Daily Tech News 26 November 2021

Top Story

Kremlin names the internet giants it will kidnap the Russian staff of if they don't play ball in future. (The Register)

Yes, I linked to this yesterday; the difference this time is that's not my wry observation on a straight news article. That's the actual headline.

Nice to see that someone else out there is awake.

Tech News

Most of the other tech news is about Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals which is annoying because (a) a lot of the deals suck and (b) my credit card got drained by work expenses this month and I don't get reimbursed until Tuesday.

Fortunately the deals I really want to grab run until Thursday, so I will be picking up some new goodies next week.
Testing faster, lower-latency DDR5 RAM. (WCCFTech)

Lower latency in this case means 36 cycles instead of the typical 40, but it's 36 cycles at 6000MHz rather than 40 at 4800MHz, so you do win on both counts.

The results are, well...

For some tasks, such as file compression, it can be 50% faster than DDR5-4800, and 60% faster than even high-speed, low-latency DDR4-4400 CL16 modules.

For gaming, the biggest differential between the slowest and fastest RAM tested on any game was a little under 3%.

Also there's the slight problem that you can't get DDR5 memory anywhere.
PHP 8.1 is out. (PHP)

Why? Have we not suffered enough?
New Linux malware hides itself in crontabs by setting its execution date to February 31. (Bleeping Computer)

Which also means it's doomed to remain a pirate forever.
Britain has introduced - but not yet passed - legislation to ban default passwords on electronic devices. (BBC)

Good.
Australia's minister of defense has won a defamation suit against a Twitter bluecheck who called him a "rape apologist". (New York Times)

The article lists a number of number of other cases, several of which seem to be not only clearly what sane people would consider protected speech, but objectively true.

The self-same misbegotten bucket of hyena offal wants public legal funds for politicians to sue their detractors. (Herald Sun)

I think we're gonna need a bigger volcano.
Walmart pulls children's toy that swears and sings in Polish about doing cocaine. (CTVNews)

What the hell? Mark it up to triple price and you still won't be able to keep it on the shelves.
"It's about taking five grams of cocaine and being alone... It's a very depressing song," Tanner said.
A case of Val-u-rite and a stripper who has two vowels where you would normally find only one and you have the makings of a great holiday weekend.

Not At All Tech News

Hololive just announced holoX, which is their sixth generation of Japanese talents. Where Prism went all Fractured Fairy Tales with their latest generation, holoX is pretty much Gatchaman in Vtuber form.

The usual process is they announce an audition, and then you don't hear anything for five months, then there's a couple of teaser trailers before they announce the new talents and their debut schedule.

This time they just went straight to Z; the announcement was four hours ago and the first debut stream is four hours from now.

Meanwhile all the other generations are playing Pokemon. They just got surprise blanket permission to stream - apparently - every Pokemon game ever, and they're not looking a gift Ponyta in the mouth.

And yeah, I am thankful for Hololive. They - and Nijisanji, and Prism, and Kson, and Vyolfers' little group - have been all that's kept me sane the past year or so.

Party Like It's 1979 Video of the Day

Disclaimer: I bless the rains down in my basement. I would like it to stop at some point though.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:22 AM

Comments

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1 First.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at November 26, 2021 03:25 AM (+Kpte)

2 Good morning!

Posted by: JQ at November 26, 2021 03:25 AM (dB4Iz)

3 First?

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 03:26 AM (1+zmy)

4 Guess not.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 03:26 AM (1+zmy)

5 Hey JQ

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 03:27 AM (1+zmy)

6 Up already?

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 03:30 AM (2JoB8)

7 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955) HD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 03:32 AM (1+zmy)

8 Toto were a band made up of session musicians. They got pretty big there in the late 70s, early 80s.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 26, 2021 03:51 AM (sAmhv)

9 Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 26, 2021 03:58 AM (1R0vU)

10 Hey MLiI

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 03:59 AM (1+zmy)

11 Do some effing cocaine, kids!

Posted by: Singing Cactus at November 26, 2021 04:00 AM (QU5/8)

12 Happy Birthday, SMH!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 26, 2021 04:03 AM (1R0vU)

13 Thanks, MLiI : )

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:05 AM (1+zmy)

14 #1 son's b-day is tomorrow. I need to make his birthday favorite - cheesecake.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 26, 2021 04:06 AM (1R0vU)

15 Do some effing cocaine, kids!

Posted by: Singing Cactus at November 26, 2021 04:00 AM (QU5/

never had that. I could go with milsby and deeker.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:06 AM (oNqTv)

16 14 #1 son's b-day is tomorrow. I need to make his birthday favorite - cheesecake.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity
___

I'm making some char siu.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:10 AM (1+zmy)

17 >>>And yeah, I am thankful for Hololive. They - and Nijisanji, and Prism, and Kson, and Vyolfers' little group - have been all that's kept me sane the past year or so.

And . . . us?
Or the other way around! We're thankful for Pixytime.

Posted by: m at November 26, 2021 04:10 AM (rk2/G)

18 17 >>>And yeah, I am thankful for Hololive. They - and Nijisanji, and Prism, and Kson, and Vyolfers' little group - have been all that's kept me sane the past year or so.

And . . . us?
Or the other way around! We're thankful for Pixytime.

You guys keep me insane, but in a good way.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 26, 2021 04:13 AM (MqQvv)

19 > Toto were a band made up of session musicians.

