That time a Persian bear joined the Polish army and was promoted to the rank of corporal for bravery in the face of the enemy during fighting against the Germans in Italy:
No, Jim just wanted to bone that chick. The Coffee Is A Lie!
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Hey, it could be both, you know…
Yusef in Space……
if the Indians could, would they?
I vote Yes.
hayeksplosives
HAH!
Nephilium
Why not a third?
Tres Cool
Only if its slightly less than a quart in volume.
slumbrew
‘Da fuk?’, as the kids say.
Yes. The answer is yes.
Nephilium
Since there’s no topic, no need to wait to talk about something else. Finished the Outer Worlds the other day, the game is short for a major release (finished in ~20 hours and only wasn’t able to complete a couple of side quests). Overall, it’s got some bits of Fallout New Vegas in there, and I can see some interesting ways for the formula to change if there’s a sequel. If I had paid full price for it, I would be annoyed at the game length, but I got it for free with the purchase of my processor.
I also picked up Outward on sale on Steam… the game is brutally hard yet fair. My biggest complaint is the human models and the faces, they all have the potato look to them. I haven’t played enough to get far in the game, and have been getting wiped out pretty regularly (you can’t die in the game, if you get defeated in combat something happens to rescue/capture you).
TOW felt like cut content from a Fallout game to be honest. I did every good guy quest and I still only clocked around 25 hours. I expect they will follow the same DLC format as Fallout, but I was left thinking “That’s it?”
Also, the game universe makes no sense whatsoever.
leon
Hmmm. I was thinking about getting TOW, but i will probably save it to get Kingdom Come.
Heroic Mulatto
Yeah. I would wait until the inevitable GOTY version comes out.
I really enjoyed Kingdom Come. I’m parked at the end of the main story after I took a break from it and I’m planning on picking it back up and doing all the DLC stuff and just kind of boppin’ around the game world for a while before I wrap it up. The combat is a sticking point for a lot of people, but if you’ve played Mount & Blade it’ll be familiar in principal.
I was absolute shit at it until it sort of clicked one day. I still can’t explain what happened or what made the difference, just one day I kind of “got it” without really knowing how or why. It’s kind of a shame you can’t work around the combat aspect because it isn’t intuitive and it is a big roadblock until you can get comfortable with it.
Nephilium
If you have Windows 10, you can try out the XBox game pass and probably beat TOW in the month trial easily.
Heard good things about Greedfall from Razorfist’s video on Spiders games. Of course, since I’m still just running my 360, I ordered Bound By Flame…. (only 2 games behind)
Not Adahn
Which ones of the Dragon Age games were good? They’re cheap on GOG now. I made a mistake of opening that up last Friday, loaded up Master of Magic and then it was Sunday.
Nephilium
The first one. The second Dragon Age game was a lot of reused maps and enemies teleporting in out of nowhere. Inquisition corrected that issue but played like they wanted to release it as an MMO (lots of repetitive quests and things like sending the commander of the army out to collect leaves).
Jarflax
I thought Inquisition was a good game. A bit bloated in places with silly side quests, but good over all, The first one was a great game, but is jarring to go back to with its tactical combat after the sequels’ hack and slash. The second one had a solid story, but the game play was so boring with the purely linear, yet respawning enemies maps.
Just rage quit RDR2 again. I was trying to do a horsemanship challenge of Van Horn to Blackwater in 17 minutes without touching water, but the random encounters kept ambushing me with stupid outlaws that I didn’t give a damn about. (This is not in-mission, so these are free-roaming encounters). Getting shot up 80% through a time run because of RNG pissed me off (I wasn’t in that grat a mood to begin with)
leon
Ruth Nader Ginsburg?
CPRM
And you’re always such a jovial fellow, such a shame.
Not Adahn
Grab a PCC and/or a rimfire rifle and shoot some steel next Sunday.
Rules here. Except they don’t repaint the targets between strings. Or apparently at all.
Jarflax
That one was a bear, the one that made me want to kill someone was the stupid shooting birds from the train thing.
I gave up shooting birds from a train when the game gave me a bounty under the assumption that I was robbing the train despite standing on the roof, aiming into the sky.
Jarflax
Yep, that was part of the issue, the other part was the almost complete absence of shootable birds.
Thinking about New Year’s Eve dishes. For the red wine course, I’m torn between Kaesespaetzle with raclette and porcini/Italian “sausage” ragout over polenta. Spud will have an opinion, and there’s at least a 1 in 100 chance that it will be useful.
Of course, we haven’t decided the red wines, either, but we retrieved several possibilities from our storage locker. Whites are easier- an nice Tempier Bandol Blance and a Cedric Bouchard Champagne.
Yusef in Space……
I’ll just stay in the sticks with burritos…….
hayeksplosives
There’s a southern tradition of having black eyed peas on New Years Day.
Looks like I’ll have to head to the Ethnic foods aisle…sigh.
The Ethnic foods aisle sign says “Asian, Hispanic, Kosher, and Southern.” And above the list literally says “Ethnic Foods.”
Those last 2 on the list aren’t even ethnicities.
Stinky Wizzleteats
Black eyed peas cooked with a big piece of fatback and served on rice are good luck plus they taste bitchin’.
hayeksplosives
^^ This guy gets it.
We’re not saying BEAM’s an alien, but . . .
Red beans and rice. This Canuck gives it Two. Thumbs. Up.
hayeksplosives
Vigo Red Beans and Rice needs no enhancements. Highly recommend.
Hoppin’ John. We do that every year. The key is to lay bacon on the bottom of the pot, let it brown, then add the peas and whatever else (we do onions and chopped ham), set it to the lowest heat you can and then DO NOT STIR. You should get a crust on the bottom.
slumbrew
I can’t read “Hoppin’ John” without thinking about Chalky White
I thought it sort of fell apart – I didn’t care for the final season – but I enjoyed much of the series.
I still think the killing-off of X was not originally planned – that actor has a reputation of being a ridiculous pain in the ass, which I suspect is earned. They still managed to do a good job with the show after that.
That actor’s nickname was hilarious, and I honestly found the person annoying as hell. And I think you’re totally right about the final season. It bugs me that it went so far away from the history, but I guess the real story sort of ends with a “…oh, huh.”
I did not bother with the last season. I had read a spoiler-ish that the writers were hot to trot on a different show and wanted to wrap up BE, so they phoned it in.
I wasn’t interested in getting a half season half-asses.
I was surprised that they killed him off, too.
A couple of side effects:
1) I can’t watch Steve Buscemi doing any of his goofy schtick now because he was sooooooo good as Nucky. “How do you do, fellow kids?” No. Please don’t.
2) I was writing my Prohibition book at the same time and I felt so outclassed as a writer I got really bummed and had a hard time writing without feeling like a child by comparison.
Whew! I was thinking of the same unexpected murder as well, although now that I think of it, I also didn’t watch the last season because the sweetheart died.
Also, I knew that was Shannon’s cunt punt video before I clicked. LOL!
Not Adahn
Between my families New Years traditions, and the years I lived with a Chinese girl, the meal is just stuffed with lucky foods.
Blackeyed peas
Cornbread
Cabbage
Ham
Long noodles
Moon cakes
Dumplings
pistoffnick
“the years I lived with a Chinese girl”
Go on…
Not Adahn
I managed a band. She was the wife of the drummer. She got sick of supporting him and knew I had a spare bedroom in my house. She always paid her share of the rent and utilities in cash, small bills, often smelling of frankincense and touched with glitter. She had to move out when I got the job up here, but she stayed in Austin, and is now married with a kid.
Jarflax
None of the things you listed were ethnicities, Southern actually may be the closest one lol.
Spudalicious
Spaetlze.
Old Man With Candy
I remember the first time we made that. The Blonde said what we were all thinking: “Fuck the rest of the dinner, let’s just make more of this.”
Spudalicious
Yup. That was damned good. And I was appropriately rewarded.
MikeS
Kaesespaetzle
Old Man With Candy
I’m sensing a pattern…
Not Adahn
Just make sure you have sufficiently many lucky foods on the menu to offset the lack of pork.
And there is more than one kind or red or white wine?! There’s only two boxes on the shelf!
We’re not saying BEAM’s an alien, but . . .
You have an interesting liquor store.
We’re not saying BEAM’s an alien, but . . .
And, I’m assuming, small. Very small.
Rhywun
Even my liquor store has two different brands and three or four varieties for each.
(Most liquor stores in NYC are the size of a tiny convenience store.)
CPRM
It was a joke on poor tastes. Yes even the local gas station has a variety of wines.
Rhywun
I got it 😛
CPRM
Why would I got to a liquor store? The local gas station has the beer I drink.
We’re not saying BEAM’s an alien, but . . .
Suspicion confirmed.
CPRM
I think I’ve only ever been in liquor store here in Wisconsin, and that was to buy some 9 year Jamison. If you’re not looking for specialty stuff, every store here sells liquor. In fact, I think there is was only liquor store in my county, now closed.
Playa Manhattan
Franzia.
CPRM
^^This guy gets it!
pistoffnick
We just finished the last of our raclette last night. I’m kind of sad because it is my favorite cheese. But my rectum is probably relieved, what with all the cheese I’ve eaten lately.
But I introduce 3 new people to the wonderfulness that is raclette.
So this is always a fun thought experiment. It used to be the Browns versus like Ohio State or Alabama or somebody. Honestly, I go back and forth on it. On the one hand, yeah, the level of play in the NFL is an order of magnitude greater than NCAA, and the worst player on the worst team was likely at least in the top third of all college players in his draft class. On the other hand, if you can cherry-pick specific seasons as well as specific teams, I am 100% sure you could find a college team that could take an NFL team. I’m thinking of some absolutely godawful Miami and Tampa Bay teams that could probably get beaten by one of the best college teams in a particular year.
Jarflax
I really doubt it. A few legendary college teams have seen their entire starting 11 on one side of the ball get drafted, but even the worst NFL team is 53 deep in guys that got drafted then made the cut from 90 against other guys that got drafted across a 7-10 year stretch. Add in the additional experience, full physical maturity (remember college teams have 18-22 year olds, who generally haven’t peaked yet), and I think the odds are pretty long. I think it might take 20 or more games before you got a single upset.
Yusef in Space……
Bacon and eggs with toast, or Chili Cheese brats,……
Spudalicious
Brats.
Yusef in Space……
ok then, they are badass,
Not Adahn
I had fried eggs on hash browns for dinner after being out in the cold for five hours. It was pretty damn yummy.
Nephilium
The local pirogi place has an egg, bacon, and cheese filled pirogi that’s amazing. They were out, so now I need to try out the potato, cheese, and bacon ones they did have on hand.
Not Adahn
I’m sure there must be towns around here that have pierogi paces but unfortunately I’m not in one. One of the great things about when I lived in central TX were all the kolache places.
Nephilium
The place by me offers shipping as well. You can also get them at almost every church on Fridays, and all the butcher shops here. We also have plenty of bakeries that specialize in strudel as well as kolache.
Not Adahn
I may have to get the sampler pack.
Nephilium
I’m partial to the potato, cheese, and habanero ones. The girlfriend is a fan of the taco and sloppy joe ones.
