Thanks anyway sweetie, but I do not do Xmas movies, Xmas music decorations or trees. Just last night I started watching an old BBC comedy starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer (he of the hound dog face) entitled "As Time Goes By" and found it addictive. Dench and Palmer were in love with each other when they were young, but got separated by Palmer being sent to Korea on National Service. His first letter to her got lost, and they each spent the next thirty eight years feeling abandoned. In 1981 they bump into each other- she, widowed and with a grown daughter, he long divorced, and once again find each other attractive. Both have been living without a partner for a long time and are a bit set in their ways, so their reunion as middle-aged adults is far from smooth. If it weren't for the goddamn laugh track it would be top notch, with those two old pros sparring- who doesn't love Dame Judi Dench? Philomena, the two Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movies, her role as M in a string of James Bond movies.
Every 2 weeks the father of an inmate friend (my ex-cell mate Amanda) sends me $50 through PayPal to put on Amanda's JPay commissary account, because he is so computer-illiterate that he can't figure out how to do it online himself. How he ever figured out PayPal, I do not know, but he can manage that. I can actually only send her $46 because there is a $4 fee.
Well I did that Friday, and JPay put it on someone else's account by mistake. That lady, who is another inmate I advocate for but never send $$ to, called me Saturday to ask what the $$ was for. I just got off the phone with JPay, where I learned that once JPay transfers the funds to the MoDOC, it's out of their hands to fix the problem, so now I get to call MoDOC tomorrow and fight with them over this. It's JPay's fault, not mine. And if MoDOC refuses to fix the problem, then I will call my bank and report the transaction as fraudulent and get the $$ back.
My bride and I are off today to celebrate Xmas with the kiddos and grands. Tonight, we will finish with the twins playing in an over forty ice hockey league game. May the puck be with you Wonkadoodles.
I never thought I could stop hating Chris Christie, but I don't really loathe him as much as I used to. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and George Conway were my gateway drugs to stopping the Christie hate.
Christ, if this keeps up it won't be too long before I'll be doing sleepovers with Bill Kristol - braiding each other's hair, eating popcorn, and talking about boys who want to be dictators.
My cleaning lady comes today (every other Sunday afternoon) and I'm tidying up the house so she won't know what a slob I really am. It's silly, but I always do it.
It’s heartwarming that Trump’s attorney is able to accompany him on flights around the country to events at nights and on weekends on the road to keep him from getting lonely since Melania is nowhere to be found.
Elon Musk is funding a new school planning to open in Austin, Texas
Members of Musk's inner circle — including Jared Birchall, who runs Musk's family office — are named as leaders of The Foundation, a new school planning to teach "STEM subjects and other topics," in an application to the Internal Revenue Service asking for tax-exempt status last year... The IRS filing, dated October 2022, was obtained and posted publicly by Bloomberg, which first reported plans for the school on Wednesday... "The School is being designed to meet the educational needs of those with proven academic and scientific potential, who will thrive in a rigorous, project based curriculum," the filing posted by Bloomberg states.
DeSantis campaign has a ‘messaging’ problem, in part because DeSantis tried to run his campaign through one of those independent action committees. Anyway, good to know the problem is the ‘messaging’ and not the candidate.
Cruz and Cornyn won't answer questions about Kate Cox and her pregnancy/abortion.
Gee, I'm starting to think that voting matters, but I should probably just stay home in 2024, though, because Biden is old, and I'm still not wealthy, and I don't like his position on _______________. So what has Biden REALLY done for me? Not much! I mean besides cause me to make more money, worry less, and not have to think about moving out of the country to avoid fascism.
Sad news - I'm sitting here with Princess Lesley for probably one of the last times. When I got home from errands yesterday she was acting odd, and after a while I figured out that she couldn't see. I was hoping it was just a temporary result of an injury or something, but she was clearly not herself, and she had a big seizure last night. I didn't think she would make it to the morning, but she's still here. At this point I'm just trying to keep her comfortable until I can get ahold of a vet. But she's had twenty good years with barely an illness until yesterday - we should all hope for such a (relatively) long life.
Thanks anyway sweetie, but I do not do Xmas movies, Xmas music decorations or trees. Just last night I started watching an old BBC comedy starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer (he of the hound dog face) entitled "As Time Goes By" and found it addictive. Dench and Palmer were in love with each other when they were young, but got separated by Palmer being sent to Korea on National Service. His first letter to her got lost, and they each spent the next thirty eight years feeling abandoned. In 1981 they bump into each other- she, widowed and with a grown daughter, he long divorced, and once again find each other attractive. Both have been living without a partner for a long time and are a bit set in their ways, so their reunion as middle-aged adults is far from smooth. If it weren't for the goddamn laugh track it would be top notch, with those two old pros sparring- who doesn't love Dame Judi Dench? Philomena, the two Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movies, her role as M in a string of James Bond movies.