Short for Toto Cogito Non Est Cansasoseum , I believe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 26, 2021 04:13 AM (bW8dp)

20 *waves to Pixy*

Sup.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:14 AM (1+zmy)

21 Heya Rodrigo.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:15 AM (1+zmy)

22 SMH, I had to look that up! Looks good

Beef Stroganoff is #1 son's usual request for his b-day dinner.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 26, 2021 04:17 AM (1R0vU)

23 That toy story reminds me of my recent trevails with a Vizio sound bar. I came home to my sister and mother upset because the sound bar was blasting something unrelated to what they were trying to watch. My first assumption was that somebody was connecting via Bluetooth and playing tracks on their phone. I found I could change the tracks to choose between half a dozen different forms of horrible. The default was a rap piece by a performer on the verge of falling into a coma and whose every fourth or fifth word was 'fuck'.

After some research it turn out this was 'demo mode'. It could be exiled by installing a firmware update, which took three or four tries to get right on a device that has no display. So the 'demo mode' was stopped and some features were upgraded. Now I have to ponder whether I ever want to buy anything else from a company with such poor taste in what to inflict on passing shoppers. If that is their target market, I want to stay well apart from it.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 26, 2021 04:17 AM (uNrGf)

24 What's up, SMH?

Just up for my middle-of-the-night 29-year-old man pee. Back to bed soon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 26, 2021 04:18 AM (bW8dp)

25 You guys keep me insane, but in a good way.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 26, 2021 04:13 AM (MqQvv)

I have always been crazy, but it has kept me from going insane- Waylon Jennings.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:19 AM (oNqTv)

26 I have always been crazy, but it has kept me from going insane- Waylon Jennings.
Posted by: Quint
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Joining the US Army...twice... is the epitome of crazy.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:22 AM (1+zmy)

27 Rodrigo,

I napped bigly yesterday...that's why I'm up now.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:23 AM (1+zmy)

28 MH, I had to look that up! Looks good

Beef Stroganoff is #1 son's usual request for his b-day dinner.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 26, 2021 04:17 AM (1R0vU)

I wonder what that would be back when I didn't do all the cooking. That was a long time ago, many, many years ago.

I guess my picks would be my mom's barbecue brisket or chicken enchiladas.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:24 AM (oNqTv)

29 have always been crazy, but it has kept me from going insane- Waylon Jennings.
Posted by: Quint
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Joining the US Army...twice... is the epitome of crazy.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:22 AM (1+zmy)

I know. I always respected that about you.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:25 AM (oNqTv)

30 I'm here for Pixy time... no no no. Here in Central Standard Time (the only real time) I should be sleeping!

But I'm not.

I often run into things (as we all do) that I think, what would Pixy say? I rarely find answers. Like, what are the rules of "don't comment on old threads," and how many linefeeds can a comment have nowadays.

But I'd like to pick on Pixy for tiny things. Like, if you link to a comment's permalink, it looks like
acecomments.mu.nu/?
blog=86&post=396670#c35776174
You can delete the "blog86&" part and it will still work. Why have that extraneous text?

Things that matter to those of us who grew up with 300 baud modems.

Posted by: mindful webworker is 'way past his beddy-bye time at November 26, 2021 04:29 AM (twXeO)

31 btw, deeker is Copenhagen dip, or any dip. I don't recommend it,to do otherwise would be crazy. But i don't want to act like I know something alone and push others off.

I don't think the term is widely used. A guy from my ARNG infantry unit used it, and it stuck. Crap, i used it longer than he did by probably decades. But the term stuck with me. there are tons are terms for it, but that one is one i will never forget.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:32 AM (oNqTv)

32 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 04:32 AM (mD/uy)

33 hey Tony.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:34 AM (oNqTv)

34 Dec 14th Fathom Events in the US will be showing for one night Shoji Kawamori's Macross Plus: The Movie with a soundtrack by Yoko Kanno.

"Information High" by Sharon Apple. Caution spoilers.
https://youtu.be/l8RqB5RBQ0A

"de Kulture!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 26, 2021 04:36 AM (BCnx7)

35 Posted by: Quint
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What sticks out in my mind in 2003, on the eve of my leaving for Iraq, is my husband carrying my youngest daughter, who was ten at the time, away from me as she was screaming, "Mommy, don't leave me!" as I was boarding the bus to the airfield at Ft. Hood.

No, I didn't feel very heroic then, and sure as hell don't feel heroic now.

She has not forgiven me for that.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:36 AM (1+zmy)

36 >>I guess my picks would be my mom's barbecue brisket or chicken enchiladas.
Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:24 AM (oNqTv)

As a young kid I would've picked tomato soup and grilled cheese! Now I'd have to say her rabbit and polenta meal. Dad and I shared close in date birthdays, and as I got older we'd celebrate them together. That was always his request.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 26, 2021 04:36 AM (1R0vU)

37 Just up for my middle-of-the-night 29-year-old man pee. Back to bed soon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

It doesn't get any better once you turn 30.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 04:41 AM (mD/uy)

38 Hey Tp.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:42 AM (1+zmy)

39 What sticks out in my mind in 2003, on the eve of my leaving for Iraq, is my husband carrying my youngest daughter, who was ten at the time, away from me as she was screaming, "Mommy, don't leave me!" as I was boarding the bus to the airfield at Ft. Hood.

No, I didn't feel very heroic then, and sure as hell don't feel heroic now.

She has not forgiven me for that.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:36 AM (1+zmy)

It was heroic. We met my dad in Hawaii between Vietnam tours. I was too young to remember any of it.

She should be very proud. Not reaching into an area I don't belong. But we all go our own way. My dad did two in Vietnam and took a bullet.

