Many MANY years ago in high school I was in the student council (nerd) and we ran the monthly dances. There was a little booth off the cafeteria where the dances were held, which had our DJ equipment (basically a tape deck and an amp, if I remember). It also had, after every autumn dance, a gallon of fresh cider with the top loosened, tucked away under the counter. Which meant that the NEXT dance we had a gallon of slightly fermented, maybe 1% alcohol, hard cider. Which we drank while spinning the tunes, and felt we were getting SO hammered! The innocence of youth…
My freshman year in high school, no one in the class wanted to be in student council, so I volunteered and ended up on the budget committee. Various groups would come to us for money for the next school year (E.g. The dance committee would come to us with "We will need $50 for crepe paper for the 'Under the Sea' dance" type of thing) and we pretty much rubber stamped their requests. What the three of us on the committee didn't know was that the school band was supposed to come to us for money to charter busses for when the school sportsball teams had away games so the band could play at the games. They never asked for money, so we didn't allocate any.
By the start my sophomore year, kids started thinking about having extracurricular stuff to put on college applications so I ended up losing the election. Then the band found out they had no transportation to the away games and roasted the sitting budget committee which was comprised of the popular kids (the kids who skied a lot and wore puka shells -- hey, it was the '70s) who had won the election but had no authorization to allocate money for the current school year.
That was when I learned the harshness of politics and the blessing of leaving before the shit hits the fan.
So, yay on the White House sending negotiators to meet with the car companies and the UAW reps, and yay on OHJB going to picket some with the strikers, but I Do. Not. Like. that the last time the White House communicated anything about the four-month-and-counting SAG AFTRA strike was two months ago. Entertainment industry percentage of U.S. GDP? 6.9%. Automotive industry percentage of U.S. GDP? 3%.
I also suspect that it's the optics. Which I kind of understand, because not everyone is from SoCal like me and has friends that work for the barracudas of the Disney legal department or temped at a movie camera rental company (me.)
A good way to meet SAG AFTRA members is to go to Starbucks and talk to the baristas. Or to a convention hotel, talk to the banquet setup and service staff.
Not just being snarky. Yesterday in Atlanta, I was talking to the setup captain at just such a convention hotel. He has a Masters in Music History, and a SAG-AFTRA card.
I'm waiting until "Ahsoka" is released in full before giving it a look. Then I can binge it and "Andor" all at once.
I've had to take a step back from the franchise in recent years. Partly because I'm very attached to the old Expanded Universe (or Legends), partly because the fandom has become so toxic you can see the trails of sludge in the wake of their grievance and rage, and partly because I'm just not vibing with the bulk of post-Disney SW material.
In the only similar aituation here I had to use some bandaids and ointment to patch up some scratches on myself. I hope you and the cat both made it out with minimal impact on your healh.
Well I am currently feeling extremely under the weather and it is either not covid, or the test is expired, who can tell. Probably not related to the cat, but again, who can tell. She is now curled up in her usual spot on the chair.
Spent Sunday & Monday in bed with a 101 fever. Doctor had the typical ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ opinion. Better today but I think I need one more day in bed. Stupid cat threw up /on the bed/ so she is, so to speak, in the doghouse.
Trump claimed in his NY deposition, under oath, that the Trump Superhero NFTs he sold for $99 each are now selling for as much as $40,000 on the resale market.
NFTs were never something of intrinsic value. They are an interesting idea for solving the problem of how artists can prove creative ownership of their digital artwork, and get paid.
But then it's just another genre in the broader Art market. An artist is now just as likely to get rich selling an NFT as they are by selling any other piece of art. Which is to say, not very.
What's over is the fool's rush to buy up all the tulip bulbs. You can still buy and sell tulip bulbs, to be sure, but it's hardly noteworthy.
The party is full of no ones. When tramp drops dead later this year, I predict Reblups will try to pretend they are not a bunch of racists and nominate Haley. The bunch of racists will mostly stay home and she will lose bigly.
They all figured that TFG would win again, and by this time, they would have cemented their majority forever by changing the laws and basic corruption. Didn't work out that way.
Morning everyone. Something's happening. Got the patio slider open and cool air is moving from outside to inside. That hasn't happened since late May. Outside temp is 75F. It's overcast.
Aside from the coffee pot being empty(!), it's damned civilized around here.
