Yes! Wednesday. Anti-Valentineโs Day for those of us tired of being surrounded by pink hearts, cupids and the word sweetheart! No one needs to be alone if they don't wanna be, watch a movie with a bunch of Wonkers. 6pm PT / 9pm ET
I think that's delightful. (And I'm in for a hell of a day that day in any event.)
I'll just be winding up my last meeting an hour before start time, and I really appreciate Ms Margot's portrayal (though I continue to wish they'd give her a script written by a women writing pair so we can see what Harley can *really* do)
Saw that one in the theater, and bought it during the pandemic. Very awesome, my one beef was that it could have been more interesting if one of the women stayed on the villain's side.
As I was out throwing knives and hatchets against innocent pieces of wood for most of the evening, I missed movie night. I also missed most of my targets. Iโd make a shit barbarian or axe-tossing lunatic.
I also release early, and am 6โ3โ, so a lot of my hatchets hit the wall seven to seven and a half feet off the ground, a full two feet above the top of the target. The hatchet place is trying to train us to target shorties. But at least I mostly stuck my throws.
Itโs quite cathartic. Especially if you use too much force and end up splitting a 2x10 down the middle. I was probably helped by all of the other cuts the board took before me, but I can pretend itโs because I am a mighty tosser. Wait, let me rephrase that . . .
I read that during the filming of "What About Bob" Bill Murry got so furious with Richard Dreyfus that he launched one of those big-ass glass ashtrays at his fellow actor.
Sounds like the trajectories of both of their careers could have taken a very different turn, based on the trajectory of the ashtray, because a hit in the head with one of those things could be deadly.
>>The six-part documentary Alexander: The Making Of A God has an average Google review score of just 2.5 stars, with a number of viewers complaining at its focus on the historic ruler's sexuality.<<
Apparently Alexander the Great was known to the ancient LGBT community as "Alexander the Great".
How about not remaking the franchise at all? Or going back to the original novel and condemning right-wing jingoism, instead of celebrating it like the movieโs sequels? Or making Rambo a Black veteran fleeing persecution by racist cops?
"At first we called ourselves 'The Originals', but then we heard there was a band down in the East End called 'The Originals', so we called ourselves 'The New Originals' .... "
From "This is Spinal Tap", more or less, in the scene in which the band is recounting its history to the starstruck 'rockumentary' director, played by Rob Reiner ...
Our local liquor store here in MA does not refer to itself as a packie (nor do we refer to it as such), but when I used to go down to RI for work, there was no question that the packie I went to was a packie (and I actually Googled it under those terms my first time staying down there).
As a side note, the packie in RI was in such a sketchy area that I used to bring my work backpack with my computer, etc., into the store with me, because I didn't trust whatever was happening in the parking lot for even five minutes. I've been less scared in areas of South Chicago and Milwaukee's North side than I was in this one packie parking lot.
I refer to them in general as "packies", but maybe here in the 'burbs people are too bougie for that. (Also, there are a ton of non-NE-native people in our town.)
I never thought much about why they were called that even though you couldn't swing a dead cat where I grew up without hitting one. Same as the use of "tonic" for "soda pop". When my old man settled out East he told me that someone offered him a tonic and he said "Why, do I look sick?"
Try using the term "bubbler" if you're thirsty in a public building and watch people's reactions. There are only two totally disparate areas of the country where people will maybe understand.
I absolutely LOVE fascinating bits of historical trivia like this, particularly those related to the lexicon. This is the sort data I like to acknowledge and accommodate into my memory.
Thanks everyone for a purrfect movie night! Next Wednesday is a
๐๐จ๐ง๐ค๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ! ๐ ๐๐. ๐๐: ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ (๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ง)
https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/wonkette-movie-night-special-event?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
There's a special event?
Yes! Wednesday. Anti-Valentineโs Day for those of us tired of being surrounded by pink hearts, cupids and the word sweetheart! No one needs to be alone if they don't wanna be, watch a movie with a bunch of Wonkers. 6pm PT / 9pm ET
I think that's delightful. (And I'm in for a hell of a day that day in any event.)
I'll just be winding up my last meeting an hour before start time, and I really appreciate Ms Margot's portrayal (though I continue to wish they'd give her a script written by a women writing pair so we can see what Harley can *really* do)
Saw that one in the theater, and bought it during the pandemic. Very awesome, my one beef was that it could have been more interesting if one of the women stayed on the villain's side.
Thank you! You come up with selections I might never see, and other things I love and am happy to see again.
Please stop getting killed all the time, as I am concerned it will interfere with my Saturday entertainment plans.
LOL! I will.
Nice! Now I'm in the mood to play Gotham Knights.
Another good cause.
https://spsmw.org/donate/donate-for-justice/
Last night Rumpus invited Vlad to go after those delinquent Europeans. Scroll down for the video.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/media-what-the-fuck-are-you-doing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1nx43t
Volodya, the diminutive is Volodya.
A good cause.
https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/delivering-the-equality-vote?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1nx43t
In honor of the Superb Owl, Digby offers her favorite sports films:
https://digbysblog.net/2024/02/10/home-games-top-10-sports-movies-2/
My list would have Moneyball near the top.
Alex Jones Warns: โRussia & the American People Have A Common Enemyโ
"The globalists that are at war with me and my family are also at war with Russia and other independent nations around the world!"
Take your detestable blood libel attacks and shove them up your fat fucking ass.
I so wish Alex Jones would join Rush Limbaugh.
FUCK OFF ASSHOLE
The Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsAVx0u9Cw4
ยกยกยก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ!!!
Oh no!
