Hey there, Glibbies! It’s been a while since the last time I popped in here.
My husband lost his job as a fixer for Taco Bell franchises in January when the Taco Bell they sent him to was in such poor shape they couldn’t afford to pay him. To make ends meet I picked up a part time gig at a diner a couple nights a week (on top of my web design and consulting work) because credit card companies do not care that my husband lost his job.
I expected to be done early enough tonight to get links up on time, but alas, the universe had other plans. Apologies for my tardiness.
And now, for links.
5 confirmed dead in rocket blast explosion in Russia.
If you’re thinking about taking a trip to Ireland, here’s what you should see.
And speaking of Ireland, an Irish man gets upset when his donkey isn’t allowed on a bus.
Taco Bell released a exceptionally on brand Taco Bell hotel as a pop-up marketing experience complete with sunrise yoga.
Gillian Anderson as dildos. (Seems on point for a WebDom post.)
It was suggested I include these boxer briefs. (Unrelated to the dildos, I swear.)
WITSEC is a lot more interesting than I expected.
Instagram is cracking down on meme accounts.
It wouldn’t be a WebDom post without Products You Need, and this one comes with no snark. I recently acquired this wok, and I am in love. It’s well made, and it gets extremely hot on my gas stove, perfect for cooking all my vegan Asian dishes.
This week I’m reading Moneyland, and I am enthralled. If I wasn’t already a cynical libertarian, I think this book would’ve done the trick. It’s a fascinating book about how kleptocrats hide their assets, and the weird loopholes exploited by the uber wealthy.
And with that, I’m off to enjoy some much needed bourbon. This is what’s on the menu tonight.
$4000 a week sharing second hand memes?
Maybe I need to make a career switch!
Also first first! BOOYAH!
Seriously. “Learn to code” my ass.
Jealous?
Not really. My skills are more enduring in the long run. You know, after we’ve moved on from the insanity of [current year].
No doubt. Are you back to work?
I thought Bourbon was a breakfast drink?
It’s an all day drink
And all night
It goes good in tea with a little honey and lemon.
It’s an any time drink in my book. Especially this week.
It was suggested I include these boxer briefs.
You mean we shouldn’t go commando?
Have you not seen, “Something About Mary”?
He never did explain how the beans got above the frank.
If you watch the aggressive zipping motion that caused the incident, I propose that he caught the beans on the way up and just carried them with the zipper to their final destination.
Well, in any eventâWE GOT A BLEEDER!!!
Sorry to hear about the job troubles, Web Dom, thatâs definitely a tough break. What about the Taco Bell was so unfixable? Sucks that he got stuck with it.
I was wondering the same thing. And why was he fired when they couldn’t afford to pay him?
It was a new Taco Bell and the moron they put in charge has no idea what they’re doing, so the location has been losing money since the day it opened. Partly because of the fact they pissed off the community in the first few weeks it was open. Bad service. Slow. Bitchy staff.
It was fucked. His last day at the last location he was fixing was December 31st. We move 2hrs away (on our own dime) for him to take this job, and then find out on January 1st there is no job because they can’t pay him. He could’ve gone to another location, but they wouldn’t pay any relocation, or give him a raise to help cover the relocation outlay.
We were so fucked financially that we had to say no, we won’t move again after we JUST MOVED and so they fired him.
That is awful. I don’t know the ins and outs of the business but it sounds like Taco Bell breached their contract with your husband (if there is one.) Fraud also comes to mind.
I hope you two get past this quickly. And maybe he will more closely examine who he works with.
I like the Willett pot stilled bourbon. I encourage you to seek out any of their rye whiskeys.
As for the Gillian Anderson as a dildo thread, there is more than enough material for her to start her own webcam site. Just a suggestion.
*still*. Fuck auto correct.
Maybe it is just me, but I thought the Willett bottle would have worked nicely in the Gillian Anderson thread.
Your jib, is cut in a manner I like.
Keen eye!
I haven’t tried their ryes yet, but there’s a bar here that’s starting a whiskey tour. 200+ whiskeys they stock. I bet they’ve got a Willett rye.
Next time I visit….
Now I want some Taco Bell.
