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@photo_scarlet
Supposedly a real shot, not a composite,
taken at Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.

Fun with forced perspective.

Old but cute: Giant seal poses with family.

Alpaca has my fifth-grade haircut. So stylish!

Fear me.

Town builds statue to commemorate day that citizens formed human chain to pull a dog out of a dangerously-fast canal.

This seems like it would be pretty distracting.

Programmers designed the worst-possible volume controls for a computer or phone. I will implement these into the site ASAP

I think we have a dog hoarding situation here.

The Last Waterbender.

Kittens practice pouncing on each other.

Via Mark1971, a woman was attacked by a river otter, who turns out to be, as nurse ratched always says, evil. Caution for video showing a woman's face bloodied by the evil river otter.

Puppy eating watermelon.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Qq7CvCoZBl
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The tiny hands.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/SXo2tiyGgJ
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This reunion.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Hio8LMi8sr
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Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:50 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Thanks for the bat yesterday, Ace!!!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

3 Via Mark1971, a woman was attacked by a river otter, who turns out to be, as nurse ratched always says, evil.

Wasn't this attack in Lake Tahoe? If so, then wouldn't that be a lake otter, not a river otter? And aren't lake otters more closely related to sea otters than river otters?

And do lake otters hold hands while they sleep?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

4 Ah, the ol' "Lawson vs. old-timey Japan" meme. Half the tourism in Japan now revolves around getting these shots.

Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM (Av6i5)

5 I would have been first except that giant ad. Curses!

Posted by: H at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM (cb2nX)

6 Convenience stores in Japan are pretty awesome. They have odd snacks though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 02, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

7 They still have Lawsons somewhere in the world?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)

8 5 I would have been first except that giant ad. Curses!
Posted by: H at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM

First or First Not.

You've got to want it. You've got to be fhirsty for it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

9 7 They still have Lawsons somewhere in the world?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

There are 37 Lawson per square mile in every Japanese prefecture.

Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Av6i5)

10
*scan Café menu*

Horsemeat? Again?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 07:59 PM (eRlcH)

11 *scan Café menu*

Horsemeat? Again?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 07:59 PM

I can offer you some goat, but it's from this village.

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

12
If you don't eat it tonight you will have everyday until you do.

Love Mom

Posted by: four seasons at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (/QHx4)

13 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi)

14
I should have motivated myself to do something today.

But I didn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (eRlcH)

15 There are 37 Lawson per square mile in every Japanese prefecture.
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Av6i5)

Huh. I did not know that. I remember them from the 1960s, before all the gas stations added convenience stores. Used to get that long rope of bubble gum.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (zYpTz)

16 An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.
___________________________

Dude that jumped in is a bad ass. He took a second to access the situation, and then just jumped on the gator's back and said, "Ok, pokey. Let's see if you can buck 200 lbs or beer infused dead weight. Spin again, I dare ya."

Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical.

Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (dIske)

17 >>And do lake otters hold hands while they sleep?

You ask a lot of questions.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m)

18 That one light in the window is Frau Blucher, up late

Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:04 PM (ZxPkt)

19 >>Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical.

Looked like he through something, might have been his sunglasses.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)

20 18 That one light in the window is Frau Blucher, up late
Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:04 PM (ZxPkt)

________________________________

*Horse Whinny*

Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:05 PM (dIske)

21 Panda Bears are like the Babel Fish. They could not have evolved on their own...

Posted by: redchief at September 02, 2026 08:06 PM (oKwKB)

22 I knew it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (hPgrk)

23 Dude that jumped in is a bad ass. He took a second to access the situation, and then just jumped on the gator's back and said, "Ok, pokey. Let's see if you can buck 200 lbs or beer infused dead weight. Spin again, I dare ya."

Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (dIske)

And then those other two dudes just hanging over the edge, yakking at them. Don't they have tranquilizer darts or something? Just left him in there to finish the job by himself. Good thing he was up for it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (zYpTz)

24 And do lake otters hold hands while they sleep?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

no, pistols.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (uhVAy)

25 My mini dachshund loves watermelon too. Heck, he loves any kind of melon.

Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:09 PM (lJ0H4)

26 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi)

I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:10 PM (uhVAy)

27 Panda Bears are like the Babel Fish. They could not have evolved on their own...
Posted by: redchief at September 02, 2026 08:06 PM (oKwKB)

They took some wrist bone or something and evolved something thumb like, but that seemed to exhaust them completely.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:12 PM (uhVAy)

28 That one light in the window is Frau Blucher, up late"

Check out the doors. What knockers!

