aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com
Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - February 18, 2025 [scampydog]
The White House Historical Association has had an active role in acquiring and donating portraits of recent presidents and first ladies since 1965 when the Association negotiated to acquire a portrait of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt from the widow of artist Douglas Granville Chandor. Since that time, it has been a goal to acquire contemporary or historic portraits of presidents and first ladies, "either to represent those not in the collection or to replace earlier likenesses judged less than successful."
OPM - Office of Personnel Management. Federal government employment and salary info. Spreadsheet Kung Fu material here. This site aggregates publicly available information and includes about half of the Federal employment data. While not exhaustive (no CIA, NSA, DIA, GA, NGIA, TVE, and others), there are notable things when filtering through the 1.5 million salaries captured. Hit the drop down on the Employer box (and pour a tall drink - you'll need it). Info below all for 2024. The OPM itself had 2,902 salaries. 62% of them making more than $100k. OPM, indeed. 15 people work at the Denali Commission. What is the Denali Commission? What do they do? Mostly infrastructure projects. Why is the average salary $149,795? Peace Corps? 981 salaries. Railroad Retirement Board? 813 salaries. Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council? 24 salaries - 23 of which are in excess of $100,000. Visit the DOGE site for a look at their progress.
Comedian belittling an unemployed DNC misinformation specialist. 😂😂😂😂👇 pic.twitter.com/1XNzNQ4mR2
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) January 31, 2025
Tito to Stalin
Several reports stating that Stalin kept Tito's letter in his desk, which was discovered upon his death.
Yo Adrian! Oh yeah, pattern recognition. The diamond tread of Chuck Taylor All-Stars. Rocky wore a black pair in the movie.
A bit more reminiscing. How about Holly Hobbie?
On this day, February 18th: 1984 East German figure skater Kararina Witt wins gold at Sarajevo Olympics. And hetero men suddenly wanted to watch figure skating.
"They wanted to make sure that I'd always come home ... that I would not defect," says Witt, who says she had no idea at the time that the Stasi were monitoring her. But when the Berlin Wall came down in 1990, the veil of secrecy opened up on the Stasi and the files they had been compiling for more than 40 years - including 27 boxes marked with Witt's name.
This is kind of cool. Rome, Italy Every 25 years, Rome celebrates a year long Catholic festival, The Jubilee. The 2025 Jubilee kicked off on Christmas Eve in 2024, with the opening of the first Holy Door. A total of five Holy Doors will be opened for this Jubilee. Some Holy Door history Jubilee calendar
Who has a cool movie poster or two in their basement or dungeon?
1 [551 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman' [77.34 posts/day]
2 [387 comments] 'Aetius451AD'
3 [360 comments] 'Rodrigo Borgia'
4 [351 comments] '18-1'
5 [336 comments] 'Axeman'
6 [333 comments] 'Skip '
7 [307 comments] 'jim (in Kalifornia)'
8 [304 comments] 'Anna Puma'
9 [303 comments] 'runner'
10 [303 comments] 'Oldcat' Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [258 names] 'Ciampino - take the funding away until they beg then go elsewhere' [36.21 unique names/day]
2 [233 names] 'Can Pick'em!'
3 [69 names] 'Duncanthrax'
4 [61 names] 'He's a stupid one isn't he '
5 [59 names] 'Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual'
6 [56 names] 'World is dominated by dumb, loud, cocky people'
7 [46 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
8 [40 names] 'Edith Piaf'
9 [39 names] '18-1'
10 [39 names] 'Count de Monet'
Tonight's ONT brought to you by...
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 18, 2025 09:59 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at February 18, 2025 09:59 PM (Ze08y)
Posted by: caf at February 18, 2025 09:59 PM (/+mVZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - spectacularly ordinary at February 18, 2025 09:59 PM (yfRSa)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at February 18, 2025 09:59 PM (Ze08y)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 18, 2025 10:00 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 18, 2025 10:00 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:01 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2025 10:01 PM (4u9xT)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2025 10:02 PM (W/lyH)
The bad news is that my eyes have gotten worse over the last 3 weeks - a known side effect of this medication - which is not so good. I have a fluid build-up under my retina, which is causing my vision to be very blurry, even with contacts or glasses on. This has severely cut into my ability to do my needlework, which i am not happy about 🤣🤣🤣
The opthamologist wants me to pause taking the medication for 2 weeks to see if the problem will resolve itself, and my oncologist agrees. If everything goes back to normal, I can resume taking the medicine at a lower dosage.
This is only a temporary reprieve, and we won't know if my tumors have shrunk until late April, when I am scheduled to have my next CT scan. If they shrink enough, it may be possible to cut them out - the only long-term "cure" for The Bitch - even with that, I may only be buying
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 10:02 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: tankdemon
------------
Sometimes it is better to be tardy than premature.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:02 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 10:03 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 10:03 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 18, 2025 10:03 PM (DIweC)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 18, 2025 10:03 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Dr. T at February 18, 2025 10:04 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 18, 2025 10:04 PM (QGaXH)
I thought that was the slogan for P.F. Keds.
Been a few years. Memory may be fuzzy.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Flyers at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (yfRSa)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (w1GG2)
Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (DIweC)
At least to this 29-year-old.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (WBi0X)
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:02 PM (41CYW)
That's what she said.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (4u9xT)
Sorry about the eyes, but that's good news otherwise!
Posted by: Dr. T at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (Oapdw)
Guess I'm going to be using a shower chair from here on out.
Don't know if this is the new medication, the cancer, or the Myasthenia flaring up.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: TRex at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Doof
-----------
Check your keys with the doorman, Doof.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (I7b3/)
Posted by: torabora at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (l7Hjh)
The downside of telecommuting. The only reason not to work is a backhoe taking out the fiber, again.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 18, 2025 10:07 PM (lUFok)
Had to have a few different colors to match your mood/outfit.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2025 10:07 PM (4u9xT)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 10:02 PM (SRRAx)
Two steps forward, one step back....hang in there!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 18, 2025 10:07 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:07 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 18, 2025 10:08 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (0eaVi)
It was the eyebrows, wasn't it?
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2025 10:08 PM (4u9xT)
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:08 PM (41CYW)
We have a movie poster in our den we won at some auction, its from Ratatouille and it's signed by Brad Bird.
Best movie poster Jaws
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2025 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:09 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 10:09 PM (Q8SAm)
Luckily, the Obamas are the best thing we have going in this century for social portraiture.
Posted by: Rev Wishbone at February 18, 2025 10:09 PM (fY84s)
I just finished reading Star Wars - New Jedi Order - Force Heretic II - Refugee.
Let's just say the characters really needed to read that book before starting out on their adventures...
Would have saved them *a lot* of trouble.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:09 PM (BpYfr)
Katarina Witt is my second favorite East German, after Nina Hagen.
Posted by: Der Spiegel at February 18, 2025 10:09 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:06 PM (41CYW)
You have a doorman?!?
*tosses keys across the room*
Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: davidt at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (bss/y)
Guy went from being a misinformation specialist to applying to be a bartender. Wow.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (t0Rmr)
The current First Lady Melania Trump is indeed the fairest (and nicest) of them all.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (rxCpr)
Posted by: Some Rat at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (Oapdw)
Posted by: Dr. T at February 18, 2025 10:04 PM (lHPJf)
---
Yep. We are "working from home" tomorrow as well.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 10:03 PM (SRRAx)
===
b"h
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
I grew up poor. Not poverty poor, but poor enough where my family had to count pennies to buy me shoes every couple of years. At that time Chucks were about the cheapest shoe out there and I'd have to make them last. There were times I had to use duct tape to keep them together.
