Hey Hooper I have 2 questions if or when you can get to them:
1) I don't have Averna but do have Cardamaro and Montenegro. Good sub or no?
2) Which leads to the 2nd question, how long do most amaros stay good after opening? The only reason I don't want to buy a bottle of Averna is they sit around for so long, since they're usually a very light pour (more of a seasoning really).
2) Amaros have a high enough alcohol content to survive for years in the liquor cabinet. Mine's been open for at least six months and is fine. Keep in a cool dark place to be sure.
I don't drink alcohol, but I enjoy reading your drink recipes. Why are you using Mexican Coke? What is the difference? Or is it just the bottle size that you like?
Mexican cola uses cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup as its sweetener. I prefer to use a sugar closer to the simple syrup I normally work with in cocktails rather than the corn stuff.
It's good of you to ask. More to the point, it's SMART of you to ask. TBH, I’m probably not doing all that okay. I’m doomscrolling too much and overcompensating too much with trivia whenever it weighs me down. I spend too much time in my room and I feel like I’ve lost control of my life.
I read your post a while before I answered it. I spent the time thinking. That was a great question.
I regret that post, except to ask: is it possible to pin it for a short while and unpin it after it has served it's purpose? I should have thought to frame it that way from the start.
Seen those apartments across the street from the golf course? My mom lived there for a few years. I was on leave visiting her and my sisters during one Master's week. The street was a parking lot. when we moved to Oregon we were close enough to the state fairgrounds to have the same issue every summer. With the added delight of chasing people out of the driveway.
Few reservations, thirsty hordes following the scents of bitters to your bar. Bon chance!
This sounds delicious, Hooper. It reminds me a little of this one weird trick my Mom used to do (may she RIP), on a cold, dank day she liked to heat up a saucepan of Dr Pepper and drink it; no booze was added as far as I recall.
The youth choir in the church I grew up in sang at the 8:30 service every Sunday. There was always an urn full of hot Dr Pepper for us to drink when we got there for warmups. I guess they didn't want to give coffee to us high-schoolers, but I always figured that caffeine was caffeine. Most of us were already coffee drinkers anyway.
They absolutely do, and have done so forever. But I love that they don't allow cell phones on the grounds during the tournament. Be in the moment, people, you don't have to take pictures of everydamnthing to post on the TikityTok and the Instagoogle.
I could take him, and I don't even play and my aim sucks....except when it really counts. Sir! Sir! I'm so sorry I didn't see your glorious head there when I slammed my driver into it......total accident! Bigly accident!!!
1) Most big box retailers should sell good basic bartender sets, at a decent price. It will help you figure out what you use the most, what you want to upgrade, and should last at least a few years.
2) (if you have time) Haunt thrift stores. As sadly Grandmas and grandpas pass on their heirs tend to donate most of their shit to places like the Salvation Army or Goodwill. If you are willing and have the time to scrounge you can pick up some cheap but excellent antique bartenders gear.
I've used Poshmark a couple of times since trying to cut ties with Amazon. They work with a bunch of vendors, and it came to me through a recommendation of a millennial niece, so...
Yes! This was ages ago, but my best friend got me a little shaker and strainer and so forth set from them that had cute '60s pictures on it--very Mad Men.
I'll admit to overspending just a touch on their holidaze decorations this past year but everyone said the living room looked *fabulous* and I was proud to take credit
We had the best Pier 1 store nearby. Similarly "fabulous" holiday stuff and really nice scented candles - pretty, subtle fragrances. I cried when they went out of business.
Pottery Barn and some other places like that are so great for holiday stuff, especially on sale, and especially if you want a really cute theme! I have pink Christmas stuff, botanical ornaments, and animal ornaments that are great.
[Pssst. Dude. Fuck it man. You are going to get us all in trouble if you keep writing things that advocate using "Mexican" Coke. We'll be looking over our shoulders for ICE.]
“The Make America Hot Again movement is all about: You only live one life, so might as well be your hottest, best self possible,” said Jayme Leagh Franklin, a co-founder of the Conservateur.
More Bunnymen on guitarist Will Sergeant's birthday today. Here's the band live at the Royal Albert Hall in 1983. This is good, but you've gotta TURN IT UP!
I just spent the past fourty minutes cleaning up the hellacious mess paul made in the kitchen last night. When he went in there and started cooking I offered to assist and gently reminded him that he needed to clean up after himself so there wouldn't be a morning mess. My efforts to assist were rebuffed.
I need to work harder at ignoring that man and just getting things done. I'm still not certain specifically which variety of seasoning I was wiping up off of the counters and sweeping up off of the floor.
My wife used to say after I cooked the kitchen looked like it had been used by a family of racoons. I did the clean up after though. Her advice to clean as i went along was one of many things i discovered to be true after she passed.
I'm the terrible housekeeper, but I do love washing dishes. It means we have clean dishes, and gives me a feeling of accomplishment. We're both terrific cooks.
Our dishwasher hasn't functioned in several years. The damned handle broke and opening and closing the stupid thing properly so that the device will function is no longer possible.