Posted by: man at September 02, 2026 08:12 PM (XuXeR)

29 Evenin’, All. For what it’s worth.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 08:13 PM (77rzZ)

30 An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.
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Reptiles can't be trained.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:13 PM (hPgrk)

31 Maybe not as impressive, but guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

32 "I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account.
Posted by: Oldcat"

I get a message that ends with:

" To view this media, you’ll need to login to X."

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)

33 Maybe not as impressive, but guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

That gator is expensive! and the keeper's job security!

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:15 PM (uhVAy)

34 "I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account.
Posted by: Oldcat"

I get a message that ends with:

" To view this media, you’ll need to login to X."
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)

think i did 'continue to X' there and could view it.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy)

35 "guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip"

What are the chances that Tarzan would be watching at that very minute?

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi)

36 >>Reptiles can't be trained.

I don't know, that Wally Gator was a hell of an actor.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (viF8m)

37 "Reptiles can't be trained.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others"

But they can run for Congress.

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at September 02, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

38 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

39 Say what you want about pandas, but when ace fed the crows peeps, they all bloated up and shit like canadian geese in a football pitch.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 08:20 PM (C/aDH)

40 *** Caution for video showing a woman's face bloodied by the evil river otter.
---

In LA, troopers keep the canals clear of nutria with 10/22s.
They could do the same at Lake Taco.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:21 PM (hPgrk)

41 "think i did 'continue to X' there and could view it.
Posted by: Oldcat"

I can't do that. It wants me to open an app. I don't have any apps.

Posted by: Guy with no apps at September 02, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi)

42 ICYMI: A biting parody of "Paw Patrol," for the behaviorally undisciplined postmodern age:

Bridget Phetasy - Dumpster Fire 346 - "Hole Control"
https://youtu.be/9m9uvYBl12Y?t=982

Bridget's trainer's mantra is to "control your holes," such as by not putting that whole pie in your mouth. She suggested this was relevant to Milo's deportation, or more pointedly his unlamented failure to avoid it, due to an apparent lack of self-regulation or "hole control." The above link is cued to the ensuing animated parody.

Posted by: SciVo at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (ke3zm)

43 26 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd
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psst -- > https://twitterviewer.net

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (hPgrk)

44 @nicksortor
·
3h
🚨 BREAKING: The US House has FAILED to secure the votes needed to pass a Constitutional Amendment capping the number of Supreme Court justices at 9

Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (ZxPkt)

45 It's ok. I don't want to go to X anyway. It's a silly place.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)

46 "Reptiles can't be trained.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others"

But they can run for Congress.
Posted by: Chuck Schumer

*golf clap*

Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:24 PM (lJ0H4)

47 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd
-----------

Me either. It's frustrating that the links embedded within the body of the blog (puppy, panda, beaver, seals) connect just fine, but nothing in the 8-10 straight links will.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:25 PM (XeU6L)

