Welcome to another edition of Hunky Hump Day. Let’s get started.
So while Mr. RFH was off playing D&D for the third time in a week, I watched “Girl with a Pearl Earring”. It was definitely a slow artsy movie, and Colin Firth was artistically rumpled rather than fun to watch. This guy played the butcher’s son and other love interest for Scarlett Johansson.
Now for the other hunks.
Some of the American Ninja Warriors.
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Last, but not least.
Thanks to Pirate’s Cove for the linky love every week, and y’all have a good day.
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I have never played D&D. A few friends had a brief fling with it but it was soon replaced by drinking beer around bonfires at pit parties. I was in my 40’s before I had confirmation of what D20 meant.
When I left the office yesterday I flipped the calendar to March for Monday when I next show my masked face in the office. That was exciting.
Sorry to hear the news on your friend’s son Jam. Is it Ewing’s or osteogenic sarcoma or other? Any one of them sucks.
Worked with a Family Practice resident this week and after a crazy busy Monday and more sane Tuesday finally had time to chat with her. She seemed more confident than the average resident who passes through and I discovered that not only is she a veteran (Army, Engineer Corps, 5 years active duty, made it to Afghanistan) but has 3 kids under 5 years old. It was humorous to hear her “Let things burn down all around her” approach to life when my nurse asked her all the usual mom questions. Pale ginger from Minnesota with a sense of humor.
wakey wakey
You know who I really think is talented?
Hoo boy, I really and truly thought it was Tuesday.
Your resident sounds like a kick ass lady, Jimbro. Impressive!
Prayers up for Damon G, Jam.
Why do some have so much underserved heartache??
You know who I really think is talented?
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https://is.gd/LpxAJq ?
Jimbro, your resident sounds cool. Good to have people that can handle a little chaos.
though your link is evil, it motivated me to fast this morning and do some exercises.
WSJ article about the new Black News Channel. Interesting concept in these “You ain’t black” times. Will it be informed and neutral or just parrot Dem talking points? If it’s the latter it will be on life support before too long. If it’s just a liberal advocate network they’re peaking at the wrong time. With an election 2 years away the chance to grab money from donors to sway votes is too distant.
They’re setting up their grift to capitalize on the trend. Honestly I consider it a warning sign at this stage, we’re going full Zimbabwe (or that’s the strategy in play, anyway).
She told me a few stories about her deployment and her role as an officer. The fraud and waste involved with a project where she had to move storage containers all over the country that weren’t really needed where they were. She said “If you really want to see wasted effort and money put the government in charge of something”. We only get a brief time with the residents so I won’t get a chance to talk to her about Covid stuff. My disdain for wearing a mask and putting Rush’s show on my office radio probably gave my perspective away.
You know who I really think is talented?
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https://is.gd/LpxAJq ?
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That was old school H2.
of course we’re going Zimbabwe, economics will catch up with the world’s largest economy.
You can’t print enough money to work our way out of this. Too many players require payoffs.
Who else thought the picture of Cillian Murphy was Justin Trudeau at first?
I really ought to have affixed a warning label but that would have ruined it.
If anyone is offended please tell Play-Doh Head MJ to fuck off
you can’t tell MJ to fuck off too many times.
Let’s try.
Who is the guy in the last HHD pic?
The VA project:
2 years ago the DC VA employees (15,000) complained that HR support sucked. The sec of the VA told them fine, we’ll move your HR services to the field. 300+ DC VA HR support colleagues found other positions so no one was fired. 300 people were hired in the field to support DC.
The DC VA employees complained again. They want their local service back. So we’re going to move it all back to DC, hire 300 more colleagues and spend a few million to ‘study’ how to do it.
A discerning individual might understand that we already know how to do it. In fact, we were doing it just 2 years ago. But that’s immaterial.
The end result will be to go back to the way things were with an additional 900 employees somewhere floating around that at one point or another were servicing the DC VA employees.
This is government at work.