I don't follow much pop culture unless it's too big to ignore, but I'm really enjoying watching the internet world unite under supporting Sophie Turner against the Jonas brother.
Feminists and incel trolls and the LGBTQs and confused bots all fighting the good fight with their funny memes for a scorned Queen in the North is what progress looks like to me. We're getting there folks. Well done Everyone.
I don't want to say anything about the show, because spoilers.
But, I wouldn't mind having a bit of conversation around the show.
Also, after you saw Star Wars in late spring of 1977 (you know who you are), could you even imagine that 50 years later there would be so many movies and shows that you might get lost in it?
The costuming is excellent, too always has been. The "shows" are filmed with a backlit stage, which gives them all a unifying look. I don't think they use it the same way in the features.
Also! We were just nerding out on the original sound design for the lightsaber, Roomie was telling me he just saw an interview about it. It involves swinging the mic around at some point. Analog, baby!
I would love to discuss it when I’m better. I had a 9mm kidney stone blasted into smithereens by light sabers on Wednesday and I am in a world of pain.
(Jeez, I meant that as a snarky funny. I do not mean to make light of your discomfort. If I have been disrespectful, I apologize. I will redact my post.)
I was 10 in that fateful summer and no way could I ever imagine so much Star Wars. I was just over the moon getting an episode seven, where my childhood heros could reunite on screen once again, oh wait, fuck you JJ Abrams. Sorry, had to get it out. It used to be An Event when a new Star Wars property came out and now it's next Tuesday. And it's all so hit and miss.
Honestly as one of those kids, who spent every day though circa 1981 playing Leia (always Leia, damnit!), I'm discouraged and bored by the overkill and the hype.
The books may have wandered off from time to time, and there are so many variations. I kept up for a while, but stepped off the train for a minute and may not be able to pick up where I was. I stayed with the originals, not getting off track with some of the ancillary characters.
My siblings and I were pumped for more Star Wars. We read Splinter of the Mind’s Eye and Brian Daley’s Han Solo books, and we even sat through the Holiday Special when it first aired. But we didn’t imagine all the other movies and shows.
We had a rollickng, rowdy show last night. I was delighted with our performance. Night 2 tonight, everything still set up from last night, so I get to walk in like a rock star and just play.
Though I had terrible leg cramps last night to rip me out of bed at 5 a.m. Must hydrate.
Good for you. We had the same on Wednesday night. And really nice to be able to play again with everything all set up. On Wed., by the time I got all the gear packed up and loaded, the joint was deserted. Then my truck wouldn't start.
Right? Nothing takes you from "man, what a great night" to "FUUUUCKKKK!!!" faster than that. Probably got to bed about two. Katie was so excited when I finally got home, she was charging around the house with her skunk toy in her mouth.
That's an image that brings a smile to my face. Katie and her toy, that is.
Those late nights dictate a lot of my automotive purchases, actually- triple A, and REALLY good snow tires for driving an hour after the bars and clubs close in February.
Whew, yeah. And I certainly don't have to deal with that kind of weather here. We played a show in a small burg down south this past weekend and our fiddle player hit a deer on the way home!
The truck thing was a bit of a fluke. Drublic Jr. is our bass player; he was helping with the gear and grabbed my keys to move the truck to take the first load out, then forgot to give them back to me and left for home. I have a spare, which apparently unlocks the doors but will not actually start the freaking vehicle.
There is, or was, a silly country-ish band here in the upper Midwest, that would play the song "If You Want To Play In Fargo, You Gotta Have A Shovel In The Van."
I've been taking an electrolyte supplement because I had leg cramps that were positively scary, as my heart is another muscle and I kind of need it to keep doing its thing. Last night I was just starting to get twinges so I got up, took another and had a little orange juice. (MAYBE there was a little too much drinking, who can say?)
Looked into Kars for Kidz. Apparently, all they money they raise goes to Oorah, a charity that serves Jewish families. That's a pretty small subset of the population. I generally don't give to religious charities; I dislike the shoebox Xmas charities because they involve preaching about Jesus.
Their biggest sin is those damned commercials. I'm pretty quick on the draw when it comes to the mute button, but sometimes I am away from it in the kitchen or something. The other one that I can't stand is the Jardiance for diabetes ad. It's a toss-up as to which is the worse earworm.
I donated a couple of my old rides to a program run by the American Cancer Society here in Spokane. When I researched that agency it appeared that the funds went to those who really needed them and I felt comfortable with the donation.
