A bit late today…I got caught up in a dispute down on the Ricola wrapping line. Man, those things hurt when they get fired out of a crossbow. Anyways, order has been restored, and I am free to give you a sneak peek at the week to come.
Monday – Beer it Forward returns. Tulip pickles things. Hmmm… a very consumable oriented day it seems. (Animal will likely return the next Monday, continuing the Bolt Guns series).
Tuesday – Suthen talks trees. MLW talks Woke Charmed.
Wednesday – SugarFree continues to molest our minds. Not Adhan has a thought on STEVE SMITH.
Thursday – ron73440 gives us dark humor. Sensei continues his Japanese lessons via Anime titles.
Friday – wdalasio ponders culture. Cryptid of the Week visits.
Weekend – The usual suspects will be rounded up – OMWC, mexican sharpshooter, Not Adahn, and others.
Daily links will continue from me, Banjos and OMWC.
We have had a good response to our plea for materials, as you can see. However, there is always room for your contributions! As in, next week and after that… Thank you for your continued support of our humble site.
The comments are all yours.
Comments
304 responses to “Things to Come – Week of May 6th”
“Tulip pickles things”
I am intrigued…
Having tried making pickles of various sorts several times, I can confidently assert something that I first heard on the Andy Griffith Show 40 some-odd years ago: “Just buy the store-bought kind.”
LOL I saw that episode in a hotel room in downtown Cleveland last year. God bless MeTV.
I do love making pickled serranos, though.
Put a bunch of sliced serranos in a Mason jar or glass crock. Meanwhile, simmer a mixture of half white vinegar and half water on the stove, then add a few tablespoons of salt (I never got very precise with it) and stir until completely dissolved. Pour this mixture over the peppers so they are covered, then chill in the fridge.
They’ll be ready to eat the next day, and they’re good indefinitely (I always consumed them within a month or so). They’re excellent on sandwiches with capicola, provolone, and roasted red bell peppers.
I had a simple lime pickle recipe that I really liked. However, although it didn’t require much prep time, it did have to sit around a long time. As such, I never got into the habit of doing it often enough so that I’d have some homemade lime pickle when I wanted it and … eventually I stopped “cooking” entirely (for other reasons).
Worse still, at one point I found that my wife’s red chile was interfering with my sleep, so I foolishly leapt to the conclusion that all spicy food would interfere with my sleep, so I cut way back. Turns out, that was a huge mistake and I’m back to eating a fair amount of green chile and other spices with no downside.
Yeah, I’ve tried a couple times and end up with mushy product.
Alum or aluminum or something…I’ve been awake to long.
The pics look nice.
The pics look nice.
You can say that again.
I am PROUD of my ability to get past the double-posting safeguards of wordpress.
Truly, the best pickled thing, when done right, is corn. You can pickle anything on the planet you want to, but you are not going to top that.
Hmm. That, I’ve never tried. Please post your recipe tomorrow.
Ditto. I’ve pickled and fermented a number of vegetables but that’s a new one for me.
The only way I like beets is pickled and they are great the way Mrs Fourscore makes them. The store bought ones or at a salad bar ain’t so good
Things to come this week, Libertarian observer edition:
There will be something of both epic stupidity and mind-numbing mendacity involving Trump in some way.
Mark it down. Nostradamus, eat your heart out. Specific, timely, not delivered in cryptic quatrain and most of all, accurate.
Just a minute there bub. Let’s see your Prognosticator’s Union card.
Imma predict he ain’t got one.
Can we call you Nostradumbass?
Call me what you like, but when something stupid pops up and Trump’s name is involved, you’ll be singing my praises to the Augur’s guild.
That’s Cosa Nostradumbass to you, sir.
I take the good time and effort to post on the previous thread, seeing that the top the hour had past and nothing new. Here we are. Fine.
Hit that motherfkin’ GRILL MUSIC!
Is your handspan supposed to be bigger than your head?
She’s obviously using her superpowers to levitate the glass as she reaches it out to you. Do you even perspective, bruh?
Prevents preeclampsia.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10706945
We laugh but…. I suspect that most here have heard the saying with respect to a bitchy woman….she just needs a good fucking.
My ex would go into her bitchy mode if we hadn’t had sex in two or three days.
Around that time I read an article that proposed that women were addicted to semen. It was injected into them and wound up in their bloodstream and induced some sort of chemical reaction in the brain.
