Must credit “The Wonkette” for repeating that detail ad nauseam.
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Must credit “The Wonkette” for repeating that detail ad nauseam.
If not supposed to climb, why climbing shaped?
“Ah-mah-GOS Tex-Mex grill”
The Most Exalted Potentate of Spuds. (Apologies to The Cramps) #punk #TheCramps m.youtube.com/watch?v=CpYy...
MASTER! BLASTER!
This person just followed me. They have no posts, replies, media, or videos. They follow follow 3100 people & have 120 followers. Are bots following bots? Is this going to be Twitter? #bots #blueskybots
Mamdani: Luis Sojo. (Crowd goes wild. “Luis is a Guy!”)
He really means that "overrun by people with memories longer than a goldfish, who can't be overwhelmed by or drowned out by 'the algorithm', and remember my bullshit and call me on it".
Hank Ketchum isn't fit to lick The Beano's collective nutsack. (Was introduced to The Beano through the British husband of my mom's freshman roommate when I was about 12 years old. Had a subscription throughout my teens.)
I have become so much more a fan of the Jersey Shore since I’ve been in Jersey long enough to know people in different Shore (adjacent) towns and get to spend adult weekends there. Spent last weekend at Long Branch and was like, “Wow, this is freakin’ awesome!”
Wearing slides/flip-flops. I still kick them off at the beach entrance. Unless it’s so hot that I blister my feet. And I may still leave them at the entrance and just tough it out.
Kick ‘em off at the bottom of the stairs (Cape Cod, bay side), slide them on before you walk back up the stairs. Get a lot less sand in them. (I also knock the sand off of everything at the top of the stairs, but I’m walking back, not driving, and I don’t want rubbing.)
Thank you Zohran. Jerry is a real one. Was my Rep when I lived in Manhattan. Sad to see him go, glad to see him step aside while he still can.
Closing Time. Ok, that actually Semisonic, but it sounds more like R.E.M. than any actually R.E.M. song. Fine. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville.
My brother turned his knowledge of the music of the union movement into a 15-minute long, in-depth conversation with Bruce Springsteen about the history of labor songs in a Sun Valley, ID bar about 20 years ago now. Bruce was literally writing stuff down, because he wanted to learn.
Local stupid person too stupid to figure out how to buy “regular” bread. Noted idiot confused that “Wonder” and “Bimbo” both look like bread. How is this possible? It must be the evil sourdough wokesters!
Where’s the rocket launcher?
I recognize that score. (Because I had a book of sports facts in the 70s.)
Yeah, I heard a song during a run last week. I immediately knew who it was, that it was new, and that it kicks ass. (Treme is David Simon’s true masterpiece.)
Subway in NYC is brilliant, but it's not everywhere. I was going to a place that is at least 1/2 mile from the nearest subway stop (and until 2017 it was at least 1 mile away). I could take the bus the last bit, but it just wasn't worth the hassle at that point. Bus/Subway will get you EVERYWHERE.
Only reason we drove instead of taking the train (even with the early hour) was that it was to extract bone marrow, and she wouldn't be able to walk the 1/2 mile to the nearest subway after the procedure. 2/2.
I think that makes it even better. I take commuter rail into NYC 3-4 days/week. It's not perfect, but it's really easy and convenient. My wife had a medical procedure at 6:30am, so I drove her in. It was very early, Friday before 3dayWE, and still easier on the train. 1/
A wedding. The cake & goblets for a toast. And it’s springtime.
I had never seen this before. Thanks for posting it.
My most infamous was Altamont, but I was a baby in a backpack, so didn’t really choose it.
Benson & Hedges Blues Festival, St. Louis Fox Theater. 1988. Literally front row, center. Johnny Winter Albert King Dr. John Ray Charles Johnny Winter has plaster literally falling from the ceiling, and scaring the old folks. Ray Charles almost fell into my lap.
He’s just pissed that Kellen Moore left the Cowboys. Because Jerry wouldn’t give him the HC job. Hope the Iggles destroy the shitkickers this year. (And I hate the Iggles.)
Make a book better by adding Stephen King’s to the title: Stephen King's The Giving Tree
(mf doom voice) he threw a sandwich cheese and salami, feds couldn't indict folded like origami, afraid of subway both the chain and the train, mayo salt and pepper shake your thang, grand jury shut em down twice, coca cola on the side no ice
Which is 65 years ago. So crime rose for 30 years and then fell for 30+ years, then had a very short spike, which has now dropped again. How about crime is major cities is at historically low levels?
Memories of the Kibbee Dome in the 70s. Folks were grad students at U of I, so free tix. Mom also taught at WSU, but I don’t think she got tickets.
No, I read you as saying that they only tried to win the election. Which is the point of politics. You seem to argue that they didn’t believe Trump was a fascist, but you provide no evidence to support that.
They told us what would happen, and a plurality of voters figured it wouldn’t affect THEM. They are trying (ineffectually) to win elections. They weren’t successful, but it’s bullshit today that they didn’t warn people.
