Damn straight I want to do homework on this opening shot. Thanks for that, I'm now looking forward to enjoying SOMETHING today in this crazy fucked up world.
The Cats of Chez Shock have never seen nor smelled a pig on the hoof, in the flesh, yet are very fond of hog flesh... Ham, bacon, pork. All win friends and influence cats...
I’ve been trying to take pictures that capture the massive quantity of snow that has come down off the roof in the last couple of days, and the pictures always seem to flatten it out and make it seem like just a nice little pile of snow. I don’t know what to say. I’m trying.
Also included is a picture of the snow up on the roof that’s still waiting to come down.
And this, boys and girls and everyone, is why we have two doors on houses. Also windows.
Please. Needs immediate attention by Congress. Pass a law that mandates no foreign equipment and no foreign materials used in federal construction anywhere in US.
So… Krugman can refuse to BOTH SIDES everything and he no longer belongs in the pages of The New York Times, but Maureen Dowd can just keep Dowding it up and David Brooks can give us his “Just ‘Cuz There’s A Picture Of Some Random Person Who Isn’t Me Chillin’ With Epstein Doesn’t Mean Anything About The Person Who Isn’t Me!!” when there is a picture like that and he gets chauffeured over to The Atlantic??
"Kevin Hassett on Thursday urged Iran's leaders to “act normally” and let “cooler heads” prevail — just two days after his boss took to social media to threaten civilization-level destruction. Appearing on Fox Business, Hassett, who chairs the White House National Economic Council, gave an update on the U.S.-Iran ceasefire ahead of face-to-face talks starting this weekend. He said “we've got so much on the table that we're willing to give to help the Iranian people if they just act normally.” “Hopefully there will be cooler heads and sounder minds on the Iranian side and we'll come to a final agreement this weekend,” added [Asshat]." [HuffPost]
TL/DR. Perhaps no one recalls the time a few years ago that mr. cc bought a large colorful ceramic Mexican birdbath as a "decoration" for our living room. I'm quite sure I posted about it at the time. It had ladies' faces like crescent moons on the upright base. I likened it to the leg lamp from A Christmas Story, and predicted that it would one day be knocked over and shatter into a thousand pieces.
Today is that day, and IT WASN'T ME!
I thought to post about the rest of this earlier this week, but refrained. Now I have to tell the tale. After Easter with the family, after I had spent at least a week cleaning the house well for them, and it was SO CLEAN, and I like that, mr. cc took it upon himself the NEXT DAY to resume an HVAC vent repair project that he had abandoned at least six months ago. This involved much noise and sawing of plaster and other business in the NEWLY CLEAN living room. I don't know why. Who knows what motivates a man to resume a project after six months?
Of course there was plaster dust everywhere. I made it clear that it was his job to clean this up. In order to undertake the project, and the subsequent cleanup, he had to move the Mexican birdbath. (The birdbath was hiding the offending vent, so it had some use after all.) He started his efforts on Monday, and today is Thursday, the day that he finally knocked the birdbath over while cleaning up the dust. It was first thing this morning, I had just gotten up. I do not need that much excitement before coffee.
But I suppose, if it were an omen, it would mean that this is likely to be a good day. From my perspective, anyway.
We abruptly restart home projects for the same reason we abruptly drop them. The planets come into different alignments. Also there are always competing projects ongoing in a slightly different spacetime continuum that we suddenly perceive and need to address. It's probably a quantum thing. The only sure thing is that many projects will never be finished.
I couldn't even read the whole thing I felt so heartbroken. These barbarians are laying waste to what is irreplaceable- like the religious fanatics who blew up the Buddhas of Bamiyan but on the scale of Texas. This shit doesn't get undone by a midterm election.
Dumbass Vance was talking about a "right" vs "something else" and used the lovely example of "my wife has the RIGHT to skydive, but she won't because we've agreed she won't go skydiving..."
The woman has a law degree from Yale and clerked for John Roberts, and she's now reduced to JD Vance's narrow, rigid definition of wife and mother, which is all she's permitted.
On paying our taxes for the things we cherish at the same moment we’re raining down death.
