The holiday weekend begins! I will start it by taking advantage of the delayed onset of the convection oven season and taking a stroll through the mountains, then hiding in my laboratory working on my latest artificial vagina electronics project. But not until I spew out links, and maybe comment a few times before heading off to the San Tan Mountains.
In today’s birthdays, a fellow of dark and stormy nights; one of my childhood crushes (lookit dem lips!); someone whose legs need to be shaved RIGHT NOW; a large bald guy; a smaller bald guy; and, of course, Wayne.
News coming up next.
Team Red, showing that they’re as principled as Team Blue.
At what point will we just say, “OK, she’s dumb,” and then ignore her?
Why does this sound like total bullshit and outrage theater?
Next time you need an emetic, save the money and read this story instead. This MUST end up in a SugarFree tale.
Old Guy Music goes back to the standards. I would have a hard time picking my favorite song, but this would make any short list. And holy shit, there’s Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Ben Webster… and the all-but-forgotten but brilliant Betty RochĂŠ. I’ve used other covers of this for OGM, but this one is the Duke himself.
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273 responses to “Saturday Morning Memorial Links”
They all are
“Keller admitted to police that she does not work for Brisma Pharmaceutical, and told police she made a mistake.”
IANAL, but somehow, I don’t think that is going to work.
Good lord, that thumbnail. I didn’t expect the Furred Reich to show up here.
Proof that we truly live in the best timeline ever.
*honk honk*
What’s up with “ya’ll”? i thought AOC was from Brooklyn?
“Code switching.” HM explained this to me, and I nodded and pretended that I understood what the hell he was talking about.
She’s just a down-home girl, harvesting her manioc in her Daisy Dukes…
Does she have the butt to hold up a pair of Daisy Duke’s?
No, she’s one of those cursed Latinas who has an ass that makes Hank Hill’s look thicc.
This is the first time she’s ever left New York City. She thinks she’s in the deep South and that hurricanes only happen in Oklahoma.
If she’d ever gone anywhere else or shown any curiosity whatsoever about, oh, climate and/or weather, she’d know that tornadoes pop up in the DC area from time to time. They’re nowhere near as serious as what you find in flatter places further west, but we get ’em. I wonder what she’ll do when hurricane season starts…
A tornado tore the roofs off a row of houses a block away from me a few years ago. In New York City.
No shit. I’m surprised you’d get them that strong.
Yep. No warning either. Was woken up at like 5am with a weird sensation of all the air getting sucked out of the house. Fell back asleep. Had no idea what it was until I got to work and read some news.
She’ll buy tickets when the Rangers come to town?
“âThe climate crisis is real yâall ⌠guess weâre at casual tornadoes in growing regions of the country,â she later wrote on Instagram.”
WTF is a casual tornado?
The opposite of a formal tornado, of course.
Casual tornado Friday is causing chaos in our office.
As an Iowan, I was shocked to learn that tornadoes occur in growing regions.
In addition to tornadoes, Oklahoma has barley, carrots, potatoes, cattle, spinach and tomatoes.
Fried Chicken and watermelon are two of my favorite foods. Stop with the racist associations already.
If you don’t like fried chicken, YOU’RE the one with the problem.
I also had a crush on Karen. She was adorable.
Has breakfast with UnCiv on his way to Ottawa. He’s taller than I expected, and honestly looks more like a libertarian than a conservative. He was not wearing breakfast gloves, but was wearing a Hawaiian shirt. We had a disagreement about eggs Benedict. I postulated that Eggs Benedict is just a form for serving poached eggs, so any substitutions were acceptable. He maintained that there was a certain threshold of original ingredients required for a dish to still be considered a variant. I believe that He proposed that eggs, English muffin and Hollandaise were minimum requirements, but I didn’t press for clarification.
We need to help him get a pistol permit. Any other NY resident Glibs willing to be a character reference?
looks more like a libertarian than a conservative
Blue-tinged skin and a Grateful Dead t-shirt?
Nice.
Red rimmed eyes and filthy bathrobe?
Chris Farley, drunk with no shirt on, dancing to Rock Lobster and ranting about the Fed?
*starts scouring the house for hidden cameras*
Wait, the Dead are considered libertarian?
You’d be surprised how many Deadhead libertarians there are. There’s even libertarian chat rooms on some Dead sites.
