Too much going on to keep up with, so , on a lighter, local topic: My friends have a new rainwater storage tank. Now that it's actually raining some, it has filled-up [ lotta roof ] and overflows. They have plans for directing the overflow, which plans I fear are going to involve me. I have already been involved in quickly digging out a trench to direct it away from the house. It's now gonna get complicated My vision of the future:
I think I hit my pinnacle the day I set it aside. The world rejoiced!
Actually, I used to be pretty decent. Between arthritis and tinnitus, I'm fucked.
I don't have the fine motor skills anymore. I have a yard that keeps my gross motor skills honed, though. These days I'm trimming trees from the overhead wires. Bought a 14' telescoping pruner/lopper that makes it almost fun.
I'm not sure I ever did. At least keyboard keys are bigger than fingers. Why I had to go find wide-neck guitars.
I played violin for a long time, talk about a skinny neck! 2nd chair in our little orchestra.
WHOA.
I quit in 1964, so not that much of an accomplishment. I wanted to play fiddle, instructor would have none of that. Since it was a rented instrument, I had to give it up. I got a Chromonica 64 so I could continue annoying my siblings. Then my first guitar, which went to Goodwill when I ran away. Lost my 2nd guitar under similar, though even more consequential circumstances.
But acoustic only back then. 1st was a "Bradford", WT Grant's brand, made by Guyatone.
2nd was a Yamaha FG something. My memory tells me it was a 60, but the books don't recognize that designation.
VINTAGE!!
via
HeyIt'sVadim
@HeyItsVadim
Reposting this absolute banger
I did a couple caves around here long ago. Did make me a little nervous at times. Luckily there's only a few difficult ones around and wasn't willing to drive for hours to get the fix. This was before the Kartchner Caverns reveal.
First Kevin I was knew was in Little League . He was at least a year older, but looked maybe three years older. Just a muscular hairy dude. He was a good athlete so he often pitched, until other kids stopped catching for him because he could throw wicked hard, and wild as can be. Scared 'em. So he asked if I would catch . Uh, sure, why not. I figured the batter and ump and spectators were more at risk than me. I never got bopped at all.
Third Kevin was friend of a friend here first years at the U of A. Played b-ball with us once in a while.
Story is relayed a couple months later that he had taken a train back to CA. for summer break. He also made tea of jimson weed to make the trip a little more interesting. Woke up a couple weeks later in a psych ward. Came back and tried law school.. Never passed the bar as far as I know.
Second Kevin was my roommate in Georgia. A boring academic nerd Most memorable was the first few months of hearing him muttering sweetthings on the phone with his girlfriend Anne back in KY. "I'm a true-blue Kentuckian", he would proudly proclaim. When she came to visit, she was a sweet, mousey young lady, Classic couple.
By about March he had dumped her for a , [can't quickly describe her any other way than ] Valkyrie. Husky, chested, brash blond that coulda kicked his ass if she ever had a mind to. The rest of us thought it was hilarious.
Oh yeah, edited to add, Valkyrie worked a vegetarian restaurant with a couple members of the B-52's.
One of my greatest disappointments in life was getting rejected by, if not a Valkyrie, perhaps an Amazon. I was 6'4", she was 6'4", and a knockout. She had better taste and higher aspirations, so nothing doing.
NPR
@NPR
· 2h
Voters like to see a sense of authenticity in candidates, especially in Texas. But cursing and vulgar language in front of children and the elderly more often than not crosses the line.
There's lotsa good stuff. Filtering is a regular thing to go through for me. Like somedays when there's tweet after tweet with the same clip of Fucker Carlson or similar. Time to mute or go torture some instrument.
Scientists confirm "Bring me the blood of young people"
https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-neuroscientist-…
Niggly/Growling Swallet cave
Coupla videos
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-01/explorers-…
You go down there, if you got the nerve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWGAdzn5_KU
That's what…………
1700 year old Roman Swiss Army Knife
https://twitter.com/romanhistory1/status/15563932…
"murky piss smell"
https://boingboing.net/2022/08/08/student-with-ta…
Well, well, well, well, well.
The worm turns!
As long as we're looking back……….
