I always felt sorry for those reporters that had to sit out in terrible weather for the camera. The wind-borne fish did make me smirk though. I'm sure Monty Python approves.
One of the perks of living in Tucson (tacos, hiking, being immeasurably better than Phoenix) is that there is absolutely no point in dusting, since in ten minutes that shelf will be exactly as dusty as it was before you took a rag to it.
I have been a fan of sprouted grains since first homebrewing in 1993, but it really dates to those hard frozen malt things at Busch Stadium in the 1960s. That, or the malt balls in the bidge mix at Sears candy counter.
So, I grabbed a bag of sprouted oats at Costco yesterday, and made a serving on the stovetop, with my current favorite spurtle. I have bought (and made) sprouted wheat flour before, and read enough of Peter Reinhart's book to be a member of the sprouted grain borg, but hadn't heard of sprouted oats before yesterday's walk through big box land.
Real Simple also says you should disassemble your vacuum cleaner and deep clean it?! Even my Mom, who was an excellent cleaner, never did that. I clean the attachments but this seems pretty extreme, or am I totally gross?
I wish I could feel that way about vacuuming. Then maybe I would like doing it, or at least not mind it. But vacuuming makes my back hurt, maybe from all the leaning over and picking up the cord or a lego that was missed when picking up toys or similar, and then there's the maneuvering around the cord, furniture, etc. And most of all, I find it really boring. So how does one go about finding it meditative?
There's an interesting article over at DKos pointing out that being deep in debt, or having a bunch of pledged assets like Trump has in the E. Jean Carroll case, makes Trump a big security risk (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/19/2230363/-Sean-Casten-Trump-isn-t-just-broke-he-s-a-yuuuuge-security-risk). If Trump were a regular citizen trying to get a high-level security clearance, that would be a major red flag all by itself, leaving aside all the other reasons Trump is a risk, like Russian money sloshing into his businesses and being pretty openly Putin's bitch.
We have a curious dust phenomenon in our apartment, which can get quite dusty because we leave the windows open a lot and many of those are on the common courtyard which, thanks to our dopey landlord, got transformed from a parallel set of walkways bordered by low spreading plants into a concrete dust bowl with patches of Astroturf.
But that's not the curious phenomenon. What's curious is a large tumbleweed I found along a one lane road in the glorious California hinterlands nestled between the coast and Interstate 5. It's been hanging by a string from our bedroom ceiling now for years, and turns with the slightest breeze. But in all these years, it has never gathered a speck of dust, nor have we found any trace of a spider web or incursion by any insect. It's like it has some magical repellant quality. Though at the same time, up close, it has a very faint but pleasant sandalwood-like fragrance.
I can’t even count the ways that Texas is MESSED UP, with the exception of BBQ and certain stellar folks born there, like Kasey Musgraves. My goal is to not set foot in the state until its head is out of its collective ass and they achieve some measure of sanity. And WTF, Sam Alito?
My wife is brilliant at working the credit card companies. I swear she fleeces them for two or three grand every year by making a large purchase (her tax prep software, she is an EA) and then collecting the points or whatever and converting that to cash somehow and then dumping the card. They fall for it every time.
"New York State Department of Health Issues Standing Order to Make Oral Hormonal Pill, Hormonal Vaginal Ring and Hormonal Contraceptive Patch Available Without Prescription
Participating Pharmacists Will be Permitted to Dispense up to 12 Month Supply of Contraception"
You also don't need to be a New Yorker, anyone can come here and buy it OTC. Also requires it be covered by insurance.
Thanks for that. It looks like it does include the combined pill. Which is good because it is a better option for young women who may not take their pills "perfectly". Although cell phones with built in daily reminders have helped!
Re: the tab concerning the new rule by the judicial conference to randomly assign cases seeking declaratory judgments or injunctions against the federal government to any judge within the district, rather than allowing plaintiffs to file in specific single-judge divisions. Your 2Cats law ‘splained it for you when the new rule was announced, and called it a Legal Nice Times. The fact that Mitch McConnell and others have since come out against the new rule just proves me right. 😁
I have to assume the Nebraska State Senator has committed rape at one time in his life, or at the very least, wishes to do so in the future. I assume that from his behavior.
I've been using the phrase (I stole), "Abbott's abattoir) at every appropriate occasion.
My house is dusty because I am frequently unable to dust, and since my daughter has been hospitalized, I have no one to vacuum. It's not as easy as it used to be, to find household "help."
If you have animals, robo vacs are not a good thing. Imagine cat barf in the middle of the night (which happens) and the robo vac tracking it all over your house in its quest to clean the floors.
Not that I have personal experience with such things...
I tried one once, but I have so much stuff on my floors - books, stuffed animals (it's a collection, not an obsession) etc., that it kept getting confused, and never went back to its "house." That was about 7 years ago; maybe they've gotten smarter?
Well, this is fun. Power outage for no discernible reason in the neighborhood. Called the company responsible for repairs, and they are “diligently” working to resolve it, with no estimated time for the power to return. Using my phone as a mobile hot spot.
