abuse of power, weakness, discord, disgrace.
Gemini: King of Wands reversed – Good, but severe man; austere, yet tolerant.
Cancer: King of Swords reversed – Cruelty, perversity, barbarity, perfidy, evil intention.
Leo: 7 of Coins – Money, business, barter, altercation, quarrels, innocence, ingenuity, purgation, previous effort comes to fruition.
Between my Aquarius coworker/main squeeze and Aries me, could be a good week. His plane arrives tonight.
We have a lot of actual work to do over the next couple of weeks. But we will put aside some time for fun!
Sagittarius: The Hanged Man reversed – Selfishness, the crowd, body politic.
If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.
Same.
“Cancer: King of Swords reversed – Cruelty, perversity, barbarity, perfidy, evil intention.”
That sounds about right. 😈
I don’t think it’s you, I think it’s someone you encounter.
I choose to believe it my way.
Capricorn: 8 of Coins – Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship, skill in craft and business
can’t get rid o’ me, bitches! – Ken Paxton
Nice dog videos.
Money, business, barter, altercation, quarrels, innocence, ingenuity, purgation, previous effort comes to fruition.
Not sufficiently shitty.
It’s a dadgum Greek tragedy
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki gave her two cents on Hunter Biden’s recent indictment on MSNBC on Friday.
“I mean, first and foremost, the politics of this are a little hard to predict, but right now you have the president’s son, somebody he loves deeply, somebody who has very publicly struggled with drug addiction, now facing these charges,” Psaki said on “Morning Joe.”
Hunter Biden was indicted on three gun-related charges Thursday by prosecutors in Delaware. The charges also come amid mass scrutiny of President Joe Biden and his son by Republicans, with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) directing House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into the elder Biden earlier this week.
“My bet is right now, this is a heartbroken president, in the White House, who is worried about his son, and we’re all watching to see kind of what happens with this,” Psaki said.
Icarus and Daedalus, soaring above the lowly mortals.
Well, gentlemen, by all means, I think we ought to have an introspective moment of silence for poor ol’ Joe Biden. *hoovers fat line*
Now that’s a quality reaction. Really Top Dollar.
My bet is right now, this is a heartbroken president, in the White House, who is worried about his son
*jerkoff motion*
Yeah….yeah….he’s heartbroken and worried about his son. That’s it! That’s the ticket!
(Read that in John Lovitz’ voice.)
J6 prisoners have parents too. Let’s hear from them.
“Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.”
Oh my. What should I do?
Make a drink.
And a steak! Got a ribeye dry-brining in the fridge right now.
😃
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/tfU9_CncR4q9YAJ-TWhjDw.k2o40I_Zsip98Y7rxZ-Urh
I grilled these for lunch. Two more waiting for dinner.
Nice.
Meh, I had to give that up and get a new hobby.
I am way too lazy to be a despot and/or abuse my power.
Re: epicenter, people love to use science words to show how smart they are and how much they fucking love science. See also: exponentially. (hint: “exponentially more” is not actually a thing.)
You’re decimating their word choices.
🤨
He’s literally decimating their choices. 😉
NFL kicking off now.
I don’t know if I can ever adopt the Seahawks as “my” team. No problem adopting the Kraken (hockey) or Mariners (baseball).
But I was raised as a Redskins fan and that runs deep. Snyder has destroyed that franchise and I will never forgive him. I am a homeless pro football fan.
It could be worse. You could be a Vikings fan.
True…when I lived in Minnesota for 19 long years, one of my hopes was for the Vikes to get a Super Bowl win while Fran Tarkenton was still alive.
Hey, it could happen!!
There’s always room on the Chiefs Kingdom bandwagon
🙄
Hey, hey! Chiefs AND taurus!
😎
I still have affinity for the Santa Clara 49ers.
For me it will always be the Kezar 49ers.
Vikings will always be my team.
/masochist
Sticking with the commanders?
Established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery, co-operation
That’s far too positive.
The Taurus horoscope tells me I should just take the week off.
It’ll be funny if KC loses to Detroit and Jacksonville in back to back weeks.
Agree to disagree
Signs I’ve never worked with spackle before – I expected something with a consistancy closer to plaster – heavy and dense. It turned out to have a consistancy closer to whipped frosting.
