Dear all: I was inspired by our first crossword and have attempted another. Without cool software, I soldiered through this attempt in Excel; NewWife checked it after a fashion, but there still may be mistakes . . . hope not. The first crossword was small and tight, but I went for big and funny, so crossing for clues will be harder . . . it couldn’t be avoided.
Indeed, the clues are seldom easy because this group has proven itself wise, widely read, and witty. A couple are extremely hard, one because I’ve never seen the word on the site before; otherwise, the clues will be somewhat clear and accessible. Notice the question marks: those are for jokes or sarcasm; it’s hard to tell what qualifies as normal in a Glib crossword, so maybe every clue should end in a question mark? Anyway, this is written only for us, so assume your normal shitlord posture and read into everything in the most cruel, selfish, and kinky way you can achieve.
Click to download the whole package as a pdf. (Spoiler alert: Contains solution on the last page!)
Check the solution here!
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441 responses to “Don Escaped Texas Tries His Hand at a Glib Crossword”
Thanks SP for your patience and support
I sent her the XLS files, a PPT, and PNG of each element. I don’t know how much trouble it was to format and shoehorn on here.
You gave her powerpoint poisoning? You bastard!
PPT is kinda my Photoshop
I seldom use it, but it does things that nothing else on a $500 pc will
IIRC, she’s worked in offices. She should have immunity by now.
Start with Hispanic pandering.
Yes get on with the translation…
Oh shit, this isnt a debate post.
And now black pandering.
“This is American democracy”.
Doesn’t exist brah.
¿ que ?
I’m watching the Team Blue clown show.
¡ comprendo !
They have Klownbutcher, Beta, Castro, and Booker, but Gabbard didn’t qualify?
#DNCfixisin (not a real hashtag).
DET: I’ll look over the crossword in more depth later, just wanted to get that shot in.
chat away: the crossword is too awkward to be the centerpiece
we can waive the 30 minute T&A fence if it gets too quiet
Ah, blockquote fail.
“Unpronouncable” doesn’t fit in 32 Down.
I’m glad he changed his handle and avatar back
That’s pretty cool. I’ll have to print this out and complete at work tomorrow morning.
?
Yeah, I might have to send this to my printer. It’s coming out with colors reversed when I try to save the image on my machine, so I can’t play along on my desktop like I usually do.
Sorry: if it works at all it’s SP’s doings. I had no way to prototype the presentation or guess how it would work out.
One option might be to additionally post files on a share site somewhere ?
No worries – I’ll figure it out. Some combination of a Firefox dark reader plugin and Mac’s dark mode seems to be playing havoc with it.
*blushes at 32 down*
everyone will get at least answer one right
most won’t give a shit
did my best: wonder if anyone will be offended that I didn’t work them in ?
my Android won’t play, bummer, looks fun
shame: you’re 7 down
Shoutout to Hyperbole’s puzzle last night. The presentation was spectacular.
Do what he did.
Man, that’s cool; I can’t weld something up like that with this slide-rule and protractor. Next time I’ll have one of the cool kids set me up as a side dish like he did his because there’s no fucking way I’m going to learn any code newer than Fortran4.
Kinda whiskey dicks me that y’all had a crossword last night . . . who knew! * sad trombone *
I suspect it’s some free software that’s dedicated to building crosswords & probably somewhat easy to use.
See if he chimes in.
Yeah I cheated and paid a small fee for the ability to do that. I think it’ll be on this site next week but I don’t know that SP can embed it in wordpress.
Well actually I signed up for a free trial but If past results are an indicator of future performance I’ll forget to cancel and pay for it for a few months without using it.
Oh wow that would be cool.
I don’t think we had another crossword earlier this week, certainly not last night.
It wasn’t a separate post. Hyp linked it to his Instagram or something.
Hyperbole linked to this last night. He has since changed the password 🙁
Mine had been in the hopper for a week or so and the scheduling out of my hands as it should be . . . no worries: I learned how to make this work better for next time.
Sorry DET didn’t mean to step on anyone’s crossword toes, I was eager to see if it worked (and drunk), thanks to Rhywun for beta testing it. As I said above I believe SP’s posting it next week so I changed the Password.
First laugh of the day, right there.
* deep curtsy *
I learned early to speak to everyone in their own terms: a crossword for this crew is retched stuff.
The whore is the worst so far.
you’re going to hafta be more specific
He’s also watching the clown show (I think…). Your post is at an unfortunate time for political junkies.
no, it’s perfect: some will enjoy the crossword and everyone can kibbutz during the debate; it’s a buffet
I’m not communing with anyone during the debate!
ugh: kibbitz
mein Jiddisch ist nicht sehr gut
פאַרמאַכן די באַרען אַרויף ,ליבטאַרד!
Sanders can’t, he gets kicked out.
It’s 6:15, and I’ve got dry wall installers five feet behind me. I asked the wife twice if she wanted to go upstairs, and she said no. Fun times.
“How long have I been here?”
“Where am I?”
You’ve been here a few minutes.
