This week’s sky is probably the most complicated one we’ve seen yet (most of the sky omitted for clarity)
It is amazing that anyone was able to do SCIENCE before Powerpoint existed. For an example of someone doing amazing work without even the benefit of algebra, see https://youtu.be/vUWKMo5scKY?t=175
On the first level we have four alignments: Jupiter-Venus-Earth-Luna (in green–change in marital status); Jupiter-Sol-Mars (magenta — state level conflicts, officers, military rulers); Saturn-Mercury-Mars (purple — bad news about war, ending of a conflict, death of a soldier); and Venus-Sol-Mercury (gold — love letters, pornography, gossip). On the second level, we have interactions indicating that a divorce degree will be finalized that gives possession of the house; A general’s mistress will lose her baby; A war comes to an end because a leader (the one that wins) changes strategies; and a foreign correspondent gets lucky with a local. The third and fourth levels are both very similar indicating that this will be the most important happening of the week: A media organization will go completely to shit. There will be scandals, layoffs, and lawsuits all hitting it at the same time. I’m very curious to see which one it will be.
Of course, the Sun is in Aquarius. Also the same as last week Jupiter is in Aquarius so bonus to self control. Which is good, because Mercury is in Pisces, indicating that events around you are not going to respond to your efforts. The moon in Cancer indicates that secrets will feature prominently. Venus and Saturn are fighting it out in Capricorn, the end result (probably) being that you are going to stumble into something good purely by accident. I hesitate to make this last reading for liability reasons, but Mars in Taurus advises just bulling through any fights you may get into this week.
Aquarius: 9 of Coins – Safety, success, riches
Pisces: 4 of Coins, reversed – Suspense, delay, opposition
Aries: Wheel of Fortune, reversed – Decrease, bad luck, rapidity, loss of control
Taurus: 8 of Cups – Timidity, abandonment, surrender
Gemini: The Hermit, reversed – Concealment, disguise, fear
Cancer: 3 of Cups – Successful conclusion, perfection, merriment, celebration, healing
Leo: Ace of Cups (again!) – Joy, contentment, fertility, nourishment
Virgo: 7 of Cups – Desire, determination, will
Libra: Queen of Cups – A good woman, an honest woman, aid offered.
Scorpio: The World, reversed – Inertia, stagnation, status quo
Sagittarius: 5 of Wands, reversed – Trickery, litigation, disputes, contradiction
Capricorn: 10 of Cups, reversed – A false sense of security, indignation, violence.
I got the desire, but not the will..
I’m missing determination as well. More ennui than anything.
You?
Except for being French and the lack of opposible thumbs exactly:)
I am Henri.
My neighbor frequently tries to convince me to film my cat and he will provide a voiceover. Instead of a French existentialist, the character would be grumpy southern redneck.
don’t settle for an impression when the real thang is available
Neighbor is a grumpy southern redneck.
Haha. You should do it and see what he comes up with.
That’s spelled o-r-n-e-r-y.
I
resentresemble that remark.I would feel your ennui pain if I weren’t feeling so mich ennui myself.
*Briefly smiles at Mojeaux then returns to despair
Ennui is going to sue for sexual harassment.
Nah, Ennui doesn’t care.
*wild applause*
I need some reason to name a character “Mitch Ennui”. And then someone needs to react to something by saying, “Oh my god, that’s classic Mitch Ennui.”
Joy, contentment, fertility, nourishment
So I got that going for me, which is nice!
Your going to be breast fed? Nice.
Sharp as Ever
That’s not unusual for someone pushing 80. Just retire already. Her and RBG are both gonna do the Weekend at Bernie’s thing.
Lifetime royalty is a right!
I’ve heard that implying Pelosi might be missing a beat or two is sexist, just like the right-wing fake news rumors that Hillary Clinton might have been losing it a touch. Obviously, I disagree in the strongest terms, but I’ll avoid pointing out every single instance when a man nearing 70 was considered much too old to run for another term.
70 is okay so long as your wife’s astrologer is handy.
I won’t bring up my opponent’s youth and inexperience.
DA WEINAH IS BACK BABY!
2020 run?
No matter how big of a loser one is, there is always politics.
Carlos Danger / Gulag Barbie 2020
Che Guevera has to wait until 2024. She’s not old enough in 2020.
I am so looking forward to voting against her.
