A Blessed Wednesday Cafe

The Infiltrator

Speaking of blessings: I really wanted to take a break after the election, but then I thought that I, much like my hero Rachel Maddow, should be on call for the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, Redux.

April 30, Wednesday, is Trump's 100th day. Close enough!

The kind-hearted cobloggers have agreed to take over the blog next week, Monday through Friday.

So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

Dog invades feline spaces. Good!

Taking a dog to get his picture taken.

A week ago I linked videos of very realistic latex masks that look straight out of Mission: Impossible. Some commenters wondered if the masks were real or just CGI trickery like you see in the actual Mission: Impossible movies. Not only are they real, but they have already been used in bank robberies -- a young man wore a realistic mask of a decrepit old man, nearly as decrepit at Joe Biden, and has evaded capture to this day. Apparently people realized he was wearing a mask when they saw this ancient Bidenesque figure running away from a robbery at full tilt like a college athlete.

They're expensive -- like $2000 or $3000 -- but that's very cheap if you want to do major crimes or other deceptions.

Little brother photobombs her attempt to become Internet Famous and steals the spotlight. (It's old.)

Boxer raises his human baby brother.

The inner workings of an escalator are just as scary as I thought they were when I was 8. (I broke my foot when I was eight and had to get along with crutches and a foot in a boot-cast. I was very scared that I wouldn't be able to step on to an escalator properly -- I thought I'd slip and it would drag me under or something -- which is this faint anxiety I've had ever since.)

A tornado hits Texas as construction workers grip the roof of the building they're working on to keep from being blown away.

Rambunctious cat wants chill dog to play.

This cat has hypnotized me with his crazyeyes.

Boxer enjoys the movie.

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Posted by: Ace at 07:26 PM

Comments

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1 April 30 is a Wednesday, FWIW

Posted by: zonedar at April 23, 2025 07:28 PM (Slp/3)

2 Have you cleared your vacation time with HR Karen?

Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (lCppi)

3 fifth

Posted by: doug at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (Hy+R4)

4 I could have been first but I didn't want to hog 'em.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (vFG9F)

5
Thanks for what you do, Ace. Have a great week off.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (j4U/Z)

6 Have a great vacation Ace! Going on a cruise?

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (vFG9F)

7 >>>1 April 30 is a Wednesday, FWIW

lol, I'm an idiot.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 07:30 PM (KRtlO)

8 close enough!

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 07:31 PM (KRtlO)

9 WTF

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (n2swS)

10 Let's not let a technicality get in the way of a good vacation.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (vFG9F)

11 Come on down to Virginia's eastern shore! All tourist stuff is open and there is lots of spring planting too!

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (28cZF)

12 What the hell were those idiots doing on a roof during a storm? Surely they have storms in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and point south.

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 07:33 PM (n2swS)

13 >>>>>>1 April 30 is a Wednesday, FWIW

>>>lol, I'm an idiot.

Wouldn't want you missing out on part of your vacation! Have a great time!

Posted by: zonedar at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM (Slp/3)

14 That deer is literally eating the dog's hair, each bite looks increasingly painful as it tears out more hair and literally consumes it.

Posted by: Max Power at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM (q177U)

15 Hey! THAT's not a dog!

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (gKWVE)

16 >>6 Have a great vacation Ace! Going on a cruise?

no... i'm going to just do some stuff I've wanted the time to do for a while. including organizing my Shelving Situation. Throwing crap out, organizing stuff.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (KRtlO)

17 April 30, Sunday, is Trump's 100th day.
......

My calendar must be fucked up.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (v0R5T)

18 Enjoy your time off, ace! Turn off all your electronic devices and chill!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (g47mK)

19
Made a pot of keto soup: bacon, sausage, celery, onions, mushrooms and shredded cabbage. Super excellent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (QnmlO)

20 Bulwark Caribbean Cruise is next week. I'm sure it's a coincidence. Mona Charen featured speaker.

Posted by: Ricardo Romantico at April 23, 2025 07:39 PM (G5+As)

21 Time flies. I feel I lost a lot of it - that COVID business.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:39 PM (g47mK)

22 The kind-hearted cobloggers have agreed to take over the blog next week, Monday through Friday.

So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

Relax and enjoy the time off, Ace. The HQ will indeed be in good hands. TRex may have to compensate a bit due to those short arms but all should be well.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (mH6SG)

23 >>>The inner workings of an escalator are just as scary as I thought they were when I was 8. (I broke my foot when I was eight and had to get along with crutches and a foot in a boot-cast. I was very scared that I wouldn't be able to step on to an escalator properly -- I thought I'd slip and it would drag me under or something -- which is this faint anxiety I've had ever since.)

Don't worry; watch Final Destination 4 and it'll take all your fears away.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (lHPJf)

24 The kind-hearted cobloggers have agreed to take over the blog next week, Monday through Friday.

--

You can totally trust us to be nice and behave while the subs.. er cobs.. are in charge

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (6U1c2)

25 >>>So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

Tender?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (klJTj)

26 Good evening everyone

Ace you deserve a vacation, the Cobs do great work so don't worry.

( gets scissors ready)

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:43 PM (ypFCm)

27 So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

So, where are the keys to the liquor cabinet?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (/HDaX)

28 the Cobs do great work so don't worry.

==

Except that one...

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (g47mK)

29 Person(s) could do a lot of damage to a Dental Plan in a week. Hide the keys.

Posted by: Porcelain Veneers, All 'round at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (G5+As)

30
The kind-hearted cobloggers have agreed to take over the blog next week, Monday through Friday.

__________

*raises hand excitedly*

Oooooh, I can do something!

*discovers he has nothing worth saying*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (QnmlO)

31 That's a big water bear.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (63Dwl)

32 There's a polar bear
In our Frigidaire—
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
With his seat in the meat
And his face in the fish
And his big hairy paws
In the buttery dish,
He's nibbling the noodles,
He's munching the rice,
He's slurping the soda,
He's licking the ice.
And he lets out a roar
If you open the door.
And it gives me a scare
To know he's in there—
That polary bear
In our Fridgitydaire.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:46 PM (gbOdA)

33 Ace
Moon of Endor again?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:47 PM (gbOdA)

34 OK, but if you're tired of Chardonnay I'll get rid of it somewhere else.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 23, 2025 07:48 PM (QSrLX)

35 >>>So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

Tender?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Maybe a euphonism for 'straggling hands'?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 07:48 PM (q6vsU)

36 Kids need dogs

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:49 PM (ypFCm)

37 Its a trap

Ace has a full working COB star

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (gbOdA)

38 Roofers clinging. Could be worse, though I'm sure they were scart.

In Atlanta, workers on a high-rise under construction, had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.