Can he stop talking about it and actually follow through? (About the hill and oofing and all that.)
Since I don't see anyone else recommending it, there's a good book about this. www.goodreads.com/book/show/58...
The fucking light rail knows what it did.
My 79-year old mom literally renders her own lard for pie crusts. It’s a good thing for my weight that I live 2000 miles away.
Yes they do. And I can confirm as of yesterday that they make an entirely acceptable fried chicken. Perfect with a (secret, illegal) beer on the beach at Long Branch.
Sure there is. Just put that one breast or one drumstick/one wing on a plate 5 miles away, and you gotta run to get it.
And lard is better anyway. If you’re going to fry in animal fat, go fucking pig!
Wait! Shit! I legitimately thought this was Andrew Giuliani. And I’m not sure if that’s more of an insult to Andrew Giuliani or Andrew Cuomo. Same level of embarrassing failson tryhard loser energy.
About a perfect NJ weekend. Went to Long Branch to visit friends, spent the night eating well & drinking around a fire. Then got up, went for a run, had a great breakfast, then beach day. Fried chicken, beer, big waves, big fun.
Exactly. “Oops! I Bribed the Wrong Katie!” in previews next week.
I was almost disappointed that there might be a (semi-)logical explanation; then I realized it was the funniest possible (semi-)logical explanation.
Give me trillions of dollars and I’ll solve global warming, motherfucker! And I’ll include blackjack and (unionized, well-compensated) sex workers!
And then he gives up a leadoff HR to Grisham. (Go Yankees!)
No, lasagna is spelled "lasagna", wrong is spelled "wrong".
Decimated means, literally, one in ten. You have provided NOTHING indicating the 10% of high paying jobs disappeared. Sorry, words have meaning, and you’re just doing “Charlie Brown had hoes.”
It grew 20% in 5 years and then stayed steady until quite recently. Maybe, just fucking maybe, it’s more a reaction to overhiring. And it’s 1 in 4 who lost jobs that work in these fields, but it doesn’t say what percentage of jobs are in these fields. Because the economy didn’t add 20% more jobs.
Define “high paying jobs”, then supply evidence that they were “completely decimated”, which indicates at LEAST a 10% decrease. We will wait.
Sorry to inform you that you have reached peak Age 65. “Do You Think I’m Sexy” was released 47 years ago.
BD, who started as the right-wing, ROTC quarterback, and the token conservative, has become so liberal (really just so attuned to current events) that he sees that this is all because the fascists are deporting all the workers, and his wife hasn’t connected the dots, yet.
Call this lying shitbird out. Ask him is it’s really orders of magnitude greater, then where are all the murder victims. Make these lying fuckheads actually defend their lies. Keep calling them liars. There is no reason to give them any benefit of the doubt, especially when they lie so obviously
I gave up my W 86th St 2-br when I bought a co-op. My roommate didn’t want to deal with a finding a roommate, or pay the entire rent, so he just moved to Washington Heights.
When was the last time you occupied a rent-stabilized apartment in NYC? I had one for a decade on the UWS, well below market rate (especially when I left), and I just vacated. Key money is bullshit that went out in the 80s. Put the roommate on the lease, they can take over the apartment.
I forget how nice summer nights are in Boise. It’s 10:47pm, it’s ~80F with no humidity, tons of stars above, and my parents’ dog running around the yard. I’ve always loved Boise, but it’s fun seeing how my sons are really enjoying it.
In Boise for the first time in 3 years. Bringing my in-laws to visit my parents. It’s a cool 79F at 11:30pm, no humidity. My parents home is very calming, decks overlooking a yard full of fruit trees and a SERIOUS garden. And a very friendly Australian Shepherd to keep me in line.
Yeah, but in DC, they’re Black.
Nah, a quart of Ted Drewes to the face. They have some heft.
I’ll check it out when I drop my son off in a couple weeks.
St. Louis going to punch above their weight with Ted Drewes Frozen Custard. (Fried raviolis don’t have the mass, and IMO’s is a fucking war crime.) People are going to say NYC is a slice, but the real heads know it’s lamb over rice at the halal cart, extra Egyptian-style hot sauce to burn eyes.
You're a news channel. Why don't you report what the actual crime rate is in Washington DC, compare it to the foreign cities that Trump cited, then compare it to US cities, then compare it to what it was 1, 2, 3 years ago. Then report that Trump is lying. Or is that too much like actual reporting?
I had a rent-stabilized place for almost 10 years in Manhattan, and I actually had a deal. A 2-br apartment on a park block for $1600/month in 1995. Was a better deal when I gave it up in 2004 when the rent was $1785/month. Shitty landlord, old building, but 14' ceilings & storage lofts.
I've just seen the worst fucking NIMBY excuse of all time. Some idiot is opposed to the IBX, because the trains might disturb the dead bodies in the fucking cemetery. Send this asshole to some fucking ghost town in Kansas or something. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
The only thing that being rent-stabilized (NOT rent-controlled) does is limit how much the rent can increase. Generally it’s about 3% for 1-year leases & 5% for 2-year leases. And give you an assumed automatic renewal unless there is cause to withhold it. (And cause requires documentation.)