You mean to tell me that a normal guy who did what he did would be all in the clear already?
Figures he’d get a premature release.
Yeay! The Wiener is out!
For Harambe?
*unzips*
Too bad the NY Post blew its load of weiner jokes the last couple go-rounds with this clown.
“Libra: Queen of Cups – A good woman, an honest woman, aid offered.”
Woohoo! Spud’s gonna get laid!
Sounds like you might get a discount this time too!
Winning.
Well, Queen = female, cup = vagina, so yeah.
Also fun fact: the tarot suits are also used to describe the hair color of someone i the divination, so Coins = blonde, Wands = brunette, Swords = “dark” and Cups = redhead.
I’m gonna get laid by a ginger? The wife is NOT going to be happy.
Nah, you can make that much of a reading into a single card draw. Otherwise, only redheads would have sex, and only bears and otters would get laid on the spear side.
Now you’ve gone and done it by lighting the Jesse signal.
The tarot is very gay friendly. There are triple the cards indicating m4m sexual success than there are for heteros.
I would have figured m2m encounters were less fickle and less needing of such things.
I would have thought it was f2f that was stable and m2m that were more fickle.
Clearly she is planning to dye her hair.
Whew!
So how would your wife feel about wearing this?
https://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/1779/1-1/sexy-burgundy-wig.jpg
So Spud should have an escape plan?
Doesn’t bode well for Splosives household.
She: Decrease, bad luck, rapidity, loss of control
He: A false sense of security, indignation, violence
Am I I gonna get beaten up???!
Better do a preliminary strike. Of course there is the bad luck to contend with.
I’m picturing looming over him with the marble rolling pin in hand and saying, “sorry, Hon. The stars made me do it.”
That would explain the indignation part.
Ad the false sense of security on his part!
I’m reminded of a one-panel German cartoon I saw that had little girl with the rolling pin in hand, and a little boy on the floor seeing stars, and the girl saying to her mother, “We were just playing ‘Mommy and Daddy’.”
The cartoon stuck out to me because the mother was wearing an apron, high heels, and pearls. Who puts on pearls to do the housework?
Classy women, Ted. Classy women.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfXs0m32A8E
I love that song:)
His false sense of security is a trap! He’ll never see it coming$
Only if your black, gay and live in Chicago
Phew, dodged a bullet.
Wife is upset.
Comey sat behind her at church and she felt compelled to not say anything to him because none of it would have been polite.
She should have gotten up and moved.
Or stood up and farted. That would have made the news.
“Wife of Libertarian Farts in Comey’s General Direction ….. Film at 11”
Probably would have been big enough on CNN to get Jussie Smollett off the screen.
What about forgiveness?
She’s Italian.
Ahhh….. passionate. Lucky you:)
Joy, contentment
It is the gift of Landru.
Are you of the body?
Are you of the body?
I AM THE ARKON.
Um … Huh. Not quite encouraging.
Yeah, that’s kind of a shitty card — one of the few that’s bad when not reversed. The picture is people walking away from a pile of good stuff, so the implication is you’re being kind of a tard.
“so the implication is you’re being kind of a tard.”
*Mojeaux reaches through the internet to cut a bitch*
“Oh yeah? Well, the ‘tard store called and they’re runnin’ outta YOU!”
Sooooo don’t be a tard. Got it.
GIGANTIC CAVEAT: one card draws are very very flimsy reeds to hang conclusions on.
Having said that, if you were a paying client and that card came up it would indicate (assuming consistency with all the other cards — you NEVER do a single draw for a paying customer) if there was some book/project that you were background-halfassed working on to NOT abandon it. It’s not an imperative that you work more on it, just an admonition that it does have value and shouldn’t be tossed.
Upthread statement of ennui notwithstanding…
Never Surrender
https://youtu.be/rKXv0_ckCp0
Libra: Queen of Cups – A good woman, an honest woman, aid offered.
Ha! My wife just told me she’s preggo with our baby #2, you called it! Also, none of you saw this….
NONE OF YOU!
I have an alibi.
Isn’t that why all Ice cream truck driver’s vans and vendors look the same?
Impotent?
Depends on your criteria. If the assistance of popsicle sticks and rubber bands is allowed, then nope.
Just think how amazingly accurate the predictions are going to be once the Glib Tarot gets printed.
“the Glib Tarot”
That’s a pretty cool concept. An optimistic tarot deck with a bunch of sarcasm and porn. Yeah, that could work!