So, Republicans are totally cool with a potential President who calls on Russia to attack our allies?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68266447
President Pantsuit way underestimated how many of them are deplorable. The only correct answer is AoT,K!
We have a new post!
I am going in favor of nude posts.
As I was out throwing knives and hatchets against innocent pieces of wood for most of the evening, I missed movie night. I also missed most of my targets. Iโd make a shit barbarian or axe-tossing lunatic.
I don't think accuracy is a make-or-break item on the list of qualifications for the axe-tossing lunatic position...
I also release early, and am 6โ3โ, so a lot of my hatchets hit the wall seven to seven and a half feet off the ground, a full two feet above the top of the target. The hatchet place is trying to train us to target shorties. But at least I mostly stuck my throws.
Have you considered raising the target two feet?
This was at a business, where the targets are painted/traced onto the wood. I would have to bring my own markers and paint and protractor.
Hmmm, I think history shows that hatchet vs cavalry is best reserved for when there's no other choice...
So I think I'd practice for shorter targets, but, as I have never chucked a hatchet at anything...
Itโs quite cathartic. Especially if you use too much force and end up splitting a 2x10 down the middle. I was probably helped by all of the other cuts the board took before me, but I can pretend itโs because I am a mighty tosser. Wait, let me rephrase that . . .
Diane DiMassa approves this statement.
A rage therapist in my acquaintance uses those cheap "crystal" ash trays and a sheet of iron in her sessions...
No matter how many waivers I am willing to sign, she makes me wear the protective gear. And my throwing arm still winds up sore
I read that during the filming of "What About Bob" Bill Murry got so furious with Richard Dreyfus that he launched one of those big-ass glass ashtrays at his fellow actor.
Sounds like the trajectories of both of their careers could have taken a very different turn, based on the trajectory of the ashtray, because a hit in the head with one of those things could be deadly.
from the britcom My Hero:
"So did you make it to you anger management class last night?"
"Nah. The therapist is still in intensive care."
It's actually tricky to work out if the maples and the oaks are happy or unhappy about this.
Fortunately my victims were all fir, and they had it coming.
I think Duck's Breath Mystery Theater had a parody called "Gonad the Barbarian".
Netflix show is being review bombed for being too WOKE as fans slam new drama [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13051959/Netflix-review-bombed-WOKE-fans-slam-new-drama.html]
>>The six-part documentary Alexander: The Making Of A God has an average Google review score of just 2.5 stars, with a number of viewers complaining at its focus on the historic ruler's sexuality.<<
Apparently Alexander the Great was known to the ancient LGBT community as "Alexander the Great".
This is a facet of Alexander that has ben discussed for decades.
The MAGAts are furious that Netflix is "injecting woke-ness" into this documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QaqcxR_3fI
Self-righteous Philistines...
I feel for his cousin Harold the Adequate.
Dad's up!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sylvester-stallone-next-rambo-ryan-gosling_n_65c87890e4b093b2e783ef5a
How about not remaking the franchise at all? Or going back to the original novel and condemning right-wing jingoism, instead of celebrating it like the movieโs sequels? Or making Rambo a Black veteran fleeing persecution by racist cops?
Or maybe create something new and original....
And security drags you away.
"Un-possible!!!!!" -- Hollywood executives.
"At first we called ourselves 'The Originals', but then we heard there was a band down in the East End called 'The Originals', so we called ourselves 'The New Originals' .... "
From "This is Spinal Tap", more or less, in the scene in which the band is recounting its history to the starstruck 'rockumentary' director, played by Rob Reiner ...
You must be taking crazy pills!
I know!!!!! What the fuck could I be thinking????? ๐คฃ
Deep thoughts with Bear and a photo bomb from Harry.
https://substack.com/@ziggywiggy/note/c-49317947?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2knfuc
Here's some trivia for Swift Bowl Sunday.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ โ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐โ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
https://www.greenwichtime.com/connecticut/article/ct-package-store-liquor-law-history-18655560.php?src=gthpbusiness
Awesome, thanks for this!
In Pennsylvania, there was this thing called, literally, the "State Store", which other states have called "ABC Store".
Our local liquor store here in MA does not refer to itself as a packie (nor do we refer to it as such), but when I used to go down to RI for work, there was no question that the packie I went to was a packie (and I actually Googled it under those terms my first time staying down there).
As a side note, the packie in RI was in such a sketchy area that I used to bring my work backpack with my computer, etc., into the store with me, because I didn't trust whatever was happening in the parking lot for even five minutes. I've been less scared in areas of South Chicago and Milwaukee's North side than I was in this one packie parking lot.
When I lived in MA, we called it the packie.
I refer to them in general as "packies", but maybe here in the 'burbs people are too bougie for that. (Also, there are a ton of non-NE-native people in our town.)
*mutters* damn furriners.
I never thought much about why they were called that even though you couldn't swing a dead cat where I grew up without hitting one. Same as the use of "tonic" for "soda pop". When my old man settled out East he told me that someone offered him a tonic and he said "Why, do I look sick?"
Try using the term "bubbler" if you're thirsty in a public building and watch people's reactions. There are only two totally disparate areas of the country where people will maybe understand.
And what "are" those two totally disparate areas?"
I absolutely LOVE fascinating bits of historical trivia like this, particularly those related to the lexicon. This is the sort data I like to acknowledge and accommodate into my memory.
Where I'm from a dictionary is called a word cupboard.
Word cupboard sounds like the place T***p gets his vocab.
Only if the cupboard is very bare and in need of a restock/reorg.
I ran out to the packy yestiday to get beers. Got a decent neighborhood packy right on the corner.
'What's a packie?' You see you get it from a man on the corner, and...
-NYer