I am pretty fucking fussy about who I donate $$$ or goods to and a pretty adamant about only contributing to secular organizations.
That's what the ACA program does here. They'll tow the rig if it's not running at no charge to you. They also send a very nice thank you letter and receipt for your records.
“We believe that President Bashar Al-Assad’s visit will further deepen mutual political trust and cooperation in various fields between the two countries,” she added.
After a week of glorious late-summer sun and brilliant blue skies, today is chilly and rainy and the city shelter's planned event with our block association to meet adoptable doggies has been canceled. Sadface, I wanted to meet doggies.
Wonderful 🍋
Many MANY years ago in high school I was in the student council (nerd) and we ran the monthly dances. There was a little booth off the cafeteria where the dances were held, which had our DJ equipment (basically a tape deck and an amp, if I remember). It also had, after every autumn dance, a gallon of fresh cider with the top loosened, tucked away under the counter. Which meant that the NEXT dance we had a gallon of slightly fermented, maybe 1% alcohol, hard cider. Which we drank while spinning the tunes, and felt we were getting SO hammered! The innocence of youth…
My freshman year in high school, no one in the class wanted to be in student council, so I volunteered and ended up on the budget committee. Various groups would come to us for money for the next school year (E.g. The dance committee would come to us with "We will need $50 for crepe paper for the 'Under the Sea' dance" type of thing) and we pretty much rubber stamped their requests. What the three of us on the committee didn't know was that the school band was supposed to come to us for money to charter busses for when the school sportsball teams had away games so the band could play at the games. They never asked for money, so we didn't allocate any.
By the start my sophomore year, kids started thinking about having extracurricular stuff to put on college applications so I ended up losing the election. Then the band found out they had no transportation to the away games and roasted the sitting budget committee which was comprised of the popular kids (the kids who skied a lot and wore puka shells -- hey, it was the '70s) who had won the election but had no authorization to allocate money for the current school year.
That was when I learned the harshness of politics and the blessing of leaving before the shit hits the fan.
Messi sez, it's Caturday, what's this weird creature bugging me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swUIE6nJrpI
So, yay on the White House sending negotiators to meet with the car companies and the UAW reps, and yay on OHJB going to picket some with the strikers, but I Do. Not. Like. that the last time the White House communicated anything about the four-month-and-counting SAG AFTRA strike was two months ago. Entertainment industry percentage of U.S. GDP? 6.9%. Automotive industry percentage of U.S. GDP? 3%.
The writers on strike are in Ca and NY which are going to vote for Biden anyway. The UAW workers are in Ohio et. al. and might vote for Pendejo.
Ooh, good point.
Kind of puts things in perspective. Though SAG AFTRA doesn't represent all entertainment workers, any more than UAW represents all mechanics.
The UAW not representing all automotive industry workers isn't stopping OHJB from having their backs.
Optics. People see actors and writers, they think millionaires. That's not the bulk of those unions, but that's what too many people think.
For sure it's not the bulk of those unions.
My son-in-law is a union sound designer in LA, and drama daughter, (working on her union hours), makes costumes.
He has a few things because his studio also works on documentaries, (but he is not employed full-time.)
Drama daughter is not working at all.
I also suspect that it's the optics. Which I kind of understand, because not everyone is from SoCal like me and has friends that work for the barracudas of the Disney legal department or temped at a movie camera rental company (me.)
A good way to meet SAG AFTRA members is to go to Starbucks and talk to the baristas. Or to a convention hotel, talk to the banquet setup and service staff.
Not just being snarky. Yesterday in Atlanta, I was talking to the setup captain at just such a convention hotel. He has a Masters in Music History, and a SAG-AFTRA card.
Oh.
I did not mean to stir up dark meanings, nor dark memories, when I brought up Star Wars and the ancillary stories.
I am going to avoid saying anything stupid.
Be yourselves. Find light where you find it.
I apologize everything I wrote. No caveats.
I'm waiting until "Ahsoka" is released in full before giving it a look. Then I can binge it and "Andor" all at once.
I've had to take a step back from the franchise in recent years. Partly because I'm very attached to the old Expanded Universe (or Legends), partly because the fandom has become so toxic you can see the trails of sludge in the wake of their grievance and rage, and partly because I'm just not vibing with the bulk of post-Disney SW material.