I have been promised a new one as of late. I'm inclined to believe that our entire 1976 avocado and harvest gold kitchen [the original linoleum colors] needs to be yanked out and replaced just like the former outdated upstairs bathroom. We have the $$$ at the moment and the fact of the matter is that the economy DESPERATELY needs a bit of stimulation.
So, my partner and I and my daughter went to the Renaissance Faire and dressed up last weekend (my partner and I had gone the previous weekend, not dressed up, and since he had never been to one before he was super excited and wanted to go again in costumes, LOL!).
I'll post some pics in the next few days.
Anyway, I had a dream last night that I was at the grocery store and the workers were mostly dressed up in costumes. I asked if it was some kind of event and one of the women working there said, "No. The country is dying. Why not wear costumes and enjoy ourselves while it's happening."
So, if it starts to get bad enough, I'ma put on my Renaissance dress and just fucking rock it, LMAO!
Babe was talking about this in another thread (or maybe in this one). About how the meanings behind fashion are really interesting.
I remember reading an article in grad school in the early 2000s by Marjorie Garber about precisely this issue. I think it was mostly focused on affluent white boys from the suburbs appropriating "street"/"gangsta"/"rap" fashion and the meanings behind that.
I think she also has one about the symbolism of male suits and how various aspects of that look symbolize power.
Cardinal update!!!!! After the fuzzy boy and I accidentally disturbed their canoodling about 7 am and they very huffily moved into a bush, skipping breakfast, they just made an appearance to see what was left over. By 10 am there's usually not much, so after a good hard angry stare in through the back door they flew off together to find breakfast somewhere else.
That's a useful reminder, I am COMPLETELY out of animal food for the birds and squirrels, and every now and again one peeks in the front window to see what's keeping me. (And finally, one of the squirrels (large male, black fur, brown tail) has stopped running away when he sees me coming near. Baby steps.)
Ugh. A squirrel managed to get into the pied-à-nuage while we were in the city. Not only did s/he eat lots of stuff that wasn't in glass or plastic, but decorated the great room with graham crackers, especially the front windows.
The squirrels in our tree own my daughter’s ass and come to her bedroom window to yell at her until she brings out peanuts. In return when she goes outside one of them is bold enough to use her head as a launching pad for getting into our large trees.
This morning I fed them slightly, like ten flipping minutes, later than my mom does during the week. The feeding table had an UN's worth of different bird species and our gray squirrel AND one of our black ones (small young male, black fur with brown patches,on his shoulders) when I opened the curtains for the back door. Tigger and I loomed at them, they looked at me and I swear if they could wear watches they all would have been tapping them as I stood there in my pajamas and slippers with the pupster dancing on three legs to go out!
Helmet always!!!!!!! A helmet saved my uncle's life when a truck side's wiped his motorcycle! The helmet was split into four big pieces and a crapton of small pieces. His skull was intact. He had a bad concussion, but was overall ok.
But it has to be a helmet in good condition. Back when I had my first motorcycle ( mostly used for trail riding ), I bought ( well, my parents bought ) a beautiful Snell-approved helmet - but one day I left in on the ground at home, and our dog chewed all the insides of it out. I continued to use that helmet for another couple of years, until I became street legal. I kinda knew that with the inner padding gone, that helmet was worthless in a crash, but I was lucky, and never ran into anything hard ( except the ground, and not with my head )
I set retail planograms at work, and every time my team resets the bike helmets we always salvage out a couple that are just beat up and missing bits. And nine Timex out of ten some idiot manager wants to mark them down rather than trash them, then we argue about them being safe, and they stay on the floor marked down. Until somehow by magic they get run over by a Hilo and really cannot be sold.
In Michigan our former Republican governor Rick " I'm a math nerd businessman who's going to do lots of stupid shit!!!" Snyder got rid of our mandatory helmet law. Luckily my daredevil uncle still wore his, but even now every time I see someone without one I will yell out the window "put a helmet on!!! Do you want to die?!?!?!?" whenever practical.
That's the way I still feel when I see seniors ( and younger folf, too ) around the Villages riding without helmets ( even on those on little scooters ). I think most riders I see wear helmets, but there's a significant number that don't.
Stupid motherfucker - he has already called for Congress to "claw back" the funds for the CHIPS Act ( worth $52.7 billion, passed during the Biden admin ), the entire purpose of which was to enable American chip makers to produce more here.
This sure sounds like a self-contradictory move - but then again, FFOTUS doesn't worry about contradicting himself, does he?
Optix, optix... I look good today, right guys? Yeah. Tanned, rested and ready... right guys? Hey- I didn't get a "Right, SIR!" form that guy. El Salvador for him.
Reports of Vito Corleone and Luca Brasi leaving a private oval office meeting with Trump on Tuesday remain unconfirmed.
But the infamous gangsters were definitely seen by thousands of people the next day as they exited Apple HQ in Cupertino, CA carrying huge duffle bags stuffed with cash.
