Glibertarians.com 2019 Archive

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  • The Night Shift for October 19, 2019

    That was a damn fine get-together last Saturday, if I do say so my damn self..  Interesting back-and-forth, and that isn’t a euphemism.  Well…not completely.  Since then, we’ve had epic weather, illness, arguing, drinking, sexy time.  In other words:  a very Glibertarian week.  I see you’re wearing something loose, like I suggested.  And, since you didn’t play the “I don’t know; what do you want” game, and gave me some suggestions for hang-outs, we can inject some variety into this evening’s festivities.  To whit:

     

    With a tip of the hat to Chafed—the most obvious music choice EVAR

    Thanks to the awesome CPRM, I have a new avatar pic, based on the idea by Cacciatore.  So, as of this posting I shall be opening Sir Digby’s Ice Cream Parlour and Woodchipper Emporium!  Come one, come all!  Just, you know—clean up after yourselves.

    My one, non- patented copyrighted move.

    Oh, boy—Texas has a police problem, it seems.  Since the Amber Guyger story generated so much talk last week, I was wondering what could follow it up.  Well, it seems Texas stepped up once again.  This is very early in the situation, especially as of my putting this together.  No telling if any new information will be forthcoming.  Here’s a I will say that, prior to the last four or five years, I would have said I much prefer the idea of being policed by Ft. Worth’s finest than by Dallas’.  Maybe not so much, anymore.  The city itself is still preferable to Dallas, but only just so.

    I gave birthday shout-outs to fellow Augustinian glibs at the end of that month, completely expecting to make it a monthly deal.  Of course, I forgot September.  And then, Q mentions his happy ending birthday, so, here we are.  If you recently celebrated, or, endured another anniversary of your existence:  Happy Birthday.

    Favorite products:  If you were giving advice on items on which someone could spend hard-earned cash, what would it be?  Whether were talking a luxury you indulge, or, something you figure everyone buys.  One recommendation I would make is jersey-knit (t-shirt) sheets; specifically, the AmazonBasics line.  Excellent weight/thickness (natch); very sturdy for jersey-knit, but not a lot of colors available.  I’m sure that, like most items, jersey-knit sheets are not for everyone, but I suggest that anyone give them a try, as they are comfy and cheap.  They do NOT last as long as your standard percale sheets, but, if you find a good manufacturer, I think you’ll like them.  Now, it’s your turn.

    Speaking of favorite products…  Give it a watch

    This one’s for the ladies:  Many of you say we live in the best time-line.  I’m not completely sold on that, but this timeline does have Mike Rowe to be a voice of wisdom and sanity.  The truly “best” timeline:  Mike Rowe is Crusty Juggler.

    When you worship the government, that pesky Second Commandment is a thing of the past.  Plus, coveting is practically encouraged!

    Well, that pretty much wraps up my contribution to glib-verse.  Next week is a Halloween costume party for ol’ Diggy, so, while I plan on putting up a post, I may be a bit late to the show.  To sing us out, I found something rather interesting (yes, I intended to troll you lot, but…just watch the whole thing).

  • OverRated: The Week in College Football Polls

    October bountiful harvest edition:  in which we were not surprised but many were

    The reaping was grim, but that’s what toldjasos™ are all about!  The hype that was:

     

    Week Seven Most OverRated Football Program Results 

    1          Wake Forest entered our list last week as All-Time Most OverRated Team of All-Time, fell to first-ever-university-owned-by-a-city Louisville, and then disappeared from the rankings

    2          Minnesota shucked the team from Nebraska’s habeas-schmabeas campus

    3          Memphis jumped into the rankings for some reason last week and promptly lost to “state-regulated” and possibly 80th best team in the nation Temple, so look for them in the footnotes of teams-receiving-votes now

    4          Boise State allowed 37 by Hawai’I but won handily

    5          Georgia passed quietly at home yesterday, surrounded by their loving family and close friends, from complications of the second-best team from South Carolina in 2OT . . . and fell seven places in the AP to 10.

