Neil Gaiman and a couple of other authors had plenty of votes but were eliminated from the voting thanks to WorldCon being held in China
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Gaiman first showed up on my radar with his groundbreaking Vertigo comic of “Sandman” back in the 90’s. I bought a lot of the early issues and really enjoyed them. At some point the plot became too complex to easily follow and I stopped reading it. In a “My mom tossed my baseball cards” story I sold them when I moved away for fellowship (sad face emoji) because their value has soared. Anyway, at some point he married Amanda Palmer (“palmer” – Beavis and Butthead snicker) who had some connection to the Boston music scene at the time and the two of them are unrepentant lefties who are insufferable twits.
Apparently in an attempt to upsell and differentiate it from the salad greens I call “endive”, the market for roasted chicory root has taken to calling the stemmy, blue-flowered variety “french chicory”. Please update your style guides for when global trade breaks down and we all need coffee substitutes.
Oh yeah, she is a fine representative for her gender, just a stark contrast to the sweater meat, natural or enhanced, that we typically encounter at this shithole blog.
Gaiman is a good author, but it’s entirely predictable that he is a left wing cunt. The left won’t buy your shit unless you are a card carrying member of the cult.
And Hollywood wouldn’t piss on the best part of you unless you genuflect at their altar of degeneracy.
Buc-ees was really great. 120 gas pumps. The store the size of a Walmart. A m-f’n beef jerky deli. Delicious hot brisket sandwiches, clothing, all manner of merch.
Truly emblematic of an advanced civilization. It was fun to be an amazed tourist among other amazed tourists. It was fun to see people walk into a gas station with shopping carts because it is really a department store and restaurant too.
everyone goes nuts when Brandon almost falls
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Either Bongino or Howie Carr mentioned a near fall yesterday on the kiddie ramp into AF1. Anyone got a clip?
I’m not sayin’ that Buc-ees will be the consulates for a future independent Republic of Texas, but it would be a good call.
Comment by ruralcounsel on February 21, 2024 10:14 am
Andrew Jackson never fought in the Civil War. He died in 1845, 16 years before it started. He was slashed with a British saber during the Revolutionary War as a kid.
So SF is keeping its broad, blanket policy of only doing business with other satanists, but individual departments can get a total waiver, one at a time. Eventually the policy will be ironclad and perpetual but apply to no department. I like that the supervisor had a moment of near-conscious thought when he equated “blue, progressive city” with “basket case”. Maybe that will haunt him when his boyfriend’s snoring wakes him up some night.
Weren’t the perps in KC shooting at each other? Was this basically two gang members bumping into one another at a parade and having shitty aim and bad impulse control?
If you’re a crowdphobe like me Buc-cees loses its charm after about three visits
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I first read “crowdphobe” as cropduster (please consider the blog where I read it when judging me) and failed to see how a crowded Buc-cees could ever lose its charm to a dedicated cropduster
Interesting discussion on nextdoor. How would you react to an invited guest arriving at your home and asking to plug in their EV in your electrical outlet?
I think it would depend on our relationship, and no matter what I would ask how much this is going to cost, and if they weren’t a super close friend it would definitely be their last invite to my home especially if they weren’t going to reimburse me.
Comment by ruralcounsel on February 21, 2024 12:31 pm
The number of people I would allow to recharge their EV off my home circuits is probably single digits. And I would expect repayment, even from family, because I don’t show up at their house and expect them to buy my gasoline. Nor would I allow my tank to get that low before arriving.
Anyone who drives an EV this far into the boonies of Virginia without a plan for how to get recharged is an idiot. The closest public recharging station is probably in Charlottesville, 70 miles away.
So I’ve been going through this mental exercise lately where I can’t tell if I’m just getting old or if everything really has turned to shit in the few years.
Example: I recently bought a CPO car because I needed something to make the commute to the new jerb. Seemed lovely, but then the brakes started squealing. And it’s so loud it’s sort of unbelievable. I take it in, they say the rotors and pads are new, need to be broken in. It’s been 2.5 months and still acting up. I’ve been back and forth with them and their expert way of handling it seems to be to get me to believe that brakes squeal now. That’s just the way it is.
Would anyone have done that a few years ago? Just tell you that all haircuts are bad now. Live with it.
I watched a Rumble video the other day and it had an autoplay video on after it that started while I was scritching Ollie’s ears. It was some interviewer chick who quickly segued into a commercial for a prepper food company. It had a funny name so I searched for it and got a laugh when I saw the prices
Pork is really cheap right now. It’s a shame you can’t make jerky from it, at least not easily. I can’t use it to prep, but I am considering buying up a bunch of loins and re-wrapping it for my freezer so I’ve got it ready in 6-12 months for whatever.
