I forgotted a loaf of sourdough proofing in my fridge. I forgotted it for 4 days. I am baking it. For science. It could be a pancake. It could end up fantastic. It’s definitely going to be tangy!
The best Calvin and Hobbes comics were when Bill was just dunking on other cartoonists by showing off how good an artist he was. Comics have only gotten wayyyy lower effort, and I mean worse than Family Circus levels of low effort.
Well, what can you do when the papers keep shrinking and shrinking the things so they can cram more into the page? That's why Trudeau demanded Doonesbury only be put on the editorial page.
Dan Perkins, aka Tom Tomorrow, frequently complains that despite the comics being one of the things papers pay the least for, they always seem to be the first things on the chopping block when a publisher decides they need to "cut costs."
It's not easy, but even the single-panel comics have some great content. Far Side is classic, but even Dan Piraro's Bizarro makes me laugh to this day.
IIRC, the comics where Calvin is playing with Susie are supposed to be parodies of the few 'serious' comics that appeared in newspapers at the time. Think stuff like Mary Worth.
2-4 ounces is enough for protein, but you can have more vegetables and maybe fruit if it's not high sugar (pineapple, mango, that kind of thing). You can have a whole apple, for example.
If we try aligning the food pyramid with Maslov's Hierarchy of Needs, we can logically conclude that a diet high in fats and sweets will contribute positively to self-actualization and psychological maturity.
Believe it or not, back in the 80's, there were professional bodybuilders insisting you could be a muscle man by cramming desserts down your throat. People who kept forgetting they were guzzling drugs that kept them a 5% bodyfat.
Actually, I think dairy is unnatural for hoomuns. But the dairy industry works hard to make that attitude politically incorrect. And I say this having grown up on a dairy ranch.
Thank you for the warning, so that I can make my delicate, impressionable preteen children (who LOVE presidential and VP press conferences!) wear their noise-cancelling headphones.
As an educated woman with the vocabulary of a sailor [I have a sweatshirt that says that...] I feel inordinately proud of Vice President Harris articulating her membership in the sassy sisterhood of our well-versed variety of verbiage.
Interesting to me but most of the educated women I know have vocabularies that impress Li'l Feller. And Li'l Feller can cuss any grizzled chief petty officer under the table before even starting his first beer.
It’s one of the reasons the degradation of the NYT is hard to stomach.
It’s one of the few papers that doesn’t need to rely on billionaire philanthropy to survive, and yet the feudal news lords who inherited the family trust believe the poor keep getting too uppity
The Speaker who can do nothing without Democratic support because he cannot reign in his own fractious, contentious caucus of psychopathic clowns? Well, that’s a take, I suppose.
There's a story about magician David Copperfield behaving inappropriately with teen models at the 1988 and 1991 "Look of the Year" modeling competitions, at which he was a judge. Another person who was judge at the 1991 event was DJT, who was also reportedly creepy towards the girls (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/16/david-copperfield-allegations). Gag.
Okay, I guess. I have no idea what's going in social media as a whole, let alone "black social media". I looked at Hughley's Wiki, and it didn't seem to cite any current radio or TV outlets ( altho' he has been quite active there in the last two decades )
Google suggests that an appearance with D.L. Hughley could result in an Ouroboros of cussing. Top result:
"‘Cussing Pastor’ rips DL Hughley with profanity-laden rebuke for claiming he cusses in pulpit"
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-issues-profanity-laden-response-to-comedian-dl-hughley.html
I'm really hoping for a carpet-bombing of cluster F-Bombs, here.
I forgotted a loaf of sourdough proofing in my fridge. I forgotted it for 4 days. I am baking it. For science. It could be a pancake. It could end up fantastic. It’s definitely going to be tangy!
I am expecting updates on the results of this impromptu experiment in bread making.
Geez.... what is it proofing, your dissertation or sumptin'?
If it's big enough it could be soundproofing
"....it creeps
And leaps and glides and slides
Across the floor
Right through the door
And all around the wall
A splotch, a blotch
Be careful of The Blob!"
If you left it there to rise, it could be the size of a Buick.
We have left it in the fridge for several days and it’s been fine.
If it looked like a loaf of bread when it went into the pan I'm sure it'll be great.
Please, keep us advised... ;>)
OT, but I read the "funny" pages in my local paper every morning and came across this in my Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/TheeFantomas/status/1790846048061002184
The best Calvin and Hobbes comics were when Bill was just dunking on other cartoonists by showing off how good an artist he was. Comics have only gotten wayyyy lower effort, and I mean worse than Family Circus levels of low effort.
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/31
Who was it who said of the creator of Cathy, "She drops string on the floor and Xeroxes it"?
