Ta, Robyn. Happy Caturday! I made our lovely fruit bowls, and since we're out of nondairy yogurt, I used the rest of the whipped cream. I'll wake beloved Meccalopolis soon, because I'd rather eat with him than without him. The flowery green tea is ready also too. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. I love and appreciate you all and I bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot six months after your last, and catch up on any other vaccinations you need, avoid indoor and crowded outdoor gatherings and when you must meet, remove masks only to eat, drink, and take quick photos, and stay the fuck away from me and everyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because I love you, too. Do this in memory of dear departed family and friends like Forever 27 Treg and heroic Tony, Holly's pilot friend, among nearly eight million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we love and appreciate you, Medicos of Wonkette), particularly ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Be kind, especially to yourself, and please stay safe.
Orson Welles was always insane (and who is not?). He saw the world with a clear lucidity that will either drive a person crazy or is a prerequisite for such vision.
One of my favorite later Welles works is his film, "F for Fake." I recommend it.
Like Terry Pratchett's "knurd": "the opposite of being drunk: not sober, which is merely the absence of drunkenness, but just as far away from sobriety in the opposite direction, resulting in a terrible, existential clarity"
Are you talking about five or 10 pairs of those shoes? Or 5 to 10 shoes? And if so, why would you buy shoes in odd numbers unless you had an odd number of feet? In which case, shouldn’t that be put on your own shoe day?
I am just saying this because I wonder about weird stuff like that and it would be very helpful if someone were to clarify.
Orson always had an interest in magic and was pretty good—during WW2 he did magic on USO tours. He had Marlene Dietrich as his assistant and did the trick where he cut her in half.
I can't remember where I saw/heard it, but there was a comedy sketch that posited Orson Welles actually lived his life backwards, so really he started off by doing any old shit for money, and ended by being a lauded groundbreaking director
"...when Stassi Schroeder of Vanderpump Rules tried to make National Outfit of the Day Day a thing (which remains very confusing, logistically), it cost her $40,000 and then she found out it was only good for for one year."
The daily cost of living daily just keeps going up.
Thanks Lady Robyn! Still in 60 yr old version of an adolescent crush with your mind and heart. 💖 And your pristine and gorgeous visage, clearly and obvsly. 😍
There are reports that naturalization ceremonies, the last step in becoming a citizen, are being cancelled, leaving prospective citizens in limbo. Bastards. In addition, SCOTUS has agreed to hear a case relating to PAB's EO targeting birthright citizenship (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/us/immigration-citizenship-naturalization-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.GRte.R3M4rUTUZeyG&smid=url-share). SCOTUS could have just said, "read the 14th Amendment, asshole," but not this SCOTUS.
you know that fat fuck in The White House can't put on his own shoes
*Bootstraps!*
Put On Your Own Shoes Day
No! *wags bunny slippers tauntingly*
Seeing Orson Welles make his entrance on the Merv Griffin show multiple times was something. Merv Griffin was really something.
Last memory I have of him is doing the wine commercials while half in the bag.
Ta, Robyn. Happy Caturday! I made our lovely fruit bowls, and since we're out of nondairy yogurt, I used the rest of the whipped cream. I'll wake beloved Meccalopolis soon, because I'd rather eat with him than without him. The flowery green tea is ready also too. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. I love and appreciate you all and I bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot six months after your last, and catch up on any other vaccinations you need, avoid indoor and crowded outdoor gatherings and when you must meet, remove masks only to eat, drink, and take quick photos, and stay the fuck away from me and everyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because I love you, too. Do this in memory of dear departed family and friends like Forever 27 Treg and heroic Tony, Holly's pilot friend, among nearly eight million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we love and appreciate you, Medicos of Wonkette), particularly ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Be kind, especially to yourself, and please stay safe.
Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛
Orson Welles was always insane (and who is not?). He saw the world with a clear lucidity that will either drive a person crazy or is a prerequisite for such vision.
One of my favorite later Welles works is his film, "F for Fake." I recommend it.
Like Terry Pratchett's "knurd": "the opposite of being drunk: not sober, which is merely the absence of drunkenness, but just as far away from sobriety in the opposite direction, resulting in a terrible, existential clarity"
Ok then it's sandals for me today with socks of course...
I shall celebrate by remaining shoeless today.
My favorite shoe-tying song.
“I want to be the wandering sailor
We're silhouettes by the light of the moon
I sit playing solitaire by the window
Just waiting, seasons change, aha
You'll see one day these dreams will pull you through my door
And I'll come running to tie your shoe”
-- “I’ll Come Running,” Brian Eno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY1Xxl9ZyfM
I must admit I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
-- Dylan
“…was everything Orson Welles did in his later years just completely insane?”
I mean, his last performance in a film he was the voice of the Transformers’ home planet
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Are you talking about five or 10 pairs of those shoes? Or 5 to 10 shoes? And if so, why would you buy shoes in odd numbers unless you had an odd number of feet? In which case, shouldn’t that be put on your own shoe day?
I am just saying this because I wonder about weird stuff like that and it would be very helpful if someone were to clarify.
Steve Martin, talking about a Topless Revue in Vegas in the '70s:
"There must be (counting motion) ...57 tits up there!"
Orson always had an interest in magic and was pretty good—during WW2 he did magic on USO tours. He had Marlene Dietrich as his assistant and did the trick where he cut her in half.
Magician Assistant is not an easy job! While they are there partly to be distracting eye candy, they do a lot of unseen work.
Integral to the bit.
I can't remember where I saw/heard it, but there was a comedy sketch that posited Orson Welles actually lived his life backwards, so really he started off by doing any old shit for money, and ended by being a lauded groundbreaking director
"...when Stassi Schroeder of Vanderpump Rules tried to make National Outfit of the Day Day a thing (which remains very confusing, logistically), it cost her $40,000 and then she found out it was only good for for one year."
The daily cost of living daily just keeps going up.
Thanks Lady Robyn! Still in 60 yr old version of an adolescent crush with your mind and heart. 💖 And your pristine and gorgeous visage, clearly and obvsly. 😍