I used freezer paper and tape for the lamb and that seemed to work perfectly, Jay, I got a leg out last week that was in there for two years (and yeah, I couldn’t believe it had been that long either). Also helps that I store in a freezer that doesn’t do a defrost cycle.
Getting excited about my Amarillo Buc-ees. Their holiday tees are very cute. Josh Turner is a fun concert. I sing along so if you want to hear Josh, don’t sit by me. 🤪
Comment by ruralcounsel on February 21, 2024 4:52 pm
Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law Angela Chow drowned by driving her Tesla backward into a pond in Texas? That’s weird. She was Chinese and a member of the CCP.
Supposedly, Gulag noticed that we noticed and now you can get white men in images that aren’t prompted with “criminal” or “domestic terrorist”. This suggests:
1) “Woke” is a parameter in the image generator
2) The wokeness parameter can be adjusted at will by the human handlers
This article has several AoS-worthy turns of phrase that are well worth the disgust you’ll (hopefully) feel reading it https://peachykeenan.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-middle-aged-milf
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I’m no prude. I snuck into the drive in movie when I was 16 to watch all manner of fucking and sucking. But my wife drug me along with her to watch a movie called “Eat, Bite, Pray, Fuck, Hide” or something like that and I found it repulsive. Reading this article, likewise.
Somewhere men with advanced degrees are working feverishly on a time-sequenced cocktail to be dosed from an attached intravenous dispenser to maintain the maximal illusion of lucidity for a sufficient number of minutes.
Or the other faction will find some way to force him to dramatically exit on live teevee.
A group of European scientists visited today, and I got to escort one of the Greek engineers around. He was astonished that I had 176K miles on my commuter car. In Europe, 100 miles is a long way…
The Peachy Keenan article reminded me of my friend who’s been writing the trashy “romance” novels, where the heroine gets banged on page 12 and again by a different guy somewhere around page 30. To me, they are as romantic as a toothache.
The Easter egg is a carpenter’s dream …
Neil Gaiman and a couple of other authors had plenty of votes but were eliminated from the voting thanks to WorldCon being held in China
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Gaiman first showed up on my radar with his groundbreaking Vertigo comic of “Sandman” back in the 90’s. I bought a lot of the early issues and really enjoyed them. At some point the plot became too complex to easily follow and I stopped reading it. In a “My mom tossed my baseball cards” story I sold them when I moved away for fellowship (sad face emoji) because their value has soared. Anyway, at some point he married Amanda Palmer (“palmer” – Beavis and Butthead snicker) who had some connection to the Boston music scene at the time and the two of them are unrepentant lefties who are insufferable twits.
The Easter egg is a carpenter’s dream …
I’d be willing to work some wood with her.
Oscar Isaac, new Dune, or is that Josh Brolin? Been a while since I watched part one with annoying Paul and Zendaya.
I like it, because now everyone goes nuts when Brandon almost falls.
It’s like watching the kid pick his nose in Caddyshack.
Apparently in an attempt to upsell and differentiate it from the salad greens I call “endive”, the market for roasted chicory root has taken to calling the stemmy, blue-flowered variety “french chicory”. Please update your style guides for when global trade breaks down and we all need coffee substitutes.
I’m told dandelion root is quite good as well.
Oh yeah, she is a fine representative for her gender, just a stark contrast to the sweater meat, natural or enhanced, that we typically encounter at this shithole blog.
x: Jimmy Failla on boners and Kathy Hochul
Maybe that was jam’s theme for tomorrow
Gaiman is a good author, but it’s entirely predictable that he is a left wing cunt. The left won’t buy your shit unless you are a card carrying member of the cult.
And Hollywood wouldn’t piss on the best part of you unless you genuflect at their altar of degeneracy.
Buc-ees was really great. 120 gas pumps. The store the size of a Walmart. A m-f’n beef jerky deli. Delicious hot brisket sandwiches, clothing, all manner of merch.
Truly emblematic of an advanced civilization. It was fun to be an amazed tourist among other amazed tourists. It was fun to see people walk into a gas station with shopping carts because it is really a department store and restaurant too.
Crazy fun, almost as good as the museum.
x: 30 minutes after departing Albuquerque I was shaken out of my Panda Express and Tequila induced stupor by a man trying to aggressively open the airplane door 4 rows back. Me and 5 other dudes had to wrestle him into the aisle, duct tape his legs, and throw flexi-cuffs on him. Just safely landed back in ABQ but HOLY SHIT.
Sum up your trip to TN:
1) Museum
2) Buc-ees
3) Profit!
the comments on that tweet, wow.