I was born on the Death Star. It's complicated.
So, like the rest of us, you can't go home again? You went back to Ohio, and your city was gone? Something like that?
Cat got stuck in the back of the folded up futon platform. The day is proceeding from there.
Wicked good Caturday over there
It was super fun extricating her.
In the only similar aituation here I had to use some bandaids and ointment to patch up some scratches on myself. I hope you and the cat both made it out with minimal impact on your healh.
Well I am currently feeling extremely under the weather and it is either not covid, or the test is expired, who can tell. Probably not related to the cat, but again, who can tell. She is now curled up in her usual spot on the chair.
Hey there! Just want to follow up and ask how you're feeling today?
I hope your health improves quickly! I am happy to hear the cat is well.
Spent Sunday & Monday in bed with a 101 fever. Doctor had the typical ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ opinion. Better today but I think I need one more day in bed. Stupid cat threw up /on the bed/ so she is, so to speak, in the doghouse.
Who would have suspected....
Ron Filipkowski:
Trump claimed in his NY deposition, under oath, that the Trump Superhero NFTs he sold for $99 each are now selling for as much as $40,000 on the resale market.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6tO17AW0AADtYf?format=jpg&name=small
Every bit as accurate as his assertions about being a "billionaire".
Link to actual article: https://web.archive.org/web/20230922193214/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/nfts-worthless-researchers-find-1234828767/
NFTs were never something of intrinsic value. They are an interesting idea for solving the problem of how artists can prove creative ownership of their digital artwork, and get paid.
But then it's just another genre in the broader Art market. An artist is now just as likely to get rich selling an NFT as they are by selling any other piece of art. Which is to say, not very.
What's over is the fool's rush to buy up all the tulip bulbs. You can still buy and sell tulip bulbs, to be sure, but it's hardly noteworthy.
Uh huh.
"As much as" in advertising means "less than" -- so yeah -- they're selling for less than forty grand a pop.
Has he just admitted to another crime, under oath? Lol
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.”
PAB doesn't need all of 'em, just the stupid ones with cash
Bored Rape
Idiot submission.
The first Big Deal in the NFT tulip-mania was a crudely drawn cartoon character called "Bored Ape."
And Trump has an unsavory sexual history.
Way to support your defense against false valuations, sport.
Keep fucking that chicken, you dolt.
Money laundering is such a scourge.
Floor Price: 0.1539ETH
https://nftpricefloor.com/trump-nft-digital-trading-cards
0.1539ETH == $244.97 US
Better buy some quick. There's only 45k available!
Seems legit.
[howls of mocking laughter]
If PAB dropped dead, they would have really no one to replace him on the ticket. Just saying.
The other candidates trying to grab pieces of the corpse to claim the mantle of succession is the shit show I'd pay to watch.
What, you're not feeling the Ramaswamity?
Ramaswamentum!
I would very much like to see them try.
I want him to hang on long enough to get his ass kicked by Biden again, and then drop while watching the election results.
Do you really think Biden, who, in case you haven't heard, is OLD, can beat that brilliant, athletic hunk of man?
I crack myself up.
I heard Dean Obeidallah the other day. He had Cenk Uygur <spit> on, and he said Biden is the only candidate who could lose to tfg.
They walk among us. Still, terrifying thought.
If got accidentally shot out of a cannon, they 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 wouldn't.
The party is full of no ones. When tramp drops dead later this year, I predict Reblups will try to pretend they are not a bunch of racists and nominate Haley. The bunch of racists will mostly stay home and she will lose bigly.
Nice thought, but Henry Kissinger is still around.
But Haley has LADY BITS!
BROWN lady bits!
Oh, do you have PAB over Roodles in the dead pool? Huh. That would be a ... shame.
The mad rush to occupy the vacuum would make Black Friday at Walmart look like a peace rally.
It seems to me
You lived your life
Like a vandal
In the bin
The GOP bench consists of blowing tumbleweed and "do you think they might vote for Jeb this time?"
They all figured that TFG would win again, and by this time, they would have cemented their majority forever by changing the laws and basic corruption. Didn't work out that way.
Please clap.
In Tr*mps case it's "please get the clap"
While hope springs eternal and the stress should by all rights snuff him we all know that Drumpfenfuehrer's spite shall sustain him.
Wouldn't that be a shame?
Moghmphgnngh.....rfthph...