    6          Texas lost to Oklahoma in the annual tussle on the Trinity, but they are probably the best two-loss team in the country for whatever that is worth (which is, apparently, 15th in the AP, falling four spots, about right)

    7          Oregon destroyed Colorado on Friday

    8          Oklahoma steadily outpaced Texas in the annual Duel at Dallas

    So what’s the bag limit for hype, anyway?!?  This week we collect Wake Forest, Memphis, Georgia, and Texas (for the second time this season:  that’s how stuck on Texas some people are).  The next time anyone extols the value of democracy, just remember that these teams were voted to their lofty rankings; they weren’t Citizens United into office, and no smoky backrooms were involved:  clear majorities agreed that UGA was top three, that Memphis and Wake belonged in the top 25 at all.  No facebook, no Russians:  just home-grown American idiocy delivered this quality.  To borrow from Steve Spurrier (motto:  don’t tell anyone I’m from Tennessee), you can’t spell crap without AP.

     

    That said, Oklahoma gets better every week, and the grind past Texas (motto:  LSU was a good loss!) qualifies them to enjoy a well-earned last laugh.  Quarterback Hurts, an SEC refugee and Houston native, joins the very long list of Texas ex-pats who have carried the Crimson and Cream banner to victory over the Horns in the past century.  I didn’t think that the Sooners were this close; I thought the grand narrative of one of the greatest programs of all time (not arguing with that whatsoever) was getting in the way of a clear view of this year’s team.  And who doesn’t crave a chance to make fun of, as Randy Galloway called them, Zero U?  But they were, they are the real deal in 2019 and so we must admit that the Sooners were not over-ranked after all.  I was dead wrong on this one (cue sad trombone).

     

    Good news:  The Committee (motto:  We Miss Condy!!!) will publish its rankings starting in November.  If you despise top men and credentialed experts, second-guessing color peaks in just a few weeks!

    Meanwhile, where are we in our weekly idiocy?  Has the AP poll already stepped on every rake possible!?  Well, more less, yes:  it’s getting very quiet.

     

    Newest Week N + 1 Post-Iowa Most OverRated Football Programs

    1           SMU has shot up to a ridiculous 19th slot and so joins our list this week in time to take on Memphis dispatcher Temple

    2          Minnesota plays pointless Rutgers, a week off compared to their run up hill Big 10.

    3          Appalachian State should be catch and release size, but we’re running out of teams to make fun of, and they play South Carolina in a few weeks, so they step up to our list in time to play the U-La-Monroe Warhawks nee Indians.

    4          Boise State travels to play there’s-just-too-much-to-get-into-here-so-let-it-go BYU.

    5          Oregon travels to play the barely-ranked University of Starbucks  

    Honorable mentions – LSU is great, but they’re probably not top two:  any such notion disrespects a continent of football, the mark of excited over-reaction after an admittedly big win.  Notre Dame is still not a top ten team, but suddenly they’re ranked ahead of Georgia which recently beat them.  We’ve already taken Utah down, but some folks are slow learners, so that stock is enjoying a dead cat bounce.  Florida isn’t ninth, but that’s close.  Enough!  So how many trophies do we have on the mantle now?

     

    Year to Date Hides on the Wall

    1          Georgia lost at home to the second-best team from South Carolina

    2          Utah lost to an unrated USC but is still over-bought

    2          Stanford was revealed by USC

    2          Syracuse was unranked after Maryland

    2          Michigan was blown out by Wisconsin

    6          UCF was edged by an unranked Pitt

    7          Iowa was no number 15 as Michigan proved, and they continue to be pantsed weekly

    7          Wake Forest allowed Louisville to hang 62 on them

    7          Cal was dumped from the AP after losing to Arizona State

    10        Iowa State was dethroned before their decent showing against Iowa

    10        Memphis lost to possibly 80th best team in the nation Temple and disappeared

    10        Michigan State slowly fell out of the ratings, so I was right after all

    13        Clemson was dethroned by Mack Brown retirement project UNC

    14        Texas lost to the university of Texas at Norman (mid-season toldjasos™)

    14        Texas probably over-paid for losing to titan LSU (early-season toldjasos™)

    16        Auburn probably over-paid for losing to Florida

    16        Texas A&M probably over-paid for quality losses against Clemson and Auburn

    18        Washington State was de-ranked after becoming lowly UCLA’s first win

    19        Virginia continues to lose after losing to can-play-with-UGA Notre Dame

     

