[seethes with incandescent, blistering, immolating rage]
The major of my city made an appearance on stage with former Washington state representative and far-Reich shitsack Matt Walsh and far-Reich extremist Sean Feucht over the weekend. As structures continue to burn here Feucht implored his wrathful gawd to send "...fire that would consume Spokane".
Mayor Nadine Woodward is [redacted...redacted...double-redacted] and I hate her.
Where'd everybody go? Is there a phantom thread I'm not seeing? Who's going to listen to me whine about storm tracks and travel and/or storm prep happening at the same time? WHO?
Aug 27, 2023·edited Aug 27, 2023Liked by ziggywiggy
If we're going to leave we'll have to load the truck Tuesday, which costs me a day of fucking off, I mean, preparation. If we leave Wednesday morning the weather will be total shit. We could get all loaded up prepped and not be able to go if that storm wobbles just a few miles to the right.
And I'm trying to hem a shirt for Mr. V, and I can tell you that fine silk is an asshole.
There are a lot of reasons I can do pretty much anything I want at work (within reasonable bounds) and get away with it.
First and foremost, when we're slammed I'm at my best. Everyone knows I'm dependable, work hard, get shit done, take good care of patients and they don't have to worry about what I'm doing. I'm getting done whatever needs to get done.
Second, if we're dead that's our payback. I stay low-key, out of trouble and do whatever to pass the time. That may mean hours on my laptop gaming, excessive smoke breaks or whatever.
As soon as work shows up either at our door step or we're informed it's incoming, all personal stuff stops immediately and I get to work. I don't cause anyone any problems.
So while last night was dead and we did basically jack shit (got maybe three patients but don't remember. Maybe only two...), I had hours of nothing to do. Everything got stocked, all areas were picked up and on to Baldur's Gate.
Also, I've been there 20+ years and I think I've pretty much achieved "Just leave CafeenMan the fuck alone" status at work.
Tonight is Sunday night and school is open which means laptop will probably not even come out of bag. We'll be dealing with kids and parents non-stop all night. And I'll get my shit done.
Also I work nights where the people (administrators) who go around trying to make problems that weren't problems until they "helped" are never there.
One of the great perks of working nights is no administrators in the building who just add pointless work for the sake of doing so.
I was a night worker, seasonally, for most of my career. The last 7 years, I was the night supervisor. Getting my shit done without interference from upper management was the best part of it. Well, the shift differential didn't hurt, either. Half the year I made more than my boss, which was something to smirk about.
I worked second and third shift almost my entire nursing career for the singular purpose of avoiding as much interaction with administrators as possible. The suits are my professional anathema.
It's also why I had to hang up my scrubs after it became clear my days on the floor as a staff nurse were over. There was NO way in hell I was ever going to work as a nurse manager.
I was much happier in the rank and file, but the pay wasn't very good. It wasn't a lot better on the bottom rungs of management, but enough to make it worth my while.
I went to check my balcony for spotted lanternflies and I expected it to be covered like yesterday. Today not a single bug. Maybe leaving the dead carcasses of their fallen comrades in a pile sent a message, avoid that balcony.
One did manage to get around the screen and into the apartment and Harry was ready. Grabbed it in his mouth, jumped to the floor and spit it out because apparently spotted lanternflies aren't very tasty.
Leaves a spray of salt everywhere. I have a better invention, in my brain, for dealing with unwanted invertebrates. But if I told you, I'd have to kill you. (chill, it's a jokey expression).
What I find amazing about this song is that the horrible James Dobson felt that the original Glen Campbell version of Gentle on My Mind was a number one leading factor in promiscuity in America and the death of family values. When I was a young Baptist Wife I read a lot of Dobson's books as it was encouraged, and I remember thinking, "It's a song, and it's a great song, and I love Glen Campbell. Maybe this author is slightly full of shit."
How *weird* that someone could come away from that song with that interpretation. It is a little miracle of a song, one of the great poems in American songwriting. And Glen Campbell was, as usual, the perfect vehicle for a great song (though there's a terrific Johnny Cash version as well that evokes a whole new atmosphere).