It’s neither extremely cold nor extremely hot, and no high winds or storms. Thanks, Texas power grid!
I am so pissed about points credit cards. Due to PTSD over the consequences of credit abuse in my youth, I cannot have credit cards. Nonetheless, I end up paying prices that are inflated to accommodate what is essentially a tax to subsidize your goddam points, rebates, etc. It is infuriating and should be illegal. The governments insistence on helping corporations screw us is so bad.
The store where I work has its own "points" credit card. We are pushed HARD to open credit cards and it impacts our yearly reviews (including raises, which are pitiful anyway). My review is coming up so I'll be asked *again* why I missed the target number (it's a crazy number that nobody makes, yet they refuse to change it). They can push me all they want, I'm a good employee but I refuse to hawk their stupid card.
Visa, MC, Discovery etc. etc. are leeches of the lowest order. IMHO. In 50 years they have exploded, employing bazillions of bankers in ivory towers who laugh at the rubes paying them to buy things they cannot afford.
What the halibut is going on in your head gif? Click for details (and the source info): https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/fish-to-the-face
At least he didn’t flounder.
Ring! Ring! It's 7:00 A.M.!
Move y'self to go again
Cold mackerel in the face
Brings you back to this awful place
—The Magnificent Salmon
😆
All I said was that halibut was good enough for Jehovah himself.
A hardy reporter name Sven
While calling a storm report in
Felt a huge smackeral
From a large airborne mackerel
Ans found himself out for a swim.
The life jacket activating is the cherry on top!
I feel a trifle naughty agreeing.
Hahaha!😆
Doggeral?
No, fisheral.
That was hilariously funny! 🤣
I was not expecting the fish
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I always felt sorry for those reporters that had to sit out in terrible weather for the camera. The wind-borne fish did make me smirk though. I'm sure Monty Python approves.
The Fish Slapping Dance!
That is just delightfully Python-esque!
No one puts up with more crap than weather people!
I like this whole fish schtick.
LOL!
Ta, Martini! That was hilarious.
His scream/laugh! That water must have been cold.
Normally, I would not laugh at someone getting knocked over, but that was hilarious and your feed is stellar!
The whole thing was a great way to start the day!
I love it, Martini--thank you! That crawl!
"You guys aren’t gonna believe this, but if your house is dusty, they say you should vacuum it."
Pfffffttttt- next you'll be telling us to "wear pants"....
One of the perks of living in Tucson (tacos, hiking, being immeasurably better than Phoenix) is that there is absolutely no point in dusting, since in ten minutes that shelf will be exactly as dusty as it was before you took a rag to it.
I have been a fan of sprouted grains since first homebrewing in 1993, but it really dates to those hard frozen malt things at Busch Stadium in the 1960s. That, or the malt balls in the bidge mix at Sears candy counter.
So, I grabbed a bag of sprouted oats at Costco yesterday, and made a serving on the stovetop, with my current favorite spurtle. I have bought (and made) sprouted wheat flour before, and read enough of Peter Reinhart's book to be a member of the sprouted grain borg, but hadn't heard of sprouted oats before yesterday's walk through big box land.
Never had such good oatmeal, wow!
Real Simple also says you should disassemble your vacuum cleaner and deep clean it?! Even my Mom, who was an excellent cleaner, never did that. I clean the attachments but this seems pretty extreme, or am I totally gross?
mine never last long enough to need that level of cleaning.
I snagged a very nice Miele on clearance years ago. But honestly, I prefer sweeping to vacuuming. It's quiet and actually kind of meditative for me.
that's actually how i feel about vacuuming (i vacuum A LOT). very meditative (but i hear you about the noise).
I wish I could feel that way about vacuuming. Then maybe I would like doing it, or at least not mind it. But vacuuming makes my back hurt, maybe from all the leaning over and picking up the cord or a lego that was missed when picking up toys or similar, and then there's the maneuvering around the cord, furniture, etc. And most of all, I find it really boring. So how does one go about finding it meditative?
There's an interesting article over at DKos pointing out that being deep in debt, or having a bunch of pledged assets like Trump has in the E. Jean Carroll case, makes Trump a big security risk (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/19/2230363/-Sean-Casten-Trump-isn-t-just-broke-he-s-a-yuuuuge-security-risk). If Trump were a regular citizen trying to get a high-level security clearance, that would be a major red flag all by itself, leaving aside all the other reasons Trump is a risk, like Russian money sloshing into his businesses and being pretty openly Putin's bitch.
Or storing the nation's most sensitive secrets in a public bathroom at his golf motel.
We have a curious dust phenomenon in our apartment, which can get quite dusty because we leave the windows open a lot and many of those are on the common courtyard which, thanks to our dopey landlord, got transformed from a parallel set of walkways bordered by low spreading plants into a concrete dust bowl with patches of Astroturf.
But that's not the curious phenomenon. What's curious is a large tumbleweed I found along a one lane road in the glorious California hinterlands nestled between the coast and Interstate 5. It's been hanging by a string from our bedroom ceiling now for years, and turns with the slightest breeze. But in all these years, it has never gathered a speck of dust, nor have we found any trace of a spider web or incursion by any insect. It's like it has some magical repellant quality. Though at the same time, up close, it has a very faint but pleasant sandalwood-like fragrance.