You’re in snarkland.
As a frequent visitor, I expected you to recognize it.
Fuuuccckkkk…..
/gives Spud the knowing nod
I was going to make an off-topic comment about 70s fashion, but the slow-painting computer screen for the earthquake monitoring station distracted me. It took a minute to paint the outline of california and the track of tha San Andreas.
I thought they had better monitors in 1977.
Context – I recently acquired “In Search of…” for its comedic value. Episode 7 is the earthquake one.
live long and prosper
we live with the fact of the New Madrid here: rare but huge events
Is that the one with Spock the Lesser?
No, it’s with Leonard Nimoy.
“Comedic value”? With Nimoy?? You, sir, are an animal.
It’s amazing how he can manage to say those absolutely absurd lines with a straight face.
Please tell me there will be answer key for this. If I try to do this at work I’m going to get fired for screaming, “Fuck off, can’t you see I’m busy with this crossword puzzle!”
is there a site that’s easy to post a file?
I only have the answers in the matrix, but I’m glad to put it out there somewhere
This is why it’s good to be the boss. I (almost) can’t get fired. I’d *really* have to try and be unrepentant about it.
Is that Snuffleupagus?! Did he jump to another reality for a couple decades or so and then jump back?
ah well, life on the road, no PC,
where y’all this week ?
Bullhead, then CA, then back to Bullhead Monday night, one more trip back after that, then goodbye CA……
I do love the Hot, dry Desert, I’m Yusef of Dystopia!
Doing HVAC work for Lord Humungous.
I am All! I am Cooling! all your servers belong to me! No AC,NO INTERNET!
/At your service…..
Biden looks like he has had more beer than me. I assume he has been playing the same game I have (‘Drink the Beer’).
Also, I broiled a steak for the first time tonight. The result wasn’t anything special, but it was adequate for anytime I want steak but am feeling kind of lazy.
I need something for dinner – but I’m still sitting around to test when the patching is done.
He’s supposed to have finished by now, but, well, they never wrap up on-time.
https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/cast-iron-cowboy-steak
when I’m lazy I do something like this
and add Shiner and red tamale sauce
mo peppers is mo better
I have gotten away from grilling steak in favor of doing it in a cast-iron skillet. The only trouble is then I have to clean the skillet.
I wipe the big stuff (carbs) out of mine and then boil it while I’m eating. For proteins, I just wipe it out and forget it.
I usually broil a Mignon – which reminds me, I’d really like of those. I noticed the prices are way down from a few months ago.
To quote Monk, “He’s not the guy”.
My steaks always come out better on the grill than the cast iron.
Oh, shit, son. Sleepy Joe and The Bern! about to duke it out.
Bern looks closer than ever to an aneurysm.
He does seem pretty intense. Like his blood pressure is exceptionally elevated.
Joe looks kind of post-aneurysm.
Actually a decent zing by Buttgag.
He is, from what I’ve seen so far, the best of the debaters tonight.
I clicked over…Looks like he’s getting propped up.
*clicks away*
Corey Booker with the lie that will not die.
Which one?
What Suthen said. You’ve got to narrow the field for us.
I can’t watch any more of that uncomfortably built Castro fellow. He looks like a Bollywood ‘Evil Chinaman’.
He is from China Grove; try it some time !
He is weird looking.
You know the movies where the rich guy turns into a monster by night? He looks like that guy’s butler.
“Your cup of children’s blood, Master?”
“Thank you, Julian.”
*sensible chuckle*
Exactly! He’s so creepy.
So is Yang, TBH. Yikes.
He doesn’t seem to know that the Chinese started the “build-the-wall” thing.
Moderator punches Kamala in the mouth.
Nice!
Good thing when you were a prosecutor you were screwing people over it wasn’t over racial bias , Kamala.
Also, stealing Gabbard’s bit about for-profit prisons? Wow.
Harris has no shame. None. She is truly the Hillary of this election cycle.
You expect a person who has tried to have innocent men executed to have shame.
“they want a country as good as its promise” – Special K
Then we should adhere to constitutionally limited government and individual freedom.
Whoa, Glibs crossword is totes cool. Thanks for that, buddy.
Can we get a PDF here? [gestures up to choir loft]
I can make the pdf from Excel easily, of course.
Your idea is that the post would have an icon link to the pdf file for easy download?
Who’s Mr. Meaner?
“Liberty and freedom” – Don’t Book Me Booker
Except for constitutionally limited government and individual freedom.
The talents of the Glibs are manifested in so many ways, again, it’s a creation beyond my capabilities.
How long did you work on this, Don?
I too got divorced in TX but my ex was in NJ where she belonged. Past tense. Then I left TX for balmy MN. Rain today like a monsoon, it really poured all day.
My wife’s nieces are showing up today, from Seattle, Dallas and Mpls and started preparing for the Honey Harvest on Sunday. The ladies are taking care of us (me) again. I’ve got most of my work done, looks alike a pretty good harvest again this year, in spite of a cool summer and a night visitor. Let the fun begin…
“How long did you work on this, Don?”
