The Wide World of Herding Cafe

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A wombat re-enacts Graham Platner working his "job" and then having a well-earned rest. No wonder this guy's hero and mentor is Bernie Sanders, who was famously evicted from a commune for refusing to do the very light labor assigned to all members. Do you know how lazy you have to be to be expelled by layabout communists for not working?

Summer can't come quick enough.

Neighborhood watch.

My ancestors were wolves.

Baby seal learning to swim.

Hippos on holiday.

Bears are getting ready for Operation Ursus -- are you?!?

Time for bed.

Up next on The Ocho: Competitive Herding.

Herding skills.. 💪 pic.twitter.com/ZizWz3XE32
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 30, 2026

Cat is bucking to steel the sheepdog's job. Cute clip marred by an unneeded f-bomb.

Cat said: “I told you we didn’t need a dog” 😂 pic.twitter.com/rtlYy8meij
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) June 1, 2026

I said I don't want to be in your TikTok, asshole.

Goose 1 - human 0.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/rY6HVOtyED
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 31, 2026

Balky baby donkey:

Baby donkey learning to cross a bridge.. 😊

🎥 IG: rootdownacresbend pic.twitter.com/5Yk9vBYSnb
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 30, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 08:23 PM

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1 4h5un45en6iju4

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 01, 2026 08:25 PM (n7rxJ)

2
Love the Johnny Cash in the donkey-on-bridge.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 01, 2026 08:27 PM (n7rxJ)

3
* sniffs cautiously *

* smiles *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 08:29 PM (QVJxT)

4 >>>Deer snacks on cherry blossoms.

I like women who are easily impressed.

I suppose I shouldn't admit that.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 01, 2026 08:29 PM (syz1S)

5 Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 08:03 PM

1 4h5un45en6iju4
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 01, 2026 08:25 PM (n7rxJ)

Hella network latency going on there.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 01, 2026 08:29 PM (vTZFs)

6 In cinema news, it appears Clint Eastwood has officially retired.

At 96, he's had a good run.

Probably the best Hollywood has ever seen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 01, 2026 08:29 PM (XV/Pl)

7 Corgis called.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 08:30 PM (QVJxT)

8
Person videos person videoing geese. I wonder if there was another person another layer out videoing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 01, 2026 08:32 PM (n7rxJ)

9 >>>Neighborhood watch.

The second dog discovered what an innovation that pipe was for butt sniffing.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 01, 2026 08:32 PM (syz1S)

10 Re Herding:

While in Ireland and bumming around with our Priest in the backcountry, we came upon numerous herds of sheep.

He'd stand there and whistle dog herding directions to the sheep and would drive them right, left, towards us, etc. even without a dog present. I honestly didn't think the sheep were that smart.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 01, 2026 08:32 PM (m5dJ5)

11 One thing I had drummed into my head during a summer in Kenya. Don't get between hippos and the water. If they decide to go for a dip, they don't go around you.

Posted by: JuJuBee at June 01, 2026 08:33 PM (tM5h4)

12 When THAT moose tells you that the park is closed, you damn well better listen.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 08:33 PM (gnNyN)

13
*raises arm*
*snaps fingers*

Waiter!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 08:34 PM (O0L8i)

14 The only communes that ever worked were religious orders, eg. Benedictines. Everyone works.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 01, 2026 08:34 PM (qFwJc)

15 "In cinema news, it appears Clint Eastwood has officially retired."

I recently watched "High Plains Drifter."

Shit. Just shit. What has been seen cannot be unseen.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 01, 2026 08:36 PM (qFwJc)

16 Played my first round of golf since last year. If I could putt, I'd score better. Greens are fast in Amish Country.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 01, 2026 08:36 PM (+4f55)

17 Top image, did Damen Merkel just fart?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 08:36 PM (2GVsD)

18
The only communes that ever worked were religious orders, eg. Benedictines. Everyone works.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 01, 2026 08:34 PM (qFwJc)

__________

And even then they have an abbot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 08:37 PM (O0L8i)

19 When THAT moose tells you that the park is closed, you damn well better listen.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026

***
"Hey! Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

"Again??"

"Nuthin' up my sleeve --" *riiip* "-- Hey, presto!"