I have no idea if this is all true but I do no for an empirical fact that that particular woman needed an injection at least three times a week to keep her from climbing the walls.
Science!
Pics ?
Who could possibly produce that much every day? You’d have to have dudes hooked up to some kind of milking machine like some bizarro Handmaid’s Tale.
Go on…
I have no idea why Libertarian politicians aren’t taken seriously.
That looks like Tang.
Tang, Poon-flavored, please.
Go on….
To come this week. Obama will continue to be disappointed in the American people. The HoR will continue to act in a manner that will crash their credibility everywhere outside the NYC/DC/LA/SF bubbles. And most importantly, “The Hat and Hair” will continue to cause readers to not be able to look away.
It’s 94 degrees and 8% humidity out. Drinking is underway- after all, it’s for my health. Gotta stay hydrated.
“Anime titles”
I read that as “titties” and now I’m disappointed.
#metoo
Animal titties? That’s just sick, man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9jdIawyCJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSVkprXlc6k
Sure, why not?
Leave me out of this.
No kidding. Sagging man boobies are just not attractive.
I guess I should have read the comments before commenting.
Whoa! Let’s not make any rash decisions.
Pretty sure that sort of thing will get you banned.
One thing to come is a drink with rye – finally found some. “Bulleit 95”. Better be good, for what I paid for it.
The other thing is keep trying Canadians until you find one that tastes rye enough.
Alberta Premium, and you’re done.
You’re welcome.
Very good choice.
It was the only choice, at least in my cursory examination of the shelves. I was cold-sopping wet and didn’t feel like lingering any longer.
It’s good enough to drink straight, and not so expensive (at least most places) that you’d feel bad* using it in a cocktail.
*Yes, I know, many people use top shelf liquor in cocktails. I can see it occasionally, but if I’m paying $60 for a bottle of High West, I’m going to sip and savor that whiskey neat. I’ll make my Manhattans from the Bulleit, or Rittenhouse, or Sazerac.
This Bulleit is about my limit for spending on booze. I prefer cocktails anyway.
I like Bulleit and Rittenhouse. Sazerac not so much.
Yeah, Sazerac just doesn’t seem to do it for me. I’ve even tried the 18yo and wasn’t impressed.
I just figured it was my crappy palate.
I’m glad to see you guys say so. I was kinda “meh” on it and like Gustave, thought it was me.
I think Rittenhouse is a better rye than Sazerac, and it’s a few dollars cheaper.
Rittenhouse is a surprisingly good whiskey for the price.
It comes out of the same rick house as Pikesville Rye.
If you’ve been to Pikesville, you know why you don’t want to drink that shit.
We have a friend who works for aa distributor which includes Sazerac Rye among their brands. She was recently coming to our house for a dinner party and asked if she could bring anything, and not knowing her connection, I suggested Rye, and she brought a fifth of the Sazerac. It’s on my shelf to this day with one drink gone from it. Meanwhile, the Bulliet 95 next to it is going fast.
No better Manhattan than one made with Bulliet 95.
I’m on #2. Hot damn this is tasty.
Sippin’ a test-shot. Tasty.
#metoo
Prost!
G’suffa!
And now, a proper Manhattan. Holy shit, this beats my previous attempts with the wrong ingredients.
It’s a decent whiskey. I was pleasantly surprised at their Barrel Proof bourbon.
Dear Neph: I’m still afraid of BIF, the mailing regs and all. Is Memphis beer even worth forwarding?
Too bad you don’t still live in Texas where there are no such regulations for you to be afraid of.
Federal or not.
I could deliver those myself next week, I suppose.
I would be happy to receive them in person.
Donde ?
Aqui de San Antonio.
Quire mas?
Like I was saying, we should meet up. I’ll be there next week.
Mijo is 1L at Saint Mary’s.
“The first rule of Facebook is don’t talk about anyone Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t like, or you’ll be banned by Facebook.
That isn’t a joke. It’s literally their new policy.”
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1124727973981163520
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDxRlsBi4Ac
I was hoping that Zuckerberg would become a secret Libertarian after getting questioned by Congress but I see my hopes have been dashed.
No big loss: the guy just ain’t that keen. Nice idea he borrowed that one time, and money is cool, but he’s been fulltime fubar since the IPO. Indeed, his authoritarian streak and stumbling, inconsistent, dodgy explanations and recouchings remind me of nothing so much as Herself’s 2016 campaign.
