Happy birthday and you're right - everyone I encountered in Canada this past weekend was very nice and accommodating, even the ones who had no idea of my origin country. The rude one was the guy at American customs on the way back. Niagara Falls Canada is as wonderfully tacky and touristy as I remember, but I can recommend The Dhaba On The Falls, a very excellent North Indian style restaurant where I had some very very good chicken korma and garlic naan.
I've never been there, but I'm not amiss to the idea of a winery tour. There's one (Casa Larga) almost right in my backyard I'm probably going to visit in the summer.
Happiest of birthdays to you Rebecca! You share the day with my better half, by the way, we have a cactus that blooms on your birthday, not Christmas! Thanks for keeping the lights on at the Wonkcave so we can enjoy temporary sanity breaks here!!! Love YSITB!
Really fascinating read on climate prediction. The political aspect is that the climate change deniers in our current administration are trying to defund NCAR.
Jessica Valenti says very well what I tried to say here on Wonkette yesterday. What happened in that locker room with Patel, Human Boil, and the hockey team was one of the worst male dominance performances since the RNC played It's a Man's World. It was perverted, sickening, and was meant to make every woman on the planet feel small. Fuck ALL those guys.
"The New York Times has reported that Patel’s schedule on Saturday included a lone 20-minute briefing with the Olympic security team and a 30-minute tour of a joint security operations venue before he was to attend a “private lunch with an unspecified guest.”
Patel arrived in Rome on Thursday evening before a dinner with the U.S. ambassador to Italy, billionaire Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta. By Friday, he had an hourlong meeting with the head of Italy’s domestic security and intelligence agency before a photo-op with Italian law enforcement, an “aperitivo” (a premeal drink/snack) at the Italian Ministry of the Interior and a number of other “ceremonial events,” per the Times. He then jetted off to Milan to watch the U.S. men’s team beat Slovakia to secure a spot in the gold medal final. His schedule on Sunday tasked him with just two events: Team USA’s gold medal match against Canada and his flight back to the States."
I don’t fault the hockey players for not pushing back against Grampa Assmouth in the locker room. They were high on the win, they were celebrating, it was the fucking President on the phone. I can’t see anyone stopping the celebration to say “That’s not right.” It’s not right, but thinking and responding on your feet is not a skill that’s necessarily in their toolbox.
BUT…I absolutely fault any of them who went to his “I love me” party yesterday. They had every opportunity to think, and read the room, and be hopefully pissed on by every woman in their lives. And yet 20 of the 25 went to the White House, and 17 of them were props at the speech. Those boys were pathetic. The remaining 5 men should be recognized. Not necessarily praised, because they did the bare minimum. But at least they did something.
I had a very weird pat down screening in the Milwaukee airport on 2/12 when I was heading to DC to visit our son and his family. Very personal, very strange. Not certain why.
Bellbottom bugs, you make the rockin’ world go ‘round. Your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/ole-says-matador-bug
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/1d4d714c-e73c-4fc3-ae51-cf99fa3977e2?utm_source=share
Happy birthday and all hail the Editrix!
Happy birthday and you're right - everyone I encountered in Canada this past weekend was very nice and accommodating, even the ones who had no idea of my origin country. The rude one was the guy at American customs on the way back. Niagara Falls Canada is as wonderfully tacky and touristy as I remember, but I can recommend The Dhaba On The Falls, a very excellent North Indian style restaurant where I had some very very good chicken korma and garlic naan.
Have you visitec Niagara-on-the-Lake? It's wonderful! Plus, a lot of wineries around it.
I've never been there, but I'm not amiss to the idea of a winery tour. There's one (Casa Larga) almost right in my backyard I'm probably going to visit in the summer.
Happy birthday, Trix!!!
And happy... whatever, weird beautiful bug!
Happy birthday, Rebecca!
When it comes to birthday gifts
Trix might not expect
A present quite as curious
As a floppy foot insect.
Shake a leg!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4hv_8TXFWg
Eric Clapton - Bell Bottom Blues (Live Video) | Warner Vault
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All Hail The 😇 Angelic Editrix!!💖🥰
Favorite prey of qiana birds...
Is that a riff on Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls"? Upvoted!
Shiel bugs are just creepy.
I never stopped wearing leg warmers. Glad to see I'm in good company.
Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgvBWR0Tr7I
Morphine - Cure For Pain.