Old Man With Candy
Mmmmm, haven’t seen kolaches since we left Austin. But I was delighted to find excellent pierogi here.
Spudalicious
If nothing else, you can spend tomorrow in a closet, reading a book,
/George Carlin
We’re not saying BEAM’s an alien, but . . .
Seconded. We’re doing Mennonite Winkler farmer sausage on the grill tonight with Chinese-inspired noodle stir-fry. Needs me some black bean sauce, me does.
Not Adahn
I mentioned that I was in a Steel Challenge match today. I was not the worst! 14th out of 17… but first in my division! Apparently I was the only one there using iron sights on a pistol. Had I never missed, I would have needed 100 rounds to get through the match, but I needed 164.
Don Escaped Denim
Cool
I haven’t done any action shooting since I was a kid
Yusef in Space……
I have a Divan and 2 reclining comfy chairs, where am I? surrounded by my animals in one comfy chair, they are warm,at least I have that…..
That’d be relatively easy to do with very little money. The whole thing is clearly kludged, it’s in the steam tunnels so it’s steam-driven. He’s got access to tools from the labs. That’s more believable than being a poor dude who can pay for 1M stamps. If he could do that, he wouldn’t need to enter the contest.
The 1st consultant I worked for as a young, dumb, 20-something, stack-tester, would disable the postage machine during December, cause there was a history of employees sneaking to use it for Christmas cards, and charging stamps to overhead.
leon
Well i’m interested if none of the other glibs are interested.
A bunch of you were arguing about whether or not Californian Migration was impacting politics on nearby blue states. Census.gov has a map where you can play with internal migration data and take a look for yourself. They also publish the data too, and i was gonna do an analysis, but why should i enact that labor for you.
Yusef in Space……
where I live, we are all refugees, and it’s as much political as economics that brought us here, we bolster the red States by our existence,
America, Fuck Yeah!
leon
As it stands my county actually has a net ex-migration to california
Yusef in Space……
you live in Venesuela?
leon
hahaha. Small Rural County with a lot of kids. as it stood we didn’t have a lot of migration from California, so i imagine it was some kids moving to California for work.
We’re not saying BEAM’s an alien, but . . .
Bizarre. I didn’t think there was anyplace in the U.S. where people pined for higher taxes, less political choice and more government interference in their day-to-day lives, but shows you what I know.
leon
Actually i re-looked and it looks like my county has a net in-migration from Califonia, but the more “Urban” counties had a net increase from my county, and the rural counties had a net decrease to my county.
So that supports the refugees fleeing from the leftist state theory.
Chafed
There’s an interesting analysis of Ted Cruz’s last election. I would look for it but I’m at the dog park. California migrants to Texas may be responsible for his victory over Beto. IIRC, they were a net positive 14 points for Cruz.
Do you still have to show a razor and puke blood at the county line to get in?
Tres Cool
fuckin’ Bethel
I shoulda posted a pic of the hog that….LIVES IN THE HOUSE
No, not some cute teacup or pot-belly- a full sized Hampshire hog. In. The. House.
Jarflax
Friends of mine, years back, bought a ‘potbelly pig’ for a pet. They paid for it as though it was a potbelly, the breeder swore it was a potbelly, but 2 years later that thing was a full grown Arkansas razorback looking evil eyed thing with 5 inch tusks. It got moved to a shed when it ate the entire linoleum floor in the kitchen, and feeding it was exciting.
Gender Traitor
Found when I pulled up the map:
Clermont is Ohio’s eighth oldest county, the furthest county west in Appalachian Ohio
Checks out.
JD is Unemployed
No no no, it’s supposed to be a house full of chickens and a YARD full of hogs. They’re doing it all wrong.
Stupid person says something stupid…not sure what this proves.
Not Adahn
She’s a science journalist and a fact checker.
CPRM
Doesn’t change anything about my statement.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
That you’re perilously close to a tautology.
Rhywun
I know she’s probably referring to the low-level conflict between the growing Hasidic communities who are rapidly changing Rockland County and the, uh, not-Hasidic residents… but yeah that’s a stupid twit. It’s almost like Twitter is a stupid platform unfit for serious discussion or something.
You really didn’t have to tell me she was an ex. I could have deduced that.
Spudalicious
It was a Miele. It was a Miele!
Rhywun
I have one of those but it’s closer to a “floor sweeper” than a vacuum cleaner – it does not work on pet hair at all – plus it needs bags. Bought one of those “vortex” knockoffs from Eureka and the Miele is still sitting in the closet seven years later with the original bag in it.
leon
Dualbag here doesn’t know what he did wrong.
Gustave Lytton
I got my wife a toilet seat for her birthday last year and she thinks it’s the best present ever, so…
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
There’s an ‘anal’ joke in there somewhere…
Gustave Lytton
Reminds me of this sweet Pinay talking about washing her butthole
I was contemplating making a peppermint bark cheesecake, then decided not to. Then Mr. Mojeaux hit me with puppy-dog eyes. No. No, I do not ignore those puppy-dog eyes. Thus, I’m off to the grocery store.
I don’t mind baking/cooking when it’s in my best interest. I was just going to run to the Plaza and grab a piece from Cheesecake Factory (since they didn’t have any when we were there last week ???), but it’s cheaper to make a whole cheesecake than drive that far and buy one piece.
Spudalicious
“I was just going to run to the Plaza and grab a piece”
I specifically wanted Cheesecake Factory’s peppermint bark cheesecake, but they were out when we went on our annual family Christmas outing.
So I have my mouth set for peppermint. I actually didn’t realize he liked it as much as he said he does because he always gets chocolate peanut butter.
Video? Fuck that noise, video arguments are invariably appeals to emotion, write your position out so I can parse it and see if anything in it is valid and sound.
CPRM
But words start moving around on the page after some drinks, where as audio makes it to my ears until I pass out.
Old Man With Candy
Quite excellent, but Dr. Curry generally is.
Nephilium
And Freddie Kitchens is out as the head coach of the Browns. Somewhat expected after this season, not expecting the new to drop today.
peachy rex
If you’re going to whack a one-season coach, do it right after a horrifying face plant against a crap-ass rival – keeps the awkward questions at bay.
BakedPenguin
Okay, this makes sense.
CPRM
Holy shit! The Boz is an old fucking gray hair! I would have expected him to still be dying his hair.
hayeksplosives
Nah, wear the silver badge of experience.
It was a surprise to see him.
Why does he look like Kurt Russell?
CPRM
I didn’t say I’d ever dye my hair to cover up gray, just surprised The Boz hasn’t.
BakedPenguin
Because he Escaped From Seattle?
CPRM
Escape from Cleveland was to be the third film, if they had gotten to make it.
Nephilium
It’s not hard to escape from Cleveland. There’s at least four freeways out of town.
BakedPenguin
Cleveland has Warty. They were too scared.
Seriously, though, too bad they screwed up the sequel. The original was a favorite of my youth.
Rhywun
Right? Even Buscemi couldn’t save it.
hayeksplosives
Holy Hannah.
Carrie Underwood. Another great Oklahoma export. What a hottie.
Playa Manhattan
Put Lynch in the game.
KSuellington
Please yes. I want to see him get stuffed. He will be back in Oakland in two weeks smoking blunts.
There was a lot more butthurt last night and this morning….
MikeS
I’m a ‘Niners fan, CPRM. Don’t want you confusing me with a Vikings fan.
MikeS
…or a wall licking Packer fan
pistoffnick
Thought you’d be an Iggles fan. Carson played at NDSU.
MikeS
Hell no! Go Sioux!
Nephilium
Holy shit… going through the box of stuff my parents handed me at Christmas from my childhood and there’s some unexpected items in there. I found the psych report from when I was tested as a kid. So… anyone know anything about the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities? Looks like I was tested on that and reading level.
CPRM
the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities
I’m assuming it has something to with running the same plays for a decade and being confused they no longer work.
My parents immediately moved to the country and tossed everything I hadn’t taken with me when I went away to college.
Nephilium
My parents are just moving from the childhood home in a couple of weeks. They brought a box to Christmas for both me and my sister. They held onto report cards, yearbooks, and all of that.
Rhywun
Wow. What I wouldn’t give for a treasure-trove like that.
Nephilium
I’m mildly surprised they kept a lot of it. My parents were never very communicative (and still aren’t).
Don Escaped Denim
Where do you get it? You’re easily one of the most verbally talented people I’ve ever met.
Nephilium
Probably overcorrection due to the parents. There’s a reason both me and my sister taught ourselves to cook (the parents weren’t good on that front either). Hell, I explained to my younger nephew (9) on Christmas that I wasn’t being fair on how I was getting things set up, and went through the reasons why. He may not have agreed at the end, but at least I hope he understood my position.
I don’t. I maybe got more lucky than anything, but my plants are super healthy, and algae isn’t bad at all. Maybe local water has something to do with it, too.
Well, it wasn’t all luck; I do remember doing the research at the time and deciding it was the best live-plant light I could get in my price range (it was $130 when I got it almost 2 years ago) Also, I don’t have difficult to grow plants. Amazon sword, and two other I can’t recall right now, but I know they are in the easy-moderate to grow category.
Gotcha. It’s nice when the water helps balance everything out. I used to have an RO unit, and similarly had very little algae. Granted, I was sporting a colony of 50 shrimp.
I’m going in head first. Haven’t had a planted tank in 5 or 6 years, but I need a hobby to dive into whole hog. The CO2 regulator got here yesterday and the canister filter today with the light. Fertilizers will be here Friday. All for a dinky little 5 gallon tank.
Rhywun
A friend in HS’s father had two entire walls of tanks in their dining room. It was… something else.
MikeS
Wow! Why so much trouble? Exotic plants? Salt water? Or have I just gotten lucky?
I’ve done some easier plants in the past. I want to do something that becomes a conversation piece for our living room.
MikeS
Very cool. Now that I see it, I think maybe you’ve posted that before?
When I first set up my tank (40 gallon breeder) I had visions of heavily planting it and getting into plants more, but I just have too many other things vying for my time, so I kinda settled. And I’m actually happy with it. Relatively maintenance free, but I and the fish still get to enjoy real plants.
I’ll be very interested to see how your 5 gallon turns out. I might like to try something smaller like that. I’d even like to read an article about how someone set theirs up. Ya dig?
That shit is none of the Census Bureau’s business.
leon
What are you? some kinda paranoid libertarian? You think the government keeping careful count of hundreds of various statistics is some kinda registration or something?
Toxteth O’Grady
I received the American Community Survey (never completed) and a couple of nagging phone calls (unanswered). They went away eventually. Talk about some intrusive questions.
slumbrew
I had some busybody actually come to the door – he seemed very proud of his laminated ID.
Mad Scientist
I got one a few months ago. Tossed it. So far they haven’t attempted any kind of follow up.
Gustave Lytton
Got the long form one year. They kept hounding until my wife directed me to answer it. May not have given true answers. Utter bullshit.
Census people showed up at my door several times when I didn’t complete it and wouldn’t answer their questions. One of them got vaguely passively aggressive as if he could have me arrested. I said, “Next time, bring the cops” and slammed the door in his face. He did not return.
MikeS
Right? I got into a heated argument with the lady who came to talk me into doing it. She just couldn’t fathom why I wouldn’t.