We have a new stove and just got a butcher block end table for the kitchen so now we have extra counter space. Zyxomma just made guacamole for the WIOX host's meeting today and it is dynamite.
My dawn beach was windy, but lovely. When and if I ever retire, I may move to Florence. I could probably build up a decent private practice here. Maybe work 20 hours/week. (And probably make more than I do now.)
Yep. I sometimes stay at an Airbnb in Florence, but I wanted room service. (Also, I love the Airbnb I stay at and the owners are great, but it kind of reminds me of my ex. We stayed there practically once a month for 18 months.)
I regret to inform you that you'll need to do some painful, illegal, and shameful things to get that position, and then it's always in danger of just going away and leaving you in prison.
True story. I was in a hotel in Richmond, VA a couple of months ago. My wife was in a hotel near DC at the same time. Her (more expensive than mine) hotel asked her to pay $12 for internet. I suggested she try a hotspot, and checked my speed while I was making the recommendation.
We pay Xfinity for “gig internet” service at home. We never see more than 500MHz, even on my computer that’s hardwired to the modem.
This was what I had on my phone with 5G.
I told her to just set up a hotspot, which she did.
First, I consider it to be a courtesy for us to use if we want. They don't have to do it at all and I don't feel entitled to it. But it is really slow.
Also, they don't provide it for us to download 120 Gb games. But even a small driver update (GPU or whatever) can take half an hour to download (or more).
Usually if it's huge and I really want it I just plug it into my home network.
Woman I worked with last night is a huge Harry Potter fan. So I told her about Baldur's Gate last time I worked with her over a month ago.
Last night started new game with her on easy mode.
Character creation was fun. Her and other woman her age were all about that. So I helped get through the basic stuff that matters as far as being an effective character.
Her and another woman did the whole cosmetic thing while I stood outside smoking for twenty minutes.
The character I'm playing in my personal playthrough is a female elf named "Sylke".
She volunteered to be a “downed pilot” for an AFSOC training exercise when she was stationed at Hurlburt AFB.
They took her out to the training range with a rescue beacon, then sent the Osprey in with a rescue crew. It’s a regular occurrence as they train the special forces there.
She was smrt, because she made sure the training mission didn’t include pararescue trainees, because when it does they insert an IV as part of the “rescue” scenario.
The Osprey failed to provide me that big life insurance payout that was possible, because it failed to crash.
I don't think every single one needs to fail. but more than enough have.
I'm glad your bride survived though.
And I'm not the least bit afraid of flying but I care about what I'm flying in and that's a thing I won't get in until it's the zombie apocalypse and the only way out and at that point I'll just resign myself to it being a crap-shoot if the aircraft or zombies kill me first.
Those things are just bad in my opinion. They might have some "good" aspects of both airplanes and helicopters but they have all the worst aspects of both.
Who needs an enemy to kill off your troops when you can jump to the head of the line and put your troops in an Osprey instead.
Reading through the comments this morning, I am hearing a lot of people saying "bullshitters are bullshitting," and what should we do? Good question, still working on my coffee, ask me later.
[seethes with incandescent, blistering, immolating rage]
The major of my city made an appearance on stage with former Washington state representative and far-Reich shitsack Matt Walsh and far-Reich extremist Sean Feucht over the weekend. As structures continue to burn here Feucht implored his wrathful gawd to send "...fire that would consume Spokane".
Mayor Nadine Woodward is [redacted...redacted...double-redacted] and I hate her.
NOW there's a thread.
Where'd everybody go? Is there a phantom thread I'm not seeing? Who's going to listen to me whine about storm tracks and travel and/or storm prep happening at the same time? WHO?
It seems like a quiet weekend. Usually we manage almost twice as many comments on the WMN thread.
end of August = "the silly season" according to newspapers of yore
Another night I crapped out at 8:45. *sigh* We have the DVD, will watch it tonight.
agreed!
sing, sister
you've got a captive audience!
If we're going to leave we'll have to load the truck Tuesday, which costs me a day of fucking off, I mean, preparation. If we leave Wednesday morning the weather will be total shit. We could get all loaded up prepped and not be able to go if that storm wobbles just a few miles to the right.
