Friday Ephemera (686)
Toenail clipping of note. || Are your pants chainsaw-retardant? || Can’t quite put my finger on it. || The thieving did not go to plan. || “Got pork for lunch on Sunday?” || A brief history of the British police box. || I’m told all ladies do this. || “What about this says ma’am to you?” || Model minority. || Modern manners. || Incoming. || Mystery object. || He keeps them in a jar, next to his Star Wars action figures. || “Hope that makes sense for you.” || “Homicide hotspots in Medieval London.” (h/t, Things) || We are enriched. || It’s what she would have wanted. || You want one and you know it. || The theory of tooth worms. || She had suspicious breasts. || Definitely-a-lady whips off shirt before starting fight. || I believe the expression is, “Fuck about, find out.” || And finally, I have questions.
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I am sure Madam Governor will be the first in line, after all, what could possibly go wrong?
I was not expecting Mr. Dibbler to add white gloves to his restaurant supply catalog.
Carefully steps back from between Farnsworth and Steve.
TBF, as I have never heard of anyone having done it before, I don’t know whether to be in awe, or to fetch a canvas camisole with wraparound sleeves.
You voluntarily went to Buffalo?
The north-eastern terminus of the rust-belt has it’s charms. As does the whole rust-belt. If you love baseball, it’s a great trip through middle america. The people are salt-of-the-earth. The food is awesome and these places aren’t San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle, Portland, etc, etc, etc.
New tourism slogan: “The food is awesome and we’re not Portland!”
Using mathematics to explain why nonconformists all end up looking the same.
If you love baseball, it’s a great trip through middle america.
If you love baseball, go to the smaller places with farms teams, there is actually action on the field, the regional foods are better and you’ll be in places that aren’t depressing.
That MIT article about conformist hipsters, based on math models, shows how clusters of conformity appear among the non-conformists. The analysis reminded me, in detail, of a technical report from about 1985.
The problem was that the clocks of computers on the internet tended to form islands of slightly different time. (This was before time servers.) Once formed, they were persistent, and tended to drift separately, but rarely merged into larger islands.
What do I conclude from this? That social non-conformists function at the mental level of a mid-80s office computer.
I should apply for a grant…
How curious. I never heard about that.
Facial tattoos are not a red flag. Facial tattoos are not a red flag.
Dental implants and a smile would transform this chap into an Adonis.
I found the AA games/leagues to be the sweet spot. Orlando had a very nice, small stadium that was very well run. I’ve been to the Greenville, SC stadium a couple of times but have yet to see a game there. It looks great though. I found A games, at least back in the 70’s, but also a few in the last 20 years or so, to be a bit disorganized. Depending on the specific city the enthusiasm level varies considerably but not as exciting as AA.
It’s just a bloody hotdog
and don’t even think about what goes into it
” we have to answer to a higher authority“
If you love baseball, go to the smaller places with farms teams, there is actually action on the field, the regional foods are better and you’ll be in places that aren’t depressing.
Ah yes, no true scotsman…so thank you for the lecture. Buffalo is a farm team. Do you know what a farm team is? I’ve been to every city/town where the Blue Jays have affiliations at all levels of minor league ball including ones that no longer exist. How many road trips have you taken to watch baseball at any level? I’ll bet it doesn’t match mine. So f**k off
It seems you’ve never been to Buffalo so your opinion is based on stereotypes. There’s plenty in these towns that you hate so much that isn’t depressing. These people are my neighbours. I grew up watching local television from these cities and I’ve spent a fair amount of time there including watching my kids playing in rep league baseball tournaments. I have nothing but respect for the city of Buffalo and the people of Western New York.
I’m not sure what’s worse about some Americans, the great political divide which has always existed or the self-loathing based on stereotypical views of people who live where “I” don’t live.
From my perspective and that of millions who are trying to get in, you’ve got a great country; take your head out of your asshole and enjoy what’s around you.
I thought you were joking.
