So love this movie, itβs a repeat for me, maybe 5 times now? Something new noticed every time: an expression on a face, a scene composed just so, so very layered and lovely!
Had my second bodhran class this morning, 8 AM in the morning on a Sunday morning, due to the miracle of time zones. Didnβt go to sleep last night until about 2:30, so I was very yawnsome. I felt a bit out of my depth in the first one, one of 18 students. I didnβt get much practice in as I wouldβve liked this week, and I was really concerned that I would not be able to keep up in this class. But I was was one of only five to turn up today, and I was able to keep up and absorbed the information. It helped a lot when I figured out that I needed to just turn the chatter off and stop analyzing, and just play along. I made some headway and Iβm happy about that.
also decided that Iβm going to learn to play the tunes that we were using on a whistle or a flute, and thatβs gonna help me get better on the drum. I actually took up that instrument because I thought it would help support my rhythm in playing on other instruments. So Iβm just gonna try to be courageous and stick with this. I actually feel encouraged.
This movie is not on Max, Disney or Hulu? (everyone else probably already figured this out). Appears to be on Netflix and for purchase on several platforms.
Wanderer notes: I got her on a scale, about 6 1/2 pounds, and she looks like sheβs built to be a 10 or 11 pound cat. She used the litter box, both of them actually. So she may have some familiarity with the automatic boxes. She also poohed a very sad little dried out poop, like sheβd been eating whatever she could find, and not much of it, and it has been stuck inside there for a while. Sorry if Iβm being a little too graphic there, but it told a story.
She seemed unsurprised by the scale, and a little reluctant to get off, as if she was used to getting treats when she got on the scale. So those are really good signs that she has been an indoor cat, and sheβs probably gotten some vet care along the way. As a matter of fact, the fact that sheβs not thriving suggest that she is a cared for pampered darling. Two of my cats, if they went walkabout for a few weeks, would probably come back fatter than they are now. The other two I donβt have a lot of confidence would prosper.
Update on Wanderer, the cat who came up to me last night requesting hospitality.
Itβs still early here, especially for a Saturday morning, so I hadnβt checked on her before I posted below. I heard her calling out when I was typing about her, so I went and checked on her, and I was very happy to see that she had eaten the soft food Iβd put out. I brought her more, and she didnβt eat it while I was in there, but she was very, very hungry for affection.
She is about the sweetest cat youβd ever wanna meet. Tiny little purr. She is a darling little lap cat, and not destructive at all so far at least. I have a cat condo in there, and she just seems to be hanging out in that when Iβm not in the room. She drank a lot of water, which I was happy to see, but I left so she could eat, because she kept looking at the food and then looking over her shoulder at me. Hint taken. She also clearly wanted to get out of the room. She wasnβt at all hostile towards the other cat that was pawing under the door last night, so Iβm guessing that her home was a multi cat household.
It looks like the animal shelter will let people foster the animals they find while they look for the owner. If I was not in a position to take her in, I would take her there and hope that she could be seen by a vet as soon as possible. But itβs a weekend, and if one of my cats was in that condition, I would be taking her into the vet first thing today. So thatβs what Iβm gonna do.
There's something in the NYT today about the Secret Service, with the pics, natch, from the "assassination" that goes on to say that it has generated an explosion of applications for the agency.
It's probably locked away for eventual placement in his "presidential library"βunless he gets a bit strapped for cash and offers to sell bits of it to his worshipers for $4,547.
Rabbits in the grass median at the coffee drive-thru. Seemingly unconcerned about the cars pulling up and people giving their order. Maybe it's related to lions leaving tour vehicles alone (for the most part).
I remember my head cannon to keep myself from going crazy over Thomas the tank engine. It was pretending it was all an experiment in self ambulatory AIs, trains to make sure they didn't hurt anyone. This is, I think the biggest problem of all with Elon's self driving car experiment, he's testing them in real world conditions before they're ready, and doesn't care how many people die during beta testing. Confusion and delay indeed.
I used to talk to my cat all the time and I talk to my dog just like she's a human. She's a super smart border collie so I tell her what I'm doing and keep up a running commentary to her throughout the day.
Gas station view: Watching a young lady with long bright red hair in Daisy Dukes trying to put air in her car tire. She can't seem to figure it out. She gave up and is now just sitting in her car.
Omg, we were at the pub/taproom last night and there was some kind of "do" going on when we first arrived and there were at least four gals running around in short-shorts. I thought, well, bell bottoms are coming back, may as well get the Daisy Dukes out again, too!
Personally, I always thought they'd be uncomfortable, there's not a lot of pants there.