[Scowling rhino head appears from hat]

"Whoo! Don't know my own stren'th!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 08:37 PM (wzUl9)

20 Love the dog in the second herding video. Looking back like "what the hell!?"

Posted by: Oddbob at June 01, 2026 08:38 PM (vTZFs)

21 The religious orders still had a hierarchy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 08:38 PM (2GVsD)

22 I did enjoy "Pillars of the Earth" and the other one.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 01, 2026 08:38 PM (qFwJc)

23 Seal didn't swim far.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 01, 2026 08:39 PM (Cqx++)

24 I figured the wombat would be jerking it in a portalet, then falling asleep.

You always keep us guessing, ace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:39 PM (zZu0s)

25 I recently watched "High Plains Drifter."

Shit. Just shit. What has been seen cannot be unseen.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 01, 2026

***
Not his best movie. His Drifter character seems to lack any moral code whatever. There are those who suggest that he's a ghost come back to haunt the West, but I don't get that impression.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 08:39 PM (wzUl9)

26 Cat said: "I told you we didn’t need a dog"
Dog said: "I'm the one who broke them in"

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 01, 2026 08:39 PM (syz1S)

27 *raises arm*
*snaps fingers*

Waiter!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 08:34 PM

* sniffs ostentatiously *

* hisses "The Style Guide recommends "Garçon!", mousieur!"

Posted by: Pierre le Frog at June 01, 2026 08:40 PM (QVJxT)

28 Clint Eastwood, Where Eagles Dare.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 08:40 PM (2GVsD)

29 What about the Kibbutz?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

30 One thing I had drummed into my head during a summer in Kenya. Don't get between hippos and the water. If they decide to go for a dip, they don't go around you.
Posted by: JuJuBee at June 01, 2026

***
Pro tip: Don't be near them at all. They're territorial and aggressive. More people are killed in Africa every year by hippos than by any other animal -- except maybe the Cape buffalo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 08:41 PM (wzUl9)

31 And even then they have an abbot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 08:37 PM

So does Texas. And our's runs wheels around those others.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 08:41 PM (QVJxT)

32 UrsUS? No man, urs YOU!

Posted by: Taking no shit from out of control bears at June 01, 2026 08:42 PM (TbWk/)

33 Not his best movie. His Drifter character seems to lack any moral code whatever. There are those who suggest that he's a ghost come back to haunt the West, but I don't get that impression.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 08:39 PM (wzUl9)

This. How many woman does he screw not quite willingly? Two? Three?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)

34 Some snappy drill from that ursus.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 08:43 PM (QVJxT)

35 Hmmm.

Outlaw Josie Wales or In the Line of Fire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

36 yeah, because Clint Eastwood had all this total creative control over high plains drifter, amirite?

he was earning a paycheck. Ennio Morricone probably was paid more.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 01, 2026 08:43 PM (VyBeY)

37 Not his best movie. His Drifter character seems to lack any moral code whatever. There are those who suggest that he's a ghost come back to haunt the West, but I don't get that impression.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026
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This. How many woman does he screw not quite willingly? Two? Three?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026

***
I can only remember the first one, early in the film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 08:43 PM (wzUl9)

38 he was earning a paycheck. Ennio Morricone probably was paid more.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 01, 2026 08:43 PM (VyBeY)

Valid, but it still is a kind of shit movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)

39 Some snappy drill from that ursus.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 08:43 PM (QVJxT)
----
Imagine what he could do if he had opposable thumbs...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 08:44 PM (gnNyN)

40 Pro tip: Don't be near them at all. They're territorial and aggressive. More people are killed in Africa every year by hippos than by any other animal -- except maybe the Cape buffalo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 08:41 PM

Ahem.

