Just wondering if Max Miller might be one of those CC members... hunting for his 3rd wife after divorcing Sen. Bernie Moreno's daughter. Bro seems like a peach, take the pun if you wish. I can wait til the check clears.
Hooper, this sounds almost delicious, except that I am NOT a cherry person (because it tastes like cherry cough syrup!). Any suggestions for a substitute?
haven't heard anything from my daughter about birthdays yet, but she's still got a few days to drop it on me. otherwise, i will look forward to seeing all the wonkers!
Ooh. That's a thought. We've been burned by a couple of off- the-wall ingredients. I'm not buying cherry heering. I was going to try the sweet vermouth but Luxardo syrup sounds better.
If you have a chance to have a word with the Seelbach's people (which is where the Cohasset people send people who need to buy Cohasset elsewhere than JB Pritzker's state containing Chicago) --
please tell them they might do better at getting ladies to buy their wares if they ask a simple "are you over 21? yes/no" the way that Cohasset does, instead of requiring us to punch in our month, day, & year when there are ICE raids & Palantir tries to track people and also there is still age discrimination
Even the big makeup online stores have learned that lesson and when trying to trick us into offering up our demographics via birthday gifts, have learned to ask only the month and day, lol
Some streaming services are sending their product to a very old (112 this year, but still vigorous!) Joe DiMaggio, while Netflix delivers to Richard Feynman who is also aging well...
Well, despite my discontent about it, Monday is here again. I do NOT want to go to work today as I still have practically nothing to do. That will change in about a year or two, but for now, I don't have shit and I am trying to enjoy it while I can. Normally I would have some sort of work side-project to do--writing papers, etc., but I haven't really found much to get into. Lots of thumb twittling.
I had a wonderful, beautiful, and delightful visit with kink partner this weekend. He's managed to come up with some plans that he hopes will raise the money to save his shop, and lord I hope it does. He seemed in a much more hopeful mood than I have seen him in since we started seeing each other again in the spring. Aside from the bad tooth, kink partner seems to be doing really good, which thrills me.
I mentioned a few days ago that someone gave kink partner "Chinese herbs" that I suspected were kratom, but it turned out to be pu ji xiao du yin, a poppy tea. When I told him what the herbs were he said, "Oh, that's why they help with my tooth," and we talked about potential side effects of taking them (constipation, habit forming, etc.) and he says he's prepared to feel like he's got the flu when he stops taking them after he finally gets his tooth fixed.
This morning was my first day with my nespresso machine and it is wonderful. I add just a touch of unsweetened coconut milk to the espresso and it is JUST PERFECT. All you need is a tiny shot of espresso to have a wonderful day.
Ugh, news is just...ugh. I'd love to hang out with yous guys but I've decided to watch "Back to the Future, Part III" until it's time to get showered and dressed to go to our favorite microbrewery taproom for the evening and get a tad tipsy on beer...
Only recently I made a connection between our current world of woe and the ancient Greeks whose mythology is still being mined by Hollywood.
Among those olde Grecian Formulas for myths is the story of the Minotaur, a hybrid monster where a human man was born with a bull's whole upper body. This particular nightmare was the son of a conniving king of Crete named Minos. The story of how it was conceived is long and VERY perverse. But the short version is that the conniving king had a Queen (named Pasiphaë) and she liked a certain bull in the royal herd way too much. The monstrous product of the union was impervious to all conventional harm and only ate one thing: virgin children.
It was "controlled" by being imprisoned in a labyrinth under the royal palace where the king hoped no one would ever discover the king's secret shame. All the human children fed to the Minotaur came as tribute from conquered foreign vassals so the people of Crete never missed any of their own children and so never guessed the king was keeping a monster in his basement.
The Minotaur was destroyed by a young demigod hero named Theseus. There are still many ancient Greek and Roman wall paintings / mosaics illustrating Theseus going about his heroic adventures. Every such painting / mosaic has Theseus getting the job done with no pants on. Is it too much of a stretch to say that Theseus was ONE OF US?
