What happened to Evan Hurst? Is he enjoying himself? Gosh I hope so, because I'm jonesing for some of his particularly delicious snark and it seems he has been scarce around these parts as of late.
Good for him! I mean, if I had my way I'd probably trap him in my basement and make him write for me every day, but failing that, I'm glad he's enjoying himself.
I have a 15-year old dog who wants to go out at 5 every morning. How can you say no to an old man- dog who is close to perfect in just about every other way?
I'm sorry your resident feline is being fussy. Cat the Ripper was bouncing all over the living room during the wee hours and intermittently climbing all over me, attempting to determine THE most warm and comfortable snuggle spot.
When I finally gave up on falling asleep around 3:30 am and got up I refilled both his food and water bowls before playing quietly with him and one of his favorite toys for a few minutes. After we finished our game that little monster hunkered down over his bowls, noshed down a substantial helping of kibble, and then padded downstairs to the master bedroom where he's now curled up and snoozing next to paul.
We're supposed to go visit with my friend who has more money than sense, today. You know, the one who tore down a perfectly fine home in order to build another one, just like it, where the first one stood? Yeah. She's selling that house, now, so she says, and is moving out to the Big Spring area to live in a house that I'm pretty sure doesn't have running water. With her 12 year old daughter. Because she doesn't like public school. When she could afford to hire a teacher to be with her kid all day and educate her.
So, yeah, looking forward to this. She said her kid is still "decompressing" from a visit to NYC during Thanksgiving. Do you know how loudly her grandma would have laughed at that? Or if someone had said that about one of us, back in the day?
I took my kids to NYC Tues-Thurs this week. It was wall-to-wall people and I HATE crowds. My anxiety was sky-high & honestly only mitigated by being super task-oriented (keeping the kids together & moving in the right direction to get to our destination).
I had pretty much decompressed by the time I was out of the city & driving on the highway. Pretty sure her daughter is fine by now, other than having a whackadoodle mom who is about to make her live all Little-House-on-the-Prairie style.
I took my sister’s godchildren to the City in August. I hate going during the holidays because there are too many people all over. It wasn’t too bad in August even though we did go to many of the touristy parts of Manhattan.
She sounds like an even worse option for educating her daughter. A pre-teen out in the boonies, with very limited social contacts? That’ll turn out well.
Kid is weird, too. There's no other way to put it. And I have weird kids.
My friend is basically letting her pre-teen daughter drive their decisions, so the kid, naturally, changes her mind every week about how she wants to be educated. Good week? Stay in school. Trip to Europe? Stay in school. Kid makes fun of you because you're weird and adolescence sucks? Leave school. See a fight and decide it upsets you? Leave school.
So, the kid is gonna hate it out there just like she hates Granbury. Not that I can blame her for hating Granbury, but I hate it for reasons of my own. In fact, I hate even going there and am loathe to do so.
I'm saying that they won't move and they won't sell. Besides, that house is going to be a big pile of dog shit on the inside, just like the last two homes she's had were big piles of dog shit inside. She's had this house for about a year, and I swear, the last one she tore down was because it was too filthy inside to deal with, anymore. I'm sure this is well on its way.
Why can't deer season be all year long? Husband is here today, but he's going hunting for the last time this season, next weekend. I kinda like Saturday mornings by myself, because all he does is watch videos about fixing stuff. There's plenty to fix, too.
Hey I am not sure how to contact you otherwise, but I'm trying to reach out to folks in the area to invite you to an impromptu wonkmeet tomorrow?
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Well, based on their economic policies, we know conservatives/Republicans are terrible at math, but sure, abstain all you want millions of imaginary people
My Instagram feed is FILLED with penguins but I cannot get the algorithm to tell apart a sea lion from a seal because mose people cannot tell them apart. Sea lions are the cute ones, obviously.
It's been almost t-shirt weather up here all week, and now on the morning we're leaving there's a chance of up to 12 inches of snow and 75 mph winds on the pass. And we don't have chains because: rental.