Is that a mask?
LOL
I’m sure that totally happened. ?
HTF does Prison Planet still have a twatter account?
It’s kinda sad/scary, yet, uplifting, that the leftists who wrote for the Simpsons golden age got it correct as often as they did.
/just sub in ‘social media’
The one where Marge fishes Homer’s pistol out of the garbage and drops it in her purse would never pass muster today.
Sensei continues his Japanese lessons via Anime titles.
I read that as “anime tiddies”.
I did too, until CP put up the correct reading.
As disappointed as the others.
Me too *sad trombone*
We are a well-trained lot.
Yeah, I’m sticking with ‘well-trained’.
Ugh… just had a Bourbon drink, a Worldwide Stout, ate my weight in skirt steak, chicken wings, and onion straw and my manager calls me in to work because 2 others have called out and I live a mere mile and a half from the store.
This is why you should never answer the phone.
*Nods in agreement*
[Channeling Ed McMahon]
“You are correct, sir!”
Yak up a bunch of onion-chyme onto the counter, and then leave because you’re obviously sick yourself.
Have fun. Happy Sunday.
To be honest, it’s just 8 hours of unloading a truck and stocking shelves. A hoggle of strong coffee and some headphones make the night fly by.
Yeah, that is completely on you.
“Thank you for your continued support of our humble site.”
No, thank you and all those that make this presentation available to us. It brings us hope and cheer early in the morning, that all is more or less right in the world. Our dreary lives would be empty without one another and all the Glib world. Information, humor, music, BS, something for each of us. My plate is overfull, with intellectual calories. Thanks to all!
Fuck off, Tulpa.
Seconded
I can’t even…
As an independent contractor this site probably cost me 10k a year due to the time I spend here rather than working.
I should get a rebate
I have no doubt they would be happy to rebate your annual membership fee.
They have already done that.
I’m considering suing for opportunity cost.
Are you a lawyer or know one who is so broke they would take this case on a contingency basis ?
No, but I would be happy to pay your opportunity cost. Do you accept two party, post dated, out of state checks?
A
Ogoddamitt. I fucked up my first post. I swear I am not a luddite.
*Nelson laugh*
Sure thing, Tulpa.
Animal will return next week with part two of the bolt guns series, at least if that submission makes it past the editors in time. Working on part 3 even as we sp… er, write.
Not to worry, Gun Jesus stepped up this week and put out a video on French needle guns. Thanks to you, I sorta knew something about them before watching.
https://youtu.be/YC_Ypmch1y8
This kinda shit is what I’m talking about.
His articles are so engaging that Ispend time reading them when I should be calling customers.
Damn you Animal
My gf was unaware this existed.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gsvFC4pgifU
We watched it tonight. Excellent example of late 70s tv.
I can vaguely remember watching -and liking- this show as a kid.
I hadn’t thought about it in decades, but instantly remembered the theme song and intro.
The best 70s theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1Cx26-928
That’s… not the way I remember it.
Sherman has a sad.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oQPokCpMWxg
I’ll see that classic and raise you another one.
Can I play?
Good stuff.
No lyrics, but still a classic.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUxDbWcVTc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmm3KTa601s
how about
I meant Swat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2drv0joKUcA
So does Desmond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE
More original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1zYNrsx9Pw
That’s more like it.
Excellent.
I was watching the shit out of that show until we unhooked the DirectTV
Now we’re talking.
I watched the entire series when it was on Netflix some years ago, really enjoyed it. I didn’t know that Tom Selleck was featured on the show in a couple of episodes. Great role, basically the anti-Rockford.
Didn’t he live in a trailer and drive a Firebird? Loved it.
Yep. And he must have averaged about 1.2 concussions per episode.
And she was his lawyer/girl friend for a couple seasons.
(despite the URL, it is SFW)
Parker and Shaun owned the teenbeat covers back in the day.
Yep. I think that may be why I hated it.
It must have been opposite something else that my family always watched, because I’ve never seen it.
I’m probably going to watch the silent movie version of Dante’s Inferno tonight. Yes, I’m a 1900s-1930s history dork.
Although whoever put that god-awful new age bullshit soundtrack on it deserves some creative punishment in Hell. I plan on muting it and putting on some Bach organ music instead… Seems a bit more fitting.
