No funny stories happening today, alas, though I’m loaded up with them (starting with my war with a bat, who eventually suffered a Shop Vac execution). But I have deadlines for an article looming and have been heads-down writing and (when realizing that I have some vital data that I need to have things make sense) stopping to run measurements. Since it involves acoustic measurement gear, I also have a large dog in a foul mood from being annoyed by swoops and whoops at high volumes emanating from my media room. Ah well, this is what’s keeping you in kibble.
What IS happening, though, is birthdays, including the guy who couldn’t wait to wipe his ass on the freshly-written Bill of Rights; a guy who cursed- a LOT; a guy who inspired a shitty pop tune; the prime example of disgusting shitheads whose art is undeniable; a guy who figured that “Angelo Siciliano” was not a memorable name; star of the shittiest cult movie ever made; a guy who wasn’t bright but was one helluva badass; a pioneer of TV news people’s incorrect belief that they’re doing something important; the truer version of The Day The Music Died; a brother-in-law of several dummies; one of my teenage fantasy women who was stone cray-cray; the nemesis of Peggy Hill; and a hatchet face who managed to marry a money dude.
I have more of a hatchet mind, so here’s Links.
A successor to TACO. BURRITO: Blowhards’ Unilateral Restrictions Raise Ingredient Tax Overhead This shit has been killing our business.
Related. I have an idea: Fuck you, cut spending.
I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning, it’s the smell of victory!
Just fucking deport her. Jesus, the world needs more nutty self-centered AWFLs.
Those wacky illegal alien scammers!
“Your Honor, my client pleads retarded.”
Heidi is proof that physiognomy is destiny.
Sue them because the software is shitty.
The Left wants too destroy science and the trade pubs applaud.
Know what the world needs? More Laurie Lewis. Here.
Will they be merged?
Into They/Thems?
One post, there are two FML
Not anymore!
OMWC nuked the other post so I couldn’t get my hat-tip. 🙁
🎩
I nuked it.
Who the hell let the Upside Downers get nukes?
My apologies for the confusion. When we were debating who sits in for Sloopy/Banjos, I put in a chit for today since I won’t be around for my usual Sunday (up at Prime’s). Somebody mentioned you in passing but was unclear that you were all-in on it. My bad completely.
No sweat.
At least I got to open the fun music link.
OK, other post removed.
https://hoover.com/products/powerdash-pet-compact-carpet-cleaner-1
Seems good for only $120.
Where do you put the pet?
You suck it up into the dirty water receptacle.
🙀
Burlap sacks sold separately…
😿😿😿😿😿😿
I got some “pet edition” Shark vacuum. It works remarkably well.
Having said that: I am doing vastly more maintenance on it that I have done on all previously owned vacuums combined. However, it could very well be that I was doing insufficient maintenance on those and also I’ve never allowed a pet indoors especially a Great Pyrenees mix.
Have you tried just vacuuming the dog?
My biggest disappointment in a vacuum cleaner was my Dyson, whose standard floor attachment constantly got clogged. I replaced it with a Ryobi, of all things. (I prefer cordless models.) It vacuums the floor without constantly clogging, but I keep the Dyson around because it’s better ergonomically as a hand vac.
Giant pets with hair can take down any vacuum. At least the Shark is cheap and parts are readily available.
I have the Dyson Pet vacuum, it’s great and lower maintenance than the Shark I had previously. But it was also really expensive and parts are expensive. Still needs maintenance.
One of the really nice things about living here (as opposed to OK and TX) is leaving the doors and windows open. Weather here supports that practice and the almost total absence of insects here means I’m not constantly under invasion if I do.
The upside is that Lily loves being able to go explore/patrol the back yard, sleep in the sun, and come back for pets as she wishes. The downside is every week I can fill the vacuum with the dust she’s brought into the living room.
SP bought us a Samsung robot vac some years ago. I took it out of storage, cleaned it up, and let it go. The standoffs between the vac and Kaiser are hilarious.
Unfortunately, I have to empty it out every 15-20 minutes since Kaiser sheds profusely. I guess this is labor saving?