Some scientist ought to look into this.
It’s a Russian Thistle so the dust repellant is bred into it so that the microscopic microphones and cameras aren't blocked by dust.
C’mon that’s just science.
Your Wonkette Movie Night reminder. This Saturday we are watching 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬!
https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/wonkette-movie-night-march-23-mars?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
"AAAaaaaack- Aaackkk"
I can’t even count the ways that Texas is MESSED UP, with the exception of BBQ and certain stellar folks born there, like Kasey Musgraves. My goal is to not set foot in the state until its head is out of its collective ass and they achieve some measure of sanity. And WTF, Sam Alito?
If I may quote Vileaxxe,
"That Lone Star is Texas' Yelp Review!"
That is all...
My wife is brilliant at working the credit card companies. I swear she fleeces them for two or three grand every year by making a large purchase (her tax prep software, she is an EA) and then collecting the points or whatever and converting that to cash somehow and then dumping the card. They fall for it every time.
Nice thing!
"New York State Department of Health Issues Standing Order to Make Oral Hormonal Pill, Hormonal Vaginal Ring and Hormonal Contraceptive Patch Available Without Prescription
Participating Pharmacists Will be Permitted to Dispense up to 12 Month Supply of Contraception"
You also don't need to be a New Yorker, anyone can come here and buy it OTC. Also requires it be covered by insurance.
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-new-york-pharmacists-can-now-provide-hormonal-contraception-without
Regarding the oral hormonal pill, would it be correct to assume that is progesterone only as opposed to combined estrogen and progesterone?
I don't know. But you can find the info here I am assuming: https://health.ny.gov/community/reproductive_health/docs/hormonal_contraceptives_so.pdf
Thanks for that. It looks like it does include the combined pill. Which is good because it is a better option for young women who may not take their pills "perfectly". Although cell phones with built in daily reminders have helped!
It's not a product I've ever needed so don't know much beyond people need access like this. Thanks for the added insight.
Re: the tab concerning the new rule by the judicial conference to randomly assign cases seeking declaratory judgments or injunctions against the federal government to any judge within the district, rather than allowing plaintiffs to file in specific single-judge divisions. Your 2Cats law ‘splained it for you when the new rule was announced, and called it a Legal Nice Times. The fact that Mitch McConnell and others have since come out against the new rule just proves me right. 😁
https://substack.com/@2cats2furious/note/c-51543094?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2knok4
according to strict scrutiny ladies, so has half the fifth circuit.
obv.
I have to assume the Nebraska State Senator has committed rape at one time in his life, or at the very least, wishes to do so in the future. I assume that from his behavior.
I've been using the phrase (I stole), "Abbott's abattoir) at every appropriate occasion.
My house is dusty because I am frequently unable to dust, and since my daughter has been hospitalized, I have no one to vacuum. It's not as easy as it used to be, to find household "help."
The little robo vacuums do a half decent job.
If you have animals, robo vacs are not a good thing. Imagine cat barf in the middle of the night (which happens) and the robo vac tracking it all over your house in its quest to clean the floors.
Not that I have personal experience with such things...
That would be bad. Mine just runs when I tell it to. Good thing!
I tried one once, but I have so much stuff on my floors - books, stuffed animals (it's a collection, not an obsession) etc., that it kept getting confused, and never went back to its "house." That was about 7 years ago; maybe they've gotten smarter?
Doubtful! 😂
Rats.
Well, this is fun. Power outage for no discernible reason in the neighborhood. Called the company responsible for repairs, and they are “diligently” working to resolve it, with no estimated time for the power to return. Using my phone as a mobile hot spot.
It’s neither extremely cold nor extremely hot, and no high winds or storms. Thanks, Texas power grid!
Cars have been known to damage power structure in my area when they leave their designated lanes of blacktop......
I am so pissed about points credit cards. Due to PTSD over the consequences of credit abuse in my youth, I cannot have credit cards. Nonetheless, I end up paying prices that are inflated to accommodate what is essentially a tax to subsidize your goddam points, rebates, etc. It is infuriating and should be illegal. The governments insistence on helping corporations screw us is so bad.
The store where I work has its own "points" credit card. We are pushed HARD to open credit cards and it impacts our yearly reviews (including raises, which are pitiful anyway). My review is coming up so I'll be asked *again* why I missed the target number (it's a crazy number that nobody makes, yet they refuse to change it). They can push me all they want, I'm a good employee but I refuse to hawk their stupid card.
Visa, MC, Discovery etc. etc. are leeches of the lowest order. IMHO. In 50 years they have exploded, employing bazillions of bankers in ivory towers who laugh at the rubes paying them to buy things they cannot afford.
OT: trans woman gunned down on the sidewalk in Houston.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/trans-woman-killed-southwest-houston/285-9f75f7b7-3a2f-4364-aafd-c405a2233680