And you'd have to be near anorexic have them be flattering (like low-rise jeans) but whatever folks want to wear for whatever reason they want is dandy by me.
With your new gas station vantage point, maybe you could consider making an update to Rear Window? Or writing a modern Sorry, Wrong Number? Or even illustrating a children's book about being observant, like Who Done It? https://bookshop.org/p/books/who-done-it-olivier-tallec/975313cdf281efb3
There is something definitely there! I've got a couple different story ideas floating around. A graphic novel featuring my kitty Harry and his new friend, a Calico who lives in the apartment across the small yard from mine (they're going to save the world.) And gas station stories.
I can't help noticing that Harry's new friend seems to be living in a more sepia-tinted time β is it the Victorian Age in that building? I would read that graphic novel!
Her friend showed up and also looked in the trunk, i am guessing looking for a spare tire, which she appears not to have. Guy friend got in the car and they slowly drove away with a flat tire.
Gas station air pumps drive me nuts. Whereβs the damn pressure gauge? I have to just guess and then let air out with a handheld gauge. What a pain in the ass.
A lot of them just plain don't work. I was doing some long distance driving last week, and checked the tire pressure every morning. Sometimes I had to move on to another gas station to get an air pump which worked.
So, it could be that there was no right way to use that particular air pump.
Reminds me I need to check the air pressure in the spare...
This is why I spent the $30 or $40 bucks to get a portable air pump that runs off the cigarette lighter plug in my car, and I keep it in the back. It has a built in air gauge, but unfortunately unlike the last one I had, it doesn't have an auto-shutoff switch.
Any Les Schwab or Firestone or Discount Tire will do it, free, while you sit in the car. Itβs because they want to sell you a new tire, of course, and you probably need a new tire, damn it.
What's really sad is I have had Black men come to my and my friend's and family's rescue like 4 times throughout my life and I *still* test really fucking high for unconscious bias against Black men b/c of the culture I've been raised in.
He actually thought he was a badass with a Xeet that just said "THE LEFT HATES THIS'. The "this" in question, which he was sure would rile up teh LeFt was a plate of shitty looking previously frozen wings and soggy curly fries at Hooters.
Like yeah, Nick, the left really hates this. Big maaan. BIG maaaaannn.
The media could have pursued the Epstein-Trump connection this whole time. It chose not to. The only reason they are reporting on it now is because MAGA is making noise about it.
ββββββ-
MAGA Influencers Rage After Trump Rebuffs Them on Epstein: βThe EPSTEIN AFFAIR is Not Going Awayβ
This is beyond belief. What bizarro universe are we living in?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented US President Donald Trump in the White House on Monday with a mezuzah case in the shape of a B-2 stealth bomber.
This is about ten different kinds of obscene. I hope it will be an exhibit someday in the museum we build dedicated to never letting this happen again.
Inscribed: βTo President Donald J. Trump, in appreciation for the big beautiful bombs of Midnight Hammer"
Oh, and not to be outdone: "Returning the favor, on Tuesday Trump presented Netanyahu with a red baseball cap reading βTrump was right about everything,β signed by the US president."
So, this is what Iβve learned and figured out and decided about the Wanderer who came up to me last night when I stepped outside to put litter box scooping in the outside trash. She came up to me in a hesitant, but hopeful manner, accepted pets, allowed me to pick her up. She was isolated in a room set up for cats. She seemed comfortable being inside, very affectionate. Something going on with her mouth, and didnβt eat. So skinny that I could feel all of her scapula. Some mats.
This is what Iβve learned. I have to contact animal control in the first business day after I found her, which would be Monday. So Iβm going to take her into the vet today so she can get some help, and so I can know if Iβve exposed my cats to any diseases.
Skepti, that is really nice of you to say but honestly, what else was there to do? And youβve gotta know that just about anybody here would do the same.
I love this film. Great cast. I bought it years ago on DVD back when people used to do that.
So love this movie, itβs a repeat for me, maybe 5 times now? Something new noticed every time: an expression on a face, a scene composed just so, so very layered and lovely!
Had my second bodhran class this morning, 8 AM in the morning on a Sunday morning, due to the miracle of time zones. Didnβt go to sleep last night until about 2:30, so I was very yawnsome. I felt a bit out of my depth in the first one, one of 18 students. I didnβt get much practice in as I wouldβve liked this week, and I was really concerned that I would not be able to keep up in this class. But I was was one of only five to turn up today, and I was able to keep up and absorbed the information. It helped a lot when I figured out that I needed to just turn the chatter off and stop analyzing, and just play along. I made some headway and Iβm happy about that.
also decided that Iβm going to learn to play the tunes that we were using on a whistle or a flute, and thatβs gonna help me get better on the drum. I actually took up that instrument because I thought it would help support my rhythm in playing on other instruments. So Iβm just gonna try to be courageous and stick with this. I actually feel encouraged.