The people doing the project are consultants because the actual VA employees don’t know how to do it. They actually said to their bosses, ‘we don’t know how to do what we were doing just 2 years ago so I need a few million dollars to hire someone to do my job for me.’
And it works. They get the money, hire consultants to do their job, and spend their time on more important things like getting a PhD in Human Capital Relations so they can move from a G14 to a G15 position. At that point, they’ll get a PMP or LSSMBB so they can move from a G15II to a G15III.
Conclusion: The job of a government employee in the VA is to move up a pay ladder. The actual job will be done by someone else.
My last day is tomorrow. I now understand how Obama felt when he he explained he was working behind enemy lines at a private law firm.
But I never ate a dog.
But I never ate a dog.
So far. That you know of.
Anyway, back to reading the BiW postlet..
The knowledge of eating the dog is important, you FPOJ.
He did it willingly.
DHS contracting is a lot like DOD contracting, in that the government employees are tasked with using products and systems, but not their construction nor maintenance. The latter actions are reserved to contractors. I supply analysts with tools or maintain their tools, but they are generally skilled operators and can comment intelligently about their mission, if not the exact set of python libs that facilitate it. It’s a better relationship, and I imagine generally a better set of folks altogether. We have consequences for failure, as do they, which makes a huge difference.
I imagine the VA is a lot like the NIH, where one can only be fired for failure at politics. Fauci is the apotheosis of bureaucratic parasite, an exemplar for government employment in the consequence-free segments.
The VA is sad overall.
There might be a good way to use some of the facilities and infrastructure for the mentally ill but the likelihood of doing anything different is basically zero.
it’s the only way government can run. They have layers of responsibility and knowledge that is usually handled by a single person, but everyone has to be responsible for something.
In small business, this is taken care of by economic factors. At least it used to be.
I see some parallels. The VA people are knowledgable but lack the skills to do much of anything other than follow processes. Thinking is a bit of a stretch. I’m not being a dick, just honest.
It’s pretty obvious people are just sort of warehoused in jobs doing very little. Not a joke, we’ll have 50+ people on a weekly meeting and there will be zero questions. Not one person will put in the effort to think about what is being presented. It’s just, ‘great job, everyone is fantastic, keep up the good work’.
^ the reason I hate meetings. Just means more work for me, who actually does work, and understands what is going on.
Sometimes the people aren’t speaking up in meetings, because we don’t want to increase our workload.
Yep, totally agreed. I just seem to think anytime you have 50 people together someone might have something to add.
Nope. It’s just Shoronda and LaPrincess thanking everyone saying good morning.
But I never ate a dog.
I had a somewhat homely girlfriend once.
Lol, Leon.
I considered holding that in, but it’s no worse than most of the
jokesfacts about your mom.Does BCock still lurk here at all? I wanted to ask podcast Qs.
only ever see him on twitter, and only occasionally
I sent him a message.
he says he’ll pop in after 10:30
*Razor Ramon voice*
Hey yo…
Twitter link: Steven Crowder: I can confirm to you that people voted from addresses that do not exist.
He went on to show you the addresses. Twitter suspended him for it.
ohai, bcock, long time no see.
Now watch, after I get you to come over here and say something, now everyone will be away.
Probably making a podcast.
https://notthebee.com/article/seattle-homeless-shelter-promotes-heroine-booty-bumping-kits-heroin-pipes-with-tax-dollars
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/emma-riley/levin-shame-kavanaugh-and-barrett-refusing-do-their-damn-job
good writeup on the failure of Roberts/Kavanaugh/Coney. We already know what the libs would do, not the supposed “conservatives”.
I got roped into a meeting.
I was wondering what software you and Alex use for Drift Compatible? I have access to Win10 and Linux (can do a RH/Fedora distro if that would be better, but most of mine are Mint/Ubuntu).
hahahaha, the Washington Times wants me to fill out a review for them.
No you don’t.
Hey, Jay. Yeah I hear any fool can do a podcast now.
Leon, super stupid simple on my end. I use a rodecaster pro soundboard which records to internal memory or an sd card. I then send it over to my MacBook Pro for editing in GarageBand.