Yep, it was a significant investment of time for the benefit of fellow Glibs.
Thanks.
This was easy: just piddling in Excel. Mostly I was just had columns of answers/clues to think through. Then I typed out the answers one letter per cell and then just drug them around on the screen until things lined up. Then I added a few irrelevant answers to cross up and simplify things. Glibs are so funny: it’s stealing, really: things just kept coming to me. But I couldn’t make it any tighter than it is: would take some serious letter alignment and motivation I don’t have. But having a spreadsheet up in the background and toggling to it when I have an idea is second nature to me since Lotus 1-2-3 . . . no big deal.
Texas is the other way around for me: it was always hers and nothing I ever wanted. We were decent and true for 23 years, but we’re both where we belong now.
I don’t have a basement, so you won’t find any guns there, Sleepy Joe.
Oh, by “debate”, they meant “love fest”. At least with no-hope candidates.
All the sudden Sleepy Joe is the constitutionalist.
And Karlamarx Harris picks up her pen and phone.
And Literal Fascist Beta, well, acts like a literal fascist.
Let it be known that weapons tech invented prior to the 1950s do not count as “weapons of war”. So we all get these.
How is Beto on the stage butfreaking Gabbard or Gemstone lady aren’t?
The DNC cheats and doesn’t follow their own rules. Shocking, I know.
The DNC doesn’t like them.
Candidates had to hit 2 percent in four recent polls from a specific list of organizations, and get donations from 130,000 people. By contrast, to get into the first debate, you had to hit 1 percent in three polls or get donations from 65,000 people — each threshold was lower, and you didn’t need to meet both of them.
It’s more of a question about how is it possible that he is more popular with the left than those two (Okay i can see Gemstone Lady’s lack of popularity) but really? You’re fucking going to go after a nobody who can’t get elected to the Senate in his own state let alone ever had a real job?
They cherry picked polls that excluded the candidates they didn’t want.
But I totally WOOD Gabbard and the Gemstone Lady. At least they are sincere.
You know you’re at Glibertarians.com when…
Majorities are meaningless against the legitimate authority of the government as described in its founding charter.
This fucker just invoked the revolutionary war to justify a gun grab. The war started because of a gun grab.
The “45 minutes” that started 40 minutes late has reached 80 minutes.
I just love after hours work generated by this product.
Oh for fuck’s sake, did this guy leave and not tell me?
I’m fairly convinced he did. How hard is it to send out an email to the testers?
Okay, guy didn’t leave, just has no idea how to say “oh, by the way, this is taking waaay longer than originally expected.”
It is now two hours since the forty-five minute job started forty minutes late.
I still haven’t had dinner, and I’m getting cantakerous.
Finally done.
Three hours since I connected for a forty-five minute task.
I’m going to get food.
giddy up
God damn, I’m glad I picked up vodka on the way home. This debate made me run out of beer.
Reparations? Trillions in health care? Anti racism (ie. Speech we dont like) programs? Gun confiscation? I’m going to be passing out this evening just to make the pain stop.
I’m going to be passing out this evening just to make the pain stop.
^^ The Glib Critical Drinker. Also, ///metoo. (but I do have to be up at 6, so maybe not.)
I’m really lazy so with the first Glib puzzle I searched on “crossword puzzle maker”. There are a number of them, some free. Didn’t investigate any (did I mention I’m lazy) to see i they were useful.
I’m terrified of downloads. I’ve had things I got on CNET misbehave. I bet I don’t download two softwares a year.
I’m not that careful but I definitely stay away from cnet.
I was inspired by our first crossword
Our? I’m a muse(d). I’ll print this out later and give it a shot. Good work, Don.
It’s big but we don’t know how good. Two questions:
a/ are some of the topics too obscure?
b/ are some of the clues to obtuse?
There’s no one to test it on: no normal person can parse the Glib inside baseball. It’s too much to hope the editorial staff has time to wade through it. But, like I wrote, I haven’t noticed any idiots here, so my guess is that most can outwit even the bad clues and answers.
Same exact questions I had. Because you didn’t has as many intersecting letters, it’s going to be a bit more difficult for the puzzle solver. The Glibs who enjoy crosswords should be able to get most of them. But I haven’t finished it yet.
I tried to add some little easy stuff to build in hints, but lots of answers don’t get that love.
The other puzzle was smaller; you could even do it on the back of an envelope with no down loading or printing if you wanted. I went for more hog, and that ruined the workarounds.
I really wanted some critique on which answers were too hard to get so I could apologize and retrench.
did you get 68 Across ?
I can’t print it right now, but I’ll get to it late. Promise! A quick look at that one and it’s confusing which hint is the front end. Is 46 down the first part?
68A is first
so 46D is secondary: “see 68A”
never having done this before, I didn’t stop to think that the first clue should come higher or left or in a line or something
That’s my favorite clue because my true evil intent is for everyone to recognize what those two words mean when read in the reverse of the clues’ intention. This is one of the two answers that might just be too obtuse, too much me in my own little world.
