Name the drink Ulama. Based upon the Mesoamerican ballgame. See below:
"The Mesoamerican ballgame (Classical Nahuatl: ōllamalīztli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [oːlːamaˈlist͡ɬi], Epigraphic Mayan: pitz) was a sport with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BCE (the middle Mesoamerican Preclassic period of the pre-Columbian era) by the people of Ancient Mesoamerica. The sport had different versions in different places during the millennia, and a modernized version of the game, ulama, is still played by the indigenous peoples of Mexico in some places." -- Wikipedia.
Call it the Quetzalcoatl. Aztec god of arts, crafts, knowledge, wisdom and learning, all of which we could use more of. Also appears as a feathered serpent, which is just cool.
Hmm. I always pronounced (or rather, perhaps mispronounced) the first syllable as "Kwetz". Not a Spanish speaker ... so quite sure I have been incorrect all along.
No collateral heat, boiling water is fast, and very responsive!
Astonished at how great it is! I was a confirmed gas heat person, and sometimes I miss that flame, but the lack of collateral heat is a game changer! (Especially in the summer.)
The single induction unit I have does well. I like it for simmering stock, among other things. It does, however, start at the top of the temperature range and takes some settling down to cook eggs. I'll be paying attention to that when looking for a full cooktop.
I decided to look around the map and check local news....
Destin: top headlines: 3 charged with attempted murder
Mobile: link to a story from Waco TX, headline - Man yelling racial slurs accidentally sets himself on fire while trying to burn house down
New Orleans: LSU nursing grad, detained by ICE for 6 months, may self-deport: ‘I feel hopeless all the time’
Beaumont TX: Infant child abuse victim had burn marks, swollen eye, suspect used bleach to clean blood
Houston TX: Woman fighting for her life after being shot by man in Alief area, police say
Corpus Christi TX: Driver arrested after stolen truck crashes near Boot Barn, police say
Naples, FL: Law enforcement arrested a Fort Myers man on a warrant accused of enticing children with drugs, and found multiple drugs, Florida Highway Patrol reports.
Cape Coral FL: The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office said it arrested former Sgt. Luis Tovar on two counts of battery. The arrest report said Tovar repeatedly punched and kicked two inmates without provocation.
Sarasota FL: Authorities recover more than 40 missing children during 12-day operation
Tampa FL: Citrus County woman accused of shooting and killing 2 ex-husbands: ‘This is bizarre’
that was just the Gulf coast. The Gulf of Mexico coast that is.
Happy Caturday! Oliver Furman is, in general, a good kitty. Fairly quiet, very affectionate, has perfect litterbox habits, doesn't interrupt me when I'm sleeping. I love him to bits. But. When I woke up this morning, he had somehow managed to open the cover to the HVAC unit, and had pulled out all the insulation therein. Cats, man.
A couple of building inspector type guys were here last week doing checks of all the systems, and obviously didn't secure it properly. I can easily correct it. Fortunately, he has zero interest in wires.
So my good boss who finally was returned to us yesterday got a cat. Not just any cat, but a special cat. I know, all cats are special, but this cat he inherited from one of his best friends who passed away a couple months ago. She lived on the other side of the country and a cousin coming home for Christmas brought the cat home.
Now, my boss's friend was so sure who she wanted her cat to go to she put it in her will when she got sick, after telling him "you are getting my cat." While he hadn't had a pet since he went to college thirty five years ago, he was the only person she trusted to care for and spoil her fur baby in the manner he deserved.
So, the cat is a living breathing piece of his friend. And he was worried how the cat would react to him. But last night the cat moved in, demanded belly rubs, and settled in as if his mom was there telling him "sweetie, this is your new dad. It's ok, you're home now." And he's been sending us pictures of his new baby settling in and making the place his. And I know from experience it can take time for an animal to settle into a new home, and it early days, but he's just happy and loving and has so far, despite the cold, this is his home now, and both look so happy in the pictures my boss has been sending.