🎶
"I propose a toast / To my self control / You see it, crawling / Helpless on the floor"
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Extra flamboyant!
In their world it usually means “go away”.
It can also mean "Come over here, ladies! I'm peacocking!"
What a peculiar adaptation, it is doing a sort of semaphore I suppose.
"Little Orphan Annie Says Drink Your Ovaltine."
A crummy commercial!
Could be worse. Could have been a Yo Mama joke.
or a Crummey trust
Those are pom-poms, it’s saying, in bug, “rah rah ree! kick him in the knee! Rah rah rass! Kick him in the…other knee!”
Keep waving those legs to keep the predators away! Ole, ole, ole, ole!!
Anything that bright, slow, and flamboyant isn't worried about predators; it's poisonous to the bone.
But will they be "in fashion" in a year? 🎱 -> "Not if the fashion industry has anything to say about it!"
Happiest of Birthdays to you, esteemed Editrix! And here’s to many more!
I was also thinking I was in trouble coming home from beautiful Mexico last month, but luckily came home to good ol’ Chitown!
Happy Birthday!💖🎶🌟
Happiest of birthdays to you Rebecca! You share the day with my better half, by the way, we have a cactus that blooms on your birthday, not Christmas! Thanks for keeping the lights on at the Wonkcave so we can enjoy temporary sanity breaks here!!! Love YSITB!
All the extra likes today for "meltfaced."
Enjoy your birthday!
Really fascinating read on climate prediction. The political aspect is that the climate change deniers in our current administration are trying to defund NCAR.
https://theconversation.com/making-sense-of-a-chaotic-planet-how-understanding-weather-and-climate-risks-depends-on-supercomputers-like-ncars-276376
https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/01/23/nsf-asks-how-to-dismantle-boulders-ncar-opening-door-to-privatization-after-congress-rejects-protections/
Happy Birthday, Queen.
Jessica Valenti says very well what I tried to say here on Wonkette yesterday. What happened in that locker room with Patel, Human Boil, and the hockey team was one of the worst male dominance performances since the RNC played It's a Man's World. It was perverted, sickening, and was meant to make every woman on the planet feel small. Fuck ALL those guys.
Happy birthday, BeccaLou!
I missed you so much. Happy birthday. Had it not been for Rosy Red Ass I would have been bereft in your absence.
"The New York Times has reported that Patel’s schedule on Saturday included a lone 20-minute briefing with the Olympic security team and a 30-minute tour of a joint security operations venue before he was to attend a “private lunch with an unspecified guest.”
Patel arrived in Rome on Thursday evening before a dinner with the U.S. ambassador to Italy, billionaire Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta. By Friday, he had an hourlong meeting with the head of Italy’s domestic security and intelligence agency before a photo-op with Italian law enforcement, an “aperitivo” (a premeal drink/snack) at the Italian Ministry of the Interior and a number of other “ceremonial events,” per the Times. He then jetted off to Milan to watch the U.S. men’s team beat Slovakia to secure a spot in the gold medal final. His schedule on Sunday tasked him with just two events: Team USA’s gold medal match against Canada and his flight back to the States."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kash-patel-olympics-trip-hockey-cultural-activities-private-dinners-report_n_699ef3dfe4b0c4f808275d90?origin=home-latest-news-unit
I don’t fault the hockey players for not pushing back against Grampa Assmouth in the locker room. They were high on the win, they were celebrating, it was the fucking President on the phone. I can’t see anyone stopping the celebration to say “That’s not right.” It’s not right, but thinking and responding on your feet is not a skill that’s necessarily in their toolbox.
BUT…I absolutely fault any of them who went to his “I love me” party yesterday. They had every opportunity to think, and read the room, and be hopefully pissed on by every woman in their lives. And yet 20 of the 25 went to the White House, and 17 of them were props at the speech. Those boys were pathetic. The remaining 5 men should be recognized. Not necessarily praised, because they did the bare minimum. But at least they did something.
four of the five had Minnesota connections.
Beautiful birthday wishes to you, Editrix! Thanks for all you and the Wonkette crew do to keep us informed and relatively calm. PAAAAAARTY!!!
her and George Harrison!
Tab's,Toast and Coffee ☕ in the Morning 💯👍
I had a very weird pat down screening in the Milwaukee airport on 2/12 when I was heading to DC to visit our son and his family. Very personal, very strange. Not certain why.
Happy birthday, Ms. Rebecca! Have so much fun! :) :) :) :)