I’m not fixing walls, I’m contouring diorama terrain. Cork sheets are good for laying out general elevations, but if you want a smooth contour, they’re a pain. I could have gotten foam and carved that as per tradition, but I already had the cork. Spackling the edges of the cork let me add a smooth contour that I can cover with a sheet of surface material without having voids or unwanted oddities.
Now I just have to let it set.
Why not use papier-mâché?
It’s messier, more work, and not as strong.
I suppose you could pack the paper in solid, giving something to drill pinholes into later.
Still, not my usual medium. I already use cork for miniature bases, so scaling that up was just the natural approach.
And the second alternative was the tabletop terrain go-to of foam.
If you want thicker and harder spackle, you need to get the powder and mix it yourself. You can get it in 20 minute (dries in 20 minutes), 40 minutes, and 60 minutes. It dries harder, but I don’t know if it’s more prone to cracking if you drill into it.
If you use papier-mâché, you could try using ModPodge. That shit dries hard.
Looking at what I’ve got now, I think what I’ve got will do. It’s filler in between 0.5-1.25″ of cork and 0.125″ of EVA foam to even out the contours. It needs to hold up to having possible pin holes drilled in and pins superglued in place, and not lose its shape if there’s the weight of miniatures or other terrain elements on it.
My first thought was that the stuff out the the tub was going to be heavy, as my first comment was surprise at what the consistancy turned out to be. But, I’m satisfied with what I achieved with two putty knives. Worst case scenario I need to drill the pin holes deeper until I hit cork. I don’t think anything I’m going to be attaching will be weighty enough to crush it.
Lots of housework to do today.
I’d better get my nap out of the way first.
Peace out, y’all.
If your partner loves you, he’ll help you with the housework.
He has already pledged to drive a uhaul to the storage place next weekend to pick up the stuff I brought from Nevada.
He’s such a cheerful giver. Generally humming as he works, never complaining one bit.
I have had a hard time deprogramming from years of dealing with complaining spouses, I just don’t know what to do with someone who’s genuinely happy to help and tells me that thanks are unnecessary.
https://imgur.com/gallery/SdXB7rS
Last time he was here a month ago, he came over and helped hang all my prints perfectly level.
dating bone fides
job: check
no addictions: check
no debt: check
wears grown-ass shoes: check
bald: who cares
flabby: who cares
so basically any guy who is trying at all can plow through all of femininity if Dallas is any indication
has truck and will help her move: very nice bonus
hang her new widescreen tv: I hung every one of them from Waxahatchie to Denton, about a million
✅
Sounds like prime dating material.
Don’t forget being masculine. Societal pressures that produce more soy boys are driving women into the arms of older men who know the difference between men and women, appreciate that difference, and fulfill their manly duties.
Real women approve of real men.
Mrs. Animal enthusiastically agrees.
The soy girls aren’t any better. So glad I’m not trying to date in todays world.
“wears grown-ass shoes: “
Every time I see an adult fucklechucker wearing those
Crocs around I feel anger.
I’m wearing Reef Swellsole Cruiser flip flops as we speak. The absolute most amazingly comfortable post-activity sandal I’ve ever owned.
You wanna go?
The uniformity of those prints satisfies my OCPD.
The benefits of having a PhD physicist in charge of the hanging certainly paid off. I, with my mere master’s degree in electrical engineering, merely provided the notepad, calculator, level, and hanger thingies.
Of course, I also rescued the ten prints (unloved, unframed) from the dying husk of the 2.2 million square foot building in Minneapolis that had been the WW2 plant where all naval guns were manufactured for years. The plant even had a giant “Remember Pearl Harbor” banner and a huge 48 star American flag hanging up when I worked there.
And then a bitch came up from another defense contractor (Gen Dynamics) to be our president/ceo. She had no appreciation for the navy, nor for history in general. She decided to close Minneapolis plant and take a huge tax gift to open a plant in Detroit.
Minnesota survived her but was badly wounded. Fortunately she resigned in 2016, fully expecting an appointment in the inevitable Hilary Clinton administration. Total fail of DEI. Ruined an American success story.
I want to find the rest of the prints on eBay. I think they made 5 per year during the war, but it might only be 1941-1945. I have 10. Do I need 10 more, or or 15? They’re all by Gordon Grant.
My son lives with two other engineers. Little nerds used a self-leveling laser to hand all the stuff in their place.
Or hang, even.