In 1977, during a big ice storm in Oklahoma, we attempted to leave, drove up a big hill and then slid down the big hill. We went back into town and Dad found the only set of chains in town and bought them.
I'm supposed to have them since I live in the mountains (plus, they're required by law if you don't have snow tires) but I don't and don't have four wheel drive. The tires are new and have good tread, however, and I try not to drive in shitty weather. I haven't been entirely successful in that regard.
Our local political reporter did his annual interview with the Governor - in this case, Big Gretch - for his cable teevee show which aired last night. He's an old white guy, been around forever, and she started at the Capitol as an intern in college. I'm sure he was working there then too. He can be kind of misogynistic, imho, and is always looking for a "gotcha" question. Interrupts, too.
She handled him very well, although her body posture definitely said she was protecting herself. His worst question was "People are comparing you to Nikki Haley. What do you think about that?" To Gretchen's credit, her immediate response was "Well, we both have dark hair."
"According to a 2020 study, an average of nearly 58,000 Indian citizens die each year due to snakebites. But experts say that actual numbers are likely higher because of unreported cases."
Something about false profits. . . .
https://substack.com/profile/157525103-hoovervilles/note/c-46295299?r=2lsb5b
What happened to Evan Hurst? Is he enjoying himself? Gosh I hope so, because I'm jonesing for some of his particularly delicious snark and it seems he has been scarce around these parts as of late.
vacay
Good for him! I mean, if I had my way I'd probably trap him in my basement and make him write for me every day, but failing that, I'm glad he's enjoying himself.
Haha, like Kathy Bates in Misery! More peen jokes or else!
I have a 15-year old dog who wants to go out at 5 every morning. How can you say no to an old man- dog who is close to perfect in just about every other way?
Don't bother trying.
I gave the dang cat his breakfast early to shut him up, and he ate it and hasn't stopped meowing since.
Second breakfast or misery, you decide!
He's just thanking you.
Profusely.
"WHAR SECOND BREAKFAST, HUMAN?"
https://substack.com/profile/157208883-sojourner-truth/note/c-45926185?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2llj5f
I'm sorry your resident feline is being fussy. Cat the Ripper was bouncing all over the living room during the wee hours and intermittently climbing all over me, attempting to determine THE most warm and comfortable snuggle spot.
When I finally gave up on falling asleep around 3:30 am and got up I refilled both his food and water bowls before playing quietly with him and one of his favorite toys for a few minutes. After we finished our game that little monster hunkered down over his bowls, noshed down a substantial helping of kibble, and then padded downstairs to the master bedroom where he's now curled up and snoozing next to paul.
I certainly hope you've learned your lesson then.
Get a squirt gun.
Are our cats twins?
The little eastern bluebirb couple are checking out their house already.
We have a box that a nesting pair of wrens occupy every year, so gregarious.
LOL, they’re like cartoon birds, little tiny things that are SO LOUD!
They're like the Bickersons!
We're supposed to go visit with my friend who has more money than sense, today. You know, the one who tore down a perfectly fine home in order to build another one, just like it, where the first one stood? Yeah. She's selling that house, now, so she says, and is moving out to the Big Spring area to live in a house that I'm pretty sure doesn't have running water. With her 12 year old daughter. Because she doesn't like public school. When she could afford to hire a teacher to be with her kid all day and educate her.
So, yeah, looking forward to this. She said her kid is still "decompressing" from a visit to NYC during Thanksgiving. Do you know how loudly her grandma would have laughed at that? Or if someone had said that about one of us, back in the day?
I took my kids to NYC Tues-Thurs this week. It was wall-to-wall people and I HATE crowds. My anxiety was sky-high & honestly only mitigated by being super task-oriented (keeping the kids together & moving in the right direction to get to our destination).
I had pretty much decompressed by the time I was out of the city & driving on the highway. Pretty sure her daughter is fine by now, other than having a whackadoodle mom who is about to make her live all Little-House-on-the-Prairie style.
I took my sister’s godchildren to the City in August. I hate going during the holidays because there are too many people all over. It wasn’t too bad in August even though we did go to many of the touristy parts of Manhattan.