Trigger Hippie
See, in my entire adult life I’ve never encountered a census worker that I can remember. Around 2010 I got a form in the mail and never filled it out or returned it. Nobody bothered me about it. Then again, I’ve never been asked to appear for jury duty either. Probably too unreliable on paper so they don’t bother trying.
MikeS
Yeah, I don’t know what the deal was, but these people were taking their job super-seriously. The phone call guy was relentless; I finally had to tell him in no uncertain terms that I would not be filling it out. Then his boss stopped by…what a statist bitch.
The whole experience was a little sureal. And -it didn’t dawn on me until just now- was another small push towards libertarianism.
Wow, they’re only like five years late to that old, disproven talking point. In two years they’ll release a poster about the polar bears going extinct.
Also, nobody in the government treats social sciences as sciences so much as marketing concentrations or ad campaigns. In my experience, every single person involved in government research who stays there for more than two years arrives with an agenda and spends their time trying to find ways to promote it. Nobody goes to these agencies *unless* they’re biased, and they retain that bias or lose their job.
Rhywun
Well, there *is* a gap – but it’s for reasons they refuse to admit.
See: most every government stat.
Spudalicious
Okay, I’m intoxicated, and it’s your fault. You know who you are.
I thought you were using rye, as is right a proper.
slumbrew
*thinks about drinking some of this over-sherried Kavalan I don’t really like*
Spudalicious
Manhattans were before dinner. Cocktails after dinner is uncivilized. Bourbon neat, with a dash of water.
MikeS
*takes notes*
slumbrew
Ah, good then.
You were givin’ me a concern, Spud.
MikeS
No work tomorrow due to snowmagedon.
*pours healthy glass of rye*
pistoffnick
No work tomorrow due to too much vacation accrued and a change in vacation accrual starting the first of the year. Fuck, I’ve been working here too long.
*takes another sip of vodka and diet squirt*
half the radio stations are without power, half the TV stations are without power
I have power, I have a freshly defrosted freezer keeping my vodka cold, and I have the internet.
MikeS
prost!
Rhywun
Lifts a negroni! ?
pistoffnick
negroni, please!
straffinrun
Enjoy. Cheers!
MikeS
And congrats on the new contract! ?
straffinrun
Your avatar says differently. *Conflicted*
MikeS
I assure you, Betty only wishes the best for you!
BakedPenguin
No work tomorrow due to snowmagedon.
That’s unpossible. I have it on the highest authority that snow can no longer fall on the continental US. Al Bore says so.
Kind of. Can log in on my phone but not on my pc. ?
Sensei
I was having troubles on my Chromebook with the formatting getting messed up.
Try clearing the cookies for the site and reloading.
It’s fixed it for now, but it took two tries and I don’t know if its going to stick.
Sensei
And it just broke again…
Rhywun
Yeah, this format is really hard to read – esp. because I have CSS tweaks in place based on the normal format and those tweaks fall apart when the site acts up.
Nephilium
Probably yet another WordPress update. Think kind thoughts towards SP, and realize a refresh can bring the readable format back.
straffinrun
Thanks. Worked for now.
pistoffnick
I’ve seen your testes, now let’s have a look at your quizzies.
Spudalicious
You’ve seen straff’s balls? I’m not sure I want to know more.
slumbrew
You really need to be careful clicking some of the Glib links.
So it took me until 9:00 to get home. With a 2-hour bake time on step 1 of the cheesecake, I wasn’t starting to bake so ething that involved that late. On the upside, I got all my ingredients and will bake tomorrow.
No, but if you come here, I will feed you all sorts of midwest goodies.
Rhywun
Deal.
JaimeRoberto Delecto
I’m in Santa Barbara where plastic straws are banned. Just tried to drink a milk shake through a paper straw. Holy crap those things are terrible. At least I’m saving the turtles. And I oop.
Mad Scientist
No one serves beer with a straw.
Playa Manhattan
Never say never
BakedPenguin
Turns out Justy Beebhole had someone write a song with the same name. I hope he has a shiny place in hell.
My daughter was looking for her scrunchie this morning and I totally freaked her out with my VSCO girl lingo. One of my better achievements as a father.
Nephilium
I still remember in the late 90’s teaching an older coworker what teabagging was. He then started using it around the breakfast table to upset his teenage sons.
Patrick. Hate that guy only because I’m petty and jealous of his ability. He’s actually a cool dude.
Sensei
I’m jealous of pretty much anyone who can construct a sentence of more than one phrase without making a grammar mistake.
Much of the problem is that I’ve already changed tenses mid sentence and realizing I wanted to connect everything and it is too late. So I wind up with lots of short sentences and sound unnatural.
Jarflax
Much of the problem is that I’ve already changed tenses mid sentence and realizing I wanted to connect everything and it is too late. So I wind up with lots of short sentences and sound unnatural.
meta as fuck
Sensei
Yup. Everything you’ve highlighted will be differently inflected in Japanese. And if speaking politely you have to figure out if the verb will be the final one in the sentence or used in the middle. The inflection will generally be different.
Gustave Lytton
There’s something about his voice. Also, that Rika cooks meals for him.
Gustave Lytton
Chik Fil A gave me one last night. Just awful.
Statewide plastic bag ban starts Wednesday. I really wish the straw nazis and bag banners would take one last plastic bag, pull it over their head, and twist. Would do the world a big favor.
Hungover and trying to negotiate a contract with a client. I just want it over and am agreeing to everything. Probably not the best tactic, is it?
Heroic Mulatto
Now you know why drinking is such an important part of East Asian business culture.
straffinrun
It’s assumed that they are assuming the conditions are implied by my reluctance to object. Or I am just taking it in the shorts right now.
grrizzly
A friend spent about 9 years working for Samsung in Korea. Throughout all this time he didn’t drink despite all the social and business pressure: he claimed health issues. Then he got a job in Austria. Last summer I met him and now abstaining from alcohol is gone–like in the good old days. Perhaps with alcohol he would have liked his time at Samsung more.
pistoffnick
Those little 120 lb Asian dudes can hold their liquor. Ganbei!
slumbrew
As my friend pointed out – the Japanese really like drinking, but they’re just not very good at it.
(he and I are of Irish-descent – we may have a somewhat skewed baseline)
pistoffnick
I dunno. They can outdrink me (English, Dutch, German), in my experience. And they show up for work the next day bright eyed and bushy tailed.
slumbrew
A fair point – they’ve got grit, if maybe not the tolerance.
straffinrun
In my experience, they can either drink a shitton or not at all. The in laws can drink and drink.
straffinrun
Shoots and scores! Double pay and just a third more hours. There might be a catch that I haven’t seen yet…
I flatlined on income this year and my wife’s salary almost caught me. So, Yay! indeed. Patriarchy takes the lead back. Thx, TL and Moj.
Gustave Lytton
Now you can get your coffee at Le Cafe Doutor.
Timeloose
I’m turning my porketa roast into Philly roast pork sandwiches tomorrow. I found a place to get the Ammorosa rolls and broccoli rabe.
slumbrew
*drools*
Timeloose
Dammed autocorrects.
Amoroso rolls. https://amorosobaking.com/
They are what makes a cheesesteak more than just chipped beef and cheese.
slumbrew
I’ve not had a proper cheesesteak in forever.
Timeloose
They are great when done right. I still try the provolone cheese sauce whenever possible.
Rhywun
I eat them fairly often here in NYC but I have no idea how “proper” they are. Other than the fact that they don’t know how to mix the cheese the way I want it and I presume should be proper.
MikeS
As I understand it, even Philadelphians can’t agree on the “proper” way.
Gender Traitor
Is there any pineapple involved?
Timeloose
The only thing most agree about is the type of bread.
slumbrew
I should clarify that I’ve not had any sort of cheesesteak in forever.
slumbrew
I’ll likely ask again tomorrow, but it’s annual donation time again – hit me with your suggestions.
I’ll likely give to IJ, FIRE and Mercy Corp again, but I’m always happy to hear about charities Glibs think are worthwhile.
(I give to Glibs, too, already).
Timeloose
I give to the Human Fund and the state police retirement fund via my driving.
Timeloose
Seriously, we give to St. Judes children’s hospital. I’m considering giving to FIRE and Glibs.
pistoffnick
We give to Heifer International and have since I was in like 11 grade of high school.
I hate Steam with the fire of twenty suns. Give me the game so I can have it resident on my computer, or GTFO.
I tried to ‘download’ a Steam game once. ONCE.
MikeS
Wow, Slumbrew. That is a hell of a scene. I need to watch that whole movie. And now I know where that guy (Schlitzie) that OMWC is always posting comes from.
slumbrew
I’ve not watched the whole movie, but that scene is heartbreaking.
Hey! I had just agreed to have my response changed to fit BP’s, then you come along with that….excellence, dammit.
MikeS
Damn, the ‘Niners have had some nail-bitters to finish out the year. It’s like the defense only plays half a game.
chipping pioneer
Pete Carroll’s legacy as a terrible play caller is secured.
KSuellington
Another exciting game there. That 15 yard penalty on the center to set up the Seattle drive at the end was total bullshit. Good path to the Super Bowl. Niners v Ravens.
slumbrew
Indeed.
Despite the Pats’ defense shitting the bed today, that first round bye doesn’t matter – nobody is getting past the Ravens this year in the AFC.
Well, my go-to story is that I had to send in a lot of box tops to get it.
But, yes–your scenario does ring a bell, as it were. Although…it might have been a bastard sword, considering the subject. ?
/Ah-I’m such a kidder!
straffinrun
The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.
*Packs suitcase*
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
The good thing about White Settlement is how easy it is to leave.
I say that jokingly, but…
Gender Traitor
That’s darn close to your neck of the woods, no?
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Yes–well, no. It’s probably a good hour away.
So…sorta?
Gender Traitor
But is it really a good hour? Or, given your comment just above, is the hour good until you arrive?
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Good if it takes an hour.
As for my arrival; that’s when things git gud!
mikey
I just noticed Prime has addedd Atlas Schrugged parts !&2.
Think I’ll still pass.
I will watch Catch 22.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Yeah, that Part ! was really exclamatory.
It was no Hot Shots, Part Deux, truth be told. But, yeah.
slumbrew
Part-factorial
Rhywun
*schrugs*
Gustave Lytton
Finished the final season of Man in the High Castle. A train wreck in 10 parts. Some interesting points, but other rather ridiculousness, a rush to tie up loose ends, and a WTF ending. Too bad.
straffinrun
Of all the coffee joints in all the towns in all the world, he walks into mine and sits right next to me despite the joint being empty. Fuck you, Kenzaburo.
Rhywun
That seems to be a common theme there. What the hell, Japan? Or else you’re just extraordinarily attractive.
Gustave Lytton
The half bottle of Axe?
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Hahahahahaha!!!
::surreptitiously hides bottle of Fresco shower gel::
straffinrun
They got that zombie huddle mentality from I Am Legend. I don’t get it.
leon
So sir digby… I missed it. Why does Rand Paul got a problem with you.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Oh, you’d have to ask him. But, he’s obviously throwing the V at me, so..
/Maybe I remind him of that asshole who lives next door to him.
//Maybe he hates the concept of knighthood
///or, both
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Oh, yeah–Neph! If you’re still around, what was the venting you wanted to do last (k)night.