There will be parents convinced this will get their darling perfect bestest athlete child noticed and scholarships and contracts will rain down on them.
And if/when it doesn't happen they will scream unholy bloody murder.
Ok, I am out for the day. Hoping to go to half moon bay to say goodbye to my favorite boutique and then bubbly tasting at the local wine merchant which I will need after saying goodbye to my favorite boutique.
It is insane to me that as a country we couldn’t tolerate Biden being president with a raspy voice but we can tolerate Trump being in the Epstein files and covering it up.
Define tolerate. Because it's not like we dragged Biden out of the White House kicking and screaming. Or, despite the media's efforts, even forced him to resign. He served his full term, and a combination of propaganda, voter suppression, racism, misogyny, and some late campaign errors (focusing on the wrong voters) led us here.
We are a bunch of fucking cowards and simps that won't stand up and do anything when it is clear our vaunted Constitution is failing and our democracy is failing and voting won't fix this, IMO.
People: This is what Timothy Snyder calls "normalization" and he talked about precisely this when he was on Rachel last week.
Hi everyone. Any nice surprises in "The Epstein Files" so far? My goodness, it sounds like a detective series. Maybe I should ask what episode people are on.
They aren't nearly as smart as some around here thought they'd be. They inserted an obvious fake picture and redacted entire documents, because there was no clever way to hide Trump's involvement.
These GOP shitbags are trying to pull a fast one. And the fake images inserted. God, I'm so sick of them and wish whatever is going to fucking happen would just happen so I don't feel like I'm constantly waiting in extreme nausea to puke and can't puke. :(
Trump's private law firm, the tax-funded U.S. Dept. of Justice, broke the law - AGAIN - yesterday by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the Republican-owned corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Questions here.
not a question, but a suggestion - rename it the triumph? cos its a good thing?
Name the drink Ulama. Based upon the Mesoamerican ballgame. See below:
"The Mesoamerican ballgame (Classical Nahuatl: ōllamalīztli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [oːlːamaˈlist͡ɬi], Epigraphic Mayan: pitz) was a sport with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BCE (the middle Mesoamerican Preclassic period of the pre-Columbian era) by the people of Ancient Mesoamerica. The sport had different versions in different places during the millennia, and a modernized version of the game, ulama, is still played by the indigenous peoples of Mexico in some places." -- Wikipedia.
Or as the French say, "futbol". :D
I was under the impression that the loser of this "game" was subject to losing his head. I may have been mislead.
I have a feeling that after a couple of these drinks that a person would lose their head, or feel like that the next morning.
: )
DO YOU HAVE ANY ZERO CALORIE MARASCHINO CHERRIES FOR MY APPLETINI? I'M TRYING TO STICK TO MY DIET!
Have a shot of Malort - it has negative calories! Restroom is to the right, try to clean up after yourself.
# MALORT! CUZ TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT YOU FIGHT YOUR DAD. 😵💫
The soda gun is *right there*
Why is it called cargo when it goes by ship, and shipment when it goes by car?
The same reason they are called tampons and napkins when they should be tamp-ins and napk-ons
Wins the thread. As soon as I spot sitting tequila.
Um. STOP SPITTING tequila. Damm it, M.
Laughing so hard at this. A man said this and I never thought of it this way, but you're right.
A woman friend said this to me years ago and I never had the chance to use it until this thread
WTF
why do you drive on parkways and park in driveways?
Is it art just because you hang it on the wall??
It's art if it's absolutely nonfunctional wherever you put it. Your house is a functional museum if it's filled with useless, senseless beauty
More or less.
As a dentist, was it unethical for Herbie to pull out all of Bumble’s teeth?
Depends on whether he provided Bumble with (non-sharp) dentures?
Call it the Toreador. He dances with the bull. Bad shit comes later. Now is the dance.
"Doin' the bull dance. Feelin' the flow. Working it. Working it."
Ooh, that does sound lovely.