Not on my list of ways to go...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (XeU6L)

39 Maybe a euphonism for 'straggling hands'?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 07:48 PM (q6vsU)

They grab all they can

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (gKWVE)

40 I get up in the morning
I work nine to five
I work real hard
Just tryin' to survive
The children say, "hey, daddy
We got somethin' to say
You've been workin' real hard
You need a break today", alright

You deserve a break today
(Take a vacation)
Get on up and get away
(Have a little fun)
You deserve a break today
(Out there in the country, son)
Get on up and get away

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (gbOdA)

41 I thought I'd slip and it would drag me under or something -- which is this faint anxiety I've had ever since.)

PSA: Do not rewatch "Temple off doom'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (q6vsU)

42 Not on my list of ways to go...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (XeU6L)

oh shit

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (gbOdA)

43 So, where are the keys to the liquor cabinet?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (/HDaX)

I am making a Harvey Wallbanger

*do not have a clue what that is*

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:53 PM (gbOdA)

44 >> Not only are they real, but they have already been used in bank robberies -- a young man wore a realistic mask of a decrepit old man, nearly as decrepit at Joe Biden, and has evaded capture to this day.

I saw that movie. Keanu don't surf.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 07:54 PM (viF8m)

45
Kids need dogs
Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:49 PM (ypFCm)

________

Dogs need kids.

When we lived in Ohio, a young couple moved in next door (both properties were on acreage). One late afternoon their kids were running around screaming and playing, their Shelties chasing and barking. I was working near the fence and the father apologized for the racket. "That's what they should be doing," I replied.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (QnmlO)

46 In Atlanta, workers on a high-rise under construction, had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.

Not on my list of ways to go...
Posted by: Mike Hammer

"Ways to go." Clever.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (DgGvY)

47 Wait, Ace ? You are going on vacation with Rachel Maddow?

You gonna be cruisin' for chicks, or what? I mean, a wing . . . Person, sure, but are you certain?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (D7oie)

48 Ace,

Have fun on your vacation.

I hope when you have to trudge back into the Moron trenches, your blood pressure has returned to a healthy range!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (HlyYF)

49 Hope you have a great week ACE!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (q6vsU)

50 In Atlanta, workers on a high-rise under construction, had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.

Not on my list of ways to go...
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Moral of the story, had he been wearing his seat belt, he'd've made it.

Posted by: National Safety Council at April 23, 2025 07:56 PM (G5+As)

51 Ace- Whatever is in your plans, have an enjoyable time. Above all, we don't want to see a 'Send lawyers, guns, and money' post.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:56 PM (XeU6L)

52
Do the cobs get keys to the flaming skull and the pudding vault?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:57 PM (QnmlO)

53 I am making a Harvey Wallbanger

*do not have a clue what that is*
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:53 PM (gbOdA)

A Screwdriver with added Galliano.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 23, 2025 07:57 PM (/HDaX)

54 A Screwdriver with added Galliano.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 23, 2025 07:57 PM (/HDaX)

Is that the piss colored stuff

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (gbOdA)

55
I am making a Harvey Wallbanger

*do not have a clue what that is*
Posted by: rhennigantx

A drink popular in the 70's.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (63Dwl)

56 50 In Atlanta, workers on a high-rise under construction, had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.

Not on my list of ways to go...
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Moral of the story, had he been wearing his seat belt, he'd've made it.
Posted by: National Safety Council at April 23, 2025 07:56 PM (G5+As)

Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (QAkQ3)

57
Moral of the story, had he been wearing his seat belt, he'd've made it.
Posted by: National Safety Council
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Airbags

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (XeU6L)

58 Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (QAkQ3)

Hooterville FD

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:00 PM (gbOdA)

59 38

'had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.'

Oh hell!
Do you think he ended up in Oz?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 08:00 PM (3wi/L)

60 Ace pick up some galliano when you are out

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (gbOdA)

61 Have you cleared your vacation time with HR Karen?
Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (lCppi)

I thought Piper was HR.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (VNX3d)

62 Any sorority-girl drink with "wall" in the name has Galliano. Because it comes in a ridiculously tall bottle that gets placed on the very back of the bar, "up against the wall."

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (DgGvY)

63 Enjoy your week off. If you feel like it, check in every so often so we know you aren't trapped under shelves.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 08:02 PM (VNX3d)

64 All chocolate Necco candy.

Discuss.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 23, 2025 08:02 PM (/RHNq)

65 I remember when I was in high school my folks went on vacation and left me home. By myself. I had the party of all parties. There were kids from towns I didn't even know existed that showed up.

Couple buddies helped me clean the place the day they were coming home. Place was spotless. I was in the clear. Until my mother opened the oven and all sorts of liquor bottle came tumbling out.

The moral of the story is don't open the over when you get back, ace.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:02 PM (viF8m)

66 36 Kids need dogs
Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:49 PM (ypFCm)

My dad used to say that every dog needs a boy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:03 PM (a4NoL)

67 dm
youtu.be/8yn3ViE6mhY

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 08:04 PM (gKWVE)

68 Do you think he ended up in Oz?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 08:00 PM (3wi/L)

Toto, ya no estamos en Kansas

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:04 PM (gbOdA)

69 Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (QAkQ3)

I'm quite sure OSHA has a rule about securing your outhouse properly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:05 PM (a4NoL)

70 Why is the deer eating the dog's fur?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 08:05 PM (w6EFb)

71 Flying through the air covered in $hite is no way to go.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 08:06 PM (h9KKO)

72 I love videos where a family member comes up behind the girl dancing or whatever on cam. Mockery is good medicine for that kind of behavior.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:06 PM (2VST1)

73 All chocolate Necco candy.

My mom loved that stuff, its hard to find these days. She gave me one, it tasted like dirt to me. I don't mind the colorful kind but those are even tougher to find, and I cannot really eat candy anyway heh

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:08 PM (2VST1)

74 Ace pick up some galliano when you are out
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (gbOdA)

I don't think that's orange juice . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 08:08 PM (D7oie)

75 Enjoy your break ace!

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:09 PM (jvJvP)

76 Time for me to say goodnight
Have a great evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 08:09 PM (ypFCm)

77
My mom loved that stuff, its hard to find these days.

________

Tractor Supply

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (QnmlO)

78 Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?
Posted by: Romeo13
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Dept. of Sanitation

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (XeU6L)

79 62 Any sorority-girl drink with "wall" in the name has Galliano. Because it comes in a ridiculously tall bottle that gets placed on the very back of the bar, "up against the wall."

