The Christmas season is coming hard, as temperatures drop as fast as approval ratings. But we care not for such things, let’s get to some links.
I hope they never learn about Deus Ex.
I can’t be the only one who keeps a rough estimate of the total as I put things in the cart, can I?
So Mother Goose is more dangerous than jump cuts?
This is why you case the joint FIRST.
Yes, comedies can age poorly, Revenge of the Nerds proves that. I don’t think that’s the case here.
I suppose I could eat more corned beef sandwiches too.
Can the AI LLM plan the crimes for the criminals too?
For the cocktail this week, let’s go with a drink that’s in line with at least one of the links.
Fancy-Free
- 4 parts (2 oz) rye
- 1 part (0.5 oz) maraschino liqueur
- 1 dash aromatic bitters
- 1 dash orange bitters
Simple drink to make, notice that it’s a potent one. To make this, add the ingredients to a pitcher with ice, stir to combine, and strain into either a rocks glass with a single large cube or a chilled coupe glass. If you want to get all fancy, take an orange twist, express it over the drink, rub the rim down with it, and place it into the drink.
With that, I hope you enjoy your weekend, as I go to potentially see a rare Browns win.
Dec 5 can’t be second Friday.
Kinnath is correct.
*Hands Seppuku knife to Neph
Math show-off.
Apologies, I was thinking the second Friday of the Christmas music appropriate season.
I had a momentary panic attack. I am supposed to be somewhere on the 2nd Saturday, and my wife is out of town this weekend.
I was trying to think how I fucked it up. 😉
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You do have a history of not being able to count weekends correctly.
The only “Christmas Music Appropriate Season” runs from 12/24-12/25. Playing any Christmas music outside that two day window is an atrocity.
UCS:
I don’t expect people to click through the links, especially the hidden music links.
I got back around 4:30, I haven’t even looked at the links, I’m responding to comments.
EEEEEEHH, no.
Xmas music is appropriate one day of the year. That is it, that is all.
Fantastical content, not editing speed, depletes children’s cognitive resources
Bullshit.
There was some modern bit of animation on the TV recently. The pace of jumpcuts was horrific.
Pretty much all modern moving pictures are like that now.
I remember talking to a guy, guess he would be in his mid-forties now, about how he could not watch movies like Miller’s Crossing or Blade Runner, because they were too slow.
I could not form words after hearing that.
Though, it would be fun to force him to watch the original Solaris someday.
The 8,000-square-mile, high-altitude desert has one of the shortest growing seasons in the United States.
Cue Sam Kinison rant about trying to grow food in the fucking desert…
/knocks back Sazerac
And I’d tell an Old Fashioned joke, but not everyone around here appreciates my rye wit.
Go for it. We’ll muddle through.
Oh, look what Shpip is trying to gin up, a laugh.
No Strings, I’m Fancy Free
https://youtu.be/BGRfHNovTBw?si=96afn7k40-ooGvVT
The abuse of female prisoners isn’t surprising, but the provision of sexual services to (presumably male) prisoners is.
It’s next to a kindergarten too! Go yell at the asshats who put a kindergarten there!
I grow weary of the performative outrage.
It isn’t the house’s fault Austrians did awful things. That’s on the Austrians, leave the poor house alone.
A pimp needs to make an offer.
Local officials and a nearby memorial organisation expressed their shock after the semi-detached house was listed by an estate agent, with no mention of its horrific wartime past.
The ageing bungalow, advertised on a property website simply as a “house with a history” and suitable for renovation, was first reported by regional newspaper OÖN on 28 November.
“House with a history”. That’s quite the euphemism.
“The entire basement was done by an artist known as ‘SugarFree,’ and remains the defining example of his imaginative early work.”
🙂
This cinematic saga is a tidy little microcosm of Trumpism: The resurrection of a sex pest, otherwise banished from polite society. The palm-greasing for Trump. The nostalgia for extremely dated and borderline racist cultural references. The president showing more interest in being a kung-fu film producer than leader of the free world. And, perhaps most importantly
Clutch those pearls, grandma. CLUTCH THEM.