I wear them all the time now, even in a workplace filled with frat types with their Bostonians and shit. I resolved that if I ever start feeling full of myself, I just look at my shoes and remember where Incame from.
Although now there's a cruel irony that 70s Chucks aren't really all that cheap anymore. I still wear the hell out of them though. The pair I have on now have a busted lace that I tied together to get more life out of it. Like the old days.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 10:10 PM (13bqY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Big Raisin at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (I7b3/)
Didn't that deserve a video link? Or did I miss it?
https://youtu.be/NrJxYfPjCjA
Posted by: mindful webworker - incredible at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (yfRSa)
I thought it came out she was spying on other people for the Stasi as well?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (xCA6C)
Nephew's boy was a 155mm cannon cocker for his four year hitch, then an oil field worker. Now he's doing something with heavy equipment in San Antonio. Married his high school sweetie a coupke years ago and first baby arrived today.
Wish him happy trails for me.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2025 10:12 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2025 10:01 PM (4u9xT)
Part Filipino?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:12 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:12 PM (Vvh2V)
That famous letter to Stalin was pretty typical for him. He got away with a lot at home and abroad because people knew he'd make good on his threats. No nonsense.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2025 10:12 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 10:12 PM (Oapdw)
*tosses keys across the room*
Posted by: Doof
You're forgetting this one truth. "The best handling car on the planet is a borrowed car." (thank you PJOR)
Posted by: Some Rat at February 18, 2025 10:12 PM (+VovS)
Katarina Witt is my second favorite East German, after Nina Hagen.
Posted by: Der Spiegel at February 18, 2025 10:09 PM (G5+As)
Simona Halep is Romanian, but worthy of consideration.
https://tinyurl.com/4sr8852z
She did end up getting a reduction, evidently.
*sigh*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:12 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (GP8rd)
They aren't really comfortable. And the toe caps peel off after a year or so.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (mlg/3)
Fur family or unshaved Albanians can be of assistance.
It's cold out there.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: davidt at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (i0F8b)
He's not reading the book, because it's right in front of his face, while his eyes are pointing sideways. He's clearly just using the book as a ruse. Dare I say, it's a TRAP!
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
Meh, we got a whole raft of 'em here.
Posted by: The Horde at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:14 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2025 10:14 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 10:14 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: mot at February 18, 2025 10:14 PM (fIPNY)
I was supposed to be on a plane tomorrow. I get to stay in my home office. If it wasn't so frigging cold I wouldn't even put on pants until noon when I had to take the dog for a walk.
Life is good.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2025 10:14 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 10:14 PM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2025 10:08 PM (4u9xT)
Maybe, but the jawline too.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:15 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (GP8rd)
Red Sonja?
https://tinyurl.com/ywxptk9b
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:15 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma
----------
Sonia Henie won an Olympic gold on this date also. 1928
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:15 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2025 10:13 PM (mlg/3)
---
Duct tape to the rescue.
What I hate is that glaze varnish whatever they put on them now. When it comes time to buy a new pair, I always take a bunch of rubbing alcohol to them to get the varnish off. Then I go scuff them up in the garage. Chucks are supposed to be all beat up.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 10:15 PM (13bqY)
Some shoes, in general, have got so much better.
I wear work boots all day. Red Wings - but they're not as good as they used to be either. Still good though. At least three years use.
Posted by: I Read at February 18, 2025 10:16 PM (713H0)
Would have saved them *a lot* of trouble.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
It is known.
Posted by: Dark Helmet at February 18, 2025 10:16 PM (DgGvY)
Sorry to ruin the vibe
Posted by: Big Raisin
She was an unapologetic shill for the regime while they were in charge.
Posted by: The Horde at February 18, 2025 10:16 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2025 10:01 PM (4u9xT)
====
Why blame us?
Posted by: tankdemon's poor mom and dad at February 18, 2025 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:16 PM (t0Rmr)
What happened to the bizarre Obama portrait where he looked like he was crawling out of a hedge?!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:17 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Some Rat at February 18, 2025 10:17 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:14 PM (bss/y)
--
The 70s version have some arch support, which is a change from the standard version.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 10:18 PM (13bqY)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Totally from Idaho at February 18, 2025 10:18 PM (bDNzX)
You're mistaking mannish for German.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 10:11 PM (xCA6C)
Oktoberfest girls beg to differ.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:18 PM (0eaVi)
The girls were a little late for Holly Hobbie, but we had a box of Strawberry Shortcake games: Memory Match, Dominos, Lotto, etc. that we played to tatters.
Happy Times...
Posted by: sal at February 18, 2025 10:18 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: tankdemon's poor mom and dad at February 18, 2025 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:19 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 10:19 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 18, 2025 10:20 PM (rxCpr)
Why blame us?
Posted by: tankdemon's poor mom and dad at February 18, 2025 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
My $1200 an hour therapist says I should.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2025 10:20 PM (4u9xT)
Thanks for all the love you give each other 💗💓❣!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 10:21 PM (Oapdw)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:21 PM (GP8rd)
Lots of Romanian speakers just sort of showed up in Yugoslav job sites over the years though.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 18, 2025 10:21 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 18, 2025 10:20 PM (rxCpr)
Ditto that. Mega dittos, even!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Totally from Idaho at February 18, 2025 10:21 PM (bDNzX)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 10:21 PM (xCA6C)
Read today that someone probably Netflix is doing a Malcolm in the Middle reboot and making one character "non-binary."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Leave it to Beaver with an actual beaver.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2025 10:21 PM (63Dwl)
Thank me later.
Downside: she's Finnish, thus nearly as likely as a Latina to stab you to death in your sleep if she gets pissed off.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 10:22 PM (W5ArC)
Thanks for being you.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 10:22 PM (13bqY)
I once was able to see and touch the actual cameras and lenses used in that Masterpiece as I worked for Panavision years back.
Posted by: Nightwatch at February 18, 2025 10:22 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:17 PM (Vvh2V)
Trash heap, I hope.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:22 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 10:23 PM (Q8SAm)
Went back to purchase another pair and was told, no mas.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:23 PM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:23 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 18, 2025 10:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:24 PM (I7b3/)
The Norwegians have had almost no interest in figure skating since, though they always dominate Winter Olympics. Which is remarkable considering they are even now a nation of 5 1/2 million. Ski events, speed skating-yes, figure skating-no.
Posted by: Norse Saga at February 18, 2025 10:24 PM (G5+As)
It amuses me watching these young kids wearing them now after all this time.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 18, 2025 10:24 PM (Lo97M)
Here's a bit of Hill I put together back in Jun of 2014. Only 36-second video, but you might want to playback at .75 speed (or slower) unless you can read really fast.
https://bit.ly/hillarys-turn
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'it's my turn' at February 18, 2025 10:24 PM (yfRSa)
I've got your Red Sonja
https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:19 PM (GP8rd)
The Trident and sword one is nice.
The redhead princess? Bride? One row down. Usually you do not seem to go in for the bosomier models, but she is quite nice.
I like redheads.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:25 PM (bss/y)
The propotion is off on Shrillary's head. Lady Bird's is beautiful, in its likeness as well as just as a portrait in general.
Jacqueline and Nancy definitely look like they're on stilts.