/I just had to, Hayeks
hayeksplosives
Thank you, sweet sir with a pure heart.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
You can’t see blushing through the intertubes, can you?
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Also, I still want to know what Neph had going on that he wanted a late night thread for venting…
Also also (wik)–you should get some sort of royal title, too. I mean, I know I’ve referred to you as “M’Lady” before, but, I don’t know if that counts.
Dame of Demolition? Madame of Munitions?
hayeksplosives
Madam Megaqatt was granted to me several years ago by my peers.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Oooh…a peerage! I guess that would count.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Now, if you could just get your Tesla to be horse-drawn….
You’re the best Public Servant (TM). Kind of a libertarian wolf in conservative sheep’s clothing.
Don Escaped Denim
More chicks for me.
This is the double Windsor argument redux, and that answer holds: what do girls think.
The most exhausting evening of my life was dealt by the daughter of a couple I sent an elegant thank-you card to. After meeting her folks, I wrote (in a manly yet flowing font) in appreciation of their hospitality. When daughter found out, I was pressed to the very limits of my virility.
But it’s just a little LED flashlight, so it’s not serious.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Hayek carries a torch for Sir Digby.
Go on…..
But it’s just a little LED flashlight, so it’s not serious.
Shit.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Dammit, reply button…. I guess I could use that flashlight torch.
hayeksplosives
Come get it.
I hid it on my person…
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Oh my…
Now, where did I put my glasses…?
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
Yes, Rand–I get the message.
Geeze, Mr. Subtle…
hayeksplosives
LOL. Say “Goodnight”, Digby.
Rand Paul has a Grievance with Sir Digby
G’night, Digby!!
hayeksplosives
Digby and Hayek clasp hands and take a George and Gracie bow before the audience
Gender Traitor
Good morning, Glibbies! It’s back to work after almost a week off for me. The boss, however, is off THIS week, giving me a bit more “virtual vacation.”
I kid – he’s a good guy. I’ve worked with him for almost twenty years and consider him a friend. He’s just wound a little tight sometimes, so when he’s off, we get a bit of a breather.
I was merely trying to acknowledge your response while failing to formulate the joke I had partially constructed in my head. I couldn’t make the joke work, so it ended up discarded. Then I got distracted trying to figure out how I got a scratch on the inside of my eyeglass lens.
Luckily it is out of the line of sight, so I’m not constantly distracted by it.
Gender Traitor
how I got a scratch on the inside of my eyeglass lens.
I’ve got bigger problems if my eyelashes can gouge polycarbonate.
Gender Traitor
Hey, a superpower’s a superpower.
l0b0t
IDK if I would call it a superpower but, apparently, my sweat seems to function as an powerful tint remover. I have ruined quite a few pair of expensive glasses with my love of bicycling and long, luxurious lashes.
If you are prone to motion sickness, you may not. At least, that’s what I’ve been told.
/Cue “that’s what she said” joke
hayeksplosives
Hiya, GT!
Mmmm
Now I want a gin and tonic…
Gender Traitor
Hiya, hayek!
I don’t believe I’ve ever knowingly had a gin & tonic. On the rare occasions I have mixed drinks (I’m much more of a wino,) they’ve tended to be pretty foo-foo – amaretto & 7-Up or Sprite, kahlua & milk, the occasional 7&7.
Gender Traitor
Just reminded myself of a fun song on a CD we bought from the artist on our U.P. of Michigan last summer. Check out the track “Wino? Why Yes!” at his site.
Gender Traitor
A very minor irritant, but is anyone else having the page go back and forth between the more-difficult-to-read format and the better one? Refreshing seems to help, but at the next comment, it’s liable to go back (On Firefox.) #FirstWorldProblems
Yes, I think everyone’s having that issue. It’s probably a wordpress problem. Every few months it comes back, and we gripe, then either SP fixes it, or it goes away.
Other than the microphone, what is in the foreground of your avatar pic? At a glance in the smaller format, it keeps making me think of mini bongos, but when pulling up the image directly, it looks more electrical.
Gender Traitor
It is, in fact, mini bongos – part of my Rube Goldberg Memorial Percussion Rig and Torture Device I used to play before I largely retired from active gigging. The whole rig included congas and various small hand percussion mounted on multiple cymbal arms and mounting brackets.
I see. I kept thinking there was no way that could be what it was, and it had to be some sort of illusion from the size of the image and something getting cropped off.
Festus
GT was Ruth Underwood in a former life! Knew it!
Gender Traitor
I’m ashamed to say I had to look her up, but hey – I’m honored! I’m sure Frank only had the finest!
Festus
Brutal task-master by all accounts. At least he didn’t go so far as Captain Beefheart when he was writing and rehearsing Trout Mask Replica.
Don Escaped Denim
coffee in the dark on the balcony
It’s humid but no mosquitoes
the continent awakes
patty’s over: pulling on shoes and flying back to reality today
Festus
It’s a good thing that you didn’t ruin your loafers in those “patties”.
Don Escaped Denim
I am on the marsh, palms swaying
but the same fumbling fingers
hayeksplosives
Welp, not sure if tired or wired.
Thinking that reading might lull me to slerp…
Festus
Thought you were pissed at Mr. Hayek…
hayeksplosives
Yeah I was/am. But I got him sedated with THC and he chilled out.
I swear he’s an undiagnosed rapid cycling bipolar.
Gender Traitor
Off to take on the world. Have the day of your choosing, Glibbies!
Festus
You too, GT! Work last night kinda gutted me so I foresee a sleep until mid-afternoon and then a rush to deal with the snow before working again. The way the holidays fell this year have been messing with my schedule.
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543 responses to “Sunday Evening Open Post”
First!
Woot!
What fun is it if there’s no topic to wander off of?
Then we cannot fail!
This answering your question in the last thread.
ok here goes, what is fun, with no side effects?
Never having been conceived?
Life is full of side effects/consequences. That’s why this earth is not our permanent home.
Live it up!
That is a lovely turn of phrase.
It’s a vague from memory quote, probably not exactly right.
I believe it may have been C.S. Lewis.
Puts me in mind of this old gospel song.
That time a Persian bear joined the Polish army and was promoted to the rank of corporal for bravery in the face of the enemy during fighting against the Germans in Italy:
https://www.damninteresting.com/private-wojteks-right-to-bear-arms/
Holy cow.
That is fascinating, charming, and hilarious.
Howdy everybody! fifteenth!
You are Number Six.
I am a free Man!
don’t laugh Bruce….
Uh, so, hello everybody.
And I wanted to give a high-five to Gustave for remembering what my handle stands for.
*Jump’s in the air and is stuck in a freeze frame high-five until Gustave reciprocates*
*grimace* Yeah, sorry about that.
Meh, I have been the most outspoken papist since Eddie left. I’m cool with it.
Tulsi Gabbard Apologist may want a word. Just sayin’
What you did there, I did see it.
I ‘member..
*awkwardly returns high five*
Those kind of things somehow stick in my head. My brain is filled with even more trivialities.
Colon-Prostate-Rectal-Massage ?
No, no; he doesn’t use the dashes!
Hmm, quandary, Do I have a second Manhattan?
How is this even in question?
He ignored my response.
what response?
That he should switch it up and have some water.
I’m trying to help him avoid a hangover.
Oh, there is much water involved. I’m old enough to know how important that is.
Water then, or Rice Chex and milk if going to bed..
I remember those, I grew out of them.
It’s only 4:45. I don’t do hangovers.
Not sure if I grew out of them but I finally understood the cause. Then they went away.
And mine
I find Kentucky Mules to be waste of bourbon.
Don’t like ginger, or don’t like ginger with bourbon? I’m thinking some $20 Dickel wouldn’t be such a loss if I didn’t like it.
I like the ginger and lime. I think the bourbon takes away from that. Moscow Mules are yummy.
Ah, sure. I see your point.
That’s funny, he never has a second cup at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ4kCF22O2w
Yuban.
No, Jim just wanted to bone that chick. The Coffee Is A Lie!
Hey, it could be both, you know…
if the Indians could, would they?
I vote Yes.
HAH!
Why not a third?
Only if its slightly less than a quart in volume.
‘Da fuk?’, as the kids say.
Yes. The answer is yes.
Since there’s no topic, no need to wait to talk about something else. Finished the Outer Worlds the other day, the game is short for a major release (finished in ~20 hours and only wasn’t able to complete a couple of side quests). Overall, it’s got some bits of Fallout New Vegas in there, and I can see some interesting ways for the formula to change if there’s a sequel. If I had paid full price for it, I would be annoyed at the game length, but I got it for free with the purchase of my processor.
I also picked up Outward on sale on Steam… the game is brutally hard yet fair. My biggest complaint is the human models and the faces, they all have the potato look to them. I haven’t played enough to get far in the game, and have been getting wiped out pretty regularly (you can’t die in the game, if you get defeated in combat something happens to rescue/capture you).
Potato faced people are real too.
Indeed.
You gotta problem with potato faced people? Hmm?
took a second… LOL
Some of them…
TOW felt like cut content from a Fallout game to be honest. I did every good guy quest and I still only clocked around 25 hours. I expect they will follow the same DLC format as Fallout, but I was left thinking “That’s it?”
Also, the game universe makes no sense whatsoever.
Hmmm. I was thinking about getting TOW, but i will probably save it to get Kingdom Come.
Yeah. I would wait until the inevitable GOTY version comes out.
I really enjoyed Kingdom Come. I’m parked at the end of the main story after I took a break from it and I’m planning on picking it back up and doing all the DLC stuff and just kind of boppin’ around the game world for a while before I wrap it up. The combat is a sticking point for a lot of people, but if you’ve played Mount & Blade it’ll be familiar in principal.
I got stuck because I suck at the combat system and cant figure it out and the next plot mission is pretty much just fighting.
I was absolute shit at it until it sort of clicked one day. I still can’t explain what happened or what made the difference, just one day I kind of “got it” without really knowing how or why. It’s kind of a shame you can’t work around the combat aspect because it isn’t intuitive and it is a big roadblock until you can get comfortable with it.
If you have Windows 10, you can try out the XBox game pass and probably beat TOW in the month trial easily.
Heard good things about Greedfall from Razorfist’s video on Spiders games. Of course, since I’m still just running my 360, I ordered Bound By Flame…. (only 2 games behind)
Which ones of the Dragon Age games were good? They’re cheap on GOG now. I made a mistake of opening that up last Friday, loaded up Master of Magic and then it was Sunday.
The first one. The second Dragon Age game was a lot of reused maps and enemies teleporting in out of nowhere. Inquisition corrected that issue but played like they wanted to release it as an MMO (lots of repetitive quests and things like sending the commander of the army out to collect leaves).
I thought Inquisition was a good game. A bit bloated in places with silly side quests, but good over all, The first one was a great game, but is jarring to go back to with its tactical combat after the sequels’ hack and slash. The second one had a solid story, but the game play was so boring with the purely linear, yet respawning enemies maps.
Just rage quit RDR2 again. I was trying to do a horsemanship challenge of Van Horn to Blackwater in 17 minutes without touching water, but the random encounters kept ambushing me with stupid outlaws that I didn’t give a damn about. (This is not in-mission, so these are free-roaming encounters). Getting shot up 80% through a time run because of RNG pissed me off (I wasn’t in that grat a mood to begin with)
Ruth Nader Ginsburg?