Congrats!
Thank you. I’m feeling quite elated right now and it’s nice to be able to tell someone.
I’m not looking forward to how distracted I’m going to be around people I want to tell but can’t for the next month or so.
Yeah, that’s going to be tough. Especially while your going around with a big inexplicable grin on your face:)
Congrats
Very cool. Congrats!
Congratulations! We’re trying for #2 ourselves, which makes that Ace of Cups draw pretty nice!
We’re trying for #2 ourselves
Take Ex-Lax if need be. :-p
LOL
Big Lou’s like you! He’s on Number Two too!
Congrats! And condolences to all your nice things.
I break more stuff than my toddler. So, when I do buy nice things, they either come with a bulletproof case or they’re designed to take an absolute beating or… both.
Congratulations!!
Woohooo! I’m happy for you, Cy!
I hope all goes well. How old is the elder spawn?
Kiddo #1 is 14 (different mother.)
Kiddo #2 is 15 months.
Kiddo #3 due date is mid to late October, so there’s a chance Kiddo 2 & 3 may share a Birthday.
Capricorn: 10 of Cups, reversed – A false sense of security, indignation, violence.
just like any other day that ends in y
Got love whisky!
Nein! Gott liebt Schnäpse
“Gemini: The Hermit, reversed – Concealment, disguise, fear”
Quit talking about my job interviews asshole.
My resume is a shining paragon of truth. There is absolutely nooooooo embellishment there at all. No sir.
But as a Gemini, those conditions apply to only one of the twins. Identify which side of you is being affected, and switch to your other personality for the week.
Embrace the fluff.
Euphemism? It could help his job prospects though.
If he fluffs penises as well as he fluffed his resume, sure could.
So, you’re saying that promotion I’ve been hoping for probably ain’t happening this week?
Oooh…but my comment number is my lucky number. Which scientific discipline has more power; astrology or lucky numbers?
It depends. Submit a map of your head bumps and we can let you know. Phrenology is the critical bridge here.
True. Numerology seems to vary across continents, so we’d need to see which tectonic plates your skull ridges resemble before we can tell.
Just read your reply to Spud’ re: hair color. My boss is a blonde. It definitely isn’t happening this week.
Well, if I’m being honest, I could stand a little less nourishment. The winter hibernation has not been kind to the ol’ waistline.
The fraction of Glib Leos seems to be way more than 1/12th.
But I can feel your pain. My cooking successes lately haven’t been very much help either.
I hibernate, more or less, which is not a good strategy for maintaining an attractive physique. I think maybe living in a house with insulation and modern HVAC might help me get past that shit.
Only a 3rd? What a shitlord! And X like when you strike something out or like anonomous variable? That’s literally genocide. I can’t even.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/430372-gillibrand-backs-federal-classification-of-third-gender-report
That is a fantastic idea. People trying to hold down their jobs, pay their mortgages and keep their children in school are really, really concerned about third gender options for otherkin. Now what is she going to do about a check box for people who identify as squirrels?
the libertarian president
I don’t think anyone believes he’s libertarian, just entertaining
There’s a big difference between “accidentally libertarianish” and “libertarian”.
Not for as long as the accidental part is still tipping in that direction.
OCCASIONALLY accidentally libertarianish-ish.
But always also Super Secret Nazi President.
Very good point.
Sagittarius: 5 of Wands, reversed – Trickery, litigation, disputes, contradiction
That wasn’t me. Given enough time and information, I will provide an incontestable alibi.
Gemini: The Hermit, reversed – Concealment, disguise, fear
You got me
Good grief. Just returned from the store. I had the radio on the the local lefty commenter was overjoyed at the thought of Trump getting trounced in ’20. He was also giddy at the field of challengers and suggested a couple more. The ones he suggested had plenty of prog credentials. He also thinks Klobuchar is a moderate that stands a good chance. Isnt Klobuchar the one caught on mike saying that her moderate stances were all a lie and she would simply vote commie after the election and the people that voted for her would just have to ‘get over it’? I could be wrong and it was someone else.
They dont have a single candidate that isnt a ding-dong, kook, fruitloop, or criminal.
She’s the one who throws shit at her staff while they’re shaving her legs.
I mixed her up with….Gillibrand? The one from Az?
To be fair the candidates are all indistinguishable from each other.