Looks great. I love ship prints. It can be hard to get a lot of big prints looking good in a room, but y’all did.
Thanks! I used to have them hanging in my office in San Diego. Looked like a mini art gallery.
People would walk in and look at the art while coming to grips with whatever they needed to ask/tell me. Seemed to have been therapeutic.
I had a whole lot more “employees” than were officially listed as my direct reports. And it continues..,
That’s a big piece of my job, too. I wrote it into my Objectives one year (the org-development piece) as “care and feeding of young engineers”.
Well, you were right about Friday last week. Now this
Cancer: King of Swords reversed – Cruelty, perversity, barbarity, perfidy, evil intention.
is starting off strong.
I’m never getting laid again, am I?
Popped in my head instantly…… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PajMjsXL0E
Damn you, Mercury retrograde
Follow-up to last week’s Aries: Duran Duran did play “Careless Memory”, so that covers that.
I made doro wat to go with the injera I brought home from DC.
I need milk to head of the inevitable ring of fire tomorrow.
*Johnny Cash has entered the chat*
everybody:
Don: I Walk the Line is a crock of shit
I don’t care for Johnny Cash, myself.
Can he translate whatever that was into English?
She ate spicy food and is expecting a Taco Bell reaction tomorrow.
🤘🏻
Not one hair of one head
The Biden administration is seeking to strengthen protections for federal workers as a host of Republican candidates, including frontrunner Donald Trump, make reducing and altering the federal workforce a key component of their campaigns.
In a new proposed rule, the administration seeks to clarify civil service protections for federal workers and make it more difficult to reclassify them into a category where they could be stripped of certain protections.
The move amounts to an effort to preempt a Republican president from gutting the federal civil service, a step then-President Trump had begun attempting in his final days in office.
“The proposed rule honors our 2.2 million career civil servants, helping to ensure they can carry out their duties without fear of political reprisal,” said Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja. “Career federal employees deliver critical services for Americans in every community. Prior attempts to needlessly politicize their work risked harming the American people.”
At the end of his term, Trump signed an executive order that provided him and his agency appointees more leeway in the hiring and firing of federal employees deemed disloyal, a move that critics said politicized civil service and could lead to career officials being pushed out for political reasons.
Trump had routinely vilified some career officials as the “deep state” and sought to rid the federal government of people he viewed as anti-Trump. Critics warned the order would allow Trump to fill the federal workforce with his loyalists.
What manner of savages would threaten the livelihoods of our most noble servants? These are people who have devoted their lives to service.
How dare he axe the commies doing their damnedest for Amerikkka.
What I find “impressive” (read disheartening) is that there are 2.2M Fed civilian employees out there. As hard and slow as the Fed hiring practices are I would think significant numbers die from old age before a replacement is found. Even a routine hire is a 6-9 month long process.
And let’s not forget all those brave Feddies on disability payments who continue to be paid while on the Dept Labor’s books. One fine example I know of from life. A person hurt their back and the Feds paid the ~$25 doctor’s bill in 1983ish. They still collect their pay (with raises) today because they can’t work even though they are a locally well-known rancher. The DoD can’t do anything about the fraud because it would be considered harassment and DoL won’t do anything because it will hurt their budget.
*puke*
Seriously.
The noblest profession. The only one that matters.
“Essential workers”.
Go ahead, try to fortify that sandcastle. What whimsical dictates the king has today can be undicated by a new king tomorrow.
Which reminds me…did Comrade Biden ever get his new army of Kommissars for the IRS? I dont remember….
DDG’ing it now
Hahahaha. The rulemaking process is only held against one side.
My boss can fire me at will. His boss can fire me at will. His boss’s boss can fire me at will. The president can fire anyone in the executive branch. The end.
Another Trump failure: waiting nearly four years to take steps to clear out the moochers and leeches and featherbedders.
Agreed. When he said ‘drain the swamp’ I had in mind something like him blowing the dam. Instead we got a tiny leak.
I hope he learned his lesson.
That boxer is cute as hell!
And I was just humming that song out hiking yesterday. It’s a banger.
Leo: 7 of Coins – Money, business, barter, altercation, quarrels, innocence, ingenuity, purgation, previous effort comes to fruition.
Let’s go!
Chatty Cathy calling the match from the ropes is cracking me up.
That’s Angel.
Emma is just adorable.