And you’re always such a jovial fellow, such a shame.
Grab a PCC and/or a rimfire rifle and shoot some steel next Sunday.
Rules here. Except they don’t repaint the targets between strings. Or apparently at all.
That one was a bear, the one that made me want to kill someone was the stupid shooting birds from the train thing.
I gave up shooting birds from a train when the game gave me a bounty under the assumption that I was robbing the train despite standing on the roof, aiming into the sky.
Yep, that was part of the issue, the other part was the almost complete absence of shootable birds.
The one I immediately said “Never gonna happen” is the one where they want you to kill cougars with a bow.
I think there was a trick to that one that made it actually doable. I don’t recall what it was though.
I suppose if I had the recipe for dynamite arrows.
Taking a bow at MILFs doesn’t make them swoon?
Thinking about New Year’s Eve dishes. For the red wine course, I’m torn between Kaesespaetzle with raclette and porcini/Italian “sausage” ragout over polenta. Spud will have an opinion, and there’s at least a 1 in 100 chance that it will be useful.
Of course, we haven’t decided the red wines, either, but we retrieved several possibilities from our storage locker. Whites are easier- an nice Tempier Bandol Blance and a Cedric Bouchard Champagne.
I’ll just stay in the sticks with burritos…….
There’s a southern tradition of having black eyed peas on New Years Day.
Looks like I’ll have to head to the Ethnic foods aisle…sigh.
The Ethnic foods aisle sign says “Asian, Hispanic, Kosher, and Southern.” And above the list literally says “Ethnic Foods.”
Those last 2 on the list aren’t even ethnicities.
Black eyed peas cooked with a big piece of fatback and served on rice are good luck plus they taste bitchin’.
^^ This guy gets it.
Red beans and rice. This Canuck gives it Two. Thumbs. Up.
Vigo Red Beans and Rice needs no enhancements. Highly recommend.
https://www.instacart.com/landing?product_id=76759&retailer_id=161®ion_id=1698867395&utm_medium=sem_shopping&utm_source=instacart_google&utm_campaign=ad_demand_shopping_food_ca_sandiego_newengen&utm_content=accountid-8145171519_campaignid-1753222232_adgroupid-67483822486_device-m&gclid=CjwKCAiAuqHwBRAQEiwAD-zr3Tv19UUNl54YxX2DoCZnhy7C8TW60mf1GnRiYwatO-uBwqoOBZZA0RoCzaoQAvD_BwE
I also love their yellow rice.
I like Mahatma.
Tony Chachere’s is quite tasty.
Correct or not, I wish there was a Southern section at the grocery here.
I mean, it might not be technically correct but everyone would know what you meant and what they’d find there.
Hoppin’ John. We do that every year. The key is to lay bacon on the bottom of the pot, let it brown, then add the peas and whatever else (we do onions and chopped ham), set it to the lowest heat you can and then DO NOT STIR. You should get a crust on the bottom.
I can’t read “Hoppin’ John” without thinking about Chalky White
I loved that show.
Made me insecure as hell, though.
I thought it sort of fell apart – I didn’t care for the final season – but I enjoyed much of the series.
I still think the killing-off of X was not originally planned – that actor has a reputation of being a ridiculous pain in the ass, which I suspect is earned. They still managed to do a good job with the show after that.
That actor’s nickname was hilarious, and I honestly found the person annoying as hell. And I think you’re totally right about the final season. It bugs me that it went so far away from the history, but I guess the real story sort of ends with a “…oh, huh.”
I did not bother with the last season. I had read a spoiler-ish that the writers were hot to trot on a different show and wanted to wrap up BE, so they phoned it in.
I wasn’t interested in getting a half season half-asses.
I was surprised that they killed him off, too.
A couple of side effects:
1) I can’t watch Steve Buscemi doing any of his goofy schtick now because he was sooooooo good as Nucky. “How do you do, fellow kids?” No. Please don’t.
2) I was writing my Prohibition book at the same time and I felt so outclassed as a writer I got really bummed and had a hard time writing without feeling like a child by comparison.
Oh, wait a minute! Which character? The upstart at the end of the 2nd season or the sweetheart at the end of season 4?
On the plus side, BE was my first real exposure to Michael Shannon.
He is a treasure.
I was thinking of the end of the 2nd season surprise kill-off.
Whew! I was thinking of the same unexpected murder as well, although now that I think of it, I also didn’t watch the last season because the sweetheart died.
Also, I knew that was Shannon’s cunt punt video before I clicked. LOL!
Between my families New Years traditions, and the years I lived with a Chinese girl, the meal is just stuffed with lucky foods.
Blackeyed peas
Cornbread
Cabbage
Ham
Long noodles
Moon cakes
Dumplings
“the years I lived with a Chinese girl”
Go on…
I managed a band. She was the wife of the drummer. She got sick of supporting him and knew I had a spare bedroom in my house. She always paid her share of the rent and utilities in cash, small bills, often smelling of frankincense and touched with glitter. She had to move out when I got the job up here, but she stayed in Austin, and is now married with a kid.
None of the things you listed were ethnicities, Southern actually may be the closest one lol.
Spaetlze.
I remember the first time we made that. The Blonde said what we were all thinking: “Fuck the rest of the dinner, let’s just make more of this.”
Yup. That was damned good. And I was appropriately rewarded.
Kaesespaetzle
I’m sensing a pattern…
Just make sure you have sufficiently many lucky foods on the menu to offset the lack of pork.
I’m doing a shrimp dip. Sorry you can’t do that.
And there is more than one kind or red or white wine?! There’s only two boxes on the shelf!
You have an interesting liquor store.
And, I’m assuming, small. Very small.
Even my liquor store has two different brands and three or four varieties for each.
(Most liquor stores in NYC are the size of a tiny convenience store.)
It was a joke on poor tastes. Yes even the local gas station has a variety of wines.
I got it 😛
Why would I got to a liquor store? The local gas station has the beer I drink.
Suspicion confirmed.
I think I’ve only ever been in liquor store here in Wisconsin, and that was to buy some 9 year Jamison. If you’re not looking for specialty stuff, every store here sells liquor. In fact, I think there
iswas only liquor store in my county, now closed.Franzia.
^^This guy gets it!
We just finished the last of our raclette last night. I’m kind of sad because it is my favorite cheese. But my rectum is probably relieved, what with all the cheese I’ve eaten lately.
But I introduce 3 new people to the wonderfulness that is raclette.
I LOVE CHEESE GROMMIT!
Hell, LSU could take the NFC East division title.
At this point, DeMatha could take the NFC East title.
In truth, LSU would lose to the Redskins 120-0.
So this is always a fun thought experiment. It used to be the Browns versus like Ohio State or Alabama or somebody. Honestly, I go back and forth on it. On the one hand, yeah, the level of play in the NFL is an order of magnitude greater than NCAA, and the worst player on the worst team was likely at least in the top third of all college players in his draft class. On the other hand, if you can cherry-pick specific seasons as well as specific teams, I am 100% sure you could find a college team that could take an NFL team. I’m thinking of some absolutely godawful Miami and Tampa Bay teams that could probably get beaten by one of the best college teams in a particular year.
I really doubt it. A few legendary college teams have seen their entire starting 11 on one side of the ball get drafted, but even the worst NFL team is 53 deep in guys that got drafted then made the cut from 90 against other guys that got drafted across a 7-10 year stretch. Add in the additional experience, full physical maturity (remember college teams have 18-22 year olds, who generally haven’t peaked yet), and I think the odds are pretty long. I think it might take 20 or more games before you got a single upset.
Bacon and eggs with toast, or Chili Cheese brats,……
Brats.
ok then, they are badass,
I had fried eggs on hash browns for dinner after being out in the cold for five hours. It was pretty damn yummy.
The local pirogi place has an egg, bacon, and cheese filled pirogi that’s amazing. They were out, so now I need to try out the potato, cheese, and bacon ones they did have on hand.
I’m sure there must be towns around here that have pierogi paces but unfortunately I’m not in one. One of the great things about when I lived in central TX were all the kolache places.
The place by me offers shipping as well. You can also get them at almost every church on Fridays, and all the butcher shops here. We also have plenty of bakeries that specialize in strudel as well as kolache.
I may have to get the sampler pack.
I’m partial to the potato, cheese, and habanero ones. The girlfriend is a fan of the taco and sloppy joe ones.
Mmmmm, haven’t seen kolaches since we left Austin. But I was delighted to find excellent pierogi here.
If nothing else, you can spend tomorrow in a closet, reading a book,
/George Carlin
Seconded. We’re doing Mennonite Winkler farmer sausage on the grill tonight with Chinese-inspired noodle stir-fry. Needs me some black bean sauce, me does.
I mentioned that I was in a Steel Challenge match today. I was not the worst! 14th out of 17… but first in my division! Apparently I was the only one there using iron sights on a pistol. Had I never missed, I would have needed 100 rounds to get through the match, but I needed 164.
Cool
I haven’t done any action shooting since I was a kid
I have a Divan and 2 reclining comfy chairs, where am I? surrounded by my animals in one comfy chair, they are warm,at least I have that…..
I live in a 3 bedroom house and slept on the couch for about 5 years. Folks like us, we’re low class no matter where we go.
There goes the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/yZ6hkkMle1Q
Mr. Mojeaux just won Call of Duty Modern Warfare for Playstation 4 (which he will not receive for about 8 weeks). Anybody want it?
If it comes with a PS4, yes.
Is that one you have to pay for online multiplayer access to play?
He doesn’t know.
Mr Mojo is really Lazlo, right?
Yes, only not all at once.
Also, where did Lazlo get the money to mail all those entries?
That’s your question? Not how afford to make a roller coaster in the wall?
That’d be relatively easy to do with very little money. The whole thing is clearly kludged, it’s in the steam tunnels so it’s steam-driven. He’s got access to tools from the labs. That’s more believable than being a poor dude who can pay for 1M stamps. If he could do that, he wouldn’t need to enter the contest.
He had grant money for the stamps, duh!
Headcanon accepted.
Used the university’s postage machine. Duh.
Even better headcanon!
The 1st consultant I worked for as a young, dumb, 20-something, stack-tester, would disable the postage machine during December, cause there was a history of employees sneaking to use it for Christmas cards, and charging stamps to overhead.
Well i’m interested if none of the other glibs are interested.
Okay. Email me and I’ll pass it on. moriah at moriahjovan dot com.
Done
Bella asks, What the Fuck are you people talking about?
Where are the treats…
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eMX63gttnCbJzENc8
A bunch of you were arguing about whether or not Californian Migration was impacting politics on nearby blue states. Census.gov has a map where you can play with internal migration data and take a look for yourself. They also publish the data too, and i was gonna do an analysis, but why should i enact that labor for you.
where I live, we are all refugees, and it’s as much political as economics that brought us here, we bolster the red States by our existence,
America, Fuck Yeah!
As it stands my county actually has a net ex-migration to california
you live in Venesuela?
hahaha. Small Rural County with a lot of kids. as it stood we didn’t have a lot of migration from California, so i imagine it was some kids moving to California for work.
