Years and years ago, we used to joke about taking a friend's cat, Mr. Al Cat, the world's mellowest cat, to the New England Aquarium, where they have (or at least had) seals hanging out at an outdoor pool doing not much, to have a mellow-off.
** I *hate* eggs and I don't understand why so many people think that's such a terrible fault. My MIL thinks it's about the weirdest thing she's ever heard and every time we have breakfast with her I have to listen to her lecture on why eggs are so amazing and how strange it is that I don't like them, she's never heard of such a ridiculous notion.
** Luckily there's plenty of delicious food in Paris that isn't eggs. As an egg-hater and someone with celiac disease, I've always found more than enough to eat in Paris.
** When we took our daughter to Paris when she was 4, we asked her to take a sample bite of everything at each meal. She ate a lot of macarons. But she also ended up eating a full adult portion of duck confit, twice. Just let your kids figure out their likes and dislikes.
When you see the NYT lifestyle pieces you understand better where their editorial policy is coming from. Esp anything to do with food, good God NYT Cooking "Everyday." And what's wrong with a straightforward diet that doesn't lean on a kaleidoscope of prep methods and exogenous spices?
Hey 'Trix! I ran across this and thought of you. It might be nice to have a hangout in your new hometown owned by a guy who's also from your longtime home state, right?
"When a millennial moved to Detroit from SF, he bought a home and opened a coffee shop. He said that would have been impossible on the West Coast."
The window in the trans bathroom is the one that really gets my ire. It's suppose to prevent smoking, or skipping class or whatever, but it only applies to the trans bathroom. And no one seems to ask "would I want something like this to happen to my child?" You get the feeling that these anti-trans people are Childless Bible Huggers.
There were some interesting hiding places one could've sneaked into for a cig at the Middle School I went to, but I was still in MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I still keep getting a bit more angry by the day at the 67 ads in a God-damn row reminding me that Sherrod Brown wants to allow BIOLOGICAL men in girls bathrooms, but is silent on his viewpoint of BIOLOGICAL women in boys restrooms.
Also, it's time to take the next step and directly say Bernie Mereno's family are Colombian drug lords. It's sitting *right there* as the natural counterpoint to Brown is "too liberal" even though he's been a senator in Ohio for years.
Isolationist America First Committee is now running full-page newspaper adverts, urging USA to ignore wars abroad & drop attempts to sanction Germany or Japan as military aggressors: "Choose peace!"
Just to be clear: Orange County, CA voted for Hillary in 2016. But it’s a big place. There were still more TFG voters than in the state of Iowa even though he lost
I'm autistic and being forced to eat canned peas, bananas and watermelon is NOT going to happen - even if a million Michelin starred French chefs are involved!
Ta, Rebecca. I shall not read that NYT article. As a child, every time my mother forced me to eat eggs or dairy, which was way too often, I was ill, sometimes violently so. She refused to believe me, and said I had to eat them anyway. Milk gave me tonsillitis and my tonsils were removed at age four. I have forgiven her, but I'll never forget. She believed everything she liked was automatically good. I drew the line at p'tcha, which was calves foot jelly containing whole cloves of garlic, whole hardboiled eggs, and other stuff that disgusted me, and was the most unappetizing shade of grey I've ever seen. 🤮 Ta, Martini. I've had fruit salad, tea, and am sipping my beautiful black coffee. I'm cooking spicy oatmeal with dried fruit; it will be ready soon. 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, 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 sweet Treg and heroic Tony, Holly's pilot friend, among over seven million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel, especially ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Stay safe.
A heavy metal music "festival" called Shell shock II hired Kyle Rittenhouse to be a special guest.
It did not go well.
Almost all of the bands have pulled out (which a guy on the festival's Instagram site said the festival organizer's dads should have done, too). And they all released statements that either mildly or totally blasted the organizer, a podcast called "The Antihero podcast". Here's part of the statement issued by the original headliner, a band called Evergreen Terrace:
“Evergreen Terrace has always supported and continues to support philanthropic events for veterans, PTSD awareness, child poverty, and many more, but we will not align with an event promoting a perceived murderer such as Kyle Rittenhouse capitalizing off of their pseudo celebrity...Lines we draw in the sand…depend on where we stand.”
AWESOME.
Also ditching the festival are Southpaw, Let Me Bleed, and American Hollow. So what did The Antihero podcast do in response?
Doubled down of course! Here is THEIR statement:
“We have been silent. But we are prepping. The liberal mob attempted to destroy Shell Shock. But we will not allow it. This is now about more than a concert. This is a war of ideology.”