Ah, no Macs here, so I’m probably going with Audacity for editing. What do you use for VoIP? I’m looking at Mumble/Murmur.
I’ve used Audacity a bit. It’s better than GarageBand for voice effects, IMO. We did a thing way back when where I made AtC’s voice sound fairly Darth Vaderish. That was audacity. It’s also good for combining/splitting mono/stereo tracks.
Skype.
Leon and B are making up words.
Urrgh. Major power outage here. They are looking for the cause, so it might take a while.
Trump caused a power outage now? What’s with that guy?
Blame law school, Sobek. They encourage it.
There are Linux Skype implementations, so that’s a possibility, that or doing the initial recording on my win10 lappy.
Audacity isn’t made up. I used that to remove cassette tape hiss when i convert books on tape to an mp3. Before I got a tape deck that did it for me.
I just back away when they start doing shit like this on the blog.
Hell yes, Jay. Audacity is great for removing background/unwanted noise.
Has anybody planted onions yet?
why, are you crying?
The wife, for some unknown reason, wants to put a vegetable garden/bed in the backyard. I’ve tried explaining that the only thing I grow well is my waistline.
Tortfeasor
If only the private firms that consult with the government would grow a spine, maybe they could blow the whistle on this incompetence and abuse. But they’re in on the grift and not about to kill the golden goose, even though the golden goose is a fat lazy incompetent thief.
Plant the garden, B, it might be the only food source when the burning times really get rolling.
Hotspur, MJ didn’t mention it, but the employee/contractor blurring is also how .gov agencies get around the diversity quotas in many cases. Though there are contracts that mandate diversity on the prime as well.
Thus, subcontractors.
Thanks, but I understand why it happens.
Someone would have to grow the balls to stand up and say, “These diversity quotas are swelling our ranks with people we hired only because of their gender/color, not because of their competence. And since we are now filled with people who can’t get the job done because they have no skills or competence, we have to pay twice to hire a subcontractor to do it instead.”
Walk into any government office and prove me wrong.
God help me…..so, anyone have any recommendations on starting the veggie patch? The soil around here is fucking garbage. Basically sand. So it’ll have to be a raised bed.
Sam Kinison has a tutorial on growing things
*slowly backs away from blog*
*far away voice*
do you like fake vegetables?
Bcock, check out http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/
He literally wrote the book on gardening in shitty Florida sand.
This is why we have a gardening subblog, right?
I had good luck with nightshades of all types in my sandy garden in Eastern MI. Tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers all grew very well. I did amend with compost, but only that.
We only go there when people complain, Tim.
And when we care that they are complaining.
Thanks, leon. Just ordered.
leon is an amazon bot
David is one of the good guys, Jay. He’s getting most of the bucks when you buy his books, too.
Plus his gardening action-adventure novel is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.
Did someone say gardening?????
Ethans score today:
110 pushups, 18 pull ups, 100 situps, 9:30 mile and a half (with a mask) and 10:30 500 meter swim.
Pushups are 2 min or till fail (whichever comes first) as are the pullups.
He got put in the “draft”.
My folks had a garden behind the house we lived in back in the ’70s. Big one, grew all sorts of stuff, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins one year even. In Alabama crap clay soil. Lots of composting going on.
I would ask for tips, but, ah, the principals are no longer available to query.
No one is growing anything right now, so I can’t offer advice either.
Yellen proposing hikes in capital and unrealised capital gains.
https://tinyurl.com/39cyn6sp
Ethan is more of a man than I’ll ever be.
Power back on. Really good crews around here.
My best on pullups was only 15.
I was 38 when I could do that many, though.
If only the private firms that consult with the government would grow a spine, maybe they could blow the whistle on this incompetence and abuse. But they’re in on the grift and not about to kill the golden goose, even though the golden goose is a fat lazy incompetent thief.
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This is absolutely true. Everyone is in on it. They paid around $1M for 4 people to work roughly 9 months. The owner of the company, a retired Army Colonel is pocketing around 250K on this contract alone.
