Autocorrect is always maddening but when I try to drop in a foreign word it takes 17 tries and it's all I can do not to throw my phone at the wall. Or follow my cat's lead and bite somebody.
I used to live in an old farmhouse and the landlord had cattle on the property who calved in late February/early March, watching the calves frolicking was always a real treat. Swear to god puppies and kittens never had as much fun as they did.
I don't have the transcript but I seem to recall that Hur never actually said Biden was senile. He said that if a trial was held Biden would try to present himself as an old, senile man, so why prosecute him. Which is from an ethical standpoint as a prosecutor even worse than saying it in the transcript. And makes it sound like except for Biden's age he would indict him. Because he is projecting on something he cannot predict. Attacking Biden's character based on only his opinion, not any facts. Now if you were saying Trump would blame someone else for anything he did illegally, you would have a good basis for that.
Curse you editrix & tabs! I wanted to gloat over Ted Cruz's situation which unfortunately led me to click onto a full screen pic of his eminently punchable face.
I enjoyed the whole SyFy tab...right up to the end.
And then SYFy did the one thing that, for me, ruins EVERYTHING: they mentioned the unmentionable for me. I cannot even write down this unmentionable thing so I will just use the first letters of that unmentionable thing and hope that people take heed and NOT read the last paragraph. Those two letters are GG.
So, for anyone else who has my own OC avoidance of all things GG, you are warned.
This got a genuine guffaw out of me, from Late Night with Seth Meyers a couple of nights ago:
"The only thing worse than the people who believe in Bigfoot are people who believe in astrology... If you are obsessed with your horoscope, I already know your sign - You're a Cancer. On Society."
If you need couch/chair and you want to buy made in the USA, may I recommend Roger+Chris. I loooove them. Bought 2 sofas already and my 3rd purchase from them is in process.
OK, now you're starting to spook me. Not only did Robyn put up a Twin Peaks-themed post not long ago on a day when I was just completing a TP rewatch, but now you've got a Xena-headed Tabs during a week when I've had a couple of songs from "The Bitter Suite" (Xena's first musical episode) running in an earworm loop in my head.
Get out of my brain, you Wonk sorcerer(esses)! Trust me, you DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THERE!
Yup. There were two. I should probably just leave it there, but...
FWIW, Lucy Lawless is a trained singer -- she even spent one of Xena's off seasons playing Rizzo in Grease on Broadway (really). "The Bitter Suite" in season 3 was the resolution to the 6 episode "Rift Arc" and found Xena and Gabrielle transported the mystical realm of Illusia, where the power of song helped them work through several episodes' worth of lies and betrayal. It featured original songs, two of which were nominated for Emmys (really!) and is generally regarded as one of the better episodes of the series. It also had so many additional major sets, costumes, and special effects it blew nearly a third of the season's budget.
"Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire" was a 5th season episode that just sort of... happened? It was a jukebox musical with various takes on several pop songs, plus, for some bizarre reason, "The Telephone Hour" from Bye Bye Birdie (really). The musical numbers have no diegetic reason to occur, although they're actually a lot of fun on their own. The episode overall, however, is irredeemably stupid, and the 5th season in general was not the show's finest, having to work around not only Lawless being pregnant, but several key folks behind the scenes leaving to work on other projects. They brought in two guys who had been staff writers on Hercules, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, to take over as head writers on Xena -- spoiler: this did not work out. (FWIW, those two later wrote the first couple of Transformers movies, the worst of the JJ Abrams Trek films, and pretty much killed Universal's Dark Universe before it was even born, but that's another story.)
Jeff is indeed gloriously pissed. And he also celebrated the Democrats roasting of Hur.
But when he weasel-worded his way around actually stating anything referencing the conversation, by saying “it does appear in the transcript,” it might have been an appropriate time to ask, “Mr. Hur, do you recall having had this conversation?” And if he admits to that, each time he uses that line, ask him if he remembers having used those words, or ask him if he remembers Biden having used those words. Leave him to slowly twist in the wind.
