Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

When we show up, we win.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

Fight them, without becoming them!

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

No one could have predicted…

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

The revolution will be supervised.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

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  1. 1.

    gogol's wife

    I’m spending my day trying to line up people to move piles of snow around my property in such a way as not to keep me trapped in my house until June. Good times.

  2. 2.

    HeartlandLiberal

    I just finished assembling a new sturdy leather covered office chair for my wife’s setup here at home, to replace the old cheaper one that was falling apart.

    I will note in passing that it, like seemingly everything nowadays, was made in China.

    Are American manufacturing and its Middle Class just going to join the Dodo?

  3. 3.

    dmsilev

    I can beat that for annoying days. Friday afternoon, roughly 4:30. I’m in the department machine shop making some parts I need (very relaxing in a way; good way to decompress after a hectic day) when one of the students in the group comes in and says “a pipe burst in the wall; there’s water gushing everywhere all over the floor.”

    Took two more-fun-than-strictly-necessary hours to get everything cleaned up, the pipe temporarily fixed, etc., etc.

    Gah.

    dms

  6. 6.

    Violet

    How long does it take your carpets to dry?

    I’m cleaning up stuff that’s been lying around. Then I’m going to get a massage.

  8. 8.

    inkadu

    Hey, I want a massage.

    I’m spending the day installing and reinstalling Windows 7 which is refusing to install properly. I gave up on 32-bit and am now trying 64-bit.

    Still, I got to muck about in a Knoppix command line earlier in the process, so it wasn’t completely unrewarding.

  9. 9.

    Joseph Nobles

    John, don’t use Joy to clean your carpets. Go ahead and spring for the carpet cleaning solution that comes with the machine rental.

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    Jake

    Found an interesting article on Raw Story about MSNBC putting “Comcast Network” guests on their shows now. Guess who their first guest was? Robert Traynham, former aide to Rick Santorum and host of Comcast Network’s “Roll Call with Robert Traynham.”

    Not that MSNBC is any great network or anything, but folks, you can see where this is going.

  14. 14.

    stuckinred

    I have mentioned that most of our friends are not sports people. At 1:00pm two wonderful folks and their kids showed up with stuffed grape leaves for the Superbowl party!

    Oh yea, St Johns is beating Duke by 21 with 12 to go!

  15. 15.

    Violet

    @inkadu:
    Yeah, it’s kind of indulgent. But it’s also part of my hip rehab. I’m trying to do various things to make sure I get it back in shape. Massage is really helpful for keeping the muscles loosened up so everything heals properly. It’s still a luxury.

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    morzer

    @Yutsano:

    Well, I assume nekkid carpet-cleansing is a regular occurence. I just don’t know whether Tunch always attends. Who knows, maybe he sells monthly subscriptions for a webcam show.

  17. 17.

    Montysano

    Ugly roof repairs yesterday, vacuuming and cleaning today, although I’m about to call it quits. 60+ degrees and sunny here in north Alabama. I contemplated a trip to the Hemlock Zone, but decided on Getting Stuff Done instead. I regret it now.

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    Yutsano

    @stuckinred:

    At 1:00pm two wonderful folks and their kids showed up with stuffed grape leaves for the Superbowl party!

    Not that one should ever turn dolmas away freely given, but they do know the Super Bowl is next week, amirite?

    @morzer: Tuna doesn’t buy itself you know. I’m certain His Tunchness is full of nefarious schemes like this.

  21. 21.

    inkadu

    @Violet: I say I want a massage, but I clearly don’t want one enough to pay for it. So enjoy your massage guilt free. Hope your hip recovers.

    And remember to stretch your piroformis.

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    stuckinred

    @Yutsano: They do now! They are just great, he’s a rare non-football fan from south Georgia and she’s Colombian. We love seeing the whenever however.

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    Yutsano

    @morzer: Okay, now THAT is indeed cruel and unusual punishment. One would think His Tunchness would allow JC to dress like Matt Ryan at least.

    @stuckinred: Colombian stuffed grape leaves? I r intrigued. Any leftovers?

  25. 25.

    jon

    That’s far more entertaining than the Pro Bowl. Will there be scrubbing behind the toilets and cleaning the stovetops if that game goes to overtime?

  28. 28.

    Yutsano

    @lamh34: A) that mosque is gawjuss!

    B) Stockham will quickly get labeled a “disturbed individual” and this will fade quickly from view. Remember, one cannot be a terrorist without at least brown skin.

  30. 30.

    geg6

    I am doing laundry and allowing my John to wallow in a marathon of his all-time favorite show, NCIS, on USA. I’m not a fan, but it sure beats the idiocy of CNN (his go-to when he’s not interested in anything else). Personally, I am anxiously awaiting our book club, after which we will be indulging in some tuna steaks, wild rice, and roasted carrots with a lovely Chateau St. Michele Reisling. I hate to admit this, but we will be watching Oprah’s new network for her doc on Lorne Michaels this evening and then my new favorite guilty pleasure, Worst Cooks in America, on the Food Network. I think this officially makes me old.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    @geg6: Damn it. I have been so busy this week that I forget to get and read the book. I will have to catch up in future weeks. Crap.