Why?
https://nypost.com/2023/12/16/news/mt-shasta-ski-parks-plans-for-virgin-mary-statue-draws-ire/
Every 2 weeks the father of an inmate friend (my ex-cell mate Amanda) sends me $50 through PayPal to put on Amanda's JPay commissary account, because he is so computer-illiterate that he can't figure out how to do it online himself. How he ever figured out PayPal, I do not know, but he can manage that. I can actually only send her $46 because there is a $4 fee.
Well I did that Friday, and JPay put it on someone else's account by mistake. That lady, who is another inmate I advocate for but never send $$ to, called me Saturday to ask what the $$ was for. I just got off the phone with JPay, where I learned that once JPay transfers the funds to the MoDOC, it's out of their hands to fix the problem, so now I get to call MoDOC tomorrow and fight with them over this. It's JPay's fault, not mine. And if MoDOC refuses to fix the problem, then I will call my bank and report the transaction as fraudulent and get the $$ back.
These people are monsters.
My bride and I are off today to celebrate Xmas with the kiddos and grands. Tonight, we will finish with the twins playing in an over forty ice hockey league game. May the puck be with you Wonkadoodles.
I never thought I could stop hating Chris Christie, but I don't really loathe him as much as I used to. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and George Conway were my gateway drugs to stopping the Christie hate.
Christ, if this keeps up it won't be too long before I'll be doing sleepovers with Bill Kristol - braiding each other's hair, eating popcorn, and talking about boys who want to be dictators.
My cleaning lady comes today (every other Sunday afternoon) and I'm tidying up the house so she won't know what a slob I really am. It's silly, but I always do it.
Ron Filipkowski
It’s heartwarming that Trump’s attorney is able to accompany him on flights around the country to events at nights and on weekends on the road to keep him from getting lonely since Melania is nowhere to be found.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5c70665d3e01692dd2386d4b4b9e7997bafd1c1de0be8e6016f5b9c89c602c9b.png?w=800&h=680
Isaac Asimov libel right there
Elon Musk is funding a new school planning to open in Austin, Texas
Members of Musk's inner circle — including Jared Birchall, who runs Musk's family office — are named as leaders of The Foundation, a new school planning to teach "STEM subjects and other topics," in an application to the Internal Revenue Service asking for tax-exempt status last year... The IRS filing, dated October 2022, was obtained and posted publicly by Bloomberg, which first reported plans for the school on Wednesday... "The School is being designed to meet the educational needs of those with proven academic and scientific potential, who will thrive in a rigorous, project based curriculum," the filing posted by Bloomberg states.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/14/tech/elon-musk-funding-new-austin-school/index.html
This is just mind blowing to me. His craziness will get him more votes?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/17/vermin-trump-iowa-republicans/71950815007/
DeSantis campaign has a ‘messaging’ problem, in part because DeSantis tried to run his campaign through one of those independent action committees. Anyway, good to know the problem is the ‘messaging’ and not the candidate.
I got my dentures!
The new smile and the story:
https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/new-teeth-new-smile-new-me?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Cruz and Cornyn won't answer questions about Kate Cox and her pregnancy/abortion.
Gee, I'm starting to think that voting matters, but I should probably just stay home in 2024, though, because Biden is old, and I'm still not wealthy, and I don't like his position on _______________. So what has Biden REALLY done for me? Not much! I mean besides cause me to make more money, worry less, and not have to think about moving out of the country to avoid fascism.
Oh, man! I can't believe this cart still has good hits in it, man.
Take a look at this important message: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fmedia_upload%2Fcomment%2F7f88aed0-65a1-4728-8542-b8b667d81e2c%2F6a0cd72b-637c-4513-827c-421ac53a823d.jpeg
I'm glad the media is giving oxygen to Joe Manchin and his idiotic 3rd party candidacy.
Sad news - I'm sitting here with Princess Lesley for probably one of the last times. When I got home from errands yesterday she was acting odd, and after a while I figured out that she couldn't see. I was hoping it was just a temporary result of an injury or something, but she was clearly not herself, and she had a big seizure last night. I didn't think she would make it to the morning, but she's still here. At this point I'm just trying to keep her comfortable until I can get ahold of a vet. But she's had twenty good years with barely an illness until yesterday - we should all hope for such a (relatively) long life.
https://substack.com/profile/156018579-sayitwithwookies/note/c-45561721?r=2kw0pf
God? hisssssss:
https://x.com/dutchessprim/status/1736364004342169692?s=20