No. Not now. Not ever.
He’ll need a good pair of shooting gloves first.
I thought about bringing him a pair of these as a gift, but didn’t know his size.
I have a pair- leather outer, lining of 38% polyester/22% steel/50%kevlar, 1/4″ of rubber armor on the back. They’re pretty boss.
Damn. I didn’t know gifts were involved. What are you doing next weekend?
Where are the Infinity Stones?
“We had a disagreement about eggs Benedict.”
Sounds like a Seinfeld episode.
I imagine a non-trivial number of Glibs meetups would be.
A gathering of self-absorbed assholes, but entertaining?
There are worse mottoes.
That or Monty Python skits https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/14e18965-e927-4f75-bd05-ac8429793e56
>>wearing a Hawaiian shirt
classy
He proposed that eggs, English muffin and Hollandaise were minimum requirements, but I didnât press for clarification.
No salt or pepper?
Make the eggs poached, and he’s right.
Yeah, I’m with him on this. I know he has a tendency from time to time to be a smidge pedantic, but in this case Eggs Benedict is a really specific designation, and all the variants I can think of off the top of my head have their own names.
Not without Canadian bacon, itâs not eggs Benedict.
I was unsure about that but I’ll agree with this.
Smoked salmon is acceptable.
When smoked salmon is used, it’s called Eggs Benedict Arnold.
Yep. Heâs right. Iâl never admit it, though.
Pics or it didn’t happen.
And by “taller than expected” how tall is that, exactly?
*opens case spreadsheet*Just curious.
Ouch!
https://mobile.twitter.com/corkgaines/status/1132113803443888130
Here is a short history of Naomi Wolf:
https://twitter.com/CaitlinPacific/status/1132005856495702021
Wow, that’s beautiful. THanks.
Ouch…
I was thinking of a different Wayne.
Arguably funnier.
Like this.
I finally figured out what AOC reminds me of. Sheâs like the insufferable cousin who just finished her first semester of sociology and spouts off everything from class at Thanksgiving.
If that cousin has a room-temperature IQ and a shrill, aggravating nasal voice, then yes.
+ Marty Feldman eyes.
YES!
I-gore
+1 Abbey Normal
“Damn your eyes!”
“Too late!”
She’s just your run of the mill faux-intellectual, arrogant, insufferable Prog. The only thing that sets her apart is she’s passably attractive and came on the scene when the millenial left needed a foil for Heir Drumpf.
Here’s my scale:
Ignorant – Unfortunate, but doesn’t bother me
Deliberately Ignorant – Slight annoyance
Deliberately Ignorant and Proud – Annoyed
Deliberately Ignorant and Posing as an Expert – Visible veins in forehead; snarl; profanity
Deliberately Ignorant and Using “Expertise” as basis for Legal Authority – Hulk with a side of Firestarter
Damn, you’re more forgiving then me. I start writing people off at Deliberately Ignorant. Rage starts with arguing with the IT person about what the issue is (no, the entire VM system isn’t down, you’re just trying to log into the wrong mailbox).
Pelosi slowtrack sounds like background music in hell. I would totally use that if I were making a horror flick.
I like some Sigur RĂłs but no frickin’ way I’m clicking on that.
Letters to the Local Rag: Pony Up
Credentialism hits the .00001%.
Teach people to rack up debt in hopes some rich angel will come in and wipe it out?
And fucking over anyone stupid enough to pay their bills already.
Pork shoulders have been marinating for two days and went in the smoker at 5:30 this morning. Hopefully they’ll be ready for dinner.
Yummm
Make sure you pull your pork today.
“I just noticed this article ? – Liberals Outraged by Bikini Photos of Pro-Trump Dilbert Creator’s Girlfriend”
https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1119741176607719424
“Haters Devastated to Discover That Pro-Trump Dilbert Creator Has a Hot Girlfriend”
https://pluralist.com/scott-adams-girlfriend-kristina-basham-haters/
https://twitter.com/kristina_basham/status/1129536522414317569
Holy Moly
Indeed.
https://www.instagram.com/kristinabasham/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbFEfHenbzW/?utm_source=ig_web_options_share_sheet
Somebody has a sugar daddy. NTTAWWT.
Per the article she has a net worth of $3 million in her own right.
Yowza!