AND CRANK THAT ISH UP!
But chill to this.
I’ve never wanted that, but now I do want some stir-fry. I’ve been looking for a wok for indoor kitchen use.
Youâll need a major league hood if youâre doing it right. A super hot wok generates a shit ton of smoke. I run mine outside.
Tomato risotto tonight. San Marzanos and basil from the garden. Triple Curley with a Woo Woo Woo.
Pizza here. You know how that goes. And a bottle of the â95 of our favorite.
Oh, right. Forget about that. Oh well, scratch that idea.
Not me. They changed their ground beef from a seasoned dryish stuff to a dripping sludge. It’s awful and not what it used to be.
We got a gas stove recently and just got the same wok. It really is great. The electric one goest the the “free stuff” pile at the local dump.
How long did it take you to season it? I’ve done 5 micro coatings so far, and still have a little ways to go to get it non-stick and fully rust proof.
The volume of coverage of the El Paso and Dayton shootings sure is telling. The mask is slipping.
Late Links
I’ll say. I always come on time.
I didn’t think you came at all.
Youâve never met WebDom.
It is, after all, Rebel Scum, and not Rebel Cum.
OK, so the space was in the wrong spot (we all know THAT feeling, right? Right…?)
Rebel Scum >> Rebels Cum
*golf clap*
But our jerseys identify as white!
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/argentina-women-basketball-jerseys-pan-american-games
They should have played shirts vs skins
In other news, a US agency lost 2.3 BILLION while dropping in productivity. Tell me how great Single Payer health care is going to be, again?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/financials/postal-service-burning-cash-delivering-fewer-packages
Fuck – put it out of its misery already.
Oh, Biden.
“Everyone who knows me knows I’m not a racist,” said Biden. “I even have a black friend, Barry. Smart, articulate guy.”
Aides were then seen signaling him to stop talking, but Biden pushed on.
“Rest assured,” Biden said. “I like all races, even the bad ones.”
Aides threw up their hands in exasperation.
“What? What’d I say?”
LOL
I wish I had the audio to cut that as a cartoon. That’s the one thing I envy about pure fiction writers, they can write things that sound plausible, I have to write things that are not only plausible but based on real words said by the individuals and recorded in good enough quality to edit together.
I wish you did, too. What an awesome episode that would make. Iâm hoping you can use what he did say that was recorded.
/I believe in you!
Have you tried the route of just piecing together words that fit regardless of sound? I know it’s a different “genre” but some guy on Stern used to specialize in that and it was funny as hell.
If I can’t make it sound real, I won’t do it. Believe you me, I have made several disjointed things Trump has said sound like something he really said, and that is when it is fun.
You suffer for your craft! Much appreciated.
I’d never lose a job at Taco Bell, not to brag, just sayin. And I’m single…oops, did I drop that? Sorry, tehee.
You wouldnât survive the experience.
Don’t tell me what I can do, old man!
I’m afraid OMWC might be right.
At any rate, I’m horribly besotted with my husband.
How do you even shoulder this thing?
A lot of opium?
The stock is shaped like that for beard clearance.
Bernie Sanders Learns Economics (In One Easy Lesson)
THAT’S DIFFERENT!!!!11!111!
I like her!
I watched the Netflix Rocko’s Modern Life special. I must say, 20 years it would have been in line with the show to have a character get a sex change, so that’s consistent. But, at this point it feels played out and forced. D-
I watched Mission Impossible 3 after seeing 1 a couple weeks ago. Legitimately good movie. Campy, comedic, thrilling, action packed in the right measures. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a believable, menacing villain. I wish they’d lost one or another of the action set pieces to flesh him out a little more, but it’s tough to say which. I like that they lampshaded the MacGuffin procurement sequence by just having Cruise burst out of a window five minutes into the operation. Great pacing throughout.
The first one is the only one that was a ‘Mission Impossible’ movie, the rest have bee Tom Cruise Action Movie TM part ‘x’.
I only saw the first one. Zero interest in any others. I mean, it wasn’t “bad” – just, not my thing.
Muh brain needs to see new things, it’s like a disease.
It was bad and it was Mission Impossible in name only.