And I'm trying to hem a shirt for Mr. V, and I can tell you that fine silk is an asshole.
okay the typos in that last bit just go off to weird places, V
Fixed that shit :)
Holly and Paul's via chez zuludaddy!
To Holly and Paul's for Labor Day. We hope.
You better be there! I'll have a chat with Mother Nature so weather shouldn't be a problem.
Just hit a slow spot. They happen.
(having a different kind of religious experience rn - pffffffffffft)
hat tip Wm James
The one with the carillon of lead bells with felt clappers?
There are a lot of reasons I can do pretty much anything I want at work (within reasonable bounds) and get away with it.
First and foremost, when we're slammed I'm at my best. Everyone knows I'm dependable, work hard, get shit done, take good care of patients and they don't have to worry about what I'm doing. I'm getting done whatever needs to get done.
Second, if we're dead that's our payback. I stay low-key, out of trouble and do whatever to pass the time. That may mean hours on my laptop gaming, excessive smoke breaks or whatever.
As soon as work shows up either at our door step or we're informed it's incoming, all personal stuff stops immediately and I get to work. I don't cause anyone any problems.
So while last night was dead and we did basically jack shit (got maybe three patients but don't remember. Maybe only two...), I had hours of nothing to do. Everything got stocked, all areas were picked up and on to Baldur's Gate.
Also, I've been there 20+ years and I think I've pretty much achieved "Just leave CafeenMan the fuck alone" status at work.
Tonight is Sunday night and school is open which means laptop will probably not even come out of bag. We'll be dealing with kids and parents non-stop all night. And I'll get my shit done.
Also I work nights where the people (administrators) who go around trying to make problems that weren't problems until they "helped" are never there.
One of the great perks of working nights is no administrators in the building who just add pointless work for the sake of doing so.
I was a night worker, seasonally, for most of my career. The last 7 years, I was the night supervisor. Getting my shit done without interference from upper management was the best part of it. Well, the shift differential didn't hurt, either. Half the year I made more than my boss, which was something to smirk about.
I worked second and third shift almost my entire nursing career for the singular purpose of avoiding as much interaction with administrators as possible. The suits are my professional anathema.
It's also why I had to hang up my scrubs after it became clear my days on the floor as a staff nurse were over. There was NO way in hell I was ever going to work as a nurse manager.
I was much happier in the rank and file, but the pay wasn't very good. It wasn't a lot better on the bottom rungs of management, but enough to make it worth my while.
I went to check my balcony for spotted lanternflies and I expected it to be covered like yesterday. Today not a single bug. Maybe leaving the dead carcasses of their fallen comrades in a pile sent a message, avoid that balcony.
Maybe the cats can help! Our Harry is a formidable bug hunter.
One did manage to get around the screen and into the apartment and Harry was ready. Grabbed it in his mouth, jumped to the floor and spit it out because apparently spotted lanternflies aren't very tasty.
Did you put any heads on teeny spikes on their pathways?
They say that works for cockroaches, but I just buy the bug spray.
Getting the tiny heads on toothpicks was hard so I only did three.
I can make you a bug-head-impaling jig to speed things up and make the impaling more accurate and reliable.
No, no--less Vlad Țepeș, more Kim Jong Un: https://www.bugasalt.com/
Leaves a spray of salt everywhere. I have a better invention, in my brain, for dealing with unwanted invertebrates. But if I told you, I'd have to kill you. (chill, it's a jokey expression).
Lordy....
I love this Brazilian version of "Gentle on My Mind," *even* if Roberto Carlos has taken the original and made it into a song about driving a truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh67f1TO2gw
What I find amazing about this song is that the horrible James Dobson felt that the original Glen Campbell version of Gentle on My Mind was a number one leading factor in promiscuity in America and the death of family values. When I was a young Baptist Wife I read a lot of Dobson's books as it was encouraged, and I remember thinking, "It's a song, and it's a great song, and I love Glen Campbell. Maybe this author is slightly full of shit."