I don't even know what to say about Michele's. Looks just as bad as I remembered.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:25 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 18, 2025 10:26 PM (WBi0X)
---
Bet there were some good pics in those boxes too.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:26 PM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:26 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:26 PM (Vvh2V)
Proud to say I've never made the main wall of shame.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it ain't me, babe, at February 18, 2025 10:26 PM (yfRSa)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 10:27 PM (Q8SAm)
By the time I got to the theater, it was the trailer/tv/radio ad that had got me there. The radio ad for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, for example, was pitch-perfect for any fan of the book.
That said, I always wanted to see Fantastic Planet just based on the poster; I finally did several years ago and while the animation is amazing, the movie itself doesn’t live up to it.
And the Flash Gordon movie poster really sold the retro aspect of it. I may have decided to see that based on the poster.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2025 10:27 PM (4I+E7)
Are women harder to paint than men? The Presidents all looked good, but the First Ladies were all off. Jackie O looks like a ghost in a Nancy Drew book, Hillary’s head and shoulders are way out of proportion, Michelle’s eyes are really funky. Laura Bush looks…goofy. Her hands are weird, too. Nancy Reagan looks like the second ghost in our Nancy Drew book.
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2025 10:27 PM (pZEOD)
Thank me later.
Downside: she's Finnish, thus nearly as likely as a Latina to stab you to death in your sleep if she gets pissed off.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 10:22 PM (W5ArC)
Nice. But you know the rules. I'll throw a fellow 'Ron in good standing an assist:
https://tinyurl.com/5n8h8x6r
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:27 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:27 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2025 10:28 PM (pZEOD)
Prolly went through a dozen and a half pairs of All Stars. All lo top.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2025 10:28 PM (n4GiU)
https://bit.ly/hillarys-turn
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'it's my turn'
---------
Tough on the eyes, but good.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:28 PM (41CYW)
I am doing my Snoopy Happy Dance over here! 😊❤️🥳
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 10:03 PM (SRRAx)
This is good news, Teresa, and it sounds like you may beat this thing yet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 10:28 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:29 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 10:29 PM (Oapdw)
'As it was, she was reduced to posing nude in Playboy.'
Yeah. That was sad.
But she didn't look mannish there.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2025 10:30 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Anna Puma
----------
Agree. That thought was rattling around my head too.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:30 PM (41CYW)
Since the start of COVID, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue’s Gallatin Entrance – front door of historic Main Treasury – has been closed. Today, for the first time in almost 5 years, we opened those doors. America is back! Another sign of the Golden Age!
Posted by: TRex at February 18, 2025 10:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2025 10:30 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:31 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Cy Kendall at February 18, 2025 10:31 PM (G5+As)
I’m assuming that they recognize that people come to the theater already knowing what they want to see. That said, I don’t really get who their audience is for the movie posters they put at the entrance to the screening rooms.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2025 10:31 PM (4I+E7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:29 PM (GP8rd)
Movie posters were kind of the art of catching guys eyes. So Boobs and Guns or some sort of last stand.
Take all those away and they would suck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:31 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:32 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Cy Kendall
------------
That was all Doof, so thank you Doof for the weekly stats!
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:32 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2025 10:31 PM (4I+E7)
Same one the movies are made for, bigot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:32 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Nightwatch at February 18, 2025 10:32 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: TRex at February 18, 2025 10:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
----
Funny. They said the same thing about Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:32 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Wenda at February 18, 2025 10:32 PM (3Deo9)
God bless you. Hope you keep getting better. ❣️
Posted by: mindful webworker - six of one, have a nuzzle of another at February 18, 2025 10:33 PM (yfRSa)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:33 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2025 10:33 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
Took my little brother to that movie when he was maybe 12 or 13. We agreed Mom would never know, and he had to wait until the credits were done before he could stand up.
Little shit thanked me for that when he turned 50.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 18, 2025 10:33 PM (MsrgL)
Melania doesn't need to try too hard. She's one of those women who looks good in anything.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2025 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:32 PM (Vvh2V)
Next time you're in Arlen, you have to see her gravesite.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:34 PM (0eaVi)
I remember when they gave us our first pair of low cut All Stars. We were the coolest dudes in the county.
Posted by: javems at February 18, 2025 10:34 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Wenda at February 18, 2025 10:32 PM (3Deo9)
Awwww! This is so cute.
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2025 10:34 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 18, 2025 09:59 PM (lUFok)
OK, now you're just being silly.
Posted by: GWB at February 18, 2025 10:34 PM (hzHvq)
Everybody who played hoops ended up going with the trend. My feet were never the same after that.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 18, 2025 10:34 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:34 PM (GP8rd)
Great news, Teresa.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:35 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:29 PM (GP8rd)
---
I suspect they're using the same designers that are used for book covers nowadays...Or just turning it over to AI...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:35 PM (BpYfr)
Which completely fits.
This man tried to kill the Republic.
Posted by: Nightwatch at February 18, 2025 10:35 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 10:35 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:34 PM (GP8rd)
You left out Brian Blessed.
https://tinyurl.com/47z76ntf
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:36 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2025 10:36 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:36 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:35 PM (BpYfr)
Didn't you do a book thread on that, Perf? I sort of remember something. Trying to come up with a book cover is hard. But, it seems they all look the same.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:37 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:37 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:38 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:36 PM (GP8rd)
*nods thoughtfully*
Tell me more.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:38 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:38 PM (GP8rd)
Vans are much more comfortable.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:38 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Ian Phlegming at February 18, 2025 10:39 PM (MB784)
Posted by: Dr. Jerkoff at February 18, 2025 10:39 PM (G5+As)
The ones who are posed standing, their bodies seem out of proportion.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2025 10:39 PM (0Htd1)
We're $36T in the hole. We need to put it towards paying down the debt or it will eat us alive.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 10:39 PM (xCA6C)
Did Sanderson get a ghost writer, because it does not seem right at all? It does not feel right. Language, content and tone.
Loved the first four, but this one... I hate to say it but it felt like bland trash.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:40 PM (bss/y)
Wearing those did not, in fact, make one a winner.
Quite the opposite.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 18, 2025 10:40 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:40 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
{{{Marie}}} Hope your doing well, if not, pull up a chair and vent! (I think the drinks are still half price)
Posted by: Some Rat at February 18, 2025 10:40 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:38 PM (GP8rd)
He always was. The most serious I ever saw him was in... Last Days of Pompeii?
Whatever happened to Duncan Reger(sp?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:41 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2025 10:41 PM (W/lyH)
Wearing those did not, in fact, make one a winner.
Quite the opposite.
Posted by: Count de Monet
-------------
I had some Thom McAn shoe years.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:41 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:41 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Good old fashioned bounty hunting needs to make a comeback.
Posted by: Some Rat at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:37 PM (0eaVi)
---
Yeah, at least once. Book covers nowadays seem bland, despite their colorful designs. I can't really put my finger on it, but there's a *sameness* to a lot of book covers...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (BpYfr)
Saved that one to hard drive in case I ever get the urge to write something John Carter of Mars like.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: Might Grow Up Someday at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 10:35 PM (W5ArC)
He does know that the savings are technically all on paper, right? It's not like it is sitting in Fort Knox, waiting for the autists to make it rain 🙄🙄🙄
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (SRRAx)
It seems very disjointed. Frankly, I am struggling with it.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:43 PM (2VST1)
Quite the opposite.
Posted by: Count de Monet
-------------
I had some Thom McAn shoe years.
Posted by: scampydog
Yep, the parents favorite brand was "cheap".