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    bemused

    Ugh, rug shampooing. Never again for us. Changing to hardwoods floors was the best home redo project we ever did. It’s so much easier to vacuum up all the pet hair and dirt they track in and mopping isn’t a big chore either. Dog drool that sticks like glue to hard floors is a minor annoyance compared to getting it out of carpets.

    We have gotten so much snow here this winter, we are running out of places to put it. My husband has spent countless evenings and weekends snowplowing and shoveling off roofs. There was another 8 inches last Friday and overnight but we finally are getting a break, sunny today and forecast looks fairly snow free for the week. The dogs think it’s great fun to climb up the huge snowbanks right outside the house and peer in the windows at us. They are not enjoying the lack of room to move around outside & find places to poop. The snow is too deep so they have to stick to plowed areas and shoveled sidewalks. Poop cleanup in the yard will be a nasty business when the snow starts melting if we don’t start scooping up while the turds are still frozen.

  38. 38.

    Violet

    CNN had a segment on how the Egyptians accessed the internet and social media even though the government had shut down things. They resorted to old school technology like land lines for faxes and dial-up internet access. Land lines rule!

  40. 40.

    Southern Beale

    @Violet:

    And also ham radio.

    I know some big ham radio enthusiasts and they’ve always said that when the revolution comes (or armageddon), they will be the ones people turn to to keep information flowing. I am starting to think they are right.

  41. 41.

    wobblybits

    I’m spending the day grading undergrad quizzes. So far, they resemble word salads with no actual discernible answers :/

  45. 45.

    Yutsano

    @R-Jud: I was debating asking what kind of dressing s/he prefers with their word salad but discretion got the better of me. Damn that thing.

    That cranachan makes me long for raspberry season again. My parents have rather prolific bushes.

  46. 46.

    JPL

    I just watched Secretariat which I thought enjoyable. It could be my age but I thought it portrayed the era. There was some grumbling about the movie ignoring the world around it but I didn’t think that was the case. The movie was about a horse rather than what was going on during the time.
    I wouldn’t mind younger juicers give their opinion of the movie. My view could be tainted because I knew the story before hand. I just don’t remember tv’s being that small.

  48. 48.

    Teri

    Just got in from Sunday routine of church, sunday school, lunch with familia, grocery shopping (not to much impulse buying cause we are stuffed) and putting stuff away. Awaiting book club while cleaning produce for this weeks lunches and dinners. Youngest saw my book, Nixonland on the table and asked was that a new theme park and are we going to visit?

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    jacy

    My husband is straightening out the kids’ room, which entails finding all the pieces to roughly 150 Star Wars ships and debating with a five-year-old why or why not broken crayons and empty boxes should be thrown out. This is making me wish I had more beer in the house.

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    wobblybits

    @Yutsano: I’m a she and as far as dressing goes, a good bottle of red wine but it is a bit early here to start with a ‘calming’ drink.

  53. 53.

    Yutsano

    @wobblybits: Thank you for doing the pronoun dance with me. :)

    And that also reminds me of that really interesting white rioja I have in the kitchen. Not at all what I was expecting and I’m wondering if other Spanish whites are like that.

  56. 56.

    wobblybits

    @Yutsano: Happy to do so :)

    Spanish white? What did you think of it? I have been wanting to try that. (Note to self to pick up a bottle)

  57. 57.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Yutsano: If you did both, people might assume that it was some bizarre murder-suicide thing and speculate as to the motivation behind it. Imagine what would happen to your reputation.

  58. 58.

    Yutsano

    @wobblybits: The vinter I got (Marques de Cerecas or something along those lines) rioja has some really nice fruity notes to it and it’s supposedly dry but has just the slightest tinge of honey on the tongue as well. I really enjoy it. So much so that I plan on making it a gift for the oenophiles in my life. The store I bought it at also has some Portuguese wines that FH #1 will kill me for if I don’t sample some in the near future. I honestly got it because I never knew there WAS such a thing as a white rioja. I’m very pleasantly surprised.

    @Omnes Omnibus: I think that would directly depend upon what academic discipline you were involved in. I imagine for something like English or art or even business it night even be perceived as a net positive.

  60. 60.

    Svensker

    @Montysano:

    I contemplated a trip to the Hemlock Zone,

    The water really isn’t that color, right? That would be too impossibly beautiful.

  61. 61.

    Gina

    @jacy: We found that acting like some tinpot dictatorship by disappearing the broken/messed up/etc. toys silently and swiftly when the kids were asleep or away made things less wanna-be-sedated for us.

  63. 63.

    Yutsano

    @Svensker: And raspberries! Don’t forget the raspberries! Also: you could throw in half a vanilla bean into that recipe and it would REALLY make it rich.

    (I didn’t do my Nixonland homework, so no can play one thread above. Bummer.)

  64. 64.