Probably. And he'll end up like Napoleon. How many countries in the western hemisphere will align themselves with him? And if European or Asian countries got involved? How would that work? I feel like China has a role to play here.
Mine have gone from the boner pill peddlers to the ones that cater to varieties of hypochondriac, those losing their hair and those in need of medical devices (Orthopedic underpants? 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺?)
Saw the final episode of Resident Alien last night. Harry talks about how he came to the conclusion that Earth should be spared because humans are basically kind, compassionate, and capable of love. Then I read about the latest TFG/Repunk atrocity, and I wonder if it's possible for Harry to just kill them...
Searching on a nearby shoe store to check the hours (thinking might need a new pair of desert boot things when I bought some there years ago because shoe repair really isn’t gonna be able to refurbish the leather of those I think) the AI answer the search engine insists on including (I forgot to say -ai) is odd...
... the blurb is basically right. Describes what they sell. But pictures and icons at the top of it say they sell healthy fast food...
... food looks pretty good. Salad bowls topped with I think chicken, maybe some kinda curry soup?
I’ll have to let them know they have branched out.
Big Balls discovered that Karma carries a big bat and now, as a result, Trump is threatening the city with a Federal takeover. Home rule is just about the only political influence that residents of DC have and it is now under threat. Lord Donald wants a fiefdom.
Trump Admin. is reportedly considering a pardon for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of crypto firm Binance, who is in prison for money laundering (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/politics/changpeng-zhao-pardon-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c08.JflH.kYfo5_9nLxZo&smid=url-share). Also maybe considering pardoning the firm itself for similar charges (it settled the case for a fine of $4.3 billion). Binance has a deal with Trump's crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, and the speculation is that a pardon might grease the way to more and bigger deals. Conflict of interest is a feature, not a bug, for this Adminstration.
I just saw that FFOTUS has fired Billy Long as IRS Commissioner, without explanation. Apparently, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will become acting IRS Commissioner ( another FFOTUS appointee given more than one job title ).
Long is going to follow Mike Waltz's footsteps after getting fired - Waltz was named Ambassador to the Court of St. James following his firing, and Long is apparently going to be named ambassador to Iceland ( Sorry, Iceland ! )
As it is, I guess I'm a little behind the times - this was reported at Maddowblog yesterday afternoon.
Also at Maddowblog yesterday afternoon, FFOTUS taint-licker Ed Martin has been named as the "special attorney" ( I guess this title is to avoid any of the restrictions on "special counsels" ) to investigate ( and, knowing Martin, try to prosecute, even if he doesn't find anything ) both Letitia James and Adam Schiff for "mortgage fraud", as well as the James' office as the NY Attorney General.
The suckage will continue as long as any of these FFOTUS assholes are in office.
Last weekend at the country club. I’m not airing any dirty laundry until the last paycheck clears. Cocktail questions go here.
Pictures please.
Congratulations on your new employment!
My first paycheck job was at a country club, not in hospitality, I was a cart mechanic for the centerpiece golf course.
Even back-of-the-house, with limited contact, I found the clientele insufferable...
Here's wishing you a creatively and financially satisfying venture!
I have gotten to know several country club members well. I find your assessment accurate.
Just wondering if Max Miller might be one of those CC members... hunting for his 3rd wife after divorcing Sen. Bernie Moreno's daughter. Bro seems like a peach, take the pun if you wish. I can wait til the check clears.
Possibly stupid question: Do you peel the peaches before poaching them?
Trump does, IYKWIM!
Only stupid question is the unasked one. No, you don’t need to peel the peaches before poaching. They’re much easier to peel after poaching, in fact.
No, we just shoot them right from the road.
They just stand there!
‘Last weekend at the country club’ has this quality. Like this is going somewhere I want to be a bystander.
(Or witness.)
"Milne? This is a subpoena to appear, you've been served..."