Yeah, Ms. Basham is a real beauty and IIRC she’s also really damn good at the piano.
And a neuroscience PhD student.
Damn, good on her.
Sweet Jesus. Scott Adams, I salute you.
Wow, I think he is on to something with his âmaster persuaderâ schtick.
Letters to the Local Rag: The Family That Bowl Cuts Together Stays Together
I…um…er, it….
*walks away slowly shaking head*
Sure, flaunt that full head of hair privilege.
My grandmother always said that the secret to a lasting marriage was making sure that you both ate garlic at the same time.
This may or may not be a good idea, and I am vain as hell, but going to an actual hair salon might be overkill for a high fade.
I think you might want to add free alcohol to that if you really want poor decision making.
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/24/french-town-offers-free-viagra-to-boost-births/
“Feminist Goes on National TV and Smears Period Blood All Over Her Face: âItâs Really Empoweringâ
âBlood is a really sacred essence.â
A woman smeared period blood on her face on Australian national television, horrifying other guests on the show with the bizarre stunt.
Yazmina Jade Adler is a 26-year-old self-proclaimed âblood witch.â She appeared on an episode of âMedicine or Myth,â aired this week, to talk about an unorthodox ritual she uses to relieve pain caused by menstrual cramps.
Adler smears period blood on her face, and she urges other women to do the same as a way for women to âconnectâ with their bodies.”
https://pluralist.com/yazmina-jade-adler-period-blood/
Science
I’m detecting a major violation of the hot/crazy matrix.
Next up, Shadowfax Christopher Johnson, a self-described fecal warlock.
Letters to the Local Rag: Watch Out For Whitey
“All school shootings have been by white people”
I see someone has never heard of the magical land of ‘Chicago’?
Are we considering Virginia Tech a school for the purposes of this very strange statement?
one of my childhood crushes
I can’t be the only one who was expecting Shirley Temple.
*nods*
Silicone Saturday brings you sporty gals who love facetune.
https://thechive.com/2019/05/22/sports-bra-2/
2, 31, and a side of 40. Thanks as always, Mr. Q.
1 and 15, thanks.
Red or White? I drink neither but will go red on the rare occasions when I’ll have a glass.
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/red-white-wine-drinkers-different-personality
All I got out of that article is wine drinkers are annoying.
Not us box wine connoisseurs.
I agree. My dad is a great guy.
The 4 dollar plonk at HEB/Central Market was pretty damn good, too. And it was in actual glass bottles. That made it classy.
Fuck you, Spud and I are not anno… uhhhh, never mind.
The [REDACTED] was anything but annoying!
Scruffy is a dick.
I’m not denying it.
“more likely to consider it a turn-off if a date wasnât knowledgeable about wine (46 percent vs. 40 percent)”
So over 40% for both? That sadly reinforces stereotypes of wine drinkers.
Yes, at all the punk shows I went to you could easily spot the people enjoying a nice Pinot Grigio.
*nods and drinks down his can of beer*
“Yale Prof: Gay White Men Are Actually Symbols of Heterosexuality
An assistant professor in womenâs gender and sexuality studies at Yale University is claiming that Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten are a âvision of heterosexuality without straight people.â
The professor, Greta LaFleur, made the comments in a piece analyzing Buttigieg and his husbandâs appearance on the recent Time magazine cover.
At the beginning of the piece, she concocts an almost incomprehensible buzzword salad about âwhitenessâ and how âwhiteâ the photo is. For example:
“This photo also tells a profound story about whiteness, above and beyond the fact that almost everything in this photo is, itself, white. Itâs such an all-consuming aesthetic, here, that it practically resists interpretation; like the generically familiar (to me, a white person) porch, the cover photo claims that thereâs nothing to see, because we already know what it is. We have seen this image, we know this couple, âweâ should be comfortable.”
Then, she immediately transitions into suggesting that the apparent comfortability that the âwhitenessâ of the photo provides basically makes it a heterosexual photo: âThe argument I am making, of course, is that this photo is about a lot of things, but one of its defining features is its heterosexuality,â LaFleur writes. âItâs offering us the promise that our first gay first family might actually be a straight one.â”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/yale-professor-pete-buttigieg-husband-symbols-heterosexuality/
https://twitter.com/NRO/status/1131945602512752640
I hate you for posting this and I hate myself for reading it.