Mmmm! Tequila! Cuervo Gold! The Devil's Panty Squeezings!
Comes in handy when you need to top off your brake fluid and you're out of DOT 4
Definitely as corrosive.
You. Out.
Just made this. She is like the brick house the Commodore's sang of long ages ago, with many layers of mighty. I will call it Albañil.
Call it the Quetzalcoatl. Aztec god of arts, crafts, knowledge, wisdom and learning, all of which we could use more of. Also appears as a feathered serpent, which is just cool.
We east coast Yucatanians call him Kukulkán.
“Kez-eh-kottle” is a rough pronunciation guide for those who aren’t fantasy nerds.
Hmm. I always pronounced (or rather, perhaps mispronounced) the first syllable as "Kwetz". Not a Spanish speaker ... so quite sure I have been incorrect all along.
It's a test. If you can pronounce it, you're sober enough for another one.
What does fantasy have to do with it?
DnD, fantasy stories about Aztec gods, etc. Real historians and other academic types would know as well; I just don’t claim to be any of those.
Thanks, didn't know about the fantasy versions, just historical/cultural references.
Thanks for answering my L43 / vanilla extract question! :-)
https://www.wonkette.com/p/welcome-to-wonkette-happy-hour-with-559/comment/189697591
I am entranced by the orange butterfly. I am complete.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱.
If I get around to an induction cooktop that'll require the torch.
re: induction, you won't be sorry, and you'll never go back.
Do it!
I LOOOOOOVE my induction cooktop!
It is slowly working its way up the to do list.
No collateral heat, boiling water is fast, and very responsive!
Astonished at how great it is! I was a confirmed gas heat person, and sometimes I miss that flame, but the lack of collateral heat is a game changer! (Especially in the summer.)
The single induction unit I have does well. I like it for simmering stock, among other things. It does, however, start at the top of the temperature range and takes some settling down to cook eggs. I'll be paying attention to that when looking for a full cooktop.
Call it the Compañero!
We can all use a good companion for these trying times…
https://spleenvictoria.substack.com/p/mayhem
It’s been so long since I posted a dang photo but here is Sasha, the youngest of the borrowed cats, mayhemming in a bag this morning.
Gorgeous!
Pretty markings!
you caught Sasha between mayhems
Yeah this was the non blurred parts lol.
Looks a bit more like lazing than mayhemming to me but there's nothing wrong with that!
This is the non blurred parts when the bag was defeated!
Sasha is truly a tuxedo queen.
She has a little mole like Marilyn Monroe!
She is indeed a unique beauty!
I decided to look around the map and check local news....
Destin: top headlines: 3 charged with attempted murder
Mobile: link to a story from Waco TX, headline - Man yelling racial slurs accidentally sets himself on fire while trying to burn house down
New Orleans: LSU nursing grad, detained by ICE for 6 months, may self-deport: ‘I feel hopeless all the time’
Beaumont TX: Infant child abuse victim had burn marks, swollen eye, suspect used bleach to clean blood
Houston TX: Woman fighting for her life after being shot by man in Alief area, police say
Corpus Christi TX: Driver arrested after stolen truck crashes near Boot Barn, police say
Naples, FL: Law enforcement arrested a Fort Myers man on a warrant accused of enticing children with drugs, and found multiple drugs, Florida Highway Patrol reports.
Cape Coral FL: The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office said it arrested former Sgt. Luis Tovar on two counts of battery. The arrest report said Tovar repeatedly punched and kicked two inmates without provocation.
Sarasota FL: Authorities recover more than 40 missing children during 12-day operation
Tampa FL: Citrus County woman accused of shooting and killing 2 ex-husbands: ‘This is bizarre’
that was just the Gulf coast. The Gulf of Mexico coast that is.
Texas Man vs Florida Man: dead heat.
"Man yelling racial slurs accidentally sets himself on fire while trying to burn house down"
I do like a nice times story
Pretty sure that's the Gulf of America.