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (DgGvY)

I think the name is more about the position of the sorority girl than the bottle.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (klJTj)

80 G'nite, Skip.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (mH6SG)

81 May your week off refresh and recharge you.
Ace, thank you for being honest and entertaining.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at April 23, 2025 08:11 PM (mMAM5)

82 78 Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?
Posted by: Romeo13
------

Dept. of Sanitation
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (XeU6L)

No flight recorder, so, yeah, and bring some bleach, wouldja?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:11 PM (a4NoL)

83 >>All chocolate Necco candy.

My ex had NECCO, the New England Confectionary Company, as a customer for years. Every time she would go there for a meeting she would come home with a goody bag of Necco wafers.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:11 PM (viF8m)

84 I think the name is more about the position of the sorority girl than the bottle.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (klJTj)

Up against the wall, redneck mothers....

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:12 PM (a4NoL)

85 I wouldn’t even think of having a blow out party at our house without my father’s permission. It was a matter of fear and respect. Mostly fear.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)

86 COBS are the best.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 08:13 PM (yp8Vj)

87 85 I wouldn’t even think of having a blow out party at our house without my father’s permission. It was a matter of fear and respect. Mostly fear.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)

All of our blowout parties were on neutral territory, never somebody's house. Beer Can Lake was a good place. Old gravel pit that flooded. Aptly named, too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:15 PM (a4NoL)

88 86 COBS are the best.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 08:13 PM (yp8Vj)

Yes, they are very good dogs indeed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:15 PM (a4NoL)

89 Using a realistic mask also in the movie Drive. That was more creepy though.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:15 PM (VofaG)

90 I am making a Harvey Wallbanger

*do not have a clue what that is*
Posted by: rhennigantx

A drink popular in the 70's.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (63Dwl)
___________________________

Also, a nickname for Fordonia Wyatt-Harvey, a New York socialite with an infatuation with glory holes during the whole drug craze of the early 70's at Studio 54.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 08:15 PM (dIske)

91 Have a great week, Ace, and don't worry about us at all.
We'll be fine
or ok
or not so great.

But it's all good.

You ARE coming back, right?
Right?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2025 08:16 PM (Eo96p)

92 Maybe Ace will find the time to get his pelt shampooed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:16 PM (a4NoL)

93 I missed lots of good threads today doing 'business', fuck my life but I had to note that I laughed out loud at this comment

>> The first very gay gentlemen seems to believe it's somehow a contradiction for Trump to shut down the Department of Education, while also demanding that people who took out DoEd-guaranteed loans should have to pay them back.

You'd think he would be more excited about being in arrears?
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM

Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:18 PM (5hqcu)

94 Ace may be vacationing from us but will he leave that whore X behind too?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 08:19 PM (yp8Vj)

95 Since retirement, I have been wifing and farming up a storm. It is a marvelous thing to have all the actual work done during the day so we both have evenings and weekends for leisure. I have the greenhouse up and running, most of the tomatoes potted, along with most of the peppers. Cucumbers start next week. The following week I will prepare the various outside beds, which look to need a heck of a lot of work. I had eye surgery last Friday which is slowing me down a bit, but it is so nice to be able to have that without worrying about how much leave I have, who is covering what projects, etc. I think my blood pressure has dropped dramatically. And it has only been three weeks. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:19 PM (a4NoL)

96 And it has only been three weeks. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:19 PM

Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.

Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:21 PM (5hqcu)

97 So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.
====

No Rulz!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (RIvkX)

98 Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.
Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:21 PM (5hqcu)

Technically, I'm not retired until December 31. Elon is still paying me. To not do shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (a4NoL)

99 I'm not sure it's better than booze but I did go to the cannibis store yesterday. I did take edibles, just pills, a while back to help me relax.

He recommended an oil to help me sleep. Actually it worked. I slept very well for the first time in 3 or 4 days.

I'd prefer that to booze.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (jvJvP)

100 No Rulz!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (RIvkX)

Well, I'm not your mother, but I am A mother. Put down those scissors and take off those running shoes right now. Don't make me come back there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:23 PM (a4NoL)

101 tcn, Good for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 08:23 PM (yp8Vj)

102 ace is going to the rally.

>>@PressSec
·
>>41m
President Trump is excited to return to the great state of Michigan next Tuesday, where he will rally in Macomb County to celebrate the FIRST 100 DAYS!

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:23 PM (viF8m)

103 Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) will retire

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 08:24 PM (GITLP)

104 Happy Vacation, Ace! I hear Costa Rica is nice. I'll look for your instagram and the whiny TDS article about how awful you are.

And we'll clean up the party before you get back. Promise!

Posted by: Iris at April 23, 2025 08:24 PM (bOJ2I)

105 Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) will retire

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another 80 year old corruptocrat from IL retiring ??

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM (g47mK)

106 Hey, Hadrian VII, I asked you in an earlier thread to explain to me your justification for your wishing that the next Pope would reinstate a certain form of Communion. Can you please explain to this Protestant?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM (77rzZ)

107 With his innocuous but spacious flying portapotty, Dr Poo travels thru time and space, stirring up shit and then fixing it with his amazing and versatile Protonic Plunger.

Posted by: Rejected BBC TV Shows at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM (vFG9F)

108 I'd prefer that to booze.
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (jvJvP)

I don't know if it is snake oil, but I have been rubbing Junior's Bedtime Lotion on DH's feet at night. It has magnesium, which appears to be the active ingredient. Greasy as hell, but it smells nice, like lavender. It seems to work to get him to sleep. He usually takes 45 minutes to conk out but this appears to make that time shorter.