This movie is not on Max, Disney or Hulu? (everyone else probably already figured this out). Appears to be on Netflix and for purchase on several platforms.
True. I rented it for $3.99 on Apple TV.
Wanderer notes: I got her on a scale, about 6 1/2 pounds, and she looks like sheβs built to be a 10 or 11 pound cat. She used the litter box, both of them actually. So she may have some familiarity with the automatic boxes. She also poohed a very sad little dried out poop, like sheβd been eating whatever she could find, and not much of it, and it has been stuck inside there for a while. Sorry if Iβm being a little too graphic there, but it told a story.
She seemed unsurprised by the scale, and a little reluctant to get off, as if she was used to getting treats when she got on the scale. So those are really good signs that she has been an indoor cat, and sheβs probably gotten some vet care along the way. As a matter of fact, the fact that sheβs not thriving suggest that she is a cared for pampered darling. Two of my cats, if they went walkabout for a few weeks, would probably come back fatter than they are now. The other two I donβt have a lot of confidence would prosper.
Mystery.
βMiss Pettigrewβ is such a wonderful film. I ended up recording it on TiVo years ago.
Update on Wanderer, the cat who came up to me last night requesting hospitality.
Itβs still early here, especially for a Saturday morning, so I hadnβt checked on her before I posted below. I heard her calling out when I was typing about her, so I went and checked on her, and I was very happy to see that she had eaten the soft food Iβd put out. I brought her more, and she didnβt eat it while I was in there, but she was very, very hungry for affection.
She is about the sweetest cat youβd ever wanna meet. Tiny little purr. She is a darling little lap cat, and not destructive at all so far at least. I have a cat condo in there, and she just seems to be hanging out in that when Iβm not in the room. She drank a lot of water, which I was happy to see, but I left so she could eat, because she kept looking at the food and then looking over her shoulder at me. Hint taken. She also clearly wanted to get out of the room. She wasnβt at all hostile towards the other cat that was pawing under the door last night, so Iβm guessing that her home was a multi cat household.
It looks like the animal shelter will let people foster the animals they find while they look for the owner. If I was not in a position to take her in, I would take her there and hope that she could be seen by a vet as soon as possible. But itβs a weekend, and if one of my cats was in that condition, I would be taking her into the vet first thing today. So thatβs what Iβm gonna do.
Wanderer turned into a kitty cat?
Itβs a different Furry. A little smaller, no national anthems, drools.
https://substack.com/@ontheotherhand124816/note/c-134767477?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=106di
What a sweetie.
She is an absolutely beautiful little girl.
Inside and out.
I am SO profoundly grateful that you found her and are now looking after her. She just looks so small and vulnerable.
She now has a noble protector. Blessed be.
6-1/2 pounds
SQUEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! What a gorgeous kitty!!!
These pictures donβt do her justice. Sheβs got this sweet little triangle face. Pure love.
And now we have to do the 1 year anniversary of the "assassination" attempt on Donald Trump.
And there's a disgusting article in the Guardian about how he's "kinder, more gentle and appreciates god more."
And the chuds will just slurp that bullshit right up.
What idiot wrote that
And what dodo let it be published
So how much did that smarmy, ass-kissing PR cost him?
>>>"kinder, more gentle and appreciates god more."
That is just batshit. If that is not satire, then someone needs a 72-hour psych hold.
The whole fucking cult needs it.
'he's "kinder, more gentle and appreciates god more."'
WAKE UP AND SMELL MY ANAL VAPORS!
[backs away, shaking head]
LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's something in the NYT today about the Secret Service, with the pics, natch, from the "assassination" that goes on to say that it has generated an explosion of applications for the agency.
All from the best people no doubt.
Yeah sure, "kinder, more gentle and appreciates god more." I can see it in every move he makes!
Quoting press releases, directly, without attribution and calling it journalism...
Yep. This. Fuck The Guardian, too.
Oh, for the sake of fuck.
It's disgusting. He's going to play that ear maxi pad for all it's worth.
i presume it's housed in some position of honor at the smithsonian?
It's probably locked away for eventual placement in his "presidential library"βunless he gets a bit strapped for cash and offers to sell bits of it to his worshipers for $4,547.
lordy.