    Year to Date It-Would-Seem Blown Calls Because They’re Doing Okay Really Well

    1          LSU

    2          Oklahoma has gotten better all year and refused to lose to Texas

    3          Florida seems to have earned their status by defeating top-ten Auburn

     

    Let’s score this year 19–3-3 so far.  That is to say:  the voted-upon rankings of college football teams are rather wrong rather often.  So closes another week!

    links to older opinions:                  2091-10-10                 2019-10-03                  2019-09-26                  2019-09-19                  2019-09-13                  2019-09-06
    Disclosure of sources of bias:  your writer has attended the University of Tennessee, Memphis State and the University of Memphis, Christian Brothers College . . . and he sleeps with an alumna of Georgia whose parents met at Washington State . . . and his son went to Houston . . . and he never met anyone from TCU he didn’t like . . . and he irrationally hates Notre Dame, UCF, Clemson, and Notre Dame.

     

  • Up, Up, and (Snark) Away! : Another Another Crossword

    It took a lot of off topic late night filler action but my last effort broke the 500 comment barrier and thus, my ego assuaged, I bring you more fun and frustration. Not much of a theme this time, at least not of the missing or hidden word type. The starred clues do parrot a familiar phrase, my beta-tester claimed he didn’t get it but he’s damn near a Canadian so I have hope you real ‘Muricans will. Remember this is for entertainment purposes only, please no wagering. And as always enjoy.

     

     

     

    If you prefer a PDF   Up, Up, and (Snark) Away!

    If you need to cheat  help  Solution

    You can go here and work an interactive version. The Password is “1234”

     

    Mike S. beta tested this one any errors are on him.

     

  • Leonard vs Hagler: A review by Trigger Hippie

    I’ll keep this brief. I was an amateur boxer and coach/trainer off and on for many years. I’m going to review famous bouts that many people argue over. In order to stay as acurate in my opinion as possible, I paused the fight midway through each round, typed down my view of the round so far, then finished watching the round and finish my take on it. And before you ask, yes, I was completely sober while writing this. Let’s begin!

    Round 1
    The beginning goes as many title-fights go when it’s featuring two highly skilled, highly decorated fighters: slowly. “Feeling each other out” is the term. In fact, Hagler did almost nothing but stalk Leonard to get a read on how he would react with his feet when he advanced. Oh! I had forgotten one crucial factor in the scoring of this fight: Hagler, a southpaw, fights the first two rounds almost exclusively right-handed. I’m too lazy to dig into the why of the matter but needless to say it was to Hagler’s detriment. Leonard dances, lands a few jabs and crosses, nothing too aggressive, but Hagler just makes a halfhearted effort at offense.

    Leonard 10 Hagler 9

    Round 2

    Hagler begins to advance with purpose and finally starts punching. At first, Leonard and Hagler are unable to connect with any clean punches. Leonard uses his footwork to outmaneuver Hagler and clinch effectively but then Hagler presses the issue and while not landing any meaningful punches, gains the edge through the first half of the round by brawling. The second half of the round Leonard regains his spacing and lands some counter-punches before stealing the round in the last thirty seconds by landing hard jabs, body hooks, and fighting out of the clinch.

    Leonard 20 Hagler 18

    Round 3

    Hagler finally starts fighting as a southpaw and the difference is notable. Through the first half of the round any exchanges started by Leonard are finished by Hagler. Hagler maintains pressure and keeps landing tightly thrown punches that go unnoticed by the crowd as they roar for Leonard’s deflected punches. Leonard does manage to land about four or five very clean punches in the round, but the pace, pressure and total of landed punches go to Hagler.

    Leonard 29 Hagler 28

    Round 4

    This time, it’s Leonard who comes out of the corner with purpose. He quickly finds his spacing, and easily slips most of Hagler’s punches while slipping in himself to land hard single shots and quick flurries. He also gets away with a low-blow but to me it was clear Leonard won the round easily.