Gillibrand is from my state.
The one from AZ is Sinema, the lesbian otherkin or something like that.
But Democrat model 2020 comes in a variety of styles and colors.
^Bingo^
All they have anymore is identity politics.
Figurative shit, or actual fecal matter?
She’s the one who throws shit at her staff while they’re shaving her legs.
With a Gillette Bush Hog?
An angle grinder and a Jesse size barrel of lube to keep the grinder from overheating.
The Newest Hero
And, it’s time to unveil the left’s newest hero of the month, Mr. Swingvote Penaltax. Meet the new hero, same as the old hero.
I dont think even that shitweasel will vote against it.
If they were to rule that Trump does not have discretion to declare a SOE, wont that nullify all of the past ones? Prevent their guy from declaring them in the future?
I suppose they think they can thwart Trump and import enough commies to have an electoral lock on power and then just do as they please.
“wont that nullify all of the past ones? Prevent their guy from declaring them in the future?”
Of course not, It’s OK when they do it, because it’s for the right reasons. It says right here in the Constitution, in the ‘For the Right Reasons’ clause. Right beside the FYTW clause.
And your next sentence?, yes, that’s exactly what they think.
As a libertarian, I should be opposed to Trump’s order. I’m not even a wall guy.
But by the same token, as always, the pearl clutching and double standards on display end up nauseating enough to where it’s tough to build up steam. I don’t even know if you can say that Trump is escalating the power as much as their party consensus against his wall (which is why he didn’t get it when the Republicans held the house and Senate – his own party wasn’t on board with him).
The left builds a wall. Trump climbs over it.
I was never for the wall. BUT. The left are actually orchestrating these caravans and intentionally trying to undermine US sovereignty ONLY to flood the US with 3rd world peasants who will reliably vote Democrat for life. As a libertarian, not an anarchist, I just cannot support that and have to oppose it.
Next team blue prez is just going to tear down whatever he builds. Maybe they all have a secret agreement for a jobs program.
^This is my Trump conundrum in a nutshell.
Obama was a fucking awful president both in terms of liberty and in general terms. If you weren’t a Progressive or didn’t buy into identity politics, there was nothing about his two terms to like. And then the same people who cheered him on tried to foist Hillary on us, and they got Trump instead. And Trump has consistently pissed them off, driving them to increasingly irrational and hyperemotional behavior, really tearing the mask off. And the thing is, he’s done it by effectively being Bill Clinton’s third term. That’s what blows my mind about all this. He’s taking what were standard Democratic Party platform positions in the 90s, and it is driving the Progressives out of their minds because they thought they had the game locked down.
I’m not a Trump fan, but Trump is a lesser evil who not only continues to thwart the efforts of people who consistently want things that are against my interests but also shines a bright light on just how foolish and vapid at best and how morally bankrupt at worst they are. Of course building a wall is stupid. Even the more measured steps he’s offered up as alternatives don’t do much to solve our immigration problem, although part of the problem is our inability to agree on what the problem is. But look at what he’s provoked his enemies into revealing about how they look at power and politics.
That’s pretty much where I am. He certainly doesn’t pass the libertarian purity test, but he has done a great deal to expose the dishonesty of the mainstream media and the slimy, conniving nature of the Left.
I’m always the optimist – I’m hoping that the socialist/SJW wing of the Left will just go absolutely apeshit and scare everyone away from the Democrat Party, and they’ll have to purge those radical elements in order to survive.
I think it would be a big improvement if we had the Republican Party vs. the Jim Webb type Democrats. Libertopia would still be a long, long way off, but it would be significantly better than having avowed socialists in Congress.
I almost don’t like to say positive things about Jim Webb for fear it’ll further hurt his career with the Dems.
If we’re going to table a classical liberal nightwatchman state for the time being and just try to get the best we can get in the short-term, then I think the country does best when the two main opposition parties are primarily driven by moderates. Not much happens, which is for the best. The Dems have been losing their moderates since W was elected, probably before that, and it hasn’t been a good thing for either party. Yeah, more Dems like Webb would be great, because they keep the Republicans honest by providing a sane alternative when the R candidate is a disaster. As it stands, you get Trump.
I suppose they think they can … import enough commies to have an electoral lock on power and then just do as they please.
See: California, State of.
I don’t believe in this astrology stuff. Is that the same as not being woke?
