Overnight Open Thread [07/13/2026]

The bison is far more in tune with the American spirit than the eagle or the turkey (Benjamin Franklin's laughable choice for a symbol). It's the size and weight of a compact sedan, and can run 35 miles/hour. It's cranky as f*ck; and will ignore you until it decides to toss you in the air because you are mildly irritating. And then forget about you, because you are unimportant. It has the quiet confidence that that everything else should probably get out of the way. And if you don't? It makes clear that stupidity has consequences.

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It's a cleverly written skit, but the performance is utterly and completely brilliant.

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The American obsession with celebrity is becoming unhinged from reality. I think it is tremendously damaging to our culture, because the celebrities most worshiped are often vile human beings whose claim to fame is stuff like gangster rap, or even worse, insipid pop music! Artist sells out of trash collected from Taylor Swift's wedding. Yeah...she is an impressive businesswoman, but five years after she stops performing her music will be as popular as the hundreds of other bands that simply faded away.

The obsession comes at the expense of paying attention to more worthy things. Yes, get off my lawn! Seriously, I understand that entertainment is an integral part of our world, but the caustic influence of amoral post-modern entertainers is not good for us as a society.

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Just look what you dodged! Don't ever say I don't do anything for you maniacs!

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Don't ask me why these three are on my personal play list. I have no rhyme or reason for what goes on it. If I like the way a song sounds...even a little bit of it...I go for it. And why not? The worst thing that can happen is that I skip it.

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I find heavy equipment operators to be amazingly impressive. They run multi-ton vehicles as if they were surgeons. And yes, I bitterly regret not becoming one.

There are few concepts that have done more for Man than hydraulics. Imagine a world without it!

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Somebody sent this to me and claimed it was how they manufacture American Cheese.

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (VmkSV)

2 THIRD BASE!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (4NO2D)

3 Monday, Monday, so good to me!
Because I love my ONT

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at July 13, 2026 09:54 PM (OXvkT)

4 "Fine. But what's his first name?'
"Guess."
"Uh, I don't want to. What's his first name?"
"Guess."
"... Tell me his whole name."
"Guess Who."
*AAAAAAARRRGH*

Posted by: Another Anon at July 13, 2026 09:54 PM (4h45B)

5 Bingo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (VPNgR)

6 Congrats on 1st TonyPete...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

7 Thank you. I couldn't have done it without a modicum of blind, dumb luck.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 09:56 PM (VmkSV)

8 Good evening Horde. Thanks CDB!

Excavator recovery is absolutely the type of content I'm here for.

Posted by: TRex - digger dino at July 13, 2026 09:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 Really?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 13, 2026 09:59 PM (ZAfEX)

10 CBDMONONTYAY

Posted by: mindful webworker - We don' need no steenkin' space bars at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)

11 We once saw a small herd of bison at Yellowstone. Cars stopped on the road. We sat quietly and hoped they did not notice us in our cars.

You could easily see that buffalo was agitated by his dust bath. At least the guy was not trying to pet him.

I have no empathy for the people who try to pet them, get a selfie with them, or dip what used to be their toes off the boardwalks into the pretty blue hot springs of Yellowstone.

Sometimes hiking in the mountains here you come upon a moose eating grass and flowers. We tend to move away quietly vs tourons who take photos.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (hzuYO)

12 Excavator recovery is absolutely the type of content I'm here for.
Posted by: TRex - digger dino

Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

I'd love to do that.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

13 Rage Against My Dad, You Guys! G'all!

Dickweeds.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:02 PM (0aYVJ)

14 WHO DAT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI-EoLWgp5w
Iron Biden: Has he lost his Mind; Can he see or is he Blind

of COURSE ctHARRIS wouldn't change a thing.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ifLIBsWantAmerica2Fail
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-ShadowOfTheIceKING
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-PrezLibraryCameo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yModCU1OVHY
How iceKingJOE really saw himself.
Tally Hall: Banana Man [content warning: Danger/PsychoHazard ]