It’s worth the ride
everyone goes nuts when Brandon almost falls
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Either Bongino or Howie Carr mentioned a near fall yesterday on the kiddie ramp into AF1. Anyone got a clip?
I miss Twitter comments. All I can see without an account is the tweet.
wow, I didn’t know you couldn’t read more
x: Brandon nearly trips twice
X requires a login to see the threads now, it’s part of the anti-bot/scraping measures.
x: Stair Force One: Airplane Entry Solutions™
Eh, coulda been worse. But that won’t stop me from reposting it or liking it because FJB
Buc-ees. Public restrooms so clean they make neat freak germophobes cry with joy.
I’m not sayin’ that Buc-ees will be the consulates for a future independent Republic of Texas, but it would be a good call.
Andrew Jackson never fought in the Civil War. He died in 1845, 16 years before it started. He was slashed with a British saber during the Revolutionary War as a kid.
wow, good day for memes on x and TheDouche™
ok, random comment guy!
hahaha I saw that last night sobek. I was wondering how that was working out.
x: laura got buc-ees delivered
Correct, RC, it was the Revolutionary War.
x: The media said the KC shooters were juveniles as they blocked the names
Ann Coulter was right.
Biden is saying he is going to force creation of a Palestinian state. May I suggest he offer up Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard?
So SF is keeping its broad, blanket policy of only doing business with other satanists, but individual departments can get a total waiver, one at a time. Eventually the policy will be ironclad and perpetual but apply to no department. I like that the supervisor had a moment of near-conscious thought when he equated “blue, progressive city” with “basket case”. Maybe that will haunt him when his boyfriend’s snoring wakes him up some night.
x: IDF uncovers weapons cache in an UNRWA school
Weren’t the perps in KC shooting at each other? Was this basically two gang members bumping into one another at a parade and having shitty aim and bad impulse control?
x: It was sawdust
Sure Hunter, sure.
that’s the theory, leon
If you’re a crowdphobe like me Buc-cees loses its charm after about three visits. Theyre building one in Amarillo for Oso.
x: Google AI gemini won’t print a picture of white males
People have been trying all day, it’s hilarious. Self inflicted wound.
x: more google AI Founding Fathers
x: AI diversity only goes one way
If you’re a crowdphobe like me Buc-cees loses its charm after about three visits
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I first read “crowdphobe” as cropduster (please consider the blog where I read it when judging me) and failed to see how a crowded Buc-cees could ever lose its charm to a dedicated cropduster
Perfect metaphor:
x: word of the day: proscription
heh, looks about right mitch
Did Disney create this AI?
Interesting discussion on nextdoor. How would you react to an invited guest arriving at your home and asking to plug in their EV in your electrical outlet?
I think it would depend on our relationship, and no matter what I would ask how much this is going to cost, and if they weren’t a super close friend it would definitely be their last invite to my home especially if they weren’t going to reimburse me.
if I come visit you, can you help with gas money?
The number of people I would allow to recharge their EV off my home circuits is probably single digits. And I would expect repayment, even from family, because I don’t show up at their house and expect them to buy my gasoline. Nor would I allow my tank to get that low before arriving.
Anyone who drives an EV this far into the boonies of Virginia without a plan for how to get recharged is an idiot. The closest public recharging station is probably in Charlottesville, 70 miles away.
this is why we need universal electricity
So I’ve been going through this mental exercise lately where I can’t tell if I’m just getting old or if everything really has turned to shit in the few years.
Example: I recently bought a CPO car because I needed something to make the commute to the new jerb. Seemed lovely, but then the brakes started squealing. And it’s so loud it’s sort of unbelievable. I take it in, they say the rotors and pads are new, need to be broken in. It’s been 2.5 months and still acting up. I’ve been back and forth with them and their expert way of handling it seems to be to get me to believe that brakes squeal now. That’s just the way it is.
Would anyone have done that a few years ago? Just tell you that all haircuts are bad now. Live with it.
hmm, making 2 salads for work lunches a day working out well, wonder if I can push that out to 3 or 4.
Universal electricity means I pay 3x. It worked with health insurance!
my brakes don’t squeak
The RAV-4 is a ’21. Brakes are normal. Must be only on really new cars.
Gulag’s AI also insists that men living in Scotland in the 1820’s were black.
https://notthebee.com/article/my-dudes-googles-gemini-ai-is-woke-as-heck-and-people-have-the-receipts-to-prove-it
Heh, there’s a picture of a Hindu woman eating a steak!
Tushar worked on Gemini?
“It was water buffalo!”