How about a Raging Clue (South Park – Hardy Boys)?
Ran the opposite direction from that one at full speed.
Lol. Guess we’ll have to come up with a new standard other than swimsuit model.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-halima-aden-hijab-burkini
Um, isn’t she actually abiding by ancient barriers that have been torn down in most parts of the world?
Having said that: would.
She’s devout enough to wear a head scarf and burkini, but she’s appearing in a magazine issue that is all about exploiting the way women look for men’s sexual gratification. Makes sense.
It wouldn’t be hot otherwise.
I would have been more impressed if it was body paint.
Next year they’ll have a tranny and that Tess lardass.
Actually kind of an interesting article.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deep-sleep-how-an-amateur-porn-film-set-off-a-massive-federal-witch-hunt
The prosecutor is… exactly the kind of guy you expect him to be.
I don’t know how to post a link from this pad so I will just say this.
If you go to humanevents.com and search for the article “ Checkmate” you will be amazed just how close we came to a coup upon the American presidency.
It seems to be a factual read and sent shivers down my spine.
You can’t copy/paste?
On my Android tablet, you press on the text you want to copy long enough for it to bring up the copy/paste options. You can do it in the browser address bar, too.
San Antonio hawt!
<a href="
</script
You think Preet Bharara will go after the replies suggesting she throw stuff at Trump?
He really does live in their heads
*Insert GIF of Miggs cum flinging at Clarice*
Throwing like a man.
Would
I saw a tall, stupid, dirty, fat Japanese guy today. Can I post a video of him, “Not the exception. The rule!”?
Wow.
Killing Eve is just an awful project, but the components are excellent. NewWife loves it, so I sit through it mostly for the euro experience, but the plot and characters are mostly ridiculous. I feel pretty much the same ’bout Game of Thrones: watch the pretty pictures with her ’cause it makes her happy.
Boston Lager
Killing Eve is one of those shows that should be good, but it just isn’t.
+1
Thanks: that’s what I was trying to say.
Apparently I’m the only person who enjoys GOT. I agree the show has kind of fallen off the tracks in a hurry to finish, but overall I have enjoyed the series and the books.
I’ve enjoyed it so far as well. Not as much as I enjoy other shows though. For example I’ve never liked cop shows and love Bosch.
Prime has been trying to get me to watch that. What’s the story? Is he a cop? Private investigator?
Cop. And it’s definitely a pro-cop show. But, for the most part it’s decent. Spends time on the politics of policing and how it affects decisions on the ground. Seasons 1, 2, and 4 were solid for me. I thought 3 was a bust. S5 was OK but a lot of it revolved around the righteousness of the WoD so that was kind of problematic.
I can’t watch cop shows any more.
If you have Prime, watch Comrade Detective. It is really, really good.
Bosch is really good. The novels and the series. The books have also been made into a few movies.
It isn’t high art, just good detective story pulp fiction.
It is almost a trope – hard-boiled detective is divorced and has run-ins with the boss, reporters, guys at work who are less competent. Big Bad Guy (serial killer, mob boss, etc.) ends up coming after detective, his daughter, his ex, his girlfriend, etc. Detective gets bad guy and saves the day… but generally making himself worse off in the process.
The series is probably the best of the bunch because the actor is so good at playing the character. But I’d start with the books, because they are always better because of the added detail and insight into character motivation. But it works in any order, books, movies, series….
I dislike cop shows. I make an exception for Bosch. It is just so well done that it’s quite enjoyable to watch.
I prefer Makita
Read some good stuff about Backstrom on pjmedia a few years ago, but I’ve never seen it on any streaming site and I don’t care enough to try ordering a hard copy.
However…for something really weird – if you’re import-capable (may have shown up on Netflix by now) – look up the Norwegian show “Hellfjord”.
I like watching the fan edits which follow one character or event. I have never actually watched a full episode on HBO
Do they ever get to the point or is it still 4,000 pages of tits and dragons?
I enjoyed season 1 of Killing Eve. 2 eps into season 2 and I’m not impressed. It seems to be going the way of Orphan Black, a show with strong and complicated women that refuses to let a woman be the villain (or even responsible for her mistakes).
Love the old Kung Fu movies.
https://youtu.be/hRY9dAqDLOQ
Three The Hard Way is an awesome movie!
