Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

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

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Bark louder, little dog.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

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Have a wonderful day and weekend, and enjoy the pictures!

 

Folks, if it’s Friday, it must be otmar!

He actually submitted two sets, and I’ll run the next one next Friday.

Thanks otmar – your pictures and explanations bring me and many others lots of joy. You’re lucky to live somewhere so scenic!

And should we have other overseas readers, please do send in photos. We’d love to gain some insight into your country and culture, and get a feel how the world looks around you.

 

Today, pictures from valued commenter otmar.

January 14th I drove the little spawn to a indoor hockey game in Graz (about 200 km SW of Vienna). We had some time to spare so we walked through the old city center and up to the landmark of Graz:the clock tower.

It was a snowy, early Sunday morning, so the city was very quiet and empty.

View from the main city square.

City hall.

Looking towards the “Schlossberg”

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazer_Uhrturm (there is no English version of that page)

Looking back down towards the city center.

 

Thank you so much otmar, do send us more when you can.

 

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20Comments

  1. 1.

    JCJ

    Thanks Otmar! I was in Graz 22 years ago in August. It was unusually hot so it looked a bit different from these shots. I always perk up when Alan has your pictures.

  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    Grüße, Otmar!
    Manche von uns Schakalen könnten wissen, dass Graz die Heimatstadt Arnold Schwarzeneggers ist. Aber das ist fast die einzige Sache, die ich über Graz weiß. Nun weiß ich, dass sie auch eine schöne Stadt ist.

  12. 12.

    mapaghimagsik

    Get to ‘reapply’ for my job today. I’m not too worried, since I’m one of the few people in my company who can spell SCADA. But we’ve been gradually replacing the security people in my org with MBAs and unaccredited ex military so neither knowledge nor competence are much insurance.

    After that, I get to try to find out which between IT and OT, both of which have been habitually feeding audit and cyber-security a mix of stonewalling and lies for almost two years have been lying the least and find some sort of Solomon-like decision to move forward.

    But, it’s Friday. I think for my status report, I’ll try to find a montage of “you’re fucked” lines from famous movies.

  13. 13.

    bluefoot

    I love Graz. I’ve been there twice – once in winter, once in early summer, and I loved it both times. I was there on business, and I keep meaning to go for vacation. You’ve inspired me to put it on the calendar for this year.

  16. 16.

    Miss Bianca

    For some reason I thought Graz was practically a suburb of Vienna, not 200 km away! Still hoping to make it to Austria before I die – lovely pics!

  18. 18.

    laura

    Otmar, your photos are always so lovely.
    Isn’t Graz the home town of our former Governor der Gropenfeuhrer?

  20. 20.

    otmar

    @mapaghimagsik: ics security is quite the upcoming thing. IT and OT are getting linked together. It’s not the focus of my work, but colleagues are dealing with that issue.

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