It’s appreciated. I don’t wanna nitpick. Thanks for the fun.
You did it right, the position in the grid isn’t important in two parters as long as you put the clue on the first part with – “with (the second clue)” and only “See (the first clue)” in the second part. I’m a soon to be published crossword constructor I know what I’m talking about.
Meh it’s fun to do. I’m not to good with Crosswords, but I will see if it’s too difficult.
I’m working through it, I keep thinking I’m stuck in some spots but then a clue or answer elsewhere sparks an idea and voila, nicely done. ‘Aha moments’ like that are crossword solvers crack and I keep hitting them.
yee ha 🙂
OT: New ‘SNL’ Castmember Shane Gillis Under Fire for Racial Slur in Resurfaced Audio
He was announced as a cast member (along with the first Asian cast member!!!!!!!!!!!!!) a few hours earlier. He’s young comic trying to gain an audience, so he appeared on many podcasts, sometimes imbibing much alcohol, so this is just the tip of the iceberg.
AMERICA!
MadTV says Hi from a couple decades ago.
Exactly.
Even better, nobody gave a shit. Those days seem to be long gone.
Because she looka like a man
No one gave a shit about Alex Borstein in yellowface as well.
GO BACK TO ASIA-LAND! (did I do that right?)
I wish I could.
Fosta and Sesta won’t even let you find a rub n tug.
To be fair, do you really need Google to ascertain what services are available at “Happiness Oriental Foot Spa?
Rub and Tug? Foot Spa?
Clearly a Foot Rub w/ complementary Toe Popping.
Sigh.
We are rapidly approaching the fulfilment of this prophecy
“Trump has called your mother a slut, your father a rapist and your sister evil. Why do you think people voted for Trump?”
ABC Debate Moderator.
legalize America
Interesting comment considering that the US is supposed to be a country of laws (not men) that are ostensibly supposed to be followed/enforced.
legalize America
Nobody needs a Military style Assault America.
I am not sure how to do the crossword. Am I missing something? I click. the linked puzzle and get a new screen with a puzzle but all I can do is zoom in and out.
It’s just a picture, not a fillable form.
Use a marker.
Real Men use Permanent Markers to do crosswords.
On the monitor.
Saran wrap it first.
I guess it’s right click the grid and save as file and then print that.
I opened it up in MS Paint. It’s 2019, who owns a printer anymore?
Several guys have ideas on how to make it more accessible next time. I’m not an html guy, so all I could do was email file types and see if the editors could make it work.
Hyperbole and I are kicking it around up thread.
Nice work Don! I’m going to have to play later.
Is The Matrix the Conservative’s Star Wars?
I actually agree with this.
Not bad, not bad.
I think proggies believe *they* are the ones bravely unplugging from the System, but that’s because they believe the System is Evil Corporations keeping them down, and the White Male Patriarchy calling all the shots.
Both are somewhat conservative. The Matrix with what is proposed here and Star Wars because it is the classic hero’s journey with the redemption of the villain.
I saw a pretty good essay about how Star Wars is pretty much a retelling of Wizard of Oz.
Simple farm girl/boy (Dorothy/Luke) suddenly takes on a quest with guidance from an older figure with magical powers (Glinda, Kenobi), picking up a mishmash crew of cohorts on a strange journey, etc.
That’s very broad, so it can encompass many stories. But there are a lot of comparisons to SW of the like. I think it is that, broadly speaking, similar stories are retold under different veils because the central themes are widely desired and accepted among a broad and inter-generational audience. The hero’s journey traces to The Odyssey and beyond.
Yeah, that’s a VERY common plot. People eat that up.
Hmm….
*Plays Star Wars on mute*
*Puts on Dark Side of the Moon*
wait, hold on, I forgot step 1:
*hits bong several times*
I doubt the Wachowski sisters would agree.
Have they had loppadickoffames yet?
They? I thought only one of them was… that?
Nope. They do everything together it seems.
Christ, what an asshole!
View from a more sober than I liberal democratic woman voter…who I still love despite her views.
She had never really seen these folks before. Hates Amy with a passion. Doesn’t like Warren or Harris. Thinks that Yang and Buttplug look like “wimps” thinks Bernie is insane, and Biden is possibly mentally touched by old age. Didn’t mind Beto despite the reparations thing.
Shes a good bellwether. I may have to revise my betting strategy for the primary.
The dem candidates are bitching about Trumps trade war. Nice! Then insist that we raise our labor standards and regulatory standards to make our companies more competitive. Not nice.
We’ll win the Trade War by making it impossible to employ our
subjectscitizensJoe bitching about China dumping steel in the US market. That’s like bitching about a hooker giving you a freebie.
OFFS. I’m out. These people should have come onto the stage in a clown car.
Jesus. Investing heavily in the alcohol industry seems like a smart bet.
I’ve only been listening for 10 minutes and I’m thinking cyanide.
I had to shift to the Crowder stream in order to outsource my commenting and hopefully get a laugh out of it.