    Leonard 39 Hagler 37

    Round 5

    Hagler and Leonard spend most of the first part of the round staying near each other and exchanging punches. Leonard surprisingly gets a little flatfooted and stops dancing, yet, he keeps his body angled sideways for the most part, lands the cleaner, quicker punches, and has the advantage. After that, Hagler tightens up his guard and begins to *walk through Leonard’s punches(*take the punches off his guard, and risk getting hit to close the distance), landing many solid shots and working Leonard into the ropes. Hagler does enough to reclaim the round.

    Leonard 48 Hagler 47

    Round 6

    Hagler initiates the exchanges immediately. He lands clean, hard, single shots with all four punch types within the first minute while also wrangling Leonard around the ring to keep pressuring him. The first half of the round is a classic example of how to fight “pressure-in” by Hagler. Stay inside the arms of a dancer so he can’t fully extend on his punches and counter with good footwork. Force him to brawl while you grapple, lean on, push, and land hard single shots to weaken the body and slow your opponent’s feet. Basically, be a bully. Leonard lands a few punches and outperforms Hagler in the last minute, but it’s not enough.

    Leonard 57 Hagler 57

    Round 7

    This round begins with a touch more hesitation by Hagler after an initial lunge and Leonard takes the opportunity to land a few quick shots. Then Hagler begins working inside again and scores a few shots of his own, landing a couple flurries and forcing Leonard into the ropes. But this time, Leonard does a good job of counter-punching and works his way out. The round is a draw at the midway point. Neither can land cleanly, but Hagler keeps forcing the action and then starts scoring on hard single shots. Leonard again finds his spacing and starts to score with hard shots and a few combos of his own. Hagler gets the last ten seconds, but I can’t give the round to either one clearly. Side-Note: I’m a firm believer that in order to win the round, you need to win the fucking round, even if it’s only slightly. I won’t steal a point away from a guy just cuz. This is where I deviate from most judges sitting ringside. Anyway, draw.

    Leonard 67 Hagler 67

    Round 8

    A few exchanges are attempted but nothing meaningful happens. Then they stop the fight because the tape on Leonard’s glove splits. They fix the glove, fight resumes, then Hagler spends the next minute slightly outboxing Leonard by doing a more cautious version of walking through your opponent’s punches, yet still lands the cleaner shots. Leonard regains his composure and lands several clean single shots and small flurries. Hagler neutralizes Leonard’s attack by again closing the gap and landing shots of his own during the last forty seconds. Despite Leonard landing the more crowd pleasing punches, Hagler quietly scored punches more consistently through the round.

    Leonard 76 Hagler 77

    Round 9

    Leonard begins the round strong by finding the sweet spot where you’re just inside the opponent’s range, enticing them to punch so you can hop outside and then hop back in after they miss to score hard crosses and three punch combinations(classic counter-punching). A great fighter can then stay inside and bob and weave off the opponent’s attempted counters to score more shots before working their way back out of range, and Leonard was great. He controlled the first minute easily but Hagler absorbs those shots and presses in to land some clear scoring shots himself and forces Leonard into the ropes. Leonard works his way out but quickly takes more punches and again gets cornered. Halfway through, slight advantage to Leonard because he clearly controlled more time. Then the highlight reel begins. Hagler continues to hit Leonard in the corner. Increasing in confidence, he begins to throw multiple flurries, landing a lot of shots. However, once he gets set, he’s flatfooted, and Leonard works out of the corner. Then Leonard starts landing combinations of his own. The fight shifts back to the center of the ring where Leonard’s faster hands and feet are at optimal advantage. He easily scores and avoids punishment for thirty seconds, taking the edge in the round. But Hagler settles down and slightly outboxes Leonard the rest of the way. Both fighters were exhausted. I apologize for the length of this portion, but it was possibly the best round of the fight, both from the viewpoint of an ex-boxer/geek and from the casual fan’s. Overall, I think the time was split in regard to control of the round, but Leonard’s time was more one-sided.