We have the pet Dyson as well.
Even with a woolly Husky it works well.
It was pricey though.
All the bagless cordless vacs seem to have a 12-18 month lifespan. Also, theyre never quite the same after a deep clean.
We got a bagless corded vac and it’s already so much better than the cordless. I’m highly tempted to pick up a corded bagged Miele next time woot has it on clearance.
I had one of those a while back. Complete piece of junk. YMMV.
we have a bagless, cordless stick vac. I hate it, the wife loves it.
it is not up to the task of four cats
I have a cute little Bissell similar to that one but then I moved and I don’t have any carpets now. Or pets.
Regarding Raven’s cricket post:
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/cricket/article-16244299/Australia-South-Africa-cricket-viral-video.html
Is that mayo in a breakfast burrito?
Why is this mayo so salty?
Probably crema, unless its in the Midwest.
Or in Glibs Gulch. 50/50 whether people want mayo or ranch in their burritos.
then it’s American cheese
There was a French couple running a breakfast stand when I was in college and they put mayo on their breakfast croissant sandwiches.
Gross.
Sour cream or GTFO.
None of those things belong in a breakfast burrito. Salsa roja works.
To be fair, I don’t do “breakfast” burritos.
I do real burritos.
Ugh..mayo isnt bad but the wrong fat for a burrito. Sour cream, crema or guac, otherwise you are just making a wrap, not a burrito.
The best breakfast taco in Austin was Mi Madre’s puerco adobo and avocado. Though Rudy’s brisket, potato and egg was damn tasty too.
crema would be correct for any Mexican restaurant that is north-central Mexico in origin. Baja, nope.
still gross, jus like mayo is gross, but there is a reason for it (German/Swiss immigration to the plains)
All in the eye of the beholder but Bravo Burger in Chino, CA has the best breakfast burrito hands down.
Not Adahn:
I’ve seen that. A local bagel sandwich place does a layer of herb cream cheese on their breakfast sandwiches (on top of a slice of cheese).
My diner has the “college breakfast sandwich.”
Toasted bagel with egg, sausage, American cheese, cream cheese, and Doritos. Not only do they provide crunch and salt (and more cheese) they provide traction keeping the cream cheese side from sliding off the egg.
Does it need more fat?
Fat carries the flavors and spices, so yes.
What the article on the Armenian parliament brawl didn’t mention is the reasoning behind the ministry of women’s satisfaction:
It claimed the policy was needed because sexual dissatisfaction had caused a rise in political activism by middle-aged white women.
Simpson, the daughter of a former US diplomat who has lived on the street for more than three decades, is in receipt of disability benefits after being diagnosed with clinical anxiety, long Covid and a functional neurological disorder.
Bitch bought the Collector’s Edition of Hypochondria.
You don’t expect former diplomats to be homeless.
Now are we talking a former ambassador, or a one of the bureaucrats from the State department?
Ambassador appointments tend to be ways of shoving politicians out of the way politely. State Department drones tend to have the same level of mental illness as the bureaucracy at large, and could easily end up on the street.
Let us celebrate the corrupt elite living the life they truly deserve (sans the dole of course).
We sure that affluent white liberal is female?
“As well as raising the profile of less-well known chemists, David Smith, also at the University of York, UK says that it’s also important to note that many of the chemists that students learn about are ‘all dead, white German [chemists], sometimes American, sometimes British’.”
Then he wouldn’t shut up about a genocide in Gaza?
During my lecturing days, I got into some major trouble by pointing out the shifts in ethnic composition among top researchers in physics and chemistry. “After the Greeks, physics was absolutely dominated by western Europeans. The world’s thinnest book is ‘Great Jewish Physicists before Einstein.’ Then suddenly Jews absolutely dominated the field. These days, the top people tend to be Indian or Chinese. Who knows who it will be in 50 years?”
Apparently, physics journals should look like the photos of groups of people in real estate ads.
They want more Jason Arday?
‘Cause that is how you get more Jason Arday.