His connections and complexion got him this contract as it did all of the others.
110 push ups is a fuckload. Please tell him I said that.
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/24/liz-cheney-must-explain-why-she-thinks-the-gop-is-a-white-supremacist-party/
Liz Cheney thinks we’re white supremacists.
and we wonder why the govt spends too much money
Peaky Fookin Blinders
What’s the opposite of supremacist?
Underdogacist?
Wanting colorblind treatment for all based on facts and merit is White Supremacy, just like showing your work in math class or building a bridge that can carry the rated load for the full required duty cycle.
I Muttley laughed at that one, Jimbro
That was disappointing
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-opposite-of/supremacist.html
Did anyone figure out who the last guy on HHD was?
Jimbro, that was incredible. She was so out of control she couldn’t laugh and say “oh my gosh thank you so much! I’m sorry I went nuts, I was scared!”
My best on pullups was only 15.
I was 38 when I could do that many, though.
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Yea, he “can” do more but the things are always one after another, so he’s not doing it completely rested.
110 push ups is a fuckload. Please tell him I said that.
Especially since you can’t REST. If you go out of plank, you’re done (or obviously collapse).
I just received notice from the state of Kentucky that I’m eligible for $569 per week in unemployment benefits. I’ve never stepped foot in the state of Kentucky. Maybe it’s cause I drink a little whiskey from time to time.
Yellen is a k$nt.
I didn’t know that utter globalist bitch was Sec of the Treasury. That was a total deep state move. Horrendous.
Re:that video
95% of the time men are protectors. She was coming from a place where she did not understand that about men. She was taught…poorly.
They were in their car she got out of hers. They couldn’t have been that threatening.
He probably has kidney recipes for Roamy
https://is.gd/FPYBGF
110 in a row is seriously a lot. He should be proud of that.
It’s a Wildcat Windfall Pendejo
Sounds like the name of a scratch ticket
They were in their car she got out of hers. They couldn’t have been that threatening.
Hollywood told her that she could take both of them without breaking a sweat or a nail.
Wtf decided that letting violent criminals out of prison was a winning strategy. The whole Country is full of fools.
Liz Cheney is dead to the base.
Clearly that was staged you FPOJs.
Those guys on the truck are excellent actors.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/first-family-trash-hunter-biden-sexual-relations-dead-brothers-widow-sister-time/
Hunter pulled off sisters.
that guy was IN DEMAND!
HOW? WHY!?
Jay, a better read? The Daily Mail has the emails from Hunter to the stupid Biden skanks.
It’s The Real Housewives of Scranton!
Heh
All mention of this will be banned from Twatter and Facechimp.
Same way James Biden apparently doesn’t exist.
More Hunter Biden please.
I absolutely loved how Joe would pretend everyone was taking a shot at the dead one when they brought up Hunter.
That’s a disciplined, soulless communication team. He mentions your crackhead son, you hoist the dead kid as a shield.
You’ve been paying James Biden for 40+ years. He was listed as a consultant to Joe Biden and paid 200K per year.
They talked on the phone once a week for about an hour.
Killed it dead.
Hotspur, we have a section of sill plate that has rotted away.
Who do we call?
Ridicule;
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2021/02/24/government-media-ridicule-121/
I have to get an estimate on getting an electical line run to the garage, probably with a breaker box, so I can run tools.
I’ve got some douche attacking me for being polite about that cunt in FL challenging DeSantis. Ooh I called her a C you next Tuesday.
Mare, it’s Stephen Amell from Green Arrow. It showed up in a search for American Ninja Warriors for some reason.
And I am really grateful to be working for the best gov’t agency and not the VA.
I worked on The Project That Must Not Be Named, a solar sail, a “small business innovative research” coating, radiation shielding, and SLS. Just today. It was a busy day in the lab, and two co-workers covered one meeting each so that I could focus on that. Both meetings dealt with TPTMNBN, where I’m pretty sure the contractor has hired for diversity and not competence, and we’re paying the price.
J’brony – yes. sarcoma
I got a bit heart sick when I heard it was back with multiple mets.
