I worked Friday fish party on the floor, then jumped behind the bar until it calmed down around midnight, the pulled Saturday prime rib service on the floor until 10 or 11, and back behind the bar to close, hoping to be home by 3:00, to turn around for the 10AM football early birds on Sunday morning and out by 3:00 again.
It took me 15 years of clawing my way up garbage admin jobs to make the same money I made working hard Friday through Sundays in the service industry.
The rewards are substantial, and the industry family you make along the way...they're our people forever.
I don’t like shots and haven’t drunk them ever since I was offered some blue things and ended up behaving disreputably and really wishing I was dead the next morning.
Poor Daisy the Cat. I knocked her water bowl with my foot - accidentally, accidentally. Now she is having a hard time processing all the water around the bowl. She's no Einstein
Sometimes when we play toss and fetch, Termite's squeaker will bounce inrlto his water dish. He cannot figure out how to get it out. He stands and barks for me to get it from him.
My new kitten has access to two cat fountains but prefers freshly poured still water. And he plays with it first. The water bowl has to sit in a bigger tray, because he doesn’t care about the spilled water but I do.
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is privately discussing a potential run for president in 2028, according to a new report, potentially adding another central administration figure to the emerging battle to inherit the MAGA movement from President Donald Trump.
The defense secretary and his wife, Jennifer Hegseth, have both floated the prospect with close friends and associates over the past several months, two people familiar with the conversations told NBC News on Friday.
The former Fox News host’s political ambitions drew fresh attention earlier this month when Hegseth traveled to the Iowa State Fair to campaign for Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA). Iowa has traditionally occupied a crucial position in presidential politics as the first state to hold Republican nominating contests, which piqued curiosity after the defense secretary’s visit.
Hegseth has also publicly touted his dismantling of DEI programs and other policies he has branded “woke garbage” at the Pentagon while taking that same culture-war message directly to Trump’s political base."
I don't know who I would want to run for POTUS yet, but I do know that I would be ok with AOC being SotH if we take the midterms. I don't hate Hakeem, but I just don't think he is the pit bull that we need right now.
Busy go. Working a clopen pray for me.
Hi there. What is your favorite brand of vodka?
Thanks.
I’ve got all the ingredients for the first one, but I too am not a fan of syrupy drinks.
A Clopen! Well you may as well stay there all night and booze it up!
Ah, the clopen. That takes me back.
I worked Friday fish party on the floor, then jumped behind the bar until it calmed down around midnight, the pulled Saturday prime rib service on the floor until 10 or 11, and back behind the bar to close, hoping to be home by 3:00, to turn around for the 10AM football early birds on Sunday morning and out by 3:00 again.
It took me 15 years of clawing my way up garbage admin jobs to make the same money I made working hard Friday through Sundays in the service industry.
The rewards are substantial, and the industry family you make along the way...they're our people forever.
*cheers, brother*
I don’t like shots and haven’t drunk them ever since I was offered some blue things and ended up behaving disreputably and really wishing I was dead the next morning.
When I order shots these days it's Bushmills or Milagro, or "the weakest sweet shit you can throw a skirt on."
Nothing like showing up for a day of meetings and getting a standing o.
Southern Comfort “you rang “
I blocked Southern Comfort's number back in the 90s.
Is there a Patron Saint of Bartenders?
Amandus of Maastricht?
Saint Bernard?
🙏🙏🙏 may God bless all the clopeners.
Which are what?
People who can only afford generic Klonopin?
Closing shift followed by an opening shift.
Thank you!
King Linus wishes you good luck!
https://substack.com/@januaryclaire/note/c-230847451?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2vhkn4
ALL HAIL THE KING!!
He's the best nerd!
He’s *King* Nerd, thank you very much!
He absolutely is, and he knows it!
Linus is the properly coronated king of the proverbial jungle.
That crown is just TOO damned regally gratifying.
I ran across this one years ago.
The 9-1-1:
Layered drink in a shot glass, equal parts 151-proof rum, 100-proof vodka, Kahlua.
The name is appropriate.
Oh my.
there goes the
sunset gun
(do something fun nao, okay!)
okaaaaay the smart humans from QI, in their 'no such thing as a fish' rather excellent podcast, have taught me a thing just nao:
apparently, smartypants humans who are women are not 'boffins,' but rather 'boffines'
which is kinda nice
Boffin was the name of the dustheap man in Dickens’s Hard Times, iirc?
Dad was a Loaf Sleever for La Brea Bakery. When they got big he lost his job to a Chinese robot.