Hooper, this sounds almost delicious, except that I am NOT a cherry person (because it tastes like cherry cough syrup!). Any suggestions for a substitute?
Dry vermouth makes for a light, ethereal version of this cocktail, instead of a rich, decadent one. Not the same drink, but not bad either.
Thanks!
Sadly, Medina is (checks phone) approximately 7 hours and 8 minutes away from here. Shame. I could have become a regular, and I tip well.
Oh gosh! Bought a 1/2 peck of local peaches today. Will make a pie and this drink this weekend. Thank you!
Congratulations on your new gig!
I will be turning 75 at about the same time as you begin your new adventure. I will come on down to Medina and check it out. :)
You're coming to the CLE wonkmeet, yeah?
haven't heard anything from my daughter about birthdays yet, but she's still got a few days to drop it on me. otherwise, i will look forward to seeing all the wonkers!
Can I use Luxardo instead of Heering?
Very different liquors. Luxardo is pure cherry flavor; Heering is herbal and bittersweet. Substitute at your own risk.
Ooh. That's a thought. We've been burned by a couple of off- the-wall ingredients. I'm not buying cherry heering. I was going to try the sweet vermouth but Luxardo syrup sounds better.
This is an important question
*waits patiently*
This sounds so delish.
Everything stops being fun at some point. Be easy.
Next week, Mens' Grille Madness
If you have a chance to have a word with the Seelbach's people (which is where the Cohasset people send people who need to buy Cohasset elsewhere than JB Pritzker's state containing Chicago) --
please tell them they might do better at getting ladies to buy their wares if they ask a simple "are you over 21? yes/no" the way that Cohasset does, instead of requiring us to punch in our month, day, & year when there are ICE raids & Palantir tries to track people and also there is still age discrimination
https://www.cohassetpunch.com/buy
Even the big makeup online stores have learned that lesson and when trying to trick us into offering up our demographics via birthday gifts, have learned to ask only the month and day, lol
Some streaming services are sending their product to a very old (112 this year, but still vigorous!) Joe DiMaggio, while Netflix delivers to Richard Feynman who is also aging well...
I never enter my actual year, too much scrolling to get to it. Anything with a 19 in front of it will do.
So is Medina OH funky and cold? Medina MN can be at the right time of year.
You better be sure
That your pour is pure
medina ohio is R territory; need anything else be said?
OMG after scrolling past this eleventy times I finally got it
(I lived in Ohio for a spell and know that it's pronounced Mah-dinah OH so it took me a bit)
It is certainly cold. It is as funky as a Nilla wafer. I want to move to NOLA for a few reasons. That’s one of them.
NOLA is definitely an acquired taste. I love being so close, but I'm also well aware that distance makes the heart grow fonder.
Are you at the Netroots Conference right now w/Resistance?
Bc the virtual app is ... an experience, lol
Where do we post country club questions? I'm curious about the guy everyone talks about.
Next week.
I can't wait to hear stories!
Same!
Well, despite my discontent about it, Monday is here again. I do NOT want to go to work today as I still have practically nothing to do. That will change in about a year or two, but for now, I don't have shit and I am trying to enjoy it while I can. Normally I would have some sort of work side-project to do--writing papers, etc., but I haven't really found much to get into. Lots of thumb twittling.
I had a wonderful, beautiful, and delightful visit with kink partner this weekend. He's managed to come up with some plans that he hopes will raise the money to save his shop, and lord I hope it does. He seemed in a much more hopeful mood than I have seen him in since we started seeing each other again in the spring. Aside from the bad tooth, kink partner seems to be doing really good, which thrills me.
I mentioned a few days ago that someone gave kink partner "Chinese herbs" that I suspected were kratom, but it turned out to be pu ji xiao du yin, a poppy tea. When I told him what the herbs were he said, "Oh, that's why they help with my tooth," and we talked about potential side effects of taking them (constipation, habit forming, etc.) and he says he's prepared to feel like he's got the flu when he stops taking them after he finally gets his tooth fixed.