Rabbits in the grass median at the coffee drive-thru. Seemingly unconcerned about the cars pulling up and people giving their order. Maybe it's related to lions leaving tour vehicles alone (for the most part).
I remember my head cannon to keep myself from going crazy over Thomas the tank engine. It was pretending it was all an experiment in self ambulatory AIs, trains to make sure they didn't hurt anyone. This is, I think the biggest problem of all with Elon's self driving car experiment, he's testing them in real world conditions before they're ready, and doesn't care how many people die during beta testing. Confusion and delay indeed.
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2Yb1!,w_480,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4dbfc85a-88b5-4e5c-9678-c12e970e59e3_960x405.jpeg
Well, that's...disturbing, lol!
IK,R? I've had it on my phone long enough that it doesn't creep me out anymore, like it did the first time I saw it.
>>>"and doesn't care how many people die during beta testing"
We're just NPC's to him.
"I am π―π°π΅ talking to myself, I am speaking to the π€π’π΅π΄!"
"Do they answer you?"
Only when πΊπ°πΆ'π³π¦ not around!"
Sometimes I have to explain things
I used to talk to my cat all the time and I talk to my dog just like she's a human. She's a super smart border collie so I tell her what I'm doing and keep up a running commentary to her throughout the day.
She seems to appreciate it.
I thought that was what we were supposed to do
"Do they answer you?"
"Don't be ridiculous, like cats would ever answer me!"
What happens when a mental toddler controls the Federal legal and law enforcement apparatus.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lttzgkshpq2m
BASH: Trump says he's putting a 30% tariff on all goods from Mexico, your state's biggest trading partner. Will the tariffs hurt your constituents?
REP. TONY GONZALES: It may, but I do support the president in this.
Well, people of Texas 23. Your move.
These fascist ass kissers are wading knee-deep through their own bullshit.
Time for Tony Tone Traitor to have a Town Hall!
Gas station view: Watching a young lady with long bright red hair in Daisy Dukes trying to put air in her car tire. She can't seem to figure it out. She gave up and is now just sitting in her car.
I thought those were declasse these days?
I haven't seen anyone in short shorts in a decade.
Omg, we were at the pub/taproom last night and there was some kind of "do" going on when we first arrived and there were at least four gals running around in short-shorts. I thought, well, bell bottoms are coming back, may as well get the Daisy Dukes out again, too!
Personally, I always thought they'd be uncomfortable, there's not a lot of pants there.
And you'd have to be near anorexic have them be flattering (like low-rise jeans) but whatever folks want to wear for whatever reason they want is dandy by me.
They looked good on two of the young women. The other two should have opted for something with a bit more coverage, imo. But, to each their own!
With your new gas station vantage point, maybe you could consider making an update to Rear Window? Or writing a modern Sorry, Wrong Number? Or even illustrating a children's book about being observant, like Who Done It? https://bookshop.org/p/books/who-done-it-olivier-tallec/975313cdf281efb3
There is something definitely there! I've got a couple different story ideas floating around. A graphic novel featuring my kitty Harry and his new friend, a Calico who lives in the apartment across the small yard from mine (they're going to save the world.) And gas station stories.
I can't help noticing that Harry's new friend seems to be living in a more sepia-tinted time β is it the Victorian Age in that building? I would read that graphic novel!
Ooh, I know, Gas Station of the Mysteries! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108831.Motel_of_the_Mysteries
It is clearly a ruse.
STRATEGY!
Strategery.
A scene like that usually draws the 'splainers, "ππ¦ππ little lady..."
I did expect that!
Her friend showed up and also looked in the trunk, i am guessing looking for a spare tire, which she appears not to have. Guy friend got in the car and they slowly drove away with a flat tire.
I guess it takes two to come up with a solution that dumb.
Gas station air pumps drive me nuts. Whereβs the damn pressure gauge? I have to just guess and then let air out with a handheld gauge. What a pain in the ass.
A lot of them just plain don't work. I was doing some long distance driving last week, and checked the tire pressure every morning. Sometimes I had to move on to another gas station to get an air pump which worked.
So, it could be that there was no right way to use that particular air pump.
Reminds me I need to check the air pressure in the spare...
Yes
This is why I spent the $30 or $40 bucks to get a portable air pump that runs off the cigarette lighter plug in my car, and I keep it in the back. It has a built in air gauge, but unfortunately unlike the last one I had, it doesn't have an auto-shutoff switch.
I carry a bicycle pump in the trunk on a road trip. It takes forever to pump an auto tire with a bicycle pump but it works.
The semi-random dinging ...
Yes. That's why you have an air gauge in your glovebox.
Unless I have a quickly deflating tire, I prefer to drive by a tire shop, they all do free top ups.
