Friday Ephemera
Act casual, say nothing. || Moonshiner’s cow shoe. || Meanwhile, in Scotland, life goes on as normal. (h/t, Holborn) || I suspect these are bigger than yours. (h/t, Pogonip) || Hey, it’s a job. || Ideal for peeling grapes and then sewing them back in their skins, the Da Vinci robotic surgical system. || Renting pandas. || Chimney pots. || Where did all the sperm go? || Why parents rarely want their children to be artists, part 19. (h/t, Stephen) || This. (h/t, Julia) || That. || Gusty. || Going rogue. || Girth, thickness and ellipticity: On the shapes of eggs. || “The germs which are in the mouth have spoken to a child!” (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || Tristan goes exploring. || Roman roads of Britain. || Ice fishing basics. || Da Vinci’s notebooks. || Sequel of note. || And finally, how to attract a crowd.
Possibly not the best of release dates from Ms Clinton. I see there has been some mirth taken with this announcement.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2017/07/27/heres-hillary-clintons-new-tellall-book-n2360874
The Claire Lehmann/Shane Bauer exchange is depressing as hell. Paraphrasing Bauer, “Things are not ‘wealth.’ The results of technical innovation are not wealth.”
Video proves veganism is harmful to brain development, subtitled, “A Fish Has The Same Emotions As A Human Child.
Video brought to you by The Party of Science !™
OOT, justice in Pakistan seems to be a little weird…rather than punishing to offender, they punish the offender’s sister, who had nothing to do with the offense…
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/27/539765693/tribal-council-orders-revenge-rape-in-pakistan
Where did all the sperm go?
Every sperm is sacred.
Why parents rarely want their children to be artists, part 19.
. . . as opposed to Perdita X. Dream.
Gusty.
Saw the SUV, will raise you a few truck trailers.
Tristan goes exploring.
Tripping With Terwilliger
Twisted Sifter hasn’t read his Sherlock Holmes.
Cinta Tort Cartró — who goes by the artist name Zinteta…
In the absence of any aesthetic ambition or discernible talent, some trivial, allegedly political issue has to be inflated as a pretext for the noodling to exist. And note the writer’s standard obligation to describe the results as “powerful.”
The Claire Lehmann/Shane Bauer exchange is depressing as hell.
And Mr Bauer, whose ability to process information seems somewhat selective, is a “senior reporter.” Again, the phrase that comes to mind is severely educated. A practised obtuseness has presumably made him impervious to any number of charts, statistics and counter arguments. Judging by his Twitter feed, the numerous corrections piled up around him simply didn’t happen. I doubt he’ll allow his mind to be changed. Too much is premised on the conceits that are being questioned.
Meanwhile, in Scotland, life goes on as normal.
Effing hell. At first I thought it was a spoof.
At first I thought it was a spoof.
Apparently, it’s real. I’m sure there’s a word for something that’s sad, squalid and comically surreal all at the same time.
And I quite like the idea of a drunk bin. Into which the local drunks climb, attracted by the odour, before being carried away by a council-approved contractor.
Rogue, how to attract a crowd:
Young people these days don’t do enough to propitiate the gods. They have only themselves to blame.
Da Vinci’s Notebook
“how to attract a crowd”
That was weird. It certainly looked like someone was video recording that stretch of road for some reason. Am I too cynical?
You’ve changed the slanty lines. They’re not slanty any more.
#Makeover
You’ve changed the slanty lines. They’re not slanty any more.
A bold move, I think you’ll agree.
I miss the slanty lines.
#Backlash
Sad news, I’m afraid. The Swarthmore College Anti-Capitalist Collective has disbanded.
I miss the slanty lines.
They’re gone. Gone forever, I say.
#ResoluteAndFearless
I was just about to post that myself. This must be that “real communism” we keep hearing about.
Some people should be chased out of town with nail guns.
#ResoluteAndFearless
It always starts with the small, seemingly insignificant things. Then, “kerflooey!” Everything’s gone to hell.
#LongMarchofProgressivism
champ,
…rather than punishing to offender, they punish the offender’s sister, who had nothing to do with the offense…
…who will then be stoned to death for adultery.
“Revenge Rape” is our “Daily WTF” for today.
Some people should be chased out of town with nail guns
When are people going to stand up at the start of one of these “workshops” and tell the instructor they are full of sh*t and then encourage others to walk out?
Stop ALLOWING this.
Regarding jabrwok’s da vinci link, we’re quite proud to bring you this news from Central Florida. Quite proud indeed.
http://www.borderherald.com/man-clermont-fl-breaks-record-worlds-longest-penis/
Tents with a view.
It has come to this…
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/34912/
It has come to this…
C’mon, champ. You’re supposed to laugh it off. Hahaha. Laughter, you remember laughter? Nothing to take seriously. All together now…Ha…ha…hahaha….
See how that feels better?
Now this is what I call a Diving Suit:
A recent academic conference on advanced manufacturing techniques was interrupted for an hour-long workshop on microaggressions.
Always be sensitive and considerate. Chicks dig that.
Roman roads of Britain.
Watling street runs through my Town.
Yeah, that Dilbert cartoon isn’t quite accurate with my own experience. A more realistic response, one that I have actually witnessed, is that the PHB then gets assigned to teach the next Diversity Sensitivity class. Because Hell hath no fury like a reformed [ whatever ].
OK, I know I’m getting into over-posting territory but I gotta ask…what’s with the nipples on that diving suit?
Cue the outrage if you only read the headline
Yet, 4th paragraph in …
It’s as if there is an agenda here.
Donald Trump: Here is a funny GIF.
CNN: We are gonna DOX the guy who made that harder than anybody in the history of DOXing
WaPo: Hold my beer.
Now this is what I call a Diving Suit
Diving suit, yes. That’s what he wants you to think. Wait ‘til it escapes the lab and begins its reign of terror.
Tents with a view.
Darleen, just pretend it’s the Grand Suq of Marrakech.
Wait ‘til it escapes the lab and begins its reign of terror.
Errr……
Sheesh, R., that’s a really neat bike trail right down to the beach but who’d want to do it now? (I only live about 23 miles west of where they started their ride … my parents still live in Brea!)
That’s a nice “diving suit”.
Kracken resistant.
I shall retrofit my Nautilis post haste.
Arrrr
Abi Wilkinson continues her charm offensive.
Re: the one about giant rats.
I am visiting Boughton in Chester, UK right now. There are no giant rats. I have a relative who is an environmental health officer. She says it is all bullshit. Although you might have guessed that from the photos in the article.
You don’t have to go all the way to Pakistan for cultural enrichment, I’m afraid:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4115013/teenage-girl-raped-twice-birmingham-witton-station-villa-park/
It would be a safe bet that the girl mentioned what had just happened to her to the second “Asian”.
That diving suit is the ancestor of the costume in the newer Batman movies.
And inscribe these words on your doorposts and teach them to your children: Adam West WAS Batman, and Han Solo fired first!
Here’s a new addition to our ever-evolving English language:
http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=11013
Gee, I wish I’d thot of that! 😄
I’ll see your diving suit and raise you armor for fighting grizzly bears.
I have met Troy. I assure you he’s deadly serious.
You don’t have to go all the way to Pakistan for cultural enrichment, I’m afraid:
Bigot. It’s their culture
… armor for fighting grizzly bears.
I saw a doc. on the guy about ten years ago. Has he actually fought the Bear yet?
I assure you he’s deadly serious.
That’s not entirely reassuring.