They can take my Gulf of Mexico from my cold dead hands!!
Westland MI: Salvation Army bell ringer shot and killed outside a Kroger.
I lost the will to look further after that.
it really gets depressing very VERY quickly.
People are losing their shit and falling into despair.
Which means that TFG's strategy is working
I think it is simply a day ending in Y in these here United States....
Gulf of America behavior.
Happy Caturday! Oliver Furman is, in general, a good kitty. Fairly quiet, very affectionate, has perfect litterbox habits, doesn't interrupt me when I'm sleeping. I love him to bits. But. When I woke up this morning, he had somehow managed to open the cover to the HVAC unit, and had pulled out all the insulation therein. Cats, man.
Wow. Make sure your fan compartment cover switch is working. Would hate to have Oliver bite a live wire or get sucked into the moving blower.
A couple of building inspector type guys were here last week doing checks of all the systems, and obviously didn't secure it properly. I can easily correct it. Fortunately, he has zero interest in wires.
step 1 of HVAC repair:
open unit and remove insulation
He's just following procedure
Well if he's got an HVAC repair gig, he can start chipping in on the rent. Pony up, you fuzzy twerp!
The insulation knows what it did to deserve it.
He thought you needed something to do.
inscrutable creatures.
Ok gang, I'm so happy about this!!!
So my good boss who finally was returned to us yesterday got a cat. Not just any cat, but a special cat. I know, all cats are special, but this cat he inherited from one of his best friends who passed away a couple months ago. She lived on the other side of the country and a cousin coming home for Christmas brought the cat home.
Now, my boss's friend was so sure who she wanted her cat to go to she put it in her will when she got sick, after telling him "you are getting my cat." While he hadn't had a pet since he went to college thirty five years ago, he was the only person she trusted to care for and spoil her fur baby in the manner he deserved.
So, the cat is a living breathing piece of his friend. And he was worried how the cat would react to him. But last night the cat moved in, demanded belly rubs, and settled in as if his mom was there telling him "sweetie, this is your new dad. It's ok, you're home now." And he's been sending us pictures of his new baby settling in and making the place his. And I know from experience it can take time for an animal to settle into a new home, and it early days, but he's just happy and loving and has so far, despite the cold, this is his home now, and both look so happy in the pictures my boss has been sending.
A very nice time.
"When you're famous they let you do it"
Raider
@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
"I have the right to do anything I want"
Donald Trump
https://bsky.app/profile/iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social/post/3magchcoewk2w
...and We the People have the right to GET EVEN.
I'm ready to go medieval on someone's ass.
You, me, and several million other justifiably enraged Americans.
This is going to get ugly.
Yeah, and you have the right to go fuck yourself, you little orange twerp.
He's destroyed this country and for that he and his cultist fucks need to suffer some consequences.
Serious consequences
This Patriot Games bullshit is probably going to turn out more laughable than the whole "Battle of the Network Stars" bullshit.
Which Congressman gets to do the mandatory penis check?
LMAO!
Robert Conrad is ready to get smoked by Gabe Kaplan again.
There will be parents convinced this will get their darling perfect bestest athlete child noticed and scholarships and contracts will rain down on them.
And if/when it doesn't happen they will scream unholy bloody murder.
They'll get some tips from Riley Gaines, LMAO!
If I were Riley Gaines I'd open a distillery and would sell 5ths of Riley Gaines Whiskey
Aged 4 seconds longer than all of the better whiskeys.
Tee hee!
Yep!
It's not like they will be able to blame a trans athlete for their darling's missed opportunities.
100 white kids running around a track, with allusions to the Hitler Youth? Only on CBS!
And of course there will be assholes will do it. It's too much to hope that everyone will just refuse.
Too many white asses that are proud of only being a white ass and nothing else.
Your Morning Kaboom!!