This is a 1-br apartment in Queens, it’s really just about market rate for that neighborhood, which is a middle-income, immigrant neighborhood. Rents in Queens are much less than rents in Manhattan (and Brooklyn).
Which was actually by “The Gourds” and was the best cover version ever.
And in that exact scenario, the $100k in income is MINIMUM the landlord will accept, because they want earnings of 40 times monthly rent. This is why fuckhead assholes from upstate should stay the fuck out of NYC politics. (I’m in NJ now, but I had a rent-stabilized apt and then a co-op.)
And several of my friends did see Christie Brinkley getting gas there in 1980.
I’ll have to ask my mom about that. Lots of celebs came through Shoshone in the 50s, when Sun Valley was *the* ski resort.
Doesn't know the difference between rent-control & rent-stabilization, makes an 'Erie Canal' reference, what next, Buffalo Bills gear? Motherfucker is the least NYC person in the race. At least Curtis Sliwa, for all his well-documented flaws, likes NYC. Go run for mayor or Abany or Cohoes.
Fly like a butterfly, be a bee.
Brilliant use of the medium.
Medicare Advantage is a scam though. It allows insurance companies to take the healthiest Medicare patients, get the premiums from Medicare, and then provide coverage to the self-selected clients. Who need less insurance than they clients they rejected. So more money for less coverage.
Hint: Make sure you can reset your Face ID without using Face ID *before* you make major changes to facial hair. Shaved my mustache, locked myself out of Face ID, had to reset/restore my phone. At least Apple makes it easy. #apple #mustache
Too. Name Too. My Name Too. Is My Name Too, completionist.
Nosh noshes, snack on snacks, and even brunch brunches.
That’s the 2nd best St. Louis-based food item. (Ted Drewes Frozen Custard is 1st.)
The town pool was 3 miles away, biked it twice a day. Friend lived a few miles out of town, bike to his house. Once I had a paper route and a bit of money, bike 5 miles to the mall to buy a t-shirt or see a movie. The 70s were a weird time, but great time for an adventurous child.
I grew up in a mix of college towns (~15k), small towns (~1-2k), and extremely rural areas. I was basically able to go anywhere on my side of town at 5, allowed to cross the highway by 7, and go anywhere by about 10. Rules were had to been home at noon for lunch, home at 6pm for dinner.
I’ve got “Brown-Eyed Girl”, but what are the other two?
Insurance rates go up a few percent every year. Even if it’s only a 3% annual increase, you’re up 16% in 5 years. The reason that all the insurance companies claim that they can save you 15%, is because they know people don’t switch often, so there is always savings to be had. Switch often.
#kittens #proofofcat Our kittens are getting much more comfortable in the rest of the house, which has made getting them back to the kitten room for the night more difficult. I pulled out the laser pointer tonight, they came charging down the stairs and I just led them right home.
The motherfuckers are going to blow up the moon.
I was slightly too old for it, and came to it late, but Trogdor the Burninator was brilliant. Consummate “Vs”!
I am always happy to hear a Big Freedia song, but surprised to hear she’s doing a gospel album. “Take My Hand” is a serious banger. Set the tone for a great run. #running #BigFreedia #bounce strava.app.link/BLIdusR6wVb
Provincetown?
"Louie, Louie" looks in
This is all so true. I started running during COVID, and it’s not just that I meet people through a Saturday group run, it’s that I know have a new group of guy (and gal) friends, aged 30-60, who like doing things. Before that it was a dodgeball league my wife wanted to try. New friends as adults!
Of course we do, but it’s different. I’m sure that you’ll agree that having a couple beers in a park tossing a Frisbee is different than going to a bar. The bar as a meeting place/hangout is a long-established trope.
Pocatello was different from Boise, I guess. (The Challis liquor store was good, though my mom said it was awkward for a couple months after she prosecuted the manager’s husband for poaching.) I’m old enough that Henry Weinhard’s was the best alternative to BudMillerCoors in a lot of stores.
Nope. You had to go to your Idaho State Liquor Store. Which were the most internally competitive and innovative liquor stores I’ve seen. And Albertsons had really good wine & beer selections starting in the 80s.
Except we haven’t created third spaces around weed, yet. A large part of it is the banning of indoor smoking (good), but they’ve figured workarounds for cigar bars, but very few states seem interested in allowing it.
"First of all: 'Not anything the police should have anything to say over'? Alan, Alan, Alan. Perhaps you needed me more than I knew. "
I’ve bought at least two. A David Perry non-fiction and some fun genre fiction. I have requested dozens from my library, and they’ve acquired a couple books that I requested. All from BlueSky.
I was Today Years Old before I saw this advancement in “go-cup” technology.
I just parsed that as my wife saying, “drawer”. It’s her most NJ affect.
Skill issue. You're never too old for a front flip off the diving board.
You really need someone on the exercise bike pedaling like mad and acting very confused that it's not making him go any faster as you're riding down the road.