This morning was my first day with my nespresso machine and it is wonderful. I add just a touch of unsweetened coconut milk to the espresso and it is JUST PERFECT. All you need is a tiny shot of espresso to have a wonderful day.
Fuck that orange bag of shit and all his friends.
So is TFG going to give Alaska to vlad in exchange for a couple billion bucks for his "presidential library"?
Ugh, news is just...ugh. I'd love to hang out with yous guys but I've decided to watch "Back to the Future, Part III" until it's time to get showered and dressed to go to our favorite microbrewery taproom for the evening and get a tad tipsy on beer...
Time for my morning stretch!
Only recently I made a connection between our current world of woe and the ancient Greeks whose mythology is still being mined by Hollywood.
Among those olde Grecian Formulas for myths is the story of the Minotaur, a hybrid monster where a human man was born with a bull's whole upper body. This particular nightmare was the son of a conniving king of Crete named Minos. The story of how it was conceived is long and VERY perverse. But the short version is that the conniving king had a Queen (named Pasiphaë) and she liked a certain bull in the royal herd way too much. The monstrous product of the union was impervious to all conventional harm and only ate one thing: virgin children.
It was "controlled" by being imprisoned in a labyrinth under the royal palace where the king hoped no one would ever discover the king's secret shame. All the human children fed to the Minotaur came as tribute from conquered foreign vassals so the people of Crete never missed any of their own children and so never guessed the king was keeping a monster in his basement.
The Minotaur was destroyed by a young demigod hero named Theseus. There are still many ancient Greek and Roman wall paintings / mosaics illustrating Theseus going about his heroic adventures. Every such painting / mosaic has Theseus getting the job done with no pants on. Is it too much of a stretch to say that Theseus was ONE OF US?
Orange Boy is trying to start a war to seize territory like his friend Vlad did.
Where there's smoke...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-president-no-invasion-trump-targeting-cartels-military-force/
ETA another article about this.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sends-us-army-fight-152613343.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGet2GolrJ2hN_-jGNd7d57PB763n-1Xqh0AbcVe7RFrUE_d_fg_76695fpNELLCSxbDNuLO9hGd7k3dD9cSR3N0b_WInebyeSG4cicwHYXgyBo6KdZGeeT8KdcK2NR4pv2Ycs0srUkw4n2Uw7HC0rUgQdI5e_r5oWD3TXNynsJD
This fat fascist fuck is going to start WWIII.
Jaysus but I wish that I was kidding.
Easier for him to stay in office that way. Enact all the "war powers", call off elections, seal the dick tater deal.
Probably. And he'll end up like Napoleon. How many countries in the western hemisphere will align themselves with him? And if European or Asian countries got involved? How would that work? I feel like China has a role to play here.
Look at these cuties eating watermelon!:
https://bsky.app/profile/realjfairclough.bsky.social/post/3lvxvp45fls27
Thank you. Was just having watermelon :-)
Your Birb is watching Wolverhampton vs. Celta Vigo. Early in the first half. No score yet.
Evidently, Outlook has given the spam detector a weekend off...
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲? 𝗗𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮?
"No, darker than a conservative's heart, and they smell like rose petals..."
I have to presume, like telemarketing a generation ago, it makes enough money to continue, despite the prevailing opinions.
I don't get those emails, luckily.
Mine have gone from the boner pill peddlers to the ones that cater to varieties of hypochondriac, those losing their hair and those in need of medical devices (Orthopedic underpants? 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺?)
They may know something that I don't...
They can track your activity so maybe?
"Excrementally, my dear sphincter."
Saw the final episode of Resident Alien last night. Harry talks about how he came to the conclusion that Earth should be spared because humans are basically kind, compassionate, and capable of love. Then I read about the latest TFG/Repunk atrocity, and I wonder if it's possible for Harry to just kill them...
Sad it got canceled, I'm only on S2 but I see where they're going with it.