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I started having issues with paying taxes decades ago when I saw where our money was going. Since W I have a full hate on where our tax dollars go and sure as shit doesn't go to the people but to the wealthy to be able to oppress, suppress and destroy we the people.
I wish we'd all say enough and not pay our taxes so they would no longer be funded to hurt us. To go on a massive general strike because this country cannot run without us but I digress. We're going to have to take some hits to make a change in this dynamic if we ever want to make a difference. The bad outweighs the good so when is enough?
Today’s hed gif and homework info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/ridin-a-hog
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/8e1d8de2-e7b3-40dd-a9a1-a0fb49625cf8?utm_source=share
My ears wiggle when I chew, too.
Tab's and Coffee ☕ 💯👍
Damn straight I want to do homework on this opening shot. Thanks for that, I'm now looking forward to enjoying SOMETHING today in this crazy fucked up world.
Not even Orwell dared having cats and pigs conspire.
The Pot Bellied Pig
and The Pussycat
each one has
the other one’s back
Well there is that…
Cats like fuzzy furry things! He does look regal.
"I've got your back"
Pussy Rides Giant Hog!
"Time for battle, my trusty war-hog! Onward to the pet food emporium!"
Would you click that link? At work?
But but he fixes the plumbing!
But does he bring pizza?
Nah, I'd write down the URL and wait till I get home to be disappointed.
Scene from Sid and Marty Croft's House of Huffalump Horrors for Children?
Though he may be a small cat
His attitude is big
So he'll just lie right down there
And hog the fluffy pig.
Just for you, my fellow dancing girl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WRKnCRPHA
That’s a great one!
BETTER:
Zerb (Brazilian) & Sofia Nzau (Kenyan), "Mwaki"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6iMvNkAQt4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLag52n99M&t=124s
"Is it bacon yet? What's the problem? I'm hungry NOW!"
Kitty is sizing up her prey just before delivering the Bite Of Death.
But kitty is giving a back massage with her paws!
Bacon biscuits
Fluffy has traded in his Roomba for something a little more environmentally friendly.
Just watch yer step...
The Cats of Chez Shock have never seen nor smelled a pig on the hoof, in the flesh, yet are very fond of hog flesh... Ham, bacon, pork. All win friends and influence cats...
To be fair though Dowd totally pegs Ted Cruz. Fuck that guy.
I had a rather severe reaction to the mental image of Ted Cruz being pegged.
I’ve been trying to take pictures that capture the massive quantity of snow that has come down off the roof in the last couple of days, and the pictures always seem to flatten it out and make it seem like just a nice little pile of snow. I don’t know what to say. I’m trying.
Also included is a picture of the snow up on the roof that’s still waiting to come down.
And this, boys and girls and everyone, is why we have two doors on houses. Also windows.
https://substack.com/profile/1687878-1d57a1d5931d/note/c-240828213?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=106di
One of the reasons the Artemis mission has been so inspiring:
Artemis II Is Competency Porn and We Are Starving For It
https://lizplank.substack.com/p/artemis-ii-is-competency-porn-and?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv0&triedRedirect=true
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/america-first-president-using-foreign-150621199.html
Please. Needs immediate attention by Congress. Pass a law that mandates no foreign equipment and no foreign materials used in federal construction anywhere in US.
So… Krugman can refuse to BOTH SIDES everything and he no longer belongs in the pages of The New York Times, but Maureen Dowd can just keep Dowding it up and David Brooks can give us his “Just ‘Cuz There’s A Picture Of Some Random Person Who Isn’t Me Chillin’ With Epstein Doesn’t Mean Anything About The Person Who Isn’t Me!!” when there is a picture like that and he gets chauffeured over to The Atlantic??
A sad and depressing detailed account of yesterday's attack on Beruit:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/09/lebanon-beirut-israel-strikes-hundreds-killed
"Kevin Hassett on Thursday urged Iran's leaders to “act normally” and let “cooler heads” prevail — just two days after his boss took to social media to threaten civilization-level destruction. Appearing on Fox Business, Hassett, who chairs the White House National Economic Council, gave an update on the U.S.-Iran ceasefire ahead of face-to-face talks starting this weekend. He said “we've got so much on the table that we're willing to give to help the Iranian people if they just act normally.” “Hopefully there will be cooler heads and sounder minds on the Iranian side and we'll come to a final agreement this weekend,” added [Asshat]." [HuffPost]
I didn't have surrendering on my things you can fuck up bingo card.
