Friday Ephemera (668)
The dimensions of various things, from the Japanese Badger to Mr Auric Goldfinger. || Soyuz “Globus” mechanical navigation computer. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || Today’s word is self-perception. || At last, a database of silhouettes. || Snack dispute of note. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || Best not to, really. || Being all-woman, he wants to share his breasts with you. || Bagged one. || Blue Monday do-over. || Incoming. || Incoming 2. (h/t, Julia) || For when you’re cooking penguin eggs. || Routine irony #37. || News from Wales. || “You’ll wonder how you lived without it!” || Ditto this. || The hat was slowing him down. || Yes, do take notes, because it will be on the test. || “The length and rigidity of the arm is adjustable.” || An amphibious feat. || And finally, it’s the biggest one of those I’ve ever seen.
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the page is gone so I’ll have to.
very sweet.
the page is gone so I’ll have to
Wonder no more:
Hands-free telephone headset ad, 1993 : Damnthatsinteresting (reddit.com)
Long comment thread on copyright law, bowdlerization of old books, and woke librarians “de-accessioning” politically incorrect books.
LOL
Morning, all.
Links restored. If there’s one thing I really love doing, it’s being not-quite-awake-yet and searching for alternative copies of links that were checked last thing the previous evening but deleted overnight by overly zealous moderators.
Oh, and yes. It’s still snowing. 41 hours.
“AAAHHH”
And Jared in the background, licking his… self.
Can’t believe I watched it to the end. 🙂
I suppose, given the effort involved, and the relative proportions, you felt invested in the drama.
I needed closure.
Here.
Her pulse, I’m guessing.
Again, when you defer to the lie, complications will ensue, along with quite a lot of farce. Best, I think, not to give away the store in the first place.
44 hours of snow.
Being all-woman…
TBF, at least he picked a good surgeon.
From The dimensions of various things…Mr Auric Goldfinger.
Yeah…ummm…no, not necessarily. Many people yes, but many, many more people, no. And specifically facts not in evidence re one Mr. Auric Goldfinger. So…wtf this has to do with his dimensions, physical or otherwise has me…nonplussed is it? Probably something else…
[ Invokes scene from Ice Station Zebra. ]
I would probably get a visit from the DEI police, if I were to say that some people are just born with antisocial tendencies.
My favorite Error 404:
And now, for variety, delusion that does not revolve around sex:
Cori Bush’s Bodyguard Says He Can’t Be Anti-Semitic Because He’s a Jewish High Priest
What will it cost me to unsee that?
Somewhat related.
And of course this.
Snow has stopped. I repeat: snow has stopped.
Librarians at even major universities have been busy getting rid of “old” books. Not their job apparently to preserve historical items or classics. Who knew?
Ok, David, how much snow? Here in Chicago we got snow last night but it all melted as soon as it hit the ground. At the other end of the spectrum, some mountain towns in Cali just got 10 ft.
About eight inches or so. Quite a few large branches broken off by the weight of the snow.
On the upside, the supermarket was practically deserted.
All those old, obsolete, white male writers.
Many years ago, I made the mistake of telling a librarian that I was pleased with how extensive their collection of old Marxist tomes was–one volume had been particularly useful in documenting how obviously deranged and dishonest Marxist “scholarship” could be. Shortly afterwards, I checked the online card catalog to forward the link to someone, and the book had disappeared.
But what men call “eight inches” is really “five inches”.
I’ll let myself out.
I’ll just leave this here.
In the immediate vicinity, where there’s very little traffic, it was more like a foot or so, but I’m averaging out across the wider neighbourhood. You can imagine my fearless warrior face as I emerged from the supermarket, triumphant, clutching the double cream and the cherry and almond tart.
Time to re-read those old 1960’s science fiction novels about a new Ice Age.
[ Does fearless warrior face. ]
From I’ll just leave this here.
Still trying to imagine that or ?
“White dudes writing about white ideas”: That is a very Nazi attitude.
Wokeness does seem to appeal most strongly to fundamentally awful people.
David: I will give it to you, 8 inches or a foot is a lot of snow. About 20 yrs ago here we got 2 ft accompanied by 20 F below zero. Shut the whole damn place down. My car was making a high pitched whine and I called a tow truck. Sure, he said, we can come in 48 hrs. I took my chances and drove to a service station where it turned out to be a frozen speedometer cable.
Librarians: if they dumped all the white male authors their stacks would be 95% empty.