48 Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical.
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Looked like he through something, might have been his sunglasses.
~~~~~

Yep. And he said, "hang on to this/these."

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 02, 2026 08:26 PM (3ImbR)

49 *gurgle*

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 02, 2026 08:27 PM (C/aDH)

50 psst -- > https://twitterviewer.net
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Website blocked due to phishing

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:27 PM (XeU6L)

51 My phone has less apps than it did when I bought it.
Spent two days drilling in that thing shutting down and deleting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:28 PM (hPgrk)

52 I think that kid is now just an "alligator ler" because the gator got the hand.

Posted by: Wally at September 02, 2026 08:29 PM (avzFa)

53 🚨 BREAKING: The US House has FAILED to secure the votes needed to pass a Constitutional Amendment capping the number of Supreme Court justices at 9
Posted by: Don Black
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[eyes Ol'Betsy hanging over the mantle]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:29 PM (XeU6L)

54 I haven't seen a Lawson's store since I left Ohio. Their big advertising deal was the "Big O" tanker truck, hauling fresh OJ from Florida. I knew they went international but didn't realize they were in Japan.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 08:30 PM (gm9Sb)

55 Re the sidebar 4 day weekend announcement:

Bad shoulders are PITA. I'm told I need a new one. Right now I'm surviving on cortisone shots but sooner or later I'll have to make a decision on a replacement.

Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:30 PM (lJ0H4)

56 >>Yep. And he said, "hang on to this/these."

Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:32 PM (viF8m)

57 My phone has less apps than it did when I bought it.
Spent two days drilling in that thing shutting down and deleting.

Posted by: Braenyard
------

How can you live wihout those?!

Posted by: A Millennial at September 02, 2026 08:33 PM (XeU6L)

58
Kountze, TX got some 22 inches of rain from TS Ernesto. Schloss Hadrian, 112 miles away, received zero rain.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 08:33 PM (eRlcH)

59 57 I think of all the things I miss having a flip phone and no apps. Life's a bitch without those Subway and Burger King discounts.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 08:35 PM (gm9Sb)

60 >>>but sooner or later I'll have to make a decision on a replacement.

Posted by: Tuna
------

It's not the operation it's the PT.
If you don't do it you've wasted your time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:35 PM (hPgrk)

61
In LA, troopers keep the canals clear of nutria with 10/22s.
Baloney.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 02, 2026 08:36 PM (/NhK2)

62 Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week?
~~~~~

Living the dream!

For a while anyway.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 02, 2026 08:36 PM (3ImbR)

63 I washed out my rain gauge so it could be read. No rain yet.

Posted by: Eromero at September 02, 2026 08:37 PM (LHPAg)

64 58
Kountze, TX got some 22 inches of rain from TS Ernesto. Schloss Hadrian, 112 miles away, received zero rain.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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After your first post I watched it. After Beaumont instead of petering out it got bigger and stayed (the eye) over the Lufkin (that was marked on the radar) forever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:38 PM (hPgrk)

65 Evening, all. I am spiritually refreshed and ready to face tomorrow and Friday.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (aJQbY)

66 Chunk Yuugur being a 9/11 truther is water is wet type news. That fat fuck has always just axed questions.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (NK89z)

67 Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week?
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Pre-arrest:

Well, it's not far down to paradise
At least it's not for me
And if the wind is right, you can sail away
And find tranquility
Oh, the canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

Posted by: Christopher Cross at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (XeU6L)

68 In LA, troopers keep the canals clear of nutria with 10/22s.
Baloney.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty
--------

They use baloney?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:41 PM (XeU6L)

69 The only reason to watch Cenk is to be there when he finally strokes out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:42 PM (RIvkX)

70 Oh, the canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

Posted by: Christopher Cross
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He should have taken that canvas to the Bahamas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:42 PM (hPgrk)

71 Evening, all. I am spiritually refreshed and ready to face tomorrow and Friday.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (aJQbY)
====

Slay, King.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:44 PM (RIvkX)

72 >>Living the dream!

>>For a while anyway.

Cunning hiding place. Trying to go unnoticed in one of the most famous designs in the middle of largest collections of Hinckleys in the world.

Real man of genius. Gone too soon.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:44 PM (viF8m)

73
He should have taken that canvas to the Bahamas.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Meh. Probably Dacron anyhow.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:45 PM (XeU6L)

74 69 The only reason to watch Cenk is to be there when he finally strokes out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:42 PM (RIvkX)

I just want to have a REASONABLE FUCKING CONVERSATION! FUCK OFF! FUCK YOU!!!
*guzzles bacon grease*

Posted by: Cenk Uyghur at September 02, 2026 08:45 PM (TbWk/)

75 69 The only reason to watch Cenk is to be there when he finally strokes out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I'll wait for the replay.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:47 PM (hPgrk)

76 She doesn't 'get' it, Hochul, I mean:

Sana Ebrahimi Ledene
@SanaELedene
Miss Governor,

Women in Iran and across Muslim communities get beaten and murdered for refusing the hijab. I was kicked out of school, multiple times, for "improper hijab." That was my life.

So am I an Islamophobe for saying "fuck you" when you cosplay as a champion of women’s rights while wrapping yourself in the same symbol that was used to police, punish, and erase me and millions of women around the world just to court Muslim votes?
No. I’m not.
FUCK YOU.
@GovKathyHochul
Quote

Governor Kathy Hochul
@GovKathyHochul
·
Sep 1
I was a guest in a Muslim house of worship and showed respect for the people who welcomed me.