The lad is in for a rough row.
It’s been awhile
Praying for your young friend, Jam ❤❤❤
Donnie easily remembered preschool.
Thanks, Roamy. He’s delightful.
I slept in until 6 this morning which rarely happens. Dogs were filled with joy when I arrived and filled their kibble holes. They’re power napping at the moment.
Haircut today, this pandemic has left me a little shaggy at times. I’m used to the good old drop-in-and-wait-for-an-open-chair model of barbershop service but now you have to make an appointment like a bitch.
My hair is shoulder-length right now and I hate it. Hasn’t been this long in years. I want my cute short do. As soon as Spring breaks I’m doing it myself if I have to.
The layers are a mess too, so I just whip it back in a french braid every day.
[checks reflection in the mirror]
Yea, I’ve got one more week until my next haircut.
I get mine cut about every 3-4- weeks.
I aim for 4-5 weeks in between. I like it short enough that I can just use one hand to “style” it. Style, as in, look in the mirror and move my hand from back to front to push the spikes down and go on with my day.
What is this hair you speak of?
No one can accuse us at H2 of being high maintenance.
Except the maintenance on your Mom’s toys IYKWIMAITTYD.
I don’t know what I’m saying.
I have way too many friends who are realtors.
You know you’re getting a Miley Cyrus post if no one steps up, right?
Best buddy sees no problem with supporting Disney+ even after the Carano problem. He’s allowed himself to be blinded by what’s happening. I can’t talk him out of it. They’ll come for him and his dad before he sees the truth.
I’m officially out of fleshspace folks in my area I can really depend upon when the inevitable happens. Oddly this doesn’t bother me as much as it probably should.
Anyone who tries to blame a Miley the Ho post on me can eat shitballs.
I blame Brother Tim
fuck off MJ
Apparently one of the 2,351 new genders is “harambe”. I couldn’t help laughing.
Well that seals it. Miley it is.
I cut what remains of my hair and clean up around the goatee every couple of weeks. Sometimes the goatee goes too if it’s become too unruly.
Miley Harambe
*waits for the inevitable caterwauling about content
I’ve really stopped shaving as frequently in the last couple of years. I’ve never been a fan of shaving but at the same time I’m not a beard fan. I had the stylish Van Dyke look in the Grunge Era along with half of my male peers but other than a half-assed No Shave November beard I shave my face every few days but need to daily.
I should get my haircut anytime too.
Step into the bathroom with the clippers, please, Mr Ames
Scott’s latest lumper that he had such high hopes for, has turned out to be unreliable as all the rest. So he took me to work with him again, twice now on my vacation week. This is like a nightmare. I’m going to need a hearty lunch at a pretty nice restaurant to heal these scars.
I feel fortunate that the style of my 20’s, when I gave a shit about such things, was flannel shirts, t-shirts, jeans and van dyke beards. Except for the beard I’m in the same uniform now.
Thankfully I never wore hammer pants, JNKO (?) jeans or had a man bun
A good lumper is hard to find
The one time in my life I used a moving company I got to see their lumpers in Denver. It looked like their company van pulled up in front of a homeless shelter with a box of company t-shirts and if the shirt fit they were hired for the day.
I’m wearing hammer pants right now and I don’t care who knows it.
Won’t touch this
BAAA NAAA NAAA NAAA
listening to The Federalist podcast from a week ago. Found out Sean Davis got on the Rush show twice when he was in college, and Mollie Hemingway likes listening to baseball games on the radio.
Yeah, I can relate to these people.
wow, the top sidebar story about Carano forced to take part in a bare your soul session at Disney BEFORE her firing is quite good.
Trans bullying is all this is. She wouldn’t post her pronouns. My twitter handle stays, Jay Blop/Blep
From AOS Buyden admin taking credit for Trump admin policies, AP (yes AP) reporter calls them out (youtube>
Where was this before November? Assholes.
omg i hate ben Shapiro’s voice so much
heh, what did Shapiro do now?
By context, talking was involved.
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