Silly Song of Summer, courtesy of a commentor who probably prefers not to be named. Ah, the risibility of teenage boys, and their inappropriate arousal at the the most ridiculous moments, in response to middle-aged checkout clerks or pandering advertising billboards…
Anne Laurie has been a Balloon Juice writer since 2009.
Open Thread: Help Me Out Here…
Word Cup Brazil 2014 teams combined with their national dog. So cute! pic.twitter.com/fZZ9WHuofu
— ♡Drea Al Ghul♡ (@DreaAlGhul) June 6, 2014
Via David Roth at SBNation
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Okay, I don’t know soccer, but I do know dog breeds. Some of these choices are perfect, and some are not, and some are — inexplicable, at least to me. Here’s the ones I can identify, top to bottom, left to right:
USA – Boston Terrier American Pit Bull Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier
Mexico – Chihuahua
Japan – Shiba Inu Akita Inu
Netherlands – Kooikerhondje
England – English Bulldog
Germany – German Shepherd (“Alsatian”)
Croatia – Dalmatian
Italy – Italian Greyhound Spain – Galago Espanol
Brazil – Fila Brasileiro
France – French Bulldog (should be a Griffon)
Switzerland – Berger Blanc Suisse
Belgium – Belgian Shepherd
Australia – Australian Kelpie
Spain – Presa Canario Italy – Cane Corso
Argentina – Dogo Argentino
Anybody want to update or correct me here?
ETA: Should’ve checked the spam filter sooner, thank you new commentors SP98 and CarolMarie!
First Lady Michelle Obama, on Another Great Lady
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Valued commentor LAMH36 emailed me this link, because she thought it should not be missed. She was, of course, correct.
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Open Thread: Ammosexuality, Internet Trolls
Tip of the hat to commentor Anoninimous in the prior thread.
Also, after reading this article in The Atlantic, I’m glad we have better commentors here than the National Journal:
… A couple of weeks ago, National Journal changed its comments policy, opting to eliminate comments on most stories as a way to stem the flood of abuse that appeared on the site. Naturally the comment-section reaction to that announcement helped reinforce the reason editors said comments had to go in the first place…
For all the boycott threats and comparisons to Hitler, though… the site seems to be doing better now. If anything, user engagement has increased since the comment policy changed. Pages views per visit increased by more than 10 percent. Page views per unique visitor increased 14 percent. Return visits climbed by more than 20 percent. Visits of only a single page decreased, while visits of two pages or more increased by almost 20 percent…
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Apart from mocking the competition, what’s on the agenda for the evening?
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Early Morning Open Thread: World Cup
(Keith Knight via GoComics.com)
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If I understand correctly, the World Cup doesn’t start until Thursday, but every good fan is already busy getting drunk prepped for the big day. (Observant Muslims and those with medical exemptions have to make an extra effort, I guess.) After perusing Spencer Hall’s exquisitely entertaining flow chart at SB Nation, I am now prepared to root for Australia, assuming anyone demands I pick a team. We are assured there will be no vuvuzelas, if only because the Brazilian fans will make such artificial noise-enhancers unnecessary.
I sincerely hope one of the more knowledgeable front-pagers takes over blogging The Cup, but though I am ignorant about sports I’m all in favor of seasons and rituals. So, if those of you who know a box-to-box midfielder from a deep-lying playmaker will leave a comment here (or email me later), I’ll do my best to put up posts at the proper times, okay?
Looks like the opening ceremonies start Thursday afternoon at 2:15pm EDT, with the first game scheduled for two hours later…
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Apart from football planning, what’s on the agenda this weekend?
Friday Recipe Exchange: Baked Beans
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From our Food Goddess, TaMara:
I was thinking of backyard cookouts when trying to pick a topic for tonight’s recipe exchange. Running through favorite side dishes, baked beans jumped to the top of the list. It is one of those dishes I equate with summer. I usually only put a pot of baked beans together for large cookouts or picnics and I love them. I like that you can mix up a variety of beans and sauces to get entirely different flavors: sweet or savory, spicy or full of smoky goodness. Difficult to choose a favorite.
With that in mind, let’s start with JeffreyW’s Baked Beans recipe (click here) and his walk-through (in words and picture) of his process (here).
Here’s a quick recipe that spices up a simple can of baked beans and adds a touch of sweet, too. Nita’s Baked Beans, recipe here.
If baked beans aren’t your thing, how about Butter Beans and Greens (recipe here), since in many backyard gardens, the collards, mustard greens and spinach could be flourishing.
What’s on your plate this weekend? Do you have any secret family recipes for baked beans? Go ahead, share in the comments, your secret’s safe with us.
The featured recipe tonight is savory, sweet. smoky and oven baked. Who knew molasses could be so good?
Late Night Open Thread: Anthemic
words… failing…
Cc: @lifewinning pic.twitter.com/WlfIpiBOa6
— @riordan (@riordan) June 5, 2014
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Described by a reviewer for Out magazine:
The sparkling and hilarious musical The Anthem—with a book by Gary Morgenstein, music by Jonnie Rockwell, and lyrics by Erik Ransom—opened Off-Broadway at the Culture Project’s Lynn Redgrave theater last weekend. Naturally, a musical is the best way to tackle Ayn Rand’s ponderous, poorly written, politically confused novel. With its 7-foot-tall leatherman executioner singing sweet, sexy music for the coitus chamber (in-between plying his trade with a disco ball of death), Rand at the very least provided the absurd premise for an absurd work…
As R.A. Lafferty once said: Tongue so severely in cheek as to protrude from the vulgar bodily orifice.