I have to tell you, I couldn't get my software to track the pink surface, so I had to rotoscope the WHOLE KITTEN IMAGE by hand. It took foreeeeeever. But once the idea stuck in my head, I had to do it.
I would like the boxes to be made of recycled materials, and/or metal. I think a lunchbox, sure, but also a first aid kit. Perhaps the first aid kit could have an option where music from First Aid Kit plays when one opens the box.
Yeah, I am weird from total lack of sleep the past two weeks, but I meant what I suggested.
Which is kind of appropriate, because the way the child voice actors performed in the early animated 'Peanuts' cartoons, it was likely they were reading from a script themselves. A script that had been wordsmithed by adults with adult sensibilities and adult sentence structure. The characters didn't so much converse as make stilted declarations past each other.
In the context of Martini G's GIF, it works great, evoking joy and comfort in me.
I "read "alot of peanuts in 5th grade and even wrote to Charles Schulz for an autograph. He sent me picture of the whole gang and signed it. Of course it was mimeographed but I didn't care.
I met him once when I was a kid at his skating rink in Santa Rosa. I purchased a little Snoopy pad at the gift shop and he was kind enough to draw a Snoopy for me and sign it.
He was a very nice guy! Later I read the biography Schulz and Peanuts and learned he was plagued with depression a lot.
That seems obvious to me now, looking at the character of Charlie Brown. I loved the strip, but sometimes Charlie Brown hit too close to home when I was a kid.
Regarding white attire after Labor Day, there are additional factors which made wearing white more available to some people. However, it always seemed to have a status component. Bleach became more readily available, despite that the laundering process was still labor intensive, including a stage where bluing was added to counter the yellowing of white textiles over time. Someone had to do that labor. Doctors and nurses began wearing it to convey a hygienic environment, and of course that benefit of being able to bleach bloody or soiled clothes was a convenience. Chefs, to this day, often keep a clean, white chef coat stashed somewhere to put on whenever they go into the dining areas in front of patrons, though sometimes they wear black. A perfectly clean coat is impractical in most kitchens, so a chef wearing one generally conveys a sense of elevated skill, authority, and again, hygienic environment. Victorian era household staff would also wear white aprons and gloves, thus the term “white glove treatment” indicating perfect cleanliness that can be wiped by a white glove and not soil it. White is a practical color for working textiles as well as for status. It covers both extreme ends of the spectrum. You can’t bleach colors or elaborate patterns.
Saw a car with a Kennedy sticker a couple of days ago. KENNEDY in blue on a white background, with a couple of lines underneath in red that were too small to read from any distance.
My daughter just teased me about white shoes - she said, "I know you won't wear white shoes outside of the house, now." She's right. I like something to look forward to in a change of wardrobe for the seasons, and don't care much how it started. :-)
Rebecca, I didn't know if you'll see this, but has the move to Substack been a benefit for you? I'm one paycheck away from being solvent and donating to Wonkette again, btw.
Oh good. The change happened right as we were starting chemo for the teenager and I've been behind on Wonkette based things. (Also the chemo is going really well and I'm slowly gaining bandwidth for anything else.)
We married in 1963, and lived in San Francisco, and my wife's first job was as a display artist at the formerly extra posh but by then slightly declining department store Ransohoffs. (One of the eight floors still operated as a "gown salon") The "in the know" minions there said that you could always tell the tourists from the locals in the summer because the tourists wore white shoes in the summer, which was not done by the local SF high society. Don't know if that is still a thing.
ALERT - I was watching Jimmy Kimmel a couple nights ago (don't judge me!) and it was a repeat of the 4/11/22 broadcast. He played a video clip of PAB in a deposition where PAB was talking about a deal he'd "struck" with the president of South Korea. Allegedly, South Korea was going to start paying the USA $5 billion/year for providing defense.
But then - and this is an exact quote; Kimmel played it five or six times - PAB said, "But after I lost the election, he was a very happy guy". Meaning, that the new president wasn't going to make South Korea pay that $5 billion/year.
PAB clearly said, "But after I lost the election". Those words. I don't know what deposition that is from, but wouldn't that statement kind of be the nails in his coffin?
Do any of you remember having heard him say that? It was on video and everything.