Vito Corleone announced a new deal he had struck selling olive oil to Apple. Luca Brasi declined to say one damn thing.
It means things from China. But not all of the things, we buy shoes from China, and hats. But the beautiful chips, we need them because cars. The deal before, terrible, terrible deal. Joe Biden, I called him Old you know, Old Joe, terrible deal. Now we only get the best chips, the biggest most beautiful chips.
As it is, most imported semiconductor chips come for Taiwan, not mainland China, like iPhones - and the CHIPS Act, which FFOTUS has called to be repealed and the money "clawed back", was meant to help American manufacturers make chips here at home
Smerconish (I know, I know) is being particularly stupid this morning. Ex gratia: Brief bit about the dire wolf crossbreeds from earlier this week. Doc who was on was a real Luddite, don't do this, they will ravage the wildlife when they get into the wild, the people who did it are irresponsible, they money they spent could be used better. blah blah blah. I read the footer. He is a doctor OF PSYCHIATRY. Yeah. When I want to discuss biotechnology and bioethics the expert I hunt up is a PSYCHIATRIST.
I shoulda had my headphones on, but I was making toast and didn't have the option.
“In a column published late Friday, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board claimed it would be "desirable" to subject Donald Trump to a third impeachment to make up for the damage he has done to the U.S. economy with his "ill-founded" trade war.
According to longtime columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Trump's on-again, off-again tariff threats almost makes it appear he wants to be impeached, with Jenkins writing, "A future Trump impeachment seemed all but guaranteed by last Wednesday morning. It seems only slightly less likely now. It may even be desirable to restore America’s standing with creditors and trade partners."
As he sees it, the president's last great achievement was being re-elected in 2024, and the damage he has been creating since then belies his promise of a "golden age," so an impeachment is "already ion the cards."
"No consensus or even significant coalition exists for trying to force into existence a new American 'golden age' with tariffs, which anyway is like asking a chicken to give birth to a lioness. He invented this mission out of his own confused intuition," he accused.”
The biggest problem with this is that Republicans in both the House ( for an impeachment resolution ) and the Senate ( for conviction ) would never let a third impeachment happen, let alone convict. One would think that even a renegade WSJ editorial board member would acknowledge this before saying something that is likely to cause his termination.
If these navel gazers don’t start off with “I’m sorry, I fucked up big time, I repent, please have mercy and forgive me, I’ll do anything to atone” I don’t want to hear it.
There’s a part of me that wonders if the October Surprise of the midterms will be the 25th amendmenting of Felon, with a promise of the GOP of a return to “normalcy”.
If it looks like they’ll lose the House and/or Senate, loose enough of their financial portfolios, and are given no other choice by their big money donors, they’ll act. This would be the face-saving alternative to impeachment.
Sure. But they’ll start letting more of Trump unfiltered slip through and portray it as the most honorable thing to do as he battles his illness. Thoughts and prayers!!!!
I was watching the Slovenian crime series "The Lake Trilogy" last night. I'm always surprised by how many English words and phrases they use. Last night it was "Non-disclosure agreement" which they said in English multiple times. Is there no Slovenian phrase for this? Apparently not. I also found it interesting that the detectives were trying to gather information from the locals, but absolutely nobody would talk to them. Very tight lipped. But I suppose if you grew up as part of Communist Yugoslavia where the secret police (the SDB) frequently hauled off people for questioning who were never seen again, you would be tight-lipped too.
Apparently Americans are going to have to learn to be tight-lipped, because guess what's happening here? The exact same thing.
A pretty large percentage of Americans have long since become "tight lipped" when it comes to talking to the police. The FFOTUS regime will only make that spread
English is such a mongrel that it has a lot of phrases that are handy everywhere. It’s got a lock on aviation, science and business words. And it’s the best for slang, idioms, swear words and figurative language especially of the naughty variety. Combine that with its popularity as a second language and you get a lot of English in non-English TV and movies.
Masters tournament. Looks pretty light reservations, but Lord knows what will happen. Questions here.
Hey Hooper I have 2 questions if or when you can get to them:
1) I don't have Averna but do have Cardamaro and Montenegro. Good sub or no?
2) Which leads to the 2nd question, how long do most amaros stay good after opening? The only reason I don't want to buy a bottle of Averna is they sit around for so long, since they're usually a very light pour (more of a seasoning really).
Thanks and cheers!
1) I'd certainly experiment.
2) Amaros have a high enough alcohol content to survive for years in the liquor cabinet. Mine's been open for at least six months and is fine. Keep in a cool dark place to be sure.
Passover starts this evening, I know a couple places that are expecting a slow evening
The Masters is still wide open and it’s All You Can Eat Snow Crab leg night. I’m resting up for a busy evening on Saturday.
Rory or Scheffler.
Neither...
Do you have a guess?
I don't drink alcohol, but I enjoy reading your drink recipes. Why are you using Mexican Coke? What is the difference? Or is it just the bottle size that you like?