I sort of thought that the Republican debates 4 years were ago were peak stupidity. There is no such thing, apparently, as peak stupid.
Buttigag: “We must be sure that Afghanistan never be used again to threaten our country. That doesn’t mean the presence of ground troops.”
How is that not saying he’ll nuke the place?
– Mayor Pete Butigieg
Goddamn I love that movie. Must obtain.
Spring for the delux edition. The Making of feature was cool.
He wants to create the eight wonder of the world: The Afghani Sea of Glass.
Not a great football game, but so far, it’s free of hyperderp.
I took the points on this, so, so far I think it’s a great football game. Got a whole second half for Winston to throw picks in, though.
I just noticed that there are two 29s in the puzzle, but hey – your puzzle, your rules. I’m guessing it was easier to keep two 29s than to renumber everything after.
Heh – just keeping us on our toes.
pretty sure one is meant to be 22
Yup! Just figured that out when I went looking for the clues.
22 yup
there were two 29 before, and I thought I was fixing them but obviously just made more mistakes in the update I sent in
29A is hard, so that’s not helping anything
anyone figure it out or do I need to give a better clue ?
even with the middle two letters I’m stuck on it, but your framing clues have all stuck me lol. 18 22 and even 39
caution: hints follow!!!!
so don’t look
or look
29 is an internal part of a gun; I’m a gun guy, but maybe this was just too tiny a detail
The three libtard desires came over from TOS: I’ve seen it on Glibs but it still might not be common knowledge.
29A Is a bit obscure for a clue without complete crosses.
Re: Libtard Desires- I never thought of that trio as libtard, but I get now what you were going for. Hard to clue those without being too on the nose. Maybe three similar clues like “Why squares/prudes/racists think you’re a libertarian”
probably so
“Libtard” is too flaky and remote given the importance of the trifecta
Oh wow yeah I don’t see a connection to libtard. Cosmo maybe.
yeah, that’s turning out to be careless
I thought I could get away with that as shorthand and didn’t realize it was a meaningful sect.
Meh, you did a very good job, part of solving puzzles is figuring out flawed or misleading clues
Well, we know who the crossword folk are now and can do our own editing. Next time I’ll run it around and we’ll tune it up before the product goes out for wider Glib consumption.
Re: Libtard Desires
that might have been fatal: it’s really hard to cross into those; I had thought they were going to be the easy given the old trope
sear?
yeah
was that a terrible clue ?
Nah, all of us Tulpas got it right.
Oh great, climate change.
Had many friends and coworkers from Latin America when I lived in the states. Don’t remember them going crazy with Spanish words in the middle of a sentence when they were speaking English. “We need to help countries like GWATHMALAH, COOSTAH REEKAH, and BENEZWAYLAH.”
I kind of want to see a Trump/Beta debate.
Trump/Biden would just be sad.
Trump/Warren would likely be entertaining.
Sorry, every Democrat. China and India aren’t going to play along with your self-destructive climate cult fantasies.
We’ll have the moral high ground as we get swallowed up the by sea.
Chinese isn’t spelled s e a.
Strange. Washington is stealing my money in order to ruin my future.
Um… the reason the sky in LA is blue is because all the smog moved to China.
The Sky is Blue cause God loves the iNFANTRY!! / Grunt
Warren is killing it on stage.
Fake or should I say Faux. No tomahawk!
I think we have a japanese translator available for you:
Oops: Link: https://youtu.be/HdZ9weP5i68?t=12
I can’t keep up with all the lies. “Poorest children on earth”?
Close to verbatim: “We have the highest child poverty rate in the world.” Man, Bernie said that without even a sheepish grin on his face.
Bullshit, no way he said that. You guys are just fucking with me because you know that I don’t even have a TV.
He did.
Sounds about right.
According to the OECD, the US is only 4th. Israel, Costa Rica, and South Africa all have higher rates of child poverty.
I’m trying to come up with a suitably silly joke about all of this… But none are readily available.
Ahh defined in terms relative to the wealth of the nation. So the richest countries in their regions have the highest rates because they are rich enough to define poverty at a level that in their neighbors would be wealth. LIes, damn lies and what was the other one?
Technically true. LOL. Wonder why Bernie only tells us what the rate is relative to other Americans and not the global mean? It’s almost the perfect politician lie but not a lie.
Go to about -7:15.
https://youtu.be/2UWVO0Trd1c
Live stream. Ugh. “Of almost any country on Earth”. Close enough.
I’m not kidding. I literally cannot keep up. I want to post every one but it’s just too many.
Wait someone claimed that we have the poorest children on earth?
ROFLMAO, the biggest health problem facing poor kids in the US is diabetes from obesity. Least disciplined maybe, sure as hell not poorest.
I flip back for a second, Biden is being asked about reparations…
He should go the Hillary Route:
“Like with a Hammer?”
What are they shouting?
I believe the answer is in clue 5 Down
Biden running on dead family platform. Hey, why stop with a winning streak.