LET's GO BRANDON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_9hX43pTpE
Metal Trump: Sad but TRUE!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 13, 2026 10:02 PM (RBJL0)

15 I know that Senator Graham was not killed by RUSSA or Putin because he was not poisoned with "Polemonium....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (xEwO4)

16 There is a piece of tatanka the Indians do not use.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (/+uur)

17 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

There is a union training facility along I-95 in central NJ that has about 50 pieces of monstrous heavy machinery. I am awfully tempted to join the union just to train there!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (l4RKn)

18 visidiots < tourons

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (hXJIb)

19 Ohhh!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 13, 2026 10:04 PM (uTEOj)

20 15 I know that Senator Graham was not killed by RUSSA or Putin because he was not poisoned with "Polemonium....
Posted by: Jackson K

Havana Syndrome setting level: 10
Now they know it works -- failure of imagination, until it isn't.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 13, 2026 10:05 PM (RBJL0)

21 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

I'd love to do that.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)
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After the flooding this weekend, there's actually 29+ year olds using such equipment to rebuild roads that were washed out.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 10:05 PM (+sK4n)

22 Also, this is my hill:

Buffalo. Not bison. Buff. A. Lo.

I was born and raised in Montana and Wyoming. We who are natives say "the fuck is a bison?"

I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

23 A theme in ICE shootings is putting their bodies in front of operational vehicles. This practice is dangerous for the officers and manufactures a reason for them to shoot drivers if they make one wrong move.

One witness says the victim said, "I tried to stop" before dying.

I was trying to stop just before I tried to kill you.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:07 PM (/+uur)

24 I gotta say, that cheese making seems way more manual than I picture. I suspect they made something else - the cheese must be a big vat of orange goo. But I could be dead wrong

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:07 PM (Rn6Z4)

25 I had bison on a bun last week.

*shrugs*

It tasted good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (jehhT)

26 Again. This is my hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
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I feel like you're trying to buffalo us

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (Rn6Z4)

27 Shaboozey?

Wasn't that the song in Music Man featuring Buddy Hackett?
https://youtu.be/pV_uw5nV79Q

Or what the chorus is singing at the start of The Poor Side Of Town by Johnny Rivers?
https://youtu.be/vAI24i825_E

Posted by: mindful webworker - my musical knowledge is limited at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (ci8WY)

28 I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?
-- I like it (John Lennon)

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (VmkSV)

29 It’s called tourist season for a reason.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

30 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

31 I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

Are you trying to buffalo me
Hello, hello, hello
Shake hands
Brother, hi ho
ou're always bound to know
A water buffalo
Hello
hello, hello, hello
Greetings, fellow buddy
A buffalo as you must know
Is never a fuddy-duddy

Hello, hello, hello
I'm glad to see
We're proud to be
A water buffalo!

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (/+uur)

32 @22
" This is my hill."

Guess everybody needs a hill.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:10 PM (IY9No)

33
If it's aortic dissection, that's going to be clear on the autopsy, of course. Now, is there any artificial way to induce such a thing? I don't think so, but there might be.

But if Putin or any others wanted to kill him and make it look natural/accidental there are much easier ways to do it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 10:10 PM (w6EFb)

34 There is a piece of tatanka the Indians do not use.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (/+uur)

But the Italian-Indians do not pollute the sacred hunting grounds with unused leftover bits. *tear rolls down cheek*

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)

35 Evening all,

We have a launch early in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-45
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 14, 2026
Launch Time: 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 UTC, 1110 CEST)

https://youtu.be/Cs8MhzKv3gA

Posted by: Joyenz at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (2F0/Y)

36 AoSHQ may trigger convulsions and projectile vomiting in some new readers.

HQ shit my pants.

Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (oIVsY)

37 Evening, all,

A quiet day here with rain during a lot of it. We may have more early tomorrow morning, preventing me from working out. I could go to the mall to walk -- but I have a doctor's appointment (usual check-in, nothing Sirius) at 12:45, so the timing would be tight.