Mexican cola uses cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup as its sweetener. I prefer to use a sugar closer to the simple syrup I normally work with in cocktails rather than the corn stuff.
This is such an important thing that not enough people know about
Thank you for telling Uncle Nearest's story
It really is an apocryphal example of ... well, the American story at large, isn't it
Why Is Everyone Always Stealing Black Music
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/music-black-culture-appropriation.html
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/context/student_scholarship/article/1943/viewcontent/Bodies_without_the_burden__White_appropriation_and_exploitation_of_Black_appearance_and_culture.pdf
White People Take Everything from Black Culture But the Burden
https://dailytrojan.com/2020/06/09/the-afterword-white-people-take-everything-from-black-culture-but-the-burden/
https://www.inquirer.com/philly/columnists/solomon_jones/20160720_Jones__Whites_have_long_stolen__benefited_from_African-American_culture.html
Historic White Theft of Black Land Continues Today
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article243951522.html
Thank you so much for the response. I would have never known that. I am a toothless hillbilly when it comes to this stuff.
If Jesus had decent golf shoes he'd have never been crucified by the Hoi Polloi of his day. The guy was magic with a putter.
It was the knickers, if you're the only player in knickers on the whole course, you might rethink...
Water hazards literally meant NOTHING to him.
He was one of very few players who could hit a 1 iron.
He's still working on mastering the 0 iron. Perfectionist doesn't begin to describe him.
He is God, he just thinks he Jack Nicholas.
Goddamnit, WTF? Masters what, reservations what, what the fuck are you blathering about?
WHY AM I BEING FORCED TO READ THIS? Why is this a fucking pinned post that everybody has to laboriously page past just to get to real content.
Hooper, you have !NOT earned this.
Ward, are you OK? Having a bad day? This is not like you...at least not from what I remember.
It's good of you to ask. More to the point, it's SMART of you to ask. TBH, I’m probably not doing all that okay. I’m doomscrolling too much and overcompensating too much with trivia whenever it weighs me down. I spend too much time in my room and I feel like I’ve lost control of my life.
I read your post a while before I answered it. I spent the time thinking. That was a great question.
Dude. Click the gray line under Hooper's pinned comment to collapse replies. Then take a fucking chill pill.
Indeed.
I even DM'ed our Hoopah about this rudeness.
This was pleasant.
I work as a bartender at a country club. If I don’t offer a pinned post where people can ask questions about the cocktail, I’ll never see them.
I regret that post, except to ask: is it possible to pin it for a short while and unpin it after it has served it's purpose? I should have thought to frame it that way from the start.
Seen those apartments across the street from the golf course? My mom lived there for a few years. I was on leave visiting her and my sisters during one Master's week. The street was a parking lot. when we moved to Oregon we were close enough to the state fairgrounds to have the same issue every summer. With the added delight of chasing people out of the driveway.
Few reservations, thirsty hordes following the scents of bitters to your bar. Bon chance!
Eh. Who cares.
Bourgoise walking tour with some whackin' off at balls. :P
A good walk spoiled does not even begin to cover it.
Watching golf on TV is slightly more boring than watching paint dry.
The Lord may not know what will happen with the golf tournament.
But if I spent more than ten minutes watching it I can safely predict I would be asleep.
Still as long as they are paying you to make drinks I do hope that you stay awake long enough to collect your tips and get your pay.
Apparently, spectators are not permitted to wear hats or shirts with logos unless it’s purchased at the pro shop.
No MAGAt hats
Thank you for a story about (Mr. Slave name Green) inventing the process. I was unfamiliar with it.
This sounds delicious, Hooper. It reminds me a little of this one weird trick my Mom used to do (may she RIP), on a cold, dank day she liked to heat up a saucepan of Dr Pepper and drink it; no booze was added as far as I recall.
The youth choir in the church I grew up in sang at the 8:30 service every Sunday. There was always an urn full of hot Dr Pepper for us to drink when we got there for warmups. I guess they didn't want to give coffee to us high-schoolers, but I always figured that caffeine was caffeine. Most of us were already coffee drinkers anyway.
I had a boss who brought the most amazing (so everyone said) meatballs to the annual Christmas potluck. His secret ingredient was Dr. Pepper.
He told me because he needed to tell someone and as a vegetarian he figured I'd never make them and undercut his meatball prowess.
I use coffee in my chilli.
Secrets upon secrets.
Except when I use whiskey.
The weekend is gonna be good for the golfers and alcohol consumption. The field is bunched up after 36 with big names in the hunt.
The Master's takes itself way too seriously.
Babaooey!
They absolutely do, and have done so forever. But I love that they don't allow cell phones on the grounds during the tournament. Be in the moment, people, you don't have to take pictures of everydamnthing to post on the TikityTok and the Instagoogle.
/ends old man rant
If they didn't call themselves 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴,who would?
Trump should be a golf pro. He always wins at his own courses. He’d be the bigliest, bestest teacher, ever.
Kim Jong Un could take him...