“Yale Prof”
Aaaaaand thats where I tap out
It’s simple logic.
White = bad.
Straight = bad.
Bad people are therefore straight and white.
Bootyjudge is bad, therefore he is straight and white. QED.
During the 2016 primaries, one of the Albany Times-Union literally claimed that all the Republican candidates were white men. When asked about Herman Cain, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio etc., she literally claimed that they were white, and that if you asked them they would say so. She did admit that C.F. was a woman.
Yeah, but what about Finkle and Einhorn?
Also
“You donât have to necessarily be white, Ramos-Zayas instructs us, to weaponize the immaterial power of whiteness”
https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/heterosexuality-without-women/
I, too, can create an image of profound whiteness. Here it is:
“An assistant professor in womenâs gender and sexuality studies…â
Comrade LaFleur has discovered that the only way to advance in the party is to denounce someone else.
To a large segment of the left, any member that doesn’t conform to the most ridiculous stereotypes assigned to the sexual or racial pigeonhole they put you in is an inauthentic member of said pigeonhole.
You must feel soooooo ‘othered’.
/sarc
That’s enough out of you! Now pick up your bag of glitter at the door, and if you haven’t started mincing by the time you leave the building you’ll wish you’d never been born!
The “generically familiar to white people” porch? So, I guess this person’s assistant professorship did not introduce them to some of the more colorful racial slurs describing black Americans, such as “porch monkey”. That didn’t come up because of white people’s notoriously exclusive pastime of sitting on porches in the summer.
See the “To my fellow Americans” Parts 1 and 2 videos. Trump greatest President since Lincoln.
https://mobile.twitter.com/jonvoight
I woke up at 430a and it was damn near broad daylight. I love summertime.
I just installed blackout blinds in our bedrooms to combat that very scourge.
^
Re shows ratings decline. I want to believe it’s because, in part, some of those shows either have TDS or subtly take an anti-Trump stance.
This past week I was doing some work at the table (unlike some of you) while my legal squeeze watched ‘All my Children’ on PVR. There’s a plot in the show where a couple are running for some town office and are anti-immigrant (note, not anti illegal but just plain irrational anti-immigrant). Naturally, they’re portrayed as evil and their stance leads to an Asian girl being threatened with deportation. Along the way, her boyfriend is angry and says, ‘my idiot father and his idiot voters’ (hmmmm) while her mother whips out a pistol (don’t they all?) threatening to kill the Mayor elected. Gee, now that’s passive aggressive if you ask me on the part of the writers, no? And I find it hilarious that in this obvious shot at Trump they arm a distraught mother ready to murder an elected official given they’re probably for gun control.
This is real news:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/24/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-tantrums
Except, from what I’ve read, witnesses present said the opposite happened.
I don’t believe a single word these liars are saying because they’re all repeating the same ‘temper tantrum’ line.
It’s as if they get an email from one person in charge for all these liberal outlets who gives the word or phrase of the day and run with it.
It’s like it comes from a mailing list. For Journo’s.
Jumping a drawbridge only works if you say “Blessed mother of acceleration don’t fail me now.” while making the attempt. Also, cop shocks and a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant help. A Chevy Cruze was not the car for the job.
His is the only name on the bass drum.
Dammit, that was for Tundra, just below us
Yeah, but presumably the other guys didn’t work for free.
What are you, from the musician’s union?
What can I say? The business of music fascinates me.
Snark aside, it is an interesting question. Isn’t there some sort of thing as working on “scale” or something like that? Suppose that’s all those guys all were?
The rental car place gave me a first gen Cruze back when they first came out. It was a surprisingly nice car. Good fit and finish and drove pretty well. It was a pleasant surprise for an immediate post-bailout GM product.
Alternatively
Or even this
Even an AMC can do it
Just some good ol’ boys, never meaning no harm…
I too read that with that song playing in my head
+1
#metoo
Best verse:
I’m a good ol’ boy
You know my momma loves me
But she don’t understand
They keep a showin’ my hands
And not my face on TV
OK fine, hit that mother f’n theme song!
Waylon Watch: Still dead.
The tall can of Pabst Blue Ribbon is a nice touch.
That’s a great song. How the hell did he make any money with such a large band, though?
Ask Glen Miller or Brian Setzer.
Ask Glen Miller
Too soon!
or Lyle Lovett.