At nine my dad went abroad for a year. Sure it wasn't war, but it was the next best thing. I get both sides of it. If it were war when i was nine, I could see that as being a major issue to say the least.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:48 AM (oNqTv)

40 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 26, 2021 04:50 AM (arJlL)

41 She needed me more than the Army did.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:50 AM (1+zmy)

42 SMH, Quint.

Those airport goodbyes are the worst.
One of the boys, when he was little, would run run down the driveway and then right before he got on the bus turn and give me this goofy little wave. Every damn day.

He grew up and moved on and I forgot about it. His last deployment I took him to the airport and after we said our 'See you laters', he ran up to the gate, turned around and gave me that same goofy little wave again, as an adult.

Ouch. Got me right in the feels.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 04:50 AM (mD/uy)

43 Doesn't matter now, what's done is done.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:50 AM (1+zmy)

44
The 'default mode' of my refrigerator after a power outage is to go into 'display mode' with no cooling whatsoever. Then you have to hit some strange combination of keys for three seconds.

As we continue our fixation of becoming the next Venezuela and power outages become more common, I added a post-it note to the frig with the key codes written down. But if I take a vacation and go away for a week, and there's a power outage, I'm coming home to a very bad smell.

Ain't technology wonderful?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 04:51 AM (dQvv7)

45 37 Just up for my middle-of-the-night 29-year-old man pee. Back to bed soon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

It doesn't get any better once you turn 30.

Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 04:41 AM (mD/uy)

You've learned this from your elders.

Posted by: m at November 26, 2021 04:56 AM (rk2/G)

46 She needed me more than the Army did.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 04:50 AM (1+zmy)

no question that is the truth. but you did your duty. Even kids will learn to respect that. Military families have always had a special burden. I personally think they have a special place in society as well.There is a pride about that that doesn't go away.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 04:56 AM (oNqTv)

47 SMH, Quint.

Those airport goodbyes are the worst.
One of the boys, when he was little, would run run down the driveway and then right before he got on the bus turn and give me this goofy little wave. Every damn day.

He grew up and moved on and I forgot about it. His last deployment I took him to the airport and after we said our 'See you laters', he ran up to the gate, turned around and gave me that same goofy little wave again, as an adult.

Ouch. Got me right in the feels.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 04:50 AM (mD/uy)

understood. I was flat out too young for war goodbyes.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 05:01 AM (oNqTv)

48 God bless you Quint, but she is all about CRT, BLM, Antifa, and she is passing that onto the grandbabies.

She has no pride in my service.

She is 29 now, and she despises Jesus, and everything I and her dad believe in.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:04 AM (1+zmy)

49 She thinks America is evil.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:05 AM (1+zmy)

50 Good morning all. Awake waaaaay to early on a day I don't have any reason to get up.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 05:05 AM (PzBTm)

51
As a young kid I would've picked tomato soup and grilled cheese! Now I'd have to say her rabbit and polenta meal. Dad and I shared close in date birthdays, and as I got older we'd celebrate them together. That was always his request.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 26, 2021 04:36 AM (1R0vU)
my mom loved grilled cheese with tomato soup. It is an old school combo. I just learned to appreciate it. But there are updated versions.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 05:06 AM (oNqTv)

52 Hey Rosasharn.

Just having a maudlin birthday here, heh.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:07 AM (1+zmy)

53 So sorry to hear that SMH. Kids break our hearts.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:10 AM (LZkdC)

54 I have no idea why I am up at 3 in the am.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:12 AM (LZkdC)

55 50 Good morning all. Awake waaaaay to early on a day I don't have any reason to get up.
Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 05:05 AM (PzBTm)

"To eat pie" is a reason to get up.

Posted by: m at November 26, 2021 05:13 AM (rk2/G)

56 Birthday hugs SMH. I'll pray for your situation - perhaps the rough spots will be made smooth in His time.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 05:13 AM (mD/uy)

57 Hi SMH. - what other kind of birthday is there?

Hi JT.

I have a kitchen full of rinsed but not washed dishes.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 05:13 AM (PzBTm)

58 Had to break out the mittens this morning. It's a chilly 15 degrees out there!

I'd better get going, the efore-store-opens prep won't get done on it's own.

I hope you can all carry over the gratitude and feelings of being Blessed from yesterday.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 26, 2021 05:14 AM (1R0vU)

59 Yes they do, Infidel.

But I'm batting .500 so far.
My eldest daughter and I are close.

But in all honesty, if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing.

I helped bring home 27 soldiers under my command home through three deployments to Iraq.
I only wish my youngest daughter could see that, instead of hating me for leaving her.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:16 AM (1+zmy)

60 23 degrees here in southern IL.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:17 AM (1+zmy)

61 30 here and it's snowing.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 05:18 AM (mD/uy)

62 Willowed from the ONT

Not everyone can be born in '68.
Posted by: SMH

In 68 my Dad was stationed in Co Spgs, his 5th duty station since my birth. We used to go trout fishing on Ft Carson grounds! Loved that place, glad I left before the Californication.

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at November 26, 2021 05:18 AM (y7zkd)

63 I'm up, there is plenty of time, there is pie.... but I'm still full from yesterday.

Happy birthday to my fellow Thanksgiving-week birthdays.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 05:19 AM (PzBTm)

64 My dad was in Vietnam as a river rat when I was born.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:19 AM (1+zmy)

65 He was Signal, as I was in 1987.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:20 AM (1+zmy)

66 I read about ther Cactus being on Amazon a few months back, was going to buy it for my sister as a Christmas present, but we could only buy the English version in the US, looks like you need to be outside ther country to get the multi language one.

That article though was about a grandmother in Japan who purchased the toy, seems almost the same as ther one written here, as if they copied it and changed details just to get clicks.

Also they never have ointments on sale on black Friday, wtf?