Haha, thanks! I must admit that while I never mocked Nickelback, millions did. Their lead singer, Chad Kroeger(?) even alluded to it, finishing a reference by saying, "Yeah, I have the internet too!" He was AWESOME.
Lamb pictures! https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/martini-had-a-little-lamb-gif
Aw, ewe shouldn’t have! 🐑
T'es francaise? I didn't realize that!
I'm an American but living in France.
Les agneaux, elles don’t stole!
“Sont drole” fascist autocorrect!!
Autocorrect is always maddening but when I try to drop in a foreign word it takes 17 tries and it's all I can do not to throw my phone at the wall. Or follow my cat's lead and bite somebody.
Les agneaux, l'anti-stollen.
Martini had a ton of glamb
And lots of sheep to see
She loaded them into a gif
For psntsless folks like me.
😂😂😂
Are they safely grazing?
They're undercooked.
Are the sheep in this post going to be slaughtered and eaten?
Probably some of them, yeah.
I would hang a picture of the one I ate in my kitchen.
Sheep:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkw2DdoskPY
"Notice they do not so much fly as plummet" is one of my favorite lines in Monty Python.
So help me Sagan but I MISS these fellows so much that it hurts.
That was one of the first Python skits I saw, many years ago. I didn't know what to make of it, but I'm glad I saw it.
Best sheep:
https://youtu.be/L90ZGd850CQ?feature=shared
The Baa-Studs 😩🐑🐏
🐑 🐕 🐑 🐑
(laughs till he hurts)
I love it SO MUCH :)
I don't think I have ever seen that MP skit.
Thanks.
It is definitely on one of the vinyl albums.
(bows) You're welcome.
I used to live in an old farmhouse and the landlord had cattle on the property who calved in late February/early March, watching the calves frolicking was always a real treat. Swear to god puppies and kittens never had as much fun as they did.
Mint Sauce!
I woold applaud!
!!!
https://cf.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sheep2.jpg
Yikes! Counting those sheep would give me nightmares.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnAR6sVaIK8
😱
What do you remember Clarice?
Don't be mocking the demon sheep *cuddles avvy(
I don't have the transcript but I seem to recall that Hur never actually said Biden was senile. He said that if a trial was held Biden would try to present himself as an old, senile man, so why prosecute him. Which is from an ethical standpoint as a prosecutor even worse than saying it in the transcript. And makes it sound like except for Biden's age he would indict him. Because he is projecting on something he cannot predict. Attacking Biden's character based on only his opinion, not any facts. Now if you were saying Trump would blame someone else for anything he did illegally, you would have a good basis for that.
We really need early childhood ed & care to get subsidized, for the sake of parents, children, and staff.
"Smash that button and donate now!"
(...to Wonkette, of course. And don't smash so hard you ruin your equipment... oh... that sounded so wrong, yet so right.)
Curse you editrix & tabs! I wanted to gloat over Ted Cruz's situation which unfortunately led me to click onto a full screen pic of his eminently punchable face.
Here's one for you. A governor telling a sports franchise to GTFO.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/gov-pritzker-addresses-bears-plans-for-domed-stadium-along-chicago-lakefront/
I enjoyed the whole SyFy tab...right up to the end.
And then SYFy did the one thing that, for me, ruins EVERYTHING: they mentioned the unmentionable for me. I cannot even write down this unmentionable thing so I will just use the first letters of that unmentionable thing and hope that people take heed and NOT read the last paragraph. Those two letters are GG.
So, for anyone else who has my own OC avoidance of all things GG, you are warned.
Apparently, the unmentionable was not Greg Gutfeld. But I still support the effort to mention that particular GG as little as possible also too.
I believe Chubb is corporation, not Mr., although corporations ARE people too. So nevermind.