Or he's just more tired recently.

I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle, but if it works, I guess I will keep doing it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:26 PM (a4NoL)

109 Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.
Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:21 PM (5hqcu)

Funny that weekends are now the worst days . Too crowded with people who still work.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:26 PM (VofaG)

110 97 So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.
====

___________________

Be on the lookout for a short, furry, unpredictable cynic operating a Vespa at high rates of speed (which for a Vespa is comparable to a brisk walk). DO NOT APPROACH!!! Safe word is "Jive Turkey".

Carry on.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 08:27 PM (dIske)

111 Have a great vacation, Ace!

Don’t forget to bring us stuff.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 08:27 PM (77rzZ)

112 Iris gets it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:27 PM (viF8m)

113 Pic at top looks like it could be in Masaya, Nicaragua.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 08:28 PM (8zz6B)

114 Dr Poo travels thru time and space, stirring up shit and then fixing it with his amazing and versatile Protonic Plunger.

Its bigger inside than it looks on the outside

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:28 PM (2VST1)

115 "Maybe Ace will find the time to get his pelt shampooed.
Posted by: tcn in AK "

They do that after they express his glands.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

116 Any sorority-girl drink with "wall" in the name has Galliano. Because it comes in a ridiculously tall bottle that gets placed on the very back of the bar, "up against the wall."
Posted by: mikeski

I think the name is more about the position of the sorority girl than the bottle.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

True. But still, panty-droppers that have "wall" in their name have Galliano, and those that do not..... do not.

(Slow) (Comfortable) (Screw) (Up Against The Wall)

Sloe gin, Southern Comfort, Vodka & OJ, Galliano.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 08:31 PM (DgGvY)

117
I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle, but if it works, I guess I will keep doing it.
Posted by: tcn

That's interesting. I was trying sleep hypnosis on YT. Some of them were pretty good.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:31 PM (jvJvP)

118
Can you please explain to this Protestant?
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM

________

https://tinyurl.com/ms2bmx6m

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:32 PM (QnmlO)

119 About Dr. Poo.

DH still remembers a little town in upstate WI where he stopped at a gas station on his way to Green Bay for a football game. Apparently it was the best shit he's ever had, and he waxes poetic about it on occasion. I'm assuming this is a guy thing and I mostly let it go, but FFS.

Of course, he is also a fart virtuoso, so I suppose all those things go together.

Seems to me a flying outhouse would out-trump any of those experiences, except maybe for the sudden stop at the end of the flight.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:33 PM (a4NoL)

120 Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:27 PM (viF8m)

High five!

Posted by: Iris at April 23, 2025 08:33 PM (bOJ2I)

121 98 Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.
Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:21 PM (5hqcu)

Technically, I'm not retired until December 31. Elon is still paying me. To not do shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (a4NoL)

eat my rubber
burn dust

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (gbOdA)

122 Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.
Posted by: toby928

Except for Sunday - but don't forget trash day!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (vKNmo)

123 Princeton could use a woman like Iris.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (viF8m)

124 I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle, but if it works, I guess I will keep doing it.

I need to find me one of these foot massaging wives.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)

125 That's interesting. I was trying sleep hypnosis on YT. Some of them were pretty good.
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:31 PM (jvJvP)
===

I like the Sleeping Vibrations channel. Some dude playing crystal bowls and his cat sleeps.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:35 PM (RIvkX)

126 They do that after they express his glands.
Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

25 bux
same as downtown

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:35 PM (gbOdA)

127 92 Maybe Ace will find the time to get his pelt shampooed.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Suede requires dry-cleaning.

Posted by: One Hour Martinizing at April 23, 2025 08:36 PM (G5+As)

128 108
'I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle'

I always thought a lot of that effect was psychological.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (3wi/L)

129 ace

bring me back a bullwhip or a hand struck coin

thx

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (gbOdA)

130 118
Can you please explain to this Protestant?
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM

________

https://tinyurl.com/ms2bmx6m
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:32 PM (QnmlO)

To this I will add that traditionally, Holy Communion is taken kneeling, and on the tongue, not handled by "extraordinary ministers" or the faithful. The Body and Blood of Our Lord is only handled by consecrated hands, and even then, only the thumb and forefinger. We don't piss around with this stuff.

You will see, even in fluffy new-agey parishes, some folks who will skip the line for the "extraordinary minister" pantsuited lady and head straight for the Priest, because his hands are consecrated. The movement to reverence is growing all of the time.

You will also see ladies wearing veils or hats to cover their heads. That's a whole other discussion, but suffice it to say, women who do so know who they are and why God made them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (a4NoL)

131 "DH still remembers a little town in upstate WI where he stopped at a gas station on his way to Green Bay for a football game. Apparently it was the best shit he's ever had, and he waxes poetic about it on occasion. I'm assuming this is a guy thing and I mostly let it go, but FFS."

It most definitely is. Ah, the memories.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (vFG9F)

132 And you know what planet Dr Poo has to go probe next

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (gKWVE)

133 To this I will add that traditionally, Holy Communion is taken kneeling, and on the tongue, not handled by "extraordinary ministers" or the faithful. The Body and Blood of Our Lord is only handled by consecrated hands, and even then, only the thumb and forefinger. We don't piss around with this stuff.

You will see, even in fluffy new-agey parishes, some folks who will skip the line for the "extraordinary minister" pantsuited lady and head straight for the Priest, because his hands are consecrated. The movement to reverence is growing all of the time.

You will also see ladies wearing veils or hats to cover their heads. That's a whole other discussion, but suffice it to say, women who do so know who they are and why God made them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (a4NoL)

It is right and just.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:39 PM (ipN0W)

134 Chairman Poo.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 08:39 PM (h9KKO)

135 I need to find me one of these foot massaging wives.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)

DH knows he has it good.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:40 PM (a4NoL)

136 There is (or was) a Chinese restaurant in La Canada called the Poo Ping Palace.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:40 PM (6YdsJ)

137 True. But still, panty-droppers that have "wall" in their name have Galliano, and those that do not..... do not.

(Slow) (Comfortable) (Screw) (Up Against The Wall)

Sloe gin, Southern Comfort, Vodka & OJ, Galliano.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 08:31 PM (DgGvY)

See, we don’t just relitigate 20th century history here; we also learn things!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:41 PM (ipN0W)

138 Crazy Crockett challenged PDT to an IQ contest. I think they should go on Jeopardy.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:41 PM (vFG9F)

139 Crazy Crockett challenged PDT to an IQ contest.

What the heck is an IQ contest?? Not that my money would be on Jasmine's weave.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (2VST1)

140 You would never even get me to enter a porta-potty perched 25 storeys above the ground, even if were chained to an I-beam. Nope, nope, nope.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (8zz6B)

141 To this I will add that traditionally, Holy Communion is taken kneeling, and on the tongue, not handled by "extraordinary ministers" or the faithful. . . .