That is some of the most horrific martial arts I’ve seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxXjsQbCZR8
I always wanted to see that.
https://youtu.be/zZ5WtEpyxLE?t=167
obligatory
I had the 45.
“I spent last summer going through the black sections of my town trying to get black men to understand it’s not unmanly to wear a condom”
https://twitter.com/tonetalks/status/1125118907277123584
The best kind of patronizing.
The looks on Obama’s and Sharpton’s faces say it all.
Was that Hilary next to him. Cause the look on that face said a lot, too.
It says “We are fucked” and they are right.
I’m wondering about the exact circumstances of these conversations.
Well, obviously, Joe likes the dark meat on the chicken.
So I’m deep in the team blue twitter rabbit hole. It’s fascinating watching the bernie v. biden supporters fight. Responses to this tweet from Shaun King are truly bizarre;
https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/1124300911533350912
Example: this anti-bernie image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5qfAmJUEAEw4VO.jpg
Can they just please run Tulsi (pictured below)?
https://d2mdn1s78c9h86.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TG_ALIVEFNL-8.jpg
Her giant dorsal fin is a little alarming, though.
I agree, I like a hot sharklady as much as a next guy, but this silicone trend needs to stop.
People think I can’t identify an attractive woman. They’re wrong.
Why would they think that?
I dunno but straight guys pretending they can’t identify an attractive man has been a comedy staple for a long time.
True, although I’m sure George Clooney is better looking than Seth Rogen.
Gay.
“I didn’t leave the Democratic Socialists, the Democratic Socialists left me!”
Don’t see how team blue puts Humpty Dumpster back together again for the general.
“Said that Trump voters aren’t racist or sexist”
Bernie’s disqualified
“said he looked forward to working with [Trump]”
MY GOD. THE HORROR.
That’s a pretty hot pic of Tulsi
In a sane and just world, that pic would be proof of her presidential timber.
It would certainly harden the broad support behind her.
And erect a groundswell of support.
Makes me hungry for seafood.
Seafood. http://www.aeromental.net/2009/12/10/hot-girl-kissing-a-lobster/
Wow, flashback.
Also, fried chicken.
Didn’t anyone ever identify her?
And by “timber” you mean wood?
Certainly better than the John Kerry windsurfing or Dukakis in the tank.
No Romney roof dog though…
bruh.
Tulsi:
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5N6VI7kPhg8/VhvovD2MOzI/AAAAAAAAAz8/LK_yEDGs6ao/s1600/tulsi_gabbard_high10.jpg
Me:
https://images.app.goo.gl/tyj8y9e3MJyaRg5m9
Fun fact: While searching google images for those pics, this was also in the search. Unsure how, but I’m ok with it.
Poppy – How to Load a Gun
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UnfortunateAfraidDiplodocus-size_restricted.gif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pusZXECS0mM
LOL
Bernie can’t beat Trump.
I think he can. He’s basically the commie trump and draws from all the same areas.
There’s a magic where someone can get others to project their notions and desires onto the first’s actual behavior and be embraced with little critique and nearly no cognitive dissonance. Trump has this in spades; Bernie only has a taste.
There a magic that Trump briefly had called not being Hillary and it’s now all spent.
The only people I see suckered in by Bernie is Millennials.
There’s not been one poll taken in the last 2 years that hasn’t shown Bernie as more popular than Trump.
I understand that polls don’t mean everything, but I only wish it were just Millennials suckered in by commie Trump.
If America elects Sanders, we deserve what we get – good and hard. We’re gonna go down that road eventually – might as well get it over with.
@TheDreamGhoul
if there is an animal anywhere, there is a house cat who has slapped the shit out of it. the sea is no exception
https://twitter.com/TheDreamGhoul/status/1121926645215047680
STEVE SMITH and SEA SMITH resolve a dispute using champions, 2019, colorized.
SPACE SMITH FINISH SMITH FEUD, SEA NO LONGER WITH US, STEVE NEXT. AND BY NEXT MEAN…
Truth.
LOL vicious fuckers
That seal just wanted to be friends. I like how he just rolls away like, “Biyeeeeee”.
We had an old ally cat who was out on our sidewalk when this doberman puppy about 5 times his size comes up to sniff him. Puppy got the same treatment, right on the nose, and took off. It was pretty funny.