Posted by: Crocodiles and Mosquitoes at June 01, 2026 08:44 PM (QVJxT)

41 This. How many woman does he screw not quite willingly? Two? Three?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)

He could have treated them like men and just killed them. Raped ain't nice, but dead is even worse.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 01, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S)

42 If he was an Angel of Vengeance or a Demon of retribution, he would have no interest in sexuality.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 01, 2026 08:45 PM (qFwJc)

43
What about the Kibbutz?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

_____________

Very few of the original socialist ones are still around.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 08:45 PM (O0L8i)

44 Outlaw Josey Wales is probably my favorite of his. Dirty Harry a close second.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 01, 2026 08:45 PM (+4f55)

45 uh, okay, never mind, should have looked at the credits first ... he directed it. whoops.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 01, 2026 08:46 PM (VyBeY)

46 >>>Not his best movie. His Drifter character seems to lack any moral code whatever. There are those who suggest that he's a ghost come back to haunt the West, but I don't get that impression.

that's 100% what it is. He's the ghost of the marshal the town murdered/stood by as he was murdered.

He did the same basic thing in Pale Rider.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:47 PM (1wjle)

47 No love for Gunnery Sergeant Highway?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 08:47 PM (QVJxT)

48 He did the same basic thing in Pale Rider.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:47 PM (1wjle)

Less rape. More... some odd stuff with the daughter. Better lines, imo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:48 PM (zZu0s)

49 47 No love for Gunnery Sergeant Highway?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 08:47 PM (QVJxT)

Very good.

I even like Absolute Power.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:48 PM (zZu0s)

50 >>>Less rape. More... some odd stuff with the daughter

yeah that was a little strange. He didn't do anything with her, though. And she was cute. And I can say that because I thought she was cute at the time I saw it, when she was a older than me.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:48 PM (1wjle)

51 I was never fond of Clint's Every Which Way But Loose films. They seemed kind of underbrained -- which was probably the audience they were aimed at.

On the other hand I liked Bronco Billy with its hopeful message that you can be whatever you want to be. Joe Kidd, written by Elmore Leonard, seems much like a paperback Leonard Western; which is to say, good. And Unforgiven is superb, both for his performance as Munny and for his direction.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 08:49 PM (wzUl9)

52 There are no ghosts. Only demons that pretend to be ghosts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 01, 2026 08:49 PM (qFwJc)

53 "But... where will the people in the hotel go?"

"They'll go out."

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:49 PM (1wjle)

54 >>>52 There are no ghosts. Only demons that pretend to be ghosts.

Okay Couple from the Conjuring Universe.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:49 PM (1wjle)

55 I liked High Plains Drifter. Pale Rider was Eastwood's version of 'Shane'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 01, 2026 08:50 PM (+4f55)

56 In medical news, I had my CT Scan this morning, then saw the oncology surgeon this afternoon.

Everything looks good/stable - no new tumors, and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk ever so slightly (so much so that it could just be user interpretation). No metastises seen, so that is good, too.

Apparently I CAN stay on this protocol more than 6 months at a time, so we are going to continue to do fills with the medication, alternating with "placebo" fills every other 2 weeks as before.

I will say that the doctor seemed QUITE pleased with my progress; I am not sure that when he first saw me 20 months ago that he thought that I would still be kickin' it all these months later. I have apparently responded EXTREMELY well to these protocols. Honestly, it's just luck of the draw - many others have been on these same meds and not had good results.

Those prayers are working, folks! We are extremely grateful for each and every one of them.

So good news all around! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 08:50 PM (SRRAx)

57 Hello! Happy Monday night!

Posted by: Piper at June 01, 2026 08:50 PM (e8mjv)

58
The Stranger character vanishes in the sunset at the end, indicating he was an apparition of vengeance.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 01, 2026 08:50 PM (w6EFb)

59 And I can say that because I thought she was cute at the time I saw it, when she was a older than me.
Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:48 PM (1wjle)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:51 PM (zZu0s)

60
And I enjoyed that Geoff Lindsey video about the Transatlantic Accent.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 01, 2026 08:51 PM (w6EFb)

61 Not his best movie. His Drifter character seems to lack any moral code whatever. There are those who suggest that he's a ghost come back to haunt the West, but I don't get that impression.

that's 100% what it is. He's the ghost of the marshal the town murdered/stood by as he was murdered.

He did the same basic thing in Pale Rider.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026

***
Grit seems to show Drifter every month or so. I guess I should watch it again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 08:52 PM (wzUl9)

62 56

This is the best news, Teresa! I am thrilled.