How *weird* that someone could come away from that song with that interpretation. It is a little miracle of a song, one of the great poems in American songwriting. And Glen Campbell was, as usual, the perfect vehicle for a great song (though there's a terrific Johnny Cash version as well that evokes a whole new atmosphere).
We're listening to Eno's Music for Installations RN, seems to fit the mood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2IFSA7Koc
That would be a good accompaniment for all kinds of installations - Venetian blinds, aluminum siding, linoleum, a new boiler.
We have a new stove and just got a butcher block end table for the kitchen so now we have extra counter space. Zyxomma just made guacamole for the WIOX host's meeting today and it is dynamite.
Miam miam. Invite me over.
My dawn beach was windy, but lovely. When and if I ever retire, I may move to Florence. I could probably build up a decent private practice here. Maybe work 20 hours/week. (And probably make more than I do now.)
Is your hotel right on the beach?
Yep. I sometimes stay at an Airbnb in Florence, but I wanted room service. (Also, I love the Airbnb I stay at and the owners are great, but it kind of reminds me of my ex. We stayed there practically once a month for 18 months.)
I love early morning solo walks on the beach, when it’s just you and the birds.
I'm trying to apply for the position of do whatever I want (never go to work) and they deposit a million dollars in my bank every few weeks.
I regret to inform you that you'll need to do some painful, illegal, and shameful things to get that position, and then it's always in danger of just going away and leaving you in prison.
Or emulate Creflo Dollar.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/creflo-dollar-will-get-70-million-gulfstream-g650-jet-says-church-world-changers-board-says-it-is-necessary-for-ministry.html
Oh, he works for his money. Not producing anything of value, but those shows take effort.
Granted. But the effort / benefit ratio is almost as good as doing whatever you want for the income (a lot more than CM was asking for).
I don't want to be greedy. Just basic living expenses for a private airstrip on a private island that I own and all the luxuries I could ask for.
The simple life. Like Jed Clampett.
That doesn't seem right. It's like you're saying I'm not entitled to everything in exchange for no effort on my part.
On what world is that even ok?
I don't make the rules. On the plus side, 'million dollars a month to do nothing' is a real job, it's just a precarious one that's difficult to get.
I knew I should have attended the highly accredited Trump University.
Also too, contrast work WiFi with 5G.
Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3) has Patch 1 out now (less than a month after release).
It's only a couple Gb.
Work WiFi: "Yeah... this might be done in 90 minutes."
*20 minutes pass*
Work WiFi: "Yeah... this might be done in 2 hours."
Me: "WTF???"
Coworker: "Want to connect through my phone?"
Me: "I have no clue how to do that."
*One minute passes while she does magical stuff on cell phone*
*Her network pops up and I connect. She types in her password on my laptop."
Her Phone Network: "Yeah.... is finishing this in about two and half minutes good for you?"
Me: "Ummm... yeah."
True story. I was in a hotel in Richmond, VA a couple of months ago. My wife was in a hotel near DC at the same time. Her (more expensive than mine) hotel asked her to pay $12 for internet. I suggested she try a hotspot, and checked my speed while I was making the recommendation.
We pay Xfinity for “gig internet” service at home. We never see more than 500MHz, even on my computer that’s hardwired to the modem.
This was what I had on my phone with 5G.
I told her to just set up a hotspot, which she did.
https://substack.com/profile/155617549-bradthebot/note/c-39142126
936 download 114 upload
ETA: Cox Gigablast Wifi
That's impressive!
This was 350ish Kb/Sec vs. 5 Mb/Sec.
I don't bash work WiFi.
First, I consider it to be a courtesy for us to use if we want. They don't have to do it at all and I don't feel entitled to it. But it is really slow.
Also, they don't provide it for us to download 120 Gb games. But even a small driver update (GPU or whatever) can take half an hour to download (or more).
Usually if it's huge and I really want it I just plug it into my home network.
𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 ‘𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗞𝗞𝗞’
The Massachusetts Democrat said Saturday that “a line was crossed” by the GOP presidential contender.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/27/ramaswamy-pressley-modern-kkk-00113122
Representative Pressley will destroy him.
I'd say read a book, but even TV should make you smarter than that.
