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Lazy Sunday

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I got nothing accomplished but did take two naps and played some Fallout 4. Made a big pot of black bean chili and fed Carlo and Christion (the two fraternity boys living here this summer until they can find jobs) and several of their friends. Now watching the Pens and getting ready for GOT.

The furkids are relaxing:

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I like having the frat kids staying here over the summer. Keeps me young.

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  1. 1.

    Helen

    uh dude. I don’t watch GOT but apparently something big happened cuz in the last 2 threads people are screaming about whatever it is.

  4. 4.

    Davebo

    I got tons of stuff done today. Installed a new anchor light on the boat as well as some wire pins to make putting the bimini top up and down easier, fixed a short in one of the docking lights and took pics and measurements so I can fabricate a new easy to remove trolling motor mount. Finally, six weeks shy of my 52nd birthday I both slalomed and knee boarded ( tomorrow is going to be painful and I’ve got a 12 hour round trip drive to make).

  9. 9.

    PurpleGirl

    Awww, the picture of the puppehs is so cute. But where is Rosie?

    It’s good that you like having the frat boys stay with you; having the company and people to talk with and stay involved with is good for your health.

    I went to the meet- up last night because I’ve been hibernating for a while and I knew I needed to hang out with some people.

    In an hour my building losses power for about 4 hours for repairs and upgrading of the generators. This is the third of four blackouts,

  10. 10.

    Suzanne

    The PHX meetup was really fun. Great company and good food. Hope y’all can see the pictures soon!!

  12. 12.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Suzanne:

    Hope y’all can see the pictures soon!!

    Pix or it didn’t happen, like that alleged DC meetup(no pix from there).

  13. 13.

    Suzanne

    Oh, and I haven’t gotten to watch GoT yet this evening, so I am trying to avoid spoilers.

    And on an unrelated girly note, I got a new BB cream and it doesn’t make my eyes water or skin itch and I am excited.

  15. 15.

    Eric S.

    Sad ending to GoT. I wonder how much of the detail is Martin and how much is HBO?

  16. 16.

    Suzanne

    @BillinGlendaleCA: Prescott Cactus got some pictures, and I think he sent them to Anne Laurie. So rest assured it happened. Bruschetta was eaten. Pizza was eaten.

  17. 17.

    satby

    We had a long day yesterday so I and the exchange daughters had a lazy day too. Beautiful day, nice to just sit outside and veg out. I’m going to pay for that this week though catching up on what I blew off.

  19. 19.

    satby

    @Suzanne: compare the ingredients, I have developed a nasty allergy to one of the sunscreen ingredients in a lot of those kinds of products. Since I am a very fair redhead, I use sunscreen often, but I was peeling for days after a bad reaction to my usual stuff. You may be starting down the same path.

  20. 20.

    ? Martin

    Working through survival mode on Fallout. Plays very different, much more what I wanted going in. Really enjoying it.

  22. 22.

    opiejeanne

    Our youngest daughter is getting married in our garden this summer, so had our girls and their SOs over for lunch and a planning meeting for the wedding. I made supper nachos and a salad, they brought a white moscato that was like soda pop and I was a little tipsy by halfway through the meeting.

    The subject of music for the party afterwards came up and I am trying desperately to remember the hiphop (or do I mean rap? or are they interchangeable ?) recording that I heard recently. It was popular a while ago, was something not heard as often as Baby Got Back, still is, but it isn’t that old Did someone here post one during our evening or late evening threads? . It was something that won’t scare the white people too much. Does anyone remember something like this?

    Of course, I may have bumped into it somewhere else, but I’m pretty sure it was here.

  23. 23.

    rikyrah

    Awe. Thanks for the animal pic. I did all my chores yesterday -washing and cooking. Today I went to get a new phone. So far, so good. Knock on wood.

  24. 24.

    PsiFighter37

    @Eric S.: I have to think GRRM clued them in a little bit.

    Still one of the saddest ends to an episode, even with the Red Wedding and Jon Snow’s first ‘death’ on the list.

  26. 26.

    Suzanne

    @satby: I just need stuff that is very light and breathable, and no chemical sunscreen. Problem is that most mineral sunscreen is very thick and pore-clogging. This one seems to be good so far. Haven’t worn it for a full day yet so I have time to be disappointed.

  27. 27.

    AnotherBruce

    OT, but when you’ve lost Atrios….

    Engaged people, the type that spend time blathering about politics on the internet, know why they made their choice. You aren’t going to change their minds. More than that, there’s no point in trying. Can someone send out that batsignal or something and let people know the primary is over? We have a winner.

    Heads up, Atrios was my first blogger love. I’m so old that I can remember when people thought that Atrios was a cover name for Sid Vicious, which was a cover name for Sid Blumenthal. I still love the blog, and I’m happy to know that Mr. Black is still sane.

  30. 30.

    Davebo

    @AnotherBruce: You have to give him credit for resisting the urge to update his blogger CMS. Everything on the internet is constantly changing, except Eschaton.

  32. 32.

    Xantar

    Yeah, you know how if you suddenly find out the background of a character in a TV show, that character is going to die in that episode?

    Turns out Game of Thrones follows that rule, too.

  36. 36.

    Davebo

    @Omnes Omnibus: Well he did get a nod on The West Wing back in the day which, as they say was a pretty big f#cking deal.

    Then again Bon Jovi did as well so maybe not.

  39. 39.