My pet cat when I was a kid was a total bad ass. We moved into a new house and the next door neighbors had a big, mean German shepherd. My cat shredded the shepherd’s nose when they first met. That canine never wandered into our yard again.
Mr. Trump, if the great economy gives you a huge lead in the presidential race next year, TV ratings will be down. You really need to do something to turn it into a horse race.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/05/traders-brace-for-sharp-sell-off-on-trumps-tariff-threat.html
Tariffs are terrible but if they have been effective as a bargaining chip use them. I think Trump is bluffing but maybe he can bluff a lot more til a decent trade agreement comes along.
Public school teachers are
saints and heroesracists who want to shoot black children.What a sad person.
Why is it assumed that this has absolutely nothing to do with actual behavior but is instead a manifestation of wicked racism?
Disparite impact!
Damn teachers! Ruined teaching.
Well… school districts have to opt in to this program, and I bet few of them will.
I’ve been up 20hrs and a lot beers in. At some point I might sleep or pass out, but until then, wassssssup?
Nut punches, that’s what’s up.
Get a rope.
Meh, I tend to look on the upside (otherwise I’d be horribly depressed), that bassinet was probably recalled at some point, and they didn’t listen to
government stoogesbrave betters that it could lead to death or injury. It’s capitalism’s fault in the end.An hour ago I saw a news cycle run past not wearing any pants. It’s been forgotten now.
Why would a cycle be running?
Oh….MOTORcycle. Gotcha.
At least Endgame gave us something.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Neoavatara/status/1125115605328257026/photo/1
Well, at least it’s not both pictures of fat Thor like the dems would get, when they’re out they talk deficit, not debt, but either way it’s only because we don’t tax enough, according to them.
FFS 3 of the top 7 stories at the NY Post are fucking GoT nonsense. WRAP IT UP.
That’s how you make your money, isn’t it? Sex ed.
The non-political stories that piss me off the most are ‘fan theories’ and ‘The Ending Explained’. It’s not a fucking Ingmar Bergman film, are you too stupid to understand popcorn movies?
More annoying: People who brag about never seeing GoT or people who mock people who brag about never seeing GoT?
Just remind everyone that they’re assholes, and call it a day.
People who brag about not owning a TV.
Only American channelsI get are CNN and that one that only shows NCIS all the time. Might as well not have a ?.
So you’re one of them!
I’d watch it gladly if I had better choices.
HBO Asia isnt available in Japan? HBO here is showing Miss Sherlock from that network.
I dunno. But with the wife and kid hogging the remote it wouldn’t matter.
This sounds familiar.
I stopped watching it before it became cool to claim you stopped watching it.
TBH… I enjoyed the hell out of S01. Completely lost interest during S02. At least I had already made it through 3.5 of the books before giving up.
I watched the first season because I like Sean Bean, the end of that almost made me quit. I had never even heard of the books before. But I liked Tyrion, so I kept watching. (I’ve been a fan of Dinklage since I saw The Station Agent)
My wife, as well. I liked it, too, but she got there first
I don’t know that but I was a big fan from Living in Oblivion.
Never saw that, I’ll look for it if I remember coming off this no sleep bender. I liked that mostly Te Station Agent could have been done with any other actor, the main story arc (as I recall it, it’s been about 15 years since I saw it) didn’t hinge on him being a dwarf, it was ancillary I could imagine the film could have been made without that being an aspect without affecting much of the plot.
The same pretty much can be said about Pete Smalls is Dead.
I’ve heard about The Station Agent a lot but never seen it.
Wish-listed. It sounds right up my alley.
I *higgly* recommend Living in Oblivion. It’s in my top 3 or 4 comedies of all time.
Ugh, one
Manhattan‘g’ too many.I might go on a bit of rant here: I really love when movies don’t worry about characteristics the way they do now. Growing up two of my best friends were a *dot* indian and a *feather* indian. When we were young, the only thing that mattered was that we liked the same stuff. I never thought of them as anything other than my friends, but at some point they got ingrained with identity shit. And then our past history didn’t matter. As a budding film maker I wanted to make films where none of that shit mattered, cast the best available actor, but that got harder as the years went on. Surprisingly, the most recent film I saw that took this path was Goosebumps 2. One of the characters is black and it isn’t even mentioned, the part could have been cast with anyone. Ok, I’ve been up for 21 and 1/2 hrs and had a metric ton of beer…
I knew CPRM seemed familiar!