    Violet

    @Yutsano:
    Me either. Been so busy and tired I haven’t had the energy to read a book. I’m taking a class and have reading requirements for that, so I’m not sure I’ll be able to do book club. I’ll try though. I’ve wanted to read Nixonland for a long time.

  65. 65.

    Yutsano

    @Violet: My job is very mentally taxing. So the idea of coming home and reading something like Nixonland just ends up not happening. Coupled with the fact that when I get home I have a princess kitteh to entertain, especially since she gets right on bugging me right up until bedtime.

  66. 66.

    Montysano

    @Svensker:

    The water really isn’t that color, right? That would be too impossibly beautiful.

    It’s exactly as it appears. Deep blue green water, the ultra deep green of the Canadian Hemlocks and Mountain Laurel, mosses and lichen that are positively psychedelic. The Bankhead ecosystem is a vestigial Ice Age forest, and feels very Pacific Northwest-like.

  67. 67.

    Yutsano

    @Montysano: There are indeed places that look similar to that up this way. The big tell of course is that it’s not raining in those pictures. :) Only ran forest outside of a tropical zone is in the Pacific Northwest. Yet more useless trivia for your next party.

  69. 69.

    Montysano

    @Yutsano:

    There are indeed places that look similar to that up this way.

    The best part is that there are 28,000 acres of protected wilderness and about 100K acres total, all with very few marked trails, and complete freedom to go where you wish. Park your car, get your map and compass (or GPS), and go for it. I and all my backpacking friends have gotten lost at least once.

    In the deepest canyons there is true virgin forest; it’s too precipitous to have ever been logged.

  70. 70.

    Luci

    That place with the water and all looks just wonderful. I’d give anything to be there now, as I spent the morning chatting with my mother on the phone while I cleaned litter boxes, swept floors, and generally did the stuff around the house that is so boring you want to scoop out your own eye with a melon baller from sheer frustration. (A friend of mine uses that expression, and you know… it fits some situations perfectly! Now I use it.)

    We are waiting to get some snow here in Minnesota, and since I have to commute to work tomorrow, this is NOT making me all that happy. We have enough of it too.

  71. 71.

    Darkrose

    Has anyone else been having trouble with the pie filter since the upgrade? MikeJ’s Chrome version, that is. It worked perfectly before, but now it’s not filtering at all, which means I’m getting a certain double-named commenters drivel unfiltered, and without the comfort of pie. Tragic.

  73. 73.

    Yutsano

    I may have just made the biggest mistake of my life. I just stoned my kitteh. She is now bouncing around my condo like mad and pouncing on literally everything. Halp!

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    R-Jud

    @Svensker: Those Scots think of everything.

    And Yutsano: am on the same brainwave with you about the vanilla pod. I remarked that it would add a little extra OMG to the cream. Also, toasted crushed hazelnuts in place of (or mixed with) the oatmeal. Ohhhhh….

  76. 76.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: Catnip. fortunately. I wouldn’t dare give her meth. The neighbors would round me up and shoot me.

    @R-Jud: Vanilla also plays very nicely with whiskey, so the end result would be both highly fragrant and very very tasty. And a def on the hazelnuts. Or really any nut native to European cuisine. But with the oats, not replacing them. Without the oats it really wouldn’t be Scottish. :)

  80. 80.

    kdaug

    @Southern Beale:

    And also ham radio. I know some big ham radio enthusiasts and they’ve always said that when the revolution comes (or armageddon), they will be the ones people turn to to keep information flowing. I am starting to think they are right.

    They’re right, and they’re among our most valuable people.

    Do you have any idea how long it takes to get “BEEEEEEE, CHRRRR, DUNNNN” tonally correct?

    Years of practice. National treasures.

  81. 81.

    Chuck Butcher

    @inkadu:

    I say I want a massage, but I clearly don’t want one enough to pay for it.

    Before my 20 yr marriage I had a girlfriend who was a professional, OR licensed. Interesting…

    A very good looking woman in her late 20s and your imagination may be correct as it was a very non-professional relationship. I was roofing 6-7 days/wk most of the year – then.

  82. 82.

    Grumpy Code Monkey

    I just spent the day digging trenches to run a water line to the garden. In gumbo. Wet gumbo. Using a trencher with undriven wheels. Thought it wouldn’t take me more than a couple of hours, wound up taking six.

    I am, as we like to say around these parts, stove up. My hands are going to be non-responsive blocks of wood tomorrow.

    And that beats hell out of shampooing carpets.

  83. 83.

    quaint irene

    Poop cleanup in the yard will be a nasty business when the snow s

    After all these years it still bugs me that dog poop can’t be used as garden manure. Heck, horse and chicken shit is gardening gold once it’s been seasoned for six months or so. But the ‘gifts’ from man’s best friend. Still verboten.

  84. 84.

    Wile E. Quixote

    So, you uh, wearing anything while you’re shampooing the carpets? I mean you have kind of a thing for naked floor cleaning activities, so I was just curious. You know.

  87. 87.

    mattski

    @J Cole – Lucky bastard, I spent my day scraping layers of painted over wall paper. People who paint over wall papers should be subjected to there very own special layer of hell

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