Floofs
This got a genuine guffaw out of me, from Late Night with Seth Meyers a couple of nights ago:
"The only thing worse than the people who believe in Bigfoot are people who believe in astrology... If you are obsessed with your horoscope, I already know your sign - You're a Cancer. On Society."
I enjoy a good horoscope, as it's usually "you're awesome and you're gonna have a great day today"
If you need couch/chair and you want to buy made in the USA, may I recommend Roger+Chris. I loooove them. Bought 2 sofas already and my 3rd purchase from them is in process.
https://www.rogerandchris.com/
OK, now you're starting to spook me. Not only did Robyn put up a Twin Peaks-themed post not long ago on a day when I was just completing a TP rewatch, but now you've got a Xena-headed Tabs during a week when I've had a couple of songs from "The Bitter Suite" (Xena's first musical episode) running in an earworm loop in my head.
Get out of my brain, you Wonk sorcerer(esses)! Trust me, you DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THERE!
FIRST musical episode?
Yup. There were two. I should probably just leave it there, but...
FWIW, Lucy Lawless is a trained singer -- she even spent one of Xena's off seasons playing Rizzo in Grease on Broadway (really). "The Bitter Suite" in season 3 was the resolution to the 6 episode "Rift Arc" and found Xena and Gabrielle transported the mystical realm of Illusia, where the power of song helped them work through several episodes' worth of lies and betrayal. It featured original songs, two of which were nominated for Emmys (really!) and is generally regarded as one of the better episodes of the series. It also had so many additional major sets, costumes, and special effects it blew nearly a third of the season's budget.
"Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire" was a 5th season episode that just sort of... happened? It was a jukebox musical with various takes on several pop songs, plus, for some bizarre reason, "The Telephone Hour" from Bye Bye Birdie (really). The musical numbers have no diegetic reason to occur, although they're actually a lot of fun on their own. The episode overall, however, is irredeemably stupid, and the 5th season in general was not the show's finest, having to work around not only Lawless being pregnant, but several key folks behind the scenes leaving to work on other projects. They brought in two guys who had been staff writers on Hercules, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, to take over as head writers on Xena -- spoiler: this did not work out. (FWIW, those two later wrote the first couple of Transformers movies, the worst of the JJ Abrams Trek films, and pretty much killed Universal's Dark Universe before it was even born, but that's another story.)
Um, anyway, so yes, there were two. ^_^
I just said, in my barely passable William Shatner impression: "What does God need with a particle?"
Yeah, it's a good thing for me there is no such person.
By whom I mean God, of course -- Shatner is real (probably).
Jeff is indeed gloriously pissed. And he also celebrated the Democrats roasting of Hur.
But when he weasel-worded his way around actually stating anything referencing the conversation, by saying “it does appear in the transcript,” it might have been an appropriate time to ask, “Mr. Hur, do you recall having had this conversation?” And if he admits to that, each time he uses that line, ask him if he remembers having used those words, or ask him if he remembers Biden having used those words. Leave him to slowly twist in the wind.
So, is friend of Yr Wonkette Lucy Lawless confirming the dangerous late night stunt?
Oh yes, it happened. It cemented my visceral hatred of Leno for eternity.
Last night I was in Houston and saw Nickelback play at a rodeo.
Nickelback. A rodeo. Crowd was 75,000 people.
NICKELBACK KILLED IT.
Never did I ever think I'd say THAT but wow - they were simply fantastic. So, you never know!
It's not their first rodeo!
LOL, comment of the day!
Coming from you, this has a frightening air of authenticity!
Haha, thanks! I must admit that while I never mocked Nickelback, millions did. Their lead singer, Chad Kroeger(?) even alluded to it, finishing a reference by saying, "Yeah, I have the internet too!" He was AWESOME.
HuffPo: Tulsi Gabbard Tells Donald Trump Jr. How Badly She Wants To Be His Dad's Running Mate
"The former Democrat gushed over the prospect of running with the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tulsi-gabbard-trump-vice-president-donald-trump-jr_n_65f2d0c0e4b01707c6d33433
Barf.