M-43, for Neph. Yummy.
M-43 https://imgur.com/gallery/YNSO45o
Would.
My husband lost his job as a fixer for Taco Bell franchises in January when the Taco Bell they sent him to was in such poor shape they couldnât afford to pay him. To make ends meet I picked up a part time gig at a diner a couple nights a week (on top of my web design and consulting work) because credit card companies do not care that my husband lost his job.
Sorry, best wishes to you both.
It’s got to be done right? A pint of Guinness is at the heart of every Irishman and we encourage you to try as much as Guinness – responsibly of course -as you can while you’re visiting (it tastes a lot better here, trust us). Located in Dublin, the tour lets you discover everything there is to know about the rich history of the famous stout. You’ll learn how to pour the perfect pint and their seven-floor extravaganza allows you enjoy a fabulous panoramic view of the city. Over 1.7 million people visited the storehouse last year, and who could blame them?
I went while I was in Dublin. It’s like how I imagined Disneyland to be. To be fair, the restaurants up at the top of the building are pretty good. A better tour is the Teeling’s Distillery (H/T Nephilium).
I’m saddened that the Irish Post didn’t include the Chester Beatty Library, which is a free (donations are requested) exhibit of an amazing book collection.
The bourbon looks good.
Thanks.
The bourbon is amazing. SugarFree brought a bottle once, and I’ve been hooked ever since.
This seems like an appropriate place, so HIT IT.
She’s cute. I don’t get his obsession with baby drums.
It’s a cover/parody playing on the premise of the original song.
Yeah, but he always uses that same baby drumset, it’s getting old.
Didn’t know you were familiar with him. More to your liking?
I’m not lame.
But you non-sequitur with the best.
THE Best. Yuuuge. Youâre gonna love it.
/is that âTrumpingâ correctly?
There are better metal covers
https://youtu.be/HyRf0PBGrHo
When I die, I hope it is at a taco bell hotel and the FL Woman hooker in the room tells me Trump lost the election just before my last breath and then she steals my wallet which is empty. (I can’t remember the other repeating stories to work them in the story line. I blame cheap vodka)
Way to aim high, bruh.
Your sphincter relaxes and a wad of coke drops out?
The real question is, if that did happen, would you do the coke?
YES!
What if it fell out of Spudâs ass?
Is spud Lou Reed? I’m getting confused. Am I in Florida? Who are you?
I was merely replying that Gustave added another point to the tale. As to the question, how big a bag we talking?
Anything that falls out of my ass smells like a meadow full of wild flowers, on a warm spring afternoon.
Bag size? Letâs go an 1/8th.
Kilo and Harris Ranch.
And you too, get a *golf clap*.
That’s ok, at least Lou Reed is still alive and writing classic novels like 1984 about pigs.
Oh no you di’int.
It’s good to have goals.
Angry Vet VS ANTI-2nd Amendment.
Poor argumentation and poor production, but it seems to convince you guys that already agree with it…
Why would the production matter to the argument. Also, if Iâm not mistaken, you tend to agree with the majority of us on matters related to the 2A. Wouldnât that mean you agree with him, too? I mean, in spite of his argumentation…
I ask because your reply seem to go part a critique of either point you bring up/
It doesn’t matter if I agree with his point, if his argumentation only reaches those that already agree with him, it’s poor argumentation. As for production value, I’ll say it’s part jealousy that some with such shit video gets more views than projects where I’ve spent hours deliberating where the camera should go, why it should go there, and what that shot means.
So sour grapes?
Wine? Why, yes.
Oh, I agree that some of it is poor argumentation. I was asking because, what you wrote came across as kind of sniffing at anyone who enjoyed the video. It seemed like somewhat of a swipe at us…whoever us might be, for enjoying it.
That itâs poor preaching to the choir, I absolutely agree.
“Angry Vet’s” position on private arms ownership is pretty libertarian, as displayed…and definitely counters the anti-gun vid as intended.
Arguments about controversial subjects never persuade the opposition. Argument videos on Youtube seldom reach those who do not already agree. It is all preaching to the choir. Persuading the uncommitted is only possible via more subtle means. These vids are entertainment for whatever side agrees with the position and as that this succeeded, not sure what clever camera work would add to a video of a dude standing there ranting.
