Friday Ephemera (805)
Chicken detected. || Heirloom discussed. || Today’s word is dexterity. || Switches and reels, 1979. || Bang to rights. || Because we’re doing axes now. || Little Miss Biohazard. || Bumping and grinding. || She gets that they’re confused. || She’s not even kidding, you hear. || Chillin’ at the gym. || Alan. || And they jiggle. || Tongue action, 1982. || The cave houses of Kandovan. || Clowns with pronouns discuss “queer animals.” (h/t, Laurie) || The progressive retail experience, parts 701, 702 and 703. || Not entirely unrelated. || He had to explain. || They’re roses. || Knight Rider. || Tricky situation. || Question asked. || Hot and strong, the way you like it. || Her magic shoe didn’t work, it seems. || Dream Cars of the 1950s, parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || And do feel free to suggest a fitting response.
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All your readers.
From the last:
I know we have had some embarrassments down here, but from punching way far above it’s weight in WWII, Korea, and even the recent unpleasantness, to this. Sic transit gloria.
David, have you considered lava for trimming those pesky nose hairs?
Nice setup, but after fiddling with those speakers why the hell is she wearing headphones (not that she wouldn’t go deaf with the thing cranked to max)?
A fitting response would probably result in an assault and battery charge at a minimum, but pretending to trip and knocking the stupid son of a bitch on his ass is perfectly OK.
Does she get that she’s confused?
The Habsburgs wouldn’t have put up with that.
They’re loony.
Pumpkin spice is getting out of hand.
An adroitly employed bodkin would likely get the message across.
Albeit at the expense of a kidney but there you have it.
Have we found one of Maestro Confused’s students?
Trump “damage” caused the Canadian women’s ice hockey team to lose and the international crown to chant USA. Right, interesting take.
In “a night out” fashion…
https://twitter.com/i/status/2024133713303326747
Wouldn’t Dee Snider just eat at the craft table back stage?
How very… feminine of her.
Takes me back to my first stereo system purchased with my own money earned from my $2.85 per hour job in 1976. It was a Pioneer 535 Receiver, Pioneer PL112D Turntable, and JBL bookshelf speakers. I think I got the whole system for $299. I later added a second set of speakers and a twin tape deck. I always wanted a reel-to-reel tape machine but it just didn’t make any sense when I would be recording from a supposedly lower quality original. My wife finally made me get rid of it about 10 years ago.
That’s actually an impressive feat, wrecking your car like that.
Little Miss Biohazard.
Abolishing shame was a mistake it seems we just can’t undo.
“In space, nobody can hear you in space.”
I want one.
Morning, all.
Temptress.
Frankly, it looks more intriguing than any of the actual films since 1986.
“Like Cher.”
Heh. But imagine the power trip of making small children memorise your fabulist pronouns and pretentious names. Making them participate in your sad delusion. Making sure the camera is always on you and how supposedly fascinating you are.
For a certain kind of person, that might be… gratifying.
That’s brilliant.
Should you want it, there’s more.
I quite like Sweet Dreams. And inevitably, he does the theme from Doctor Who.
Thanks!
THE EYES.
Yes, I’m guessing there’s a lot of loud buzzing and feedback going on in there.
Beating needed.
Question asked.
Oh, is your true gender showing? You’re saying your TRUE gender?! So, you know this is all just cosplay and you’re just being a dick.
“Current regulatory environment” is a nice way of saying “we see the lawsuits a-comin’.” And not from the government but by detransitioners, who I hope name their transhausen by proxy parents as co-defendants.
Expect to see more of this.
Autogynephilia strikes me as a very dreary fetish.
Actually, I think it has more to do with making bewilderingly bad television.
Expressing displeasure with said bewilderingly bad television is a secondary effect.
Lifeform.
Existential denial is not allowed.
Bombs away!
From the replies:
[ Laughs in Klingon. ]
Feed me!
Apparently, I can now control the washing machine from my phone.
[ Stares into the blinding possibilities of this new tomorrow. ]
Above: your host doing laundry.
Such as malware, loss of manufacturer support, etc.
“Blinded by
ScienceLaundry”A look back at The Summer of Groovy.
That was the moment when Muldoon’s life took a turn for the worse.
Actually, I think it has more to do with making bewilderingly bad television.
So TF what? Why does this bozo think that any show must go on forever?
Casablanca XVIII, Return to the Souk.
Captain Renault’s great grandson becomes “trans” known as Veronique and moves back to Morocco where he falls madly in love with Lars, the grandson of Lazlo and Lund, but secretly the grandson of Lund and Rick. Together they open an artisanal goat cheese shop in the Casbah and use the proceeds to fund an orphanage for Berber children which is really a front for the Moroccan Independent Liberation Front which aims to overthrow the king. In league with the Queen Of All The Amazigh the plot succeeds when she single-handedly defeats the entire King’s Own Republican Guard. A new day dawns as all gender inclusivity is brought to mosques across the land. Veronique and Lars celebrate by taking an ocean cruise to Pitcairn’s Island where they meet the descendants of Fletcher Christian. Stay tuned for Casablanca XIX, A Bountiful Land.
Bet it still eats your socks.
He seems to imagine that the quality or otherwise of the writers and producers, and the quality or otherwise of the finished product, should have no bearing on whether the franchise continues. As if these allegedly creative people might do better if given a fifth or sixth chance. And more mountains of other people’s money.
Because it’s his meal-ticket would be my guess.
News of the World!™
In The Great White North, Science!™. It will be a travesty if this isn’t properly funded.
In Kansas we learn that “trans”women are being banned from women’s loos because of the bad behavior of men. TBF, the guy is correct, just not in the way he thinks.
Very strongly agree. Even without malevolent and incompetent writers, any imagined world will eventually be milked dry and should be left alone lest its legacy be diluted or poisoned with inferior work. This is true of Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes, the Aubrey-Maturin stories, etc.