Heya- been a busy couple of days the past few days so didn’t have time to check in and then every time I did it was too late and I just said fuck it. At any rate, one of our friends from undergraduate, Mary, was in town for the weekend visiting her friend and her dying husband, and her son goes into ASU, so we ended up having a last minute outing on Friday night. Then yesterday, Joelle and I had a shitload of work scheduled to do, got up, we were out of half and half for coffee, and that pretty much set the tone for “To be honest I do not want to do a god damned thing today” and with that, nothing was accomplished.
We couldn’t make dinner plans because we didn’t know if Mary was going to call last minute, so we just picked up gyros and eventually I went and had to go drive Mary’s son home from her friends and to make a long story short, we didn’t get anything done. I mainly played skull and bones and bitched about being old.
Grilled tonight, she’s about to finish Bridgerton (thank god) and I am playing games. Maybe I will have something to say tomorrow.
wmd
Not getting a damn thing done and gyros sounds like a decent day. Grilling and finishing Bridgerton sounds like things are trending better.
Odie Hugh Manatee
Replacing the cords on blinds can be a real challenge with three cats assisting.
Yutsano
You’re reminding me of when I was in Tempe oh so many years ago for my fraternity. It was a great trip, I got to sit in with the Arizona State Sun Devil band, and had my very first boba tea with a great drummer. I occasionally think I should visit the Valley of the Sun soon but I made the mistake of going in July once. Never. Again.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Nikki Haley won the DC Republican primary by about 30 points. I await Trump’s stupid comments.
Steeplejack
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Zounds! All those Republican lobbyists (who don’t actually live in D.C.) are dead to Trump now. I’d sure hate to be them.
RaflW
@Dorothy A. Winsor: 19 delegates is not going to do much for Ms. Haley. But I’m sure Donnie Damphands will still be in a bad mood over it!
CaseyL
No cream for the coffee? This shall not stand! I hope you got out of the house long enough to lay in a supply of half-and-half!
I’m not sure what “getting nothing done” means: What you have going sounds like Regular Daily Life, and it’s lovely. Every day doesn’t have to be part of an ongoing project.
Today I saw Dune Part 2 and… honestly, didn’t care much for it. There are important departures from the book that bothered me a lot, because they contradict what major characters believed and said in the book, that I will not point out here to avoid spoilers (unless someone asks). The movie is visually sumptuous, no argument there.
wmd
@Yutsano:
My main memory of Tempe is partying there with a college buddy in July ’88, then spending the next day replacing the clutch in a ’75 BMW R90/6 Motorcycle on a vacant lot in Mesa. The Rolling Rock I’d drank the previous night was giving me diarrhea, and keeping hydrated was challenging. My road buddie took off, I caught up with him in Los Banos California about 20 hours later. Had to borrow a tool to disconnect the swing arm from a local bike shop, but for some reason I had a spare clutch with me.
Scout211
Thank you. I needed a laugh tonight and that phrase just tickled me.
wmd
@Scout211: lol.
We took off from Bloomington Indiana. Had an invite from a Hoosier that was an executive for ABATE to help with security at a “Motorcycle Rodeo” 4th of July weekend in Los Banos. My buddy was on a Heritage softtail, I was on an R90/6. I got there and got the free camping, had a cameo on a ESPN clip where I stopped a CHP at an intersection and waved bikes through and then flipped them off. I found a felt hillbilly hat that was a favorite disreputable hat for some years to come. Also was able to fix a tent pole with other abandoned property – someone else’s tent poles had failed, but the fiberglass sections were the same length and guage as mine…
One of many epic bike trips.
And I’m really unclear on why I threw the clutch parts in the saddlebag before leaving Indiana. I’m glad I did, as the shop didn’t have the parts in stock.
lowtechcyclist
@wmd:
I bet the bike shop was surprised to find a swing arm connected to it. Good on you for disconnecting it!
RaflW
This is really not doing my mood much good, but I think he’s correct:
eclare
@CaseyL:
“Every day doesn’t have to be part of an ongoing project.”
Words of wisdom, I wanted to see them again.
piratedan
@RaflW: hoping that they’ll remember that when the mob comes for them.
Gin & Tonic
Well, on the bright side, you *played* skull and bones and didn’t *join* skull and bones.