Yup. By being intolerant of alternative epistemologies you obviously are advocating for the genocide of all POCs.
But didn’t the white devils invent astrology also?
As a denier, I believe that all of these celestial bodies have just randomly aligned themselves in orbits around stars and that there is no meaning at all to how they align at different times. I ain’t be woke.
Astrology is settled science. See the -ology at the end of the word? It is right there in the name. You are a science denier.
I also deny alchemy and that those Mayflies in my garden are actually faeries.
Consider the general structure of a root system, large roots branching into smaller ones and again into smaller ones. The trunk and branches have a similar design but flowing in the other direction. Rivers and creeks have a remarkably similar structure. Your vascular system is the same.
Once upon a time people would have a lot of time on their hands. They would sit around and look at all of that, ponder it and see that that there is a connection, that there is some principle in common with those things. If they are related then affecting one could have an effect on the others.
Next thing you know people are seeing dolls, idolatry in general and patterns in the stars. There are all kind of patterns in nature that evoke other patterns.
I suppose uneducated people can be forgiven for thinking that drawing your enemies face on a mandrake root and then stabbing it will help you win a fight. They can also be forgiven for thinking that making symbolic gestures or saying symbolic words can affect what happens in the real world (the origin of thinking that rituals mean something concrete).
So yeah, I am totally on board with this astrology thing. Stuff. Whatever.
Also a settled science
SCIENCE!
Science!
Paula was a total babe.
And they used a computer to make graphs. Settled science.
I don’t believe in the predictive value of astrology (it’s just fun to talk about), but damn, the Aries profile fits me to a T.
Not Adahn, do you do detailed birth charts for paying customers online? That would be interesting.
Freaky sometimes, innit? A friend did a detailed chart on me and my son when he was just a baby (he’s 13 now) and it nailed both of us.
You are, of course, familiar with this classic.
So…
A legitimate birth chart is lot of work, especially for me since 1) I don’t have much/any of the more esoteric stuff memorized and 2) I haven’t reached the level of cynicism required to do a crappy job. So I’d need to charge a lot to do it. Which means I’d need to provide the chart in a nice format, which means the pricing spiral continues.
Doing a 20 minute session with no concrete product in between bouts of hanging out with friends or making out with a rennie chick is much easier for me to justify to my conscience.
I am pretty convinced that Tarot is as legitimate as any other form of psychotherapy.
“Trying to explain economics to progressives is like trying to explain how a satellite orbits the planet to a flat-earth believer.”
https://fee.org/articles/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wont-be-the-one-to-finally-make-socialism-work/
Did Tulsi not get the “be insane all of the time” memo?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-wikileaks-spurred-some-necessary-change
I am in church. Comment faster!
We’re studying Nehemiah, and it sucks. There’s a beauty to that book that is totally being glossed over for a “pray more and trust God” feel good message
He really liked the wall though.
I do wonder whether it’s a subtle political message that we’re studying this now.
Now we are in John 2-4.
We’ve lightened up from talking about deep doctrine too. All platitudes and scraping the theological topsoil. Topic today: personal revelation by the Holy Ghost.
What kind of church?
Mormon.
The kind where she posts dick jokes from.
Sadly, fresh out of dick jokes. Don’t even have any good Nixon jokes.
Those can be pretty tricky.
*sensible chuckle*
I just watched the first episode of The Umbrella Academy.
I continue to be impressed at the way Netflix can crank out so many shows with such high production values.
This show hits my buttons, aesthetically. I will see if it holds my interest.
Willing to burn money in the hopes of future profitability?
Or maybe they’ve figured out how to do things more efficiently? Maybe they have a SFX house in the DPRK staffed with slave labor?
I don’t know but their shows consistently look better than stuff produced by the broadcast networks.
A friend of mine is convinced that their strategy is something like:
1. Take subscription revenue and make an anchor show or two, e.g. House of Cards, Orange is the New Black
2. Get moar revenue
3. Take new revenue and approach every single foreign production network with a deal to co-produce either;
3a. an American version of a foreign show, or;
3b. a foreign show to which Netflix owns American rights, or;
3c. an American re-broadcast of an already-made foreign show
4. Get moar revenue
5. Make original programming
6. Cull low performers
7. Goto #1
It’s pretty amazing. Not everything I’ve really gotten into has been a Netflix program over the past five years, but nearly everything they’ve done has been something I or my wife really, really liked. I’m not sure what the magic formula is, exactly, but I think it’s a combination of the binge model, the ability to get immediate, granular viewer feedback, and their ability to work with pretty much anybody in terms of programming sources.