* adjusts settings *
Morning everyone. Something's happening. Got the patio slider open and cool air is moving from outside to inside. That hasn't happened since late May. Outside temp is 75F. It's overcast.
Aside from the coffee pot being empty(!), it's damned civilized around here.
Up here at 4600 ft the temp is 62F which, to be honest, is a little chilly for me.
I'm at 4K, and we were down to 48F this morning. Too bad autumn only lasts a minute here, it's my favorite season.
I don't follow much pop culture unless it's too big to ignore, but I'm really enjoying watching the internet world unite under supporting Sophie Turner against the Jonas brother.
Feminists and incel trolls and the LGBTQs and confused bots all fighting the good fight with their funny memes for a scorned Queen in the North is what progress looks like to me. We're getting there folks. Well done Everyone.
Kid, who was a Jonas Brothers fan when they were big and she was little is team Sophie.
Da Queen In Da Nooooorth!!!
I love to see it. That Jonas brother sucks.
Is any of youses watching Ahsoka?
I don't want to say anything about the show, because spoilers.
But, I wouldn't mind having a bit of conversation around the show.
Also, after you saw Star Wars in late spring of 1977 (you know who you are), could you even imagine that 50 years later there would be so many movies and shows that you might get lost in it?
Aaaaand one more- if you are a Star Wars person, watch Andor. If it doesn't move you I don't know what will.
The costuming is excellent, too always has been. The "shows" are filmed with a backlit stage, which gives them all a unifying look. I don't think they use it the same way in the features.
Also! We were just nerding out on the original sound design for the lightsaber, Roomie was telling me he just saw an interview about it. It involves swinging the mic around at some point. Analog, baby!
I love it. The opening episode, with the speeder, her hair flying in the wind? It drew me right in.
I would love to discuss it when I’m better. I had a 9mm kidney stone blasted into smithereens by light sabers on Wednesday and I am in a world of pain.
May the force be with you
But don't cross the streams.
It's been an honor working with you, Dr Venkman
Hoping for good drugs to kill that pain!
Ouch!
However, you know, nobody loves a size-queen.
(Jeez, I meant that as a snarky funny. I do not mean to make light of your discomfort. If I have been disrespectful, I apologize. I will redact my post.)
(I wish upon you peace, love, and health)
I was 10 in that fateful summer and no way could I ever imagine so much Star Wars. I was just over the moon getting an episode seven, where my childhood heros could reunite on screen once again, oh wait, fuck you JJ Abrams. Sorry, had to get it out. It used to be An Event when a new Star Wars property came out and now it's next Tuesday. And it's all so hit and miss.
"Let your hate FLOW!"
I could go on and on and on.....my family is sick of the subject.
Oof.
I hope that you find ideas to embrace that you like.
I mean no disrespect.
I'm at peace with it now. Mostly.
Honestly as one of those kids, who spent every day though circa 1981 playing Leia (always Leia, damnit!), I'm discouraged and bored by the overkill and the hype.
I would, but my understanding is that I'd miss out on a lot if I didn't watch Clone Wars or the other series.
There are characters in Ahsoka I know nothing about but it seems like I'm supposed to. I also did not watch Clone Wars.
The books may have wandered off from time to time, and there are so many variations. I kept up for a while, but stepped off the train for a minute and may not be able to pick up where I was. I stayed with the originals, not getting off track with some of the ancillary characters.
Yeah, that's kinda true.
But, you don't need to see every episode of Gilligan's Island to enjoy the tale told in each.
Yes. That one. 😁
I enjoy the expansion of the stories that surround the events from the original three movies ... back story and history.
That being said, Rosario Dawson is excellent. The acting is very good.
My siblings and I were pumped for more Star Wars. We read Splinter of the Mind’s Eye and Brian Daley’s Han Solo books, and we even sat through the Holiday Special when it first aired. But we didn’t imagine all the other movies and shows.
I still have all those.
At 14, I chewed through "Splinter..."
I leaned that fingers are also called "digits".
I learned that a lightsaber works under water.
I do really like him and his apprentice.
He really is.
Alas.
You saw his performance in RRR?
We had a rollickng, rowdy show last night. I was delighted with our performance. Night 2 tonight, everything still set up from last night, so I get to walk in like a rock star and just play.
Though I had terrible leg cramps last night to rip me out of bed at 5 a.m. Must hydrate.