I could take him, and I don't even play and my aim sucks....except when it really counts. Sir! Sir! I'm so sorry I didn't see your glorious head there when I slammed my driver into it......total accident! Bigly accident!!!
They are just trying to bate you.
Doesn't sound too horrible... More fun than watching golf.
ISWDT
Where can I buy (not Amazon) a shaker, strainer, jigger, etc for my own nefarious purposes at home?
Sur La Table, Williams-Sonoma, BevMo, but I’d watch for the sales.
Two choices (for starters).
1) Most big box retailers should sell good basic bartender sets, at a decent price. It will help you figure out what you use the most, what you want to upgrade, and should last at least a few years.
2) (if you have time) Haunt thrift stores. As sadly Grandmas and grandpas pass on their heirs tend to donate most of their shit to places like the Salvation Army or Goodwill. If you are willing and have the time to scrounge you can pick up some cheap but excellent antique bartenders gear.
Costco!
Etsy. Look up "bartender kits".
I've used Poshmark a couple of times since trying to cut ties with Amazon. They work with a bunch of vendors, and it came to me through a recommendation of a millennial niece, so...
The dark web?
You can buy a set of shaker cups from a juggler, and the other jugglers will thank you.
Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn.
Goodwill?
Yes! This was ages ago, but my best friend got me a little shaker and strainer and so forth set from them that had cute '60s pictures on it--very Mad Men.
I kinda love their stuff
I'll admit to overspending just a touch on their holidaze decorations this past year but everyone said the living room looked *fabulous* and I was proud to take credit
We had the best Pier 1 store nearby. Similarly "fabulous" holiday stuff and really nice scented candles - pretty, subtle fragrances. I cried when they went out of business.
Pottery Barn and some other places like that are so great for holiday stuff, especially on sale, and especially if you want a really cute theme! I have pink Christmas stuff, botanical ornaments, and animal ornaments that are great.
"Fabulous" is such a great compliment!
Your grocery store will carry them.
Truth! My local TOPs has all the cookware
https://cocktailkingdom.com/products/set-of-koriko-weighted-shaking-tins-stainless-steel
I bet there are less expensive ones from a restaurant supply store if you have one locally?
Most of them are imported. Get ‘em quick before tariffs.
Especially before Just Dumb Vance calls the country that makes them "peasants" and we have to pay 10,000 times what they're worth
https://youtu.be/CydeVWXVQh0?si=TUIhKJLHIvlklElQ
Looks lovely Hooper!
Why not use cola syrup? -- eg, https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/pure-cola-syrup/product/21650
It's Coke's marketing that tells you its formula is special. But marketing, as we know, is bullshit.
[Pssst. Dude. Fuck it man. You are going to get us all in trouble if you keep writing things that advocate using "Mexican" Coke. We'll be looking over our shoulders for ICE.]
Well, this is both creepy and pathetic. "Make America Hot Again"?
𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝘈𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯 “𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 “𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸” 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥.
“The Make America Hot Again movement is all about: You only live one life, so might as well be your hottest, best self possible,” said Jayme Leagh Franklin, a co-founder of the Conservateur.
https://wapo.st/42oofgw (free link)
Jayymieeee Leaigggggh Fraynklyne
*gag a maggot*
I don't find MAGA women "beautiful" in any way, shape or form.
MAGA fashionista will be 2025's oxymoron of the year.
Kitsch and tchotchkes.
Along with an almost ruthless devotion to the Dope.
More Bunnymen on guitarist Will Sergeant's birthday today. Here's the band live at the Royal Albert Hall in 1983. This is good, but you've gotta TURN IT UP!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR1BpR0ZOpw
Thanks! I've been listening, and I had forgotten how much I liked these guys.
But it's not FREEDOM ROCK!
[snarls]
I just spent the past fourty minutes cleaning up the hellacious mess paul made in the kitchen last night. When he went in there and started cooking I offered to assist and gently reminded him that he needed to clean up after himself so there wouldn't be a morning mess. My efforts to assist were rebuffed.
I need to work harder at ignoring that man and just getting things done. I'm still not certain specifically which variety of seasoning I was wiping up off of the counters and sweeping up off of the floor.
Oy freakin' vey...
After I cook, I blame terrorists for the mess.
My wife used to say after I cooked the kitchen looked like it had been used by a family of racoons. I did the clean up after though. Her advice to clean as i went along was one of many things i discovered to be true after she passed.
The husband cooks, but destroys the kitchen in the process. I'm used to cleaning up afterwards or during so *I* don't lose my shit
But it's certainly not something HE worries about. It's fine as long as I have a dishwasher.
I'm the terrible housekeeper, but I do love washing dishes. It means we have clean dishes, and gives me a feeling of accomplishment. We're both terrific cooks.
Our dishwasher hasn't functioned in several years. The damned handle broke and opening and closing the stupid thing properly so that the device will function is no longer possible.
I have been promised a new one as of late. I'm inclined to believe that our entire 1976 avocado and harvest gold kitchen [the original linoleum colors] needs to be yanked out and replaced just like the former outdated upstairs bathroom. We have the $$$ at the moment and the fact of the matter is that the economy DESPERATELY needs a bit of stimulation.