Mrs. TOK is a Leo. Good business news is welcome.
Two suspects charged with murder in death of 1-year-old following alleged fentanyl exposure at NYC daycare
See there is “deadly” and “extremely deadly”. Same as guns.
Also shows how effective surprise inspections are.
One dead in the headline and more in the hospital with some close to death. What a tragedy.
I wonder who brought the Fentanyl into the city? I wonder…..
There was plenty of that before.
Sure. That’ll do it.
It’s daycare. Hang it on the wall next to the AED.
Not enough room with the sharps container.
Good point. And the mandatory multilingual posters.
And the epipens.
Heh.
*Sensible chuckle*
Just lock him up already.
A redacted copy of a government filing — released Friday, after an order from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan — comes in connection with the election interference case, one of four criminal cases the former president is facing, two of which are federal.
“The defendant has an established practice of issuing inflammatory public statements targeted at individuals or institutions that present an obstacle or challenge to him,” the special counsel’s office wrote. …
Trump, the office wrote, “has made good on his threat,” spreading “disparaging and inflammatory public posts on Truth Social on a near-daily basis regarding the citizens of the District of Columbia, the Court, prosecutors, and prospective witnesses.
“Like his previous public disinformation campaign regarding the 2020 presidential election, the defendant’s recent extrajudicial statements are intended to undermine public confidence in an institution—the judicial system—and to undermine confidence in and intimidate individuals—the Court, the jury pool, witnesses, and prosecutors,” the prosecutors wrote.
The institutions have done that themselves.
Any chance that they beat this horse for so long that it backfires because people just stop caring? Seems like they tried to make COVID a thing again and then stopped when it was obvious no one really gives a shit.
The true believers have rubbed their genitals raw over this. They have the awareness of a horny squirrel on a highway. When this fails the screams will be incredible.
I read this stuff and can’t imagine who buys into it. Is it all just performative art for writers and professional Twitter users? I don’t think anyone who isn’t online even knows there’s anything to scream about.
There is. I work with a ton of leftists. There was much excitement and sharing of the mugshot. Elation, that at last he is going to jail. Blows my mind. I stopped trying to engage such people. It makes me question their efficacy at work.
Overall I’d say a solid 25% of the population is certifiable, and voting.
I work in a stereotypically progressive field and I haven’t heard anyone who buys the BS the media is selling.
I currently live in New England. There are plenty of folks that buy the BS around. Boston is lousy with them.
You could have shortened that to:
Boston is lousy.
You could have shortened that to:
Boston is lousy.
True.
Many of my coworkers buy into the personality stereotypes of various astrology signs. I’m apparently a typical Taurus though I really have no idea because, as an amateur contrarian, I refuse pay attention. During weekly meetings my program supervisor will warn the team when Mercury is set to go (into?) retrograde because client crises almost always increase.
Anyway. Life is weird.
Anyway. Life is weird.
Perhaps the most astute thing ever posted here.
You a new guy, Steve? Do I need to tell you to fuck off, or just say hey?
Not new, just a long time lurker who rarely posts.
Are these people of the same ilk as those who were hysterical at the outrageous behavior of Nancy Reagan seeing a psychic?
There is such a lack of self-awareness on the left that it leaves me speechless sometimes….if you can imagine that.
coworkers
theory from working in seven somewhat different countries and four very different industries: useful people are a lot less flaky than others
If you ever built anything that had to stand for decades, created a job that paid a living wage, made a process that had to work and couldn’t blow up, created a tangible product that a client needed, well: you’re just more reasonable…..because you know how the universe works.
If you talk for a living for the purpose of heating up the air and never need to check in on the laws of the universe and resist gravity and rust and misuse or create a pile of money at the end of the decade that was bigger than the piles you needed to shovel out to cover everything, you are as free as a bird to dream up anything, to ignore the million times in history when your ideas already proved tragic, to assert all manner of designs and systems and rules that human nature will never let work………..and then walk on down the street as if you are a perfectly reasonable person. Further, you may assail all reasonable people around you as hateful and selfish because you never need to understand or remotely respect where your meals or air conditioning or battery ions come from.
The West is so advanced that the useful people can easily carry the talking classes on our backs with money and energy left over.
I, for one, am sick of it. Fuck em.
Good rant Don, and I am with Sean on this because the only thing you got wrong is “…useful people can easily carry the talking classes on our backs…”.