NCAA lacrosse semi-finals today. The fightin’ Haven Monahans v. the Crystal Mangums and Monty Burns v. Jerry Sandusky.
In honor of OMWC In was trying desperately to find the audio of Lawrence Welk accidentally introducing the song as “Take A Train”, but failed.
OTH, I did find a perfect example of what happens when you take a bunch of very fine musicians and homogenize them and make them play crap.
https://youtu.be/W_iUAtV-rPc
They even had an accordion. Nice touch.
The pianist. Lol.
The backup signers. Hot.
Why did YT send me here, and why was I dumb enough to click?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z67IqrmygZY
I remember when that album came out!
Rufus, do you think the CAQ is going to get Bill 21 passed? The CBC is pushing hard against it, but the enemy of my enemy isn’t really applicable here.
No clue. I think they will but there’s real strong push back particularly from Anglo-Quebecers. The CAQ are a strange bunch. The problem iIn Quebec is that from time to time they have to consult their inner-nationalist tribalism and please the ‘de la souche’ (of the roots; pure laine) voters in the hinterlands. It makes for ugly stuff.
Quebec is Mississippi North. Heck, I don’t know if Mississippi is Mississippi anymore. But the nativist impulse in Quebec remains strong enough that all three or four parties (CAQ, Liberal and the losers in the PQ and QS) pander it.
Here’s a thought. If you’re concerned about people wearing burkas so much, then don’t let them in. It’s bad enough we have terrible laws already on the books like Bill 22 and 101 where language is concerned.
The collective trumps the individual in Quebec.
Osti!
Why are the Anglos against it? Im only seeing push back from the imported Francos from muslim nations.
I was up in a suburb of Trois-Riveres in 2002 or 2003 and goddamn, when I’d speak English people looked at me like I was from Mars. None of the people 50+ could speak a lick of English. North Mississippi doesn’t even begin to describe Quebec outside of MTL and Quebec. At least the women are insanely gorgeous, so they got that going for them.
Simplistically, it runs something like: Quebec not into multiculturalism (which I agree with) and Anglo-Canada does (except for Alberta).
Yeh. Go 20 minutes in either direction outside Montreal (except West which is where the majority of English speakers now live) and you hit unilingualism for the most part.
The Natives here want nothing to do with Quebecois nationalism and their French language laws.
People laugh when I tell them but the American south is slowly turning around, Quebec is not.
It’s strange. At the people level, they demand to learn English because the schools don’t teach it well and plus they have no right to send their kids to English language instruction because of 101. They haven’t realized yet how they’re getting screwed by that law in the long run.
But at the political level, every so often some idiot politician goes off on Dairy Queen or Home Depot or some crap.
Quebec sucks in many ways and one way it does is it doesn’t attract talent very well because of the language laws. Unintended consequences or the unseen isn’t their bag it seems.
You can’t have it both ways.
Once upon a time Montreal was the #1 Alpha city. Then Toronto began its ascent and they were on par plus ou moins. Since 1976, Toronto has exploded to the point it rivals big U.S. cities while Montreal lags licking its nationalist wounds. We let this metropolis sink into beta mode.
Toronto attracted 45 million visitors in 2018. (NYC 63 million). Montreal…..18 million. Nashville got 20 million.
There you go.
Make it 40 minutes because of construction.
101 really fucked over Quebec. Anglos, Francos and Allos. I don’t think Toronto would be where it is without 101. Everyone with money and/or common sense took the 401 west.
And I still don’t get the pequiste mentality of francophone = natural souverainiste. Jean from Haiti or Fatima from Algerie don’t give a damn about any of that.
And now they’re telling me that I’m no longer a Redman. Fuck that.
You know, maybe I am for building Trump’s Wall…
âHe always brings them upâ: Trump tries to steer border wall deal to North Dakota firm
Nowhere in the rest of the article do they come close to backing up the bolded assertion above. For the life of me, I can not understand why a paper in bright red North Dakota would pay to use WaPo content. SMDH
Because so-called journalists are out of touch with the people?
The paper up here in AK also uses WaPo content. I think it has something to do with taking advantage of the WaPo digital platform.
Red meat
“You know who else watches Fox News?” Cramer said.
Yeah, I had to fight the urge with that quote.
Dumbest thing you will read all week.
Possibly all month.