You just had some work done on the roof though. Keeping these creaking bones in our bodies and households functioning really gets to be a task.
So, my partner and I and my daughter went to the Renaissance Faire and dressed up last weekend (my partner and I had gone the previous weekend, not dressed up, and since he had never been to one before he was super excited and wanted to go again in costumes, LOL!).
I'll post some pics in the next few days.
Anyway, I had a dream last night that I was at the grocery store and the workers were mostly dressed up in costumes. I asked if it was some kind of event and one of the women working there said, "No. The country is dying. Why not wear costumes and enjoy ourselves while it's happening."
So, if it starts to get bad enough, I'ma put on my Renaissance dress and just fucking rock it, LMAO!
That also sums up punk rock fashion.
I never thought of it that way. Yes!
Babe was talking about this in another thread (or maybe in this one). About how the meanings behind fashion are really interesting.
I remember reading an article in grad school in the early 2000s by Marjorie Garber about precisely this issue. I think it was mostly focused on affluent white boys from the suburbs appropriating "street"/"gangsta"/"rap" fashion and the meanings behind that.
I think she also has one about the symbolism of male suits and how various aspects of that look symbolize power.
Cardinal update!!!!! After the fuzzy boy and I accidentally disturbed their canoodling about 7 am and they very huffily moved into a bush, skipping breakfast, they just made an appearance to see what was left over. By 10 am there's usually not much, so after a good hard angry stare in through the back door they flew off together to find breakfast somewhere else.
That's a useful reminder, I am COMPLETELY out of animal food for the birds and squirrels, and every now and again one peeks in the front window to see what's keeping me. (And finally, one of the squirrels (large male, black fur, brown tail) has stopped running away when he sees me coming near. Baby steps.)
Ugh. A squirrel managed to get into the pied-à-nuage while we were in the city. Not only did s/he eat lots of stuff that wasn't in glass or plastic, but decorated the great room with graham crackers, especially the front windows.
The squirrels in our tree own my daughter’s ass and come to her bedroom window to yell at her until she brings out peanuts. In return when she goes outside one of them is bold enough to use her head as a launching pad for getting into our large trees.
My squirrels are of the burrowing variety. I hate them as much as I hate the gophers. The damage they do is unbelievable.
That is utterly adorable.
This morning I fed them slightly, like ten flipping minutes, later than my mom does during the week. The feeding table had an UN's worth of different bird species and our gray squirrel AND one of our black ones (small young male, black fur with brown patches,on his shoulders) when I opened the curtains for the back door. Tigger and I loomed at them, they looked at me and I swear if they could wear watches they all would have been tapping them as I stood there in my pajamas and slippers with the pupster dancing on three legs to go out!
Those early morning quickies under the bushes?
My back hurts at the thought! But I am an o!d.
Whelp, off to swap motorcycles, so if you never hear from me again, I probably died on the interstate.
Happy roaming, and stay safe. Come back to us in one piece, please.
Stay SAFE, comrade.
Helmet always!!!!!!! A helmet saved my uncle's life when a truck side's wiped his motorcycle! The helmet was split into four big pieces and a crapton of small pieces. His skull was intact. He had a bad concussion, but was overall ok.
But it has to be a helmet in good condition. Back when I had my first motorcycle ( mostly used for trail riding ), I bought ( well, my parents bought ) a beautiful Snell-approved helmet - but one day I left in on the ground at home, and our dog chewed all the insides of it out. I continued to use that helmet for another couple of years, until I became street legal. I kinda knew that with the inner padding gone, that helmet was worthless in a crash, but I was lucky, and never ran into anything hard ( except the ground, and not with my head )
I set retail planograms at work, and every time my team resets the bike helmets we always salvage out a couple that are just beat up and missing bits. And nine Timex out of ten some idiot manager wants to mark them down rather than trash them, then we argue about them being safe, and they stay on the floor marked down. Until somehow by magic they get run over by a Hilo and really cannot be sold.
I mean, I would anyway, but it’s also illegal to be without in this state.
A former idiot Republican governor got rid of our mandatory helmet law for "freedom". Its now more unusual to see some in a helmet than not.
That's how helmets are supposed to work. They literally sacrifice themselves to protect us.
In Michigan our former Republican governor Rick " I'm a math nerd businessman who's going to do lots of stupid shit!!!" Snyder got rid of our mandatory helmet law. Luckily my daredevil uncle still wore his, but even now every time I see someone without one I will yell out the window "put a helmet on!!! Do you want to die?!?!?!?" whenever practical.
That's the way I still feel when I see seniors ( and younger folf, too ) around the Villages riding without helmets ( even on those on little scooters ). I think most riders I see wear helmets, but there's a significant number that don't.
Take as much time as you need to arrive safely.
You decided to ride up and back then? Hope it all goes smoothly for you.
Be super careful. :(
I am jelly. I miss being on two wheels.