    Leonard 86 Hagler 86

    Round 10

    The first half of the round is a tale of two tired men, understandably so. They kept their discipline and continued to fight but nobody landed noteworthy blows or gained an advantage. If anything, I’d give Hagler this portion by the thinnest of margins because he landed about four or five uncontested, yet weak, shots on Leonard near the halfway point. Hagler then imposes his will on Leonard with solid body shots in the clinch, Leonard finds a way to counter, landing impressive shots to even the round, but Hagler lands more punches during the last thirty seconds. This was hard to score…Hagler by a nose-hair.

    Leonard 95 Hagler 96

    Round 11

    Another close beginning. Both fighters missed early but managed to score a few one-two combos halfway through, no clear advantage for either fighter. Hagler manages to maneuver Leonard into the ropes and scores punches, but at this point there’s not much force behind them. Leonard works his way out, showboats, and lands nothing. The crowd is thrilled*eye-roll*. Leonard lands a few more solid single punches but Hagler gets close and lands about four left hooks in a clinch, then another shot after the break. Leonard shows some guts and instigates the exchanges, but Hagler responds to his shots with counters. Advantage, Hagler.

    Leonard 104 Hagler 106

    Round 12

    I think both fighters believed that they had won the fight going into this round. Hagler gave a professional effort and continued to fight his fight. Leonard, however, went into celebration mode after landing a six punch combo. And to be fair, Hagler did nothing noteworthy to erase Leonard’s bravado after that. It was even outside that combo. Round goes to Leonard.

    My Final Bout Card
    Leonard 114 Hagler 115

    Skip to the thirteen-minute mark to bypass the bullshit.

  • The Night Shift for October 12, 2019

     

    Going by results, it seems my weirdness wasn’t exactly a crowd-pleaser.  Either that, or, all the autumnal types were busy getting their Fall on.  Or, could it be that Friday nights are the answer?   Well over 900 comments is a tough act to follow, although I did seem to get a new nickname out of it (H/T to Gender Traitor).  Oh, well—time to get Diggy with it…

     

    Here’s something to set the mood for the night.  (What??  I’m a guy of many facets…)

    Yes, yes—my weekly go-to.

    Sir Digby topic:  I am considering getting certified as a Gemologist through the GIA.  I’m not looking for a new career, exactly.  This is an area that I like (gemstones), and something that, while pricey, could probably be accomplished fairly quickly, and give me other job options, should I want/need them.  I don’t exactly relish the idea of standing around in a suit all day, just to sell some high-priced baubles.  But, that isn’t the only type of gemologist work, either.  Do any of you have experience with later-in-life career changes?  How about delayed education or career training?  (Anyone have any jeweler-type contacts you could share?)  I’d like input on this, especially for issues I may not be considering.

    Combining two things with which I am somewhat familiar:  Crime, and, humor.

    I hate to say it, but, I don’t think we’ve heard the last in the Botham Jean murder case.  Between the Judge/Bible brouhaha, the subsequent murder of one of the witnesses, and, the appeal that I would think is forthcoming, it seems like this may stay in the media longer than the Las Vegas massacre.  I haven’t seen anything in-depth about the investigation yet.  However, I find it odd that the DA was able to effectively “prove” intent, while using arguments that seems to show recklessness, effectively making it manslaughter.  Don’t take this to mean that I think the officer isn’t culpable for his homicide—she should be doing time.  Maybe the 10 years—which will likely be somewhere around three or four year, barring any troubles inside—is a type of compromise?  What do you think?

    For your consideration:  Beautiful caves.  (Not a euphemism)

    Do you have a favorite restaurant, store, hang-out, etc, in your area?  Either some place you prefer to spend time and/or money, or, a place that you would gladly recommend to people you like (tolerate) who visit your area.  Yeah, this is me continuing my “getting to know you”, glib outreach project, and is further inspired by Florida Man’s posts.  For instance, in my area, I would recommend La Hacienda Ranch, owned by the guy who invented the frozen margarita machine.  A restaurant chain for good drinks, the best guacamole I’ve ever had, as well as the best fajitas.  And, not having pets, I like to go dog-watching at this spot every so often.  Tell us about your haunts.