If by ‘counters’ you mean says things you agree with, sure. If by ‘counters’ you mean presents a clear counter argument that will convince someone to change their mind, not really.
Well that puts it one up on you in this argument. I’m probably over reacting here but this “OMG the film artistry of this is sooo awful and it gets more views than me” really annoys me, and it is a recurring thing with you late night (I assume after a few drinks). If what you are doing isn’t working then try something different. You can’t become a success tearing other people down.
It wasnât my intention to pile up on CPRM. Not that none of you can/do have an opinion about this; I just was wondering about his wording.
His âphrasingâ, if you will. Are we still doing phrasing?
/didnât want to dog him
He pushed a button of mine. I just ended up jumping on him in line with you. I do not like the crab pot.
I could use some clarification: âcrab potâ?
Actually, as I type it, I think I get it, now. Havenât watched Deadliest catch in a couple of seasons.
It’s from Unseen Academicals (at least that is where I first encountered the expression). Supposedly live crabs can be kept in an uncovered pot because any crab that manages to climb up to escape gets pulled back down by the other crabs.
I don’t agree with his first statement/question. The scarf doesn’t make him look like a “Combat Barista” he looks stupid like the dude I saw in the McD’s parking lot the other morning sporting a “tactical” colored scarf and all the latest in hiking garb.
That anyone buys the obvious skillful propaganda presented in the after school special PSA makes me think it’s a doomed enterprise anyway. And I have to think we are, or they wouldn’t keep producing the same message with the same tactics. We’re in a slow-motion retreat and the forces of insipidity will win out in the end.
I thinks itâs for fun, and catharsis on this guyâs part. Heâs not on the wrong side, so much as he is making a video to mock the views of people who deserve to have that view mocked: Iâm a veteran (who swore an oath to protect your rights/defend and uphold the Constitution) who thinks this particular Right just goes too dang far! I.e. âI believe in liberty, buuuut…
Also, if it is for the already-convinced, and if we are in a retreat of sorts, I would think it helps to have stuff like this remind you others out there agree and can give you some stress relief (ahem). There are better arguers out there, so, itâs not a lost cause just yet.
Youâre a good man, Digs.
Thanks, straff!
“I would think it helps to have stuff like this remind you others out there agree and can give you some stress relief”
Yeah, it does help to have somebody remind me – especially now – that there still are others out there like me who still are not swayed by emotion and the desire to fit in with others who are swayed by emotion.
And? The PSA only convinces people who already agree with it.
Fuck me, as soon as the actors (yeah, fuck you, show me credentials and I’ll believe you’re not actors) start doing the theatrical repetition horseshit… GO FUCK YOURSELVES. Christ, what a tedious Ad Council PSA crutch. Go. Fuck. Yourselves. With a rusty bayonet.
His next one was even more enjoyable if you’ve ever been locked up while some gladhanding sob with stars did his shtick.
https://youtu.be/UgPmWopkVF4
From the Florida man article:
Hah. The official link is PCfied. I got my quote here. http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/gun-stolen-during-weekend-gathering-274938
Not big into lawn care there are they?
That would have been great in morning links.
Nobody reads your links.
I read his links. When you lose a bet with SugarFree, this is the sort of thing he subjects you to.
If only….
Chafed! Howâs it, bruh?
Low and lazy my friend. I’m back from the conference and have something flu like. Hoping to be back to myself tomorrow.
Pod people? Yeah, that shit kinda hangs on.
Oh, you mean something NOT spore-based (most likely).
Sorry you got the crud. Also, low and lazy is always a good answer.
Who is up in the morning? (Phrasing!)
If anyone would know….
You wood be….
SP with the hard questions.
She has a bone to pick
I work 6 to 2:30, so I am. đ
Sorry youâre having a rough patch, Webdom. Been there, but it all worked out in the end.
Thanks. Getting through it. On a plus side, it’s really made me hustle to grow my business, so there’s that.
I miss Eric.
Hey Straff – good to see you are alive. Hope y’all got home at a sane hour.