Bizarre. I didn’t think there was anyplace in the U.S. where people pined for higher taxes, less political choice and more government interference in their day-to-day lives, but shows you what I know.
Actually i re-looked and it looks like my county has a net in-migration from Califonia, but the more “Urban” counties had a net increase from my county, and the rural counties had a net decrease to my county.
So that supports the refugees fleeing from the leftist state theory.
There’s an interesting analysis of Ted Cruz’s last election. I would look for it but I’m at the dog park. California migrants to Texas may be responsible for his victory over Beto. IIRC, they were a net positive 14 points for Cruz.
Bella lost her comment, oh well, she’s looking at YOU!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eMX63gttnCbJzENc8
She’s a good girrrl.
At Jugsy’s fam yesterday in Korn Kounty (Cleremont for you SW Ohio glibs), the pug decided he needed some ham:
https://postimg.cc/DJz84PmM
Do you still have to show a razor and puke blood at the county line to get in?
fuckin’ Bethel
I shoulda posted a pic of the hog that….LIVES IN THE HOUSE
No, not some cute teacup or pot-belly- a full sized Hampshire hog. In. The. House.
Friends of mine, years back, bought a ‘potbelly pig’ for a pet. They paid for it as though it was a potbelly, the breeder swore it was a potbelly, but 2 years later that thing was a full grown Arkansas razorback looking evil eyed thing with 5 inch tusks. It got moved to a shed when it ate the entire linoleum floor in the kitchen, and feeding it was exciting.
Found when I pulled up the map:
Checks out.
No no no, it’s supposed to be a house full of chickens and a YARD full of hogs. They’re doing it all wrong.
Music for the Swiss one
https://youtu.be/lTjFBF2JYl8
Swiss is face down in the family room with cheap schnapps and fondue dribbling from his mouth.
Now it’s a party!
I always miss the good parties….
Illusions, shattered.
as long as the allusions aren’t, they’re harder to replace.
Yinzers humiliated. Duck defeathered. I am happy.
Then go ahead and it! Quack! Quack! Quack!
Then go ahead and eat it! also, quack something.
He’s planning on it. You do know that “duck” is his nickname for SP, right?
But she ain’t old enough to fly.
“Duck defeathered.”
Weird kink, but you do you.
I went duck hunting once. It was the most expensive meat I have ever eaten.
I’ve spent a lot of money on dead ducks. I don’t regret any of it.
A new flavor of stupid.
https://youtu.be/yZ6hkkMle1Q
Seems the same flavor as your last link.
Crap. Second try.
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2019/12/29/not-complicated-nbc-news-fact-checker-erin-biba-deletes-account-after-claiming-jew-stabbings-in-monsey-complicated/
Stupid person says something stupid…not sure what this proves.
She’s a science journalist and a fact checker.
Doesn’t change anything about my statement.
That you’re perilously close to a tautology.
I know she’s probably referring to the low-level conflict between the growing Hasidic communities who are rapidly changing Rockland County and the, uh, not-Hasidic residents… but yeah that’s a stupid twit. It’s almost like Twitter is a stupid platform unfit for serious discussion or something.
Wow, so “white supremacy” is like the Indiana of hate crimes.
Just saw a Christmas commercial. A dude got his wife a snowblower. Wife reacted as expected.
… as expected by everyone but the husband.*
Geeked out over the specs, then fired it up and took it for a spin?
Sent a load of rocks flying through the windows since they live in a desert.
Put a ring on it.
I bought an ex a very nice vacuum for Christmas. Did I mention she’s an ex?
If it was a Dyson, she should have thanked you.
https://imgur.com/r/pics/QFfYF
We’ve got a Dyson Animal. Awesome vacuum.
You really didn’t have to tell me she was an ex. I could have deduced that.
It was a Miele. It was a Miele!
I have one of those but it’s closer to a “floor sweeper” than a vacuum cleaner – it does not work on pet hair at all – plus it needs bags. Bought one of those “vortex” knockoffs from Eureka and the Miele is still sitting in the closet seven years later with the original bag in it.
Dualbag here doesn’t know what he did wrong.
I got my wife a toilet seat for her birthday last year and she thinks it’s the best present ever, so…
There’s an ‘anal’ joke in there somewhere…
Reminds me of this sweet Pinay talking about washing her butthole
https://youtu.be/rFkcwg84XMo?t=378s
It has to be heated or vibrate.
Both?
And Jason Garret contemplates his next job.
Bengals linebacker coach?
Well, the Browns HC job just operned up.
I was contemplating making a peppermint bark cheesecake, then decided not to. Then Mr. Mojeaux hit me with puppy-dog eyes. No. No, I do not ignore those puppy-dog eyes. Thus, I’m off to the grocery store.
The Proverbial chain to the stove for the win!
I don’t mind baking/cooking when it’s in my best interest. I was just going to run to the Plaza and grab a piece from Cheesecake Factory (since they didn’t have any when we were there last week ???), but it’s cheaper to make a whole cheesecake than drive that far and buy one piece.
“I was just going to run to the Plaza and grab a piece”
Go on…
Dude, I don’t have to run to the Plaza to get a piece of THAT.
So much for romance novel writer.
I got a pretty nice spread at Costco. 3 different kinds cut into 1″ squares. Frozen. Blueberry is the best.
I specifically wanted Cheesecake Factory’s peppermint bark cheesecake, but they were out when we went on our annual family Christmas outing.
So I have my mouth set for peppermint. I actually didn’t realize he liked it as much as he said he does because he always gets chocolate peanut butter.
And so. Here I am at Walmart.
Dick pics from Church, and updates from WOWmart.
Do I even need to say it ?
No, I will.
“Mojo is a basic bitch”
and/or
“Mojo is teh wurst.”
In case you’ve never seen it (I think someone here posted it)
How To Tell if You’re a Basic Bitch
They forgot to mention the vocal fry.
Which I do not have.
The only basic bitch symptom I have is scented candles but in my defense I also have a teenage son. I claim self-defense.
An interesting take on the 10th anniversary of Climategate.
https://judithcurry.com/2019/11/12/legacy-of-climategate-10-years-later/
Words?! Fuck you! Video or it’s not real!
Video? Fuck that noise, video arguments are invariably appeals to emotion, write your position out so I can parse it and see if anything in it is valid and sound.
But words start moving around on the page after some drinks, where as audio makes it to my ears until I pass out.
Quite excellent, but Dr. Curry generally is.
And Freddie Kitchens is out as the head coach of the Browns. Somewhat expected after this season, not expecting the new to drop today.
If you’re going to whack a one-season coach, do it right after a horrifying face plant against a crap-ass rival – keeps the awkward questions at bay.
Okay, this makes sense.
Holy shit! The Boz is an old fucking gray hair! I would have expected him to still be dying his hair.
Nah, wear the silver badge of experience.
It was a surprise to see him.
Why does he look like Kurt Russell?
I didn’t say I’d ever dye my hair to cover up gray, just surprised The Boz hasn’t.
Because he Escaped From Seattle?
Escape from Cleveland was to be the third film, if they had gotten to make it.
It’s not hard to escape from Cleveland. There’s at least four freeways out of town.
Cleveland has Warty. They were too scared.
Seriously, though, too bad they screwed up the sequel. The original was a favorite of my youth.
Right? Even Buscemi couldn’t save it.
Holy Hannah.
Carrie Underwood. Another great Oklahoma export. What a hottie.
Put Lynch in the game.
Please yes. I want to see him get stuffed. He will be back in Oakland in two weeks smoking blunts.
The thought of rooting for Seattle nauseates me.
Cool. Root for the better team then, the Niners.
No desire to root for them either, and Seattle winning gets the Packers the #1 seed.
It’s going to make this win all the sweeter when the Packers don’t get the #1 seed.
Someone sounds butt hurt.
Are you saying his anus aches for a packer? Kinky!
There was a lot more butthurt last night and this morning….
I’m a ‘Niners fan, CPRM. Don’t want you confusing me with a Vikings fan.
…or a wall licking Packer fan
Thought you’d be an Iggles fan. Carson played at NDSU.
Hell no! Go Sioux!
Holy shit… going through the box of stuff my parents handed me at Christmas from my childhood and there’s some unexpected items in there. I found the psych report from when I was tested as a kid. So… anyone know anything about the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities? Looks like I was tested on that and reading level.
I’m assuming it has something to with running the same plays for a decade and being confused they no longer work.
Hell, the Badgers have been running the same playbook for a century.
And when was the last time they won a championship?
Nah, it was to determine if he could cut the mustard as a car salesman:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sZrFuKai2lU
My parents immediately moved to the country and tossed everything I hadn’t taken with me when I went away to college.
My parents are just moving from the childhood home in a couple of weeks. They brought a box to Christmas for both me and my sister. They held onto report cards, yearbooks, and all of that.
Wow. What I wouldn’t give for a treasure-trove like that.
I’m mildly surprised they kept a lot of it. My parents were never very communicative (and still aren’t).
Where do you get it? You’re easily one of the most verbally talented people I’ve ever met.
Probably overcorrection due to the parents. There’s a reason both me and my sister taught ourselves to cook (the parents weren’t good on that front either). Hell, I explained to my younger nephew (9) on Christmas that I wasn’t being fair on how I was getting things set up, and went through the reasons why. He may not have agreed at the end, but at least I hope he understood my position.
Who here has aquaria? Im getting back into the hobby, and am trying to get up to speed with the LED revolution.
and am trying to get up to speed with the LED revolution
This is the dawning of the age of aquaria….
That pun is cancer
The pun pisces Not Adahn off….
Wouldn’t blame him – or Swiss – if he Taurus a new one.
I have this and like it.
Good to hear! Mine just came today.
I’m used to thinking in watts per gallon, so I’m having to learn a new language with the LEDs. Do you dose ferts?
I’m not even going to ask.
It means whatever he wants it to mean!
/second bite at the apple for Leon
:Bats gloves away from keyboard: Not this time guys!
All I’m going to say is that involves a gram scale and a bunch of white powder.
Ah. Been there.
You don’t even dose ferts, brah?!
My aquarium gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I likes it!
I don’t. I maybe got more lucky than anything, but my plants are super healthy, and algae isn’t bad at all. Maybe local water has something to do with it, too.
Well, it wasn’t all luck; I do remember doing the research at the time and deciding it was the best live-plant light I could get in my price range (it was $130 when I got it almost 2 years ago) Also, I don’t have difficult to grow plants. Amazon sword, and two other I can’t recall right now, but I know they are in the easy-moderate to grow category.
Gotcha. It’s nice when the water helps balance everything out. I used to have an RO unit, and similarly had very little algae. Granted, I was sporting a colony of 50 shrimp.
I’m going in head first. Haven’t had a planted tank in 5 or 6 years, but I need a hobby to dive into whole hog. The CO2 regulator got here yesterday and the canister filter today with the light. Fertilizers will be here Friday. All for a dinky little 5 gallon tank.
A friend in HS’s father had two entire walls of tanks in their dining room. It was… something else.
Wow! Why so much trouble? Exotic plants? Salt water? Or have I just gotten lucky?
I’ve done some easier plants in the past. I want to do something that becomes a conversation piece for our living room.