For a limited time only.
“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as “bad luck.”
― Robert Heinlein
sooner or later you run out of other people’s money
If I talk for a living but also build stuff, doesn’t that make me a net neutral?
oh, it’s just a little rant; I have my philosopher-king moments
there’s nothing wrong with writing nice ideas about how we should all just love one another, but the way I show love is to build cost-effective solutions; I glibly attacked talking of the sort that just heats up the air….implying that some talking is useful
imagine the useful giants: von Mises, Aurelius, Deming, Sun Tzu; to study them helps you organize and build; they create more than entropy when they speak
and some folksy giants can sell things that almost no one else can: think of Sowell on economics and culture or Twain criticizing the war with Spain
there’s value in marketing and politics, but the point of all that is manipulation; how much talk does it take to leave me alone?
I make fart jokes and movie posts!
*ducks
I like your rants, Don. They’re one of the reasons I keep coming back here to read.
I just joke because my job depends on public funding but I like to think I add value by providing quality service. That being said, many in my field are there to collect paychecks and, the difference between someone who is actually useful and someone who just goes through the motions can’t often be objectively determined.
Just dropped another five-parter fiction series into Pending. Enjoy, one and all!
You spoil us, Animal… thanks in advance!
This is demoralizing, since I haven’t finished any stories in a while… 🙁
Ok, I made a thread in the forum for a VA Gourmeltz meet-up next month. As I suggested earlier this week, I think Sat the 7th would work well during the long weekend – but I can also do the 14th or the 21st if those are better for others.
Always Be Prepared.
I thought ahead and bought a bottle of Tito’s today so I wouldn’t be dry when I arrive probably late-ish at a hotel tomorrow night.
Their stupid early check-in feature doesn’t work – tried it twice. Why offer it?
“Tito’s – we’re the third best vodka made in the Austin metro area!”
Is it? It’s so fucking expensive here I figured I was treating myself.
750ml prices in MEM
Smirnoff Classic No. 21 Vodka $13
Tito’s Handmade Vodka $21
Stolichnaya Vodka $25
Belvedere Vodka $35
The Tito’s was around $23 here.
I don’t know Belvedere but Stoli is priced around the same as Smirnoff here, both considerably less than Tito’s.
I’m only a third of the way from AUS to LGA; maybe it’s the freight
Yeah; I buy the 1.75L Smirnoff Vanilla, which is $21.99 here.
It’s my go to for vodka martinis. It’s fine.
Monopolova is my go to. $13 a bottle. Tastes great. Less filling.
THERE IS NO SUCH GADDAMM THING AS A VODKA MARTINI!
the Bowmore is gone
I nip at this bottle and that from time to time, a happy loop of the Celtic booze world that runs through Islay and Lexington; a dozen bottles variously sampled stand ready for any occasion
Ardbeg will probably be the next acquisition
Chain? When it fails, it’s usually the specific property, much less often an IT issue.
Marriott.
IDGAF. I have no idea what the benefit is and these days it’s what, show your ID and CC and get a key.
Marriott has been hit or miss with their app and digital key. In the best circumstances, you can check in, the property delivers the mobile key to your app, and can go directly to your room bypassing the front desk. I usually get a physical key anyways. I do like being able to check out without stopping, assuming the folio isn’t screwed up.
Ah, if that’s what’s involved, hard pass.
I don’t travel nearly enough to deal with that silliness.
Re above:
“If nominated I will not run, if elected I will veto damn near everything and fire anyone who is deadweight.”
New book on Finnish Mosins available for pre-order.
I read somewhere that many countries had some variant of the inch, so what constitutes a three line cartridge varies
I think a Russian “yard” was only 28 inches, so good luck picking the right notch on your ramp sight!
Pre-Communism, Russian Mosin-Nagant sights are marked in arshin, which is 28 English inches.
The Commies changed them to meters. After Finnish independence from Russia, the Finns renumbered the sight bases for Mosin-Nagants left in Finland in meters.
I noped out of the Chiefs game 1/3 of the way in because it was too painful to watch (again) all that incompetence on display. I mean, I knew it was like that, but they always seemed to be able to cover it up. Now they are not. That was an ugly win, although my husband says, “The scoreboard only has a W, not how ugly it was.” I said, “17-9 is blatantly ugly.” Yes, I know it’s stupid to be that invested in sportsball, but in my mind, these people are highly paid professionals and they’re fucking up. They’re supposed to be good at what they do.