Re Dune 3 from the dedthred:
Well, she’s played by Zendaya, who as far as I know has never displayed any kind of positive emotion onscreen.
I think it was Dorothy Parker who said of Katharine Hepburn, “She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.”
Bringing it over:
Re: Dune 3 final trailer.
It very much implies that instead of Paul wandering off into the desert, Stronk Chani is going to Liberate the Fremen from the Colonialist Oppressor Atreides herself.
There’s a youtuber I enjoy called “Quinn’s Ideas” who is typically good, if a bit basic, but he’s completely huffing the copium with this one. He’s accepting the implication but says it’s fine, this is a new interpretation of Messiah. And worse, he claims it’s going to be a big dramatic moment because “Chani still loves Paul.”
Except… at what point do we have ANY evidence that Chani loves Paul in the first place? Yeah, maybe she’s into twinks, and he’s undoubtedly the only dude in the sietch that she hasn’t already banged if we assume the Tau lore still applies. But beyond a quick roll in the sand? When is that ever on screen? Dennis decided to cut the entire “Paul and Chani fall in love, have a kid, said kid gets murdered by the Harkonnen” plotline so at this point in the moves, Chani hasn’t shown any kind of positive emotion towards Paul, but exactly the opposite. How is this version of Chani going to be so desperate to give Paul kids she goes off into the desert ODs on spice, and conceives pre-born twins?
Which… if Dennis was going to sack up and just end things on a trilogy, he could make a consistent ending with Chani shanking Pretty-boy and have a separate-from-the-books canon. But he puts a (vision?) of the twins in the trainer, which raises the question who is going to bear these twins? An axlotl tank? It sure as fuck ain’t going to be Stronk Chani.
liked the first Dune and was looking forward to the second.
The bullshit they pulled with Chani’s character had me decide to wait to see the third one once I could watch it at home.
The trailer for the third one has me thinking about not watching it.
It is very well filmed however.
Why is every adaptation written by retards that do not understand the source material?
In Denis’ case, I don’t think it’s not understanding the source material, but rather wanting to use it to tell the story that they in their auteur genius has decided really speaks to today’s zeitgeist and audience.
The modern audience that the box office indicates either doesn’t exist or doesn’t watch movies, play videogames, or have any disposable income?
Because the point is that those icky normies must not have the things they like.
The Dune movies have been successful I believe.
Odyssey made all of the money and not only butchered the source material, it looked like ass.
@Ron – The earlier installments were less focused on modern audiences from reports I’ve heard.
I think Odessy mostly rode the director’s reputation
I was wondering where the hell the story was going, since it isn’t really following the book. Typical.
The first one was really good, it skipped some things, but the only head scratching choice I remember is they made the lead scientist a black woman instead of a man, which didn’t make sense because in the books that scientist is Chani’s father.
That gives Chani a broader perspective being from both worlds, but I guess it was better to just have her scowling at everything.
I think you’re right about the Odyssey, but I was hoping for a much better movie when it was announce Nolan would be making it.
Jeebus. She thinks the Montenegrin embassy in London is “tacky”? The US embassy there is a fucking crime against nature.
I suspect she’d be an exception to the rule about crazy girl sex.
so, the very bottom left of the Crazy/Hot matrix.
The US embassy there is a fucking crime against nature.
The wife and I are watching The Diplomat on Netflix*. Every time they show an exterior shot of the US Emabssy, I think “jesus that’s ugly.”
*The first couple seasons were good, third season still not bad, current season way to much blah blah about relationships and the behavior of the president is so far off the rails that my disbelief fell into the creek.
Hm. Web search returns two embassies – both horrifically ugly.
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but the Greek Embassy in Ottawa is literally a student rental unit. There are a few big, impressive embassies but most countries spend what they think a diplomatic mission to Canada is worth.
“Keep her away from your kids”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vapghyGuyo
How to accidentally Ms. Rachel?
— stoning
— ass chamber
— RPG firing squad
— RCDean Slice-O-Matic
https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/opinion/america-falls-for-another-fake-race-baiting-story-with-the-help-of-ms-rachel/
I thought I had looked into the gamut of execution methods before recommending the guillotine, but somehow I missed (and now I’m intrigued by) the ass chamber.