Posted by: Rbastid at November 26, 2021 05:22 AM (ncFSX)

67 26 here and I need to get the trash can to the curb.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:22 AM (LZkdC)

68 God bless you Quint, but she is all about CRT, BLM, Antifa, and she is passing that onto the grandbabies.

She has no pride in my service.

She is 29 now, and she despises Jesus, and everything I and her dad believe in.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:04 AM (1+zmy)

i am sorry to hear that. It is obvious there is no one answer. I know in my nuclear family we were all conservative. My dad and I would be in a real race there, I would win. Then again, this guy hated JFK, and we are supposed to love him now.

in the end every family is different. I hope you at least stay close, regardless of politics. The worst is an estranged family. And it can happen over the most petty of things.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 05:24 AM (oNqTv)

69 The worst is an estranged family. And it can happen over the most petty of things.
Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 05:24

Yes, and it very painful.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:26 AM (LZkdC)

70 I haven't looked outside to see if it's snowing but forecast says 50% chance until 6. Good reason not to get up.

SMH - thank you for your service and hopefully some day your daughter will have her eyes opened and understand.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 05:27 AM (PzBTm)

71 It's all in God's hands at this point.

The hub and I will be moving to Georgia over the next year.

His folks and mine (in Orlando) have more of a need for us to be nearby than her.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:28 AM (1+zmy)

72 We love our grandbabies, but we also have to think about our parents, since he and I are the eldest in our families.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:31 AM (1+zmy)

73 It's a hard road SMH. But be grateful that you both can help your folks. The Lord gives us strength.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:33 AM (LZkdC)

74 That He does, Infidel.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:34 AM (1+zmy)

75 Hey, Pixy

On of the internet sites I go on says a new political party is being formed in Victoria by small business owners and a player in the AFL because people think the major parties did a terrible job over corona. You probably knew this, but I didn't

https://tinyurl.com/yckmm6x4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2021 05:35 AM (eh4B6)

76 It is good to be near parents as they get older. We took care of my Mom - we lived in town near her. My MIL had a couple of her "favorite" children living close to her. All are gone now.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 05:37 AM (PzBTm)

77 The hub and I will be moving to Georgia over the next year.

Good, our state needs more solid citizens to counter the carpetbaggers who always complain "we do this up North" not stopping to think why they came south in the 1st place, to get away from "this"

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at November 26, 2021 05:39 AM (y7zkd)

78 Hub is from south GA (Tifton).

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:40 AM (1+zmy)

79 My Mom is from nearby Cairo

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at November 26, 2021 05:41 AM (y7zkd)

80 Local news this am is depressing. Preps never stop shooting each other in the city. Gun battles on Turkey day and black friday. Of course being white, we aren't suppose to notice that, just a black thing I guess.

Posted by: Colin at November 26, 2021 05:41 AM (sUl9n)

81 I hear doggehs starting to holler downstairs. I'll be getting up soon.

Do the doggehs know I am awake? HOW!?

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 05:43 AM (PzBTm)

82 Do the doggehs know I am awake? HOW!?
Posted by: Rosasharn

Doggehs have superpowers.

It is known.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 05:43 AM (mD/uy)

83 I have no idea why I am up at 3 in the am.
Posted by: Infidel

Still getting Amber Alerts from the wagon train ?

Posted by: JT at November 26, 2021 05:44 AM (arJlL)

84 Doggehs have superpowers.

That is total truth.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 05:45 AM (PzBTm)

85 Still getting Amber Alerts from the wagon train ?
Posted by: JT

No JT. I blocked that number. Will have to wait to see if it works.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:46 AM (LZkdC)

86 Couldn't sleep. Up at 3am which seems to be a common lament this morning at the hq.
Had pecan pie yesterday instead of pumpkin. I really believe the pie was calling me to awaken. Pumpkin pie and a hot cup of coffee for breakfast are the best.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 26, 2021 05:46 AM (2NHgQ)

87 Every time I listen to this song, I think of the hubby:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCgSb2L4eE0

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:47 AM (1+zmy)

88 Anyone see this story at PJ Media?
https://tinyurl.com/msan474p
Daily Kos online poll on the rutabaga's job performance. My first thought is that conservatives were gaming the poll to give him such low numbers. Wonder if it is legit, if so he's very, very unpopular.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 26, 2021 05:52 AM (2NHgQ)

89 Mawnin', folk!

Up only 1/2 hr. earlier than I planned. An afternoon nap yesterday and then staying up until the dizzying hour of 10:30 pm seems to make a difference (?). How did everyone's T-Day go? Miss Linda and I walked in our neighborhood in the morning, and then drove out to the 'burbs in the evening. The place where we had our reservation is opulent and dim, not cheap, but all the waitresses were face diaper-free. They did have a special Thanksgiving menu for $38. I opted for seasoned redfish. With tip (which I left for the waitress in cash -- no need for FJB to know about it), I got away with about $100!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 05:52 AM (c6xtn)

90
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 26, 2021 05:52 AM (DUIap)

91 I really believe the pie was calling me to awaken. Pumpkin pie and a hot cup of coffee for breakfast are the best.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

One must not deny the power of the pie. It's simply a recipe for disaster.