I feel that way about any positive American media now. Our nation is a fucking joke
Sorry for the spoiler
No worries! I REALLY need to catch up 😅
I heard the other day they've decided not to give the show another season. Boo!
😈
Good to know it's not just the US that sucks at sex ed, I guess?
"Nearly Half of UK Women Don't Know How Many "Holes" They Have Down There, Survey Finds", IFLScience
https://www.iflscience.com/nearly-half-of-uk-women-dont-know-how-many-holes-they-have-down-there-survey-finds-59888
At that rate they'll never figure out how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
You beat me to it.
I vaguely remember my wife at one point instructing our little girl about her anatomy in that region.
Is it a sex ed failure or a maths ed failure?
The earliest math was all done with fingers.
But even earlier than the digital math was the digital sex ed.
No, more sex ed -- first they were told to list the holes, then they were given a diagram and asked to label everything.
WTF?????
Yeah, according to the article only 35% of respondents identified the urethra. And then a bunch of them confused it with the clitoris.
Well, I guess it’s good to know we aren’t the only STUPIDS but WOW.
Yeah, I live here...Muricans aren't the only stupids, believe me...🥳
Searching on a nearby shoe store to check the hours (thinking might need a new pair of desert boot things when I bought some there years ago because shoe repair really isn’t gonna be able to refurbish the leather of those I think) the AI answer the search engine insists on including (I forgot to say -ai) is odd...
... the blurb is basically right. Describes what they sell. But pictures and icons at the top of it say they sell healthy fast food...
... food looks pretty good. Salad bowls topped with I think chicken, maybe some kinda curry soup?
I’ll have to let them know they have branched out.
Big Balls discovered that Karma carries a big bat and now, as a result, Trump is threatening the city with a Federal takeover. Home rule is just about the only political influence that residents of DC have and it is now under threat. Lord Donald wants a fiefdom.
I wonder if the orange "king" paid the attackers with crypto.
Oh so I just recently learned that I need to rinse rice before cooking. I made a rice dish last night and it absolutely made a huge difference.
Rinse your rice!
I, too, was late to the rice rinsing party. Now my rice is lighter and fluffier!
I’m just amazed at what this ONE WEIRD TRICK has done for my rice!
I think it helps reduce the inorganic arsenic level too. Was reading about that lately.
That was part of what I just learned! Probably the more important bit now that you mention it
Trump Admin. is reportedly considering a pardon for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of crypto firm Binance, who is in prison for money laundering (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/politics/changpeng-zhao-pardon-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c08.JflH.kYfo5_9nLxZo&smid=url-share). Also maybe considering pardoning the firm itself for similar charges (it settled the case for a fine of $4.3 billion). Binance has a deal with Trump's crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, and the speculation is that a pardon might grease the way to more and bigger deals. Conflict of interest is a feature, not a bug, for this Adminstration.
What conflict? The king has an interest in everything.
But of course.
I just saw that FFOTUS has fired Billy Long as IRS Commissioner, without explanation. Apparently, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will become acting IRS Commissioner ( another FFOTUS appointee given more than one job title ).
Long is going to follow Mike Waltz's footsteps after getting fired - Waltz was named Ambassador to the Court of St. James following his firing, and Long is apparently going to be named ambassador to Iceland ( Sorry, Iceland ! )
God this timeline SUCKS. WAKE UP ROSY!!! (didn't work)
As it is, I guess I'm a little behind the times - this was reported at Maddowblog yesterday afternoon.
Also at Maddowblog yesterday afternoon, FFOTUS taint-licker Ed Martin has been named as the "special attorney" ( I guess this title is to avoid any of the restrictions on "special counsels" ) to investigate ( and, knowing Martin, try to prosecute, even if he doesn't find anything ) both Letitia James and Adam Schiff for "mortgage fraud", as well as the James' office as the NY Attorney General.
The suckage will continue as long as any of these FFOTUS assholes are in office.
Jesus FUCK! WAKE UP ROSY, IT'S A NIGHTMARE!!! (nope, still didn't work)