These caught my attention at the grocery store FOR SOME REASON...
https://substack.com/@birbgeneral/note/c-314431799?r=1sycmt
Never mind wrong link.
I don't think that link goes to where you meant it to go.
Hunter Biden on my favorite recovery and addiction podcast, Dopey. He goes deep on recovery, pain, and OHJB's love!
Hunter Biden! 10-Day Crack Binge, Four-Lane Car Crash, Secret Service at the Crack House, Bicycles, Ibogaine & the Owl That Saved His Life
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dopey-597-hunter-biden-10-day-crack-binge-four-lane/id1077823917?i=1000786461254
WSJ
Corporate America Cut Big Checks to Trump. Now CEOs Fear Subpoenas Are Coming.
Tech firms are courting Democrats and hiring advisers to prepare for potential investigations if Republicans lose control of the House
It's not "if" but when mofo's.
They were deliberately working to end democracy and freedom. That should count as treason.
Oh em gee. Orange says it's Lake America, that we (he) now own all of Venezuela's oil, and Yosemite can be parceled out to Vegas developers.
And that last bit is the only part that may actually happen.
Blotto VonPissmark has aspirations.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qrz3lhbyuxbeilrc6nekdqme/feed/07327d385713
Poor Daisy the Cat. I knocked her water bowl with my foot - accidentally, accidentally. Now she is having a hard time processing all the water around the bowl. She's no Einstein
Sometimes when we play toss and fetch, Termite's squeaker will bounce inrlto his water dish. He cannot figure out how to get it out. He stands and barks for me to get it from him.
My new kitten has access to two cat fountains but prefers freshly poured still water. And he plays with it first. The water bowl has to sit in a bigger tray, because he doesn’t care about the spilled water but I do.
Hitch your wagon to a star!
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is privately discussing a potential run for president in 2028, according to a new report, potentially adding another central administration figure to the emerging battle to inherit the MAGA movement from President Donald Trump.
The defense secretary and his wife, Jennifer Hegseth, have both floated the prospect with close friends and associates over the past several months, two people familiar with the conversations told NBC News on Friday.
The former Fox News host’s political ambitions drew fresh attention earlier this month when Hegseth traveled to the Iowa State Fair to campaign for Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA). Iowa has traditionally occupied a crucial position in presidential politics as the first state to hold Republican nominating contests, which piqued curiosity after the defense secretary’s visit.
Hegseth has also publicly touted his dismantling of DEI programs and other policies he has branded “woke garbage” at the Pentagon while taking that same culture-war message directly to Trump’s political base."
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/pete-hegseth-privately-floats-presidential-run-to-friends-report/
Wow, talk about not reading the room!
Remember how Ike ran for president AFTER winning the greatest war in history?
Oh please run! It’ll make it an even bigger freak show!
Trump will sell his endorsement to the highest bidder. Or maybe a Veep slot.
He seems to have missed the part that says only military people who WIN wars get elected president.
President Dunning Kruger!
Marc Elias with the latest on the Trump DOJ's attempts to cheat some more after Judge Talwani put the smackdown on USPS BS
https://youtu.be/8_Fu1yRpgps?is=eho8u2BtpOh8oykT
PS - TEXANS - CHECK YOUR REGISTRATIONS RIGHT NOW
PAXTON AND ABBOTT ARE ALREADY CHEATING
https://bsky.app/profile/sebastiangarof5.bsky.social/post/3mu63pcsrcc2j
https://bsky.app/profile/peggystuart.bsky.social/post/3mu64pds2h42r
https://bsky.app/profile/redtraccoon.bsky.social/post/3mu65sgeb6s23
TNR article covering Tx fuckery.
https://newrepublic.com/post/214832/texas-suspended-1-million-voters-ahead-senate-race
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vTFDqH_cWE8
"Farming While Beige" explains to misogynist Andrew Wilson why, "Man will just subjugate women again" is just his wet dream.
What if all the women just leave?
I mean, they can walk out into the damn woods any time they want.
Also, what if they say no?
Also, does he know women can go to the gun store?
Lysistrata on line 1.
Foamy on fitness culture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkheRXeFjFQ
I don't know who I would want to run for POTUS yet, but I do know that I would be ok with AOC being SotH if we take the midterms. I don't hate Hakeem, but I just don't think he is the pit bull that we need right now.
The Speaker job is persuader/bully/mathematician. Nancy knew the last one was most important.
The only shots worth a damn in these times starts with a bottle of good tequila, a small glass, with lime wedges and a salt shaker on the side.