I don't know why I awoke at 0330 today either. I have to visit and old friend at her restaurant today and help out. Maybe that was swirling around in my little pea brain. The good thing is - I can nap later if I want.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 05:53 AM (mD/uy)

92 The good thing is - I can nap later if I want.
___

Hooah rodger that.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 05:54 AM (1+zmy)

93
Do the doggehs know I am awake? HOW!?
Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021

***
They might hear your breathing change. Wolf the great black cat seemed to know as well; I'd be lying in bed, really hadn't moved since my eyes fluttered open, and then he'd be up near my head, purring. His habit to nudge me to rise was to pat my hair, and skull, with one big paw. I'd feel those claws, brush him off -- but then I couldn't go back to sleep.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 05:55 AM (c6xtn)

94 mornin y'all

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at November 26, 2021 05:56 AM (Adlwz)

95 What's to like about the diaper in chief?

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:56 AM (LZkdC)

96 Chekov the Ailing Codger Cat is doing about as well as he did a month ago. Maybe he's spending a little more time than before in the living room with me. He seems to have settled into his new Grandpa-guy-on-the-porch lifestyle. Today I have to call about renewing his meds.

Durn cat. It's a good thing I love him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 05:58 AM (c6xtn)

97 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 26, 2021 05:58 AM (i9u0o)

98 Seems like a lot of the 'hood is up early today.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:59 AM (LZkdC)

99 Infidel. Nothing, but this was a far left website poll. If true, the numbers are astonishing. He's only above water in 3 states. In W VA he's in the teens. He's not even a year in on his presidency. We know he's a total disaster but the progs know as well?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 26, 2021 06:00 AM (2NHgQ)

100 G'mornin' everyone !

clear, 12 degrees, half moon here in WI Driftless.

pie, coffee, and the inevitable hardboiled egg

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 06:01 AM (ahosz)

101 You can tell when your friends and relatives are getting up there in age. After a wonderful Thanksgiving meal, we all sat around the table talking about our meds, and doctors. The kids (in their 20's now) watched football. No politics thank God, as I know some at the table think Uncle Joe is the greatest.

Posted by: Colin at November 26, 2021 06:01 AM (sUl9n)

102 It's cool here, about 57-60 F. Today's temps will not be any warmer than that. I'll take it -- though I'd rather live where this occurs in mid-October, and we'd have our first snow about this time.

I have to decide if I want to go work out this am. Something tells me I'm not enthused about it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:02 AM (c6xtn)

103 You can tell when your friends and relatives are getting up there in age. After a wonderful Thanksgiving meal, we all sat around the table talking about our meds, and doctors. . . .
Posted by: Colin at November 26, 2021

***
What Sam Levenson called "the organ recital." "Ohh, my liver." "Ohh, my kidneys." "It's my heart, the doctor says -- but what does he know . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:04 AM (c6xtn)

104 Kittuhs can tell time. Years ago, I was watching both of sisters kittuhs. I was working mids at the time. I normally got up at 3pm. I was off, sleeping in, when i woke up suddenly to see kittuh feet right in front of my eyes. It was 3:30pm. Girl kittuh meowed at me. I went to roll over and boy kittuh was standing on my hip. He meowed at me. Time to get up. DST screws up kittuhs internal clock.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 26, 2021 06:04 AM (NsE9F)

105 This is the first TG we didn't have pie. Substituted a cream cheese filled pumpin roll. It was most excellent, but I wouldn't have minded a slice of pumpkin pie.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 26, 2021 06:05 AM (i9u0o)

106 23 F here in southern IL.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 06:05 AM (1+zmy)

107 *waves to olddog from across the river*

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 06:06 AM (1+zmy)

108 Yep. Read the assembled my rules for gatherings. No politics, no religion and no watching tv while eating. The closest we got was discussing electric vehicles, specifically electric buses. Started to veer into politics but was stopped. Small gathering of 4 intelligent adults, one child and my nephew and his girlfriend. The last 2 love bernie.
It's interesting to hear the nephew talk about never missed work due to the chinese lung rot shut down, but he took advantage of the freebies (11 month mortgage moratorium) and then used the extra cash to buy crypto. Good grief.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 26, 2021 06:07 AM (2NHgQ)

109 *waves back and shouts*

Happy Birfday, SMH.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 26, 2021 06:08 AM (i9u0o)

110 SMH, it dropped here. Now it's 23. Thankfully the fireplace is going. Still chilly in the house.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 06:08 AM (LZkdC)

111 Thanks, olddog.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 06:09 AM (1+zmy)

112 The heater is on, as well as the humidifier.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 06:09 AM (1+zmy)

113 I did get up and take dogs out. In the snow. (Only a dusting but yuck.) Coffee just beeped. Yay! Yes, there is pumpkin pie for breakfast...

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 06:10 AM (PzBTm)

114 If I could get up I would make coffees

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:14 AM (2JoB8)

115 Right foot is swollen as can be. Can barely move my toes. Rearranged furniture so I can elevate leg and stubbed the sh*t out of big toe. Heckuva a way to start the day.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 26, 2021 06:16 AM (i9u0o)

116 See if I can make a birthday cake for you SMH

...i..i..i...
( HAPPY )
(BIRTHDAY)

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:17 AM (2JoB8)

117 So, a poll - whipped cream on pumpkin pie for breakfast? Or no whipped cream? (Why, what did you think the choice would be?)

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 06:18 AM (PzBTm)

118 Rosasharn - life is too short to pass up a chance for whipped cream. Go for it.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 06:20 AM (mD/uy)

119 I hope everyone enjoyed Biden's and Doctor Jill's wishing all Americans a happy Thanksgiving. It looked like he was reading that, and I'd bet he was.

Posted by: Colin at November 26, 2021 06:20 AM (sUl9n)

120 Damn it's cold out there. The trash is out and bills in the mailbox. Think I'll add some Irish Cream to the coffee.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 06:21 AM (LZkdC)

121 The heater is on, as well as the humidifier.
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021

***
I'd love to live where I needed a *humidifier*. Here you can't get rid of the damp, even in what is laughingly called winter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:21 AM (c6xtn)

122 So, a poll - whipped cream on pumpkin pie for breakfast? Or no whipped cream? (Why, what did you think the choice would be?)