Posted by: tcn in AK

Even in my parish in which the average age is 78, Home of the Bad Knees, many, if not most would like to receive The Eucharist while kneeling. There is a strong movement to return to the traditions of pre-Vatican II days.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (vKNmo)

142 Funny that weekends are now the worst days . Too crowded with people who still work.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:26 PM (VofaG)

And nothing is open. Why isn’t my insurance agent available at 9:30pm on Sunday to discuss quotes?

I actually look forward to Mondays now.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (ipN0W)

143 What the heck is an IQ contest?? Not that my money would be on Jasmine's weave.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (2VST1)
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It's like arm-wrestling, but with IQs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (6YdsJ)

144 Crazy Crockett challenged PDT to an IQ contest. I think they should go on Jeopardy.

My uber-lib sister thinks she is the smartest woman on the planet. Sigh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (mH6SG)

145 "Poo Ping Palace."

That's going to be my new name for our 1/2 bath downstairs.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:45 PM (vFG9F)

146 tcn,
I used to have leg cramps at night, and my doc prescribed magnesium. If I ever forget, I'm up trying to walk off the cramp in the middle of the night. So perhaps magnesium is the key. Though I'm sure your loving touch works its own magic.

Posted by: Wenda at April 23, 2025 08:45 PM (9ZIP0)

147
You will also see ladies wearing veils or hats to cover their heads.

_________

It's really lovely to see a woman wearing a chapel veil. Especially a mantilla. Just about every woman at my TLM parish wears a veil. Just about no women at my local Novo Ordo parish wears one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:45 PM (QnmlO)

148
Or he's just more tired recently.

Posted by: tcn in AK

You're retired and home,,, keeping him busy?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 08:45 PM (q6vsU)

149 All chocolate Necco candy.

Necco candy makes a fun airgun target. Cut a shallow kerf in a scrap of 2x4 with a circular saw and you're in bidness.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 23, 2025 08:46 PM (/y8xj)

150 It's like arm-wrestling, but with IQs.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (6YdsJ)

The Golden Scalp Weasel could beat Jazzy's wig hat two falls out of three.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 08:46 PM (8zz6B)

151 Here's one Ace put in a Cafe post a couple years back and it stuck with me. It is captivating.

(Link goes to reddit)
https://tinyurl.com/54wznsf5

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2025 08:47 PM (t+VLa)

152 Even in my parish in which the average age is 78, Home of the Bad Knees, many, if not most would like to receive The Eucharist while kneeling. There is a strong movement to return to the traditions of pre-Vatican II days.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (vKNmo)

Standing on the tongue is fine, too, if you can’t kneel. Standing is actually the second-most reverent posture, after kneeling.

Glad your parish is bringing it back. Mine is, too. The Boomers look at us like we’re crazy—and the older women are scandalized by veiling—but the under-50s are really working to restore reverence.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:47 PM (ipN0W)

153 Nobody stands on my tongue!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:48 PM (6YdsJ)

154 I like the Sleeping Vibrations channel. Some dude playing crystal bowls and his cat sleeps.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:35 PM (RIvkX)

Thank you. I'll look for it.

Usually I put some woke crap on and I'm gone soon. Ahhh, Star Wars 7. Or Tom Swift on PlutoTV. But it's been a tough week.

The CBN oil really helped last night though.

Posted by: Stateless...19% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (jvJvP)

155 I love seeing church ladies wearing a hat, veil or no. Although my mom told of growing up where all the women on Easter Sunday would wear the fanciest hat, trying to outdo each other and making it impossible to actually see the pastor when she was a little girl.

My uber-lib sister thinks she is the smartest woman on the planet. Sigh.

I am reminded of that little video where people ranked themselves on IQ level and then were sorted by actual, tested IQ and the "I am clearly number one" woman was utterly humiliated.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (2VST1)

156 Crazy Crockett challenged PDT to an IQ contest. I think they should go on Jeopardy.

My uber-lib sister thinks she is the smartest woman on the planet. Sigh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (mH6SG)

I am SOOO glad I have no siblings.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (5xuJ/)

157 I am reminded of that little video where people ranked themselves on IQ level and then were sorted by actual, tested IQ and the "I am clearly number one" woman was utterly humiliated.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (2VST1)

If I saw the same one, they put the Marine at the bottom of the list, and he was actually #1 or #2 of 5.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 08:50 PM (VNX3d)

158 Thank you Ace for all you do! Enjoy your much needed and deserved time off!

Posted by: isolden at April 23, 2025 08:51 PM (dB99g)

159 Good luck with the shelves. I'm sure they will be sturdy and securely mounted.

Posted by: Fritzy at April 23, 2025 08:51 PM (T5dpv)

160 I am reminded of that little video where people ranked themselves on IQ level and then were sorted by actual, tested IQ and the "I am clearly number one" woman was utterly humiliated.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (2VST1)
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Dunning and Kruger nod.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:51 PM (6YdsJ)

161 If I saw the same one, they put the Marine at the bottom of the list, and he was actually #1 or #2 of 5.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 08:50 PM (VNX3d)

Yep. I think he was #2, but the AWFL Karen got dragged hardcore.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:51 PM (ipN0W)

162
Standing on the tongue is fine, too, if you can’t kneel. Standing is actually the second-most reverent posture, after kneeling.

__________

Except for Communion and genuflections, I no longer kneel. Between my back and knees, it's become too distractingly uncomfortable. It's also why I sit in the back. I figure that the Mystical Body of Christ is doing the kneeling for me. I also wear a coat and tie so that the other guys don't have to..