The Google figured it out. It wasn't a deposition, it was a video interview with a panel of historians convened by Julian Zelizer, a Princeton professor. Here's what PAB actually said:
“By not winning the election,” Trump said, “he was the happiest man – I would say, in order, China was – no, Iran was the happiest.
“[Moon] was going to pay $5bn, $5bn a year. But when I didn’t win the election, he had to be the happiest – I would rate, probably, South Korea third- or fourth-happiest.”
Trump also said “the election was rigged and lost”.
I have a feeling he'll try to weasel (as usual) and claim it was "rigged" against him. You know how he admits something then twists it to make himself sound innocent.
No doubt. But I wonder how much of an admission of loss Jack Smith really needs/needed. I have a feeling it's not much and once given, can't really be taken back.
Today’s gif is from the 1969 “Peanuts” television special “It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown.” More information here: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/it-was-a-short-summer-charlie-brown
NO CANNED CLAMS!!
that is one I never saw, or even heard of. saw no TV from 1974-1977
Great dialogue matching, and don’t think we missed the picture on the lunchbox.
I have to tell you, I couldn't get my software to track the pink surface, so I had to rotoscope the WHOLE KITTEN IMAGE by hand. It took foreeeeeever. But once the idea stuck in my head, I had to do it.
Something told me that had to be labor intensive.
A craftsman bordering on genius.
You are too kind *blushes politely*
Just calling it like as we see it.
So you know we're going to need big eyed kitten lunchboxes now in the emporium, right?
I would like the boxes to be made of recycled materials, and/or metal. I think a lunchbox, sure, but also a first aid kit. Perhaps the first aid kit could have an option where music from First Aid Kit plays when one opens the box.
Yeah, I am weird from total lack of sleep the past two weeks, but I meant what I suggested.
The ending is everything. Thank you!
It’s perfect!!
I read it in the voices of those characters.
Which is kind of appropriate, because the way the child voice actors performed in the early animated 'Peanuts' cartoons, it was likely they were reading from a script themselves. A script that had been wordsmithed by adults with adult sensibilities and adult sentence structure. The characters didn't so much converse as make stilted declarations past each other.
In the context of Martini G's GIF, it works great, evoking joy and comfort in me.
Waah wah wah wah waaaah!
I "read "alot of peanuts in 5th grade and even wrote to Charles Schulz for an autograph. He sent me picture of the whole gang and signed it. Of course it was mimeographed but I didn't care.
I met him once when I was a kid at his skating rink in Santa Rosa. I purchased a little Snoopy pad at the gift shop and he was kind enough to draw a Snoopy for me and sign it.
He was a very nice guy! Later I read the biography Schulz and Peanuts and learned he was plagued with depression a lot.
That seems obvious to me now, looking at the character of Charlie Brown. I loved the strip, but sometimes Charlie Brown hit too close to home when I was a kid.
Treasure!
Best. Ever.
Thanks friend!
Never take a job with these bozos...
At Taser maker Axon, ex-staff say loyalty meant being tased, tattooed
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/axon-taser-exposures/
Further messages to Geoffry Clark from Neal Katyal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARTePEqIo6U&ab_channel=MSNBC
I live in the land of mud -- there's not white before Labor Day either.
Trump is liable in the second E. Jean Carroll defamation case, judge rules; January trial will determine damages | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation-lawsuit
White maybe, but a friend wore seersucker to a gathering last night. That’s a step too far.
Watch Anarchy Princess harass Trump's buddy Peter Navarro. Good job! (courtesy of Jeff Tiedrich)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAns5CsQYlo
What's the fucking point of a mask if you're going to just let your nose hang out like that, both-sides Truth Conductor puppet?
I agree, mouth and nose. Cover them!
Wonkette lunchboxes? Yes, please! ;D
Regarding white attire after Labor Day, there are additional factors which made wearing white more available to some people. However, it always seemed to have a status component. Bleach became more readily available, despite that the laundering process was still labor intensive, including a stage where bluing was added to counter the yellowing of white textiles over time. Someone had to do that labor. Doctors and nurses began wearing it to convey a hygienic environment, and of course that benefit of being able to bleach bloody or soiled clothes was a convenience. Chefs, to this day, often keep a clean, white chef coat stashed somewhere to put on whenever they go into the dining areas in front of patrons, though sometimes they wear black. A perfectly clean coat is impractical in most kitchens, so a chef wearing one generally conveys a sense of elevated skill, authority, and again, hygienic environment. Victorian era household staff would also wear white aprons and gloves, thus the term “white glove treatment” indicating perfect cleanliness that can be wiped by a white glove and not soil it. White is a practical color for working textiles as well as for status. It covers both extreme ends of the spectrum. You can’t bleach colors or elaborate patterns.
