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icanhascheezburger_feedPetition to name the kitten 'Puddles'
icanhascheezburger_feedNotes From A Liquor Store
May. 22nd, 2025 03:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead Notes From A Liquor Store
You get some wild characters working retail. Some old favorites of mine at the liquor store I used to work at:
American non-thinker
May. 22nd, 2025 02:26 amlawyersgunsmoneyblog_feed
I understand why many Americans love the guy, but I really wish I didn’t:
RAMAPHOSA: I am sorry I don't have a plane to give you TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it RAMAPHOSA: Okay
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Trump is now giving the South African president the full Zelenskyy treatment
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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That sheet of papers purporting to show WHITE GENOCIDE in South Africa was 1)a printed out blog post 2)from…The American Thinker 3)about a country that is not South Africa:
The country with the most sophisticated intelligence capabilities in the world, and the president is holding up "a months-old blog post" from an obscure, conspiracy-mongering site "featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic of Congo" while making allegations against South Africa to its president
— Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Less than 181 weeks to go! And presumably about a week until he berates a world leader based on a printed out fwd: fwd: fwd: fwd: fwd: fwd: fwd: email from Pam Geller or Roger L. Simon.
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A Policy Written In Blood And Butter
May. 22nd, 2025 01:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead A Policy Written In Blood And Butter
Customer: "I want a small popcorn. But can you put it in a large tub?"
Me: "Sorry, sir, I can’t do that. The large tub comes with free refills; we have to charge by the container."
Customer: "But I don’t want a refill. I just want a small portion in the bigger tub so it doesn’t spill."
icanhascheezburger_feedOh, the classic cat vs. cohabitation showdown. Here's a pawrent who's torn between love for their girlfriend and love for their lifelong feline sidekick. The girlfriend's spotless, no-pet palace clashes with the cat's fuzzy, unconditional affection, leaving this hooman stuck between furever loyalty and relationship goals.
It's pawsitively heart-wrenching! Giving up a cat isn't just about handing over a pet; it's like losing a piece of your soul who's been through thick and thin. And yet, living separately isn't forever either, so the choice feels like a catastrophe either way.
Plus, the fear of resentment lurking if the cat has to go? Totally relatable. No one wants to trade true love for a fur-free home and end up clawing their own heart out later.
Maybe this calls for some creative compromise. Like a pet-free shared space and keeping the cat's kingdom separate. Or a pause on moving in until everyone's on the same page.
Either way, this is one emotional tug-of-war between paws and partnership, and it shows just how much furry friends really do mean family. Whatever happens, here's hoping the hoomans and the kitty find a happy middle ground.
It’s Almost As If A Mischievous Spirit Was At Play
May. 22nd, 2025 12:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead It’s Almost As If A Mischievous Spirit Was At Play
Sometime after the start of Act Two, a character is supposed to sing a tango number, but her lavalier mic (microphone worn by the actors) doesn't work for the duration of the song.
Rather than stop the show to troubleshoot, a stagehand dances his way on stage during the choreography and gives her a handheld mic.
Which doesn't work either.
It Pays To Know When To Aim For The Stars
May. 21st, 2025 11:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead It Pays To Know When To Aim For The Stars
Guest: "Hey, so... quick question. When are the stars gonna line up like that again?"
Me: "You mean the alignment from the show? That was a simulation of the night sky from [very long time ago] years ago."
Guest: "Yeah, but like... when’s the next time that same pattern is gonna happen in real life?"
Me: "Well... technically, not for a few thousand years."
タンポポが好きなまるさん。Maru likes dandelions.
May. 21st, 2025 11:00 pmmaru_feedこの春はタンポポがお気に召したまるさん。（去年までは特に好きそうでもなかったのですが。） 中でも特に、この砂利道に生えているタンポポがお気に入り。 最近はお散歩の帰りは必ずここで立ち止まって、しばらくのんびりしてから帰り […]
House Democrats Bottle Up Billionaires’ Budget In Rules Committee
May. 21st, 2025 10:46 pmlawyersgunsmoneyblog_feedAccording to Maxwell Frost, Democratic Representative from Florida. I can’t find anything about this being reported by the usual culprits.
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Almost there! Almost! (Retirement)
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hrjTicked off two more things on the retirement checklist this morning: getting copies of the two paystubs that I was still missing, and getting my official "retirement gift" from the attaboy catalog. As usual, the catalog offerings were mostly either "already have one" or "no use for this" but in the end I settled on a wet/dry shop vac. You know, in the event that I ever get back to doing carpentry projects or whatnot. After you pick your primary gift, they roll you over into the gift card section, where you pick gift cards until you run out of remaining balance. So I currently have $250 worth of gift cards for Black Angus Steakhouse that I will be looking for a special occasion to use.
Most of the IRA activity is complete -- I have confirmation and documents for one of the annuities and for the managed fund (the "pretend this doesn't exist for now" fund). I should get the confirmation and paperwork for the other annuity shortly. I've updated my budget projections spreadsheet and concluded that the annuities are probably over-deducting for taxes, but I think I'll let it ride for now. This year is going to be completely weird for income taxes and I'd rather get a refund than have to pay. Next year I can fine tune things, and the year after that I should be able to predict fairly precisely.
Oh, and still waiting on Social Security to come through. I think on Friday I'll do another round of sitting on the phone to check in. (I check the website almost every day, on the chance that an approval will show up there before I get it in the mail.)