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 06:18 AM (PzBTm)

unless you are going through some sort of penance, you know the answer.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 06:22 AM (oNqTv)

123 The Jets - Christmas In My Heart (1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F738XtqAYGs

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 06:24 AM (1+zmy)

124 All this talk of pie is making me crave a second piece. With whipped cream, of course.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 26, 2021 06:25 AM (2NHgQ)

125 I'd love to live where I needed a *humidifier*. Here you can't get rid of the damp, even in what is laughingly called winter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:21 AM (c6xtn)

if it gets cold enough, you will need one. people think the winter is dry. But really that is not the case. It all the heating that makes it dry. A humidifier can come in handy.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 06:26 AM (oNqTv)

126 We are already so dry here in W CO, maybe I should look into a humidifier?

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 06:29 AM (LZkdC)

127 When I was a young kid remember my mom boiling pot of water on stove just for humidity

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:30 AM (2JoB8)

128 When I was a young kid remember my mom boiling pot of water on stove just for humidity

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:30 AM (2JoB

and that still works.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 06:32 AM (oNqTv)

129 Skip, thanks for the reminder. My mom did too. I miss my folks.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 06:33 AM (LZkdC)

130 we still do the boiling-water thing sometimes.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 06:35 AM (ahosz)

131 No whip cream. But I wouldn't turn down a piece that had it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 26, 2021 06:36 AM (i9u0o)

132 SMH, Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday (just a little late)

Posted by: Ben Had at November 26, 2021 06:38 AM (e0rK7)

133 until a few years ago we still used the old aluminum saucepan my mom used for humidity, but corrosion and cavitation finally produced a pinhole leak. end of an era.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 06:39 AM (ahosz)

134 If I had some pumpkin pie, Rosasharn, or any pie, I'd have a slice. Sadly there is none. Breakfast is a Tina's red-hot beef burrito, microwaved, with some authentic (made in Taos, NM) red chile sauce on it; a slice of wheat toast with shapr cheddar cheese; and I may have another slice with some of the Crazy Richard's mix-it-up, no corn syrup peanut butter.

Coffee too, of course: Cafe Morro espresso-style, but not brewed anywhere near that strong.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:41 AM (c6xtn)

135 Thanks, Ben Had : )

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 26, 2021 06:41 AM (1+zmy)

136 116 See if I can make a birthday cake for you SMH

...i..i..i...
( HAPPY )
(BIRTHDAY)
Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:17 AM

That's pretty great!

Posted by: m at November 26, 2021 06:41 AM (fVJPF)

137 Our area is naturally very dry, so we installed a humidifier on the furnace. Hubby NEC kept monitoring the humidity and checking the unit. No change to the humidity nor did he ever see water dripping into the humidifier. Took the installer 2 additional trips to get it right. This type of humidifier just hasn't been that used in our area, it's been a learning curve for the installers.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 26, 2021 06:43 AM (2NHgQ)

138 Morning.
Expect the news today to be all about Lauren Boebert, she made a few jokes about Ilhan Omar.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 26, 2021 06:43 AM (4thlk)

139 Happy 29th birthday again, SMH!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 06:46 AM (6FeV1)

140 Yeah, whipped cream was the right decision.

And now the doggehs want to be fed. No whipped cream for them.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 06:46 AM (PzBTm)

141 Happy Birthday SMH

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2021 06:47 AM (UnQlg)

142 Expect the news today to be all about Lauren Boebert, she made a few jokes about Ilhan Omar.
Posted by: lowandslow

More? or was that from a few days ago?

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 06:47 AM (LZkdC)

143 Expect the news today to be all about Lauren Boebert, she made a few jokes about Ilhan Omar.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 26, 2021 06:43 AM (4thlk)

As long as she didn't make an anime reference.... because apparently that's strengst verboten....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 06:47 AM (6FeV1)

144 "More? or was that from a few days ago?"
Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 06:47 AM (LZkdC)

Not sure, it's just being amplified by Twitter this morning.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 26, 2021 06:48 AM (4thlk)

145 God in unexpected places- a nice devotional from a new mother in AL:

https://tinyurl.com/4f9wf6cc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2021 06:49 AM (ap/SU)

146 Not sure, it's just being amplified by Twitter this morning.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 26, 2021 06:48 AM (4thlk)

That sounds like a death knell for the twots.. being behind the curve is the one unforgivable sin for a social media...uh... medium? Whatever. It's too early to be selecting the right word.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 06:49 AM (6FeV1)

147 California cut power because the wind blew hard yesterday. Europe lost power recently because the wind didn't blow hard enough. I don't think these sociliaists are doing this right.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at November 26, 2021 06:50 AM (oWBc3)

148 California cut power because the wind blew hard yesterday. Europe lost power recently because the wind didn't blow hard enough. I don't think these sociliaists are doing this right.
Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at November 26, 2021 06:50 AM (oWBc3)

I'm sure there's some choice excerpts from the Good Book about frivolous people and wind.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 06:51 AM (6FeV1)

149 What a wonderful day she had. Thank you Fenelon for that little pick-me-up!

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 06:52 AM (LZkdC)

150
Woke up at 5:30. Makes me feel like a lazy slugabed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:55 AM (/U27+)

151 Woke up at 5:30. Makes me feel like a lazy slugabed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:55 AM (/U27+)

I feel like that needs to be followed by a twelve-bar bluesy harmonica hit....