Watching Tales of the Unexpected. Lucy Gutteridge (the German chick in Top Secret!) with a bare boob. I feel like I’m 10 years old again.
Yang has tinier hands than Trump.
Yang is by far the least insane person on that stage.
Only because Maryanne isn’t there anymore.
That’s because he only has one idea.
He stood up, albeit weakly, for charter schools.
Picking the best Democrat candidate is like discussing which famous dictator was ‘best’, only without the dramatic stories. They are proof of the banaity of evil.
How is succession not the obvious solution? You can’t live together when you have the two sides believing the shit they believe.
It’s not sufficient to have control of those who you want you to rule them.
The answer may be what you picked. Although I wonder how long any place stays sane if we go under.
Ah OK, missed that. I tapped out a while ago and was only flipping to it now and then anyway. Every time I saw him he was talking about his Democracy Dollars or whatever.
Then you missed Castro’s response. “Public schools are better than charter schools.”
Up there with Most Child Poverty in the world
Always leave some wiggle room for snopes to exploit.
Must be why in the doc The Lottery, many of the mothers who couldn’t get their kids into charters were visibly weeping about their kids going to NYC public schools.
Hey Julian, go tell them that to their faces, creepy butler.
Which is Booker’s glass eye?
Both?
Glass eye and a crystal ball….
Reference to this?
https://youtu.be/LvE-j6qhDxo
/real question
Me? No, it was a quote for a Benny Hill skit that I can’t find online. A Julia Childs knock-off, I think…
T. Boone Pickens leaves Oklahoma State Coach Mike Gundy $30 in his will to get a professional haircut.
Priceless. He left $500million to OSU over his lifetime. He was the last great oil tycoon and a true benefactor. He gave away far more in life than his $500 million he was worth when he died.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! He should have left another $30 for Mark Davis.
Oh, to have heard that at the reading of the will, a la ‘in the movies’.
That’s gotta be a parody site.
Bullshit, Julian. You didn’t grow up in San Antonio. You grew up on Beta Ceti.
Do robots grow up?
Is the pope Catholic?
Which of course now means, no one knows.
He’s lucky it wasn’t Ceti Alpha V.
THIS Is Ceta Alpha V!
+1 earworm
Here you go.
https://youtu.be/Uhu5V8VRxFU
Still the best Trek movie.
Absolutely!
Not the earworm I was expecting….
…but the earworm you deserve.
I believe you want to put something in my ear, Mike….
NTTIAWWTN
Revenge is a dish best served on rich Corinthian leather.
“You bet you do.”
https://youtu.be/DVVWF2DAeeU
And, to think: He went from that to the American Pie series….
Wow.
After thinking about the debate for a few minutes, two words sum up what the moderators were up to: Smuggled Premise. The media truly is the enemy of the people.
Yeah the few moments I saw, they were every bit as bad as MSNBC. They were just raising every Dem talking point and asking them to dial it up to 11.
MSNBC might be better. They at least will ask a tough question to add a veneer of impartiality. Not ABC.
Maybe I’m naive. I get the impression it’s because this is how they see the world. They don’t even know they are doing it.
I didn’t see the “debate” tonight. I knew Twitchy would have some highlights.
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2019/09/12/beto-orourke-reiterates-that-hell-yes-hed-go-to-americans-homes-to-confiscate-guns-dana-loesch-has-2-great-follow-up-questions/
Holy cow.
Exactly. The gun grabbers are going to have a tough time denying this one.
Mr. Candyass is more than welcome to show up to my house this weekend, and try to confiscate something. Anything.
He’ll skate up to near your door, fall off the skateboard into your hedges, set out his guitar amp, and play shitty punk rock until you GIVE IN!
That’s why I have spray weed killer by the front door. He can have a spritz.
LOL he’s so cool
WEAPONS OF WAR!
I bet he wants to grab my bayonet next. Another weapon of war.
About Beta’s website:
Yes, of course
Sorry Robert, I said no to the racism on display in the first hour and a half of that debate.
*Robert*
Riiiight….”Robert”! I wasn’t about to look it up.
Well, Bobby Frank O’Rourke is saying stupid things.
Alright you fellow heartless bastards. Try listening to Star and Stripes Forever & The Star Spangled Banner outside of Buckingham Palace on 9/12 and not get some dust in your eye
https://youtu.be/tV_2P7Z7mOw
With those pith helmets they look ready to colonize India and Africa. RACIST!
Why does she look like an old spaniel that close to “that time”?
I hate the DVI standard, only because no online specs differentiate between DVI-I and DVI-D. Got the new cable I ordered to replace my monitor with the dying backlight with a TV of the same size. Except it’s the wrong DVI! I needed DVI-D and got DVI-I! Then I was think, well fuck ordering a new adapter will put me around $30 sunk cost, I can get a
newrefurbished monitor for $50, might as well spend the extra cash…except they only say that they are DVI monitors, not weather they are DVI-I or DVI-D! You fancy folk are saying I should use display port, I do have that, but the monitors that use it are more expensive and I’m a cheap bastard. So another week of head-aches and eye strain waiting for the new adapter. I need a beer, oh look there’s one in my hand!*hic*
What?