That used to be standard in this country before you came along.

Posted by: beckster at September 02, 2026 08:49 PM (kX27y)

77 "guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip"

What are the chances that Tarzan would be watching at that very minute?
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi)
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AI FAKE!

Did the guy have a suspicious resemblance to either Paul Hogan or Steve Irwin?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 08:49 PM (FZ29D)

78 Heh. Jimmy Buffet just came to mind:

Down to the banana republics, things aren't as warm as they seem
None of the natives are buying any second-hand American dreams

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:50 PM (XeU6L)

79 Top picture, if they were remaking Hasu that would be a start.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 08:51 PM (2GVsD)

80 74 Cenk goes home after a hard day of being asshoe in studio. Dresses up in the uniform the Turkish Bey wore in Lawrence of Arabia. Fantasizes about interrogating T. E. Lawrence.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (gm9Sb)

81 Uh Hausu

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (2GVsD)

82
Miss Governor,

_______

"Dear Bitch,..."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (eRlcH)

83 That used to be standard in this country before you came along.
Posted by: beckster at September 02, 2026 08:49 PM (kX27y)
=====

Always. Always the sneering condescension from these people.

So much for "lived experience"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (RIvkX)

84 That used to be standard in this country before you came along.
Posted by: beckster at September 02, 2026 08:49 PM (kX27y)
=====

Always. Always the sneering condescension from these people.

So much for "lived experience"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 08:52 PM (RIvkX)
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They are BETTER than you. (Why? BECAUSE!) And they do not want you to ever forget that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 08:53 PM (FZ29D)

85 Cenk might be fantasying about being Lawrence being tortured.

Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 08:54 PM (2GVsD)

86 Supposedly a real shot, not a composite,
taken at Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
----
Apparently there's a park in Hyogo Prefecture that does have a 2/3 scale replica of Neuschwanstein Castle.

Taiyo Park is a local theme park that features replica landmarks from around the world.

The things you learn here on the blog...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 08:57 PM (FZ29D)

87 57 My phone has less apps

And fewer connectivity

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 08:59 PM (77rzZ)

88 An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.

Anyone that dates or marries an Italian woman is quite familiar with this event.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:01 PM (HaopY)

89 You might say I'm an appless chap.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 09:02 PM (MWfyi)

90 Ace - take your time. Your value to us and the world is immeasurable. We got this. You go take some well-deserved recreation.

Posted by: goatexchange at September 02, 2026 09:04 PM (hyS0X)

91 88 Heh, Friend of mine was dating a wonderful Italian girl from Youngstown. Then one time he met "Uncle Ronnie". Ronnie "the Crab" Carrabia.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 09:06 PM (gm9Sb)

92 Chunky Yogurt.

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2026 09:06 PM (g47mK)

93 I haven't seen a Lawson's store since I left Ohio. Their big advertising deal was the "Big O" tanker truck, hauling fresh OJ from Florida. I knew they went international but didn't realize they were in Japan.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Chip-chopped ham and their sour cream and onion chip dip for the win.

(Bill, for what it's worth, I can still sing the Big O jingle.)

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:06 PM (HaopY)

94
I hate the texts from people running for office from other states.

Donate to me, I'm going to do amazing things for our country.

If I'm really grouchy, which is a lot of days, lol, i text back telling them they are lying sacks of shit who don't care about our country.

I know they don't see the texts but it feels great to say that.

Posted by: four seasons at September 02, 2026 09:06 PM (/QHx4)

95
Instead of doing something useful today, I spent it trying to reassemble - after the hard drive failure - my playlist of some 4500 classical music pieces and the spreadsheet to go with it. There are about 60 or 70 previously cataloged files that are missing and about a hundred files that aren't in the old version of the spreadsheet I'm working with.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 09:07 PM (eRlcH)

96 Warning, All. I am in a piss-poor mood tonight.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:08 PM (77rzZ)

97 Heh, Friend of mine was dating a wonderful Italian girl from Youngstown. Then one time he met "Uncle Ronnie". Ronnie "the Crab" Carrabia.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Uncle Ronnie didn't happen to run 'La Villa' on Youngstown-Poland Road did he?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:09 PM (HaopY)

98
I hate the texts from people running for office from other states.

Donate to me, I'm going to do amazing things for our country.