Oh, in the world of woke journalism, it would be difficult to invent something more clownish than what’s actually happening.
The author of the piece, by the way, is a regular contributor, having written over a thousand articles for Screen Rant. He claims many areas of “expertise,” and many “domains of knowledge,” including “fact-checking.” He also boasts of his “academic background.”
I was curious to check out the “Register” options but I’m not seeing the link. Perhaps because I’m on an iPad or tablet? Will check out on my laptop later if I manage to dig it out of whatever moving box I stuck it in.
If that’s what you’re seeing, I’d guess you already are registered. Hence the “log out” option. And the customised avatar.
Ah. I confused logging into WordPress as being separate from registering. Which maybe it is and I misremembered….or something. As Emily Latella would say, nevermind…
My memory of the specifics has grown quite vague, but at one time German butchers could be hanged if they adulterated their sausages or used unapproved parts of the animal.
I would not mourn for such an Adonis.
[ Eyebrows rise. Checks for clear path to door. Looks around for spray bottle. ]
@pst314 @WTP
This is a test. Did you receive an email notification?
Yes. At almost the same moment as the onscreen notification.
Oh, and as regards Buffalo, Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. It’s true. I read it in a book.
I don’t see one. Checked the spam filter too. You wouldn’t be trying to…buffalo me, would you?
Though I notice my @ thingy doesn’t show as a link like pst’s.
Thanks for the reminder. [ Adds “spam” to shopping list. ]
Yes. I don’t know why that is.
Fortunately for him, though not the general populace, he’s in Alvin Bragg’s jurisdiction. He should be out & stabbing other drivers in record time.
Theodore Dalrymple related a conversation with a prisoner:
Prisoner: “Prison doesn’t do me any good.”
Dalrymple: “Well, it does me good.”
Prisoner: “What do you mean?”
Dalrymple: “When you are in prison, you are not burgling my home.”
Prisoner: Laughs in recognition of the truth and that he cannot bamboozle this man.
It seems you’ve never been to Buffalo so your opinion is based on stereotypes.
Swing and a miss, having done the undergraduate thing not far from there I have been there and not just for a ball game. We also used to go to Niagara Falls (your side which was a wonderland of weirdness, ours, boring) and Toronto (we were young and gas was cheap), though I would not claim to be an expert on either just based on having been there a few times.
Western New York, defined as any part west of Albany, is indeed quite nice except for Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, all of which have been ruined by the leftist policies driven by Albany via the hordes in NYC (where, as I have mentioned, I also lived and worked), not that the small towns have escaped unscathed. So my opinion is based on having lived up there and seen (having had to back occasionally) the deterioration between the early 70’s and now, not just having been to a ball park.
How many road trips have you taken to watch baseball at any level? I’ll bet it doesn’t match mine.
Weird flex, as the kids say, but OK. How many times have you taken the subway to see Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium? I’ll bet it doesn’t match mine. However, as I now live close to the middle of nowhere (alhamdulillah), any of the AA teams I have seen in the past few years qualifies as a road trip.
I’m not sure what’s worse about some Americans, the great political divide which has always existed or the self-loathing based on stereotypical views of people who live where “I” don’t live.
Aside from the fact you are the only one who has mentioned people, having stereotyped Americans now do Montreal and Edmonton.
Regards hotdogs and ketchup, I just saw this which is without a doubt is a solid argument against my position. Still…being Pittsburgh born I reserve the right to put ketchup, so long as it is Heinz ketchup, on anything I damn well please. Including macaroni & cheese.
If Adonis had facial tattoos and preyed on children.
” we have to answer to a higher authority“
I loved their commercials! Probably why I only buy their kosher all-beef dogs when I am craving a hot dog. I made the mistake of buying el-cheapo mystery meat hot dogs once. No flavor. Bleh.
Map of murder shows 142 deaths. 9 of them were women. In the patriarchy it seems like women suffered a lot less violent death than men.