    AnotherBruce

    @Omnes Omnibus: Actually, that turned out well for him, at the time a photo of him was published on the net, and a lot of the Eschaton girls were commenting on how handsome he was. It was really a fun blog for awhile, and kept a lot of us lefty types sane, because all of the media at that time were in the tank for the Bushwacking that was going on.

  40. 40.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Davebo: Bon Jovi is apparently a decent person and a solid Dem. I know people who work in private aviation who have come across him and a number of other celebs. He and Springsteen got the highest marks for being normal, willing to understand that shit happens, and being willing to pick up a bag and carry it to the plane.

    I still don’t like his music.

  41. 41.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    Went out for my walk last night, and didn’t get the notification on my watch that my doors had locked. I checked my phone and the locks were not talking to my up, so the front door was probably still unlocked. Walked back home and that was indeed the case. So I spent last night and today re-pairing my locks and then the two bulbs in the living room that got fucked up in the process of re-pairing the locks. Isn’t technology fun?

  43. 43.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Omnes Omnibus: That, the GOS and Gillard.

    ETA: I guess the first I read was Altercation and enjoyed the short pieces from Major Bob and Charlie Pierce.

  46. 46.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Omnes Omnibus: GOS was really good when Kos was posting alot early on. Some of the FP’ers after that where OK, but many really were not that good. Agree completely about Steve and he was a really nice guy, too bad he didn’t live to see Obama elected.

  47. 47.

    AnotherBruce

    @Omnes Omnibus: About the same time period for me. Cole’s blog caught me after that, not because he’s a better blogger. But I like the commentariat (not a legal word) better here.

  48. 48.

    Ruckus

    John Cole
    You tweeted about who do you contact to work GOTV for Clinton. Go to her website and click on volunteer. Someone will contact you. I’ve had a few emails and 2 calls wanting me to attend classes but both of them were days and times I work. I’ve called and emailed back and gotten no responses so I probably have to keep pushing.

  49. 49.

    Steeplejack

    I had some issues with Wallander tonight.

    Note: No spoilers in this comment.

    Maybe it’s mostly my own fault, because I can’t avoid comparing Branagh’s Wallander to the (much better, IMO) Swedish series that ran intermittently from 2006 to 2014.

    Branagh has a little bit of Master Thespian syndrome (“I’m—acting!” “Genius!” “Thank you!”), and the series has often felt like a one-man show with the other characters reduced to scenery. Anyway, the treatment of Wallander’s deteriorating health struck me as kind of mawkish and melodramatic. In the Swedish series it was much more understated and thus somehow more tragic. Possibly handled better by being spread out over a greater number of episodes.

    I recommend the Swedish series if you can find it on Netflix or wherever. Thirty-two 90-minute episodes. Krister Henriksson is excellent as Wallander, and the rest of the cast is good too. Very nice ensemble work. Definitely season 3 (2014)—trailer here—which covers Wallander’s health problems and wraps up the series very well.

    ETA: This comment prompted by the fact that the specific case in tonight’s episode, “The Troubled Man,” was handled way better in the Swedish series.

  50. 50.

    piratedan

    @Suzanne: was very nice meeting you (and everyone else) and perhaps PC can make it a semi-regular thang. Always nice to match faces to words and ideas. Juicers, meeting each other is a good thing imho, it can inspire you to do more and not feel like we’re on an island of crazy.

  51. 51.

    seaboogie

    My life is deeply weird. I just rescued a honeybee (it is 9:30 at night) from a cobweb from under my printer-stand. How do these things happen? Moreover, it is interesting to observe how practiced and practical I am about such things. A length of toilet paper and turning off indoor lights while turning on the outside ones (with the aid of the flashlight on my iphone to find the little sucker) are the tools of my insect rescue trade.

  52. 52.

    seaboogie

    @BillinGlendaleCA: Do you not have these things we call “keys”? The are quite delightful, shiny metal things that make a pleasingly jangly sound and can even entertain babies. Once programmed at the local hardward store, they are good for life. Cheap, too.

  53. 53.

    seaboogie

    Watching the new Maria Bamford show “Lady Dynamite” on Netflix. Very quirky and deightful, like Ms. Bamford herself. Definitely worth catching.

  54. 54.

    Suzanne

    @piratedan: It was super fun meeting you and Bumper and Karen Marie and AZLib and Prescott Cactus and the +1s! It’s good to feel that we’re not alone.

    I am trying to watch GoT on my friend’s plex server and IT IS CRAPPING OUT TEN MINUTES FROM THE END WTF.

  56. 56.

    Prescott Cactus

    @piratedan:
    @Suzanne:

    It was a very, very nice day ! Chow was good, company was excellent. I’m not sure if last minute planning or long range is better. Sun, Aug 21st is “on the floor”. We’ll see !

    Per seaboogie’s request Suzanne and I clinked glass and and toasted her.

  57. 57.

    Prescott Cactus

    @Ruckus: If all else fails try your state Rep and state Senator. Mine are getting me actively involved. GOTV for Dem’s and Indy’s plus Registration work.

    Our town had 37 Precinct Captain positions available for Dem’s and only 12 filled. 13 now. All 37 filled with 4 years is the plan.

  61. 61.

    Davebo

    @Omnes Omnibus: Back in the day I worked for an Exec airline that flew quite a few of the bigger acts including the Stones. Mick Jagger was a super guy. Gave me a back stage pass for a show on their Steel Wheels tour.

  62. 62.

    Joy

    I don’t comment here often but read every day. I know John doesn’t like pats on the back, but I’m gonna do it anyway. You’re a good man Cole!

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