What's left, MAGA hats?
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-tariffs-apple-dell.html
Stupid motherfucker - he has already called for Congress to "claw back" the funds for the CHIPS Act ( worth $52.7 billion, passed during the Biden admin ), the entire purpose of which was to enable American chip makers to produce more here.
This sure sounds like a self-contradictory move - but then again, FFOTUS doesn't worry about contradicting himself, does he?
Optix, optix... I look good today, right guys? Yeah. Tanned, rested and ready... right guys? Hey- I didn't get a "Right, SIR!" form that guy. El Salvador for him.
"Tanned, rested and ready..."
Wasn't that phrase first used in relation to Nixon running in 1968?
Yes, and they used it without a bit of irony.
But once used, was ironically repeated forever.
(overheard in Apple HQ boardroom)
"Great news! Our stuff just got an exemption from the tarriffs."
"Excellent! Now let's raise our prices!"
"WTF! I said we are not paying the tariffs."
"And I said we are raising our prices. Haven't you ever heard of 'inflation by osmosis'?"
"No."
"Well now you have heard about it. Get out there and start raising the prices"
"hahaha that's not enough, Mr. Donald"
-- Xi
Reports of Vito Corleone and Luca Brasi leaving a private oval office meeting with Trump on Tuesday remain unconfirmed.
But the infamous gangsters were definitely seen by thousands of people the next day as they exited Apple HQ in Cupertino, CA carrying huge duffle bags stuffed with cash.
Vito Corleone announced a new deal he had struck selling olive oil to Apple. Luca Brasi declined to say one damn thing.
Genco Imports did not respond to inquiry.
Too busy counting the money.
It's all fun & games until Tessio shows up.
"Whatta ya mean we're $300 short? Call Luca and tell him to meet me at the airport. Tell him to pack light. We're going to California."
The Offal Office.
THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL. I PROMISE.
So just sneakers and clothing items, then?
He's backing down again, what a looooooser.
*I hope the stuff I ordered can be labeled "computer" when they ship it!*
Nobody really knows what "chips" are anyways.
Its a beautiful word, beautiful.
It means things from China. But not all of the things, we buy shoes from China, and hats. But the beautiful chips, we need them because cars. The deal before, terrible, terrible deal. Joe Biden, I called him Old you know, Old Joe, terrible deal. Now we only get the best chips, the biggest most beautiful chips.
Ketchup chips... mmmm....
As it is, most imported semiconductor chips come for Taiwan, not mainland China, like iPhones - and the CHIPS Act, which FFOTUS has called to be repealed and the money "clawed back", was meant to help American manufacturers make chips here at home
It was an abbreviation for California Highway Patrol and was a TV show back in....
Oh! Nevermind.
Why oh why do I still recall the names of Jon and Ponch?
The correct word is 'magazines.'
Actually it is "periodicals".
"Juggs"
-- DJTjr
Cancer for cops!
Noted.
Grifters gonna grift.
wonder how much that cost Tim Apple?
He can afford it. Apple fanfolks will have to shell out more though.
Inflation by osmosis?
She never gave him his cut from the $2 billion. What does she expect?
They could just use the US Navy to smuggle her cheap shit into the US.
Make Gunboat Diplomacy Great Again!
Depends on which kid.....
In the end, he won't care.
It's also the birthday of the great Herbie Hancock, who is 85 years old today. Here he is live at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1996:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5UEs2YaCZ8
How old am I? I'm so old that I own an LP on which he is credited as Herb Hancock. Can't remember which one offhand right now.
Very cool. Haven't noticed that before on any older LPs.
Blue Note could get funny with the names, now and then. Not wrong just funny - Alyoisus Foster, Anthony Williams, Reginald Workman...
Just on one as an early sideman. Maybe a George Benson, but don't quote me on that.
https://www.discogs.com/master/350908-Pepper-Adams-Donald-Byrd-Quintet-Out-Of-This-World
That's not one that I have. Guess I'm not special anymore.
Looks pretty cool though.
Yeah, it's not what I was remembering either. It's either a Blue Note, or early CTI.
Now I'm trying to recall, since I remember seeing this too.
Smerconish (I know, I know) is being particularly stupid this morning. Ex gratia: Brief bit about the dire wolf crossbreeds from earlier this week. Doc who was on was a real Luddite, don't do this, they will ravage the wildlife when they get into the wild, the people who did it are irresponsible, they money they spent could be used better. blah blah blah. I read the footer. He is a doctor OF PSYCHIATRY. Yeah. When I want to discuss biotechnology and bioethics the expert I hunt up is a PSYCHIATRIST.
I shoulda had my headphones on, but I was making toast and didn't have the option.
No actual scientists would go on Smerconish. (No I am not dissing psychiatrists, there is a time and a place FFS)
There are plenty of quacks out there, including psychiatrists.
True!
𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 | 𝗘𝗨 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗫𝗶 𝗝𝗶𝗻𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3306066/eu-leaders-plan-trip-beijing-july-summit-xi-jinping
Congrats Trump, you’ve completed the transition to the Chinese Century.