In the mean time, I'm continuing with an overstuffed calendar. Mon/Tues in Stockton to run medical errands for my dad. This morning recording an interview for the podcast, then working with the electrician who will be re-doing my electrical panel. In a couple hours I'll do a guest appearance by zoom for a college class that read one of my books. Tomorrow the electrician starts and completes the panel work, mostly while I'm out of the house for a combined bike ride and routine medical check-up. (I figure since they sent me a pre-work questionnaire about my exercise, I'll properly impress them if I show up in my bike togs all sweaty.) Online Wiscon is this weekend, then Monday the HVAC folks come to do my annual maintenance. And then I have nothing extra scheduled for a week and a half before the Nebula conference (which I'm attending virtually). June is pretty empty at this point, but the way things have been going, who knows?
Most of the IRA activity is complete -- I have confirmation and documents for one of the annuities and for the managed fund (the "pretend this doesn't exist for now" fund). I should get the confirmation and paperwork for the other annuity shortly. I've updated my budget projections spreadsheet and concluded that the annuities are probably over-deducting for taxes, but I think I'll let it ride for now. This year is going to be completely weird for income taxes and I'd rather get a refund than have to pay. Next year I can fine tune things, and the year after that I should be able to predict fairly precisely.
Oh, and still waiting on Social Security to come through. I think on Friday I'll do another round of sitting on the phone to check in. (I check the website almost every day, on the chance that an approval will show up there before I get it in the mail.)
In the mean time, I'm continuing with an overstuffed calendar. Mon/Tues in Stockton to run medical errands for my dad. This morning recording an interview for the podcast, then working with the electrician who will be re-doing my electrical panel. In a couple hours I'll do a guest appearance by zoom for a college class that read one of my books. Tomorrow the electrician starts and completes the panel work, mostly while I'm out of the house for a combined bike ride and routine medical check-up. (I figure since they sent me a pre-work questionnaire about my exercise, I'll properly impress them if I show up in my bike togs all sweaty.) Online Wiscon is this weekend, then Monday the HVAC folks come to do my annual maintenance. And then I have nothing extra scheduled for a week and a half before the Nebula conference (which I'm attending virtually). June is pretty empty at this point, but the way things have been going, who knows?
icanhascheezburger_feedWhat started as a simple coffee run after a late night out turned into a full-blown purrsuit of kindness when one animal lover heard tiny mews near the road. While sipping his iced coffee, he spotted a box and discovered two teeny-weeny furballs inside, cold and crying.
At first, he pawsed, unsure if he was ready to handle this kind of rescue mission. But after a bit of pacing and some serious clawsideration, he decided to do the right thing. He scooped up the kittens and headed to a trusted vet, enlisting the help of a friend and fellow cat dad on the way. The vet confirmed they were around a week old, both boys, and in decent shape aside from being a little chilly.
He searched every hardware store for a way to keep them warm. No kitten around, it was tough. Just when hope was starting to fade, his mom pointed to a lamp with the exact bulbs he needed. Talk about a cattastrophic problem turned meowgical moment.
Now he's fully committed, setting up a cozy nest and stepping into his new role as proud pawrent of two purrfect surprises.
35 Mischievous Memes of Playful Fur Babies Just Kitten Around
May. 21st, 2025 02:00 pmicanhascheezburger_feedThe middle of the week is upon us. Any beyond us being halfway to the weekend, this point in the week has likely got you feeling like you are either going to burnout or that you want to release a lot of feisty feline-like energy on those who have wronged you. And you know that we would much rather you indulge in the latter option.
So to help you figure out what your own brand of feline flavored revenge might look like, we made this list of mischievous memes of playful fur babies who are just kitten around. Well, they are not really, but if they say they are, then we can't get mad at them for what they do. It's a pretty nifty trick that we all stand to learn from and is especially useful if you are planning to unleash your frustrations on your coworkers, who have likely been the source of your sour mood.
This Story Goes Straight To 100
May. 21st, 2025 10:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead This Story Goes Straight To 100
The "first hundred days" thing isn't only used by politicians. When my old boss retired five years ago, we got a new boss (who is awesome, and the best boss ever). Things have gone pretty well for him since about day a-hundred-and-one. The first hundred, though... well, after them, he stopped being a fan of using that metric.
Gabbard and Kent: make up fake intelligence to protect Trump’s arbitrary detentions
May. 21st, 2025 09:22 pmlawyersgunsmoneyblog_feed
Everything bad about previous Republican administrations gets worse under Trump:
New emails document how a top aide to Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, ordered analysts to edit an assessment with the hope of insulating President Trump and Ms. Gabbard from being attacked for the administration’s claim that Venezuela’s government controls a criminal gang.
“We need to do some rewriting” and more analytic work “so this document is not used against the DNI or POTUS,” Joe Kent, the chief of staff to Ms. Gabbard, wrote in an email to a group of intelligence officials on April 3, using shorthand for Ms. Gabbard’s position and for the president of the United States.
The New York Times reported last week that Mr. Kent had pushed analysts to redo their assessment, dated Feb. 26, of the relationship between Venezuela’s government and the gang, Tren de Aragua, after it came to light that the assessment contradicted a subsequent claim by Mr. Trump. The disclosure of the precise language of Mr. Kent’s emails has added to the emerging picture of a politicized intervention.
The final memo, which is dated April 7 and has since become public, still contradicts a key claim that Mr. Trump made to justify sending people accused of being members of the gang to a notorious Salvadoran prison without due process.
Ah, Joe Kent, the Republican so nice he somehow lost WA-3 twice.
Once Trump wins the war on Venezuela by sending enough random hairdressers and contractors with Real Madrid tattoos to torture prisons without a hearing, my understanding is that the reanimated Ahmed Chalabi will be ready to take over the country.
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