*wah WAHHH wahwah*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 06:56 AM (6FeV1)

152 Woke up at 5:30. Makes me feel like a lazy slugabed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It's that kind of weekend. I see a nap in my future.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 06:57 AM (LZkdC)

153 14 degrees up here t' NW Illinois this morning.
Wind chill at 4.

We keep a pot of water on our woodstove for a little humidity, once we start getting static shocks.

Posted by: lizabth at November 26, 2021 06:57 AM (L3Rsz)

154 Had light rain, supposed to get windy and I have 4 tarps of leaves in piles to get rid of.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:57 AM (2JoB8)

155 Comment didn't post.

G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 06:57 AM (3D/fK)

156
It's a no-music Friday as well. Maybe I'll have to do some work today. Horrors!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:59 AM (/U27+)

157 Collaboration of dog and synthesizer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829XDgQFgXs

Because life is too short not too

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2021 07:00 AM (UnQlg)

158 It's a no-music Friday as well. Maybe I'll have to do some work today. Horrors!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:59 AM (/U27+)

*puts harmonica away*

Well, crud.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 07:00 AM (6FeV1)

159 Watched a short clip of Kamala talking about those awful gas prices. She seemed distracted, like she didn't quit know where she was..weird.

Posted by: Colin at November 26, 2021 07:00 AM (sUl9n)

160 California cut power because the wind blew hard yesterday. Europe lost power recently because the wind didn't blow hard enough. I don't think these sociliaists are doing this right.
Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at November 26, 2021 06:50 AM (oWBc3)

I'm sure there's some choice excerpts from the Good Book about frivolous people and wind.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 06:51 AM (6FeV1)

I remember if the wind blew wrong and blew some leaves on the London Underground, they would chalk it to Global Warming and make a day of it.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 07:01 AM (oNqTv)

161 Skip, sounds like work. They have a leaf pickup program here. There are piles of leaves in the street all over town.

The city makes 3 passes thru town in Nov/Dec. Next week is the final pick up. It is then taken to a mulch dump site and you can pick up mulch in the spring for a price. Sorta nice to just rake to the curb and then it's gone.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 07:01 AM (LZkdC)

162 You are most welcome, Infidel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2021 07:02 AM (poMoX)

163 "*puts harmonica away*

Well, crud."

I know, right?

*Puts bagpipes and accordion back in hall closet*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 07:02 AM (3D/fK)

164 155 Comment didn't post.
G'morning, all!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 06:57 AM (3D/fK)

Maybe because you said the same thing another commenter had said? Like AltonJackson at #90, maybe.

Posted by: m at November 26, 2021 07:02 AM (fVJPF)

165 Watched a short clip of Kamala talking about those awful gas prices. She seemed distracted, like she didn't quit know where she was..weird.
Posted by: Colin at November 26, 2021

***
Nothing weird about it for her. Or this administration generally.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 07:03 AM (c6xtn)

166
Watched a short clip of Kamala talking about those awful gas prices.

_________

Don't tell me, let me guess. It's price gouging by those eeeeeevil oil companies, piling up obscene windfall profits while womxn, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC shiver in the dark.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 07:05 AM (/U27+)

167 Woke up at 5:30. Makes me feel like a lazy slugabed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021

***
I know, right? Makes you feel like you've wasted a morning.

I didn't used to be a morning person. When I was a drama major in college, rehearsals were generally in the afternoons and evenings, and shows at night. I thought if God had intended us to be up before 10 am, He'd have made it happen after noon. But now, I'm ready to go when other people are still sleeping. It's neat to drive around and have the city to yourself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 07:06 AM (c6xtn)

168 "***
Nothing weird about it for her. Or this administration generally.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 07:03 AM (c6xtn) "

no joke. I remember stoners back in high school who seemed more aware and intelligent than this crowd of nonentities.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:07 AM (ahosz)

169 "Maybe because you said the same thing another commenter had said? Like AltonJackson at #90, maybe."

Nah, that shouldn't have enraged the comment blocking dwarves that run the Pixy-ware.

Just one of those things, as the comment came through fine, second time around.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 07:07 AM (3D/fK)

170 *puts harmonica away*

Well, crud."

I know, right?

*Puts bagpipes and accordion back in hall closet*
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 07:02 AM (3D/fK)
---------

*wedges tuba back into the cabinet*

Posted by: bluebell at November 26, 2021 07:08 AM (wyw4S)

171 Re what Pixy said about picking up some deals, my credit cards ended their period this week, so I can consider stocking up on my favorite tobaccos and possibly buying a new-to-me estate pipe. Or two. Not that I need any more pipes.

I need to buy Miss Linda's Xmas presents and some stuff for the car, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 07:09 AM (c6xtn)

172 And what were your favorite roles as a drama major, Wolfus?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2021 07:09 AM (poMoX)

173 lol, bluebell !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:09 AM (ahosz)

174 So last year, during their after Christmas sale, we bought an 8 foot Balsam Hill tree.

Just put it up yesterday, and I gotta tell ya...it looks more lifelike than some real trees we have had in the past.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 07:09 AM (3D/fK)

175 It would appear from the administration the official word is Kulaks are jacking up price of gas.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 07:09 AM (2JoB8)

176 What if you took all the drones and the chanter off of bagpipes, and replaced them with tenor saxophones?

That would sound pretty wild....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 07:10 AM (6FeV1)

177 Hi bluebell!

Hope your Thanksgiving went well, as I am sure the cooking and baking were off the charts delicious.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 07:11 AM (3D/fK)

178 *puts harmonica away*

Well, crud."

I know, right?

*Puts bagpipes and accordion back in hall closet*

*wedges tuba back into the cabinet*

**drags piano back down basement steps**

Good thing I had that pie!