Hell, this might be the dumbest thing you’ve ever read:
Obsolete Man Skills You Should Ditch
Not satire.
HATE SPEECH! Dog Whistles!
That’s great. Now that cars are built by wizards and no longer in repairable by human form, ya’ll better learn to code instead.
Yeah, being able to fix cars or stuff around the house is totally obsolete. I’ve always thought men who can fix stuff were sexy. No doubt that’s obsolete too.
You stupid bitch! You obviously don’t know what’s best for you!
You aren’t turned on by a man who know show to decorate? So unwoke, Tulip.
You were talking about flowers a few days ago and I posted some tulip porn for you. It was kind of late so I don’t know if you saw it.
See, if HM had said he had posted tulip porn, no way I would have clicked. But for you, MikeS, no prob.
Reminds me of tulip season in Maidson, when the flower beds around the Capitol are packed with them.
No kidding, HM links (shudders)
Nice!
Moar tulip porn.
Iâve always thought men who can fix stuff were sexy.
*puts on tool belt*
How you doin’?
[checks wallet for dollar bills]
You ain’t tricking me into looking at you again Tundra!
Did you fix the cable?
Iâve always thought men who can fix stuff were sexy.
^This.
After first date most recent washout mentioned how he couldn’t send pictures from home because he had no internet there. He paid for service, it “just didn’t work.” I canceled the second date.
I hope you at least told him to check the thermostat.
I hate “it doesn’t work”. What specifically isn’t working? What’s it doing? Specifically? My wife drops that on me a lot. Apparently for a set of people there’s a binary condition of working and not working, and the two conditions are utterly opaque. “The Internet isn’t working” can mean anything from addresses not resolving, to the wifi connection is spotty, to things are slow, to there’s no network connection at all, to a site is down. It kills me dead.
Decorate instead of fix shit?
That dude needs an ass-kicking… badly.
I mean, there’s not even a section talking about brewing or making cocktails, or does he expect that to be woman’s work?
He forgot changing a flat tire.
[golf clap]
Decorate, as in putting a new hand guard on your AR-15?
Iâm surprised âhaving an erectionâ isnât on the list. If gamma males could have wet dreams, they would look like that article.
That was my take too. The author definitely got his lunch money stolen every day. Then got his ass kicked after school for tattling on the other guys.
A self-absorbed incompetent asshole, he’s quite the catch ladies.
A passion for dating means commitment phobe
I like the basis of the argument that man, and woman for that matter, cant do both and its one or the other.
What pansies
Nice gobbledegook coupled with false choices. Learn to cook, instead of hunting. Wtf does he think hunters do after they’ve bagged something? Cut off the antlers for a trophy and leave the rest to rot?
Cookin’ is woman’s work.
Don’t forget sammich makin’
“Cut off the antlers for a trophy and leave the rest to rot?”
Yes, Gus, he probably does actually think that.
Texans do
*squints, loosens six-shooter in holster, spits*
With most millennials having no real shot at home-ownership
I’ve heard this before but never heard why, does anyone know the (most likely stupid) rational.
The standard refrain I’ve seen is that they (the millennials) are in too much debt (specifically college) and were hurt by the recession (which has been over for a while now).
It’s probably grossly over-stated. What they mean is most millennials of the kind who read that website and want to live somewhere “cool” have no real shot at home-ownership, largely thanks to the policies put in place by the idiots they vote for.
I think it means they can’t afford that crappy 750 sq. ft. condo in Manhattan that costs $1.25 million. Welcome to the frickin’ club.
Yeah, that’s crap.
Average student debt isn’t insurmountable, and entry-level or second-level home prices in most markets are still affordable.
There is a subset of millenials who ran up massive student debts getting degrees that can’t be monetized and won’t even think of living outside a major urban center. For those, yeah, no real shot.
The only time I’ve ever had to call a tradesman was when our sewer line was plugged with tree roots dozens of feet away from the house. I figured instead of buying or renting a professional drain snake, I’d get someone who had one and new how to handle the snake. (ahem) Oh and pumping the septic tank. There are a very few things even the most handy of guys is unequipped for.