BigJimSlade
@wmd: That clutch was clutch. (sorry.)
Timill
@piratedan: Mob at the front door, Secret Service 00 Section at the exits…
NotMax
Random thought.
Someone needs to create the game Downton Zombies.
//
Mousebumples
Bad news (for you, John) on Bridgerton – Season 3 drops in May, I think. ;)
For Joelle, I recommend the Queen Charlotte “spin off”, if you haven’t watched it yet. The books were among my reading list in college (Queen Charlotte didn’t get a book and wasn’t really a character, even) , and I’ve enjoyed the twists from the move to Netflix. Also appreciate the multicultural casting choices with some great actors/actresses among the cast.
satby
@NotMax: How about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? Close enough?
Princess
@Dorothy A. Winsor: That’s hilarious. It’s going to drive him nuts. He’s a weak candidate.
satby
@Mousebumples: I actually liked Queen Charlotte a bit better. It was more humanizing and the ending was quite poignant.
Jackie
@Dorothy A. Winsor: He reacted just as we’d expect: ALL CAPS denying he expected to win in the Swamp. Currently RawStory has great responses.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-purposely-lost-to-haley/
Let me add, he threatened DC GQP voters of being excluded from his second admission IF they refused to vote. His mistake was stating if they didn’t vote for HIM! 🤣😂
Mousebumples
@satby: I agree. It was a great addition – the added back story with Lady Danbury and Lady Bridgerton was also a nice addition. The Whole Picture of their story, their lives, was also nice.
More difficult for the regular series (so far) since I believe the actor who played Duke of Hastings (season 1) didn’t agree to come back for later seasons. Though I think he’s been in more movies since that aired, too?
MisterForkbeard
Okay, but how does John feel about Skull and Bones?
KrackenJack
@CaseyL: I haven’t seen Part Two yet, but given that the novels are almost old enough to collect Social Security, I tend to cut the director a fair amount of slack. Different times.
It is a good question as to how much divergence requires a “based on” or “adapted from” disclaimer.
NotMax
@satby
Howzabout Downton Stabby?
:)
Mr. Bemused Senior
@KrackenJack: @CaseyL:
I enjoyed reading Dune way back when, though I gave up on the sequels after Children of Dune. I’ll certainly watch the movie.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@NotMax: I expected a shout out from you to Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.
NotMax
@Mr. Bemused Senior
In this case I was speculating more about gaming than movies.
;)
mrmoshpotato
Mmmmm gyros.
Roasted pork tenderloin and scalloped potatoes here. Tolerating this insane 60-degree weather on the back porches.
Watching tiny house tours on YouTube.
Motion-sensor lights in a ground-level cupboard is a genius idea.
laura
Sounds like a restorative weekend to me. Good on ya’s.
smike
@Scout211:
Nominated!
Roberto el oso
From skimming the comments: I heartily endorse “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”, which is a very good movie. I also endorse “Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter” which is a very (verrrrryyyyyy) bad movie (but Rufus Sewell’s bemused turn as the leader of the Vampires/Confederates is a must-see).
SectionH
@piratedan: No time for tumbrels. Let’s get them in jail until we get around to early trials for them
Srsly,I’m supporting a local D: Terra Lawson-Remer (SD county supervisor). And the local Repuke machine has – wait for it -Kevin Fauclanor running against her. What in the BFH?
And we’re filling out ballots out tomorrow for shure*… Mr S is still worring between Adam and Katie. We’re probably gonna split our votes, because we’d rather like they’d be 2 Dems, so better choices later.
Hint: I HATE this stupid ballot shit.
Bring on transferable preferential ballots!
SWMBO
John, I didn’t jump in when Betty Cracker didn’t have cream or half and half for her coffee. Use butter. Preferably unsalted but in a pinch, use whatever you have.
Bostondreams
John, did you ever finish a run through Baldur’s Gate 3? Thoughts?
Miss Bianca
@satby: PP & Z was actually a really fun movie, I thought – one of those rare movies where it’s way better than the book.
ETA: And just to be clear, we’re talking about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies the book – not the original P & P.
robtrim
Getting old?
Think of it this way:
“Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?” Marcus Aurelius
Janus Daniels
black coffee is better coffee