Throwing the yarrow stalks via twitter… Politics mood:
— Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) February 25, 2020
based on what i know of marxs organizational skills and living habits i am not sure he wouldnt die of starvation from being unable to stop posting if you gave him twitter https://t.co/JQWOamoP7v
— '''mold,,, (@quinn_mcg_) February 26, 2020
Kate Bush- Running Up That Hill pic.twitter.com/njvWE0IG1N
— javelina running to (@javelinarunning) February 25, 2020
Guess we’re looking forward towards at another long week.
TaMara (HFG)
HumboldtBlue
Some fond memories of a really good guy.
Dr. Stanley Dudrick, my (dad’s) Aunt Sonia’s brother, recently passed. He will be missed.
Now if someone could convince my eldest sister and her husband from embarking on a month-long visit to Morocco and Spain amidst the burgeoning viral pandemic it’d be a great weekend.
Elizabelle
I wuz expecting a duck in a scarf.
trollhattan
@Elizabelle:
Not a Spanish Inquisition? I’m always on the lookout.
Benw
@Elizabelle: entitlements are getting out of hand! We have to cut duck/scarf funding immediately! :)
Sab
@Elizabelle: My cocker spaniel is impatiently waiting for me to finish his sweater since I threw the last one out when it got infested with burdock burrs. I just had him trimmed, and he is bald.
Sab
@Sab: I am nearly done. Just needs turtleneck and the back trim. He is right. Small project that should have taken a day, and I have stretched it out for weeks. I just am extremely tired of watching Simpsons and Family Guy in TV.
Ken
Surely Karl Marx has a twitter account. After all, the Voice of God, Devin Nunes’ cow, and DPRK News all have them.
I believe it was Charles Stross who said that H.P. Lovecraft would have been the sort of person who clogs up everyone’s twitter account, based on the man’s habit of responding to every piece of correspondence. Though HPL’s letters tended to be a wee bit longer than 140 characters.
chopper
@Sab:
burdock? that’s a crazy fool.
Sab
@Sab: So I go up to my room and read BJ when I should be knitting.
patrick II
That (pot bellied?) pig was way faster than I would have ever expected.
Sab
@chopper: Huh? Miss your reference ( not good on popular culture. Spouse does that.)
Bill Arnold
Owls, captioned:
Elizabelle
@patrick II: Tis a javelina. A native species to Arizona deserts.
Splitting Image
I can’t imagine Karl Marx liking twitter. Or any German philosopher. They have trouble writing a word with less than 140 characters, never mind a sentence.
Elizabelle
@Sab: We may need a picture of that.
Warm that puppy!
Omnes Omnibus
The third season of Babylon Berlin is now available on Netflix. My dilemma: Do I start it now and begin the week tired or do I wait until after work tomorrow?
piratedan
@patrick II: usually found in family clusters (parents and kids), they’re very territorial, quite aromatic (musk smell) and they will destroy a garden and quite a few beautiful agave plants (they did up the root balls and eat them, leaving a scattered array of spiny green stalks sadly strewn across the ground. Very unusual to see them in a residential area like shown, they tend to stick to the hillsides and dry washes…
Sab
@Sab:
@chopper: Are you implying my dog is a fool? I can attest to that.
patrick II
@Elizabelle: @piratedan:
Thank you. Read the wiki and learned it is not actually a pig at all.
Suzanne
@piratedan: We are seeing coyotes in our neighborhood. One chased Spawn the Elder on his bike.
Time to get out of this damn state. I might make a farewell donation to Captain Kelly.
Sab
@patrick II: Sure looks like one, though, doesn’t it?
Amir Khalid
@Omnes Omnibus:
Not really a reply, just a random recollection: when Babylon 5 was on Malaysian TV, that station’s announcers always called it Baby Lawn 5.
Yutsano
@Sab: A porkchop by any other name…
Ruckus
@HumboldtBlue:
Amazing guy. Sorry for your loss.
Ruckus
@Ken:
280 characters.
patrick II
@Sab: Yes, it does look like one, however:
Wikipedia is really just so cool. It makes the internet almost worth causing the destruction of civilization.
Sab
@Yutsano: I don’t eat pork, pretty much for the same reason I don’t eat dog. Have known some pigs over the years. Could never eat their cousins.
burnspbesq
Some good news on Sunday: District Court ruled that Ken Cuccnelli’s appointment as acting director of CIS violated the Vacancies Reform Act, and was therefore void ab initio. This voids policy changes that in practice have made it nearly impossible for asylum seekers to win a credible-fear determination.
BWAHAHAHA. Good widdance to bad wubbish.
Sab
@HumboldtBlue: I am sorry for your loss.
Elderly relatives don’t behave. They just don’t. I am looking forward to being elderly for that reason.
Makes it so much harder on the caretaking relatives.
JWR
Just saw a Cenk Uygar spot on my local news. Fighting for the people! (Or something.)
But right after that, they did a pretty good segment pointing out Sanders’ hypocrisy, as he flip-flops on whatever route through the already agreed-to rules seems to better his chances at the nomination. First time I actually gave him the bird. (This time around, that is.)
CaseyL
@Bill Arnold: Oh, I love that! That poor little owl’s gonna have some explaining to do when it gets back to the nest. “Where have you been, and what have you been up to?” I always wonder about wild critters who get tagged, what their pack/herd/family members think about the weird fashion accessory. (Larsen had a terrific cartoon on just that subject.)
piratedan
@Suzanne: that is a very apropos parting gift, hoping that Pennsylvania is a better place for you and yours….
JustRuss
So I should cancel my plans to quit sniffing glue?
Amir Khalid
@JustRuss:
You’ll probably need the glue to get through the week.
SectionH
@Suzanne: Good luck, you! I couldn’t live in AZ, but the idea of winter fills me with horror* (not least because I was back in LEX last November when it was 14º F.) *Yes I know from 120+ as well.
May your winters be cold enough to kill most of the bugs, but mostly on the better side… and good esp. may your move as smooth as it can be.
SectionH
@burnspbesq: YES!!! Saw that, in actual English*, though I’m sure your terminology is more accurate. It looked like good news.
*Ah – it was the Grauniad of course.
hervevillechaizelounge
I’m several threads late with this but I want to recommend a movie to Zhena. If your husband is interested in film noir architecture he’d love the documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself, which is available for free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_coAky_Hi4
The narrator isn’t fabulous but seeing all the buildings from classic films is fascinating—it really gives you a sense of continuity with the past.
On a related note, based on recommendations on the noir thread I watched Kiss Me Deadly and Night Moves tonight; both were fabulous but I found Gene Hackman’s comb-over distracting. It had a life of its own, dancing in the wind and demanding attention like a needy child:(
My Side of Town
@patrick II: Back in the day, my step father would bow hunt them and occasionally got one and invite us over for a barbeque. They taste like pork,
mrmoshpotato
@patrick II:
Really? Have you heard its running playlist?
prostratedragon
Noir tv:
Based on a John Cheever story, and featuring Phyllis Thaxter.
My Side of Town
The Florida primary is March 17th. I changed my registration to democratic so I can vote, since it’s a closed primary. I’m still undecided since Harris withdrew, but favor Warren.