Posted by: Piper at June 01, 2026 08:52 PM (e8mjv)

63 Thats wonderful, Teresa.

Remember what ace said.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)

64 >>>e. Joe Kidd, written by Elmore Leonard, seems much like a paperback Leonard Western; which is to say, good

so disappointing. I got a little excited because the plot of that movie is driven by the New Mexico land controversy, which I had studied a little. but a boring movie.

(The Mexicans had granted nearly all of New Mexico to a few well-connected businessmen called "impressarios." This grant seemed to be illegal under Mexican law, and anyway, US settlers didn't want to honor it anyway. For years and years the question of who actually owned this land, the settlers (many who'd bought it from prior owners) or these Mexican impressarios (and the people they'd sold it to) raged. I think this controversy was a background political question in the Billy the Kidd "Regulator" feuds, too.

Ultimate resolution: The Mexican impressarios owned the land (or the people they'd sold it to) and anyone who'd bought it from anyone else was screwed.)

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:53 PM (1wjle)

65 What about the Kibbutz?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

They never ran well, and either morphed into market-driven communities, or failed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 08:53 PM (iERP6)

66 Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 08:47 PM (QVJxT)

I grew up on Clint's westerns and the Dirty Harry movies but the ones I think I enjoy rewatching the most is Heartbreak Ridge, In the Line of Fire, Space Cowboys and Absolute Power. I was a young adult when i watched those as opposed to the earlier movies I watch as a kid with my Dad. The newer ones just felt more like mine; not sure if I'm saying it well. Loved Pale Rider and Unforgiven as well.

Posted by: Nelly at June 01, 2026 08:54 PM (6+ehB)

67 I like High Plains Drifter. It's supposed to be shocking and contrary to the usual code of the cowboy. It was that era for edgy material.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:54 PM (1wjle)

68 Wow, that's great news!
Thanks for the update, Teresa!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 01, 2026 08:54 PM (VyBeY)

69 Moose!
Mmmmmm!!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 08:54 PM (2WIwB)

70 I suppose I should have mentioned to him that for whatever reason my body has always demonstrated an incredible will to live.

There has been more than one occasion when I should not have survived, but I was always blissfully unaware until long after the fact that I shouldn't have walked out of the hospital.

I know the odds with this beast, but I think that I just want to stick around and keep the Bucket List Party going 😂😂😂 (Paul has clipped my wings a bit on that, but there aren't any blowout trips planned in the foreseeable future - just a couple of local concerts and shows where we won't be flying or staying in hotels)

Can't blow through the kids' inheritance if I'm not here to spend the money, amiright? 🥳🥳🥳

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 08:55 PM (SRRAx)

71 Space Cowboys was good, if silly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:55 PM (zZu0s)

72 In the Line of Fire is superb.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:55 PM (1wjle)

73 The Taxi Driver of Westerns, if you will.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

74 If a goose bites you, it hurts a little bit. Smack him upside the head and give him the boot.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 01, 2026 08:56 PM (D1E+2)

75 Great news, Teresa! Yayyy!

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:56 PM (1wjle)

76 Teresa!
Great to hear.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 08:56 PM (2WIwB)

77
Clint's characters were always more anti-hero than hero.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 01, 2026 08:57 PM (w6EFb)

78 63 Thats wonderful, Teresa.

Remember what ace said.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)

Must have missed that - can you copy it for me?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 08:57 PM (SRRAx)

79 Apparently it's a Japanese sheep herding contest and/or demonstration.

I'm surprised the dog can hear the signals with the announcer being so noisy.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 01, 2026 08:57 PM (C0Nlv)

80 Google lists Back to the Future Part 2 as a Clint Eastwood film.

Kind of true.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:58 PM (1wjle)

81 So good news all around! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
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Excellent news! So happy to see this. I enjoy hearing about your bucket list adventures too.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 01, 2026 08:58 PM (0SdQT)

82 One of my favorite lines in any movie ever is uttered 'In the Line of Fire'.

Booth the assassin talks about a poem that JFK supposedly liked called 'A rendezvous with death'

During a phone conversion, Clint East as Frank Horrigan gets very angry with Booth's taunting and yells 'You have a rendezvous with my a**, motherf*cker.'