Do not worry - they still have a headliner! It's a Slipknot cover band. This is not going over well with social media commentators.
And The Antihero Podcast started a GoFundMe, as grifters are wont to do. It's been up for about three weeks. Let's see how much money they've grifted! The grand total to date is...............
$120.
From just two people.
I'm not saying heavy metal isn't conservative, but it sure isn't political.
I can’t even type the name ‘Kyle Rittenhouse’ on another supposedly middle-of-the-road forum. It is automatically flagged by their ‘algorithm.’ So I type ‘rhymes with *Bitten Louse*.’
Happy Friday! Here is your ged gif source attrib link: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/snoozing-spotted-seal
And your almost-weekend meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/d43d83ea-a620-437a-a7af-ec2ca1725b84
Boy, if *that* isn't a mood.
This gif has my seal of approval!
He is so stinking cute!
I thought this was a weird fish for a solid thirty seconds before I realized it was an upside-down seal.
Some people can sleep on their back.
Could run a relaxation clinic, that seal...
Years and years ago, we used to joke about taking a friend's cat, Mr. Al Cat, the world's mellowest cat, to the New England Aquarium, where they have (or at least had) seals hanging out at an outdoor pool doing not much, to have a mellow-off.
For a second I thought this gif was of one of those Damien Hirst things in formaldehyde, but then it moved, so: relief.
Dat seal-boy dead?
'e's pining for the fjords.
'E's not dead, 'e's resting!
Is ded
What a cutie pie! Kind of looks like an Easter egg with whiskers.
Being that it's an air breathing mammal, that seems like quite a neat trick.
Something, something, seal of approval. Cheap laugh.
Seals can go about 90 minutes between taking in new air, which sounds to me like an ideal time span for a nap. 😉
Knowledge as well as art! A tabs twofer.
Martini is not just good, she's good for ya!
That made me remember this.
https://youtu.be/y5jdHa6hCLE?si=bJDl86EAqHdmCxo8
A classic
😆
Cuteness overload!
I wish I could sleep like that!
My ᶜaᵗ & ᶜaˡₑⁿdᵃᵣ ₗᵃdʸ blog also has a seal today! GMTA!
https://catandcalendarlady.substack.com/p/today-is-1042024-friday
I thought they weren't supposed to float upside down like that. Usually means dead.
I didn’t know they did that either! It’s too cute.
Rebecca the Wonk is looking quite hot, just saying.
My cousin sent me that York PA bathroom story yesterday and I couldn’t believe it was real. I mean, what the actual holy fuck?
So another stupid thing going around is this claim that a Harris Walz ad used actors pretending to be former Trump supporteers but they were REALLY dems. Some wingnut started the stupid and of course the people in the ad were harassed to hell because the wingnut was WRONG, amazingly. But my high school FB friend posted how Harris/Walz were BUSTED. Someone else chimed in with the truth, and she said she trusted her source (another HS FB wingnut friend.) Anyway, the true story is that they are legit people. https://savvymainline.com/2024/09/29/farmer-bob-lange-willistown-republican-supervisor-and-sugartown-strawberries-owner-agreed-to-appear-in-pro-harris-commercials-hes-been-paying-for-it-ever-since/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFtEnNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaqFxfvbmOWGLjq9V432b5M0rNj1a_HQ_zzlwfQxsD3oKlmCi5RyWNk6yg_aem_09mZAhA8X-8tA0MCTOsz2Q
Rebecca - You look HOT in that hat! If I may say so. ❤️
** I *hate* eggs and I don't understand why so many people think that's such a terrible fault. My MIL thinks it's about the weirdest thing she's ever heard and every time we have breakfast with her I have to listen to her lecture on why eggs are so amazing and how strange it is that I don't like them, she's never heard of such a ridiculous notion.
** Luckily there's plenty of delicious food in Paris that isn't eggs. As an egg-hater and someone with celiac disease, I've always found more than enough to eat in Paris.
** When we took our daughter to Paris when she was 4, we asked her to take a sample bite of everything at each meal. She ate a lot of macarons. But she also ended up eating a full adult portion of duck confit, twice. Just let your kids figure out their likes and dislikes.
You think this is the way some people think about cilantro? Like me? Not soap, just blech.
Mr. Prickly hates eggs too. I just live with it.
When you see the NYT lifestyle pieces you understand better where their editorial policy is coming from. Esp anything to do with food, good God NYT Cooking "Everyday." And what's wrong with a straightforward diet that doesn't lean on a kaleidoscope of prep methods and exogenous spices?