"This sounds too good to be true."
NYT: IT MUST BE TRUE THEN
"Maureen Dowd" is an anagram of "Just absolute trash"
I DIDN'T DO IT! IT WASN'T ME!
TL/DR. Perhaps no one recalls the time a few years ago that mr. cc bought a large colorful ceramic Mexican birdbath as a "decoration" for our living room. I'm quite sure I posted about it at the time. It had ladies' faces like crescent moons on the upright base. I likened it to the leg lamp from A Christmas Story, and predicted that it would one day be knocked over and shatter into a thousand pieces.
Today is that day, and IT WASN'T ME!
I thought to post about the rest of this earlier this week, but refrained. Now I have to tell the tale. After Easter with the family, after I had spent at least a week cleaning the house well for them, and it was SO CLEAN, and I like that, mr. cc took it upon himself the NEXT DAY to resume an HVAC vent repair project that he had abandoned at least six months ago. This involved much noise and sawing of plaster and other business in the NEWLY CLEAN living room. I don't know why. Who knows what motivates a man to resume a project after six months?
Of course there was plaster dust everywhere. I made it clear that it was his job to clean this up. In order to undertake the project, and the subsequent cleanup, he had to move the Mexican birdbath. (The birdbath was hiding the offending vent, so it had some use after all.) He started his efforts on Monday, and today is Thursday, the day that he finally knocked the birdbath over while cleaning up the dust. It was first thing this morning, I had just gotten up. I do not need that much excitement before coffee.
But I suppose, if it were an omen, it would mean that this is likely to be a good day. From my perspective, anyway.
We abruptly restart home projects for the same reason we abruptly drop them. The planets come into different alignments. Also there are always competing projects ongoing in a slightly different spacetime continuum that we suddenly perceive and need to address. It's probably a quantum thing. The only sure thing is that many projects will never be finished.
Holy shit, that article about the US Forest Service...just heartbreaking. I'm struggling to keep it together as all these oligarchs take over.
Going to try and contact some lawmakers/outdoor companies to speak up, but, it's all so dispiriting.
I couldn't even read the whole thing I felt so heartbroken. These barbarians are laying waste to what is irreplaceable- like the religious fanatics who blew up the Buddhas of Bamiyan but on the scale of Texas. This shit doesn't get undone by a midterm election.
You're so right...this will be a long, hard-fought uphill climb to fight!!
Dumbass Vance was talking about a "right" vs "something else" and used the lovely example of "my wife has the RIGHT to skydive, but she won't because we've agreed she won't go skydiving..."
I found it really icky.
Sure, they both "agreed" she wouldn't go skydiving.
I know a skydiving club between Columbus and Cincinnati that'll take her up for a static-line jump from 3,000 feet for the first jump.
Ickiest to me is that it wasn't "we've agreed" so much as "I decreed."
It was not the way Humans compare things on display here- it was "ordering a donut " Vance again...the human suit is beginning to fail here.
The woman has a law degree from Yale and clerked for John Roberts, and she's now reduced to JD Vance's narrow, rigid definition of wife and mother, which is all she's permitted.
Sucks to be Usha....
I wanna see her jump out of a plane (tandem is fine) the minute she can get free of him. Grinning happily.
On paying our taxes for the things we cherish at the same moment we’re raining down death.
--------------
I started having issues with paying taxes decades ago when I saw where our money was going. Since W I have a full hate on where our tax dollars go and sure as shit doesn't go to the people but to the wealthy to be able to oppress, suppress and destroy we the people.
I wish we'd all say enough and not pay our taxes so they would no longer be funded to hurt us. To go on a massive general strike because this country cannot run without us but I digress. We're going to have to take some hits to make a change in this dynamic if we ever want to make a difference. The bad outweighs the good so when is enough?
National War Tax Resistance https://nwtrcc.org/
Got me wanting to move to Boise 😍
We could use your vote.