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:52 PM (QnmlO)

163 My uber-lib sister knows I'm smarter than she is. We both know.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:53 PM (RIvkX)

164 >> I remember when I was in high school my folks went on vacation and left me home. By myself. I had the party of all parties. There were kids from towns I didn't even know existed that showed up.

I’ve seen this movie.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:54 PM (ipN0W)

165 Yep. I think he was #2, but the AWFL Karen got dragged hardcore.

She was all "oh I don't know, PHD, blah blah" all these accreditations and accolades. She was #4. And of course all the women went along with it "Oh yes, sister you clearly are the bestest." The guy was completely quiet with a small smile, like a smart person would.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:55 PM (2VST1)

166 who wants a new Predator movie?
youtu.be/oFkbsEKaoSE

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 08:57 PM (gKWVE)

167 Howdy horde!

Praying blessings on you all

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 23, 2025 08:57 PM (2sg1c)

168 who wants a new Predator movie?

The poster art makes it look more like a fantasy movie

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:58 PM (2VST1)

169 Enjoy your time off, Ace - you deserve some R&R. In Wallachia we have an old saying about Ewoks who labor hard...actually, no, we don't have any sayings about that. There's a wealth of proverbs about Vrykolakas, and plenty of old chestnuts about Dziwożonas, and the occasional warning about Baba Yaga or Moldavians. Especially Moldavians - never, never, never trust a Moldavian. They will steal your butter if they have the opportunity, and ensnare you in elaborate pyramid schemes involving Carpathian mountain goats...where was I? Oh, yes - Ace, enjoy a most-merited time off. And check the make on those shelves - Moldavians have a track record of interior decorative swindles, and they are also known to impersonate the Amish and Southern Baptists. Not that the last part of that is relevant, but it is good to be forewarned.

Posted by: Count Orlok at April 23, 2025 08:59 PM (N7CNt)

170 Except for Communion and genuflections, I no longer kneel. Between my back and knees, it's become too distractingly uncomfortable. It's also why I sit in the back. I figure that the Mystical Body of Christ is doing the kneeling for me. I also wear a coat and tie so that the other guys don't have to..
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:52 PM (QnmlO)

I’m still relatively young so I kneel. I prefer the solid ground to the kneeler which makes my back spasm.

I should dress up more. It bothers me people don’t do that much anymore. And if they do, it’s often the young women, who are dressed inappropriately for church.

I travel to some parishes where nobody kneels for the Eucharist, so I don’t. It’s not about me, so better to go with the flow.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:59 PM (ipN0W)

171 Shenzhou 20 Crew Launch from China
The Launch Pad
Scheduled for Apr 24, 2025
#LaunchCoverage #TheLaunchPad #CASC
Watch LIVE as China launches the Shenzhou 20 crew to the Tiangong Space Station aboard a Long March 2F/G rocket from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.

https://www.youtube.com/live/VrRtxYadXms

Check site for times.

Posted by: Moornish Sovereign Citizen Bey? at April 23, 2025 09:00 PM (sPQoU)

172 >>I’ve seen this movie.

Sadly, Rebecca De Mornay did not show up.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 09:00 PM (viF8m)

173 I want a new Matrix movie but this time it's AI taking over the world.

Like Terminator meets Matrix but based in our world and how AI gets 'loose' and basically makes Terminator come true.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 23, 2025 09:00 PM (2sg1c)

174 He's going to shelve his responsibilities for a week.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 09:01 PM (h9KKO)

175 Standing on the tongue is fine, too, if you can’t kneel. Standing is actually the second-most reverent posture, after kneeling.

__________

Except for Communion and genuflections, I no longer kneel. Between my back and knees, it's become too distractingly uncomfortable. It's also why I sit in the back. I figure that the Mystical Body of Christ is doing the kneeling for me. I also wear a coat and tie so that the other guys don't have to..
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:52 PM (QnmlO)

I wish we had a kneeler at the front at my local parish but because we don't, I have to stand. I might not get back up if I knelt on the floor. I love the Cathedral because it has the whole row of kneelers up front.

Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2025 09:01 PM (lCppi)

176 Here’s the vid:

youtube.com/watch?v=RAlI0pbMQiM

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 09:02 PM (ipN0W)

177 It's like arm-wrestling, but with IQs.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (6YdsJ)

1 - 2 - 3 - 4
I challenge you to a think war!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 09:02 PM (D7oie)

178 I'll see the new Predator movie because it's apparently done by the same person/people who did Prey, which was pretty darn good, surprisingly so.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 09:03 PM (VIoev)

179 >>>Satellite Launch Center in China.

https://www.youtube.com/live/VrRtxYadXms

Check site for times.
---

Air time 5hrs.
_ftm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:03 PM (eY5jv)

180 I wish we had a kneeler at the front at my local parish but because we don't, I have to stand. I might not get back up if I knelt on the floor. I love the Cathedral because it has the whole row of kneelers up front.
Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2025 09:01 PM (lCppi)

We didn’t for a long time, then we did. But our Priest is very interested in tradition and reverence.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 09:03 PM (ipN0W)

181 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
I challenge you to a think war!

I challenge you to a Wizard War!

I Cast... Testicular Torsion!!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:04 PM (2VST1)

182 There are a lot of stories that can be told through the ages about predators hunting people on earth: knights, cavemen, Zulu warriors, Samurai, Cuirassiers in France, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:06 PM (2VST1)

183 I challenge you to a Wizard War!

I Cast... Testicular Torsion!!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:04 PM (2VST1)

Hank, don't brag to your brother about your circumcision.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 09:08 PM (ipN0W)

184 We launch in foh howah!

Posted by: Satellite Launch Center in China. at April 23, 2025 09:11 PM (mH6SG)

185 There are a lot of stories that can be told through the ages about predators hunting people on earth: knights, cavemen, Zulu warriors, Samurai, Cuirassiers in France, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:06 PM (2VST1)

And Zatoichi the Blind Assassin vs Predator

youtu.be/NsbVTPftcgs

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 09:11 PM (D7oie)

186 DNI Tulsi Gabbard
…
Today, I referred two intelligence community LEAKS to the DoJ for criminal referral….
These deep-state criminals leaked classified information…
---

OK, Pam, that’s two from Noam and two from Gabbard; all low hanging fruit.
Isn’t it about time to, you know, do some perp walks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:12 PM (eY5jv)

187 Ultimately, I'd like to see some unconventional Predator movies, like:

Predator: Substitute Teacher

Predator-in-Law

Predator Claus and the 12 Days of Killmas

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 09:15 PM (VIoev)

188
175 Standing on the tongue is fine, too, if you can’t kneel.
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I was reading comments from the bottom up and this looked really weird. Seemed very painful.

