I really am getting too old for this. Friday night, pizza and wine. And wine. And wine. So to help recover, last night we added WebDom and 1ObOT and… more wine. This time, a wonderful Finger Lakes Riesling from Forge (2020 Sunrise Hill) and a legendary Syrah (1999 Jamet Cote-Rotie). Maybe a few dabs, but who can remember?
Right now, every bit of me feels double my age. This “getting older” shit has to stop, it’s getting in the way of partying. Ironically, the thing that really did us in was a superb vintage Port (1992 Fonseca), gifted to us by C. Anacreon.
But I celebrate birthdays of others, including a guy with an AAA rating; a guy who pushed the edge of the envelope; the go-to guy for movie roles even heavier than Sydney Greenstreet; the spiritual father of this website; a guy whose breath always smelled like parsley; a guy who was a nutcase but a pretty fine artist; a guy who had a thing for teenagers; a guy who was the echt-Mr. Saturday Night and fell into a truly perfect grift; a chick who made an iconic name by putting her hands out; and my most perfect redhead.
Liiiiiiinks!
“He doesn’t want to kill enough Jews.”
“And where’s my PUDDING? It’s time for PUDDING!”
How about a compromise: Disband DHS.
You get to the point where even SugarFree can’t make this shit up.
Poe’s Law is tested yet again.
Fucking die already, you piece of shit.
OK, you got the Old Man back and with a great old tune by the leading creator of modern jazz, a crazy genius, the guy who could topologically bend timing into a musical Moebius. No idea why the featured photo is the bassist, though (the relatively obscure Larry Gales).
Barring Pie, that tends to be rougher on the body. Hope you have a decent day, OMWC. Morning to the rest of ya.
At least that explains his adamant desire to shovel money at them (well, beyond the obvious explanations of “Hide the corrupt government we installed that funnels the money back” or “Hide the black ops and bioweapons the IC put there” options). If Pudding Brain honestly thinks they’re part of NATO now, I’m frankly surprised he isn’t calling to nuke Moscow and call up the draft — but at least not “dishonoring ourselves by abandoning an ally” would be more plausible.
Now what the Turtle’s excuse is, ya got me (okay okay… the Raytheon checks presumably keep coming).
And of course the world hasn’t changed one bit since Ike was president.
PPP might well think Ike still is President and he’s late for his part time job to lifeguard the pool where they can stroke his hairy legs and he can plot against CornPop.
We have always been at war with…
CornPop?
Like ‘doin’ good’, laundering taxpayer money aint got no end.
On further consideration they appear to be the same thing.
Support your local library.
But was it quiet sex?
Was it outside the biology section?
Ross Geller’s cobwebbed dissertation.
And we just keep rolling towards the South Park Election as if we were pushing the massive boulder up the cliff just so we can drop it on ourselves.
We really need a “none of these assholes” option to invalidate the whole damned government in one election cycle.
My proposed constitutional amendment: None of These (Assholes) shall be an option on every ballot for every office, and if NOTA wins, the office shall remain vacant until the next election.
Quoth the Russkies — “Nevermore!”?
My thought was, “You mean it isn’t?”
Mine too.
American leftists: “It’s not what it looks like.”
Russians: “Yes it is.”
I get a headache just reading about all those congeners.
I would have listed the redhead next to “teenagers” guy. She’s been on a lot of podcasts lately.
Pretty in Pink always made me feel she was overrated… maybe it was the directing, but her character really comes off as flat and annoying (which is a problem when she’s the supposed protagonist). Jon Cryer and Annie Potts most definitely stole that movie….
Or the writing?
The PE classmate was originally intended to be her best friend, but the actress was murdered. But Annie Potts is always great.
Two of the unhappiest sartorial endings ever, Andie and Iona.
16 Candles was Peak Molly.
Peak Thompson Twins too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lX6w1iE0Ag
I’ve seen that movie maybe once so I can’t even comment on it.
Breakfast Club is so many multiple times superior it’s not even funny.
https://www.criterion.com/films/29272-the-breakfast-club
Criterion, eh? I’ve seen the damn thing so many times it’s almost too hard to justify. Or maybe not.
Me too. 🤷🏻♀️
I suppose I should watch that one of these days.
TBC? It’s been HBO lately if you subscribe.
