This is so completely out of nowhere so bear with me but for those of you fellow weirdos that like a good hip hop storytelling song, Aggressive Steven by Aesop Rock is pretty recent and is top shelf. It's about a homeless guy that keeps breaking into the building where Aesop Rock lives, making a mess of people's things and sometimes scaring folks, but the song humanizes him. It's a listen. He's great at spinning these sorts of tracks.
Jill Biden Unveils This Year’s TACKY White House Christmas Decorations with Flying Reindeer, Floating Ice Cream Cones and Cupcakes
It even included pictures of Melania's heart warming decorations and this damning fact: "Jill Biden did not even mention Jesus Christ in her message to Americans."
me too. it's pretty much the only thing left i follow on twitter (oh and i'm a liberal arts person who does shakespeare and i have no business being so delighted by turkish drones).
That and counter-battery fire: That's where a radar detects where incoming artillery is coming from and then directs an artillery battery to lock in and fire directly onto where incoming rounds are coming from. Russia is running out of their crappy counter-battery systems while Ukraine are constantly deploying new modern high-effectiveness systems.
One of the treats I plan on making for Xmas dinner are cookies, in particular one item the recipe calls "German spice cookies." Pretty standard butter cookie recipe, but the only spice added to the mixture is cinnamon. The cookies get additional spicy notes from the half-cup of Riesling that gets added.
'Twill be a slightly boozy Xmas, as the cake will have a hint of rum in it, while the cherry pie will have some Kirschwasser added.
I am trying a new recipe... where I make a waffle out of tofu in my new waffle maker. For a high protein sandwich. As of yet.. I am skeptical. Probably should have pressed the tofu yesterday night. Hmm.
Also, buying acovados here just sucks. They are always either not ripe or overripe.
our Avocados are much the same. Hubby pops them on top the fridge to ripen,but he likes em quite soft so it may be that I am buying ripe ones but that he lets it get over ripeXD
I am also looking forward to potato waffels. Aside from the sweet kind. Which means I truly need to start looking into egg replacements now. But it seems like you can get a lot done with just various starches.
The stuffing recipe I was following this year called for eggs. And I was all...why do I even need eggs in this? It is going in a bird, and then will be baked on its own, should not need a binder
So I skipped it and I was right: the bread did the binding just fine that way. Plus the herbs seemed more potent somehow.
Even eldest ate it all up and eldest is indifferent to things like that.
course that is not veggitarian considering the bird but probably something else for liquid would have sufficed
Thankfully there is a ton of information out there, so actually.. probably not that hard. The challenge nowadays really is only when eating out of the house.
Me... I am being rather lethargic. Getting snowed in, and my foot is still in that cast boot type a thing till at least tomorrow. I miss exercising. I miss doing things. I wouldn't say I am depressed, but if they don't take it off tomorrow, I am going to cry for sure.
Remember one time at two jobs ago, our manager was all in a panic cause someone from corporate was coming by and we had to make it all look good.
I was all..but our production speaks for itself (we were like the bestest office of all the offices that year) and he was all but my manager is coming!
And I was...wait. You guys have a manager...to manage the managers?
It looks like the far-right Tories are trying to make a come back á la Donnie Dipshit. I'm thinking (hoping) our British friends see through this and give Nigel's Nazis a firm arse kicking.
Don't I know it... Pierre Polievre in Canada is exactly the same as the rest of these fucks, and he's doing well in the polls up here right now (not that i put a lot of stock in polling, I think once Canadians actually see this dipshit in an election campaign that his obvious repellence will shine through.)
All snark aside, this is political idiocy of the first order--this is the sort of intrusive nannyism that infuriates--and alienates--otherwise reasonable people (remember 55 mph in the '70s? Yup.)
Fine--when they implement software making it difficult or impossible to creep along rural highways at 38.2 mph, backing up traffic into the next county--or to strategically sit in the left-hand lane matching the speed of the farm truck in the right--with the same effective result.
If implementation is phased, should first be mandated for all Toyota Corollas.
Why would you single me out like this? Though, my base model, manual transmission, manual window Corolla from 2005 probably doesn't qualify for the upgrade...
Sorry, but my scientific, infallible, axiomatic Windshield Survey of Rage has determined that at the head of every honking, creeping mess aforementioned, one will always--always--find a Corolla (except when it's a Camry).
What we need to do is make public transit more effective where we can, and then make it harder for people to get licenses. Me, doing 5-10 over on the freeway in the middle lane, slowing down when traffic requires, and passing a car or two when the opportunity presents itself (when people aren't in the left lane for no reason), I'm not a danger. The guy doing 5 mph faster than me, but weaving through traffic and tailgating because no one fucking taught them to knock that shit off? That guy could be.
But the real dangers are drunk or distracted drivers, and people who aren't paying attention at corners and hit pedestrians. This doesn't address those, either.