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/…
https://twitter.com/mikescollins/status/155678563…
(Seth Meyers, emailing Mike Scollins)
"Thanks, buddy. You couldn't wait till we got back from vacation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqZhadwvG0
Holllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeshit. I remember that. Can't say I heard it in '59, . but eventually.
What prompted it?
Probably just their version of shitposting back then.
Rumor is, that's Phyllis Diller with him.
Jay Arseneault
@haolejay
·
2h
Their { GOP } mantra is "Back the Blue when they're not onto you."
Too much going on to keep up with, so , on a lighter, local topic: My friends have a new rainwater storage tank. Now that it's actually raining some, it has filled-up [ lotta roof ] and overflows. They have plans for directing the overflow, which plans I fear are going to involve me. I have already been involved in quickly digging out a trench to direct it away from the house. It's now gonna get complicated My vision of the future:
<img src="https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-23-2018/B8M6Zk.gif" width="300" height="300">
FUUUUuuuuuuu
I would have guessed it was always a felony. I do remember what one commenter mentioned that this law was because T. was after leakers.
https://twitter.com/yarbro/status/155713628078540…
mmmmmmmmmmmm
https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/155742041466…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0b9e264cbdec…
Hey, Todd has new vid on YT
[Todd!]
[Not that Todd.]
Oh, missed that one, there was one the other day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kw_svwsTfk
Missed that one! Gonna have to carve out some time for that.
Beto . Wait for it, as the kids say.
https://twitter.com/TrumpsTaxes/status/1557549873…
<img src="https://i.gifer.com/HRPH.gif" width="300" height="300">
Ya know, playin' these musical instrument thingies would be easier if one wasn't a talentless dumbfuck.
Just sayin'…..
I think I hit my pinnacle the day I set it aside. The world rejoiced!
Actually, I used to be pretty decent. Between arthritis and tinnitus, I'm fucked.
I really ain't got much else to do.
I don't have the fine motor skills anymore. I have a yard that keeps my gross motor skills honed, though. These days I'm trimming trees from the overhead wires. Bought a 14' telescoping pruner/lopper that makes it almost fun.
I'm not sure I ever did. At least keyboard keys are bigger than fingers. Why I had to go find wide-neck guitars.
I played violin for a long time, talk about a skinny neck! 2nd chair in our little orchestra.
WHOA.
I quit in 1964, so not that much of an accomplishment. I wanted to play fiddle, instructor would have none of that. Since it was a rented instrument, I had to give it up. I got a Chromonica 64 so I could continue annoying my siblings. Then my first guitar, which went to Goodwill when I ran away. Lost my 2nd guitar under similar, though even more consequential circumstances.
[ imagines young Biff ]
<img src="https://geordiebiker.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/img_8529.jpg?w=640" width="300" height="300">
Nailed it!
HAH!!!!!
But acoustic only back then. 1st was a "Bradford", WT Grant's brand, made by Guyatone.
2nd was a Yamaha FG something. My memory tells me it was a 60, but the books don't recognize that designation.
VINTAGE!!
via
HeyIt'sVadim
@HeyItsVadim
Reposting this absolute banger
<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaJr40HXwAAwK3i?format=png&name=small" width="500" height="500">
Huh. Not so important now, are they Matty?
Restraint.
So [minus boring details ] ….the tweet from a guy who is a very good punster….
@DocAtCDI
·
"My brother is dating a girl named Rosemary… I don't know what he season her…"
The gang that follows and replies seems like a very clean group , yet the obvious amid all the spice puns was
reply was cumin
I did not tweet that. Wanted to.
and this
https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1559710768…
That must be the good stuff, no way in without joining. Which is why I won't.
Wait–is it this? Glasspusher emailed it to me:
https://twitter.com/lemtaz/status/155933647907939…
Also:
https://twitter.com/cdanielson501/status/15595804…
Yep.
As noted, second dude is also awesome
Good stuff
Sanaa in Yemen
https://www.baytalfann.com/post/the-old-city-of-s…
Huh. I wonder why the Saudis haven't used it for target practice.
Would be bad PR I reckon they say. Kill the people, leave the buildings.