Wednesday does not look busy -- though I have to call the Fidelity people about that eternally-delayed check, and the IRS about my refund. Thursday I'll have the Buick's rear brakes done. Friday, a mall walk would be good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (wzUl9)

38 Guess everybody needs a hill.
Posted by: Case

Bill didn't. What the hell was he thinking anyway? What did he get out of the arrangement? Seriously.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)

39 And I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Lindsey Graham’s sister was chosen to serve out his term. She has no designs on the seat.

This way, the several politicians vying for the spot can have a debate amd voters can choose in a primary who will be the nominee.

Someone should tell the democrats this is how “democracy” works.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

40 It’s called tourist season for a reason.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Don't tell nobody. I worked a summer there. The drop-off of tourons was dramatic.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

41 I can't believe you are down playing the bison attack in Yellowstone. Did you not see what happened to the guy? Do you have no shame?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3nej7e

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

42 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

43 Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes, Lodge #26.

Posted by: Fred Flintstone at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (wVcYX)

44 While sitting in traffic at Yellowstone, driving my convertible, a bison came strolling down the other lane. He was the cause of the traffic. Three feet away. Eye to eye. Scared the shit outta me.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (2WIwB)

45 Yellowstone Bison Charge
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Wasn't me! I'm in Yosemite with 17 in-laws, outlaws and scofflaws. We already got a written warning from management over the Citronella candles we've used here for over 35 years without incident!

More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (1PYs9)

46 Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Don't tell nobody. I worked a summer there. The drop-off of tourons was dramatic.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Yosemite was similar. If you go during prime season you'll be either suicidal or homicidal.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (VmkSV)

47 @22
" This is my hill."

Guess everybody needs a hill.
Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:10 PM (IY9No)

Sigh. I say things like this, you know, tongue in cheek.

We good?

that said: buffalo. Forever.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

48 how they manufacture American Cheese - looks legit

Instagram embeds never show up for me on here. Which is fine. Worst video platform - no progress bar, no volume control, no full-screen.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 'Merican! at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (ci8WY)

49 It’s called tourist season for a reason.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

. . . all of those tourists covered with oil.

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett, Wasted Away Again at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (wVcYX)

50 @38. Bill didn't.

I'll let Bill answer that.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (IY9No)

51 We'll be in Yellowstone in about a week. And yes, we've been warned about the bison.

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing some last-minute packing at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Wt5PA)

52 HQ shit my pants.

HQ didn’t do that, you did it! You’re a fucking communist agent! I knew it!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (kYmoU)

53 I read the headline about the Yellowstone tourist and eagerly clicked hoping to see some fatass jerk from NJ (or thereabouts) getting what he deserved. No luck. This guy wasn't poking the bear. He FO'd without the FA part. Poor fellow

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Mjjx+)

54 And I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Lindsey Graham’s sister was chosen to serve out his term. She has no designs on the seat.
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And she seems like the person in the world who's most likely to just do what her brother would have done which, for better or worse, is what his state voted for.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (vSvIl)

55 Some of the best buffalo photos we have gathered over the years is via buffalo jams from our car, where bulls, cows and calves wander by, knowing they own this place.

Buffalo are kinda stinky.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)

56 Please use vomit bag in seat pocket.

Um, mine's been used. Can I have a fresh one?

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was the music selections at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (ci8WY)

57 And yes, we've been warned about the bison.

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing some last-minute packing at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Wt5PA)
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If they get in the way of your car just smack them in the ass to move them along. Trust me.

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Mjjx+)

58 Thanks for the ONT, CBD. And for the comment inclusions about Bison Bison.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Jr+re)

59 @22
" This is my hill."

There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Wnv9h)

60 If Velveeta was made in a cave in France, the cheese snobs would be agog over its creamy texture, low melting point, and overall salty goodness.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (+EWjf)

61 “It's cranky as f*ck; and will ignore you until it decides to toss you in the air because you are mildly irritating. And then forget about you, because you are unimportant. It has the quiet confidence that that everything else should probably get out of the way. And if you don't? It makes clear that stupidity has consequences.”