Posted by: Ciampino - born RC at April 23, 2025 09:15 PM (sPQoU)

189 If there's an IQ contest, count me in. I average out at about 142, so I'm no world-beater, but I'm up for the game.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:16 PM (2cS/G)

190 Even in my parish in which the average age is 78, Home of the Bad Knees, many, if not most would like to receive The Eucharist while kneeling. There is a strong movement to return to the traditions of pre-Vatican II days.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (vKNmo)

I guess the bottom line is, do you believe that is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, or do you not? If you do, you would probably not just genuflect but prostrate.

The ones who just flip the cookie into their mouth? Not a true believer among them.

And don't get me started on the dancing pantsuit ladies. I won't even enter the sanctuary. That is not a space for women, if they know what women are worth.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:16 PM (a4NoL)

191 Durbin 44 years.

Almost 15 years of FDR and we said What the Fuck
Never again.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 09:17 PM (gbOdA)

192 189 If there's an IQ contest, count me in. I average out at about 142, so I'm no world-beater, but I'm up for the game.
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:16 PM (2cS/G)

My average last year was about 160, but I doubt I could bowl that well this year. Too much time off.

Oh, wait....

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:17 PM (a4NoL)

193 Amazing:

"The Archdiocese of Los Angeles welcomed more than 5,500 converts into the Catholic Church this Easter — the largest number in over a decade and a striking figure for the nation’s biggest archdiocese, according to leaders there.

Father Juan Ochoa, who directs the archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship, has been watching the numbers closely and told CNA he didn’t expect the surge.

“We usually see a 10% increase from the year before,” he said. “This year, it was about 45%. That’s significant.”

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 09:19 PM (Tw+JN)

194 We didn’t for a long time, then we did. But our Priest is very interested in tradition and reverence.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 09:03 PM (ipN0W)

If you aren't then what's the point? Honestly, people are tired of the poncho parade, the father show, Jesus loves you draw a flower.

Bring me the Truth, and we can talk.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:19 PM (a4NoL)

195 @tcn, that puts you in the top 0.00003% of all Americans.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:20 PM (2cS/G)

196 Dumb me, I missed the joke.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:21 PM (2cS/G)

197 Texas A&M, today:

https://tinyurl.com/3hfrmxjc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:22 PM (eY5jv)

198 Never get in an IQ test with an Idiot.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 09:23 PM (gbOdA)

199 If there's an IQ contest, count me in. I average out at about 142

Keep taking that test. Shoot for the stars. Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:24 PM (mH6SG)

200 @rhenning But only an Idiot would get into an IQ test, so how else do we compete?

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:25 PM (2cS/G)

201 @tcn, that puts you in the top 0.00003% of all Americans.

In bowling?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (mH6SG)

202 When you take the high ground you hold the high ground.

https://tinyurl.com/3nkejrk6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (eY5jv)

203 My systolic blood pressure is probably higher than my IQ

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (Tw+JN)

204 @Notorious, I had to do a compilation of my SAT, ASVAB, GT and S-B scores a few years ago. I'm 54 years old now, I'm sure I was smarter when I took the tests.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:27 PM (2cS/G)

205 201 @tcn, that puts you in the top 0.00003% of all Americans.

In bowling?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (mH6SG)

Doubtful. I'm not exactly competitive, except with an excellent handicap.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:29 PM (a4NoL)

206 Gotta go wife some. Dinner needs to be served in half an hour.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:31 PM (a4NoL)

207 When I was growing up, my folks would occasionally (and pointedly) declare that I was "exceptional" on the basis of my IQ score. Boy, did I fool them. Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:33 PM (mH6SG)

208 197 Texas A&M, today:

https://tinyurl.com/3hfrmxjc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:22 PM (eY5jv)

That's my Alma Mater - Whoop!!! 👍👍👍

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:33 PM (SRRAx)

209 The Nephilim have a history of “hunting” humans, as far as that goes.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 23, 2025 09:34 PM (xkBEX)

210 I'm starting to think the mean backwards bigoted Christians were right about a LOT of things.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2025 09:35 PM (E0p3T)

211 Doubtful. I'm not exactly competitive, except with an excellent handicap.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:29 PM (a4NoL)

A stammer? Club foot? Blind in one eye?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 09:36 PM (D7oie)

212 171
'Watch LIVE as China launches the Shenzhou 20 crew to the Tiangong Space Station'

Yes, but is it an all woman crew?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 09:37 PM (3wi/L)

213 @Notorious, Standardized tests were my bread and butter in school. I could get B's and C's and get detention, etc., but my parents and most teachers were like " Let Tom do his thing".

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:38 PM (2cS/G)

214 Boy, did I fool them. Heh.

Yeah I did not at all live up to the praise of my parents and teachers LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:39 PM (2VST1)

215 That's my Alma Mater - Whoop!!! 👍👍👍
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:33 PM (SRRAx)

Me too!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:39 PM (aT5K/)

216 My late father-in-law once bowled a 300 with a split.

I always thought he was joking. But then I saw the article in his hometown newspaper. He split his slacks in the 7th frame, but powered on.

He was on the brigade bowling team when he was stationed in Giessen. Same unit as Elvis, but he never met the King.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 09:40 PM (0aYVJ)

217 I'm pretty sure my IQ was higher when I was younger. I guess it depends what sort of questions are asked on one these days. I certainly can't do Calculus or Differential Equations any more, and who knows what sort of history questions are asked (if any).

If they still do the tests like the old PSAT/SAT tests were done, where you where tested on your ability to suss out answers based on deductive reasoning, I might not do too badly, but I just don't remember as much as I used to in my prime.