Holy Shitsnacks! What magical land do you live in?
Any Les Schwab or Firestone or Discount Tire will do it, free, while you sit in the car. Itβs because they want to sell you a new tire, of course, and you probably need a new tire, damn it.
Firestone still has service centers?
I've only seen ones that have the pressure gauge built into the nozzle, you release the fill lever and the tire pressure feeds into the gauge.
No one is offering her any assistance?
Shame on them!
I think she called a friend, a guy just showed up who is digging in the car trunk.
Good.
We all need a little help every now and again.
Putting air in the tire is about the only thing I know how to do, LOL! I would need help for everything else.
Jeez.
IKR
Are there no ALPHA MALES around to help her?
A dude just showed up to help, i think she knows him.
You know what they say: "A comptent white man must always be in charge." HAR.
It was a Black man who came to help.
Perfect!! "Shattering norms". Lol.
What's really sad is I have had Black men come to my and my friend's and family's rescue like 4 times throughout my life and I *still* test really fucking high for unconscious bias against Black men b/c of the culture I've been raised in.
They're all eating curly fries at Hooters with Nick Adams, Alpha Male, and THE LEFT HATES IT.,
Like those jackasses know how to put air in tires.
Right? They can't even buy food, cuz they lost their Grocery ID.
In this case, the Left does, in fact, HATE IT. At least the Nick Adams part.
He actually thought he was a badass with a Xeet that just said "THE LEFT HATES THIS'. The "this" in question, which he was sure would rile up teh LeFt was a plate of shitty looking previously frozen wings and soggy curly fries at Hooters.
Like yeah, Nick, the left really hates this. Big maaan. BIG maaaaannn.
Does she not have a phone to ask YouTube how?
She's now digging in her trunk, on her phone, and now back in the car.
She's getting there! I hope.
The media could have pursued the Epstein-Trump connection this whole time. It chose not to. The only reason they are reporting on it now is because MAGA is making noise about it.
ββββββ-
MAGA Influencers Rage After Trump Rebuffs Them on Epstein: βThe EPSTEIN AFFAIR is Not Going Awayβ
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencers-rage-after-trump-rebuffs-them-on-epstein-the-epstein-affair-is-not-going-away/
Keep Epstein alive, chuds!
MAGA is the default voice of the media.
This is beyond belief. What bizarro universe are we living in?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented US President Donald Trump in the White House on Monday with a mezuzah case in the shape of a B-2 stealth bomber.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-gifts-trump-mezuzah-case-in-shape-of-b-2-bomber/
(holy war)
Okay, THAT gift he can keep. (He will keep everything.)
RU fucking kidding me? WOW. Wonder how AIPAC feels about that?
They will put it up next to their golden calf
I am going to be violently ILL.
This is about ten different kinds of obscene. I hope it will be an exhibit someday in the museum we build dedicated to never letting this happen again.
Inscribed: βTo President Donald J. Trump, in appreciation for the big beautiful bombs of Midnight Hammer"
Oh, and not to be outdone: "Returning the favor, on Tuesday Trump presented Netanyahu with a red baseball cap reading βTrump was right about everything,β signed by the US president."
I wish to vomit now.
Hops, I can't even tell if this is your snark or for reals.
I'm increasingly not so sure myself.
The pathological reality we find ourselves in is not improving my mental state, of that I'm sure.
Same
That was made in China.
Are you fucking kidding me?
We live in Clown World now. Fucking Clown World.
The simulation has gone off the fucking rails.
A-yup.
So, this is what Iβve learned and figured out and decided about the Wanderer who came up to me last night when I stepped outside to put litter box scooping in the outside trash. She came up to me in a hesitant, but hopeful manner, accepted pets, allowed me to pick her up. She was isolated in a room set up for cats. She seemed comfortable being inside, very affectionate. Something going on with her mouth, and didnβt eat. So skinny that I could feel all of her scapula. Some mats.
This is what Iβve learned. I have to contact animal control in the first business day after I found her, which would be Monday. So Iβm going to take her into the vet today so she can get some help, and so I can know if Iβve exposed my cats to any diseases.
Thank you for giving a genuine damn about that precious creature.
From the bottom of my black, bitter little bitch heart I thank you so sincerely it almost makes me cry.
Skepti, that is really nice of you to say but honestly, what else was there to do? And youβve gotta know that just about anybody here would do the same.
She is so appreciative and so affectionate.
hope not! good luck.
They can check for a chip, also too, right?
Yes. I hope the presence of a chip does not mean they couldnβt treat her immediate needs.