Hey 'Trix! I ran across this and thought of you. It might be nice to have a hangout in your new hometown owned by a guy who's also from your longtime home state, right?
"When a millennial moved to Detroit from SF, he bought a home and opened a coffee shop. He said that would have been impossible on the West Coast."
https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-moved-to-detroit-from-san-francisco-bought-home-2024-9
The window in the trans bathroom is the one that really gets my ire. It's suppose to prevent smoking, or skipping class or whatever, but it only applies to the trans bathroom. And no one seems to ask "would I want something like this to happen to my child?" You get the feeling that these anti-trans people are Childless Bible Huggers.
There were some interesting hiding places one could've sneaked into for a cig at the Middle School I went to, but I was still in MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I still keep getting a bit more angry by the day at the 67 ads in a God-damn row reminding me that Sherrod Brown wants to allow BIOLOGICAL men in girls bathrooms, but is silent on his viewpoint of BIOLOGICAL women in boys restrooms.
Also, it's time to take the next step and directly say Bernie Mereno's family are Colombian drug lords. It's sitting *right there* as the natural counterpoint to Brown is "too liberal" even though he's been a senator in Ohio for years.
Change a couple of nouns and this could be a current headline:
https://x.com/RealTimeWWII/status/1842220204652143062
Second World War tweets from 1940
@RealTimeWWII
Isolationist America First Committee is now running full-page newspaper adverts, urging USA to ignore wars abroad & drop attempts to sanction Germany or Japan as military aggressors: "Choose peace!"
Just to be clear: Orange County, CA voted for Hillary in 2016. But it’s a big place. There were still more TFG voters than in the state of Iowa even though he lost
I'm autistic and being forced to eat canned peas, bananas and watermelon is NOT going to happen - even if a million Michelin starred French chefs are involved!
Ta, Rebecca. I shall not read that NYT article. As a child, every time my mother forced me to eat eggs or dairy, which was way too often, I was ill, sometimes violently so. She refused to believe me, and said I had to eat them anyway. Milk gave me tonsillitis and my tonsils were removed at age four. I have forgiven her, but I'll never forget. She believed everything she liked was automatically good. I drew the line at p'tcha, which was calves foot jelly containing whole cloves of garlic, whole hardboiled eggs, and other stuff that disgusted me, and was the most unappetizing shade of grey I've ever seen. 🤮 Ta, Martini. I've had fruit salad, tea, and am sipping my beautiful black coffee. I'm cooking spicy oatmeal with dried fruit; it will be ready soon. 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, 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 sweet Treg and heroic Tony, Holly's pilot friend, among over seven million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel, especially ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Stay safe.
Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛
https://substack.com/profile/10473064-mvario/note/c-71381559?r=68h2g
Boo hiss
Today I learned that in addition to being a grifty gun nut, Michele-with-One-L Fiore is a Scientologist...
https://tonyortega.substack.com/p/michele-fiore-guilty-on-all-counts
A heavy metal music "festival" called Shell shock II hired Kyle Rittenhouse to be a special guest.
It did not go well.
Almost all of the bands have pulled out (which a guy on the festival's Instagram site said the festival organizer's dads should have done, too). And they all released statements that either mildly or totally blasted the organizer, a podcast called "The Antihero podcast". Here's part of the statement issued by the original headliner, a band called Evergreen Terrace:
“Evergreen Terrace has always supported and continues to support philanthropic events for veterans, PTSD awareness, child poverty, and many more, but we will not align with an event promoting a perceived murderer such as Kyle Rittenhouse capitalizing off of their pseudo celebrity...Lines we draw in the sand…depend on where we stand.”
AWESOME.
Also ditching the festival are Southpaw, Let Me Bleed, and American Hollow. So what did The Antihero podcast do in response?
Doubled down of course! Here is THEIR statement:
“We have been silent. But we are prepping. The liberal mob attempted to destroy Shell Shock. But we will not allow it. This is now about more than a concert. This is a war of ideology.”
Do not worry - they still have a headliner! It's a Slipknot cover band. This is not going over well with social media commentators.
And The Antihero Podcast started a GoFundMe, as grifters are wont to do. It's been up for about three weeks. Let's see how much money they've grifted! The grand total to date is...............
$120.
From just two people.
I'm not saying heavy metal isn't conservative, but it sure isn't political.
I can’t even type the name ‘Kyle Rittenhouse’ on another supposedly middle-of-the-road forum. It is automatically flagged by their ‘algorithm.’ So I type ‘rhymes with *Bitten Louse*.’