It’s easy to forget what a great artist he is, his Spaceman Spiff strips were great too.
Well, what can you do when the papers keep shrinking and shrinking the things so they can cram more into the page? That's why Trudeau demanded Doonesbury only be put on the editorial page.
It's insane that they shrink the one part of the paper that people actually want.
Dan Perkins, aka Tom Tomorrow, frequently complains that despite the comics being one of the things papers pay the least for, they always seem to be the first things on the chopping block when a publisher decides they need to "cut costs."
"Well, if we're not selling, that means lay off journalists!"
It's not easy, but even the single-panel comics have some great content. Far Side is classic, but even Dan Piraro's Bizarro makes me laugh to this day.
LOL at "It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I'll get a saw."
IIRC, the comics where Calvin is playing with Susie are supposed to be parodies of the few 'serious' comics that appeared in newspapers at the time. Think stuff like Mary Worth.
We R Old. Apartment 3G.
Rex Morgan/Mark Trail etc. yeah. Watterson was well-versed in the classics and it definitely comes through in his work.
https://twitter.com/TheIronOx/status/1791092784058728706
Live now and occasionally, anybody but Kamala Harris
Reminded of Ralphie's old man from a Christmas story....
"He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master."
OT:
Birb is trying to eat healthy.
Birb made sign. It has a circle on it, which is a plate.
It shows: one large square, which is a serving of grilled chicken or fish, with maybe a little sauce.
On the other side, are two portions of vegetables, and one of fruit.
Each of these will be two to four ounces per portion.
Mmmm.
I think every grocery store should put up a big chart, which says, "How to eat healthy!"
It would show this plate.
It's certainly nourishing your math skills.
2-4 ounces is enough for protein, but you can have more vegetables and maybe fruit if it's not high sugar (pineapple, mango, that kind of thing). You can have a whole apple, for example.
Eat ALL. THE. BERRIES.
ALL OF THEM.
Apples: Good.
Birb ate apple for breakfast!
Apple is good! Also pears, berries, cherries. More fiber for the amount of sugar.
Peaches, plums (I just got the first of those for the season, yay!)
👍👍👍
It's better than that gottdamn food triangle thingy which is the product of ubercrapitalism instead of what's actually good for hooomuns.
Those things were really more for the Ag industry than for people
yes
The fat limitations are insane by any standard outside North America, afaik.
A two dimensional pyramid, I mean come one, what is that even?
A triangle!
If we try aligning the food pyramid with Maslov's Hierarchy of Needs, we can logically conclude that a diet high in fats and sweets will contribute positively to self-actualization and psychological maturity.
Yeah but that shit makes me fat.
Believe it or not, back in the 80's, there were professional bodybuilders insisting you could be a muscle man by cramming desserts down your throat. People who kept forgetting they were guzzling drugs that kept them a 5% bodyfat.
I need to test that theory.
They call it a pyramid, I call it stooopitt.
I'm old school. Taco has all the four food groups: meat, dairy, grains, fruits and vegetables.
Actually, I think dairy is unnatural for hoomuns. But the dairy industry works hard to make that attitude politically incorrect. And I say this having grown up on a dairy ranch.
Every few weeks I just barbecue a vegan and call it good.
Relevant:
"Vegan Apocalypse" by Patrick Poe & Lolo Loren, IX Film Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI3s0v9H9Zg
(5 min, 12 sec - you'll have the time)
Mmmmm.
https://substack.com/profile/155617549-bradthebot/note/c-56543485
You are going to have to take B vitamins and mineral supplements if you only eat vegans.
Mmm, tasty.
OT
https://substack.com/profile/1554038-alpaca22/note/c-56542397?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=xb3q
I LIKE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS ONCE AND FOR ALL! What is Substack's malfunction rn?
If you refresh the page, your likes will suddenly appear.
For some reason today it takes a while for the 'like' to register.
Trying to subcontract independent contractor Disqus hamster power.
Hamsters need more Provigil.
Click on the like. It might not register on your screen but it will register eventually. At least some of mine did.
I'm doing it but it's so unsatisfying!
If it was satisfying the republican'ts would outlaw it.
Right? Argh!
So you're having issues with upfisting favorable non-comments as well?
I've been thoroughly frustrated with it and was wondering if perhaps I needed to shut down and restart this damned device.
You too? I'm glad I'm not the only one ... "LIKES" for erry'body!
Aye!
Swamp nuts.
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲’ 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀
A dike from Fernadina Beach to Mobile Bay and Mexico is going to pay for it.
No gay, You'll have to call it something else.
Yeah, I was wondering where we'd find a Lesbian that tall...
"NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!"
~Dan Backslide
* he screamed at the top of his lungs *
My house is a LOT closer to the surf than it was 20 years ago, but that's probably just a coincidence of some kind.
I bet the sand fleas are moving your house at night.
Immigrant sand fleas.
Thank you for the warning, so that I can make my delicate, impressionable preteen children (who LOVE presidential and VP press conferences!) wear their noise-cancelling headphones.
As an educated woman with the vocabulary of a sailor [I have a sweatshirt that says that...] I feel inordinately proud of Vice President Harris articulating her membership in the sassy sisterhood of our well-versed variety of verbiage.
Too fuckin' erudite and fine...
Fuck yeah.
Interesting to me but most of the educated women I know have vocabularies that impress Li'l Feller. And Li'l Feller can cuss any grizzled chief petty officer under the table before even starting his first beer.
Vocabulary of a sailor? OK, what does "luff the focsle" mean?
Please, the children might hear.
(Blushes...)
Hey. Not on the first date.
Tourist Nerds on a sailboat:
[captain] Prepare to luff and come about!
[nerd one] Honey, they're preparing to luff and come about!
We crack ourselves open.
I understood that reference dot meme!
Farting at a sail?
"Sneak into the captain's quarters and fart"
There was a young lady from Bangor
Who slept while the ship was at anchor.
She woke in dismay
When she hear the mate say
"Yo! Hoist up the top sheet and spanker!"
(so wrong, yet so amusing!)
Wrong answers are the best answers :)
finger raised/finger lowered dot meme...
“At 70 years old if I could give my younger self one piece of advice, it would be to use the words ‘fuck off’ much more frequently.” — Helen Mirren
I absolutely ADORE that woman!
The Dame is rarely wrong.
Coined by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Excuse me while I go vomit.
“Opinion by Marc A. Thiessen
In a matter of six months, Mike Johnson has gone from accidental House speaker to one of the most consequential House speakers in a generation.”
Bad WaPo. Bad. [uses spray bottle]
consequential in that he is protecting and may throw the election for an amoral criminal
it just ain't right that guy's got a regular column anywhere
In fairness, catching Ebola is usually also consequential.
More consequential than Merlot Boehner??
If by "accidental" they mean he pisses his pants every time PAB wants him to do something, then yes.
If by consequential you mean he's going down in history as perhaps the weakest and a great object lesson, maybe?
Used to make fun of Theissen for being the objectively stupidest person working at WAPO, and then they went and hired 40% of the national review.
Give tbe boy some paste to eat, kiss records, and torture policies and let him color in peace.
Thiessen is cretinous dogshit.
Incorrigible!
>wapo closes its eyes and continues to eat the flowers on the dining room table<
It's good to get an occasional reminder that Bezos owns WaPo.
It’s one of the reasons the degradation of the NYT is hard to stomach.
It’s one of the few papers that doesn’t need to rely on billionaire philanthropy to survive, and yet the feudal news lords who inherited the family trust believe the poor keep getting too uppity
The Speaker who can do nothing without Democratic support because he cannot reign in his own fractious, contentious caucus of psychopathic clowns? Well, that’s a take, I suppose.
con
sequential
The headline reads
“ Mike Johnson was on the ropes. Now he’s one of the most effective speakers ever.”
It’s funny because it’s demonstrably untrue
...for the Democrats
There's a story about magician David Copperfield behaving inappropriately with teen models at the 1988 and 1991 "Look of the Year" modeling competitions, at which he was a judge. Another person who was judge at the 1991 event was DJT, who was also reportedly creepy towards the girls (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/16/david-copperfield-allegations). Gag.
Yeah, seems Copperfield spent some serious time getting in touch with his inner Cosby. Allegedly.
The PAB? Creepy towards women? Lady G's fainting couch, stat!
"Surprise, surprise, surprise1"
[Narrator: It is not a surprise.]
Why DL Hughley? Seems like an odd choice
He’s huge on black social media.
Okay, I guess. I have no idea what's going in social media as a whole, let alone "black social media". I looked at Hughley's Wiki, and it didn't seem to cite any current radio or TV outlets ( altho' he has been quite active there in the last two decades )
Radio and TV are dead.
Yet another way I'm out of touch. What about podcasts?
Podcasts are still alive until AI kills them.
For anypony who missed the Lincoln Project’s response to Fox News attacking Kamala for cursing.
https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1790547645791961341
The hypocrisy never ends with these disgusting creatures.
OT: Thi$ CANNOT be repeated often enough!
𝗗𝗲𝗺 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 $𝟮𝟬𝗠 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 '𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲'
https://www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-jerry-nadler/