Fortunately, the remainder of this gripping tale is locked safely behind the paywall.
Ok, the J6 bombing suspect confessed to planting the bombs:
https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/virginia-man-confesses-planting-pipe-bombs-dnc-rnc-headquarters-report
Now what? Will he fall down the stairs onto a pile of knives?
Epstein’s former cell is probably available.
That is so passe. We need a new excuse! One that rolls with the times!
Locked in the back of a police car that gets stuck on some railroad tracks? Or would that be too symbolic?
Parked. It was simply parked right across the tracks.
The theory posits that the brain becomes exhausted by processing rapid changes, leaving fewer resources available for focus and impulse control immediately after viewing.
This line of inquiry gained significant traction following a widely publicized 2011 study. That experiment compared outcomes for children watching the fast-paced cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants against those watching the slower-paced Caillou. Children who watched the faster show performed worse on subsequent cognitive tasks.
SCIENCE!
Did children who watched The Roadrunner score worse on physics tests?
Probably not, but I don’t do that.
When I do pay attention to the receipt, I am undercharged about as often as overcharged. But I shop at a real supermarket, not those icky food desert places.
It’s also a labor issue more than a corporate one.
Corporate wants the correct tags put out, but its a painful thing for the not particularly highly paid staff to do.
Corporate is responsible for it, but perpetually following up is painful for them as well.
Trying to steal a gun from a gun store – a bodyslam is about the best outcome you can hope for.
Nobody is going to take your gas stove. Yet. Except for the places that have already banned them. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/indoor-health-hazard-californians-overlook-21223909.php
The History Guy on December 5th, 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
My son-in-law just left Pearl Harbor for San Diego, the second to last leg of their deployment. When they pulled into Pearl Harbor last week, they were manning the rails, and there’s a photo of them saluting the Arizona.
My dad was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the Korean War. He was upset about being sent there because he knew nobody in Hawaii and thought it would ruin his social life.
My grandfather was there, 17 years old, crazy shit
That was the day Robert Pruitt stabbed Fatso Judson just outside Pearl Harbor, wasn’t it?
It’s also a labor issue more than a corporate one.
I have been in a local Family Dollar a few times. As far as I could tell, there was a single employee on duty each time. You might have to wait for him/her to wander up front to run the cash register.
Same thing here. A lot of the employees appear to be in between unemployment checks. Don’t know if I’ve ever been overcharged. Birthday cards are usually a buck plus Walz’s tip.
Turning back the clock
The Trump administration says its new fuel economy rollback proposal could allow automakers to resume building station wagons, a staple of 1970s and ’80s family travel.
“This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon — maybe a little wood paneling on the side,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on CNBC. “We can bring back choice to consumers so yeah the minivan is awesome but maybe the station wagon is cool too.”
The Transportation Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in its proposal Wednesday that fuel economy regulations led manufacturers to reshape the market in unanticipated ways “such as by almost eliminating the production of station wagons.”
The Detroit Three automakers ended production of full-size station wagons in the mid-1990s but smaller wagons remained in production by U.S. automakers until 2008.
Cars face more stringent standards than trucks. Station wagons are considered passenger cars but minivans and crossover utility vehicles are light trucks.
Coming soon, a 180mph Cadillac Blackwing station wagon which does 0-60 in 3.2 seconds.
I would settle for the return of the Dodge Magnum.
The next Mustang will be a station wagon.
Stop that. And I’m not even a Ford fanboy.
That’s another abomination.
The sedan is al but extinct as far as I can tell.
I want a Crown Vic.
I still haven’t replaced my car. You guys are giving me great ideas.
I want to see TOK tooling around town in a Citroën 2CVX.
Ill take it
In related news, Trump apparently greenlighted US production of microcars.