Very cool. Now that I see it, I think maybe you’ve posted that before?
When I first set up my tank (40 gallon breeder) I had visions of heavily planting it and getting into plants more, but I just have too many other things vying for my time, so I kinda settled. And I’m actually happy with it. Relatively maintenance free, but I and the fish still get to enjoy real plants.
I’ll be very interested to see how your 5 gallon turns out. I might like to try something smaller like that. I’d even like to read an article about how someone set theirs up. Ya dig?
Absolutely! At the very least, I’ll link a few pics once it gets set up. Ill think about what an article would look like.
And more importantly, my plants and fish do, as well.
All of you who think there is no wage gap are wrong. The Census Bureau says it does: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2019/comm/social-earnings-differences.html
That shit is none of the Census Bureau’s business.
What are you? some kinda paranoid libertarian? You think the government keeping careful count of hundreds of various statistics is some kinda registration or something?
I received the American Community Survey (never completed) and a couple of nagging phone calls (unanswered). They went away eventually. Talk about some intrusive questions.
I had some busybody actually come to the door – he seemed very proud of his laminated ID.
I got one a few months ago. Tossed it. So far they haven’t attempted any kind of follow up.
Got the long form one year. They kept hounding until my wife directed me to answer it. May not have given true answers. Utter bullshit.
Get back to us when they show-up at your door.
Census people showed up at my door several times when I didn’t complete it and wouldn’t answer their questions. One of them got vaguely passively aggressive as if he could have me arrested. I said, “Next time, bring the cops” and slammed the door in his face. He did not return.
Right? I got into a heated argument with the lady who came to talk me into doing it. She just couldn’t fathom why I wouldn’t.
See, in my entire adult life I’ve never encountered a census worker that I can remember. Around 2010 I got a form in the mail and never filled it out or returned it. Nobody bothered me about it. Then again, I’ve never been asked to appear for jury duty either. Probably too unreliable on paper so they don’t bother trying.
Yeah, I don’t know what the deal was, but these people were taking their job super-seriously. The phone call guy was relentless; I finally had to tell him in no uncertain terms that I would not be filling it out. Then his boss stopped by…what a statist bitch.
The whole experience was a little sureal. And -it didn’t dawn on me until just now- was another small push towards libertarianism.
Wow, they’re only like five years late to that old, disproven talking point. In two years they’ll release a poster about the polar bears going extinct.
Also, nobody in the government treats social sciences as sciences so much as marketing concentrations or ad campaigns. In my experience, every single person involved in government research who stays there for more than two years arrives with an agenda and spends their time trying to find ways to promote it. Nobody goes to these agencies *unless* they’re biased, and they retain that bias or lose their job.
Well, there *is* a gap – but it’s for reasons they refuse to admit.
See: most every government stat.
Okay, I’m intoxicated, and it’s your fault. You know who you are.
/whiny snowflake
Yep, we know who you are.
Stop whining, pussy.
*Raises glass of bourbon at slummy*
Oh, WTF?! Bourbon? You’re drinking bourbon Manhattans?
You disgust me.
I thought you were using rye, as is right a proper.
*thinks about drinking some of this over-sherried Kavalan I don’t really like*
Manhattans were before dinner. Cocktails after dinner is uncivilized. Bourbon neat, with a dash of water.
*takes notes*
Ah, good then.
You were givin’ me a concern, Spud.
No work tomorrow due to snowmagedon.
*pours healthy glass of rye*
No work tomorrow due to too much vacation accrued and a change in vacation accrual starting the first of the year. Fuck, I’ve been working here too long.
*takes another sip of vodka and diet squirt*
half the radio stations are without power, half the TV stations are without power
I have power, I have a freshly defrosted freezer keeping my vodka cold, and I have the internet.
prost!
Lifts a negroni! ?
negroni, please!
Enjoy. Cheers!
And congrats on the new contract! ?
Your avatar says differently. *Conflicted*
I assure you, Betty only wishes the best for you!
That’s unpossible. I have it on the highest authority that snow can no longer fall on the continental US. Al Bore says so.
I think STEVE SMITH got a hold of ManBearPig
We can only hope there will be no offspring.
Test.
Your test failed.
Kind of. Can log in on my phone but not on my pc. ?
I was having troubles on my Chromebook with the formatting getting messed up.
Try clearing the cookies for the site and reloading.
It’s fixed it for now, but it took two tries and I don’t know if its going to stick.
And it just broke again…
Yeah, this format is really hard to read – esp. because I have CSS tweaks in place based on the normal format and those tweaks fall apart when the site acts up.
Probably yet another WordPress update. Think kind thoughts towards SP, and realize a refresh can bring the readable format back.
Thanks. Worked for now.
I’ve seen your testes, now let’s have a look at your quizzies.
You’ve seen straff’s balls? I’m not sure I want to know more.
You really need to be careful clicking some of the Glib links.
Tea time!
$ 20 is $20
I LOLd.
Wait; I thought you oop…
Well, back to the gotee. The full beard was getting annoying.
pictured
UCS
Dammit!
*snort*
Woo – victory! Suck it, trashy!
*hangs head in defeated shame*
So back to the facial Brazilian?
At grocery store #2 because the only cream cheese Walmart had was Philade$$$$phia (no, just no) and there was no Andes ANYTHING in the store
So it took me until 9:00 to get home. With a 2-hour bake time on step 1 of the cheesecake, I wasn’t starting to bake so ething that involved that late. On the upside, I got all my ingredients and will bake tomorrow.
Do you deliver?
No, but if you come here, I will feed you all sorts of midwest goodies.
Deal.
I’m in Santa Barbara where plastic straws are banned. Just tried to drink a milk shake through a paper straw. Holy crap those things are terrible. At least I’m saving the turtles. And I oop.
No one serves beer with a straw.
Never say never
Turns out Justy Beebhole had someone write a song with the same name. I hope he has a shiny place in hell.
Meanwhile, Romeo Void.
Make sure to bring home some scrunchies.
My daughter was looking for her scrunchie this morning and I totally freaked her out with my VSCO girl lingo. One of my better achievements as a father.
I still remember in the late 90’s teaching an older coworker what teabagging was. He then started using it around the breakfast table to upset his teenage sons.
LOL!
Sksksk i think?
Don’t use a straw and you too can have a goatee.
I’ve been saving this for just this moment.
Ok, Boomer.
Patrick. Hate that guy only because I’m petty and jealous of his ability. He’s actually a cool dude.
I’m jealous of pretty much anyone who can construct a sentence of more than one phrase without making a grammar mistake.
Much of the problem is that I’ve already changed tenses mid sentence and realizing I wanted to connect everything and it is too late. So I wind up with lots of short sentences and sound unnatural.
Much of the problem is that I’ve already changed tenses mid sentence and realizing I wanted to connect everything and it is too late. So I wind up with lots of short sentences and sound unnatural.
meta as fuck
Yup. Everything you’ve highlighted will be differently inflected in Japanese. And if speaking politely you have to figure out if the verb will be the final one in the sentence or used in the middle. The inflection will generally be different.
There’s something about his voice. Also, that Rika cooks meals for him.
Chik Fil A gave me one last night. Just awful.
Statewide plastic bag ban starts Wednesday. I really wish the straw nazis and bag banners would take one last plastic bag, pull it over their head, and twist. Would do the world a big favor.
Save the whales Gustave.
https://imgur.com/gallery/glESesI
Hungover and trying to negotiate a contract with a client. I just want it over and am agreeing to everything. Probably not the best tactic, is it?
Now you know why drinking is such an important part of East Asian business culture.
It’s assumed that they are assuming the conditions are implied by my reluctance to object. Or I am just taking it in the shorts right now.
A friend spent about 9 years working for Samsung in Korea. Throughout all this time he didn’t drink despite all the social and business pressure: he claimed health issues. Then he got a job in Austria. Last summer I met him and now abstaining from alcohol is gone–like in the good old days. Perhaps with alcohol he would have liked his time at Samsung more.
Those little 120 lb Asian dudes can hold their liquor. Ganbei!
As my friend pointed out – the Japanese really like drinking, but they’re just not very good at it.
(he and I are of Irish-descent – we may have a somewhat skewed baseline)
I dunno. They can outdrink me (English, Dutch, German), in my experience. And they show up for work the next day bright eyed and bushy tailed.
A fair point – they’ve got grit, if maybe not the tolerance.
In my experience, they can either drink a shitton or not at all. The in laws can drink and drink.
Shoots and scores! Double pay and just a third more hours. There might be a catch that I haven’t seen yet…
Kaiju hotspot?
Congratulations.
Yay!!!
I flatlined on income this year and my wife’s salary almost caught me. So, Yay! indeed. Patriarchy takes the lead back. Thx, TL and Moj.
Now you can get your coffee at Le Cafe Doutor.
I’m turning my porketa roast into Philly roast pork sandwiches tomorrow. I found a place to get the Ammorosa rolls and broccoli rabe.
*drools*
Dammed autocorrects.
Amoroso rolls. https://amorosobaking.com/
They are what makes a cheesesteak more than just chipped beef and cheese.
I’ve not had a proper cheesesteak in forever.
They are great when done right. I still try the provolone cheese sauce whenever possible.
I eat them fairly often here in NYC but I have no idea how “proper” they are. Other than the fact that they don’t know how to mix the cheese the way I want it and I presume should be proper.
As I understand it, even Philadelphians can’t agree on the “proper” way.
Is there any pineapple involved?
The only thing most agree about is the type of bread.
I should clarify that I’ve not had any sort of cheesesteak in forever.
I’ll likely ask again tomorrow, but it’s annual donation time again – hit me with your suggestions.
I’ll likely give to IJ, FIRE and Mercy Corp again, but I’m always happy to hear about charities Glibs think are worthwhile.
(I give to Glibs, too, already).
I give to the Human Fund and the state police retirement fund via my driving.
Seriously, we give to St. Judes children’s hospital. I’m considering giving to FIRE and Glibs.
We give to Heifer International and have since I was in like 11 grade of high school.
Tiny homes for homeless veterans
https://www.veteranscommunityproject.org
Intriguing.
TOS had an article about building tiny homes for homeless outside Austin not too long ago.
The Doe Fund is a good one, I think.
Starting Season 4 of The Expanse – I already disapprove of Dominique Tipper’s haircut. The ‘hawk was far superior.
Definitely a better belter haircut. They might be trying to show she’s part of the crew now and no longer a belter.
Drummer looks even hotter this season.
She stopped wearing the black eye makeup as much. I liked her last season as well as the Martian marine.
The actress playing Draper is a bit too “soft”, but that was probably as good as they could do, casting-wise.
Does anyone know if Amazon releases their stuff on physical media, eventually?
No idea.
Cuz I’m not streaming. No way, no how.
I’ll bite; why not?
Because I don’t have/want Prime and I want to own the series.
Fair enough. Now that I think about it, I was exactly like you probably only 5 years ago. I guess I gave in.
Join us, Rhywun. Joins us!
One of us!
I hate Steam with the fire of twenty suns. Give me the game so I can have it resident on my computer, or GTFO.
I tried to ‘download’ a Steam game once. ONCE.
Wow, Slumbrew. That is a hell of a scene. I need to watch that whole movie. And now I know where that guy (Schlitzie) that OMWC is always posting comes from.