In 2020 a trumptrain rolled through town at 5 mph and blocked both lanes. I was trying to cross the highway to get home and these fucknuts completely ignored the lights at intersections blocking traffic. I laid on my horn and all I got was a dozen fingers thrust out their windows.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Whenever I see someone I think is drunk in front of me, I accelerate like hell to get ahead of them. A speeding ticket is better than some drunk asshole causing a pileup that I run into.
"Bilious". I love it!
Whoever issued Musk the bullet proof vest must not like him cause it looks to be about 3 sizes too small.
So two assholes whose reputations will always be shit think they can somehow save each other. Good luck!
This is so completely out of nowhere so bear with me but for those of you fellow weirdos that like a good hip hop storytelling song, Aggressive Steven by Aesop Rock is pretty recent and is top shelf. It's about a homeless guy that keeps breaking into the building where Aesop Rock lives, making a mess of people's things and sometimes scaring folks, but the song humanizes him. It's a listen. He's great at spinning these sorts of tracks.
Aesop Rock has always been a favorite of mine.
SMOTI'S Headline:
Jill Biden Unveils This Year’s TACKY White House Christmas Decorations with Flying Reindeer, Floating Ice Cream Cones and Cupcakes
It even included pictures of Melania's heart warming decorations and this damning fact: "Jill Biden did not even mention Jesus Christ in her message to Americans."
What's a SMOTI?
Stupidest Man on the Internet, Jim Hoft.
Jesus Fucking Christ.
(Takes care o' that)
Artillery porn. Ukraine has some of these Archer Swedish self propelled howitzers.
https://youtu.be/vd2rip6da20https://youtu.be/vd2rip6da20
I admit it. Sometimes The Crew and I settle down for a pleasant evening of watching Russians and their shit getting clobbered.
me too. it's pretty much the only thing left i follow on twitter (oh and i'm a liberal arts person who does shakespeare and i have no business being so delighted by turkish drones).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3FGWPMjl6M
BAYRAKTAR!!
That and counter-battery fire: That's where a radar detects where incoming artillery is coming from and then directs an artillery battery to lock in and fire directly onto where incoming rounds are coming from. Russia is running out of their crappy counter-battery systems while Ukraine are constantly deploying new modern high-effectiveness systems.
One of the treats I plan on making for Xmas dinner are cookies, in particular one item the recipe calls "German spice cookies." Pretty standard butter cookie recipe, but the only spice added to the mixture is cinnamon. The cookies get additional spicy notes from the half-cup of Riesling that gets added.
'Twill be a slightly boozy Xmas, as the cake will have a hint of rum in it, while the cherry pie will have some Kirschwasser added.
The best gingerbread I have ever had was the one time I was able to go to a German Christmas market.
You'll have a booze, booze, booze, booze Christmas
I'm expecting 12-15 people. You betcher sweet bunnyboots there'll be booze.
Good morning(ish).
I am trying a new recipe... where I make a waffle out of tofu in my new waffle maker. For a high protein sandwich. As of yet.. I am skeptical. Probably should have pressed the tofu yesterday night. Hmm.
Also, buying acovados here just sucks. They are always either not ripe or overripe.
Same here, Sweden.
I discovered that frozen avocado cubes are better quality, taste good enough, cost the same or less.
Huh. I will have to look out for some.
I have a recipe for falafel waffles:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/35885922/
Also ridiculously fun to say: falafel waffle, falafel waffle ...
I love that idea as well! Saved.
Thank you!
our Avocados are much the same. Hubby pops them on top the fridge to ripen,but he likes em quite soft so it may be that I am buying ripe ones but that he lets it get over ripeXD
That also doesn't sound bad.
I am also looking forward to potato waffels. Aside from the sweet kind. Which means I truly need to start looking into egg replacements now. But it seems like you can get a lot done with just various starches.
Iirc, nutritional yeast dissolved in a little water can serve in place of eggs where binders are needed.
The stuffing recipe I was following this year called for eggs. And I was all...why do I even need eggs in this? It is going in a bird, and then will be baked on its own, should not need a binder
So I skipped it and I was right: the bread did the binding just fine that way. Plus the herbs seemed more potent somehow.
Even eldest ate it all up and eldest is indifferent to things like that.
course that is not veggitarian considering the bird but probably something else for liquid would have sufficed
Thankfully there is a ton of information out there, so actually.. probably not that hard. The challenge nowadays really is only when eating out of the house.
Me... I am being rather lethargic. Getting snowed in, and my foot is still in that cast boot type a thing till at least tomorrow. I miss exercising. I miss doing things. I wouldn't say I am depressed, but if they don't take it off tomorrow, I am going to cry for sure.
Good morning, all! (celebrates the Sacrament of Coffee)
GM Wanderer!
I was just thinking that I think I like the mornings here the best.
Which now officially makes me a morning person, which I am by default, but which designation I have been resisting out of pique.
Still. Ya'll so chill
We haven't had all day to anger up the blood.
This is a good point XD
I try. It's way too early for me to get wrapped up in controversies.
