FUN WITH LANGUAGE
Life imitating art
TROY, N.Y. - A janitor cleaning in a laboratory at a university in Troy, New York, is accused of damaging at least $1 million in scientific research after shutting off the storage freezer while trying to turn off a constant beeping noise, according to a lawsuit.
My daughter once asked to be awakened a 7:27am.
But most Americans don't like poetry because it can't make them any money. They have never been brought to tears by an aria or stood in rapt fascination staring at a masterpiece. They look at a Monet and only think about how much it would sell for. And sadly, those people think they have life all figured out.
This whole sordid affair makes me sick to my stomach.
A preacher walked into my hospital room the night before surgery and said that he wanted to pray for me. I said no thanks. He said it wouldn't take a minute. I said that I didn't want him to pray for me. He started praying anyway.
I once posted something critical of golf courses and a couple of people told me the same was true for baseball, soccer, and football fields. But it's not. Even a high school game has hundreds of people enjoying it. Golf courses entertain far fewer.
When men tell stories we consider it rude to "step on another man's story" meaning to interrupt it. Women have no such rule. I could be telling a story to a group of women and it would go something like this:
Me: I almost died when I was in Germany...
Woman #1: My husband and I plan to go to Germany next Summer.
Me: ...my the plane lost an engine...
Woman #2: My check engine light came on today.
Me: ...and the pilot had to circle the field dumping gas...
#3: Walmart has the cheapest gas.
Me: ...in preparation for a crash landing.
#1: My cousin is getting a divorce.
NEVER EVER lie to EMT or ER staff.
Indeed.
It's scary to think how much fucking was going on back then.
There may very well be an alternative reality where George Bush got hit by that shoe.
Being present is just microdosing eternity.
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Whenever I tell them I'm a famous blogger with dozens of followers, the first thing they think about is oral sex...
*MNBT
Now that I've stopped drinking alcohol I have also stopped farting.
I kind of miss it.
There are two types of people:
Those who admit to watching porn and liars.
There is no greater joy than being told you are going to be a grandparent. None.
To men who hang out occasionally because their wives are best friends: Pals-in-law.
Some people are wise.
Some are otherwise.
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ANIMALS
Elephants and the Tiger
Considering the environment, look how effective the stripes are...
The elephant and the Rhino...
And she finds it hilarious...
You really need to read about these bastards.
PLACES OF INTEREST
How very wonderful.
I set a novel in a town built into a cliff like that.
There's something odd in the photo.
There are a series of verticals running right up the middle of the photo.
SOMEWHAT EDUCATIONAL
I did not know that. Or probably more accurately, I knew it and forgot it.
Honey Moleys
Drilling predators such as snails, slugs, octopuses and beetles penetrate their prey's protective skeleton and eat the soft flesh inside, leaving behind a telltale hole in the shell.
Those two Holey Moleys are fossils. Let that sink in a moment. I could imagine early humans using them for jewelry or using the hole to secure it to a stick for a spoon. I can't imagine owning one of those.
Boat Launch Lunacy
THE CREATIVE SPARK IS LIT
AI
Footsie
That looks like a pretty good exercise for old people and it looks like one could be easily built.
Spanish Kiss
First Love - wait for the last verse...
WAR VIDEOS
Footage from the "Russian-controlled" left bank of the Dnieper River at the Antonovsky Bridge, shows a Russian BTR-82A firing and moving to pick up evacuating Russian soldiers from fire by Ukrainian forces.
Earlier, Russian sources stated that Ukrainians gained a foothold at the Antonovsky Bridge with a group that is now approaching 100 fighters, forcing defending Russians to fall back.
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And...
Footage of the landing of Ukrainian troops from boats on the left bank of the Dnieper near the Antonovsky Bridge.
Another twofer!
You did notice the hose didn't you?
8 comments:
A2: it wasn't just the million dollars worth of the research, but the decades of research that were lost.
A8: and an indoor walking track to boot.
I might sign up for something like that.
I would need to have windows in my dormitory though.
C1
Good camo for sure. Also the main prey of tigers are deer and antelope which have dichromatic vision. This means they see the tiger’s orange color as green.
Science guy
A12: I really am LMAO.
^^A10^^ Many years ago (as in 1969) I was spending a day or two in a hospital ward after minor surgery. (These days it would probably have been done out-patient.) I was in a bed in a ward with a bunch of way sicker patients, The guy in the bed next to mine was visited by a Priest who'd come to give the guy "Last Rites" cuz he was very near death. At the time, I had very long hair and a beard, and was thin, and did in fact look like a WASPy version of Jesus. The priest said Hi to me, when he'd finished with the guy next to me, and remarked that I looked like his Boss. I smiled, beatifically. The next day, the guy next to me woke up all chipper and feeling much better, chatty and all, and when the priest stopped in he (the Priest) made some sort of remark about how I'd done a good job. I smiled beatifically again. That night I woke up when they came with the gurney to cart his corpse away. That time, and another time when I actually played Jesus for a friend making a movie, was the extent of my Jesus career. It was fun while it lasted.
Dear Anon,
Beautiful story. Thanks.
I too looked like Jesus and once went to a costume party in sandals, a robe, and a rope belt. What I had not anticipated was that the start time for the party was broad daylight and I had to part far away. In the Deep South, walking down the street dressed as Jesus is far from funny.
Stay safe, my friend.
RH
Notecard one liners
RH you have never worked with cattle have you?
I had to tell you this it happened about 30 years ago. This is a true story and it’s the best thing I’ve ever said.
I was once on a small fishing boat returning from an expedition in the south of Chile. I’m not sure about the legality of what we were doing because it was the middle of the night, raining and our boat had no lights on. I was in charge and there were about 25 of my party plus a crew of 3 on the boat. Suddenly we hit an island, square on at cruising speed. The boat reared up, the skipper put the boat into reverse and tangled the prop in the line to the dinghy that we were towing. The contact with the island put a hole in the front of the boat below the waterline. So we were stopped and immobile and in danger of sinking (OK in very shallow water). I told my guys to put on life jackets, make radio contact, stay off the boats walkways. And ask for assistance from a sister boat. I looked around at the shit scared faces around me in the darkness and said “ What’s the matter with you guys? Have you never got wrecked on a Saturday night before? (It was Saturday).
Stuff you can’t make up.
Science guy
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