I look forward to the virtue-signalling crowd decrying this on “safety grounds” which steps on the rake of helping poor people. Remember that one of their factions hates private vehicle ownership and freedom of movement.
Remove ALL THE VEHICLE MANDATES!
If I want to drive a rail buggy to work everyday, it’s MY BUSINESS!!!
Sorry, I might be a little passionate about the subject after living through the bullshit of the Texas dune buggy ban.
Where is my hybrid El Camino?
World’s oldest restaurants?
Founded in 1725, Restaurante Botín, in Madrid, Spain, is recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest restaurant in the world. But across town, the owners of Casa Pedro believe theirs may be even older; it’s been in their family for at least 10 generations. Seth Doane visits two timeless establishments that each celebrate family, pride, tradition, and some very good food.
They’ve had that same pot of stew simmering over the fire since 1725, they just add more meat and potatoes when it gets low.
My Chicago teammates are now in NY, and not exactly tearing it up. One team is 1-2, the other (my team) is 0-3. I think it’s more comforting to think I wouldn’t have made a difference.
https://www.usahockey.com/sledclassic
The rink is in Hauppauge, NY.
Still remember when I heard that pronounced the first time.
My sister and her husband lived in Hauppauge for a year when they first got married.
BIL got a job in Massachusetts and worked for the same company for 30 years before the company was bought out and he (from what I understand) made out like a bandit with executive stock options. He’s working with some sort of glide into retirement start-up now.
They’ve had that same pot of stew simmering over the fire since 1725, they just add more meat and potatoes when it gets low.
I had a friend in college who pretty much did that. There was always a pot of chili on the stove.
Everyday is Christmas music
https://youtu.be/njIHO49_6yc
Texas dune buggy ban.
WTF? I hope that didn’t include the Meyers Manx.
*If one fell out of the sky, I buy it and drive it.
Project for you.
https://carsandbids.com/auctions/rkwamgEW/1964-honda-s600-roadster
Trump explained how he saw these small cars during his recent trip to Asia, which he described as both “cute” and “beautiful,” but was told they could not be sold in the United States due to regulations. The president’s remarks suggested he thought that silly, and that these small machines could be sold at a more affordable price point than other traditional models. Trump also touted how smaller cars are more efficient thanks to their smaller engines, and specifically named brands like Honda and Toyota as potential sources for these machines.
OMG what a dolt. Nobody wants those. If they did there’d be a bunch of grey market used ones for sale all over the place.
Every now and then I’ll see one driving around town. I’ll also see one occasionally in the parking lot of the gym I use. I think they’re the same Kei truck.
Project for you.
Judging by the hood it already has the Hayabusa swap.
Please, our YouTube creator is purist enough to put a Honda motor in a Honda!
Yes it’s all swapped.
$12000?
*clutches chest, slumps to floor*
Daisy accidentally shipped me one of these (https://gamousa.com/product/swarm-fusion-10x-gen3i-177-exclusive-kit/) when I ordered on of these (https://daisy.com/product/daisy-powerline-880-multi-pump-pneumatic/). I’m gonna have a hard time keeping my grubby mitts off the Gamo while I figure out what Daisy wants me to do. If I didn’t already have a (somewhat less full featured) Gamo already, I’d probably make different choices.
Oops.
The good PR move would be “Our mistake, keep it if you want”.
Not sure if the company will take that route.
I had a Diana 35, gave it to a grand daughter. Fun to shoot indoors
diana model 35 airgun
Neph,
I’m going to see planet smashers and Mustard Plug tomorrow.
Nice. I haven’t seen the Planet Smashers since Mighty IIRC. Mustard Plug is still coming here on a regular basis. Hope you enjoy them both.
I met this girl downtown who told me she’d been sleeping on the streets. I asked if I could take her home with me.
She started crying when I walked away with her cardboard box.
Wokka wokka!
So my offhand comment about withdrawing from NATO (from Shellenberger)…