More simplistically they need a large subscriber base to be profitable but in order to get a large subscriber base they need programming worth subscribing to hence they are spending tons of money on programming in the hopes that they will reach their goal before they run out of money.
That and they previously were able to acquire/”rent” content from other producers for essentially under par in the past. That’s changed and the content producers are trying to get into the streaming content distributing side, so Netflix needs to be build up their own library that they can control or rent/exchange to others.
I would think that a subscriber base would provide for a more predictable cash flow than advertisers. And I’m a little surprised that it’s not profitable. I understand that a company can keep burning money as long as it get new investments, but Netflix has been around since the 20th century, right? That’s an awfully long time to ride the hype train.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/netflix-is-burning-through-cash-and-it-cant-last-forever/ar-BBSqvTT?li=BBnb7Kz
This article goes into some of the issues Netflix is facing.
Perhaps but you need to get enough of them to be profitable and then you have to get them to continue subscribing.
Interesting difference between Netflix’s free cash flow and net income.
I’m a couple of episodes in, and I’ve been enjoying it so far. I didn’t read the graphic novels, so I’m not sure how much has been changed.
Finished the second ep. Still liking it. I never really read DC, so I had never even heard of this.
http://cdnfz.fanzoot.com/artist_images/332/8142_11855609_10152957863266237_3671474994279984215_n.jpg
Something sensible, from Wired
That issue, however, is misunderstood, and it cost Amazon and the city of New York dearly. Amazon was not given a special $3 billion in backroom deals as an incentive for choosing New York. Amazon qualified for more than $1.2 billion in state incentives, and nearly $1 billion in New York City tax incentives, but neither of those programs were specific to Amazon. The state incentives and tax breaks are part of a longstanding Excelsior Jobs Program that offers such benefits formulaically to any company creating jobs in the state; the city incentives would go to any company relocating to the city. Those programs were in place before Amazon, and were not developed to woo it. That is why it is so misleading to characterize the incentives and tax breaks as a juicy package secretly concocted in Albany and New York City to pitch Amazon.
Mind you, there may be a strong argument against giving state and city incentives to large companies, especially flush companies like Amazon, which have no pressing need of more. Eliminating subsidies, however, would require opponents to engage in a complicated debate about where tax revenues come from and how to ensure creation of higher-paying jobs, which is why those programs exist in the first place. Most estimates of the long-term tax revenue from higher-paid Amazon employees were many times the $3 billion in subsidies, not to mention the critical mass of new jobs and development centered in an area of Queens that has lagged behind western parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
But6- it doesan’t last.
The decision, however, is also a loss for Amazon. Years from now, Bezos may look back wistfully at a time when all he had to contend with was a fractious New York City political landscape, one he could have met with more promises to invest, some collective bargaining, and perhaps a refusal to take full advantage of New York’s preexisting incentives. As rising populism places both billionaires and mega-tech companies in an unfriendly spotlight, Amazon’s refusal to engage its opponents and address legitimate concerns head on suggests that it, like most tech behemoths, remains unprepared for a storm of regulation, antitrust questions, and public distrust built of animus to everything from privacy issues to wealth concentration.
Petulant plundering plutocrat!
Whycome you no give in to the mob, Bezos?
“He should have just rolled over and given the free-shit brigade everything they wanted.”
OK, then.
He’s right with the implication that the US is fucked if it keeps going down this path, though.
Does anyone think that AOS and her ilk truely want net tax paying constituents?
Mrs. JI and I have mused about the creation of a Wheel of Misfortune as a BDSM game show.
Are you sure that hasn’t happened already?
Creosote Achilles would know.
What kind of content do we need? Hot takes? Great questions?
I just read the recent content post and share the generous opinions there. I’ve got a hankering to write (no worries: no more cycling rants, although I am somewhat thinking about taking another crack at the Hotter-N-Hell 100 this year). Who has ideas? What’s in the hopper? What are you thinking about writing and need a dram of encouragement to start?
I’m thinking about a piece urging people to write about shit they think is important.
I’m doing food and booze articles. What else is there?
Movies.
I should write something, but I need to figure out what movie to write about.