STEVE SMITH SUPPORTS DEATH BY ASS CHAMBER
Poison suppositories?
Grenades.
so, you were saying it was a gaping hole in your knowledge?
That’s how they got Translucent.
I can’t figure out why being crazy or retarded gets you leniency after you kill someone.
Maybe a factor if someone is too mentally defective for regular prison?
Some dude never heard ” Don’t stick it in crazy”
That’s how you get politicians.
it is an AWFL trend
I can understand some leniency, such as a group home/care facility over prison. But nothing that puts the violent mentally challenged/ill person back on the street with the public.
I had to violently hate-tap out of that shit.
“feel like I belong”
Go fuck yourself. You know how to “feel like you belong”? Do the work well. That is literally all it takes.
“Palestine Action” – dayum… when even current-year UK won’t let you in, they must be the real deal.
“A vile creep tried to rape an 83-year-old woman in her Manhattan apartment, according to cops who released a video of the suspect looking over his shoulder while walking nearby.”
https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/us-news/creep-wanted-for-attempting-to-rape-83-year-old-woman-in-her-manhattan-apartment/
“An Arizona man allegedly orchestrated a plan to have a creep sexually assault his fiancée at their home — before the fearless mother of two fought off her attacker in the driveway.
Zarian Dyer, 23, was arrested Thursday after investigators alleged he recruited 20-year-old Adrian Ayala to assault his fiancée, Bella Torres, according to the Buckeye Police Department and Arizona’s Family.”
https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/us-news/arizona-man-zarian-dyer-recruited-creep-to-sexually-assault-his-fiancee-before-she-fought-off-attacker-police/
STEVE SMITH BUSY UNTIL MIDTERMS
MIDTERMS FUCK WHOLE COUNTRY IN ASS, STEVE ONLY FUCK OCCASIONAL HIKER.
Meanwhile….
“Even more bizarre is Vera Valentine’s “Unhinged,” the tale of a woman who falls for her … front door. Trigger warnings listed on the author’s website include: door knob insertion, covert breaking and entering, secret underwear theft, allusions to an orgy with unprotected sex, gun violence, and wood putty use.”
https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/lifestyle/booktok-is-driving-book-sales-but-its-selling-a-whole-lot-of-smut/
Wood putty use?
the door was putty in her hands?
a Tampa Bay Rays bat?
A bedroom door is understandable. Front door would be pure exhibitionism.
lol
Reminds me of Wicker.
The story of a lonely woman that commissions a basket maker to make her a husband.
Apparently it has full frontal wicker.
A hilarious breakdown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKYq-gDBIsk
What is it with movies about women and wood?
Ron, I would have thought you’d know.
Two repeated comments I’ve seen in regards to Wicker are:
Does no one think of splinters?
Maybe we should start bringing shame back.
No maybe about it. Shame is a strong correcting influence vital to a healthy society.
And based upon the people I’ve seen laughing at all the material around the film yes, the issue of materials safety was frequently brought up, even by the degenerates who made the piece.
Getting coffee in the cafeteria, I noticed the grill guy is wearing an afro wig with inserted pick. I then noticed that today’s special is a “Jive Turkey Melt.”
Swiss patty melt with a turkey burger?
Dunno. I would guess it’s sliced turkey from the deli station.
Excellent. Comedy is not dead.
I’m starting to get the impression that that Gen Zed (or whatever they’re called) kinda DGAF.
Makes this GenX heart swell
If he’s white I expect expressions of Outrage! in the media before the end of the day.
Only if someone tells them!
TikTok in 3, 2, 1…
Now I need to know what the seasoning is to make Jive.
(Yes, I get the joke and understand the origin of the name, but I want a seasoning mix called Jive.)
Start with jerk seasoning, then make it smooth?
Hmm. Probably Caribbean leaning or a variation of jerk.