"Maine’s puffins are rebounding!"
But they can't dribble worth beans.
Don't even try to get them to do lay ups.
Saw my first QAnon in the wild today. Some person in a car with the WWG bumper sticker and a bunch of other nut job stuff.
Saw a car with a Kennedy sticker a couple of days ago. KENNEDY in blue on a white background, with a couple of lines underneath in red that were too small to read from any distance.
I’ve seen one Kennedy lawn sign here in Austin. The campaign looks like it has made an effort to mimic the same colors and font that JFK used in 1960.
Wonkette Movie Night Sept. 9: Hedwig And The Angry Inch. Available for free on the Internet Archive.
https://ziggywiggy.substack.com/p/wonkette-movie-night-sept-9-hedwig
Oh I love Hedwig! If it wasn’t a knitting night at my local yarn store, I’d be joining y’all!
My daughter just teased me about white shoes - she said, "I know you won't wear white shoes outside of the house, now." She's right. I like something to look forward to in a change of wardrobe for the seasons, and don't care much how it started. :-)
Rebecca, I didn't know if you'll see this, but has the move to Substack been a benefit for you? I'm one paycheck away from being solvent and donating to Wonkette again, btw.
Yes it did! Rebecca wrote about it in a newsletter I think, but I can't find it.
Oh good. The change happened right as we were starting chemo for the teenager and I've been behind on Wonkette based things. (Also the chemo is going really well and I'm slowly gaining bandwidth for anything else.)
Good to hear!
That's great that the chemo is going well!
We married in 1963, and lived in San Francisco, and my wife's first job was as a display artist at the formerly extra posh but by then slightly declining department store Ransohoffs. (One of the eight floors still operated as a "gown salon") The "in the know" minions there said that you could always tell the tourists from the locals in the summer because the tourists wore white shoes in the summer, which was not done by the local SF high society. Don't know if that is still a thing.
i love this. i don't really understand it (chicago baby from the 70's) but i love it!
ALERT - I was watching Jimmy Kimmel a couple nights ago (don't judge me!) and it was a repeat of the 4/11/22 broadcast. He played a video clip of PAB in a deposition where PAB was talking about a deal he'd "struck" with the president of South Korea. Allegedly, South Korea was going to start paying the USA $5 billion/year for providing defense.
But then - and this is an exact quote; Kimmel played it five or six times - PAB said, "But after I lost the election, he was a very happy guy". Meaning, that the new president wasn't going to make South Korea pay that $5 billion/year.
PAB clearly said, "But after I lost the election". Those words. I don't know what deposition that is from, but wouldn't that statement kind of be the nails in his coffin?
Do any of you remember having heard him say that? It was on video and everything.
We are all witnesses to the crimes!
I feel like it would be the height of schadenfreude for them to play a Jimmy Kimmel clip at PAB's trial.
The Google figured it out. It wasn't a deposition, it was a video interview with a panel of historians convened by Julian Zelizer, a Princeton professor. Here's what PAB actually said:
“By not winning the election,” Trump said, “he was the happiest man – I would say, in order, China was – no, Iran was the happiest.
“[Moon] was going to pay $5bn, $5bn a year. But when I didn’t win the election, he had to be the happiest – I would rate, probably, South Korea third- or fourth-happiest.”
Trump also said “the election was rigged and lost”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/05/trump-admits-election-defeat-historians-zelizer-princeton
I have a feeling he'll try to weasel (as usual) and claim it was "rigged" against him. You know how he admits something then twists it to make himself sound innocent.
No doubt. But I wonder how much of an admission of loss Jack Smith really needs/needed. I have a feeling it's not much and once given, can't really be taken back.
I doubt he needed much as well. if any. And you're right, there's no going back now.