NIGHT OF CHAOS: UKRAINIAN DRONES STRIKE TOGLIATTIAZOT CHEMICAL PLANT, POWER GRIDS DISRUPTED || 2025
Warthog Defense (13:09) : https://youtu.be/DhTsTzPDuFg
Ok, I am out for the day. Hoping to go to half moon bay to say goodbye to my favorite boutique and then bubbly tasting at the local wine merchant which I will need after saying goodbye to my favorite boutique.
Enjoy both!
*hugs*
OK, Hubby's showered'n'dressed, so it's time for what I hope (AHAHAHAHAHAHA!) will be our final assault on Xmas errands...
And remember...
https://bsky.app/profile/deadder.bsky.social/post/3m5j7uegc322g
OMG, that is great. XD XD XD XD
< -- much amused.
"Tick-tock."
It is insane to me that as a country we couldn’t tolerate Biden being president with a raspy voice but we can tolerate Trump being in the Epstein files and covering it up.
It's insane to me that there are so many people trying to shield the perpetrators of these horrific crimes. Beyond sick.
At least we have RFKjr's mellifluous baritone to soothe us.
Define tolerate. Because it's not like we dragged Biden out of the White House kicking and screaming. Or, despite the media's efforts, even forced him to resign. He served his full term, and a combination of propaganda, voter suppression, racism, misogyny, and some late campaign errors (focusing on the wrong voters) led us here.
This right here. This right the fuck here.
We are a bunch of fucking cowards and simps that won't stand up and do anything when it is clear our vaunted Constitution is failing and our democracy is failing and voting won't fix this, IMO.
People: This is what Timothy Snyder calls "normalization" and he talked about precisely this when he was on Rachel last week.
Hi everyone. Any nice surprises in "The Epstein Files" so far? My goodness, it sounds like a detective series. Maybe I should ask what episode people are on.
Stocks in black redaction ink went through the roof overnight.
Wouldn't using black paper be easier?
I'm sure they had to replace the black ink cartridge in that printer about 90 times. The party of fiscal responsibility!
Trump's wholly-owned USDoJ released 1%. Which is not what they were ordered to do.
They aren't nearly as smart as some around here thought they'd be. They inserted an obvious fake picture and redacted entire documents, because there was no clever way to hide Trump's involvement.
Like lazy kids doing their homework on the bus.
Lots of blacked out pages and apparently inserted images that were not from the files at all. Same old, same old.
These GOP shitbags are trying to pull a fast one. And the fake images inserted. God, I'm so sick of them and wish whatever is going to fucking happen would just happen so I don't feel like I'm constantly waiting in extreme nausea to puke and can't puke. :(
I am SO with you.
I just want it over one way or another. Whether they "win" or we do. This constant being in this horrible limbo isn't doing anyone any fucking good.
"If you’ve ever wondered where all the little colorful mice toys you buy them go…
Wait for it…"
https://bsky.app/profile/democratcats.bsky.social/post/3ma76v3ewzs2y
Skeptical. Where's the dust and grit and such that would also get in there? AI has made me cynical.
A farm upstate?
The North American Cat Toy Preserve.
My friends cat hides everything under the sofa cushions. Mine bats everything under the sofa.
Moving our couches to clean is always an "adventure."
I couldn't afford that many fake mice.
Over the years, they add up.
Maybe a little hanky panky in the bunting world?
From this to this https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gzyxwf5wmdn3gt3lwlfsd52y/bafkreiff77yypzmakql6ufivai5nxhs55c7vkvtppbb5wg6og6l724tiiy@jpeg
[issues miserable, agonized groan..]
Trump's private law firm, the tax-funded U.S. Dept. of Justice, broke the law - AGAIN - yesterday by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the Republican-owned corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3maeyvreek22j
"I don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19."
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3mag5duxyzc2t
https://bsky.app/profile/frankamari.bsky.social/post/3mag5txbwdk2i
https://bsky.app/profile/seanokane.bsky.social/post/3maevwsx7js23
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ha ha ha ha ha......