Couldn’t the same be said about a cat?
Except for that toss you in the air thing. But they can fuck you up in other ways you won’t forget soon…

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Mxkwh)

62 I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

63 If they get in the way of your car just smack them in the ass to move them along. Trust me.
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Mjjx+)

Same for the grocery store parking lot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (wVcYX)

64 visitards>tourons

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (X5FXP)

65 Yup. I get CBD certainly doesn't like me. But, I sure dig the cut of his jib😜!
Thanks CBD!!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (uTEOj)

66 After high school a friend decided to drive his Mazda 323 cross country from SC to Washington State.

He was somewhere in the big square states and off in the distance he saw a buffalo running down the highway directly at him. He slowed down but did not stop, figuring the buffalo would stop or swerve or something.

He did not. The buffalo hit the car head on, rolled over the top and hit the ground running.

The car was still running and seemed okay so my friend continued his trip. When he took it for the insurance claim they totalled it - because it looked fine, but had buckled the roof.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:20 PM (NlEaG)

67 62 I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

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The black bears tend to congregate around the pick-a-nick baskets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 10:20 PM (u/oMr)

68 Whiskey Myers is alright. I've been listening to his stuff on YTube this summer, along with Ella Langley. I seem to listen to more C&W music over the summer than I do the rest of the year.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

69 Artist sells out of trash collected from Taylor Swift's wedding.

Heh.
I remember when The Beatles came to Seattle. Afterwards they were selling 1 inch square pieces of carpet, supposedly from their rooms, for a buck each. Big money in the 60's.
And idiots bought them.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

70 More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (1PYs9)[/p]

You didn't doubt it well enough the first time?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:22 PM (NlEaG)

71 45 Yellowstone Bison Charge
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Wasn't me! I'm in Yosemite with 17 in-laws, outlaws and scofflaws. We already got a written warning from management over the Citronella candles we've used here for over 35 years without incident!

More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

The mosquito lobby is a vicious bunch. There lawyers are unmatched!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:22 PM (sAmhv)

72 Oh wait it wasn't a 323 - it was a GLC!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (NlEaG)

73 >>I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

Only been to Yellowstone once a long time ago but it left a lasting impression. One of the places I hope to visit again someday.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

74 And idiots bought them.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

Did anyone buy the shark that Ozzy caught outside the window of that hotel room?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)

75 I’ve had European bison meat.

It wisent very good.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

76 Heck, they let Morons rent heavy equipment just to run on their own property!

Last time I had an excavator out, I had Bride of PI working the controls just in case we needed to operate two pieces of equipment in the future.

Within 5" she was able to put the bucket teeth in the toothmarks of the previous scoop!

Just like learning to shoot, she said, "That was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 13, 2026 10:25 PM (HlyYF)

77 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

There is a union training facility along I-95 in central NJ that has about 50 pieces of monstrous heavy machinery. I am awfully tempted to join the union just to train there!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (l4RKn)

This could work for a MoMe. No, I don't live in Vegas.

https://digthisvegas.com/

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

78 Only been to Yellowstone once a long time ago but it left a lasting impression. One of the places I hope to visit again someday.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

I grew up in Cody. 50 miles from the east gate. 5 bucks a carload. And the Northeast entrance was almost always un-manned. We used to gather elk and deer antlers in the Lamar Valley.

Wait. no, we didn't. that would be illegal.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

79 Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

Last time I was in Yellowstone was late September. Not crowded at all, although the tranny-curious employee in one of the visitor centers was unpleasant.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (l4RKn)

80 The black bears tend to congregate around the pick-a-nick baskets.
Posted by: Cicero

Around here we've had more school closing days due to black bears roaming around than we have had snow days. It's odd - the bears are pretty calm. Even if Momma bear has young cubs with her. They (usually) don't bother the dogs and will just stand there looking at you if happen on them on one of the trails or in your yards.