NYC is best sampled in the fall prior to Thanksgiving. It is my favorite time to work in the city.
Whew!
Be sure to tell she needs to write the "Self-Reliance" for our generation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reliance
She sounds like an even worse option for educating her daughter. A pre-teen out in the boonies, with very limited social contacts? That’ll turn out well.
I'm a relatively rugged dude. But even I would run back to civilization after a week of chopping wood, carrying water.
Kid is weird, too. There's no other way to put it. And I have weird kids.
My friend is basically letting her pre-teen daughter drive their decisions, so the kid, naturally, changes her mind every week about how she wants to be educated. Good week? Stay in school. Trip to Europe? Stay in school. Kid makes fun of you because you're weird and adolescence sucks? Leave school. See a fight and decide it upsets you? Leave school.
So, the kid is gonna hate it out there just like she hates Granbury. Not that I can blame her for hating Granbury, but I hate it for reasons of my own. In fact, I hate even going there and am loathe to do so.
I'm saying that they won't move and they won't sell. Besides, that house is going to be a big pile of dog shit on the inside, just like the last two homes she's had were big piles of dog shit inside. She's had this house for about a year, and I swear, the last one she tore down was because it was too filthy inside to deal with, anymore. I'm sure this is well on its way.
Kid is weird because her mom is emotionally immature and damaging her
wow. My husband and I joke about moving when we make a mess. "Oh no! I broke a glass! we'll have to move."
But I've never considered moving because I didn't want to maintain a house.
You have me thinking about my mom now, who I miss every day. "decompressing" 🤣🤣🤣
The sun is rising over Ahwatukee on this last Caturday of 2023, and here is your Psaturday Pratchett for 2024:
“It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.”
Words to live by.
Why can't deer season be all year long? Husband is here today, but he's going hunting for the last time this season, next weekend. I kinda like Saturday mornings by myself, because all he does is watch videos about fixing stuff. There's plenty to fix, too.
I think one of the reasons that my Partner & I do so well together is that I'm only here for a few months out of the year out of the year.
Husbands who golf, fish or hunt on weekends save marriages. I know plenty of married women who concur..☺
Hey I am not sure how to contact you otherwise, but I'm trying to reach out to folks in the area to invite you to an impromptu wonkmeet tomorrow?
____
All New Mexico Wonks plus anyone visiting is invited to come to the Albuquerque Press Club at 5 pm to enjoy the last sunset of 2024. The bartenders are Hooper-quality, drinks are cheap, and you're welcome to bring in food (but no outside beverages). It's a private club, smoking is permitted indoors and out. The plan is to get in and out before amateur hour starts!
201 Highland Park Cir SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
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contact queenellenenterprises@gmail.com if you have ????
And I was never even good enough to be considered.
Amen.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!
"Laura Loomer is threatening to leverage her "millions" of Republican acolytes to abstain from voting if Trump is scratched from the ballot"
https://www.rawstory.com/jenna-ellis-trump-2666834153/
That’ll show us! DO IIIIITTTT
I would be SO TRIGGERED
I'll just cry into my pillow every night.
"millions" ... like One Mom Monica™
Well, that news has surely swayed me. I won't vote for any Republican, either. So there!
She’s going to chain herself to a polling place door and bite any of the billions of MAGATs who dare enter.
"Don't threaten me with a good time."
Someone should tell her it's just actually one mom.
Are the "millions of acolytes" in the room with you now, Laura?
(Who are we kidding? As if she knows what an "acolyte" is.)
A Sith’s apprentice?
When you plan on not accepting the actual results of elections, why bother to vote, right?
We've secretly replaced America's electoral system with death threats and insurrection. Let's watch what happens.
THANKS, VLAD!
*THIS*
That girl needs so much therapy.
I'm inclined to believe her entirely impermeable to any such rational interventions.
I mean, where would you even start?
Thorazine?
And a net.
This plan is FOOLPROOF. Endorse 100% - no wait - 100,000%! Would use again and again. A++++++++++.
BIGLY!!1!
Conservaturds really have NO idea just how insufferably STUPID they all are, do they?