The plumbing, electrical and HVAC work I’ve done around the house, and the mechanic work I’ve done on the vehicles have saved us thousands of dollars. I don’t give a shit if people think possessing those skills makes me manly. I just know that it has saved us money, and given me a sense of accomplishment. (And gives my wife something to brag to her friends about)
The girlfriend doesn’t understand this. I’m not the best at home repairs, but there’s some things I can do. We had a toilet that just kept running, the girlfriend wanted to call a plumber, I replaced the flapper and then the fill valve. The dryer stopped spinning, she thought we had to get a new one. I replaced the band, and it’s still running fine.
No shit. The labor portion on just about anything is through the roof. My turn signal is out. I’m going to pick up a replacement bulb in a few minutes for a buck or two. If I went to a dealer’s service dept, ~$30-45.
I can do very light electrical (replace a switch or a sconce, say), no plumbing whatsoever, and very light mechanical work on our cars (replace bulbs, install cold air intakes, etc.). Appliances? If I tried to fix one, we would damn sure have to replace it after.
In summary, be a woman.
All you need is Love and a .45
I’ll just leave this here for the author:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTSxAMPXJ80
Or this.
+1 Stevie Winwood
1. I have never known anyone who hunted who couldn’t also cook.
2. Mediation is an important skill; when it fails, the guy who can fight better is going to be in a better bargaining position. But they are right in a sense: EVERYONE should know how to fight.
3. Ask Robby Soave about the utility of basic car repair and maintenance.
4. Sure, maybe you can use your decorative pillows to soak up the overflowing toilet you can’t fix because you’re utterly incompetent and basically useless.
5. Good leaders collaborate. Bad leaders don’t know that.
6. Discipline is at least as important a thing to learn as good communication.
7. Stoicism is the ability to exert your own will over your emotions and animal instincts. Stoicism is just self-control; it’s the thing that let’s you handle discomfort or adversity without breaking down. In a sense, stoicism is what separates adults from children. Which, I suppose, gets right to the heart of the matter.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the way stoicism somehow became bad thing. It is an absolutely essential element of being a functioning adult. The first noble truth of the Buddha is that all life is suffering. Deal with it.
From the comment section: ‘This looks like a list of all the things Ian Stobber can’t do.’
Bravo
Yep. So much of this stuff is just infantilization.
And yes, meditation is very important before engaging in any form of combat. I would become very calm, almost Zen right before a boxing match. To the point where I would be sitting in a chair, yawing and seemingly bored with the prospect of exchanging punches with somebody in a matter of minutes. I’m not sure exactly when I started doing that as a kid but I remember it being a useful form of psychological intimidation against my opponents. In amateur boxing there’s not really a locker room to hangout in before your fight. It’s usually just about 60-70 kids with their coaches and family all sharing a gym with fold out seats and a ring. So my opponents would see me from across the gym looking like I’m on the verge of a nap and shoot me looks saying ‘How is this guy so calm? Can he really be that good?’ I wasn’t that good. But I was good enough for that bit of mind fucking to work me more often or not.
Mediation is an important skill; when it fails, the guy who can fight better is going to be in a better bargaining position.
“Mediation” is when a third party facilitates a negotiation. If you go into a negotiation without a backup plan (which could include fighting), you aren’t negotiating, you are begging.
I would become very calm, almost Zen right before a boxing match.
Apparently, I become quieter and calmer the more a situation escalates; no idea why, its just what I do. It has taken my colleagues awhile to figure this out. They have initially tended to think I was backing out because I couldn’t tolerate conflict. They generally learn otherwise. I actually don’t like conflict, which is why I go from “watching the temperature rise without contributing” to “escalating faster than anyone wants to”.
Fortunately, none of my business conflicts have yet involved fisticuffs. Yet,
I apologize for the spelling error, Ted.
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Okay, apparently I’m far too distracted right now to parse out the English language in any coherent manner. I’m bowing out before I make an even bigger ass of myself than I already have….I blame the headshots.
Good news:
https://reason.com/2019/05/13/you-can-now-legally-possess-nunchucks-in-arizona/
A related saying I’ve always liked is, “Mercy is the privilege of the powerful.” Nietzsche, I think? If you’re unable to exert your will over another at least in some part then you’re at their mercy, which is why it’s important to be the kind of person who wants peace and also the kind of person who can punish your opponents until they, too, want peace.
In today’s “beer” related news: Judge: Anheuser-Busch must revise ads aimed at MillerCoors. The corn syrup wars continue.