They are hell on bird feeders though.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:28 PM (VmkSV)

81 Watched "How It's Made" many a night, from my recliner, while recuperating from one thing or another.

Posted by: javems at July 13, 2026 10:29 PM (zFsEm)

82 I remember when The Beatles came to Seattle. Afterwards they were selling 1 inch square pieces of carpet, supposedly from their rooms, for a buck each. Big money in the 60's.
And idiots bought them.
Posted by: Diogenes

As I recall, it was their bedsheet.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Yeah? Yeah? Yeah. at July 13, 2026 10:29 PM (ci8WY)

83 41 I can't believe you are down playing the bison attack in Yellowstone. Did you not see what happened to the guy? Do you have no shame?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3nej7e
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

I hope grandpa is okay, that was a tough fall.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (y171U)

84 I got some sad news today, brought the Lindsey situation home. Had A friend here, a woman in her early 60’s, a lot of fun, energetic, we’d volunteered on some local non profits together and she was the current head of one of them. Just found out that over the weekend she had a pulmonary embolism and died in the ambulance. Very sad for all of her friends.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (wLnmp)

85 I remember when Charlie Bronson starred in a western moby dick movie called the white buffalo. It would have better if Robert E Howard had written it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (sYM3s)

86 There used to be a small herd of bison that lived in an arranged field on both sides of I-70 west of Denver, as the highway began to climb. There was a tunnel underneath the highway so the beasts could cross from one side to the other to graze. You could exit the I-70 there and park nearby to watch them -- but there was a sign on the fence: "DO NOT APPROACH"!

In '98 I drove down to Great Sand Dunes Park. On the way back I found myself on a string-straight length of state or country highway. "Aha," said I, and ran my car, an '84 Mercedes 280CE coupe, up to 100 just for laughs. It was going well. Then a sign loomed up:

"WATCH FOR BISON ON ROAD"

I slowed down quick.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:31 PM (wzUl9)

87 Thanks CBD, for the well-rounded ONT.
Random comments…The Shaboozey video…
Not particularly into Country music, but this was respectable. Got into my head for a second, and realized my take on this would have been completely different if I was a deaf man.

Tom Morello plays his guitar with a brick, rather than a pick. Not unlike Neal Young on his Rust Never Sleeps album.

And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

88 85 I remember when Charlie Bronson starred in a western moby dick movie called the white buffalo. It would have better if Robert E Howard had written it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Oh yea, I 'memba that one. I think Bronson was playing Buffalo Bill Cody. Can't remember that Indian sidekick with that was with him. I'll have to look it up. Been a while since I've seen it. Almost positive that it has NOT aged well.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:33 PM (sAmhv)

89 Last time I was in Yellowstone was late September. Not crowded at all, although the tranny-curious employee in one of the visitor centers was unpleasant.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (l4RKn)

I think what I disliked about my last September visit to Yellowstone was that the Chinese tour buses were still there, but in far smaller numbers.

I wondered if they had skeeter sized drones scouting the area.

I ain't paranoid or nothin'

Your face is paranoid

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)

90 >>I hope grandpa is okay, that was a tough fall.

He made a comment earlier today on X that he was ok. I'm sure he's banged up, tough hit.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

91 @73.
JackStraw if you do get back to Yellowstone remember "Don't feed the bears" because when it comes to food, they don't play.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (IY9No)

92 Don’t make camp close to a herd of buffalo. Inevitably, one of the bulls will see the flame, and charge it, leading to much loss of human life.

And that’s how you get buffylo, campfire slayer.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

93 My gut tells me the cheese video is fake or something else besides cheese.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 13, 2026 10:35 PM (XV/Pl)

94 And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

I doubt very much that the video has anything to do with making Kraft American singles. But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (l4RKn)

95 When the Beatles played here at a stadium in City Park in May of '64, it was the height of Beatlemania. The four lads stayed secretly at a hotel on U.S. Hwy. 90 in the east of the city, the Congress Inn. From what I heard, the place traded on that notoriety for decades before it closed.

