As is our wont in the morning while 10b0t and I are preparing food for the day, we get to talking. We have to be rather circumspect, so it generally revolves around culture. I can’t remember exactly how we got there (maybe it started with a conversation about the greatness of Adam West) but the subject of Robinson Crusoe came up. And… not one of our staff had any idea of who or what that was. When I gave them a synopsis of the story and explained that Friday was to Crusoe what Tonto was to the Lone Ranger, I got even more blank looks.
Birthdays today include the guy responsible for the Hindenburg disaster; a guy who was finished when the fat lady sang; the guy who inspired Olive Oyl; arguably the most interesting and influential composer in jazz history and, along with the Old Guy Music star, one of the Three Ms of Jazz; a talented musician and comedian who was just a bit… off; the greatest auteur in Hollywood history; a very sweet guy; a truly great and sadly departed singer/songwriter; someone who shockingly hasn’t been canceled; a guy who did a killer Holofernes imitation; a prime woodchipper candidate; a specialist in dick pics; and some dude who got famous for driving around in circles.
Links make me feel like I’m going in circles.
“And how, exactly, do I dip my miniature beak here?”
I’m sure it’s just as accurate as polygraphy. But fear not, the UN is on the case!
Saudi Arabia in particular objects. “We don’t want the competition.”
Spud and I have an alibi. (Comment: they may be expensive and collectable, but they’re… boring)
“Fewer than Bernie owns mansions.”
I could use it as well, but I’d spend it better. Coke and hookers.
One of the last songs from a birthday boy. So appropriate.
Birthdays today include the guy responsible for the Hindenburg disaster
Happy birthday Herbert Morrison!
In the words of the great Doctor Zaius, “Oh, the humanity!”
Mandatory
a very sweet guy
Obviously one of the Fanjuls, but I don’t know which one.
AIDS or monkeypox?
Embrace the power of “and”!
Patient zero for Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea?
I like the way NBC just takes his word for what was going on. When his absence in no way looked like it was just a case of the flu.
I am disappointed he’s back though. I find it simply astounding that he is favored to win the race.
favored by who?
The polls and the betting sites.
So, the people who answer the phone and want to be loud – got it.
That’s not what the betting sites are.
The people who compulsively gamble get their info from where?
His reappearance is sus as well. Footage of him at a music festival. No interview, nothing else as far as I know. Who rejoins a campaign after a two week absence by wandering around in public?
It’s not an appearance until it’s recorded by a non-friendly party who confirms the time and date. Even if all he says is “no comment” it at least confirms he’s not locked in a loony bin with the $1 coins.
“Gleefully”.
Executions should be public. And not barely technically public with a half dozen handpicked “witnesses”. Pay-per-view public, with the proceeds going to the families of the executee’s victims.
What makes you think that isn’t how the DNC is going to spend it?
Did you change the Old Guy Music? I was expecting Mingus or Miles, or am I reading that bit wrong.
Neither has a birthday today, I think…?
You know how to bring a tear to an old guy’s eye, OM. I recognized the old timer in the song…
That sad article told me absolutely nothing about what those two might have in store for poor Michigan.
Had food run low, Friday would have killed and eaten Robinson.
For those of you who don’t follow the bad cat on SubStack, here’s his case for letting the useless Repubs take it in the pooper this cycle:
Some times you win when you lose. In this case we all lose.
Been a nice ride though.
While I tend to agree that its the best shot for avoiding the hell of the DSA controlling the whole government after 2028, I still have doubts that it will play out the way he thinks.
Whatever happens in the next two years, Trump will get the blame for it and the blast radius will likely include the Repub Presidential candidate and the useless Congressional Repubs. The Dems have doubled down on wokism and worse this cycle and it doesn’t seem to be hurting them, so I’m not sure how doing it as a Congressional majority will have a different outcome.
Voting for the guys who never do what you want them to do because you’re more scared of the other guy is a sure way to never get what you want but I’m also coming around to the assessment that they wouldn’t let us vote if it actually made a difference. Not sure what a good fix is but showing up for the twats who stabbed you in the back ain’t it.
Our CFO just hired a 19-year-old kid into our Finance Operations department. Yesterday the CFO told me the kid wasn’t familiar with the term “loony bin.” 🤦♀️️ (He’ll soon find out.)
It’s the box where we put the $1 Canadian Coins.