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.
NOTL is a historic little village, very quaint, which boasts the Prince of Wales Hotel---top-notch atmosphere and service, of course, plus afternoon High Tea. Nice Irish pub nearby, plus many interesting shops. Also has a summer Shaw festival. The surrounding wineries, at least half a dozen, have excellent varieties, made from local grapes, which have flavors very distinct from regional American wines.
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."
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.
NOTL is a historic little village, very quaint, which boasts the Prince of Wales Hotel---top-notch atmosphere and service, of course, plus afternoon High Tea. Nice Irish pub nearby, plus many interesting shops. Also has a summer Shaw festival. The surrounding wineries, at least half a dozen, have excellent varieties, made from local grapes, which have flavors very distinct from regional American wines.
End of travel lecture! 😉
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.
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"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!"
What or who is SER ?
so late to the party but love you EDs and happy happy birthday.
may next year...peak over the ramparts.
Happy Birthday Editrix.
https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/collections/editrix
The family looks nice, especially the girls. They are growing up.
Hope everyone had a great vacation. Thank you for sharing your photos!
Happy Birthday Trix!
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