    An obvious song choice, by a not-so-obvious performer.  Is it just me, or does this actually kick some ass??

    I plan on asking you out for next week, so, clear your calendar.

    And, be sure to wear something loose…

  • OverRated: The Week in College Football Polls Ugly Trophy Edition

    Ugly Trophy Edition:  It turns out there are teams out there worse than MICHIGAN

    This past week we learned that there is a college in Ypsilanti, so don’t go using that sweet town’s name in vain just because you want to make fun of Jim Harbaugh (personal motto:  I was born in Toledo!).  We also learned that GM’s Willow Run plant closed in 2010 (thanks, Obama), so we’ll need to pick on some other township the next time we want to make tranny jokes.

    Out on the grid-iron, we book only two toldjasos™, but one comes at the high cost of conceding a mistake.  The week that was:

     

    Week Six Most OverRated Football Program Results

    1          Boise State unremarkably trounced entertainment engineering powerhouse UNLV

    2          Wake Forest doesn’t play Unitas-less Louisville until next weekend (I misread their calendar)

    3          Georgia finally took the all-time series lead over hapless Tennessee

    4          Florida handled Auburn and child quarterback Nix

    4          Iowa was corn-holed by the near-nobodies at Ann Arbor

    6          Texas recovered from an early scare to survive at West Virginia

    7          Auburn has a solid defense, but so does Florida, so they fell five places

    7          Oregon quietly managed Cal

    9          Oklahoma beat KU by only 25

     

    Iowa’s not much to brag on, but some trophies are just uglier than others.  Ranked 14th, they gave up eight sacks to 19th ranked Michigan and fell, appropriately, four spots.

    Auburn’s loss to Florida was a very even match, but in the polls your punishment is always all out of proportion to what happened at the game.  So Auburn falls five places, and they are now proven to have been at least a bit over-rated.  I can’t put it more succinctly than MSN:

    . . . a game that was tense, sloppy, mistake-filled, oddly coached and generally impossible to figure out from possession to possession.  After four turnovers apiece and a whole bunch of other weirdness, it was No. 8 Florida blowing the game open on Lamical Perine’s 88-yard touchdown run with 9:04 remaining, giving the Gators a terrific win and a 6-0 record despite some very clear flaws. And for No. 7 Auburn, it was a reality check about life with a true freshman quarterback in Bo Nix, who seemed rather overwhelmed with the whole thing and made some truly terrible decisions . . .

     

    This correspondent has trifled with Florida and had bagged them already earlier in the season when AP voters had lost their collective nerve over the Gators.  But now we must concede that any earlier call on UF was bull feathers and book them as a clear miss.  They feature a second-string quarterback, but, as usual, their defensive secondary is fearless and fast.  They’re still over-rated a place or two, but that’s still too close, so let’s just agree I was wrong on this one.

    So snarking about the rankings is nearly dead for the year; there’s just not much new left to yell about from the peanut gallery.  Indeed, in my admittedly very slow news, I found that if you duckduckgo for “heckler” you get endless pictures of cool pistols; that’s all I learned this week.  Now . . . onto your season’s-under-way and Iowa-free rankings:

     

    Newest Week N + 1 Post-Iowa Most OverRated Football Programs

    1      Wake Forest will host Unitas-less Louisville as my All-Time Most OverRated Team of All-Time!!11!!

    2      Minnesoda almost ties the Wake record with their ridiculous debut but should edge Nebraska by four

    3       Memphis jumps onto our board; Temple won’t have a prayer against the Tiger Hype

    4       Boise State hosts Hawaii

    5       Georgia should roll over The Other USC

    6       Texas meets worthy Oklahoma in the Red River Classic

    7       Oregon should bulldoze Colorado

    8       Oklahoma meets worthy Texas in the Red River Classic

    Honorable mentions – Utah is still over-ranked, but I’ve made enough fun of them already this year.  SMU should damp to their mean soon.  So how has our year gone so far?