_________

Some people grow when they get to Washington. Most, however, just swell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 09:09 PM (eRlcH)

99 93 "And one man sleeps while the other man drives on the non stop Lawson run, and that cold, cold juice in the big truck's caboose stay's as fresh as the Florida sun". Don't get me started on Isaly chipped chop ham sammiches and skyscraper ice cream cones.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 09:09 PM (gm9Sb)

100 B in A - My image of Heaven is we all get together and sing childhood jingles at the top of our lungs. LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:11 PM (HaopY)

101 97 Yeah, I think he was running La Villa as a straw man operation. He got in trouble with the union stuff in Cleveland, and got quiet after the 1980 bombing campaign in Youngstown.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 09:12 PM (gm9Sb)

102 RIP Cassandra Wilson.

Posted by: gp at September 02, 2026 09:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

103 100 In the series Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen's character is a jingle writer, making bank. When you think about it, a good jingle is one of the most effective advertising tools ever. I remember POC beer jingles from the days Jimmy Dudley was the announcer for the Cleveland Indians.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 09:19 PM (gm9Sb)

104 @82.

Ha! Ain't it the truth.

Posted by: Case at September 02, 2026 09:21 PM (rxS1L)

105 Hello! I am home!

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

106
Hello! I am home!
Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

_________

*wags tail*
*play bows*
*loudly demands dinner*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 09:25 PM (eRlcH)

107 Hey, Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:25 PM (77rzZ)

108 Hi, Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

109
*wags tail*
*play bows*
*loudly demands dinner*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September

Every time! I even got roo roos from my non barking dog.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

110 heh - small world.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2026 09:29 PM (HaopY)

111 I'm sorry you're suffering Ace.

I hope you heal up soon

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 02, 2026 09:31 PM (xcxpd)

112 I remember seeing Lawson stores in Japan: but I don't think we went where the castle was.

Posted by: Iris at September 02, 2026 09:32 PM (286+n)

113 All, please pray for me. I seem to be utterly without purpose in my life:

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ)

114 There is an x just below another x in the upper right corner. Hit the lower x and you should be able to view the vids.

Posted by: polynikes at September 02, 2026 09:35 PM (KC5Lt)

115 It is a small world, but I’d hate to have to mow it.

Posted by: Jus Sayin at September 02, 2026 09:35 PM (zom6H)

116 Three minutes of Jobim.
youtube.com/watch?v=ikSxPVYD95w

Posted by: gp at September 02, 2026 09:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

117 All, please pray for me. I seem to be utterly without purpose in my life:
Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ)
----
Prayers up!

You do have a purpose.

God will reveal it to you.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 09:37 PM (FZ29D)

118
Bulg! What? No way. You're here. That's not no purpose.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 09:38 PM (mmrXZ)

119
Moroccan security forces executed the Ceuta invasion? A Spanish investigative agency finds that the invasion was "designed to collapse Spain’s border control system and eliminate Spain’s capacity to respond."

How does *that* contribute to Moroccan security, one wonders? Well, the question is deliberately silly, but since when have Morocco and Spain been in a hot war?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 09:42 PM (mmrXZ)

120 For Bulg:

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

Posted by: gp at September 02, 2026 09:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

121 Ace is taking the weekend off? This looks like a great time to mobilize 500,000 doodz
youtu.be/8Ln8GVTawYY

Posted by: Tsar Vlad the Invader at September 02, 2026 09:44 PM (88C+u)

122 How does *that* contribute to Moroccan security, one wonders? Well, the question is deliberately silly, but since when have Morocco and Spain been in a hot war?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I read that Pedro and Morocco colluded on the thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 09:44 PM (hPgrk)

123 I’ve recently yet another setback in my life, and taking it very hard.

Thank you for any kind thoughts and prayers that you can send my way.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)

124 since when have Morocco and Spain been in a hot war?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 09:42 PM (mmrXZ)

The Almohads

Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 09:45 PM (88C+u)

125 Morocco can't rape the willing. If their spooks are involved here they're just executing on Spanish government operations to give the country to Islam.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 09:46 PM (BI5O2)

126 Bulg, you have a purpose. You show you care for your neighbors and your relatives and the people here. It’s easy to NOT see who needs care, or just not take the time, but you DO take the time. You provide care and comfort. You set a great example. Praying for you….