CPRM: You really need to watch Living in Oblivion. It’s about making a film. And how it all can go hilariously wrong.
I read all the books that are out but I doubt I will the last 2 should they ever be published. Although I may be tempted to see if it goes better because teh last few of seasons of the show were bad plot wise (casting acting and filming it is still fairly good)
Better, GoT or Breaking Bad?
Breaking Bad. Made it to the end of S04 and not even sure why I didn’t watch S05.
Hopefully we’ll get it here someday.
The nudity is better in GOT.
I can’t really thing of anything more important going on tbh
To be sure.
last week of 3 days without work and 2 with not that much were not good on my diet. The fact that I stayed at my mom’s place as my apartment is not livable right now did not help. . But back to normal.
Good morning glibs.
The gypsies put your house back together finally? Did you make sure all your belongings are still there?
I wish,. It is still 2 week away if I’m lucky. And already over budget
File a claim with the Better Business Bureau…or is your country too ‘free’ to have that market type of correction.
If the fuckers didn’t take a full week off… Now I hope they work faster because I no longer need stuff done by 3d parities, so they can’t claim other things are holding them back
Good morning.
Just heard a PSA on AFN (Armed Forces Network) promoting certain fields with high entry pay. Solar panel installers, wind turbine maintenance and bicycle repair. Woke Forces Network.
My government dollars at work.
We all have our part to do–are you doing yours, Rhywun?
Speaking of: Some people seem to believe Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was some kind of religious manifesto.
Seriously, is there anything politics can’t cure or solve???
Kevin Bacon? I really should sleep/
Like a boil on the Semprini.
Bicycle Repair Man?
“Look as he uses a spanner with his bare hands!”
First! Had my second allergy attack in the last few weeks, yesterday. Never had one be before, well maybe I have a vague recollection from very early childhood. Felt it coming, swung into a Walgreens and bought a bottle of liquid benadryl. I was standing in line when I started to lose my breath, and said fuck it, I’m taking some now. Both the person checking out ahead of me and the cashier said things to the effect that they were wondering why I was waiting. My brain wasn’t working great, and the cashier had to open the bottle for me, and the customer in front of me poured a dose into the plastic cup for me. Helped almost immediately. Then the manager came back, he’d gone to fetch the pharmacist, who he had, indeed, fetched. Custom told pharmacist how much she’d given me, pharmacist said give him that much again. Rest of the day I was out of it, probably from the benadryl.
Guess on Monday, I need to make doctors appointment.
Yeah, don’t skip that doctor appointment.
Which Doctor? MUHAHA
Good lord! When I think of allergy attack, I think itchy eyes and skin. Maybe some sneezing. What was setting it off?
I suspect the attack a few weeks ago was from a preservative on a frozen pizza? The one yesterday must have been triggered by the Aleve I took for my hurting knee, I hadn’t had anything else but a small glass of pop. But two attacks within a month, at age 49, without any attacks for at least 40 years (aforementioned possible memory from very young age), is weird.
And, the bottle of aleve was half full, because over the years I’ve taken it, and never had any reaction.
A preservative, huh? Is that something you’ve been ‘sensitive’ to? I’m just curious–I don’t actually have any advice or special perspective.
I’m just used to dander and pollen…maybe a little dust, too. Of course, I say ‘used to’, when it should be ‘overly familiar with’.
Naw that’s the thing; other than some hay fever and mild allergy to cats, this kind of thing has never happened to me before.
Someone here mentioned using Benadryl as a sleep agent some time back. I went out and got some…damn, I wished it worked for me, but, it was all a big nothing.
It’s the same ingredient used for Tylenol/Advil PM or Zequil.
Both of those have worked for me many times. Benadryl-never.
Yikes. Glad I’ve so far managed to escape any of that hell.
First one started with itchy balls, then itchy scalp, then hives the size of quarters, goose bumps, light headedness, flushed and swollen face and extremities. This second one had all of that except the itchy balls and hives, but substituted throat closing up. Really bizarre.
Sounds like after a night at Hilary’s…
Denver, what have you been getting up to???
I have an early, vivid memory of my mom dragging me to a doctor’s appointment where they pressed a plate of needles into her back – and she was allergic to everything. I dunno what they did but in later years I don’t remember her being allergic to anything.
Jennifer Aniston goes topless to firm up her sagging career.