Uses a different set of muscles than kayaking.
Eat a banana.
(Adds to list)
Must acquire
Good for you. We had the same on Wednesday night. And really nice to be able to play again with everything all set up. On Wed., by the time I got all the gear packed up and loaded, the joint was deserted. Then my truck wouldn't start.
Oh damn that's a tough ending to a gig! And with all your stuff in the truck already!
What time did you get to bed?
Right? Nothing takes you from "man, what a great night" to "FUUUUCKKKK!!!" faster than that. Probably got to bed about two. Katie was so excited when I finally got home, she was charging around the house with her skunk toy in her mouth.
That's an image that brings a smile to my face. Katie and her toy, that is.
Those late nights dictate a lot of my automotive purchases, actually- triple A, and REALLY good snow tires for driving an hour after the bars and clubs close in February.
Whew, yeah. And I certainly don't have to deal with that kind of weather here. We played a show in a small burg down south this past weekend and our fiddle player hit a deer on the way home!
The truck thing was a bit of a fluke. Drublic Jr. is our bass player; he was helping with the gear and grabbed my keys to move the truck to take the first load out, then forgot to give them back to me and left for home. I have a spare, which apparently unlocks the doors but will not actually start the freaking vehicle.
D'oh!
Junior!
There is, or was, a silly country-ish band here in the upper Midwest, that would play the song "If You Want To Play In Fargo, You Gotta Have A Shovel In The Van."
Those suck.
I was shaking when they subsided.
Love that you had a great night!
I've been taking an electrolyte supplement because I had leg cramps that were positively scary, as my heart is another muscle and I kind of need it to keep doing its thing. Last night I was just starting to get twinges so I got up, took another and had a little orange juice. (MAYBE there was a little too much drinking, who can say?)
Aaahhhh no heart cramps!!! OJ is on the list
Make sure you're getting enough potassium; a deficiency can cause nasty leg cramps.
I've been taking a multi at night but I should augment today with food sources. And water. And stretching.
Looked into Kars for Kidz. Apparently, all they money they raise goes to Oorah, a charity that serves Jewish families. That's a pretty small subset of the population. I generally don't give to religious charities; I dislike the shoebox Xmas charities because they involve preaching about Jesus.
YMMV.
Their biggest sin is those damned commercials. I'm pretty quick on the draw when it comes to the mute button, but sometimes I am away from it in the kitchen or something. The other one that I can't stand is the Jardiance for diabetes ad. It's a toss-up as to which is the worse earworm.
I donated a couple of my old rides to a program run by the American Cancer Society here in Spokane. When I researched that agency it appeared that the funds went to those who really needed them and I felt comfortable with the donation.
I am pretty fucking fussy about who I donate $$$ or goods to and a pretty adamant about only contributing to secular organizations.
We donated our last "beater" to our local PBS station. They were great! Picked up the car no problems.
That's what the ACA program does here. They'll tow the rig if it's not running at no charge to you. They also send a very nice thank you letter and receipt for your records.
Same with PBS. We were lucky we scheduled when we did. It was the day before lockdown in 2020.
Yeah that shit's shady.
I made almond cake. Too bad my stomach has been doing flip flops for days now.
https://substack.com/profile/5869606-cateck/note/c-40551748?r=3ht0m&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
That picture made my stomach growl with demands for food. Looks amazing!
That is just miserable; I hope so much that you're feeling better soon.
Thanks. I don't want to blame the flu shot but the timing is suspicious.
Pooh befriends Piglet
https://www.dawn.com/news/1777282/chinas-xi-meets-syrias-assad-declares-new-strategic-partnership
Piglet, like me, is in a better mood these days.
https://twitter.com/funder/status/925118954359656459
They mis-spelled "Butcher Al-Assad"
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“We believe that President Bashar Al-Assad’s visit will further deepen mutual political trust and cooperation in various fields between the two countries,” she added.
This site's respected posting protocols prohibit me from articulating just how I define that inhuman fucking monster.
He destroyed his country to save himself.
His own damned self is the ONLY thing that bastard has ever cared about.
After a week of glorious late-summer sun and brilliant blue skies, today is chilly and rainy and the city shelter's planned event with our block association to meet adoptable doggies has been canceled. Sadface, I wanted to meet doggies.
The local "Puttin' on the Dog" event is cancelled, also too. So no doggie parade for us.