I don’t, but I suppose I could snoop around the on demand titles or find it at the library.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-breakfast-club
Nowhere free right now
—“most perfect redhead”—
We will have to wait for Yusef to weigh in on perfect redheads
She never really jiggled my handle.
If I’m thinking my-generation redhead actresses (I’ve noticed the term “actor” is used for males and females these days – more erasure of women by the wokists), Debra Messing comes to mind.
perfect redheads are like smart dogs: seems like a great idea but, in the end, way too much effort two stars would not marry again
What about diluted redhead genes?
silly fun with stereotypes, of course
Texas Irish, but I lived with her for 22 years, so who’s the crazy one? Our son is a beast: I shouldn’t complain.
PS: I’m a diluted redhead as well
PPS: I’m a deluded redhead as well
::ponders standing up for imperfect redheads, decides to keep mouth shut, kicks pebble::
Aw, ‘s OK, lassie. Here, have some of my sunblock.
Thanks. Is it SPF Infinity?
Uhhh, it’s a golf umbrella.
As a redhead, I go from pale, to beige, to lobster.
I don’t do the whole tanning thing I become a pointalist work of art wherein I give the illusion of havingg color by increasing the density of freckles.
I still love Molly,
Hawt!
I knew AI was getting out of hand — but they really didn’t need to install it in the bookshelves and let it get romantic.
In my day, the bookshelves always found a private little nook for their nookie.
including a guy with an AAA rating;
Happy birthday Bill W.!
Too many A’s
Fonzarelli hardest hit.
What’s Pinky Tuscadero think?
mmmm….prime Roz Kelly
Not to mention her sister Suzi Quattro.
I know you like your women with a little junk in the trunk, but I don’t think Suzi was an Audi.
She wasn’t, but she was a pro with a spreadsheet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juli_Veee
So much alcohol they need a third A.
Definitely had to hover over that for specifics… the uncharitable side of me came up with so many options (starting with the South Park election cycle, frankly… if both croaked [of natural causes!, SS] maybe some semblance of sanity might creep back…. nah… we’d just get Cackles versus Reichsmutter-wannabe Haley probably… Ugh.)
Only the good die young.
I’m grateful for that
whaddup doh’
yo whats goody yo
TALL SABBATH CANS!
CoCoCounty! Antioch is a shithole, as I am sure Spud can tell you.
But, that is what you get trying to read in quiet.
Suburban hell. Now you have the homeless migrating out from the cities.
If you build it, they will cum…
Note the wood chipper reference.
“Obscene award against Trump is testing the New York legal system’s integrity”
Oh, I think the NY legal system’s integrity has already been tested.
Spoiler alert: It failed.
Hochul tells NY businesses not to fear about Trump verdict: ‘Nothing to worry about”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4474774-hochul-tells-ny-businesses-not-to-fear-about-trump-verdict-nothing-to-worry-about/
If this is already popping up in The Hill, than it is a worry, and big enough that Hochul is shitting herself about it.
To be fair, she and her ilk have been happily driving wealth out of the state for so long, it’s hard to see them shitting bricks now.
How is there any wealth left in NY?
Seems the Wall Street crowd would move to Dallas already.
I believe Florida is the destination of choice for relocating financial firms.
Or Ireland.
She’s as trustworthy as a three-dollar bill.
Good points about how the ruling is going to destroy business in the state even further.
I hope everyone is proud of themselves.
Pockets were lined.
Virtue was signaled.
I suspect that, yes, everyone is quite proud of themselves.
Fuck them. They can sit on their throne and starve.
—“the damages would come to roughly $460 million once interest was included”—
Alex Jones says “Hold my beer”
“Indeed, witnesses testified that they wanted to do more business with Trump, who was described as a “whale” client with high yield business opportunities.”
Wait; I’ve seen “Casino”. A “whale” is the biggest sucker of all, right? He’s just the guy who can afford to lose millions in a single night.
I’ve seen Las Vegas, and apparently whales get Vanessa Marcil and Molly Sims chasing you around.
“The [U.S. Supreme] court may find almost half a billion dollars in damages without a single lost dollar from a victim to be a tad excessive.”
“Where’s our cut—I mean, ahem, that’s a tad excessive, don’t you think?”
Antioch is just down the road a bit from where Ive been working in Cali.
Almost makes Martinez look nice.
Martineze is where the martini was invented
/ local lore.