Wait a second. Miller admits to using corn syrup and is proud of it, but Anheuser-Busch can’t say this?
AB-InBev did a whole ad about not using Corn Syrup during the Super Bowl. Instead, AB-InBev uses rice solids (aka rice sugar) to brew their beers. The real issue is that people are dumb:
I like how you put “beer” in quotes!
I’m trying to remember the last time I had Bud or Miller.
Right? Disgusting.
Now Busch on the other hand. Mmmmm.
Miller Lite is the house volume beer. It’s also ideal for situations where it’s hot out and you’re either going to be pounding beer or want to drink water but also want a little buzz. It’s in that category of beers that are great for when you want to drink, or when you want to do the activity of drinking beer. It’s no good to you when you actually want to drink beer because you want to taste beer.
My Dad very infrequently drank beer. But after working outside in heat and humidity all day long in the summer, he’d be more prone to do it.
Hey, that’s why such a thing as “lawnmower beer” exists.
Because it is. Even if it’s 100% accurate (which I strongly doubt), it’s still a blatant example of the MSM manipulating reality. It’s porn for elites with their noses in hair tut-tutting over the horribleness of life in today’s USA.
*in the air
Not all the elite follow Joe Bidenâs lead.
Twitter?
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/25/iq-scores-dropping-now-whats-mean/
Klimate kaos, duh.
Unfortunately, all previous literature and research on this subject has been removed from the record and present-day investigation is banned. This outcome has been predicted for quite some time.
Can’t argue with him.
And of course, 7 years in a row, rain on memorial weekend, Cali Sucks!!!
Its quite pleasant here in Tucson.
Evidently âI hate Japanese kids with Downâs syndromeâ isnât a good ice breaker at the bar. Back to the drawing board.
You trying to break the ice with the ladies or the guys?
He was negging a Japanese girl with DS who accidentally wandered into the bar.
Both. Millennial Americans. I delivered it earnestly and enjoyed the reactionăMaybe Iâm an asshole.
Hmm, maybe try something like a reverse weaboo? Explain how backward everything done is?
Put in as much katakana-go as you possibly can.
Was it Howard Stern who once asked “What do they call the disease in Mongolia?”
Spud spent the night in his chair looking after little feller and feeding him pain meds. Story at five. There is booze in my coffee.
Cheers. A little confused, but hey…
I got up super early to wait for an outdoor furniture delivery that had a 12 hour window. Now the guy called and said he won’t be here earlier than 1400 AZ. I will take a cup of coffee with some booze, too, please.
looking after little feller and feeding him pain meds
Dude, the little blue pills aren’t pain meds.
Argh – the clutch cable snapped on EF’s MINI Cooper. If you can’t push in the clutch, you can’t start the car which means I can’t even limp the car home stuck in second gear.
Tow truck time.
Really can’t complain considering the age of the car and number of city miles on the car. That’s a lot of clutch – ahem – action.
Interesting. In days of old the switch was usually activated at the clutch pedal Same for the brake light switch.
Given the way modern cars are constructed (especially the Germans) what are the odds of it being major surgery to get to the transmission to replace the cable?
+ 18 different fasteners
All of which are one time use.
“BREAKING for @humanevents: YouTube has removed @Lauren_Southernâs conservative documentary #Borderless from their platform. The film was deleted less than 24 hours after Southern made it available to the public on her personal Youtube channel.”
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1132307659082817536
https://humanevents.com/2019/05/25/youtube-wont-let-you-watch-lauren-southerns-borderless/
Borderless (2019) | EMERGENCY BACKUP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ_fz9EW5Iw
“Our interview with the one and only @Lauren_Southern . If you haven’t watched the trailer for her new groundbreaking documentary, what are you waiting for? Click the link inside our article, sit-back, and wait to have your mind blown.”
https://twitter.com/politicalite/status/1131500291772358656
https://www.politicalite.com/documentatries/exclusive-lauren-southern-talks-to-politicalite-about-new-movie/
YouTube nuked the trailer, too.
Tell me again how they are a content-neutral platform, and not an edited publication?
Finally some useful advice on Yahoo: Donât Forget to Make Out With Your Wife
*Leans In for kiss*âWTH are you doing?!â-Wife.
Talk to me in 20 years, dude.
In my head, I heard that in the most stereotypical japanese accent ever