Oh I dun mind controversies! Just like the chillax of morning is all
Jesus, eBay fucks with seller setting so often. It's maddening. They fix stuff that isn't broken and don't fix stuff that is broken.
Idiots.
An artist friend of mine has the same trouble with Patreon. They keep screwing around with it under the guise of "improving."
*glances around*
I think it is contageous
I think it's management justifying more managers.
Just a symptom of late-stage capitalism, which is the cause of the problem most of the time.
true that.
Remember one time at two jobs ago, our manager was all in a panic cause someone from corporate was coming by and we had to make it all look good.
I was all..but our production speaks for itself (we were like the bestest office of all the offices that year) and he was all but my manager is coming!
And I was...wait. You guys have a manager...to manage the managers?
The fuck?
It looks like the far-right Tories are trying to make a come back á la Donnie Dipshit. I'm thinking (hoping) our British friends see through this and give Nigel's Nazis a firm arse kicking.
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗨𝗞
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/27/general-election-most-toxic-ever-farage-reform-uk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvFQvVD2XFI
Yeah, it's going to be ugly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfb7aT8oRc
Human Nicotine Stain Nigel Farage really needs to fuck all the way off.
He shouldn’t be able to show his face in public without getting milkshaked
*attempts to define obvious British slang*
*fails*
This is the pattern of elections & candidates Stevie "Three Shirts" described. And it's happening all over the world.
Don't I know it... Pierre Polievre in Canada is exactly the same as the rest of these fucks, and he's doing well in the polls up here right now (not that i put a lot of stock in polling, I think once Canadians actually see this dipshit in an election campaign that his obvious repellence will shine through.)
It’d help if kier starmer wasn’t such a bellend
So the same problem Democrats have in the colonies.
Mixed feelings because sometimes speeding is enjoyable
/16 YO inside
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝐵𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cars-speed-limit-technology-rcna126053
All snark aside, this is political idiocy of the first order--this is the sort of intrusive nannyism that infuriates--and alienates--otherwise reasonable people (remember 55 mph in the '70s? Yup.)
Fine--when they implement software making it difficult or impossible to creep along rural highways at 38.2 mph, backing up traffic into the next county--or to strategically sit in the left-hand lane matching the speed of the farm truck in the right--with the same effective result.
If implementation is phased, should first be mandated for all Toyota Corollas.
Why would you single me out like this? Though, my base model, manual transmission, manual window Corolla from 2005 probably doesn't qualify for the upgrade...
Sorry, but my scientific, infallible, axiomatic Windshield Survey of Rage has determined that at the head of every honking, creeping mess aforementioned, one will always--always--find a Corolla (except when it's a Camry).
What we need to do is make public transit more effective where we can, and then make it harder for people to get licenses. Me, doing 5-10 over on the freeway in the middle lane, slowing down when traffic requires, and passing a car or two when the opportunity presents itself (when people aren't in the left lane for no reason), I'm not a danger. The guy doing 5 mph faster than me, but weaving through traffic and tailgating because no one fucking taught them to knock that shit off? That guy could be.
But the real dangers are drunk or distracted drivers, and people who aren't paying attention at corners and hit pedestrians. This doesn't address those, either.
Biggest highway hazard? Idiots who drive in the passing lane.
Non-indicating lane weavers who think they’re race drivers
Around here they drive huge pickup trucks.
And Teslas.
In 2020 a trumptrain rolled through town at 5 mph and blocked both lanes. I was trying to cross the highway to get home and these fucknuts completely ignored the lights at intersections blocking traffic. I laid on my horn and all I got was a dozen fingers thrust out their windows.
Things do move so much smoother when that lane is left empty, and faster traffic can just get around.
NO. THIS IS GOING TOO FUCKING FAR.
Also sometimes you need an extra burst of speed to get out of danger
That's exactly what I was thinking. Whenever I see someone I think is drunk in front of me, I accelerate like hell to get ahead of them. A speeding ticket is better than some drunk asshole causing a pileup that I run into.
That's what I usually do, then I worry they'll rear end me. I just don't want to be involved in their shit.
Oh, I get far enough ahead so that's not an issue.
Yeah when I see obviously impaired morons I get the fuck past them
SNOW DAY!
::glee::
Enjoy! Being a Southerner, I've always thought of snow days as fun days, as they are so rare.
I could grumble about how this wrecks my schedule, but I welcome a day to loll around the house.
Snow days for us were PJs, hot chocolate, and cartoons. At least that's how my mind *wants* to remember them ...
Mom bringing out all the art and craft supplies and being our teacher for the day. That fine woman really did understand little kids.
Reality: “since you’re at home you can clear the driveway”
That's the part that's a bit foggy, but the reason for the hot chocolate.
Morning all. ☕
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https://19thnews.org/2023/11/paternity-leave-alters-dads-brains-caregivers/
Just give the kid some snacks in a locked car while Dad has a couple beers with the boys inside the bar. It builds character /s
Honestly? I thought that was normal growing up.
It happened. Fortunately, only a couple of times.
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