Posted by: Annies Stew at September 02, 2026 09:46 PM (dNIAD)

127 Bulg, I think a lot of us feel this way on occasion. I certainly do. On a lot of occasions really. I think it's ultimately up to us to find some purpose, to make things worthwhile. If we're lucky. Heaven forfend the Lord should give us a purpose. That road always seems very hard. If nothing else, being here, commiserating with others while Rome burns, is not nothing. You're appreciated here, of that makes a difference.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 02, 2026 09:48 PM (zpcJA)

128 Bulg- I understand things have been a little rough lately for you, and today it seems like it might be getting the best of you. Just remember, you get to control how much of your day, week or even life you let it own. You are not stuck with this outlook. You might be tired, and tired people don’t really think about all the amazing things they have or options out there. Maybe get a good nights sleep and look at it again with fresh eyes?

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 09:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

129 Warning, All. I am in a piss-poor mood tonight.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:08 PM (77rzZ)

This will cheer you up. The bouncy one reappeared in my you tube side bar.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PgEIuIktJ8c

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 09:50 PM (S41Gd)

130 What to do when life seems aimless. From "Desiring God" Christian website :

https://tinyurl.com/yc2jznrc

Will pray for you, Bulg.

At times life seems too hard or aimless , particularly when you've been through a lot of setbacks .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2026 09:53 PM (wmzkx)

131 All, thank you. I am crying as I read these responses.

I love all the members of the Horde.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:53 PM (77rzZ)

132 Fun critter fact of the day:

In the Permian, the new land-dwellers, like the sail-backed Dimetrodon, did not communicate with sounds. Ears and eardrums had not yet evolved.

Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc)

133 Just got here.
Hang in there Bulg. You got friends here.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (2WIwB)

134 Fun critter fact of the day:

In the Permian, the new land-dwellers, like the sail-backed Dimetrodon, did not communicate with sounds. Ears and eardrums had not yet evolved.

Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc)

They texted instead.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 09:55 PM (S41Gd)

135 Thank you all: I will absent myself now, to crt.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 09:59 PM (77rzZ)

136 134 Fun critter fact of the day:

In the Permian, the new land-dwellers, like the sail-backed Dimetrodon, did not communicate with sounds. Ears and eardrums had not yet evolved.

Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc)

They texted instead.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 09:55 PM (S41Gd)

This checks out.
It's why social media is so addictive: it taps into the lizard part of the brain.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 02, 2026 09:59 PM (zpcJA)

137 fo cry

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

138 to cry

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (77rzZ)

139 Have a good 4dy weekend, Ace...just read of your break in the sidebar. Hope you feel better and get some rest.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 02, 2026 10:01 PM (hzuYO)

140 Thank you all.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ)

141 BraveAI is pointing to "Neurosensory anatomy and function in Dimetrodon, the first terrestrial apex predator", claiming that this synapsid could sense vibrations through the ground.
Birds are diapsids like dinosaurs (they are dinosaurs).
Seems each of us got our airborne hearing through different paths.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 10:03 PM (88C+u)

142 Huh. Just found out that snakes ALSO don't have ears and sense sound from ground vibrations. I suppose if you do everything from slithering on the ground you don't need ears

Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 10:05 PM (88C+u)

143 ONT nood.

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 02, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)

144 And now I’m tearing up again, reading the comments. Thank you all, so much.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)

145 Eugene
Hi! Do you use Twitter? I'd like to follow you if
that would be ok. I'm absolutely enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.

Posted by: Eugene at September 03, 2026 04:03 AM (7tj0o)

146 134 Fun critter fact of the day:

In the Permian, the new land-dwellers, like the sail-backed Dimetrodon, did not communicate with sounds. Ears and eardrums had not yet evolved.

Posted by: mindful webworker - neverending comments at September 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc)

They texted instead.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 02, 2026 09:55 PM (S41Gd)
A type of sign language. Like chickens.

Posted by: Eromero at September 03, 2026 09:58 AM (5/BcT)

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