Posted by: Some Rat at February 18, 2025 10:43 PM (+VovS)
Did Sanderson get a ghost writer, because it does not seem right at all? It does not feel right. Language, content and tone.
Loved the first four, but this one... I hate to say it but it felt like bland trash.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:40 PM (bss/y)
---
Yeah, I didn't like Wind and Truth as much as the first four. He *really* needed better editing on this last one. It was at least 300 pages too long. He also inserted unnecessary wokeness, which was annoying.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:43 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2025 10:43 PM (W/lyH)
Wearing those did not, in fact, make one a winner.
Quite the opposite.
Posted by: Count de Monet
It's great to be with a Weiner!
Posted by: Luis Tiant For Colonial's Yankee Franks at February 18, 2025 10:43 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (BpYfr)
This cover as a kid captured my imagination:
https://tinyurl.com/5n6mmnj8
I have those books on a shelf. I need to reread them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:44 PM (bss/y)
Yes. They're all mostly awful, especially indie authors. It all looks like bad AI.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:45 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:45 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Some Rat
----------
Our default line was, "The Moochie Special" brand? Again? Which didn't go over well with mom.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:45 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:42 PM (BpYfr)
They all look flat. Like they were made with colored paper cut outs. They all use the same colors too.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 10:45 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: AlmostYuman at February 18, 2025 10:46 PM (bj34f)
Same, we hit the Payless Shoe Store a lot. To be fair, they had 4 growing boys and those shoes only fit us for a little while.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:46 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:46 PM (GP8rd)
DOGE lovers got it down quick.
https://tinyurl.com/yc5pft96
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:46 PM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Iris at February 18, 2025 10:46 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:46 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:45 PM (2VST1)
I got some sketchers, but they kill my feet now. Bought some Ariat's for work. Once they broke in my feet, they are the most comfortable work boot I have ever owned aside for one pair of Keen's I had.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:48 PM (bss/y)
There is a scene where Flash and the Terrans are displayed to Ming and Flash starts fist fighting, well, really, football tackling, Ming's soldiers and it is beyond ludicrous but...Brian Blessed unhappy vassal to Ming...also attacks them every time Ming is distracted which is amusing.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:48 PM (t0Rmr)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6mmnj8
I have those books on a shelf. I need to reread them.
---
Nice! They don't make covers like that anymore...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:48 PM (BpYfr)
Book covers have really gotten into a rut in general. They have figured out templates that work online for each genre and stamp them out like Chinese shoes (see how I brought it back to the topic?). The colors used, the layout, etc. Just like the content, you get just a few variants in each genre:
Time traveling romance
Romance with a super rich man
Romance between a nerdy girl and a buff action guy (firefighter, special forces, etc)
and so on. Each genre has its very narrow range of copycat books.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (2VST1)
The high earners are GS-13 and above. The same GS salaries for those apparatchiks as degreed engineers with 5+ years experience across FedGov. NASA, DoD, Corps of Engineers, Los Alamos and other nuclear labs, NRO, and so on. Those folks create tangible stuff. I'll bet most of the apparatchiks at the Denali Commission, OPM, Peace Corps, etc., create and push paper that generates more paper and infinite meetings. Should they earn as much as engineers designing and operating dams, Mars rovers, recon satellites and other high-tech stuff?
Perhaps Elon will have some recommendations for Trump about this aspect.
Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (t0Rmr)
I wondered if some glamor Mag would cave in and put the fabulous Melania o. A cover.
This picture is great but of course all I saw from Leftists making fun of it.
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (XovPf)
Exactly. Very flat, no perspective, same color setting on every designer's computer.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (t0Rmr)
Very much so, yeah. You have an eye for strong distinct images.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:50 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 18, 2025 10:50 PM (EOjZq)
Love the Cobs - my best love to DOOF!, TRex(💌
, and all you wonderful step-in Cobsters!!
Good night lovely ones!!!🤪🤪🤪
And surely missin' Mis.Hum😑
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 10:50 PM (Oapdw)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6mmnj8
I have those books on a shelf. I need to reread them.
---
Nice! They don't make covers like that anymore...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:48 PM (BpYfr)
***
Didn't do a lot of syfy as a kid. But read all of The Hardy Boys.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2025 10:50 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (t0Rmr)
The ariats I got were quite good (I have EEE platters.)
But, they did hurt like hell for two weeks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:50 PM (bss/y)
"For Your Eyes Only" didn't make their list of iconic movie posters? I thought the "wear your swimsuit backwards to show more cheek" thing would have guaranteed it a spot on the list. It guaranteed it some censored versions..... how prudish we were in 1981.
They included Akira's poster, though, so they made up for it.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2025 10:50 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:50 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:51 PM (t0Rmr)
Yeah 70s and 80s had wonderfully evocative sci fi and fantasy covers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:51 PM (2VST1)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6mmnj8
I have those books on a shelf. I need to reread them.
---
Nice! They don't make covers like that anymore...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:48 PM (BpYfr)
I recently tried to read Cherryh, as I have a bunch of books of hers too. I didn't like them.
Her women act like men, her males are soft and womanly.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 18, 2025 10:51 PM (EOjZq)
Gonna be rough, I wouldn't trust any online purchases for non-standard feets
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:52 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (t0Rmr)
I like 5-11 and have fairly wide feet myself.
New Balance is my other fav.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 18, 2025 10:53 PM (EOjZq)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (t0Rmr)
Danner
Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2025 10:53 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:52 PM (2VST1)
---
Buying shoes online makes no sense to me.
I have to try them on first.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 10:53 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:51 PM (t0Rmr)
Yes.
https://tinyurl.com/4y7xshjp
They mostly do cowboy style, but the work boots I got have been excellent so far.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:53 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Might Grow Up Someday
---
Musk's boots look comfortable, the shafts could be a little longer they look too short.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:53 PM (I7b3/)
I finally watched I, Claudius a few months ago. (Worth watching.) Augustus was annoyingly familiar, but it wasn’t until he yelled at someone that I recognized who he was. So many soon-to-be stars in that miniseries who were so young!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2025 10:54 PM (4I+E7)
Posted by: Linnet at February 18, 2025 10:54 PM (VnlpE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:54 PM (bss/y)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6mmnj8
I have those books on a shelf. I need to reread them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 10:44 PM (bss/y)
I think that is a Michael Whelan cover, who was a top end illustrator.
A lot of his work, and what made it great beyond the colors and actual artistry was the composition of each piece. Your eye gets dragged around in a spiral in that one, a lot of his work is dynamic, and the images generally get you to drag your eyes around it to take in the whole image, and that adds to the motion in the picture.
His work was pretty spare, too, not loaded up like a Where's Waldo
Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2025 10:54 PM (D7oie)
I recently tried to read Cherryh, as I have a bunch of books of hers too. I didn't like them.
Her women act like men, her males are soft and womanly.
Huh even her wiki page admits to this.