I lived in Pleasant Hill for 25 years.
Could be worse. Could be Stockton.
Local CBS news coverage on Trump at sneakercon wasn’t complete dog shit.
So you’re saying they didn’t step in it?
That’s nice.
I thought there was a lot of snickering going on in NBC’s report.
I wonder what her position on spraying money at Ukraine is.
Well that’s different…
Molly Ringwold was one of the last members of “The Breakfast Club” to appear in the TV show “Psych”. The only one who never showed was Emilio Estevez. Anthony Michael Hall actually had a recurring role, for a while.
*Ringwald
Re: Edward Arnold
I recognized him, but couldn’t remember from which movie. It was “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”.
He was in quite a few movies, but the only other two I’ve seen that he was in was “Duck Soup”, “You Can’t Take It With You”, and “Nothing But the Truth”.
That last one is interesting, with Bob Hope wagering that he can tell no lies for a certain amount of time. Jim Carey had to resort to magic to tell the same kind of story in “Liar, Liar”.
I’ve seen several George Kennedy movies. “Charade” (the best Hitchcock film that Hitchcock didn’t direct”), the three naked gun movies, sons of Katie elder (great theme). He started as a TV actor, and was in an episode of a show I’d never heard of: “Route 66”. The first two seasons are available on YouTube (“free, with ads”).
He did a couple movies where he played a blind detective. Mindless fun.
Mr Magoo’dun it?
This was the first (and better) one.
I went to a strange wine testing cabernet sauvignn vs cabernet fanc, varietal wines tasted paired by country. Beecause the organiser could not find a 100% cab sauvignon from france the french cab franc was paired with a US cab sauvignon. I will probably disappoint OMWC when i say that your American wine was considered quite inferior. The french was the clear winner
Dom. des Roches Neuves La Marginale Saumur Champigny Cabernet Franc
vs
QUILT Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914797
i saw that but there was not much cab franc in it
I would absolutely have picked the Saumur. Loire Cab Franc is amazing. Now put the Saumur against, say, a Weis Barrel Select Cab Franc or a Forge Cab Franc Bellows Vineyard from around here and I think it would be a lot better competition.
I doubt thosr are available here. If loire is hard. I can order onlone from abroad but i dont like that fir some reason
I hope you’ve seen Sideways.
Likely not, but I *will* get to Romania and I *will* bring bottles.
Friday night, pizza – one bite, everyone knows the rules
Portnoy did some rounds recently in my county. I do believe he had much success in finding good pizza.
i would be curious how authentic US style pizza ( NY or New Haven–style) which he says he likes is compared too Neapolitan, which is popular in Europe and he does not like the style, when he went to italy he gave lowish scores
The only thing that matters is what I like.
Chicago style does not look like it would be my preferred style, and i don’t like pineapple
It’s not pizza.
—“US style pizza ( NY or New Haven–style)”—
The absolute best pizza I have ever had was New York Pizza from a non-chain pizzeria in Utica NY. I was in that area three times for work, found the pizzeria on the second trip. When I went to Utica for the third time, I told the staff that I had travelled from California just to have their pizza. If I am ever within 50 miles of Utica, I will make a side trip just for the pizza. Can’t remember the name, but I damn sure remember how to get there.
Please remember the name. I am not far and would like to check it out if I’m up there.
—“Please remember the name”—
Efforting. I am getting ready to leave for the hospital as my brother is having surgery, but quick google maps search indicates it may be Tony’s Pizzeria (what else would it be in NY) 23 Burrstone Rd, Utica, NY 13502. I remember leaving the hotel going south on Genesee. There was a street to cross over to catch the highway 12 south to the jobsite. Of course, it may not be as good now, since I was there 10 years ago. I will investigate more later, but I may not be back to Glibs for a couple of days.
Good luck to your brother.
👍 It’s all good – don’t knock yourself out.
Google streetview indicates in may well be Tony’s.
His own frozen pizza (One Bite) isn’t bad.
How do you decide who to bite?
With a bottle?
San Francisco Appoints First Noncitizen to Serve on Elections Commission.
Kelly Wong who came to the U.S. in 2019 from China and isn’t legally allowed to vote will be overseeing and creating policy for the San Francisco Department of Elections.
Wong is immigrant rights advocate who wants to educate other immigrants who don’t speak English about voting process.