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 07:12 AM (PzBTm)

179
*wedges tuba back into the cabinet*
Posted by: bluebell at November 26, 2021 07:08 AM (wyw4S)

_________

No banjos or ukuleles? It's like I don't know you people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 07:12 AM (/U27+)

180 Hi VIA! It was a lot of fun, and don't you worry, there is plenty of pie leftover for our traditional day after Thanksgiving breakfast. Although I can't see myself partaking this year - still stuffed from yesterday.

So - how's Little VIA, and tell us about the girlfriend!!

Posted by: bluebell at November 26, 2021 07:13 AM (wyw4S)

181 And if the news is going to be about Lauren
and what supposedly bad, no good, awful thing she said about Ilhan Omar, it sounds like a good day for me to avoid the news

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2021 07:13 AM (poMoX)

182 As a kid in the 600 person small town, we just raked the leaves to the curb and set them on fire. Loved the smell of burning leaves. Now, the FD would be called followed by the town cops with a ticket, followed by the EPA with a huge fine, and jail.

Posted by: Colin at November 26, 2021 07:13 AM (sUl9n)

183 There was a new addition to the dessert menu last night. Pumpkin bread, and it was quite well received!

Not by me though....the pecan pie was perfect. And there is enough left over for breakfast!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 26, 2021 07:14 AM (Q9lwr)

184 And if the news is going to be about Lauren
and what supposedly bad, no good, awful thing she said about Ilhan Omar, it sounds like a good day for me to avoid the news

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2021 07:13 AM (poMoX)

Streisand effect. Nothing good comes from whining about being insulted... you just give oxygen to the insult.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 26, 2021 07:14 AM (6FeV1)

185 My Christmas shopping is almost finished. It's a first. But then I don't have a big family. Kids and grand get something from LLBean and I am putting together a breakfast basket. I picked up some blueberry pancake mix, good syrup and 3 lbs of thick pepper bacon. I need to pull out the sewing machine and finish the apron and pot holders. Figure I can pick up a basket at Hobby Lobby.

Have some little things for cow-orkers too.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 07:15 AM (LZkdC)

186 JJ IS UP

Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at November 26, 2021 07:16 AM (2JoB8)

187 And if the news is going to be about Lauren

Of Arabia ?

Posted by: JT at November 26, 2021 07:16 AM (arJlL)

188
Looks like PA gets a new Senator next year. I've only seen one advertisement so far, a woman who seems to be in the mold of Marjorie Taylor Greene. I already forgot her name.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 07:16 AM (dQvv7)

189 "So - how's Little VIA, and tell us about the girlfriend!! "

Both of them are well, and obviously care very much for each other.

Best way to briefly give a feel is...

It was wonderful watching her and Mrs VIA cutting up and laughing while sharing the kitchen and food prep portion. And Mrs VIA doesn't share her kitchen with very many people.

Feels like we have known her for years.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 07:17 AM (3D/fK)

190 Fen, all she said is what we already know.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 07:17 AM (LZkdC)

191 It was wonderful watching her and Mrs VIA cutting up and laughing while sharing the kitchen and food prep portion. And Mrs VIA doesn't share her kitchen with very many people.

Feels like we have known her for years.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 07:17 AM (3D/fK)
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Perfect. Absolutely perfect. I love hearing this!

Posted by: bluebell at November 26, 2021 07:18 AM (wyw4S)

192 Jill and I wish you a happy Thanksgiving. From the Biden family to your family, You make us proud to be serving you everyday...end of quotes.

Posted by: Colin at November 26, 2021 07:18 AM (sUl9n)

193 Le NOOD

It be here...

And stuff!!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 26, 2021 07:19 AM (3D/fK)

194 183 There was a new addition to the dessert menu last night. Pumpkin bread, and it was quite well received!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 26, 2021 07:14 AM (Q9lwr

May I recommend: pumpkin bread toast! Slathered with butter.

Posted by: m at November 26, 2021 07:20 AM (fVJPF)

195 And what were your favorite roles as a drama major, Wolfus?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2021

***
I suppose, looking back, that I wasn't terribly good. Even in college I didn't get cast in major roles in the big major productions. I loved doing comedy, though.

My favorite was in an original one-act called "Gof." I was the scruffy acolyte, "Monk," to a nutty Prophet who believed the end of the world was coming: that Gof, the one true god, was going to "turn the world into a giant pimple, and all the sinners would be at the bottom where it was red and sore." At the climax, midnight on the big day, all the characters are on stage. Blackout. Beat, beat, and then my voice quavers out in the darkness: "Prophet? Is this what the inside of a pimple looks like?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 07:24 AM (c6xtn)

196 Thanks, Wolfus. Sounds like an interesting play.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2021 07:41 AM (gPveK)

197 18 You guys keep me insane
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 26, 2021 04:13 AM (MqQvv)

Well, everybody should do what they do well.

Posted by: m at November 26, 2021 08:29 AM (fVJPF)

198 "To eat pie" is a reason to get up.
Posted by: m at November 26, 2021 05:13 AM (rk2/G)

Words of wisdom, m... Words of wisdom.

Posted by: Oldowan at November 26, 2021 08:55 AM (Mfqer)

199 That twitter defamation case is interesting. Wonder if England will help make twitter a better place.... not getting my hopes up

Posted by: Draki at November 26, 2021 09:21 AM (op5te)

200 "Things that matter to those of us who grew up with 300 baud modems."

You haven't lived until you've tried to do data entry via a 300-baud acoustic coupler. What joy it is to *almost* complete a form, only to have someone slam the door, the noise of which the coupler picks up and transmits to the remote system as a burst of garbage. You kids have it *so* easy these days!

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