NA…out of the brain, you just jived it better
Apparently the high fuel prices are because of greedy corporations.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2019054582/regional-airlines-get-5-point-7m-boost-as-fuel-prices-soar
Netflix picked up a show, which I started at 5 minute shorts by a comedy troupe or so I assume.
Minimum Wage is a nice refresher and a bit of sunshine that comedy isnt dead among young folk.
Though the low hanging homeschool character is tiresome, it at least was funny.
*which started as…
Coffee, more, immediately.
Take it to the hoop, Ev and all. Payday! Haven’t checked it yet. Will soon… Onward!
Oops.
Was that wrong?
Technically, the machines will work with those keys.
But they’re so short as to be useless for actually encrypting anything since you could probably break the encrption by hand.
Yep, all those certs are useless and are being rescinded. Tens of millions of them that are in use.
I could have sworn this story was a couple of months old.
Who knows when it fuckup started but I found the link via my adblocker’s latest release notes.
I believe there’s been a couple of cert signers in India (what a coincidence!) that got revoked in the past couple of months.
For Kevin:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2019054370/freedom-82yo-amputee-on-first-para-ice-hockey-experience
“Donovan Marx, 50, was tortured at his home early Wednesday, just five months after President Trump raised fears of a genocide of white South African farmers.
Two barbarians stormed into one of his barns soon after his wife, Louise, left, shooting Marx in the back and stabbing him in the leg to stop him from fleeing.
As he collapsed in a pool of blood, they held him down and hacked off his ears — chopping them into pieces to make it harder for them to be sewn back on later, according to a neighbor and friend.
“They also tried to cut off [Donovan’s] genitals but luckily a worker showed up and the [robbers] then made their getaway taking Donovan’s farm pick-up to escape,” the neighbor wrote online….
Supporters of the communist, black nationalist movement are known for chanting the anti-apartheid anthem “kill the Boer.” In 2022, it was ruled that it’s not a form of hate speech.”
https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/world-news/white-south-african-farmer-has-ears-hacked-off-as-hes-tortured-in-barn-robbery/
WTF??
Proving Botha right one atrocity at a time.
*shakes head*
I’d say you’re better than that – but you’re demonstrating otherwise.
Or proving Donald is right to allow them in as “asylum seekers” against the complaints of Dems because they are white.
The “white” is simply cover for the real reason – they won’t vote Democrat.
I hate to break it to you JI, but some of them are actually vehemently racist. It’s not all about votes.
White racists against white people, right?
This AM I got an email from IT. Naturally none of my coworkers understand it. The good news is my company is entering the modern era.
The English version is that my dedicated VPN app is being retired. Zscaler will be used to automatically provide VPN services when not on a local network.
The mind boggles that IT couldn’t express this in way users could understand, but here we are.
Have you Met IT folks?
We don’t speak Userese.
We have quite a few like that. Sometimes *I* don’t understand WTF they are talking about. I work directly with users and strive to be understandable. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have a love/hate relationship with ZScaler.
It locks up our laptops when switching between untrusted/trusted networks. Probably all the bloat that FedGov dumps into our Windows build, but still.
Did you order the Code Red?
‘A Few Good Men’ Review: Marines Come Back to Broadway
Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play about a court martial gets a revival at Lincoln Center Theater, starring Bradley Whitford and Tom Blyth and directed by Michael Arden.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-few-good-men-review-aaron-sorkins-marines-come-back-to-broadway-b2a4cbca?st=NTWkDr&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
“Where’s my Mountain Dew?”
I miss Diet Code Red.
(the common pejorative is “ultra-Orthodox”)
That’s pejorative like “far-right” I assume.
WSJ Editorial
Israel Votes for Hope
The fractured results and likely coalition-building may spur cooperation with Haredi and Arab parties.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/israel-votes-for-hope-4b76b08c?st=dnMKtp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
For “Hope”… and “Change”?
Amy Acton revived hope and change and then went full Kamala Harris with it.
https://x.com/BeezlyKre/status/2115977203146264865
As much as I despise our nominally two-party system, parliamentary coalition building is like watching a sewage plant in failure.