I'm pretty sure I've read some of her stuff but it never really stuck with me like Heinlein, Asimov, or even Anthony.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:54 PM (t0Rmr)
I know I read some, because I ran through the entire scifi and fantasy catalog in our local library but I don't remember any of them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:54 PM (2VST1)
I had a pair of Chuck Taylors from around the time the scouts went to Maine in 1999. They may still be around here, most likely at our place in Sussex.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 18, 2025 10:55 PM (xG4kz)
I have to try them on first.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
------------
This is the way. Then keep them longer than one should because breaking a new pair in is foot punishment.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 10:55 PM (41CYW)
He does know that the savings are technically all on paper, right? It's not like it is sitting in Fort Knox, waiting for the autists to make it rain
I want one of those gold bars like on Goldfinger or Kelly's Heroes.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2025 10:55 PM (63Dwl)
I agree, its a risk but I have had success with it so far. My feet are pretty ordinary and common though, I think
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:55 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Otto Zilch at February 18, 2025 10:56 PM (Ws2ua)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:56 PM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:57 PM (GP8rd)
Guy’s 95. I keep fearing I’m going to go to his site and it will be history.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2025 10:58 PM (4I+E7)
He does know that the savings are technically all on paper, right? It's not like it is sitting in Fort Knox, waiting for the autists to make it rain
---
We could start clawing back some of the monies, that would be fun.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 10:58 PM (I7b3/)
If you approach it as a longform Queen video it is awesome.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 18, 2025 10:58 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: O Sole Mio at February 18, 2025 10:58 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:51 PM (t0Rmr)
Yes. Ariat is a brand, they do a variety of Western-wear.
You asked about hiking shoes upthread. I'm an 'ette, so take it for what it's worth. I used Merrills to hike all over Zion last fall, with a backpack. They were light and comfortable.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 10:59 PM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:59 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 11:00 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:59 PM (2VST1)
Damiyano(sp?)?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:00 PM (bss/y)
And I still have all of my mass market romance novels with Fabio on the covers, before he was Fabio. Then all of the ladies realized that was a no-kidding, honest-to-goodness REAL GUY who was posing for all of those covers....
Hubba, hubba!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 11:01 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: O Sole Mio at February 18, 2025 10:58 PM (G5+As)
I bet he gets a lot of nose bleeds.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2025 11:01 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 11:01 PM (XovPf)
Yeah he was long one of my dream artists to do a cover for me
There were a couple of really great Dragon Magazine artists I wanted too. problem is, they cost more money for a cover than I can realistically expect books to sell for.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:01 PM (2VST1)
convey in academy.
Posted by: Spring/Summer Fall Winter Transitional Floral Prints Layering essentials Lightweight knits Pastel co at February 18, 2025 11:01 PM (8om74)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025
---------
The baseball caps they make are pretty popular in rural MN.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 11:02 PM (41CYW)
No, its a celtic/Irish name, McKinnon or something like that. Its very frustrating because they are such good books and I wish more were known about them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:02 PM (2VST1)
Rocannon's World, Breed to Come, Left Hand of Darkness and of course "The Word for World is Forrest."
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 11:02 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 10:49 PM (2VST1)
Mibiart seems to think those are great.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 11:02 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 10:57 PM (GP8rd)
---
I have the Morgaine Saga (omnibus edition) and the original cover paintings were by Michael Whelan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 11:03 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:03 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 18, 2025 11:03 PM (gKWVE)
I have linked it before:
https://tinyurl.com/ajhx6u7r
And that is also a Whelan, Kindl.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:03 PM (bss/y)
Mostly the Earthsea books. But I've never regretted reading one. Lathe of Heaven is an amazing examination of morality and human nature.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:03 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 11:03 PM (BpYfr)
Morgaine. for when Rogaine fails.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:04 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 10:51 PM (t0Rmr)
A mountain in Turkey, isn't it??
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 11:05 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Nightwatch at February 18, 2025 11:05 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:05 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 18, 2025 11:05 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:06 PM (2VST1)
Hubba, hubba!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 11:01 PM (SRRAx)
He was a hunky man. He singlehandedly sold "I Can't Believe it's Not Butter" to the wommens of America.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 11:06 PM (Q8SAm)
I'm laying on the table...please just put another quarter in the jukebox....maybe call me a cab... 🤪🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 11:07 PM (Oapdw)
He was a pretty funny guy, at least he seemed it in interviews. Kind of down to earth and making fun of himself and his image.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:07 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 11:08 PM (XovPf)
I also have the original Star Wars book from when it came out in 1977.
Both of those books were very well loved....Paperbacks don't hold up to too many readings before they start to come apart!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 11:08 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:02 PM (2VST1)
Hmmm, looking. Mercedes Lackey had a Free Bard series.
Victoria Goddard?
Warrior Bards trilogy by Juliet Merrillier?
Guy Gavriel Kay?
Patricia McPhillip?
Any of those ring a bell?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:08 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 18, 2025 11:09 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 11:10 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 11:08 PM (SRRAx)
It is a sad thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:10 PM (bss/y)
Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱
@AdamKinzinger
I stand with Ukraine.
Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸
@alexbruesewitz
You’re only 5’4 so that doesn’t mean a whole lot tbh
Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2025 11:10 PM (7mYvx)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 11:08 PM (XovPf)
I've heard Thursday for Kash. Democrats have to do their 30 hours of wailing/failing, I think.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 11:10 PM (Q8SAm)
Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱
@AdamKinzinger
I stand with Ukraine.
Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸
@alexbruesewitz
You’re only 5’4 so that doesn’t mean a whole lot tbh
Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2025 11:10 PM (7mYvx)
Nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:11 PM (bss/y)
I bid you all a good and rowdy ONT.
Goodnight to you Horde.
Posted by: Nightwatch at February 18, 2025 11:11 PM (25kuG)
There she is! Riddlemaster of Hed. Those would make a great series or set of movies. Thank you so much
I recommend those books, they've been all but forgotten.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:11 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: BLACK LASSIE at February 18, 2025 11:12 PM (Tjd07)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:12 PM (2VST1)
Too bad they look ugly and I could never wear them in public, they are better made than most shoes I have ever worn outside of the steel toed Redwing boots
Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2025 11:13 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 11:10 PM (41CYW)
Better. My gut is still tender, but the cramps have subsided. Took a couple of aspirin earlier, and that knocked down the fever. Think it was some sort of stomach flu. I am going to get an early one tonight. Did not sleep well last night.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:13 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 11:07 PM (Oapdw)
(shrugs shoulders)
Ok, Marie, you're a cab.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2025 11:13 PM (0eaVi)
That is one piece of cover art not in The Art of Michael Whelan but it does have his Elric works.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 11:13 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2025 11:13 PM (RIvkX)
I also have the original Star Wars book from when it came out in 1977.
Both of those books were very well loved....Paperbacks don't hold up to too many readings before they start to come apart!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth,
-----------
Very cool, TiFW. A friend of mine has a first printing of The Fountainhead. And she will not part with it.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 11:13 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 11:08 PM (SRRAx)
---
Me too! Fun fact: The novelization is copyright 1976 and the first edition of the paperback was also released in 1976. Mine is the sixth printing (1977).
One reason why those books fall apart is they have pictures from the movie inserted in the middle, so the spine tends to break at that point.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 11:14 PM (BpYfr)
I recommend those books, they've been all but forgotten.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:11 PM (2VST1)
Hmmm, the collected series is only $5 on kindle.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:14 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2025 11:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 18, 2025 11:14 PM (yQzMM)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 11:14 PM (I7b3/)
Yeah I just grabbed that, its been ages since I read them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:15 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:15 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:16 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 11:16 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2025 11:14 PM (RIvkX)
Thanks! I feel pretty fine at this very moment, but my belly is still tender if I press on it. Another day or two, and i should be fully over it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:17 PM (8zz6B)
Do you giggle like the Pillsbury Dough Boy?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:17 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---
Up there with the Curtis Wright in WWI.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
-------------
Not yet deployed 'nuke' button on any. Training wheels, JV/C-squad team, ONT stuff, etc.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 11:18 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2025 11:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BLACK LASSIE at February 18, 2025 11:12 PM (Tjd07)
“I know it's pretty, baby, but I didn't take it out for air.”
