My first game of spin-the-bottle, I spun and got to kiss my major crush Ilana G., who was two years older than I was. I never played spin-the-bottle again. I mean, one doesn't mess with a record like that.
Ya know, we had a cat once that would sit transfixed in front of the TV if there was a Zamboni on screen, watching it go back and forth. I first noticed this when we were watching the Traverse City Prospects Tournament and they just left the camera pointed at center ice during intermission. No commentary, just the Zamboni going in and out of frame. And Buffy watched it -- and watched for it -- making little chirpy noises every time it came back into view.
Our cat Dixie used to love to watch hockey with us. She would particularly pay close attention whenever the teams wore red sweaters (Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, etc.), but she really just loved the movement of the players across the screen, and would sometimes try to swat at them from the edge of our bed.
And since she had quite the mean streak toward the other cats, hockey did seem to be her kind of sport.
Dixie would have been right at home in our house — lots of red white and black.
Buffy used to lie on the giant dog bed next to my recliner and watch the Canes games with me. She was at least mostly and probably totally deaf, so she didn’t get spooked when I’d yell about something. She didn’t really have a mean streak, just a high hockey IQ. (And a foul mouth.. that cat would make a truck driver blush with some of the stuff she said.)
Our various cats have enjoyed cartoons and old black-and-white movies. Also back when we watched CNN regularly they really enjoyed the text crawl along the bottom of the screen.
James Bond? Pshaw! There is nothing so classy and deadly as a streetgang of tuxedo cats. They're choosing a victim via the lon-venerated "spin the bottle of death" method.
Am I the only person who had seen a headline on her phone to the effect that people see Trump as poor on the economy but the economy is thriving? Thriving? for who?
Didn't read further since li'l ol' girlie me hasn't got the mind for figurin'. All my life I have bitched, even at my money guy, that the stock market is just rich people playing games with futures of the lower classes that I have always been a part of.
If I read further and came upon glowing remarks at how much more well off Trump, his family and his buddies were since he got back in office, I would have ruined my day having to waste time fighting my violent urges.
Welp, looks like I've completely sunk the value of my house. Between the husband and myself, I think we've tackled 8 or 9 out of 10 of those DIY projects that we're supposed to leave to the pros. Some of that, such as floor tiles, we did while working alongside the contractor building our home. And probably the worst hardscape feature in our yard was done by a pro that underestimated the difficulty of the water feature we wanted. Since then, we've partially ripped that out, but haven't sorted out what goes there next.
My silk mill and warehouse worker dad, helped by various pals, his brothers and one brother in law, supervised by my mother, moved walls and redid floors, replaced French doors with walls and picture windows, rewired the house (the BIL was an electrician) and replaced the simple heating via coal stove and floor grate with piping and radiators for steam heat as well as used knotty pine lumber to panel the kitchen and parlor, enclosed a small porch
It took 5 years plus to finish all that work. It lasted until 2010 when our nephew took over the house and tore it down to the studs and with a friend and his dad (who were contractors) brought it up to modern life.
"Here’s 10 home improvement projects you shouldn’t try to do yourself, because you’re an IDIOT."
I spent way too much time trying to hang a pegboard in our closet yesterday. I measured twice, maybe even three times, drilled way too many holes in the wall, and discovered that the wall board in the closet is only about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. probably not the best for hanging stuff on.
Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. If your 2 screws are longer than 2" into studs (16" apart perhaps) those should hold quite a bit of weight. One way to test if you hit "neck meat" is to try to pull the screws out with a claw hammer or wonderbar. You can lever against a scrap piece of wood to protect the drywall. If you can't easily pull the screws loose you're going to be fine.
Ta, Evan. Ta, Martini. Hot, handsome husband Meccalopolis served our flowery white tea, luscious fruit bowls, and stellar coffee; he's making our elitist avocado toast right now. He has blessed my life in uncountable ways, and I his. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. We love and appreciate you all and we bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
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We have done 7 out of 10 of those DIY home improvement projects. Mr. cc is doing more again now, in fact, a particular project that will involve 2 of the 10.
It is completely unrealistic to think that people aren't going to paint their own interiors. Pfff.
The one thing I forgot to mention is tile. Hire that done. Laying tile is harder than childbirth. And very hard to make it look decent. And always go with the darker grout.
Agree. Now that being said my husband does build homes so I’m lucky that we have an in house pro. However WRT getting an electrician, he recently told me about a friend of a friend who has been updating his retirement home in Bend, OR. He hired a professional electrician. His house just burned down. And yeah. It was an electrical fire. 14 months away from moving and now nothing to move into.
a pro electrician did the inspection before i got my house (some outlets are grounded, some are not). said everything but one outlet in the kitchen was fine. i can't fix an outlet, fixture, or switch without being horrified and making several trips to Lowe's. same with the AC.
