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Phil's avatar

Thank you for Mimi. She's my heroin for this whacked out monkey house!

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Mr Mild - BlueVotingBastard💙's avatar

When I saw Vision Board I thought it had someting to do with going to the Eye Doctor. My experience with that type of vision board is that with my left eye the whole thing below the first giant letter is blurry. Slightly better with the right eye.

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"M"'s avatar

" I will drop this hour and a half long video about how to get into “Christian clowning,”"

Isn't the shortcut here just to take a quick look at Pete Hegeseth

Moar Vision Boards, plz

I think we're going to need them ♥♥♥

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Khavrinen's avatar

"Very fun and whimsical, so long as you forget/don’t know what Cabaret was actually about!"

But if you *do* want to know what Cabaret was actually about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPpwXUZNbNs

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"M"'s avatar

I was using "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" clips from the film before the 2016 election.

Where has everybody been???

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Dina's avatar

I'm late to the whole shebang today (cookin' and crochetin' and other crap) and I sit down at my computer and OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD! IT'S MY MIMI!!

Thanks, Robyn! (Mimi is just as cranky today.)

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GladysKravitz'sCurtains's avatar

Cranky or not, Mimi is a beauty. Please give her scritches (when it's safe, of course).

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Dina's avatar

I think she's cranky because she—like us—has a cold. We've never heard her sneeze before and for the past few days she'll have a seven- or eight-sneeze fit (again, like us). Yeah, we'll ALL a little cranky 'round these parts lately—unfortunately, my husband and I aren't as cute when we're cranky as Mimi is, lol!

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Phil's avatar

Please give Mimi a cuddle or scritches, whichever she enjoys most. The wisdom in her eyes speaks volumes..

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Dina's avatar

She'll take the scritches, she isn't much for cuddling. If I pick her up, she looks around all wide-eyed like, "How can you stand being this high up all the time!?"

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Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

I have shoveled again today following the snowplow pass. Everything looks to be on the way to drying in the sun. I was able to clear it before someone pulled in "just to turn around".

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Someone pulled into your drive "just to turn around", and you didn't blow them away? What are you? Some sort of Democrat?

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Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

Well, there is the whole using sunlight instead of salt concept. Goes along with being one of Doc's Snotty Liberals.

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Ellie Alive In 25's avatar

TY for Mimi.

I love Joel singing on the Muppetsl it's one of my favorites.

I know people who think Clown Ministry is wonderful. I think clowns are creepy, to begin with - although a good friend had a daughter who was a clown, so I never said that to her - and clown ministry just very silly.

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Always Be Ithacating's avatar

No force exists powerful enough to get me to watch a 90-minute video about how to get into “Christian clowning.” Robyn singing the King George songs, that I could do.

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Msgr MΩment, Neurodegenerate's avatar

Put me on record as in favor of clown crucifixion

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The Wanderer's avatar

Had to dig a little for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGyfwhK09Ck

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Michael R's avatar

LOOK IT'S PLEPPY AND HE'S DOING SOMETHING

( first gif from cheapo $40.00 camera , click for larger image )

https://substack.com/@michaelr831908?utm_source=user-menu

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Always Be Ithacating's avatar

Action Pleppy!

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oblivias's avatar

If Robyn won't sing the King George songs, I bring you the original King George, no not Jonathan Groff you idiots, but King Shrek himself, Brian D'Arcy James. https://youtu.be/n8K0-v9SmxA?si=6DPfou5Qy70Cx4uv

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Merrie Mac, Libelsländerin's avatar

You remember that browser extension that subbed kittens for pictures of objectionable people?

There’s a new one called Space Karen that changes any mention of the new unelected president into the word or phrase of your choice. The one I’m looking at appears to be Chrome only for now.

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Eileen's avatar

I use Safari, and I can hardly wait!

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Sister Artemis's avatar

We really do need Make Kittens Great Again Again

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Mysterysurf's avatar

Bangle Vicki Peterson, born this day in 1958. Here's the band with Leonard Nimoy and their video for "Going Down To Liverpool."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj7OJeyhq2Q

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Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

How have I lived 69 years and never heard of these "vision boards"? I did not watch a video but I looked up the term and it seems people glue bits and pieces of stuff cut from magazines and books into a composition which provides a motivational "vision" tailored to their personal needs and desires. People make vision boards featuring new cars, better homes, love interests, money...all the stuff. Sounds like "magic" to me!

So what would I put on my vision board? Hard to say. What if I glued a dominatrix holding an upraised whip and crushing her boot heel into the back of a prostrate, obese, spray tanned golfer on a putting green? I think I might add his golf bag to one side with all the clubs broken and bent and scattered all around the green. I certainly would envision the rest of that golfers foursome running away in sheer terror as Dear Leader gets his just desserts. A nice touch would be two golf carts off to the side turned on their sides and on fire. Finally I would have a comic book word balloon added where the dominatrix is shouting "Have a fucking nice day ASSHOLE!".

Whew! Just writing that proposed vision board idea down just gets me all goose bumpy with motivation!

Vision Boards! They are not just for aspirational yuppie millionaires wanting new cars anymore! ANYONE can use them.

But be careful my brethren and sisthren! When the right wing, vision-starved losers check out our awesome vision board products they might get upset and want our vision boards taken off the social media. Because free speech is not a thing anymore.

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Queroloustwo's avatar

So it's an aspirational collage? A pretentious collage?

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theCryptofishist's avatar

You can buy books filled with pictures for vision boards. The one I had convinced me that vision board people were really fucking boring.

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Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

That seems lazy. Why buy a new, one volume source book when there are literally millions of books at thrift stores filled with all the pictures?

I even see picture books filling the $1 bins at used book stores.

Whatever happened to the thrill of the hunt? The wonderful 'Eureka' moment when you find the right thing for the vision board?

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theCryptofishist's avatar

These are feeble, visionless people, boards weathered and splintered…

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

You know what else contributes to visions? Ayahuasca.

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Napoleon's avatar

Is this a religious thing?

A religious clown thing, yes.

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Teen Laqueefa's avatar

Patches the clown courtesy of my favorite goth/surf/ voodoo/rockabilly horrowshow band Deadbolt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aydB2vrim54

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Chuckles the Clown is my spirit animal.

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Mysterysurf's avatar

Clowns for Jesus sounds all too appropriate.

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Tasner Hasenpfeffer's avatar

If the NYT were to hire seanbaby, I'd consider subscribing again.

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TerseNurse's avatar

"body of Binky..."

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

A friend got a walker and wanted to name it after a mighty steed from a fantasy series. She named it Binky.

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theCryptofishist's avatar

Your friend carries a sythe.

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Daniel's avatar

There were floppy shoes and rainbow wigs everywhere.

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The Wanderer's avatar

And those shoes burn like black tires . . . clown white and rubber noses everywhere, complete carnage.

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Menotsure's avatar

A cat on a pad

An antique radiator

Winter is softer

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Parakeetist's avatar

I approve!

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Menotsure's avatar

I expected some chittering.

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Parakeetist's avatar

I will sit far away from the cat. :)

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Thalia Is Not Amused's avatar

What a lovely haiku!

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Menotsure's avatar

Thanks!

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