I did get knocked down a LOT of pegs when I entered college, though - I was my class valedictorian (and made sure everyone knew it). It was quite the eye opening experience to get to university and realize that a LOT of peeps there had also graduated 1st in their respective HS classes, and it didn't take me long to realize that most of them were a lot smarter than I could ever hope to be.... 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:42 PM (SRRAx)

218 Puppy update:

He is coming out of his shell and played tonight! He was so surprised he got his own ball and hasn’t put it down since. He is still thinking his kitty brothers are actually monsters.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:42 PM (aT5K/)

219 Yeah I did not at all live up to the praise of my parents and teachers LOL

I eventually decided that mediocrity was the road best travelled.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:43 PM (mH6SG)

220 I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle, but if it works, I guess I will keep doing it.
Posted by: tcn in AK

As near as I can tell, magnesium is more effectively absorbed through the skin than it is through the intestines.

It makes your muscles and tendons less sore. I don't know why, but that's why it's a good thing to take after a day of unusual physical activity. It'll make you less stiff and sore in the morning.

And less soreness in muscles and tendons makes you sleep better.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 23, 2025 09:43 PM (+JCh0)

221 It’s le Canada or au Canada!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 09:43 PM (bIzDl)

222 215 That's my Alma Mater - Whoop!!! 👍👍👍
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:33 PM (SRRAx)

Me too!
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:39 PM (aT5K/)

Srsly?!?!?!?

Well, Howdy, fellow Ag! 👍👍👍

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:44 PM (SRRAx)

223 My late father-in-law once bowled a 300 with a split.

I always thought he was joking. But then I saw the article in his hometown newspaper. He split his slacks in the 7th frame, but powered on.

LOL. That is priceless.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:45 PM (mH6SG)

224 Those guys on the roof: that twister only came close or they would all be in the air like the cow in the Wizard of Oz (and the roof with’em)! I am a native Lubbockite. I knows!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 09:46 PM (bIzDl)

225
Srsly?!?!?!?

Well, Howdy, fellow Ag! 👍👍👍
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:44 PM (SRRAx)

Yep! That is so cool!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:48 PM (aT5K/)

226 Epsom Salts foot baths? I've never tried it.

Posted by: Ciampino - born RC, now? at April 23, 2025 09:48 PM (sPQoU)

227 My alma mater too, Teresa and Piper, class of 1980. Also got a MS in 1982, but that’s not quite same is it? Hullabaloo caneck caneck!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 09:50 PM (bIzDl)

228 @Teresa , one of my formative memories is when I was leaving public grammar school to go to a private high school, and some teacher said, in front of the whole class, that I was "a big fish in a little pond" and would be outclassed in H.S. I mentioned the comment to my parents just before Parent/Teacher night. Not sure what my Mom said, but I literally got an "F-" in conduct that quarter. Still cracks me up.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:50 PM (2cS/G)

229
Piper,

You are a good mom!

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2025 09:50 PM (3ek7K)

230
226 Epsom Salts foot baths? I've never tried it.
Posted by: Ciampino - born RC, now? a

I have an epsom salt / magnesium flake blend in my boutique for soaking sore muscles.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:51 PM (aT5K/)

231 229
Piper,

You are a good mom!
Posted by: four seasons at

Thank you! 😊

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:55 PM (pZEOD)

232 Years ago I read a Reader's Digest article in which a parent nailed a son's hands to roof to save him from flood I think.

Posted by: Baldy at April 23, 2025 09:58 PM (Niqni)

233 My systolic blood pressure is probably higher than my IQ
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (Tw+JN)

It’s probably because of systolic racism.. 😔

Posted by: Guy whose IQ is less than his diastolic at April 23, 2025 09:58 PM (/dDa4)

234 Howdy, Nemo!

Class of '82 here - never got the degree (not because of grades - I did okay with those), but I did attend long enough to get my Aggie Ring (along with a wedding ring). I always tell people that I learned just enough to be a REALLY dangerous engineer 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 10:00 PM (SRRAx)

235
I did get knocked down a LOT of pegs when I entered college, though - I was my class valedictorian (and made sure everyone knew it). It was quite the eye opening experience to get to university and realize that a LOT of peeps there had also graduated 1st in their respective HS classes, and it didn't take me long to realize that most of them were a lot smarter than I could ever hope to be.... 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

My knocking down after a long string of firsts in my class occurred in graduate school. It was a real eye opener and ego deflator. But, still and all, I wasn't less smart, but I knew (and had known beforehand) that I was going to take my training and expertise into the private sector and not academia. And to operate in that realm required a level of intelligence that those intending to stay in academia did not possess.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 10:00 PM (Yv9jh)

236 Here we go

Posted by: mindful webworker - theoretically at April 23, 2025 10:00 PM (SWvjw)

237 Was that a Mrs. degree, Teresa? No shame in that! My paternal grandmother did that to land my grandfather. He was an Oklahoma Aggie, though, but they wound up in Lubbock. He owned the Lubbock Gin, among other properties. It ain’t there no more.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:04 PM (bIzDl)

238 Even a rubbing alcohol application is fantastic for tired feet when hiking. Picked that trick up from reading Colin Fletcher, the hiker. I keep a small squeeze bottle with maybe 5 oz, GI foot powder, moleskin, tape, needles, etc in a little foot kit on hikes.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 23, 2025 10:06 PM (pZoao)

239 I did get knocked down a LOT of pegs when I entered college, though - I was my class valedictorian (and made sure everyone knew it). It was quite the eye opening experience to get to university and realize that a LOT of peeps there had also graduated 1st in their respective HS classes, and it didn't take me long to realize that most of them were a lot smarter than I could ever hope to be.... 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:42 PM

You and me, both, Teresa. 😄

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 10:08 PM (Wnv9h)

240 My difficulty in grad school was I was competing with monomaniacs, they only physics. I was only a semimonomaniac about physics, I loved all sorts of other things as well. Eventually I had to settle down and at least for a while eat, sleep, dream physics. When I got to that point things went well for me. My colleagues in the department where I wound up working always complimented me on how well rounded my training had been. I had managed to train a little in almost all areas of physics. Jack of all trades but master of none, perhaps. But I did a good bit of work in my day.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:19 PM (bIzDl)

241 Errata
they only loved physics

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:20 PM (bIzDl)

242 I figured out why Kurt Cobain and I had the same haircut in high school. He was born one year after I. Huh. I was thinking he was younger than that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 11:22 PM (0aYVJ)

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