“Ode to my enormous penis”
Conversely, somebody could write “A tale of two inches”
Or you could do an article on metric to standard that covers both topics.
I have been tweeting so long I lost my knack for essays. My thoughts are disjointed.
So the luddites were right this time?
Yeup. And essay has always been my favorite format and the one I was best at.
We’ve been lacking in the heavily-footnoted works department for a while.
“A smarter Michael Scott”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tech-whiz-behind-vine-and-hq-trivia-made-millions-in-his-20s-he-was-dead-by-34-11550283078
Not high praise.
Paywalled.
Also I have won several times on HQ Trivia but its seems to have peaked in popularity so I wonder how long it will last?
Just discovered this channel.
The memes are a bit dry, but Occasional-Cortex scampering around the room making crazy squirrel faces cracks me up.
I did like the NPC University protest chant:
Nine-four-one-infinity,
We don’t support toxic masculinity!
But yes, overall the videos are a bit dry.
So the girl “Jugsy” decided she was putting too many miles on her current ride (a camaro) and blew a substantial portion of her tax refund on a….2006 Envoy Denali. When she rolled up to Chez Trés, I could only roll my eyes at this example of Detroit’s best efforts. However, the transaction was complete, the deal was done, and I was left sorting numerous DTC’s that the cream puff had stored away. So after replacing a throttle-position-sensor, knock sensor, and accelerator-pedal-sensor (and the mandatory fluid changes), I was left with a very troubling P0894 code- “transmission component slipping”.
Any glibs that like to turn wrenches (or not) know anything about a GM 4L60E transmission ?
Nope, but have installed a Turbo400 or six. FWIW, components chat back and forth so much that they mis-diagnose ea ch other with epic frequency; for example, in my experience, an unplugged sensor throws the same code as a dead sensor.
The 4L80E is a stump-puller /proud owner
Financial side-bar: are we sure that the car2 insurance payment doesn’t cost even more each month than the emotional pain of wearing out car1?
Either way, I congratulate her for figuring out that cars are crawdad holes specifically designed for folk to piss their wealth away into. Miles are expensive any way you look at it. And for most Americans, they’ve got their second largest investment(s) in things that are losing value, not gaining. The way to succeed with cars is to avoid them.
No, I draw my line before trannies.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VYwKu5CPa00
Thanks. I saw that earlier, but wasnt in the mood to invest 36 minutes.
I think I will go ahead and order a TCC solenoid and make a $20 gamble. Im gonna change the ATF and filter, so while I have the pan off, may as well poke @ the valve body.
Correct: do the cheap stuff first.
Sounds like you’ve already confirmed that the fluid is topped off.
Not to mention the thermostat, which I already checked
/HEY YUFUS!
Agreed. The trans fluid and filter change is cheap and easy. Messy but easy.
She’s got 188K on the ticker…and no verifiable service history. Im not trusting that any maintenance has been done in the past 5 years.
How to Improve Sports, Edition MXXCLV11
A) College football where top tier teams compete in regional leagues with no BS/Div2/whatever games. After each season, the worst team in each conference is relegated to its corresponding regional B league; best team in B league moves up.
B) Return of IROC: one race every month, only on road courses, half of which are run CCW. Cars are identically-prepared stockers (with, of course, roll-bars and fuel cells, but no other concessions; stock manual where available, retrofitted T10 elsewhere). Wrecks result with a stop-where-you-are-in-ten-seconds-by-radio red flag; no refueling or fresh tires: one tank and done. Typical season:
Mar: V8 Mustangs CW at Watkin’s Glen
Apr: V8 Silverados CCW at Sear’s Point
May: Subaru WRX CW at Mid-America
June: Grand Cherokees CCW at Road Atlanta
July: Golf GTI CW at Laguna Seca
August: Cooper Minis CCW at Austin
September: Chargers CW in Indy infield
Starting grid of every race is reverse of previous race’s finish.
If glibs is looking for content, we have a few folks who have been on the inside of racing operations. I’m always fascinated to read about racing!
(and yes, I’m volunteering other people to write articles)
Enacting labor for your own entertainment, now that’s my kind of shitlord.
I was on a team in DFW that ran in https://24hoursoflemons.com/prices-rules/
It’s excellent screwball fun.
The Mona Lisa was a selfie?
I think I’m going to move to the next thread now and here’s why