I did. Havenât heard from Rafa.
Good. I hope he made his way to the train before too late and got to his place.
I just dry rubbed a rack of baby-backs which are in the pressure cooker now. Looking to put up a canopy on the rooftop and fire up the Webber.
Gun Jesus has an hour long video and I have no idea when it’s over what it was about. Highly recommended.
https://youtu.be/t0itSN9gkkw
Iâm in love.
https://imgur.com/a/hTrrMeQ
Not Q approved.
Assmen deserve a seat at the table.
Yeah, something seems to be missing.
The woman?
Damn you I clicked next and now know way more about pigment and artistic douchery than I ever wanted
Everyone is a critic tonight/today. You guys been drinking Flint tap water?
âYou mean that evil Republican admin water from Flint?â
/non-Michigan assho…er, activist. (Yeah, I know)
Also-
::starts scrolling up::
Dang; youâre right…Must be the august heat.
The “Bean” reminded me of this that I ran across earlier.
Donât know if this link will work, since Iâm doing this on ipad:
https://mobile.twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1159960721872031745
If itâs the âYou betâ post, bingo. If not, scroll down on westernâs link.
When you’re so fat you have to use the scooter it may be a sign losing weight will save your life.
YesâI would rather need a scooter for…other reasons.
I had no idea crap like that went on.
Awesome. Just, awesome.
*looks at picture*
Reconfirms that straff is married.
“This is you idea of a topless place?”
There is an Asian girl where I work and her hindquarters resemble those examples. Pity that her face reminds me of General Tojo…
Yeeesh….
Well that and the fact that she looks young enough to be my Granddaughter. With the Asian girls it’s hard to tell. Most of them look about 12 years old to me. We have one old-school rednecky lady at work that still refers to them as “Orientals”. I fucking near busted a gut when she unplugged the radio and started in about “Screaming, Hippy music”! She’s kinda cool.
Ha!
When I say “old” I’m referring to attitude more than age. I’d wager she’s young enough to have baby-sat me when I was a tot. It’s just funny to me to see the cultural disconnect in someone that is probably only a few years my senior.
Ahâgotcha. Rednecks can be tremendous fun.
Son of a gun. I didn’t think Twatter would back down.
https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/08/09/mcconnell-twitter-threats/
Glad people are on top of their lop-sided crap.
Their hypocrisy is blatant. I wonder made them change course.
What’s their punishment? They’ve proven they can unilaterally cutoff accounts without repercussion. No one got fired or even showed any kind of contriteness, nor did they outline how it wouldn’t happen again.
Arbitrary and shameless? No other parameter under which to operate? What’s not to love?
“If the left didn’t have a double standard, they’d have no standards at all.” Well, they’ve embraced that chestnut. The left has a double standard, and you’d better believe it’s all they’ve got.
Locking the account of the head of half the legislative branch is riskier than kicking off Alex Jones. Bullies look for weak targets. Someone on staff got too full of themselves and a saner head pointed out the risk.
That gif will be haunting my daymares.
Secret libertarian
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2019/08/09/uh-oh-tulsi-gabbards-answer-to-question-about-walmart-selling-guns-might-get-her-expelled-from-the-2020-dem-field/
Could be, considering sheâs now disliked by some very open statists,
/âHillary is Coming!â, indeed.
Mitchell and Webb fan?
For the most part. Iâve watched Peep Show 4 or 5 times. Even bought a Super Hans t-shirt.
Since more TOS converts seemed to remember me with that handle there, I figured it was better to. Switch. Plus, NOT a Naked Intruder just happened to be what I switched to the day I got the invite here. Wasnât thinking strategically, since I like to change it up every so often.
Oh, well. But, Yes, I am.
What?
I think I missed something…
I didn’t know how many handles you had. At least you never went with something like Luther Baldwin.
A. Probably 4-5 at TOS. I will eventually beat that # here.
B. Ohhh…shots fired!
/thatâs some cold love, man. Even if it is Rhy…..
I kid because I love.
We had BBC America for a short time on the dish. Fuck me that show was funny! “You’re lighting fire to one of the Queen’s mailboxes, Jeremy! Why don’t you just kick a swan while you’re at it?”