Though I was only ten, I was aware of the Beatles. My Christmas present in '63 had been a compact transistor radio, on which I first heard the Fab Four (thinking their name was spelled "Beetles") on the local AM Top 40 station. I liked their stuff -- but I thought the Dave Clark Five and Chad & Jeremy would have the real staying power.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (wzUl9)

96 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

97 OK, I have never been a fan of forced sterilization, even for violent criminals. It's a very slippery slope.

BUT... the fact that someone out there has a list of women who *bought garbage from a fuckin' celebrity wedding* makes for an almost irresistible temptation.

Maybe... just this *one* time...

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (BI5O2)

98 That cheese-making machine is also used for grinding up random anything, as shown in Doof's ONT Thursday.

xcancel.com/i/status
/2075237170126729439

Posted by: mindful webworker - the jaws of death at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (ci8WY)

99 96 Sing to me, Karen Carpenter.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

100 Coolest places outside of Yellowstone and Custer SD I ever saw buffalo:

North Dakota Badlands

Antelope Island, Utah. (I think Johnny Dep filmed one of his faggy fragrance ads there)

Buffalo look different in different places.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)

101 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026

***
I read it in the Reader's Digest Condensed Books version a year or so before the film. Good stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

102 Thanks for the ONT, CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at July 13, 2026 10:39 PM (41CYW)

103 That UPS signature-required delivery I missed on Friday, because the driver showed up two hours before his delivery window? Well, I got it today, when the driver finally showed up 45 minutes after the delivery window ended.

Bastards.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (+EWjf)

104 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)

105 Wolfus, how goes the house search?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

HA! In junior high we both read the book and watched the movie. We called it "Bless the Beasts and the Little Fuckers."

True fact: Bill Mumy was Teft.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

107
Ace posted that "artist's conception" of a view inside Saturn's rings. Here's one of the most eerie images taken by Cassini:

https://t.ly/CMKbT

Cassini was in Saturn's shadow and the whole system is backlit. That's a very real image that looks almost unreal. Erf, Mars, and Venus are also in that image.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)

108 A European bison, oh, rocks!

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)

109 >>>Oh yea, I 'memba that one. I think Bronson was playing Buffalo Bill Cody. Can't remember that Indian sidekick with that was with him. I'll have to look it up. Been a while since I've seen it. Almost positive that it has NOT aged well.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

>It was Wild Bill Hickok and Crazy Horse, but close enough. Special effects weren't much then, but as a kid, I liked the concept.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (sYM3s)

110 And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

I doubt very much that the video has anything to do with making Kraft American singles. But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (l4RKn)

I didn't really like the Kraft singles. I tried real American cheese thanks to America's Test Kitchen. Boar's Head/Sargento. I liked it so much that I convinced my eldest to try some and now she'll have the real thing with me whenever I grill some burgers.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (NZPfR)

111 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)

My sister kept that Roger Miller record, from my Mom's estate. Gosh darn it anyway.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)

112 If someone you care about bought Taylor Swift's friends' garbage off the street so they could live vicariously through that random person's cigarette butt, abduct her and take her to cult deprogammer. Swifties are clinically insane.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 10:42 PM (BI5O2)

113 102 Or maybe we should thank the ONT for CBD?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)

114 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.

But you can be happy if you've a mind to . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 13, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

115 Wolfus, how goes the house search?

Demand to see the warrant!!

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 10:44 PM (vTZFs)

116 “But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!”

Preach it Brother!

Every breakfast sandwich I make has a couple. Just wouldn’t be edible without them.
I’m no cheese snob, but love me some Swiss, and especially smoked Gouda.
It’s on my list to try on the smoker. Just fearful of making fondue…
Yesterday’s Short rib pics incoming soon…

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:44 PM (Mxkwh)

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