Imagine that people who don’t want to integrate by doing the least and learn the national language will be deciding on the future of an American city.
https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1758839862189285547
i mean you can cast a vote without speaking English I suppose. Or is hat wong?
It happens millions of times every election, I expect.
Well, ballots are counted for people who don’t speak English, anyway. Whether they actually cast them, who knows?
They are legally required to furnish the ballot in dozens of different languages so yes, you can cast a vote without any knowledge of English.
Never mind that you are supposed to demonstrate some sort of proficiency in English in order to become a citizen.
And you are supposed to be a citizen in order to vote (except now many local elections are open to the world).
If they truly wanted to destroy this country, its culture and ideals, what would they do differently?
This is an in your face FUCK YOU.
Sunday, Slutty Sunday…
https://archive.is/KbJlu
Crazy/hot ratio of the girl in the header pic?
https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-last-days-of-women/
Insufficient info but way to crazy cant be too hot
Crazy looking, yes. Hot? Hell no.
Q has a type.
That is one way to put it.
crazy = y = tan(x) where x = 3 * (pi / 2).
Keep that girl away from bunnies, knives and anyone you care about.
Face diaper. Blech.
Crazy/hot ratio of the girl in the header pic?
Not as crazy as the shrieking psycho wrote the article. I only made it through the first few paragraphs. That was plenty.
What did you find objectionable? It seemed to me like a fairly standard conservative rant against the elevation of recreational sex over other aspects of life, and how that affects women.
Beat me to it. My big problem with the article is it rambled so much I couldn’t figure out the point until nearly the end. Way, way too verbose, which tends to indicate somebody trying too hard to justify a point of view.
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If you’re not Donald Trump you have nothing to worry about
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) addressed New York business owners in a new interview and told them there was “nothing to worry about” after former President Trump was hit with a $355 million fine and the inability to conduct business in New York for three years.
Hochul joined John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM where she was asked if other New York businesspeople should be worried that if “they can do that to the former president, they can do that to anybody.”
“I think that this is really an extraordinary unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior,” Hochul responded.
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The governor provided reassurance to New York businesses after the ruling. “By and large, they are honest people and they’re not trying to hide their assets and they’re following the rules,” she said of the people who own and conduct business in the New York City area.
“And so this judge determined that Donald Trump did not follow the rules. He was prosecuted and truly, the governor of the state of New York does not have a say in the size of a fine, and we want to make sure that we don’t have that level of interference,” she said.
“See, fellas? This thing was strictly personal. You have nothing to fear. Well, mostly nothing, as long as you keep your place.”
Did she pinky swear?
“By and large, they are honest people and they’re not trying to hide their assets and they’re following the rules,”
Is she now saying that Trump was trying to hide assets? I thought the prosecution was about pretty much the opposite of that.
“By and large, they are honest people”
Are we still talking about NYC commercial real estate?
As I recall the banks testified that what Trump did is standard practice for all of their clients.
Not hot, just crazy
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said it’s worth it for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to lose the Speakership if he passes a bill approving aid for Ukraine.
Cheney called on Johnson to bring a bill for Ukraine aid to the House floor during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. The Senate passed a bill approving funding for Ukraine in a vote last week — a bill Johnson had already rejected last week.
CNN’s Jake Tapper noted that Johnson could risk a motion to vacate from conservative Republicans if he brings a Ukraine bill to the House floor.
“Right and what I would say to that is, you know, he ought to understand that it is worth it if he has to lose his Speakership in order to make sure that freedom survives in order to make sure that the United States of America continues to play its its leadership role in the world,” Cheney responded.
“You got to read what’s happening in Ukraine today, you got to read about the slaughter that’s going on. And you got to understand that we are at a turning point in the history not just of this nation, but of the world,” she continued.
Who gives a shit what the peasants who elected you think? Fall on your sword for the glory of the empire.
She really is awful. All those Bush-era republicans can’t screw off soon enough.
Why do you hate freedom? Not to mention, the United States of America’s leadership role in the world I mean I can’t even.
Fun fact: take a close look at the license plate of the Porsche that Molly Ringwald’s character gets into with her dream beau Jake at the end of the film.
It’s John Hughes’ birthdate.
It’s also a 944, so not a Porsche.