I habitually quote movies in real life instead of actual conversation and I have never been able to find a good context to use that line, especially in our current age of everything is g*y as f*ck.

Posted by: Nelly at June 01, 2026 08:59 PM (6+ehB)

83 Eastwood's best directing was, Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil and his best acting was in The Bridges of Madison County.

Overall, he was a giant of both acting and directing, probably the best to combine both of the disciplines.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 01, 2026 08:59 PM (XV/Pl)

84 That's wonderful news, Teresa! And you didn't need help from Piper's four legged family for the CAT scan, either!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 01, 2026 08:59 PM (qx7Zg)

85 oh Escape from Alcatraz. I watch that every few years.

I saw Roger and Ebert ding it for having a let-down of a third act. They said they weren't sure what the plan was at that point. Which I guess I agree with: I understood most of the plan but not when they got into the walls. I guess there could have been more in the movie showing Eastwood mapping out the escape route and maybe a little more excitement.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:00 PM (1wjle)

86 Ooh, an ace comment just for me!

75 Great news, Teresa! Yayyy!
Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 08:56 PM (1wjle)

You DO know that one of the items on my Bucket List is to meet you in person, right?....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 09:00 PM (SRRAx)

87 >>>You DO know that one of the items on my Bucket List is to meet you in person, right?....

one of these days!

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:01 PM (1wjle)

88 Must have missed that - can you copy it for me?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 08:57 PM (SRRAx)

Upon the death of a commenter a while back, ace implored us in the strongest possible terms to take better care of ourselves as we are all valued members of this community.

Quote 'Everybody quit fucking dying!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 09:01 PM (zZu0s)

89 Kelly's Heroes has a great third act.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:02 PM (1wjle)

90 Apparently it's a Japanese sheep herding contest and/or demonstration.

I'm surprised the dog can hear the signals with the announcer being so noisy.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 01, 2026 08:57 PM (C0Nlv)

Looked to me like the sheep had done this a few times. They had even memorized their lines, so they didn't need their cue cards any more.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 01, 2026 09:02 PM (cEHXL)

91 City Heat with Burt Reynolds.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 09:03 PM (zZu0s)

92 some Eastwood movies I'd like to see:

The Beguiled/
The Eiger Sanction. I always turn this one off because it seems too silly and Hero-y, like in an unbelievable way.
Hearbreak Ridge.
Thunderball and Lightfoot.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:04 PM (1wjle)

93
In the cool thing we won't be able to see dept, another astronomical event on June 17. The waxing crescent Moon will occult Venus, and it will be in the sky for all the continental US. Unfortunately it will be broad daylight. Only the eastern tip of Brazil will be able to see it much in darker conditions:

t.ly/SYp6V

Lunar occultations of Venus happen somewhere on the globe about a couple times per year. Half of those are in daylight. And it works out that a visible such event will happen at a given location about once in 31 years on average.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 01, 2026 09:04 PM (w6EFb)

94 I'd also like to see Any Which Way But Loose again.

I've also been jonesing to see the Dead Pool again. Almost bought all five Dirty Harry movies last month.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:05 PM (1wjle)

95 You've never seen Heartbreak Ridge?

*music stops*

What kind of smart military blog IS this?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 09:05 PM (zZu0s)

96 I've also been jonesing to see the Dead Pool again. Almost bought all five Dirty Harry movies last month.

(Amazon had a deal for like $40 I think)

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:05 PM (1wjle)

97 >>>What kind of smart military blog IS this?!

i have seen very few war movies. I'm trying to correct that.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:06 PM (1wjle)

98
The Big Dummy reunited today with his Ohio dad, who hadn't seen him in a year. It was a very happy occasion for both parties.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 09:06 PM (O0L8i)

99 I enjoy hearing about your bucket list adventures too.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 01, 2026 08:58 PM (0SdQT)

We were too tired at the end of each day to post anything from our New York trip! Sorry about that....

Suffice it to say that all 3 of us gals have WONDERFUL memories - I would even like to maybe go back there and spend more time in the Metropolitan Museum. We also had to ditch a couple of planned items, as we just ran out of time!