I don't do much construction anymore due to age and vision loss, but I won't do my own electrical or plumbing beyond changing out an outlet or switch or a faucet. Stuff that can burn the house down or flood it, I leave to the pros.
So now Rove can see the viciousness of MAGAt’s. Poor baby.
It’s clear that ICE has zero intention of following laws and for now they keep getting away with it.
May I contend that Tommy Two Brain cells probably has some crazy shit on his browsing pages. As a corner F/A may I say that what we do on our days off was nunya. Can these pilots so their job? That’s all that matters.
Hello friends, here is your hed gif info of the day: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/spin-the-bottle
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/7a476f4b-180e-4b97-b752-e88151806088
Fell off the chair laughing.
The observer kitties are making bets - treats are running 2 to 1 tuna to chicken.
My first game of spin-the-bottle, I spun and got to kiss my major crush Ilana G., who was two years older than I was. I never played spin-the-bottle again. I mean, one doesn't mess with a record like that.
"Your eyelids are getting heaaavy..."
Awwwww, they got all dressed up in their finest and everything!
Ya know, we had a cat once that would sit transfixed in front of the TV if there was a Zamboni on screen, watching it go back and forth. I first noticed this when we were watching the Traverse City Prospects Tournament and they just left the camera pointed at center ice during intermission. No commentary, just the Zamboni going in and out of frame. And Buffy watched it -- and watched for it -- making little chirpy noises every time it came back into view.
Now I get it.
https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/7a476f4b-180e-4b97-b752-e88151806088
Our cat Dixie used to love to watch hockey with us. She would particularly pay close attention whenever the teams wore red sweaters (Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, etc.), but she really just loved the movement of the players across the screen, and would sometimes try to swat at them from the edge of our bed.
And since she had quite the mean streak toward the other cats, hockey did seem to be her kind of sport.
Dixie would have been right at home in our house — lots of red white and black.
Buffy used to lie on the giant dog bed next to my recliner and watch the Canes games with me. She was at least mostly and probably totally deaf, so she didn’t get spooked when I’d yell about something. She didn’t really have a mean streak, just a high hockey IQ. (And a foul mouth.. that cat would make a truck driver blush with some of the stuff she said.)
I miss that girl.
Our various cats have enjoyed cartoons and old black-and-white movies. Also back when we watched CNN regularly they really enjoyed the text crawl along the bottom of the screen.
Cat in the back :
"I have to live with these idiots."
That cat is 'mommy' cat. And she's TIRED.
Well just look what she has to DEAL with every day!
These kitties are adorbs!
Cat warmup and practice before the hunt.
James Bond? Pshaw! There is nothing so classy and deadly as a streetgang of tuxedo cats. They're choosing a victim via the lon-venerated "spin the bottle of death" method.
"Why is this so much fun? All we're doing is spinning a bottle."
There is only spin, or spin NOT. There is no why.
"Dis is moar fun than batting stuff off the table!"
"That's an interesting hypothesis, Tuxie. Let's test it."
And a bold strategy, Cotton.
Am I the only person who had seen a headline on her phone to the effect that people see Trump as poor on the economy but the economy is thriving? Thriving? for who?
Didn't read further since li'l ol' girlie me hasn't got the mind for figurin'. All my life I have bitched, even at my money guy, that the stock market is just rich people playing games with futures of the lower classes that I have always been a part of.
If I read further and came upon glowing remarks at how much more well off Trump, his family and his buddies were since he got back in office, I would have ruined my day having to waste time fighting my violent urges.
Welp, looks like I've completely sunk the value of my house. Between the husband and myself, I think we've tackled 8 or 9 out of 10 of those DIY projects that we're supposed to leave to the pros. Some of that, such as floor tiles, we did while working alongside the contractor building our home. And probably the worst hardscape feature in our yard was done by a pro that underestimated the difficulty of the water feature we wanted. Since then, we've partially ripped that out, but haven't sorted out what goes there next.
I don't regret any of our DIY work.
Back in 1951, we had moved into an old house.
I'm guessing it was pre many codes.
My silk mill and warehouse worker dad, helped by various pals, his brothers and one brother in law, supervised by my mother, moved walls and redid floors, replaced French doors with walls and picture windows, rewired the house (the BIL was an electrician) and replaced the simple heating via coal stove and floor grate with piping and radiators for steam heat as well as used knotty pine lumber to panel the kitchen and parlor, enclosed a small porch
It took 5 years plus to finish all that work. It lasted until 2010 when our nephew took over the house and tore it down to the studs and with a friend and his dad (who were contractors) brought it up to modern life.