Nary a jot.
Your proposal is accepted.
Dang it! It’s almost there, but not quite. What movie? Oh. Terminator?
MIB
YES! (Terminator didn’t sound right. I couldn’t picture any scene where that line was used.)
Well, based on their economic policies, we know conservatives/Republicans are terrible at math, but sure, abstain all you want millions of imaginary people
Threaten America with a good time, Repigs.
"When I'm lying in my bed at night, I don't wanna grow up
Nothing ever seems to turn out right, I don't wanna grow up
How do you live in a world of fog that's always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog"
--Tom Waits
Um.....
If you haven't watched this, please do:
https://youtube.com/shorts/1e2o6x8mdL4?feature=shared
Sea lion here, but same sentiment.
My Instagram feed is FILLED with penguins but I cannot get the algorithm to tell apart a sea lion from a seal because mose people cannot tell them apart. Sea lions are the cute ones, obviously.
Here's a seal:
https://media0.giphy.com/media/7zApYc8tI0fpsR4Rny/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b952w988b4pp1j5qlui4zqakctsg3egaigdaxp89yd20&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g
Here's a sea lion:
https://media4.giphy.com/media/UuGpD6ZR9E73AFyhVd/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b9524tkpfm1fc0x1hrokorttp418i3ygj07s6065s9ij&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g
Very different creatures.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/Ce9c6P-Ztc0AAAAd/smile-delighted.gif
Sea lions have ear flaps and can walk on their flippers. Seals don't have ear flaps and drag themselves along on their bellies.
I like Sea Leopards, but they'll eat your Sea Face off.
Pecan pancakes, with butter and molasses, bacon, fried tomatoes, coffee, tea, a wee tint of rum each, and now for a brisk winter morning!
I hate you.
Aww!
❤️
Whar grits?
I'm more of an "eggs'n'grits" guy...
We do our little bit...
It's been almost t-shirt weather up here all week, and now on the morning we're leaving there's a chance of up to 12 inches of snow and 75 mph winds on the pass. And we don't have chains because: rental.
In 1977, during a big ice storm in Oklahoma, we attempted to leave, drove up a big hill and then slid down the big hill. We went back into town and Dad found the only set of chains in town and bought them.
Escaping from Oklahoma is always difficult, even in good weather, but absolutely worth it.
Do you feel lucky?
Yikes. Sounds like you might want to invest in a set.
Please just do what's necessary to keep yourselves safe and get home in one piece.
I'm supposed to have them since I live in the mountains (plus, they're required by law if you don't have snow tires) but I don't and don't have four wheel drive. The tires are new and have good tread, however, and I try not to drive in shitty weather. I haven't been entirely successful in that regard.
It's nice the universe has taken a special interest in your travel plans, isn't it?
Our local political reporter did his annual interview with the Governor - in this case, Big Gretch - for his cable teevee show which aired last night. He's an old white guy, been around forever, and she started at the Capitol as an intern in college. I'm sure he was working there then too. He can be kind of misogynistic, imho, and is always looking for a "gotcha" question. Interrupts, too.
She handled him very well, although her body posture definitely said she was protecting herself. His worst question was "People are comparing you to Nikki Haley. What do you think about that?" To Gretchen's credit, her immediate response was "Well, we both have dark hair."
What a putz he is.
I would find this unacceptable.
India is ignoring its deadly snakebite crisis
"According to a 2020 study, an average of nearly 58,000 Indian citizens die each year due to snakebites. But experts say that actual numbers are likely higher because of unreported cases."
For context - annual snakebite deaths in the US +/- 5
Sounds like they need more mongooses. Mongeese? Mons goose?
Mongeese!
Mongoose Dem.
Damn, I thought Australia was bad.
Got up this morning and the pilot light had gone out on my living room heater.
It's a balmy 23°F outside and not much warmer in here😫
Just want to ask if you got that heater sorted out
Yes, when the automatic fan would come on it would blow out the pilot light.
Unplugged fan and works fine now.
Excellent. Happy to hear it. I hope you have a cozy new year holiday.
Oh shit be careful