That’s the least geeky thing I have going on this evening. I would guess you don’t have any opinion on Transformers Masterpiece collections and weather scale in vehicle or robot mode is more important…but maybe STP’s Sex Type Thing is of interest. (I’m not hitting on you, it’s a song, pervert)
Robot.
/pronounced row-butt
If you’re a cephalopod, maybe.
Otherwise, the friggin’ Theme Song singers got it wrong, and I can’t have that.
I didn’t know if it was a cephalopod thing or a Jewish thing.
#WhyNotBoth
Point conceded, though. The shellfish part was just what’s visible/apparent first.
He’s definitely got a Borscht Belt thing going.
Because Nobody’s Real
Well….let’s hope you aren’t using STT to hit on anyone.
😉
Better STP
Sexier STP
I thought this was sexy, maybe that’s why I’m still single.
Broody, IMO. Which probably means that it is.
At least you didn’t go with this
https://youtu.be/Hphwfq1wLJs
Ooooohhhh….Gustave. Just….ooooohhhhhh.
I like STP – more than most of the others in that scene.
I just got a display port to HDMI cable at BB for $12. Is that an option?
OK, so what do you need*, and what will it cost?
*defined as, what will make thing damned thing work properly for a relatively long time
I ordered the correct adapter now, spent a long time making sure. Just annoying. It’s been years since I I’d dealt with DVI cables, so I’d forgotten this annoying problem.
If you say so, sir.
::puts wallet away::
Sugar daddy.
Mmmm, Daddy!
Big Sugar
What about a SugarCult?
Better Sugar.
https://youtu.be/aHnFIaLp_ys
Better Sugar
LOL @ us
OK, if we’re really doing this…
The best Sugar.
Well done my NYC based, less nimble fingered friend.
A building to hold it all
::looks askance at MikeS::
Let’s begin
Hold on–he doesn’t have uncontrollable shitting there!
What. A. Gyp.
Bestest Sugar
https://youtu.be/h9nE2spOw_o
Some Dead Eye Dick for Mikes.
Ha! I almost played that one. Fun, goofy stuff.
I would never tell you to use display port. I want that standard to go away, it annoys me.
https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2019/09/12/greenpeace-activists-force-closure-ship-channel-suspending-houston-bridge/
So, does she use plant-based lubes, then?
I have so many questions. What about those numbskulls hanging from the bridge stopped vehicular and ship traffic? Was there some physical barrier or was it the cops shutting everything down for their safety?
I guess the ropes, banners, and clothing is all made from cotton, bamboo, or hemp. I’m sure there isn’t any nylon, polypropylene, or other petroleum product in any of it, right? Did they walk to the bridge? Will they walk home when it’s over?
Am I to believe no one in Houston has a gun in their car? If I was stuck in that traffic I’d want to kill them. How do the locals remain so calm?
Oh….that’s….that’s just too many for this Rhodes Scholar meeting.
Driving in Houston is….well, it’s bad*. This is probably just a blip on the radar.
*Yes, yes…”Dallas traffic”…
C’mon dude. You must know why the bridge was shut down.
Oh, it was most certainly a “safety” issue.
I am disappointed. I expected better of Texas.
The Lone Star State: Now with 75% less Rootin’-Tootin’!
Actually, it may have been a goy, Texas, Passover-type thing: To honor the passing of T. Boone Pickens, we let a group of hippies go.
Slamming TX using its popular reputation. Very appropriate for a Don post. Well done!
Took me a minute, Gustave. But, I got there. And, thank you!
Although, I wouldn’t exactly call it “slamming”…
In fact, I’ll let Mingo explain it.
Gustave, I was thinking the same thing. Very apropos, Digby.
Slamming TX using its popular reputation. Very appropriate for a Don post. Well done!
just to be nice, I took no digs at them in the crossword
Attention AV nerds: I just bought a (cheap) brand new monitor to use as a second monitor for my Surface Pro 4. Images look nice, but text is “blurry” around the edges. I cranked the contrast and that helped some, but it’s still not great. It’s quite noticeable next to the Surface screen.
What settings do I adjust to make text sharper? Or is this probably as good as it gets?
Do you have the resolution actually up to 1080?
1920 x 1080
…and I see the resolution on the Surface is much higher. 2376 x 1824. And it’s half the screen size of the HP. I guess that explains the difference between the two?
windows does have a text size option, perhaps that could change it? But at 1080 there shouldn’t be any blur.
It defaulted to 100%, but I’ll play with it.
Maybe I’m just seeing the difference between 1080 and HD or Ultra HD or whatever this Surface screen is considered?
There is no difference unless you have your nose to the screen. (I’ve tried doing an article about most people’s idea resolution, but my editing program kept crashing on me)
That some serious conspiracy shit, right there. Big Computer gonna suppress the shit outta that.