Well, it’s a lot of snow for here. I can’t remember the last time roads were blocked by large branches broken off by the weight of the snow.
[ Eyes cherry and almond tart, fires up oven. ]
Today’s word is self-perception
The self-mutilation is no different from cutting, morbid obesity, physically dangerous sexual fetishes, anorexia, compulsive tattooing or piercing, and for the same reasons.
Best not to, really
Security x-rays are pretty harmless, The real risk there was her getting her hair wound around the motorized rollers and scalping herself.
“The length and rigidity of the arm is adjustable.”
Wait, Dave Barry is still around? Great Scott.
Weird Canadian confluence: Dave Barry’s early columns from the 1980s and Pierre Berton’s early columns from the 1960’s are eerily similar in style, to the point that it’s easy to mistake one writer for the other.
some people are just born with antisocial tendencies.
Everyone is born with antisocial tendencies. Human beings have to be taught consideration for others and respect for boundaries. The cluster B personality disorders are all disorders of retarded emotional and social development. All of that “poverty” and “low-income levels” and “situations they were born into” bollocks is code for the other thing: parental neglect.
Librarians at even major universities have been busy getting rid of “old” books.
Librarians have been the most communist-y of the academic Communists since forever. I don’t know why librarians specifically, although I suspect the typical “having too much formal education and no actual marketable skills” package has much to do with it.
Library science is itself a valuable discipline – I know large software companies that employ people with such degrees to design schema for keeping track of their huge library of software assets – but you don’t need an M.Sc in Library Science to work in a library. I’m not sure you need a high school diploma.
[ Wipes tart residue from chin. ]
[Peers over spectacles.]
“The length and rigidity of the arm is adjustable.”
Did anyone have “robot rectum rooter” on their “Skynet takeover” bingo card?
“An amphibious feat.”
The toad didn’t expel it, so much as slowly move out of its way.
Seems to be a common … colon theme this Friday. You even have a commenter named “Ream.”
[ Rolls single grey peanut along bar to Mr Holland. ]
On the house.
My car was making a high pitched whine and I called a tow truck.
Why on earth did you call a tow-truck for your cat? Oh, sorry, car! CAR!
…but you don’t need an M.Sc in Library Science to work in a library. I’m not sure you need a high school diploma.
Aside from volunteers and part-timers, most employees in Canadian libraries have a community college diploma in Library Techniques which qualifies them to be a Library Technician. The M.Sc in Library Science is mostly overkill; one of those qualifications you can insist upon because so many people them.
Not sure how it works in the UK or the US.
Seems to be a common … colon theme this Friday. You even have a commenter named “Ream.”
As to the amphibean: “Rectum? Damn near killed him!”
I’ll never get tired of that punchline.
[ Quietly heads for the door ]
[ Curare-tipped dart whistles by Steve’s ear. ]
Everyone is born with antisocial tendencies. Human beings have to be taught consideration for others and respect for boundaries.
THAT!! About the only human instinct babies are born with is the drive to survive – they will scream/cry when in need, giggle or smile when content in order to get parents to positively respond on cue. They are the epitome of ‘selfish’. 2 y/os take it to the next level with stuff like tantrums and this is when parents worth their salt start setting boundaries.
Parenting is really about civilizing savages.
Also barkeeping.
What?
Parental neglect is likely the bigger of the numerous other factors but there are people who come from normal circumstances who, for whatever reason, go bad. Often they fell in with the wrong crowd (not a proper excuse) or were abused by someone trusted outside of the family. But many for whatever reason just choose to do evil.
I’ve just finished reading Bad Blood, the book about Elizabeth Holmes and the Thoranos mess. All the characters came from good backgrounds and had plenty of opportunity to be successful elsewhere. Granted many of the players allowed themselves to be fooled but Elizabeth, her BF, and a few others knew that they were deceiving people. It was a bit painful seeing different people catch on, wrestle with their conscious, but still not say anything. Not knowing the full story I was kind of rooting for Ian Gibbons, the British biochemist, to be the one to put a stop to it. His suicide caught me off guard. I went back and reread the chapter on him and realized I missed some foreshadowing there. While I knew, obviously as the story was there in my hands, that it would eventually get exposed I became very irritated with those who partook in the deception along with those elite people like Gen. Mattis, George Schultz, Henry Kissenger, etc. who allowed themselves to be fooled. Though some credit should go to Rupert Murdoch for not squashing the story when he was repeatedly asked to.