Moreish…
We had BBC America for a short time on the dish.
And now they don’t show anything British.
It means she’s into you, dude.
Meanwhile I’ve been laying chum for ages, but nobody gives a fuck about Armstrong and Miller…
Just ignorant, really,
/should be my motto.
MI:4 is disappointing. There’s a lot of fun here, not least is Simon Peg playing his trademark character, Simon Peg. You might know Simon Peg from his most Simon Peggiest role in Star Trek, but he doesn’t disappoint as Simon Peg, the Scotty of the Mission Impossible series. Not to be confused with the Simon Peg that some of us recognize from certain movies with which we’re some of us familiar.
The movie doesn’t suck. It’s nothing like MI:3. But I don’t regret dropping a couple bucks to rent it.
Fuck it, I roll.
Simon Peg from Spaced is the Simon Peg that matters. That’s a good baseline. You get all the creative energy that Peg has channeled through that weird brief sitcom, plus whatshername and whatshisname. I can’t be bothered to look them up. But you get weird pairings, like Bill Bailey as Peg’s comic store boss, who later in Black Books is Simon Peg’s underling in perhaps Peg’s most straight-laced part-down-the-center role ever.
Preach, bro! I am a big fan of Mark Heap (the artist neighbor on Spaced)
Why, here he is now: https://youtu.be/p0TUDremT0A
Twist: So wash your sheets.
Brian: Yes…
Twist: And your penis.
Brian. Yes.
The humor’s in the delivery.
This guy (and his biggest competitor) get it.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/visa-ceo-company-will-keep-handling-firearms-purchases
He gets it. Never apologize!
Interesting
http://www.aei.org/publication/animated-chart-of-the-day-economic-freedom-in-venezuela-vs-china-cuba-usa-and-the-world-average-1995-to-2019/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1NNFpEZzFOR1V3TjJJNCIsInQiOiJPRHVJd1FlcTRoM2MzeHRYR1QzQzF5dUM5Ukw0SXR0VE52a2w0YU9nM3lndys5OG0rcmpWOG9cLzRHeFJGZHFIdkZ6dFJiWVNoZ0JydW1CeEQyWUJhQXFwSHZON2xYK2d2aWIxeW1FbkZFcWhqdlJkMHJSMWFFUmRuNGJxUU5COHcifQ%3D%3D
Interesting. Barry’s years just jump right at ya.
I’ll have to look at that in more detail later.
OT: Made the best bread I’ve ever made today.
It was a rustic country sourdough (flour, water, starter, and salt). I actually made the dough on Monday and let it sit in the fridge until today (performing “stretch and folds” daily). It has a lovely chewy crust with a spongy interior. The sour flavor is taking center stage, though. I actually made two sandwiches with it for work today, and when I opened my lunchbox, the whole area of the office smelled like sourdough.
I’m absolutely thrilled that I finally got that open crumb structure. I attribute it to the long period of retardation on the fridge as well as some extra-gentle handling techniques that allowed me to shape the dough without degassing it.
Looks just like a bakery loaf. Are you a bread auteur?
*looks up definition of auteur*
Thanks brah – I’m trying to be! That loaf was actually surprisingly easy to make. It was mostly waiting around. The only tricky part was shaping the loaf without squeezing all the gas out, and even that’s not very hard if you just keep in mind that you’re dealing with a tangled mass of gluten with entrapped air bubbles and you don’t want to burst them.
The only tricky part was shaping the loaf without squeezing all the gas out
I’m having that problem right now, too.
/on the shitter
Seriously though, looks like a great loaf of bread! I like the consistently open crumb. It’s not like there are 2 giant air bubbles and everything else is relatively dense. (that has never happened to me) *whistles innocently *
I do not have the patience for a multi-day bread baking experience.
May be why I don’t do many yeast-leavened loaves. (heck, the hour long delay for rising on the pretzel rolls drove me nuts.)
Good work, man
Holy Shit – https://youtu.be/VO-IoR0PI8k It’s about ten minutes long but Holy Shit.
Also worth your watch (only seven minutes) – https://youtu.be/EHYddo-zGPY