I thought we could use a fresh one. Samwise says play nice. He’s watching! I’m just hanging out doing some reading. I had an exhausting week. I had to go to the office four whole days! Poor me. It was actually sort of funny, the team came to visit from (mostly) San Francisco, they were …
Andrew Yang’s Deep Thoughts
Sentient David Brooks column Andrew Yang had some deep thoughts yesterday. Policy? The Republican Party doesn’t have a platform and the Democrats have one they pretend about but don’t intend to actually implement. The Forward Party will bring people of diverse beliefs together to build common ground based on what people want and what works. …
Lateish Nite Open Thread: HBD Samwise!
Guessing we could use something a little less warlike. Well have I got just the thing for you. Guess who’s eight today?? That’s right, everybody’s favorite gray goofball, Samwise! Here he is flaunting the new collar we got him. And don’t worry, he got plenty of actual cat treats too. Click to embiggen. Open thread! …
Late Night Open Thread: A “New Temperance Movement”?
Have you noticed less alcohol in the world? I haven’t, I don’t think, but then again as a non-drinker maybe I wouldn’t. The main thing limiting my friends’ drinking seems to be that a well cocktail in a Hell’s Kitchen gay bar is like $15. If anything I remember reading that problem drinking had reached …
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“Nobody Trusts Anybody Now, and We’re All Very Tired”
Plenty of quotes from horror movies encapsulate the last two and a half years, but this might be the best one–nobody trusts anybody now, and we’re all very tired. It’s only fitting that it comes from one of the best horror movies ever made, John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece The Thing, which just turned forty. To …
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Serenity Meow!
What a day! What a week! I don’t have anything intelligible to say about *gestures*, so here’s a respite thread where we can say things about other stuff. Like how nice it might be to be a cat: Bonus Samwise below the fold… and keep in mind this here is a RESPITE thread!
An Ambassador for his Country
Greetings from the Barcelona airport, where I feel guilty for only knowing some German and Italian. Meanwhile, this fucking guy… When I was in high school, I was taught that traveling internationally made you an ambassador for your country. I honestly can’t say whether he learned the same. He’s certainly being accurate enough, though the …