The offensive line was questionable and the lack of investment into the receiver room is going to break some hearts if they don’t figure it out quickly.
Defense carried the game which is nice I guess but I don’t see them winning a shootout with this offense.
“defense carried the game”
OMG MARTY SCHOTTENHEIMER’S BACK!!
Heaven help us.
Josh Allen managed to redeem himself this week so there’s that.
As a Bears fan who watched the retchedness that is a Matt Nagy offense, I think Nagy is wrecking Mahomes.
I was hopeful when he came back to the coaching staff but I suspect you’re right.
Black cabinets with a maple countertop on white shiplap. Discuss
Always with the racist cabinets.
There goes the neighborhood
Guess where my dishes are stored for the dinner you’re coming to?
Okay, JoJo.
In my defense, the shiplap is covering some unfortunate drywall.
on white shiplap
wall? backsplash?
ugh: brooksed it
I almost never see high grade maple boards hereabouts
there is more ash country; upscale, there’s plenty of pecan/walnut around
I’ll spend tomorrow in a north Alabama mill: honest work and pretty smells
I could drive around the South 40 hours a week; sweet gum have started to turn yellow
Shiplap is a backsplash that reaches up to the top of the upper cabinets. Counter is maple chopping block. We’re renovating an old (1948) log cabin that’s been added onto multiple times over the years that’s resulted in a stupid layout. The kitchen space with the shiplap is more of a “eat in” portion than food prep area.
The joys of moving to a house built in 1948.
KK would like this place: she’s a plane spotter, and every square foot of this house is in a different geometric plane.
1955 building and that’s new for me. Recently I bought one of those glass chair mats and the floors are so warped there is a bounce in the middle.
Tomorrow I am moving to 2008. It reminds me of a hotel with an attached living room and kitchen.
There’s a low-grade speed bump that runs the length of the house that I had to level in the kitchen so we could lay tile. I have no idea what I’ll do for the living room. Logic says carpet but I’m not logical and I dislike carpet.
I used to like moving around but I’m ready to buy a home base and become the Prepper King of the Northern Piedmont.
I didn’t notice much difference between 1970s and 1950s housing.
1990s is a quantum leap in quality, with each decade after getting noticeably better. I love my 2018 build quality, if not the architecture.
I shouldn’t complain because we got it cheap enough to pay cash but I’m about over it. We don’t contract out for much so it’s just living in a construction zone. We’d set a goal to have it finished and rented out by 2024 but it’s looking more like 2025 at the pace we’re going.
New roof on Thursday, so yay.
KK prefers a new roof on Monday.
It looks nice around Christmas time,
You know who else built a house in 1948?
Jim Blandings?
resulted in a stupid layout
every house in Memphis has been renovated to a modern level of uselessness, retaining only the glamour of the facade
The worst part is the former owners had vinyl siding covering the house. Whoever installed it had to skim some of the logs to get the furring strips to lay plum. When we pulled the siding the neighbors complimented the log-look so now I get to teach myself (YouTube) how to replace chinking and restore the logs.
My wife and her Pinterest board keep me learning new skills.
Yeah, I have a 1913 bungalow, and nothing is level or square. There are so many changes, add-ons and afterthoughts that it keeps you on your toes. I was doing some wiring in the kitchen when we bought it, and found live Knob and Tube in the walls, with no splice in a junction box. So I had to rewire the house over a weekend to make sure we didn’t lose insurance. Obviously, this wasn’t disclosed at purchase, but the seller was an idiot when it came to home repair, so I am sure he had no idea.
My secret fear is becoming that idiot seller. We always err on the side of overbuilding and an abundance of caution.
It’s hilarious seeing a Bud Light ad during SNF. You sunk your own ship geniuses. Go try the WNBA.
People will eventually forget. They always do.
I’m still trying to figure out why I’m supposed to give a fuck about any of this.
You’re not. Everything crumbles to dust eventually. Some people, me included, just don’t like watching it happen in real time.
Because it’s funny to watch a large company shoot itself in the foot.
I got nothing against large companies. I’m not shedding any tears over their self-inflicted hardships but I don’t get any joy out of it either.