     

    Year to Date Hides on the Wall Rated

    1          Utah lost to an unrated USC

    2          Stanford was revealed by USC

    2          Syracuse was unranked after Maryland

    2          UCF was edged by an unranked Pitt

    2          Iowa was no number 15 as Michigan proved

    6          Cal was dumped from the AP after losing to Arizona State

    6          Iowa State was dethroned before their decent showing against Iowa

    6          Michigan State fell out of the ratings, so I was right after all

    9          Clemson was dethroned by Mack Brown retirement project UNC

    9          Texas probably over-paid for losing to titan LSU

    9          Auburn probably over-paid for losing to Auburn

    9          Texas A&M probably over-paid for quality losses against Clemson and Auburn

    13        Washington State was unranked after becoming lowly UCLA’s first win

    14        Michigan was blown out by Wisconsin

    15        Virginia probably over-paid for losing to can-play-with-UGA Notre Dame

     

    Year to Date It-Would-Seem Blown Calls Because They’re Doing Okay Really Well

    1          LSU

    2          Florida seems to have earned their status by defeating top-ten Auburn

    3          UCF is now a skin on the wall after Pitt

    4          Michigan no longer a blown call because Wisconsin

    5          Washington State no longer a blown call because UCLA

    Let’s score this year 15–2-3 so far, nothing to be ashamed of.  So closes another week!

     

     

    links to older opinions:                  2019-10-03                  2019-09-26                  2019-09-19                  2019-09-13                  2019-09-06
    Disclosure of sources of bias:  your writer has attended the University of Tennessee, Memphis State and the University of Memphis, Christian Brothers College . . . and he sleeps with an alumna of Georgia whose parents met at Washington State . . . and his son went to Houston . . . and he never met anyone from TCU he didn’t like . . . and he irrationally hates Notre Dame, UCF, Clemson, and Notre Dame.

  • THE CONTINUING AWESOME ADVENTURES OF SECRET NAZI PRESIDENT!!11!1! – Vol 39: Joey B; Sexy Syria; Lizzie Dub

     

  • Asset Forfeiture : Yet Another Crossword

    Okay, enough of you miscreants seemed to appreciate the effort so here one more. The theme answers in this one are pretty tortured so I’ll add a hint at the very end of the post, if you don’t want a spoiler don’t scroll down to fast. And remember this is for entertainment purposes only, please no wagering. Have fun!

    If you prefer a PDF      Asset Forfeiture

    If you need to cheat  help  Solution

    Lastly you can go here and work an interactive version. The Password is “Ookla > Chewie”

     

     

    Don Escaped Texas beta tested this one as well and made a few good suggestions (none of which I listened to this time) but any errors are still on him.

     

    Hint: The theme answers* are victims of asset forfeiture. for example 55 across should be DREAMBOATANNIE but the cops seized the boat so now its DREAMANNIE.

    (more…)

  • The end of the road

    I wanted to wait for a resolution, but I can’t wait around. It seems my Company bailed on me due to a dubious, unethical series of events, so I’m in limbo right now, maybe go back to Walmart.

    We did make it to AZ, broke as fuck but not hungry, yet, so I decided to build a 1/144th scale Wargaming table. There are 2 million Wargamers out there, and while they love to play, they hate to build, that’s where I come in….

    How it’s done

    First question, what are you going to do? Dioramas? WG tables? Scatter pieces?

     

    Some nomenclature:

    WG: Wargaming tables with fixed scenery and terrain, very tough and take players abuse well, not cheap, if done well.

    Dioramas: very expensive due to the level of detail required, and very fragile when finished.

    Scatter pieces: these are cool, basically rocks, trees and terrain features that can be moved around to create new scenarios, usually with a battle mat.

    Battle mats: I forgot those, imagine a tarp with caulking covering it, a bit of paint and Voila! War gaming!

     

    In this episode I will show you How I do it. I hope you enjoy, let’s begin.

    First is materials. I get slab foam from Home Depot, but it’s widely available, and some drywall mud, this is essential to making foam look like life, then I figure out what to do….

    After deciding I glue my foam slabs together and cut/sand it all down, layer it all together, then make a trench for my water courses, this is critical, the material I use wants to level, so you need to contain it somewhat. By this time we have the bluffs, hills and river mostly in place, now we need roads. 