It'll be about a half century, though.
The demographic cliff they are about to fall off is a very large one.
And that's when it gets really interesting.
And me with my poor calligraphy skills.
When you’ve lost the WSJ…
“In a column published late Friday, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board claimed it would be "desirable" to subject Donald Trump to a third impeachment to make up for the damage he has done to the U.S. economy with his "ill-founded" trade war.
According to longtime columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Trump's on-again, off-again tariff threats almost makes it appear he wants to be impeached, with Jenkins writing, "A future Trump impeachment seemed all but guaranteed by last Wednesday morning. It seems only slightly less likely now. It may even be desirable to restore America’s standing with creditors and trade partners."
As he sees it, the president's last great achievement was being re-elected in 2024, and the damage he has been creating since then belies his promise of a "golden age," so an impeachment is "already ion the cards."
"No consensus or even significant coalition exists for trying to force into existence a new American 'golden age' with tariffs, which anyway is like asking a chicken to give birth to a lioness. He invented this mission out of his own confused intuition," he accused.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-impeachment-2671757337/
The biggest problem with this is that Republicans in both the House ( for an impeachment resolution ) and the Senate ( for conviction ) would never let a third impeachment happen, let alone convict. One would think that even a renegade WSJ editorial board member would acknowledge this before saying something that is likely to cause his termination.
What tf good is A THIRD IMPEACHMENT going to do? You'd think the 2nd one would have proven something was completely fucked.
Arrest him, change him, jail his ass. I'll accept death, but that's the only compromise. Nothing else will do, we're well passed that point.
(And I'm sorry if what I'm saying offends you, but wake the fuck up. NOT acknowledging it will absolutely insure it continues and gets worse).
I have no illusions about yet another impeachment, but this does say something about how frustrated they are with the face eating leopard.
If these navel gazers don’t start off with “I’m sorry, I fucked up big time, I repent, please have mercy and forgive me, I’ll do anything to atone” I don’t want to hear it.
"Forget about the shipping people off to a foreign torture prison with no due process, HE'S FUCKING WITH OUR MONEY! IMPEACH!"
not sure what he's smoking, but it ain't the good stuff.
Right?
Meanwhile, back here in 2025 ...
It worked out so well the other two times, right?
And now his ardent followers in congress are wearing tacky gold pins of his profile so NO ONE will vote to convict much less impeach.
Yeah. Good luck with that.
There’s a part of me that wonders if the October Surprise of the midterms will be the 25th amendmenting of Felon, with a promise of the GOP of a return to “normalcy”.
That requires more Republicans votes than impeachment.
Please read the 25th amendment.
If it looks like they’ll lose the House and/or Senate, loose enough of their financial portfolios, and are given no other choice by their big money donors, they’ll act. This would be the face-saving alternative to impeachment.
He doesn't pay attention to the rest of the Constitution, why would he meekly submit to the 25th Amendment?
This is my point.
If he's not a vegetable he can object. It then takes 2/3rds in BOTH chambers to remove.
Impeachment only requires a simple majority in the house.
2/3rds in the Senate I can believe. But 2/3rds in the house would require stupendous circumstances.
The cult will explode in anger if they pull that.
Sure. But they’ll start letting more of Trump unfiltered slip through and portray it as the most honorable thing to do as he battles his illness. Thoughts and prayers!!!!
They aren't that smart and they think they will rule forever.
They purged anyone capable of long term thinking from the party.
They don't have much reason to think otherwise.
Likely.
I was watching the Slovenian crime series "The Lake Trilogy" last night. I'm always surprised by how many English words and phrases they use. Last night it was "Non-disclosure agreement" which they said in English multiple times. Is there no Slovenian phrase for this? Apparently not. I also found it interesting that the detectives were trying to gather information from the locals, but absolutely nobody would talk to them. Very tight lipped. But I suppose if you grew up as part of Communist Yugoslavia where the secret police (the SDB) frequently hauled off people for questioning who were never seen again, you would be tight-lipped too.
Apparently Americans are going to have to learn to be tight-lipped, because guess what's happening here? The exact same thing.
A pretty large percentage of Americans have long since become "tight lipped" when it comes to talking to the police. The FFOTUS regime will only make that spread
The country with the most English speakers is China
English is such a mongrel that it has a lot of phrases that are handy everywhere. It’s got a lock on aviation, science and business words. And it’s the best for slang, idioms, swear words and figurative language especially of the naughty variety. Combine that with its popularity as a second language and you get a lot of English in non-English TV and movies.
There must be a Slovene name for an NDA because Melania signed one.
They're presumably compiling lists of targets from social media scans combined with downloaded government databases
English is the new Latin.
Iran will seek to demand that the US backs a nuclear-free Middle East, as part of talks between the two nations.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/12/iran-foreign-minister-oman-us-nuclear-programme-talks
Deal breaker
'But if we can't sell nukes to Israel, who will we sell them to?'
Israel built their own.