Posted by: Big Mike at February 18, 2025 11:19 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:13 PM (8zz6B)
Been buying sushi at a gas station again?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2025 11:20 PM (w1GG2)
Galaxy Quest
The Wrath of Khan
Posted by: MichiCanuck
---------
*nods in agreement*
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 11:22 PM (41CYW)
I miss quality used bookstores, such treasures to find.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 11:22 PM (GP8rd)
In closing:
The only problem with this boogie woogie dance number is that some loudly cheering audience member seems to keep causing the automatic volume control to dampen. Talk about your first-world problems…!
https://youtu.be/B9gpmxb5g4Y
G'nite, overnightlies. God bless ya every one.
Posted by: mindful webworker - nickel loafers? at February 18, 2025 11:22 PM (yfRSa)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2025 11:20 PM (w1GG2)
Heh! Nope. Seems to be some bug going around here. Several friends have had it, in varying degrees.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:23 PM (8zz6B)
Thankfully we have several around here but they stock that older stuff less and less. If you look at top sci fi and fantasy lists lately, there's nothing earlier than 1990. Like best film lists. People don't even seem to know that writers like Moorcock, Lieber, and Howard even exist.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 18, 2025 11:24 PM (2VST1)
-Ðavid Hogg
Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it! at February 18, 2025 11:24 PM (w4nzS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:25 PM (bss/y)
-Ðavid Hogg
Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it! at February 18, 2025 11:24 PM (w4nzS)
Like asking Liberace whether Ann Margret is hotter than Sophia Loren.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:25 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2025 11:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:28 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2025 11:29 PM (GP8rd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:30 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 11:30 PM (Q8SAm)
Saw her at BB King's in Memphis once.
They were in town for some skating thing, and I was there on a business trip.
Still good looking; looks a little like Brooke Shields.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 18, 2025 11:32 PM (ufFY8)
https://xcancel.com/elonmusk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 11:32 PM (I7b3/)
https://xcancel.com/elonmusk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 11:32 PM (I7b3/)
I'd watch, but Hannity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:33 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 11:33 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
Patrick Stewart. With hair!
Although I'm not sure it was real... could've been a wig.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 11:34 PM (W5ArC)
2) Trump has droned an Al Qaeda leader.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Apropos of nothing, always been a fan of Choose Your Own Adventure books...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2025 11:34 PM (WX1Gw)
I know. Time for me to go.
"There are thousands of stars in the sky that shine, but you all are the brighter and most shiniest for me. I love you Hordesters with all my heart. Have a nice sleep with lots of beautiful dreams. Good night my best moron pals." (Taken from some poem or other)...
The Horde is the bestest...
Good night loves...💕
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2025 11:36 PM (Oapdw)
And this old man and his old lady are so friggin' glad to be fleeing the shit-storm that is Colorado.
'Night.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Totally from Idaho and stuff at February 18, 2025 11:36 PM (bDNzX)
Posted by: free tibet at February 18, 2025 11:37 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 18, 2025 11:01 PM (SRRAx)
Supposedly he did most of that modeling when he was still in Italy. He had no idea just how many copies were being distributed in the United States.
Then he happened to come here on vacation (Florida, I think it was) and found out.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 11:38 PM (W5ArC)
Saw her at BB King's in Memphis once.
They were in town for some skating thing, and I was there on a business trip.
Still good looking; looks a little like Brooke Shields.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 18, 2025 11:32 PM (ufFY
Greatest rack in skating.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2025 11:38 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2025 11:34 PM (WX1Gw)
"Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey" was one of my favorites of those books.
I'm really not tired of winning.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 11:39 PM (Q8SAm)
Small group of Nazis sneak into an AZ Indian reservation during WWII. Hopis and Navajo are tasked to make them disappear. LOL.
Much smaller story (in scope) than I expected.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 18, 2025 11:40 PM (ufFY8)
I thought that was the slogan for P.F. Keds.
Been a few years. Memory may be fuzzy.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Flyers at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (yfRSa)
-
Yup. Memory, old man. Bless our soles.
There were Keds and ... PF Flyers, two separate brands.
Those are the brands my mother bought for me.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 18, 2025 11:41 PM (1o8D5)
I always want to pick it up and start wolfing it down caveman style.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 11:41 PM (W5ArC)
-------
It's so they can trim off a bit more of the meat, give it a fru-fru name & charge twice as much
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2025 11:44 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 11:45 PM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2025 11:46 PM (bss/y)
Four legs good! Two legs bad!
Posted by: mnw at February 18, 2025 11:48 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Disinterested
Looks like that SNL chick in the alien abduction skit
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2025 11:49 PM (WX1Gw)
There were Keds and ... PF Flyers, two separate brands.
Those are the brands my mother bought for me.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
And Red Ball Jets.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2025 11:51 PM (63Dwl)
I thought that was the slogan for P.F. Keds.
Been a few years. Memory may be fuzzy.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Flyers at February 18, 2025 10:05 PM (yfRSa)
-
Yup. Memory, old man. Bless our soles.
There were Keds and ... PF Flyers, two separate brands.
Those are the brands my mother bought for me.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
---------------
The things one learns from the Horde. We used the "run faster and jump higher" remark with every new pair of tenny runners.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2025 11:52 PM (41CYW)
Looked like 16 inches of bone with a tiny (maybe 6 oz) blob of meat at one end. Yeah, gonna pay $$ per pound for mostly bone. Riiiiiight...
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2025 11:53 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
---
Hannity is being professional (really) but it's a soft interview.
It was an excellent getting to know you and what are y'all doing interview for the six o'clock news group. There's nothing new (I watched the first half) for those of us who follow President Trump and Musk.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 11:55 PM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 11:56 PM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2025 11:58 PM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Der Spiegel at February 18, 2025 10:09 PM (G5+As)
I don't think Mr Brezhnev was planning a reunion:
https://tinyurl.com/bde74n72
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at February 18, 2025 11:59 PM (y7zkd)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
That's an odd pairing. I saw them open for Talk Talk at The Echo Lounge in '85.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2025 12:02 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 18, 2025 11:56 PM (Q8SAm)
Get that cast iron pan hot and the steak cooks in about 3 minutes.
Posted by: RickZ at February 19, 2025 12:02 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:05 AM (VofaG)
Two comments -
1) the absolute worst one is Jackie Kennedy
2) the last one on the page looks like a chick about to pull a train for the basketball team after homecoming
Posted by: But I'm a Hero, the media says so at February 19, 2025 12:05 AM (F/35S)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 19, 2025 12:06 AM (w1GG2)
Looked like 16 inches of bone with a tiny (maybe 6 oz) blob of meat at one end. Yeah, gonna pay $$ per pound for mostly bone. Riiiiiight...
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2025 11:53 PM
***
Costco had them on sale awhile back. They were...excellent! Worth the price. And on these, enough meat to split with Mrs D.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2025 12:07 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:08 AM (VofaG)
https://tinyurl.com/3bdusubc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2025 12:09 AM (53MTM)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:05 AM (VofaG)
You are right. I thought the hot Irish lady was the only female in the film, then I remembered the Ice Skater who got shot. Had to look it up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:09 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:10 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
I read a lot of those as a kid. Several times, to try to see all the endings.