I also don’t have anything against large companies. When one populates its marketing department with people who believe they are smarter and more moral than their customers, I enjoy watching the reaction to their hubris.
Hi, The Hyperbolde
sonofabitch
Hi, The Hyperbole. Godammit.
But, like, nobody said you did have to.
Fair point.
You get more of what you reward, less of what you punish.
Whew. Arrived safely in my new hometown. At my aunt-in-law condo for a couple weeks while the sale closes. Nice rolling thunderstorm and rain to welcome us.
Congrats!!
Excellent!
Congratulations! Where did you move too?
Northen KY, Hebron area
🙂
🤘🏻
I’m moving tomorrow. We had beautiful weather this week until tonight it got disgusting muggy and rain. Glad I did not remove the bedroom window AC unit yet. Heavy rain all day tomorrow they’re saying. 🙄
Oh, well. That’s what movers are for. 😀
I knew I had made it by my mid-thirties and for the first time I could afford to pay someone else to do the heavy lifting.
Good luck on your move!
Exciting, isn’t it?
Now I have to figure out a way to get you shooting and come down for a match.
Good Times!
That was just terrible, Mac.
Especially after that incredible blocked field goal.
Exactly. As they said, you can expect to see that punt defense technique in both college and the pros starting next week.
That was amusing.
It’s nice to Pfizer having to advertise their jab instead of Uncle Sugar doing it for them.
Putting together a “yacht rock” playlist (shut up) and can’t believe I don’t already own every single one of these songs. “OMG I’M MISSING ONE!!111!eleven” Apocalyptic, man.
I really like that song that samples Warren G’s “Regulate”
Ooo ooo ooo Mista Kotta Mista Kotta!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0qBulm0hbg
I probably recognize all of them and don’t own a single one.
It’s like the exact opposite of everything I listen to.
When I get a yacht, I’m blasting Sisters of Mercy.
Right?
The Birthday Party, but, yeah.
I ate that shit up when I was a child/tween/teen, but I had wildly eclectic taste insofar as the radio and my parents’ Columbia House membership would allow me.
Paging @MikeS…
Love me some yacht rock. I was coming home from trout fishing in the Sierras today and rocking Left Coast 70’s most of the way. Such great stuff.
Sea Level – Electron Cold
ELO – Sweet is the Night
Loggins and Messina – Keep Me in Mind
Dennis Wilson – The River
24/7 of it on this internet station
https://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/seventies
I love you for somafm.
Cheers! Glad you dig it. I’m such a huge fan of them and their stations. I usually donate 50 bucks a year to them as I constantly am streaming one of their stations. I’ve found so much great stuff there.
The department store Christmas station is *chef’s kiss*
Im a huge fan of their Soul Xmas station.
Speaking of yacht rock if you’ve never seen the Documentary Now! episode of the Blue Jean Committee it’s pretty hilarious fake doc with Fred Armisen and Jon Heder.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n9NzEobRlgk&pp=ygUfZG9jdW1lbnRhcnkgbm93IGNhdGFsaW5hIGJyZWV6ZQ%3D%3D
I also kick them at least $50 a year; it’s crazy how long I’ve been listening to them.
You’ve got this one right?
I’d like to see the Patriots win this one not because I like the Patriots but that they are wearing their original uniforms that are one of the best in the NFL. Seriously they went from a super uniform to one of the worst in the NFL with their silver and navy blandness.
I’m hate-watching both of them and I didn’t know about the uniforms but upon closer inspection I hate all the stripes.
While you may have a point about the uniforms I will counter with ‘Fuck Bill Belichick’
On brand.
Well, the shit one is still better than the Schmucks (College vs. Pro, but still, trash is trash.)
https://www.si.com/.image/ar_8:10,c_fill,cs_srgb,fl_progressive,g_faces:center,q_auto:good,w_620/MTk0NTg4NjY0MjE3NDc4MzA2/ajani-cornelius-oregon-visit.jpg
Yeah that’s pretty crappy. Green and yellow is such a great color combo and then they gotta go and eff it up.
Counterpoint:
The Patriots were fucking terrible, with the worst ownership, when they wore those unis. A laughingstock, for years.
Pat The Patriot was only the logo because the cheap-ass Sullivans got it for free.
Fuck those unis.
Heheh, that’s exactly why they are not going back to them. They have played much better with their pedestrian ones. Same as the generic ass uniforms the Buccaneers now wear because they sucked when they had the totally awesome creamsicle unis.