I’ve not watched the whole movie, but that scene is heartbreaking.
A nice mini-bio on Schlitzie.
Seems to be a mixed bag. Jack Ryan is, Bosch isn’t.
I hope they do the right thing here. Take my money!
Anyone see Tulip around lately? Wanted to see her picture.
Creepy, dude!
What the hell am I doing here?
Trollin’ for Tulip pics, it sounds like.
Running for President?
OK, you can change my response to agree with BP’s.
You don’t belong here.
Darn.
Hey! I had just agreed to have my response changed to fit BP’s, then you come along with that….excellence, dammit.
Damn, the ‘Niners have had some nail-bitters to finish out the year. It’s like the defense only plays half a game.
Pete Carroll’s legacy as a terrible play caller is secured.
Another exciting game there. That 15 yard penalty on the center to set up the Seattle drive at the end was total bullshit. Good path to the Super Bowl. Niners v Ravens.
Indeed.
Despite the Pats’ defense shitting the bed today, that first round bye doesn’t matter – nobody is getting past the Ravens this year in the AFC.
(Pats fan)
You’re probably right (kicks can, shuffles off)
So, is this act of violence due to White Supremacy?
/if you do watch the vid, be warned about the sound
No kidding about the sound. Actual trigger warning.
Sir Digby , how did you come by your knighthood
Did sone fair queen anoint you with a broadsword on each shoulder and say “I dub thee Sir Digby of Gliberia?
?
You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Oh, no–nothing supreme (or, executive) with this schmuck.
Some moistened bint lobbing scimitars at you is no basis to form a government.
Mmmmm…moistened bint.
Well, my go-to story is that I had to send in a lot of box tops to get it.
But, yes–your scenario does ring a bell, as it were. Although…it might have been a bastard sword, considering the subject. ?
/Ah-I’m such a kidder!
The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.
*Packs suitcase*
The good thing about White Settlement is how easy it is to leave.
I say that jokingly, but…
That’s darn close to your neck of the woods, no?
Yes–well, no. It’s probably a good hour away.
So…sorta?
But is it really a good hour? Or, given your comment just above, is the hour good until you arrive?
Good if it takes an hour.
As for my arrival; that’s when things git gud!
I just noticed Prime has addedd Atlas Schrugged parts !&2.
Think I’ll still pass.
I will watch Catch 22.
Yeah, that Part ! was really exclamatory.
It was no Hot Shots, Part Deux, truth be told. But, yeah.
Part-factorial
*schrugs*
Finished the final season of Man in the High Castle. A train wreck in 10 parts. Some interesting points, but other rather ridiculousness, a rush to tie up loose ends, and a WTF ending. Too bad.
Of all the coffee joints in all the towns in all the world, he walks into mine and sits right next to me despite the joint being empty. Fuck you, Kenzaburo.
That seems to be a common theme there. What the hell, Japan? Or else you’re just extraordinarily attractive.
The half bottle of Axe?
Hahahahahaha!!!
::surreptitiously hides bottle of Fresco shower gel::
They got that zombie huddle mentality from I Am Legend. I don’t get it.
So sir digby… I missed it. Why does Rand Paul got a problem with you.
Oh, you’d have to ask him. But, he’s obviously throwing the V at me, so..
/Maybe I remind him of that asshole who lives next door to him.
//Maybe he hates the concept of knighthood
///or, both
Oh, yeah–Neph! If you’re still around, what was the venting you wanted to do last (k)night.
/I just had to, Hayeks
Thank you, sweet sir with a pure heart.
You can’t see blushing through the intertubes, can you?
Also, I still want to know what Neph had going on that he wanted a late night thread for venting…
Also also (wik)–you should get some sort of royal title, too. I mean, I know I’ve referred to you as “M’Lady” before, but, I don’t know if that counts.
Dame of Demolition? Madame of Munitions?
Madam Megaqatt was granted to me several years ago by my peers.
Oooh…a peerage! I guess that would count.
Now, if you could just get your Tesla to be horse-drawn….
“Trump to NYC: Drop Dead”
Funny how history (hopefully) repeats. Of course, the last time, Ford caved, somewhat.
Fun fact: the city is still paying off the debt from the last time it kinda went bankrupt.
DIAF, you fucking commie.
Nazi sexist white supremacist bigot won’t help me.
At the risk of drugs falling out of my ass, have some anti-Semitism because (((they))) are smart.
I can’t wait for much more of this stuff in 2020!
“after the author and his editors “learned that one of the paper’s authors… promoted racist views,” an editor’s note now reads on the op-ed.”
So many jokes I could go with this.
Instead Stephens, “went on instead to argue that culture and history are crucial factors in Jewish achievements,” it said.
Why is that acceptable, but the genetic one isn’t? Getting a little chicken/egg conundrum going.
Genetics are seen as immutable and absolutely limiting, whereas culture is malleable and can be bucked.
Genetics are immutable? How?
How about this: If it’s OK to say that Jews are “superior” via their genetics, why not…(throws dart at board) Aryans?
That’s my take on leon’s response; not schooling you, straff.
Superior and higher IQ are two different beasts.
Quite true. Although, I will say that, in terms of genetics, IQ does have a place in the “superior” argument.
Sure. These discussions almost always devolve into a debate over definitions.
Snopes have fact-checked that (((they))) are not, in fact, “chosen”.
They chose to be successful. The whole debate is uninteresting to me. My political philosophy is utterly unaffected by the individual’s IQ.
I just count up the Nobel prize winners ( the real ones, not that devalued peace prize crap).
Genetic Jews as winners vs. other ethnic/culture groups.
How many great aborigine scientists have there been?
Here…or, in the Dreamtime? ‘Cause, I’m betting they clean up on the awards there.
Problem: Distracted driving due to cell phone usage/cell phone addiction, especially with adolescents
Solution: Make cell phones (smart phones) with rotary dials.
Discuss.
That would be as cruel as exposing millennials to cursive writing!!
Rotary dials, cursive—what’s next: a manual transmission??!!?
The gnashing of teeth will echo through the world!!!
YES!! Make the letters inside the finger holes (ahem) in cursive. Let’s see the little bastards figure out how to tweet with that!
Cursive was obsolete with the invention of the ballpoint pen. The demise of its shambling carcass is something to be celebrated.
GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN!!
Forsooth and for shame….
I am right, so I am not ashamed.
Ok, Truce.
You’re the best Public Servant (TM). Kind of a libertarian wolf in conservative sheep’s clothing.
More chicks for me.
This is the double Windsor argument redux, and that answer holds: what do girls think.
The most exhausting evening of my life was dealt by the daughter of a couple I sent an elegant thank-you card to. After meeting her folks, I wrote (in a manly yet flowing font) in appreciation of their hospitality. When daughter found out, I was pressed to the very limits of my virility.
What decade was that?
Public Service Announcement:
Hayek carries a torch for Sir Digby.
But it’s just a little LED flashlight, so it’s not serious.
Go on…..
Shit.
Dammit, reply button…. I guess I could use that flashlight torch.
Come get it.
I hid it on my person…
Oh my…
Now, where did I put my glasses…?
Yes, Rand–I get the message.
Geeze, Mr. Subtle…
LOL. Say “Goodnight”, Digby.
G’night, Digby!!
Digby and Hayek clasp hands and take a George and Gracie bow before the audience
Good morning, Glibbies! It’s back to work after almost a week off for me. The boss, however, is off THIS week, giving me a bit more “virtual vacation.”
What is a “Virtual Vacation”?
One where you’re at work, but the boss is gone.
I kid – he’s a good guy. I’ve worked with him for almost twenty years and consider him a friend. He’s just wound a little tight sometimes, so when he’s off, we get a bit of a breather.
I see.
He knows we call it that, and he looks forward to virtual vacations from us, too.
I’m lucky to have a boss I can kid around with. That goes a long way toward making a potentially boring job tolerable.
I was merely trying to acknowledge your response while failing to formulate the joke I had partially constructed in my head. I couldn’t make the joke work, so it ended up discarded. Then I got distracted trying to figure out how I got a scratch on the inside of my eyeglass lens.
Luckily it is out of the line of sight, so I’m not constantly distracted by it.
Fluttering your long eyelashes? ; )
I’ve got bigger problems if my eyelashes can gouge polycarbonate.
Hey, a superpower’s a superpower.
IDK if I would call it a superpower but, apparently, my sweat seems to function as an powerful tint remover. I have ruined quite a few pair of expensive glasses with my love of bicycling and long, luxurious lashes.
Fun time that requires ex-pensive eyewear.
Yes, formerly pensive eyewear.
smdh…
Hey, it cheered up for the fun time.
Excellent point!
Hmmm…I may like your definition better!
If you are prone to motion sickness, you may not. At least, that’s what I’ve been told.
/Cue “that’s what she said” joke
Hiya, GT!
Mmmm
Now I want a gin and tonic…
Hiya, hayek!
I don’t believe I’ve ever knowingly had a gin & tonic. On the rare occasions I have mixed drinks (I’m much more of a wino,) they’ve tended to be pretty foo-foo – amaretto & 7-Up or Sprite, kahlua & milk, the occasional 7&7.
Just reminded myself of a fun song on a CD we bought from the artist on our U.P. of Michigan last summer. Check out the track “Wino? Why Yes!” at his site.
A very minor irritant, but is anyone else having the page go back and forth between the more-difficult-to-read format and the better one? Refreshing seems to help, but at the next comment, it’s liable to go back (On Firefox.) #FirstWorldProblems
Yes, I think everyone’s having that issue. It’s probably a wordpress problem. Every few months it comes back, and we gripe, then either SP fixes it, or it goes away.
Other than the microphone, what is in the foreground of your avatar pic? At a glance in the smaller format, it keeps making me think of mini bongos, but when pulling up the image directly, it looks more electrical.
It is, in fact, mini bongos – part of my Rube Goldberg Memorial Percussion Rig and Torture Device I used to play before I largely retired from active gigging. The whole rig included congas and various small hand percussion mounted on multiple cymbal arms and mounting brackets.
I see. I kept thinking there was no way that could be what it was, and it had to be some sort of illusion from the size of the image and something getting cropped off.
GT was Ruth Underwood in a former life! Knew it!
I’m ashamed to say I had to look her up, but hey – I’m honored! I’m sure Frank only had the finest!
Brutal task-master by all accounts. At least he didn’t go so far as Captain Beefheart when he was writing and rehearsing Trout Mask Replica.
coffee in the dark on the balcony
It’s humid but no mosquitoes
the continent awakes
patty’s over: pulling on shoes and flying back to reality today
It’s a good thing that you didn’t ruin your loafers in those “patties”.
I am on the marsh, palms swaying
but the same fumbling fingers
Welp, not sure if tired or wired.
Thinking that reading might lull me to slerp…
Thought you were pissed at Mr. Hayek…
Yeah I was/am. But I got him sedated with THC and he chilled out.
I swear he’s an undiagnosed rapid cycling bipolar.
Off to take on the world. Have the day of your choosing, Glibbies!
You too, GT! Work last night kinda gutted me so I foresee a sleep until mid-afternoon and then a rush to deal with the snow before working again. The way the holidays fell this year have been messing with my schedule.