The unreachable "best ending" in "Inside UFO 54-40" really punched me in the OCD.
No, I didn't remember the name of that book. I had to look it up just now.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2025 12:10 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2025 11:53 PM
---------
PRO TIP: once you finish the steak you can use the bone to reenact a big scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Just hope your waiter is a sci fi film fan.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2025 12:11 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
-----------
And in the 80's you threw up in your Puma shoe the night of discovering Jim Beam. Or something.
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2025 12:11 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
And today, you can get wealthy by having a pair of Cougars.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2025 12:11 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:05 AM (VofaG)
You are right. I thought the hot Irish lady was the only female in the film, then I remembered the Ice Skater who got shot. Had to look it up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:09 AM (bss/y)
I really dislike car chases in movies. The Ronin car chase is a huge exception.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:11 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:10 AM (VofaG)
Those are supposed to be giant spare ribs in Flintstones, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:11 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:11 AM (VofaG)
It was just an awesome movie. Deniro was tolerable. Jean Reno was awesome. The French model maker (who played Drax in Moonraker) was also great.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:11 AM (bss/y)
Yep the Flintstones.
Cliff Clavin trivia. What was the movie playing at the Drive-In in the opening of The Flintstones?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:14 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: LASue at February 19, 2025 12:15 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
---------
Dunno. But at the intermission the hotdog jumped into the bun.
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2025 12:15 AM (41CYW)
https://tinyurl.com/3bdusubc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2025 12:09 AM (53MTM)
This hit a paywall for me, but from headline I'm not surprised. The church in America has gone woke. It makes me sad.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 19, 2025 12:16 AM (Q8SAm)
not that I've met someone doing that/
wouldn't she have her clothes off?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2025 12:16 AM (53MTM)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:14 AM (VofaG)
... It was like Attack of the Dinosaur or something. But they are surrounded by ... Dinosaurs. They are used as beasts of burden. Maybe a Maximum Overdrive thing where you are attacked by a living steam shovel?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2025 12:17 AM (41CYW)
----------
The ONT has a reputation for being the place to gather content for your presentation, which you could then convey at the academy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2025 12:17 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:17 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2025 12:18 AM (63Dwl)
https://tinyurl.com/3bdusubc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2025 12:09 AM (53MTM)
I disagree
Posted by: LASue at February 19, 2025 12:18 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:17 AM (VofaG)
---------
It should have been The Jetsons. Missed opportunity there.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2025 12:19 AM (JkO4W)
Move over, sun and sand—The Bahamas is now a player in the space game.
For the first time, a Falcon 9 rocket booster will land in Exuma Sound, a deep-water basin perfect for rocket recovery.
Not bad for a country best known for crystal-clear beaches.
This isn’t just a flex—it’s a game-changer. Exuma Sound’s deep waters and ideal location make it the perfect spot for safe landings, supporting future crewed missions (maybe even the first polar orbit crew flight) and opening doors for Bahamian students to get involved in aerospace.
Tourism? That’s old news. The Bahamas is now officially launching into the future.
Source: @SpaceX
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2025 12:20 AM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:20 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: LASue at February 19, 2025 12:21 AM (lCppi)
I think clerics in higher leadership positions in the RCC and in other churches, and iin large blue cities tend to me much more liberal. This is a Bidhop or Archbishop in Detroit,and I would guess the church receives a lot of money for "immigrant resettlement " if you go to your local priest I don't think he's going to threaten anyone with penalties for violating canon law if you support closed borders and legal immigration.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2025 12:23 AM (53MTM)
This hit a paywall for me, but from headline I'm not surprised. The church in America has gone woke. It makes me sad.
Posted by: Scarymary
Try this:
https://archive.is/mnOeb
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2025 12:23 AM (63Dwl)
Two of my other favorite trivia questions in that regard are.
What was the badge number in the opening of Dragnet ?
We know the sponsor of the Bad News Bears was Chico's Bail Bonds. Who sponsored their rival The Yankees?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:24 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2025 12:24 AM (3ek7K)
What was the badge number in the opening of Dragnet ?
We know the sponsor of the Bad News Bears was Chico's Bail Bonds. Who sponsored their rival The Yankees?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:24 AM (VofaG)
I was not even close on the badge. No idea on the other.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:26 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:27 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2025 12:27 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:28 AM (VofaG)
White House stops publishing daily ICE arrests.
I kept saying Homan was lazy and not the sharpest barb in the wire. He did turn down a job or three in the last Trump admin. He needs to be replaced then he can spend more time on Fox.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2025 12:29 AM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:29 AM (VofaG)
I didn't see that- only the one of hetbin the fancy, off the shoulder blue dress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2025 12:29 AM (53MTM)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2025 12:31 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at February 19, 2025 12:31 AM (WvGHv)
She wasn't just smoking hot, she was extremely smart, funny, and everything I wanted in a woman.
What did she see in me?
Hell if I know.
She is the one that got away.
Posted by: Richard Hurtz at February 19, 2025 12:33 AM (elaR+)
Posted by: A kangaroo at February 19, 2025 12:34 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2025 12:35 AM (41CYW)
https://archive.is/mnOeb
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2025 12:23 AM (63Dwl)
Thank you, I was able to read the article at that link. I don't like talking religion here because it seems fruitless, and there are good people of various beliefs. And frankly, I have baggage that doesn't make me neutral.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 19, 2025 12:35 AM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at February 19, 2025 12:31 AM (WvGHv)
I just remember the RCC having to post a huge bond regard to the judgement against them during an appeal on the abuse suits against them. My company had a part in their insurance coverage.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:35 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2025 12:37 AM (53MTM)
Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2025 12:37 AM (3ek7K)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqadpnBuv78
Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2025 12:38 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2025 12:37 AM (3ek7K)
Yes. If churches are funded by government, where is the separation of church and state?
Posted by: Scarymary at February 19, 2025 12:40 AM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:16 AM (bss/y)
The prosperity of Bedrock is written in the blood of the Dinosaur! The Dinosaur is a commodity! The oppression of the Dinosaur by the human will end!
Posted by: Dinosaur Liberation Front at February 19, 2025 12:41 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2025 12:31 AM (Sgq8y)
DDS, Dash Riprock was Beverly Hillbillies.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 19, 2025 12:42 AM (0eaVi)
Scarymary,
That's exactly how I feel.
We should have a policy in our country, you don't pay in you ain't getting none.
Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2025 12:43 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 19, 2025 12:42 AM (0eaVi)
Yep. Ann Margrock was the Flintstones.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:43 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 19, 2025 12:46 AM (w1GG2)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
It sounds like one of the names from the MST3King of Space Mutiny.
Posted by: Slab Bulkhead at February 19, 2025 12:47 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 19, 2025 12:48 AM (Vvh2V)
The Covid thing hurt churches so much. That was sick and sad.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 19, 2025 12:49 AM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2025 12:50 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 19, 2025 12:46 AM (w1GG2)
Cary Granite, Stoney Curtis, Hoagy Carmichael - one of the only two characters to keep his name un Flintstoned. That and Tuesday Wednesday.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 19, 2025 12:56 AM (0eaVi)
Nice hash. But are they lace wigs?
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2025 01:00 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2025 12:27 AM (63Dwl)
Quaaludes were stamped with '714'.
Posted by: RickZ at February 19, 2025 01:04 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2025 01:04 AM (NMZGW)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2025 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 19, 2025 12:48 AM (Vvh2V)
One Pali said they had freed all the LIVE American hostages...