I like the red unis they use, they can just shitcan Pat The Patriot. Flying Elvis logo was there for 20 years of dominance. Sure, it’s not that inspired but don’t fuck with it.
slumbrew gets it.
Squash soup made. Guess it’s fall.
eeeww grosss
Hey from lovely Rodeo, CA
This week* has been the bitchiest bitch that ever bitched….anything and everything that could go wrong/break has. Including the 2nd day of wearing my work boots and the entire sole separated, and leaving the plant one night the rental truck had a flat. Add to that running out of HeH2 fuel gas, a sample pump in my NOx analyzer breaking, and the data acquisition system taking a shit. Finally the end seems to be in sight with a new week, and my horoscope seems to portend good things. Maybe I’ll be home but the end of this week.
TALL CALI CANS!
*I got here last Monday and we worked all weekend. Yesterday was 13 hours, same today. I think my guys are considering a mutiny.
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Hope things get better for you!
Cheers!
Happy Monday morning!
☕😄
Let’s kick off the week with something fun:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AtBaCEZJfJA
🎶🎶
Good morning, Sean, Beau, and hayek! Greetings once more from charming Nisswa, MN! Honey Harvest was, of course, delightful. 4(20) and Mrs. were the most gracious of hosts, and we met pistoffnick and his GF, kinnath and his lovely bride, His Holiness and Mrs. Holiness, re-met CPRM, and met Mike S. (NoDakMatt was there too, believe, but we never properly introduced ourselves.) Procured a STEVE SMITH standing cupholder for our newly-Sasquatch-mad next door neighbors!
Today it’s back to the MI UP, staying near the Porcupine Mountains. At the moment, I’m just waiting for the resort’s breakfast to open so I can get coffee without disturbing TT.
Good morning all!
Some fun here, too, thanks to MGMT
Kids
Electric Feel
Good morning, crazies!!
My boyfriend’s plane got in at 11pm last night so we didn’t meet up. We’d agreed in advance that waiting until Monday was probably best.
Which means the first time I’ll see him on this trip will be in a few hours at work. We will have to try hard to hide the attraction. Or not. Could be fun. Fortunately there’s a ton of actual work to do so maybe that will be enough of a distraction.
Happy Monday everyone!!
Congratulations on the relationship upgrade.
Boyfriend? Congrats!
Since TedS isn’t around…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fEfLMod-Wqk
Morning, Glibs.
I’m not really in the mood for work, but I have to at least connect remotely if I want to keep getting paid.
Belated good morning to you and to ‘bodru!
Good Morning to you and all the other glibs.
How are the sheepies?
🐑🐏
(And the rest of the animals)
The animals are ok. But the legal dramas are not.
Since wife has started topless protesting…..
Cited for a misdemeanor
a felony arrest
A VPO (4 month?)
one lawsuit on us, an amended lawsuit
our countersuit with a mandamus petition to the town.
And a very big lawbill.
😕
Yikes. Hope it all works out.
I believe you could use lawyers, guns, and money.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F2HH7J-Sx80
Whoa….what? A felony arrest? What the hell for? Not for showing her boobs I hope.
Just all around not doing as she is told?
I am not joking when i say this…..
She was arrested:” for waiving” (her hands)
Not topless, wearing nipple covers.
Where do you get a hand waiver?
What is VPO?
Have you considered a go fund me? Sounds like something the more libertine glibs might contribute to.
Mornin’, reprobates. You too, UCS.
Morning!
*lifts coffee*
My boss gets pissy when I don’t manage vendors the way he would. He gets even pissier when I point out I don’t have “manager” in my title.
Vendor relations isn’t really Management. So I don’t get the relationship between the two halves of that remark.
I don’t manage vendors the way he would.
You graduated from the STEVE SMITH School of Vendor Management?
Went to a drum circle on the beach yesterday during sunset. The crowd was about what you’d expect (lots of dirty hippies, girl’s in bikinis).
My wife witnessed one girl trying to hump half the guys there… all of whom were unwilling. ‘I feel so sorry for her ‘ my response: Why feel sorry for a sexual predator?
Anyway, finally convinced her to use the snorkel gear I bought her 3 years ago, saw some fish right there near the beach, some scallops, shells etc. Not bad for right on the beach.