Don’t you need to sleep so you can get up for your sort of promotion?
That starts
Monday.Tuesday. I am officially on a long weekend. Did some homework, now drinking, getting ready for Honey Harvest 2019. Mostly just drinking.Hmmm. I might be interested in-::looks up details::
Oh…
You would think it’s something Q worthy from a Motley Crue video. But no… it’s pure and innocent. Like MikeS I suppose.
I just want some honey.
You.Lucky.Bastard. Enjoy yourself.
?
https://youtu.be/UiVE0roSXm8
I…
Have all y’all lightweights packed it in already?
OK, then I’m doing some updates.
Hopefully, back soon!
Hi.
Hi.
PS: I guess the updates didn’t break the site. I’m awesome.
Yes, yes you are.
Uh-oh. What do you want?
Continued availability of Glibs?
Oh. Granted!
How’d you score this long weekend to go to Honey Harvest? Did you do something radical like “request time off” from The Man?
Combination of 4 day work week and PTO.
It’s funny…I get used to 3 day weekends and need a 4 day weekend to feel like I had a long weekend.
#firstworldproblems
Ah. That takes me back to firefighting, 48 on 72 off.
Hey, I’m (almost) always sticking it out, hangin’ around, lookin’ for the late-night action…
That’s kinda sad, really.
“kinda”?
Sir Digby Was In A Metal Band
I was the one with the dark hair.
I’m only just getting home… friggin night work. It’s not even my real job anymore.
Love working nights. Days are for normies.
I’m a normie who went to a terrific punk rock show and now can’t fucking sleep.
ONE OF US ONE OF US!
Happy to be here, but I’m gonna pay shortly!
Night work at the office would be great. Night work pulling down drywall after spending all day at the office… not great.Especially since I had totally forgottenabout agreeing to work tonight, so there I was sitting down after work and thinking about having a drink (like I ever need to think that hard about it) when I got the reminder text. But it’s money, so.
CS IS BUYING!!!
Pfft I’m at the point of post debate drunk where my rage will keep me awake forever. No more sleep. The clowns will get me.
My MIL was alternately highly amused and slightly horrified at my yelling at the TV.
Late night cartoons
https://youtu.be/WB6p5QPVhPI
I know better than to ever click links on this family friendly site.
It is depressing.
No one ever takes cartoons seriously. Well, apart from here.
These people do
C’mon, Mike…You can’t really flip those cave walls very fast.
You had to find one with clowns.
And, you use Tonic against me….
Truce?
/I swear I didn’t know–clowns aren’t a “thing” for me.
Also, these people
https://youtu.be/seS0G7AaXCE
Poor Dudley, man…
I presently have a garbage panda trapped in my backyard. I took him out of the garage which is right under us. We set a trap because they started to come in and it only took a few days. He is in jail as an example to his buddies who came into the garage because of his pleas and I had to scare them out.
::contemplates a raccoon jail::
A raccoon?
Trapped how?
In a little cage with regular Cheetos used as bait.
You’re not fooling us, KS–you’re straight-up a Celestial.
Ha! Crafty lil fuckers.
They have been coming in our yard all the time and last year messed up
our cat. Last week they started getting into our garage. Last straw.
My definition of “last straw” doesn’t involve Cheetos and a live trap.
Just sayin’
Believe me, if I lived where I could shoot them, I would. They are pests.
Shit on the sidewalk is OK, but don’t hurt the coons.
?
Mine does. It also includes a 5g bucket of water. ???
But what are the unintended consequences of the War on Procyonidae !!!11?
????
Wait: your cat wasn’t?
Netflix Parks and Rec.
But sooooo tired….:.
You’ll laugh til you sleep. Unless Leslie’s government worship gets under your skin…
Or, Tom’s whining.
Nah, the local government pettiness in the show I think has helped advance the lib cause.
Here’s hoping so!
Not to fret, though: My boy, Steve done made good.
Fine. One more beer.
I’m thinking one more glass of wine
Prost!
Clink!
Might as well.
So, uno mas?
How many of y’all still post at TOS?
Nada. This sounds interesting, though….
What up?
I’ve only been there a time or two since this site started.
It’s pretty grim. Devolving to Diisqusw level bullovks
Heh–Disqus. That IS pretty bad.
Listening to Sarwark on Dave Smith’s show. According to Nick, Trump is a big Warhawk than Dubya. Then Nick goes on about how there is no anti white racism on the left.
https://gasdigitalnetwork.com/gdn-show-channels/part-of-the-problem/
What’s the sky color in his world? I mean, DTJ did just rid himself of Bolton.
Trump sucks on war, but worse than Dubya? Insane.
And now Nick is insisting racists aren’t welcome in the LP but full blown Marxist commies are because one is evil and the other is simply misguided.
Holy shit is this guy a fucking POS.
So glad to know he can read minds!
Sarwark = Karnak.
Sarwark’s proof that idiots are welcome in the LP and they’re even given leadership positions. The man’s a black hole of charisma and any kind of deep thought.