“And again, he’s gonna have to explain to future generations to his kids to his grandkids, whether or not he did what was right, whether or not he was a force for good and aided the cause of freedom, or whether he continued down this path of cowardice and doing what Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin want him to do,” she said.
It’s 1936. Are you a cowardly appeaser, or a heroic warrior?
I guess I’m officially no longer a NASCAR fan – I had no idea Daytona was today
Given the weather forecast, it will probably be tomorrow.
My 8 year old son is super into it and I took him last year to it.
He had asked to go as his only Christmas present and I made up a trip.
I have to say I never really followed it before and I really
enjoyed it.
Yeah…it was waaaaayyyy better up until ~20 years ago when they really started to fuck with the rules, technology, and competition.
nobody:
NASCAR: let’s totally pervert our sport so completely that someone in our core demographic who grew up pure Dukes of Hazard hopping up cars and was obsessed with every detail of our scene from Tim’s monkey to Dave’s wingtips won’t even think to miss it for the next decade
won’t even think to miss it
won’t even mourn its passing
It started for me with all the flat 1.5 ovals. Then was the “playoffs”. Final straw was stage racing.
Well, ballots are counted for people who don’t speak English, anyway. Whether they actually cast them, who knows?
Helper: And for el Presidente?
“Voter”: Ahh, el Trump! Muy bueno.
Helper: Ah, si, that’s fine.
*marks ballot for Biden*
Pete Holmes was funny this week
the end is nigh
The natives are getting restless
For some, it’s been a conversation off to the side at the White House congressional holiday party. Others have gathered at actress Eva Longoria’s house in Los Angeles. Still more have huddled on Air Force Two or gathered for a series of Saturday sessions and dinners that Vice President Kamala Harris has been hosting at the Naval Observatory.
More than two dozen sources tell CNN that Harris has been gathering information to help her penetrate what she sometimes refers to as the “bubble” of Biden campaign thinking, telling people she’s aiming to use that intelligence to push for changes in strategy and tactics that she hopes will put the ticket in better shape to win.
Multiple leading Democrats, anxious about a campaign they fear might be stumbling past a point of no return, say their conversations with Harris have been a surprising and welcome change, after months of feeling sloughed off by the White House and Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.
“The ‘bedwetting’ complaints are running thin with people,” said a person who attended one of the meetings, describing the general state of anxiety circulating in top Democratic circles. “The West Wing and the campaign need to be better.”
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There are even Democrats who still gripe that the best thing Biden could do for his chances would be to engage in the fantasy of dumping his vice president from the ticket.
Working their way toward the lifeboats.
Imagine the brain power at those salons. Truly historical.
I remember the quip about the smartest gathering at the White House was when Jefferson dined alone.
How do those meetings on Air Force 2 go? “So, guys, I mean, uh, this is bad Ok? And poll numbers, they tell you what people think and they think is that now is the time to do the thing and that the thing that should be done should be done now. he he he he.”
NASCAR: let’s totally pervert our sport so completely
NAPCAR should be running hybrid crossovers. with kayaks on the roof.
*Which reminds me of something one of my friends advised when they started the truck series: Every week they should do have something in the bed, like a half cord of firewood, or a washer and dryer. At Talladega they can tow bass boats.
As soon as they made a 500 mile race 3 “stints” it’s just a child’s race, why not watch local racing instead?
^^^ final straw ^^^
But that doesn’t mean she is not concerned about the state of the reelection effort, frequently saying in public that she and the president must earn a second term. She often says in one-on-one conversations and smaller group gatherings, described to CNN by two dozen people, that she doesn’t worry Biden will lose to Trump – but she does worry about losing “to the couch.”
Her next best job option is selling ladies’ undergarments at Macy’s.
My redheadedness has faded to blonde with half a head of white. If I wear it down, I get a shit-ton of compliments when I go out. In 2 weeks I’m going to get a “curly girl” haircut and hopefully some instructions as to how to care for it. It’s my first stop on the old hippie boho aesthetic I’m adopting.
Pics or it never happened.
/skims sex in library article
Angela White did it first and best.
Price Reduced!
“But I celebrate birthdays of others”
Jillian Michaels turned 50 today.
“Nazi flags are flown on steps outside Tennessee capitol building as locals are outraged over white supremacy march in Nashville”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13097551/tennessee-capitol-building-nazi-flag-swastika-white-supremacy-march.html
Literal false flags?