Her pet turtle burped as she took the photo and the turtle focused for the first time. I have no idea who Lorena or Ike are, and I had to google Mauway. I think it’s somewhere in the Philippines near Manila. All I know is that they make great reusable large envelopes and folders there.
Messing with Dad’s stuff is never a good idea [Sound up].
“A USA Swimming Foundation study found that nearly 70% of African American children have low or no swim ability.” [Source]
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Occasional Cortex got punked by a girl advocating eating babies, but that’s not the funny part. AOC’s non-reaction and acceptance of the premis IS.
Are you a freelance worker? Are you a tech guru? Are you self-employed? California AB5 should interest you. Employers and consultants are about to get screwed.
There’s a movement to recall California’s Governor Gavin Newsom (Nancy Pelosi’s nephew). Here’s his response as shown on the Petition:
Nah. Can’t be Newsom’s socialist policies that are crippling the State’s economy. No way. Nope. LOL
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A Humble Request. Thanks to all who contribute – every little bit helps.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image: Petrified Wood Gas Station is now a used car lot.]
Just in time for Oktoberfest. [h/t Nancy H.]
I’m speechless. I hope Archie McPhee got some royalty bucks from this one [via].
Ten Years After was one of my favorite blues-rock bands before I even knew what blues-rock was. Alvin Lee was killer.
Yeah. This. I never quite knew what the song meant, but I still like it [found here.].
Have a great weekend, folks, beware of liars, & we’ll see you back here tomorrow for stuff.
[Found here.]
“In 1565, twelve years after the death of François Rabelais (1494-1553) — the French Renaissance author best known for his satirical masterpiece The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel, the bawdy tale of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel — the Parisian bookseller and publisher Richard Breton brought out Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (The drolatic dreams of Pantagruel). The slim volume, save a short preface from Breton, is made up entirely of images — 120 woodcuts depicting a series of fantastically bizarre and grotesque figures, reminiscent of some of the more inventive and twisted creations of Brueghel or Bosch.”
[…]
“Despite the claims (echoed too in the book’s subtitle), the book’s wonderful images are very unlikely to be the work of Rabelais himself — the attribution probably a clever marketing ploy by Breton. […] The creator of the prints is now widely thought to be François Desprez, a French engraver and illustrator behind two other sets of imaginative designs, similar in style.”
Those prints remind me of Jim Woodring’s stuff.
[Images and commentary from here.]
[Corrective Update below.]
Andy Ngo is a real journalist.
Dr. Thomas Sowell dispels some modern myths.
Baal’s grumpy and he’s not touching his breakfast.
I dreamt that I had Flexible Sweat-Powered Biofuel Cells.
A camel sat on her face so she bit him right in the crackerbockles.
Like the series “Black Mirror“? Check out Lockheed Martin’s new toys.
The song of the mole cricket:
A Humble Request. Hip surgery is scheduled, we’re still paying her rent out of pocket. Thanks to all who contribute – every little bit helps.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image: “How Propaganda Works.” Found here.]
[CORRECTIVE UPDATE: Apparently the story posted by The Federalist on 27 September 2019 (linked at top) is inaccurate. The US Intel Community accepts hearsay (info from second-hand sources) but won’t act on it unless they uncover first-hand corroboration. If there’s no corroboration, the hearsay is dismissed as such. In other words, the rules did not change, but their website and the reporting form did.]
Jerry Jeff Walker‘s re-recording of “Trashy Women” from 2014. Glad to see he’s still around (even if his rhymes still suck donkeys). Don’t remember him? He first came onto my radar with his cover of one of the greatest beer bar singalong songs ever.
[Bonus clip: Here’s Ray Wylie Hubbard asplainin’ the background story of the song he wrote.]
The Marcus King Band fires all 12 cylinders. Nice style mash IMO.
Rachel Mazer rolls a nice groove, wants me so bad she can’t let it go. (Rachel, get in line and be patient. I’ll get to you in time.)
If you didn’t notice, all three vids are from the same source, Jam In The Van (backed by Turtle Wax). Nice to hear some fresh air.
Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow for more fun stuff.
Tacky Raccoons 