But there are other adventures that Paul wants to be a part of - the grandsons will be out of daycare/preschool for a week in August, so I am hoping that we can escape the Texas heat and see some sights then.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 09:06 PM (SRRAx)

100 Hearbreak Ridge.
Thunderball and Lightfoot.
Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:04 PM (1wjle)

Heartbreak Ridge is a mixed bag, in my opinion. Eastwood was Eastwood, and the majority of the cast was good. It was the official movie of the Marines in Grenada. But...Mario van Peebles. Holy shit he sucks.

Small wonder he faded into Bolivian.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, back from the road trip at June 01, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ)

101 Is Grenada considered a war?

Although I guess Heartbreak Ridge could be considered a post war, war movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 09:08 PM (zZu0s)

102 Holy shit he sucks.

Small wonder he faded into Bolivian.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, back from the road trip at June 01, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ)

Heh. I think he is supposed to be the standin for the audience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 09:09 PM (zZu0s)

103 i just tried to watch this war movie because I was interested in the unit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Brigade_(film)

but it's this nonsense version of it, clearly just using the name of the Devil's Brigade to make a knock-off of the Dirty Dozen.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:11 PM (1wjle)

104 4 >>>Deer snacks on cherry blossoms.

I like women who are easily impressed.

I suppose I shouldn't admit that.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 01, 2026 08:29 PM (syz1S)

Never admit if you're looking for a woman with poor judgement

I mean, a lot of guys, that's what it would take

But you shouldn't say it out loud

Posted by: SciVo at June 01, 2026 09:11 PM (Sy6m/)

105 What, no one has mentioned Two Mules for Sister Sarah?

Paint your wagon? (Lee Marvin singing. Will, speaking. Rex Harrison singing.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 09:11 PM (zZu0s)

106 We be all thinks Presdent Obama wood be good in a movie.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 01, 2026 09:13 PM (bla6R)

107 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 08:50 PM (SRRAx)

Okay. That's good news. I've only been passing through today.

It seemed like it was turning in 'Murderous Rage Monday" with each story. So I'm taking this good news, that's my last memory of the Horde tonight.

Everyone have a great night.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 01, 2026 09:13 PM (Sco7b)

108 Downfall is war movie..."Bringen Sie mir Fegelein !!!!!"

Posted by: runner at June 01, 2026 09:14 PM (GD0B3)

109
Clint's characters were always more anti-hero than hero.
Posted by: publius

What about Rowdy Yates?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 01, 2026 09:17 PM (Cqx++)

110 My favorite Eastwood western is Unforgiven.

He has some other really good ones, but that will always be his best to me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 01, 2026 09:17 PM (6ydKt)

111 >>>My favorite Eastwood western is Unforgiven.

I don't like that one. As Peter Griffin said, It insists upon itself.

Posted by: ace at June 01, 2026 09:20 PM (1wjle)

112 The Beguiled is one strange flick.

Not even sure what genre it classifies as.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 01, 2026 09:20 PM (6ydKt)

113 Unforgiven, imo, is a mixed bag. The last 5 mins MAKE the entire movie, and make it a great one. But I still remember thinking 'this is kind of boring' a couple times for the first 2 hours.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

114 >>>but it's this nonsense version of it, clearly just using the name of the Devil's Brigade to make a knock-off of the Dirty Dozen.

Posted by: ace

>The book is better.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 01, 2026 09:23 PM (D1E+2)

115 The death of Spock in the "The Wrath of Khan" is an almost exact copy of the death of the blind poet Rhysling in Heinlein's "The Green Hills of Earth".

Tommy Lee Jones death at the end of "Space Cowboys" is an almost exact copy of the death of an old sick man - D. D. Harriman - in Heinlein's "The Man Who Sold the Moon".

I called my fellow Heinlein fan brother-in-law and asked if he had seen "Wrath of Khan". He yelled back "They stole it! Green Hills of Earth!"

He called me years later, and asked if I had seen "Space Cowboys" yet.

I yelled back "D. D. Harriman! They stole the ending!"

Posted by: retropox at June 01, 2026 09:24 PM (3E1PV)

116 >>Never admit if you're looking for a woman with poor judgement

My entire life has been built around women with poor judgement.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2026 09:24 PM (viF8m)

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