Can Trump please attend some Alabama games and spread the college football curse to them?
Stopped Karl right twice a Rove, how do you even come up with this stuff, brilliant.
Do not believe the influencers. You can totally paint a home if you can manage to purchase one.
TLDR - "Here’s 10 home improvement projects you shouldn’t try" - Um, all of them Katie.
"Dok wrote about Tommy Tuberville and his furry barking airline pilots at Wonkette, and I followed up on it at The Moral High Ground."
Did someone here already post a link to The Who’s “Dogs, Part II” or did I see that elsewhere?
https://youtu.be/0z-HNk1_pyQ?si=uho1z1t3cJvAcFO5
For all your barking needs
"Here’s 10 home improvement projects you shouldn’t try to do yourself, because you’re an IDIOT."
I spent way too much time trying to hang a pegboard in our closet yesterday. I measured twice, maybe even three times, drilled way too many holes in the wall, and discovered that the wall board in the closet is only about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. probably not the best for hanging stuff on.
The wallboard needs to be thin enough for the tight bend at the top of the hooks to pass through. It's wallboard made for the purpose. It'll be fine.
There are no hooks. It’s a Shaker style pegboard, with two keyhole slots in the back for screws to slide into.
I could go to my local Ace store and ask for advice, but that seems like giving up.
Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. If your 2 screws are longer than 2" into studs (16" apart perhaps) those should hold quite a bit of weight. One way to test if you hit "neck meat" is to try to pull the screws out with a claw hammer or wonderbar. You can lever against a scrap piece of wood to protect the drywall. If you can't easily pull the screws loose you're going to be fine.
Person who yelled at Trump at the golf tournament is my new hero.
Ta, Evan. Ta, Martini. Hot, handsome husband Meccalopolis served our flowery white tea, luscious fruit bowls, and stellar coffee; he's making our elitist avocado toast right now. He has blessed my life in uncountable ways, and I his. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. We love and appreciate you all and we 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, catch up on any other vaccines you need, and get any kids in your family vaccinated as well, and stay the fuck away from us and anyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because we love you, too. Do this in memory of 27 Club member Treg, Holly's heroic pilot friend Tony, Dolly Parton, who put up a million dollars of her own money to make the Moderna vaccine possible, and nearly eight million dead worldwide, possibly including Gav, who had long COVID. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we love you, medicos of Wonkette, from student to active to retired), especially ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Stay safe. When we vote, we WIN!!
Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛
I love you, darling. Happy Monday to all who celebrate!
'Marafatsos' is a real name?!? i has a suggestion for the Wonkette Stylebook.
We have done 7 out of 10 of those DIY home improvement projects. Mr. cc is doing more again now, in fact, a particular project that will involve 2 of the 10.
It is completely unrealistic to think that people aren't going to paint their own interiors. Pfff.
I am about to begin a total house makeover as this house hasn't been updated since the mid 1980's.
Any tips greatfully accepted
The one thing I forgot to mention is tile. Hire that done. Laying tile is harder than childbirth. And very hard to make it look decent. And always go with the darker grout.
Agree. Now that being said my husband does build homes so I’m lucky that we have an in house pro. However WRT getting an electrician, he recently told me about a friend of a friend who has been updating his retirement home in Bend, OR. He hired a professional electrician. His house just burned down. And yeah. It was an electrical fire. 14 months away from moving and now nothing to move into.
a pro electrician did the inspection before i got my house (some outlets are grounded, some are not). said everything but one outlet in the kitchen was fine. i can't fix an outlet, fixture, or switch without being horrified and making several trips to Lowe's. same with the AC.
Shit! Hope it was insured.
I don't do much construction anymore due to age and vision loss, but I won't do my own electrical or plumbing beyond changing out an outlet or switch or a faucet. Stuff that can burn the house down or flood it, I leave to the pros.
😳
The comments are on point about prep.
So now Rove can see the viciousness of MAGAt’s. Poor baby.
It’s clear that ICE has zero intention of following laws and for now they keep getting away with it.
May I contend that Tommy Two Brain cells probably has some crazy shit on his browsing pages. As a corner F/A may I say that what we do on our days off was nunya. Can these pilots so their job? That’s all that matters.
Todd Blanche's "privilege" remark made my stomach flame.
The chef interviews and the first one starts talking about ozembic and folks not ordering too much
I guess the new Marie Antoinettes aren't eating enough cake