When I first saw that , I thought, "that's not chorizo, this is chorizo"
<img src="https://www.thefedupfoodie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mexican-Chorizo-Sausage-.jpg" width="300" height="300">
forgetting that it does come in sausage form and not just a pile of stuff at the carniceria
It seems to be working for dick cheney. He looks really good lately.
I need to determine the gender before I can even comment on that.
HAH!!!!!!!!
[ ok, maybe not funny]
Nah, it's funny.
Posted below, then realized it was related.
https://twitter.com/ampol_moment/status/155666499…
I did a couple caves around here long ago. Did make me a little nervous at times. Luckily there's only a few difficult ones around and wasn't willing to drive for hours to get the fix. This was before the Kartchner Caverns reveal.
I can't say I remember that specifically, just that Yeltsin was drunk the whole time.
So not much had changed by the time I was hearing it on the Doctor Demento Show on Sunday nights throughout the 70s/80s. So drunk.
Fucking Kevin stole my girlfriend.
I have known three Kevins. I will tell of each of them, but not right now.
First Kevin I was knew was in Little League . He was at least a year older, but looked maybe three years older. Just a muscular hairy dude. He was a good athlete so he often pitched, until other kids stopped catching for him because he could throw wicked hard, and wild as can be. Scared 'em. So he asked if I would catch . Uh, sure, why not. I figured the batter and ump and spectators were more at risk than me. I never got bopped at all.
Third Kevin was friend of a friend here first years at the U of A. Played b-ball with us once in a while.
Story is relayed a couple months later that he had taken a train back to CA. for summer break. He also made tea of jimson weed to make the trip a little more interesting. Woke up a couple weeks later in a psych ward. Came back and tried law school.. Never passed the bar as far as I know.
Master Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King
@commiegirl1
well I guess Ricky Shiffer was just more upset about it than you were Kevin.
Ephemeral
Typical Kevin.
Two of the Kevins I've known, whenever they opened their mouth, everyone else shouted "shut up, Kevin". It seems to be universal.
<img src="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fish-called-Wanda-review-Jamie-Lee-Curtis-Kevin-Kline-2.jpg" width="300" height="300">
Second Kevin was my roommate in Georgia. A boring academic nerd Most memorable was the first few months of hearing him muttering sweetthings on the phone with his girlfriend Anne back in KY. "I'm a true-blue Kentuckian", he would proudly proclaim. When she came to visit, she was a sweet, mousey young lady, Classic couple.
By about March he had dumped her for a , [can't quickly describe her any other way than ] Valkyrie. Husky, chested, brash blond that coulda kicked his ass if she ever had a mind to. The rest of us thought it was hilarious.
Oh yeah, edited to add, Valkyrie worked a vegetarian restaurant with a couple members of the B-52's.
One of my greatest disappointments in life was getting rejected by, if not a Valkyrie, perhaps an Amazon. I was 6'4", she was 6'4", and a knockout. She had better taste and higher aspirations, so nothing doing.
If you care enough to look, your state Bar Association would have that information.
She had better taste and higher aspirations, so nothing doing.
Here, this ones on me
<img src="https://c.tenor.com/zqkZyhVIQp4AAAAC/bar-beer.gif" width="300" height="300">
I don't.
It was a while before I realized she was talking about K. McCarthy , There was no reference tweet.
UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE
NPR
@NPR
· 2h
Voters like to see a sense of authenticity in candidates, especially in Texas. But cursing and vulgar language in front of children and the elderly more often than not crosses the line.
You should do a podcast where you narrate it.
It's going to haunt me , though.
[ that mangled syntax will haunt me too. ]
There's lotsa good stuff. Filtering is a regular thing to go through for me. Like somedays when there's tweet after tweet with the same clip of Fucker Carlson or similar. Time to mute or go torture some instrument.
Like this
Radical Graffiti
@GraffitiRadical
<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaQNub-UEAAy76p?format=jpg&name=900×900" width="300" height="300">
and
@WhoWhatWhyWade
·
Replying to
@GraffitiRadical
Why defund when guys with Blue Lives Matter stickers on their truck will give them for free…