Which means to me, let the rubble bounce. Do not trade live Terrorists for Dead Hostages... return the Terrorists in the same condition we get our people back... ie... dead.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2025 01:07 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:27 AM (VofaG)
Indeed. Incredibly wrong because the reason they went to Bethlehem in the first place was because the government required everyone to go to their ancestral villages to be counted and taxed.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2025 01:08 AM (W5ArC)
Which means to me, let the rubble bounce. Do not trade live Terrorists for Dead Hostages... return the Terrorists in the same condition we get our people back... ie... dead.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2025 01:07 AM (QAkQ3)
So you are going for the WKRP Thanksgiving Day solution?
I like it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 01:09 AM (bss/y)
With a burger on a bun
I didn't get the "grind, grind, grind, grind, grind" bit as a kid.
Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2025 01:09 AM (W5ArC)
Nice hash. But are they lace wigs?
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2025 01:00 AM (DgGvY)
I assure you, they are undashed.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 19, 2025 01:10 AM (w1GG2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2025 12:09 AM (bss/y)
I really dislike car chases in movies. The Ronin car chase is a huge exception.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:11 AM (VofaG)
/Looks over at his copy of Smokey and the Bandit...
You Sir, are NOT a great American!
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2025 01:10 AM (QAkQ3)
> I didn't get the "grind, grind, grind, grind, grind" bit as a kid.
https://tinyurl.com/4e6usdtc
And with that I bid you all good night.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2025 01:12 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2025 01:12 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2025 12:27 AM (VofaG)
Indeed. Incredibly wrong because the reason they went to Bethlehem in the first place was because the government required everyone to go to their ancestral villages to be counted and taxed.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2025 01:08 AM (W5ArC)
Yup, they had to return to their country of origin... funny how that worked... God gave us his only Son, right after they did so... HINT HINT...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2025 01:12 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 19, 2025 01:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2025 01:04 AM (NMZGW)
I'd be thrilled if ICE comes through my TX county, but see evidence of self-deportation.
Colony Ridge, TX. Look on Google Earth. It is so very obvious. That place is a disgrace. Ken Paxton has sued the developers. ICE has been raiding there.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 19, 2025 01:19 AM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2025 01:23 AM (Gsry9)
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2025 01:26 AM (y6vVG)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2025 01:32 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Scarymary at February 19, 2025 01:33 AM (Q8SAm)
Posted by: Ciampino - counting sheep as I sleep at February 19, 2025 01:34 AM (KjLnc)
Posted by: Ciampino
------
As an aside re 'Tron'. I was in the R&D Dept there at the time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatics_Inc.
"...A CGC 7900 system was used to generate preliminary (wire-frame) animation artwork for the Disney movie, Tron."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2025 01:47 AM (XeU6L)
It is culturally important to the Jewish people to have the hostages, or their remains, returned.
My culture would prefer avenging them over negotiating with the filth responsible for the savagery, but it is not my battle to fight.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 19, 2025 01:48 AM (Vvh2V)
I believe that we should fight to have someone else pay our bar tab instead of paying it ourselves.
-- Red "Faced!" Kammie
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2025 01:54 AM (xG4kz)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatics_Inc.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2025 01:47 AM (XeU6L)
----
Cool. Byte Magazine had the poster as an issue cover. The Light Cycles.
Posted by: Ciampino - awesome graphics for the era at February 19, 2025 02:06 AM (KjLnc)
https://trib.al/Afjx6BV
Posted by: Ciampino - 5-martini lunches at February 19, 2025 02:09 AM (KjLnc)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 02:11 AM (lR4ru)
=================
What do you bet John Brennan carries a government credit card?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 02:16 AM (lR4ru)
https://mol.im/a/14411935
Posted by: Ciampino - KY Jelly at February 19, 2025 02:16 AM (KjLnc)
https://mol.im/a/14384829
I would shoot them on sight on site just as would be done to spies in wartime.
Posted by: Ciampino - no quarter at February 19, 2025 02:21 AM (KjLnc)
--------
Meanwhile, just up the street, Sanders Court survives
https://avltoday.6amcity.com/history/sanders
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2025 02:22 AM (XeU6L)
Only Escape from New York could qualify, very "Planet of the Apes" imagery.
Posted by: somejoe at February 19, 2025 02:27 AM (RCAte)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2025 02:30 AM (1M0ma)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 02:31 AM (e60I/)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 02:32 AM (e60I/)
JQ, I hope the day went ok for you and your Hubs.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2025 02:34 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2025 02:34 AM (fwDg9)
I have the fiery Morrison poster in the basement dungeon that I was given many moons ago (the poster, not the dungeon).
I was just last week looking to throw away a small bit of past detritus, when I stopped to examine what it was. A 1965 tour poster for Gordon Ligthtfoot.
I rolled it up again to await a future purging.
Posted by: somejoe at February 19, 2025 02:34 AM (RCAte)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2025 02:35 AM (fwDg9)
Musk’s SpaceX in September launched a Crew Dragon capsule to rescue the pair, and it docked successfully at the space station, but NASA opted to stall its return.
=================
Biden Junta is asshoe.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 02:35 AM (e60I/)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2025 02:36 AM (fwDg9)
What happened to the bizarre Obama portrait where he looked like he was crawling out of a hedge?!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 18, 2025 10:17 PM (Vvh2V)
----
A shrubbery?
Posted by: Ciampino - knights at February 19, 2025 02:39 AM (KjLnc)
There is no math on this blog!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Cargo Beep Beep Critic . . . at February 19, 2025 02:39 AM (tcomi)
There was a condition that was common as riders suited up for a race. It was called becoming 'race-faced'. I've also heard it described as 'gunfighter eyes'. It was a result of becoming *very* focused on what you were about to do, everything else was put aside.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2025 02:39 AM (XeU6L)
Hello, horde
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at February 19, 2025 02:41 AM (wjjYr)
Posted by: Ciampino - flatten the curve at February 19, 2025 02:42 AM (KjLnc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2025 02:42 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 02:31 AM (e60I/)
-
Sharpton loves other things, too:
https://tinyurl.com/3b2bxw9x
Time for an audit, no?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2025 02:43 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2025 02:46 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2025 02:36 AM (fwDg9)
You have degrees?
Our degrees are currently in deficit here.
Posted by: somejoe at February 19, 2025 02:51 AM (RCAte)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2025 02:57 AM (fwDg9)
Have great rest of the night everyone
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2025 02:58 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2025 02:59 AM (xF8Ny)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 03:00 AM (0GqgL)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 03:00 AM (0GqgL)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2025 03:02 AM (G5gno)
Crazily enough in aboot a week it is predicted to be aboot 60F here.
Posted by: somejoe at February 19, 2025 03:02 AM (RCAte)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
"Miles"
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Whew, I thought I was in the wrong place.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2025 03:08 AM (DgGvY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS1vHfhZNJs
Posted by: somejoe at February 19, 2025 03:23 AM (RCAte)
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2025 03:34 AM (nU4+m)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
Took my little brother to that movie when he was maybe 12 or 13. We agreed Mom would never know, and he had to wait until the credits were done before he could stand up.
Little shit thanked me for that when he turned 50.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 18, 2025 10:33 PM (MsrgL)
---
Literally Lol'd.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at February 19, 2025 03:37 AM (xverI)
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 19, 2025 04:05 AM (hoCmQ)
Processing 0.03, elapsed 0.0423 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0127 seconds, 490 records returned.
Page size 229 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)