– Hindu woman on InstaGram trying to avoid being lynched
It’s called Algorithmic Unfairness, people!
x: Imagine robbing a house and hearing
“I’m ready”
“Stand by”
BEEP
Can’t tell if he’s fanning that lever gun, but the kid is scary fast.
Patrick Mahomes and Mike Hampton shagging flies
I watched a Rumble video the other day and it had an autoplay video on after it that started while I was scritching Ollie’s ears. It was some interviewer chick who quickly segued into a commercial for a prepper food company. It had a funny name so I searched for it and got a laugh when I saw the prices
I’m sure the food is first class but I think only billionaire preppers are buying it
Pork is really cheap right now. It’s a shame you can’t make jerky from it, at least not easily. I can’t use it to prep, but I am considering buying up a bunch of loins and re-wrapping it for my freezer so I’ve got it ready in 6-12 months for whatever.
made spaghetti sauce with pork, really good. been buying loins for 1.39 a pound, butts for around a dollar.
vacuum sealer, leon, it’s the only way, no freezer burn.
“I’m ready”
“Stand by”
BEEP
Retired Geezer and his wife used to do those competitions (the variant where you dress up in period costumes). They were nationally ranked.
looks like that might be where he is, wonder if it was. Very cool
I used freezer paper and tape for the lamb and that seemed to work perfectly, Jay, I got a leg out last week that was in there for two years (and yeah, I couldn’t believe it had been that long either). Also helps that I store in a freezer that doesn’t do a defrost cycle.
Getting excited about my Amarillo Buc-ees. Their holiday tees are very cute. Josh Turner is a fun concert. I sing along so if you want to hear Josh, don’t sit by me. 🤪
looking forward to my Costco rotisserie chicken. and hopefully Underwood Farms pepper sauce
Fasting today. Drinking chicory that I made too strong.
Best community note EVAH!
Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law Angela Chow drowned by driving her Tesla backward into a pond in Texas? That’s weird. She was Chinese and a member of the CCP.
OMB gave Missus Mitch a job in his administration, right? And then called them out after they double crossed him?
I vaguely remember that, but it’s hard to keep up
She had Sec Buttgiggity’s job in the OMB Admin.
heh, what is happening to Google AI Bot reminds me of what happened to HAL in 2001 and 2010
We are all Dave now.
Supposedly, Gulag noticed that we noticed and now you can get white men in images that aren’t prompted with “criminal” or “domestic terrorist”. This suggests:
1) “Woke” is a parameter in the image generator
2) The wokeness parameter can be adjusted at will by the human handlers
I finally agreed to cremation. We’re buying our plots/wall spots tomorrow.
This article has several AoS-worthy turns of phrase that are well worth the disgust you’ll (hopefully) feel reading it
https://peachykeenan.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-middle-aged-milfs
Was it a fire sale?
I’ll show myself out
Heh
This article has several AoS-worthy turns of phrase that are well worth the disgust you’ll (hopefully) feel reading it
https://peachykeenan.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-middle-aged-milf
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I’m no prude. I snuck into the drive in movie when I was 16 to watch all manner of fucking and sucking. But my wife drug me along with her to watch a movie called “Eat, Bite, Pray, Fuck, Hide” or something like that and I found it repulsive. Reading this article, likewise.
wakey wakey
Why? No good can come of it.
Sorta busy day. Had to take Lucy to get her wounds checked. She was mess on the drive there- so stressed (which is bad for her addisons).
Anyway, wounds look good (it’s been 6 weeks!) and they hurried up the appointment to help her.
Smoked some meat tonight for dinner. Ran in the woods – which was needed.
Middle age women’s sex life – if I were interested in that I’d still be bartending.
Whut?
Middle age women’s sex life – if I were interested in that I’d still be bartending.
Go on…
MJ gave up bartending for the same reason.
It’s also why he got into it.
Mare is probably bartending, right now!
Next SOTU is March 7th.
Somewhere men with advanced degrees are working feverishly on a time-sequenced cocktail to be dosed from an attached intravenous dispenser to maintain the maximal illusion of lucidity for a sufficient number of minutes.
Or the other faction will find some way to force him to dramatically exit on live teevee.
Maybe it’ll be both!
The moon has a halo tonight. Here, at least.
A group of European scientists visited today, and I got to escort one of the Greek engineers around. He was astonished that I had 176K miles on my commuter car. In Europe, 100 miles is a long way…
The Peachy Keenan article reminded me of my friend who’s been writing the trashy “romance” novels, where the heroine gets banged on page 12 and again by a different guy somewhere around page 30. To me, they are as romantic as a toothache.
Dmitry executed rebellious peasants.