That boy is a PEE-AH-GEE PIG!
--Mandy Pepperidge, class of 1964
to paraphrase my sisters of color : "Oh NO! HE DI'INT!"
I love that in the modern GOP, that you never can tell if they're insanely dishonest, or *incredibly* stupid, and it doesn't matter to their voters.
Yes!
A lot of them are both.
We had an extremely psychotic guy come in Friday night.
He was psychotic. But he was also a complete asshole. Sometimes it's both.
And he has *earned* being destroyed. I can absolutely wait to hear his views on the Holocaust.
Ravingscammy is a reprehensible Liberturdlian waste of arrogant, self-serving skin.
Woman I worked with last night is a huge Harry Potter fan. So I told her about Baldur's Gate last time I worked with her over a month ago.
Last night started new game with her on easy mode.
Character creation was fun. Her and other woman her age were all about that. So I helped get through the basic stuff that matters as far as being an effective character.
Her and another woman did the whole cosmetic thing while I stood outside smoking for twenty minutes.
The character I'm playing in my personal playthrough is a female elf named "Sylke".
So she decided our character is Layce.
You're not getting the full experience in a game like that if you don't spend half an hour looking through the hair styles before settling on bald.
LOL! She chose something I call "Sound of Music".
How many mass shootings were there yesterday – 3? 4?
Yeah, just another normal day in The United Shooting Galleries of America
Forgot Osprey link:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/27/asia/aircraft-incident-us-defense-personnel-australia-intl-hnk/index.html
My bot bride has enjoyed a flight in an Osprey.
She volunteered to be a “downed pilot” for an AFSOC training exercise when she was stationed at Hurlburt AFB.
They took her out to the training range with a rescue beacon, then sent the Osprey in with a rescue crew. It’s a regular occurrence as they train the special forces there.
She was smrt, because she made sure the training mission didn’t include pararescue trainees, because when it does they insert an IV as part of the “rescue” scenario.
The Osprey failed to provide me that big life insurance payout that was possible, because it failed to crash.
They are pretty when they fly at night.
https://substack.com/profile/155617549-bradthebot/note/c-39141146
I live in the middle of their flight path between 29 Palms and Pickel Meadows. Damn, they're loud!
I don't think every single one needs to fail. but more than enough have.
I'm glad your bride survived though.
And I'm not the least bit afraid of flying but I care about what I'm flying in and that's a thing I won't get in until it's the zombie apocalypse and the only way out and at that point I'll just resign myself to it being a crap-shoot if the aircraft or zombies kill me first.
Jeff Tiedrich on Threads:
https://www.threads.net/@jefftiedrich/post/CwbeJGQNYgD/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
citizens! know your mass shooter — use this handy guide:
black gunman: RACE WAR
brown gunman: MS-13
Muslim gunman: JIHAD
white gunman with a racist manifesto, a MAGA hat and swastika-covered military-grade weapons: MENTALLY ILL LONE WOLF
plus "We'll never know why white dude did it. Yep , it's a total mystery. Very confusion. Much unexpected."
So, a meme I used to post regularly. Used by law enforcement and the media for almost all situations.
https://substack.com/profile/155617549-bradthebot/note/c-39141362
Most of what I'm inclined to call them may not be posted here unedited.
I call them Isolated Incidenters.
Osprey's man...
Those things are just bad in my opinion. They might have some "good" aspects of both airplanes and helicopters but they have all the worst aspects of both.
Who needs an enemy to kill off your troops when you can jump to the head of the line and put your troops in an Osprey instead.
Fucking death traps.
Piss poor glide ratio, and no autorotation. What could go wrong?
Port engine is dead. What should we do?
Autorotate? Nope, these are propellers. They don't do that very well.
How about glide? Did you see the pathetic excuses for wings on this thing? Yeah... we aren't gliding either.
All crew - take up "death on impact" positions.
Is that like the "crash positions" in the movie 'Airplane!'?
I picked the wrong day to stop procuring Osprey's.
Reading through the comments this morning, I am hearing a lot of people saying "bullshitters are bullshitting," and what should we do? Good question, still working on my coffee, ask me later.