    The Megalith:

    I have a plethora of small stones in the front yard so I went wacky with a Stoned Henge monument, take my psycho mind and some rocks and behold! StonedHenge! 

    I went with the Roman roads theme after watching a YT on the subject, very east/west, with some north/south to follow the river, this is difficult. Try to make sure a straight road looks natural after 2 millennia? Let’s see…

     

    As usual, I had no thought of doing this until I sat with a beer and just looked, and it came to me…..

     

    How it’s done pt2

    Good materials, and an imagination are all it takes, fun or money, it matters not. Build or die is my motto.

    Do your elevation layout first, then paint a base coat of your landscape, brown, green and blue, keep the glue away!

    How do I do landscape, Yusef?

    Foam, a cheap knife from Dollar Tree, some sandpaper and you’re done. It’s important to notice that nothing in nature is static, even with patterns, chaos rules, deal with it and you will make nice scenery! Find primary colors for your rock features, then tint dark, overbrush, then tint light and dry brush.

    I’m out till next week, see ya! 

    Gallery, so far.

    Cheers!

  • IFLA: The “Visitors, Travel by Air, Young Dark Woman” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of October 6

    I predict this week that a dear friend, a lovely (former stripper) and intelligent (degree in Math) woman will come to visit me.  We shall see how the Albany airport will fare against my prognosticatory abilities.

    For the rest of you less fortunate ones, here’s what the stars have to say:

    Jupiter (rulership, rules, order happiness — the astrologers who came up with this were filthy statists, but that’s probably a necessary thing to get research grants from kings.  Plus ca change etc. ) has got a double leg construction (though neither of them are particularly tight.) On one leg there’s the sun and Mercury (good news, beneficent change in leadership, strength and growth) and on the other there’s Mars and Venus (marriage, righteous war/just peace, domestic reconciliation) and together they form a “V,” which of course means “victory” though also the door knocks of fate and “va fangul.”

    Libra lets Mercury slip away, but with the Sun, Mars and Venus (plus the association of the latter two with Jupiter as mentioned above) all being in the sign of Balance we are looking at a brief period of universal harmony.  Honestly, this is a ridiculously unlikely prediction considering everything that’s going on, but let’s look back on the results during work week 42 and see how clear my foresight is.  Mercury moves into Scorpio, signifying a buff to your speed and agility, but also the risk of poisoning.  Coupled with this, Capricorn receiving the moon in addition to its usual Saturn further signals enhancement to mental/creative abilities, but there is a dark undercurrent.  If you need to figure out how to break contracts or off someone, this is the best week to plan.

    Events in my life may be bleeding over into the cards I’m drawing. Eleven of the twelve cards are designated “woman.”

    Libra:  10 of Cups reversed – Repose of the false heart, indignation, violence.

    Scorpio:  Wheel of Fortune – Destiny, fortune, success, elevation, luck, felicity

    Sagittarius:  2 of Wands reversed –  Surprise, wonder, enchantment, emotion, trouble, fear

    Capricorn:  3 of Cups – The conclusion of any matter in plenty, perfection and merriment; happy issue, victory, fulfilment, solace, healing

    Aquarius: 4 of Coins – The surety of possessions, cleaving to that which one has, gift, legacy, inheritance

    Pisces:  Page of Coins – Application, study, scholarship, reflection, news, messages and the bringer thereof; also rule, management

    Aries:  Knight of Coins – Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility, rectitude

    Taurus:  8 of Cups – The decline of a matter, or that a matter which has been thought to be important is really of slight consequence–either for good or evil

    Gemini:  2 of Coins reversed – Enforced gaiety, simulated enjoyment, literal sense, handwriting, composition, letters of exchange

    Cancer:  3 of Cups – The conclusion of any matter in plenty, perfection and merriment; happy issue, victory, fulfilment, solace, healing  (First time doubles have been drawn?)

    Leo:  The World – Assured success, recompense, voyage, route, emigration, flight, change of place

    Virgo:  6 of Cups – Childhood, happiness, enjoyment coming from the past, things that have vanished