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Super cell over southwestern England in June

Aerial view of a super cell over New Mexico in 2016.

Gross. Don't click. But you're going to click, right?

A female stork lost her mate but can't feed herself because she's brooding over her eggs. So the locals are feeding her.

The prodigal dog comes home.

The Monorail Man sold his system to Osaka, Japan, after taunting them by saying "Maybe it's more of a Shelbyville idea."

POV: You're driving on a mountain road in Taiwan when an earthquake hits.

The sound of hail falling on flinty rocks.

Huh: The red-and-white stripes on a windsock allow you to judge windspeed with a glance. Basically, each full band held straight by the wind equals 3 knots or 1.5 mph. It can only tell speeds up to 15 knots but if you're a real expert you can gauge speeds higher than that.

An F3 tornado in France from August.

Super cell in Nebraska -- Sidney, I think -- from June. This is just an appetizer. Check out the video of what I assume is the same super cell below.

This is REAL and absolutely breathtaking.

Very real. Its a super cell storm in Nebraska last week. Alot of what looks like clouds is dirt blowing up from the ground. National cattle herd numbers ate the lowest theyve been since 1950. Crops are failing, there hasnt been a solid… pic.twitter.com/zsAKyR6gUA
— Imtiaz Mahmood (@ImtiazMadmood) June 18, 2026

Nebraska has a lot of bit storms.

In science, we speak about diffuse light if the sunlight is scattere by fog or a dense forest, making the light more uniform and less harsh and bright.

In life, we speak of a magical place

[📹 Mitch Crispe]pic.twitter.com/nwqpsLxprk
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 28, 2026

This is Cloud iridescence.

It's an optical phenomenon that happens when tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the cloud diffract sunlight. pic.twitter.com/ic9Ir2nH2O
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 29, 2026

Holy moly that's quite the super cell pic.twitter.com/peXW6tJHij
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) April 3, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 07:24 PM (jJdaW)

2 Nooded, and soon, g'night.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 07:25 PM (NcvvS)

3 Damn

Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:25 PM (dJCmT)

4 HO LEE FUK

So there IS content on this blog above the comment section!

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 02, 2026 07:26 PM (fapp/)

5 The dog was only gone two days. Not quite an old Disney movie.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 07:26 PM (Cqx++)

6 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 07:27 PM (Ia/+0)

7 We have a weather stone in the backyard but it sits on a table instead of hanging. It's pretty accurate though, more so than the weatherman.

Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)

8 In life, we speak of a magical place

Miracles all up in this bitch!

Posted by: Insane Clown Posse at October 02, 2026 07:28 PM (88C+u)

9 I could have been first but I was feeding my stork.

Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)

10 POV: You're driving on a mountain road in Taiwan when an earthquake hits.

That was a lot of rocks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:29 PM (6ydKt)

11 That forecasting rock is never wrong.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:30 PM (zZu0s)

12 In life, we speak of a magical place
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Tahiti?

Posted by: Agent Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D. at October 02, 2026 07:30 PM (FZ29D)

13 Super cell in Nebraska -- Sidney, I think -- from June. This is just an appetizer. Check out the video of what I assume is the same super cell below.

Looks like an alien mothership with all that glowing blue on top.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:31 PM (6ydKt)

14 Liam Nissan is a funny screen name

Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:31 PM (xaJZb)

15 Pitt’s not bad but VaTech is rolling

Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:31 PM (dJCmT)

16 There's still a little of the tippy-top top shelf Aged 45 Days ValuRite Reserve left that last night's Café didn't consume.

So here it is. Drink up, and toast Ace for the fine week he's given us!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

17 14-0, HOKIES!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (wh7vU)

18 Six or eight years ago in Oklahoma in one day we had:

80 MPH straight line winds
tornadoes
softball sized hail
wildfires everywhere

And then...earthquakes.

I love a lot about Oklahoma, but it's always trying to kill me.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (l26NL)

19 >>In life, we speak of a magical place

Ah, yes...the cleft of Sydney Sweeny's Cleavage.

Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (xaJZb)

20 We have a weather stone in the backyard but it sits on a table instead of hanging. It's pretty accurate though, more so than the weatherman.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)

Rock on table...bad day.
Rocks off...great.day!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (2WIwB)

21 That Taiwan earthquake video. The driver of the car didn't have too many good options. Picked the 'I hope this tunnel doesn't collapse' option.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:33 PM (wh7vU)

22 French live stream score on TOUSI. 3 fatalities. 1 arrest.

Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 02, 2026 07:34 PM (NxbVa)

23 Gross. Don't click. But you're going to click, right?

It's safe. Despite what you were thinking, it's not penguinic.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

24 The national cattle herd is down because the Biden administration did everything it could to kill it off.

This is known. It's not dust bowl 2.0, it's leftists doing what they always do: create artificial food shortages.

Funny how no one talks about eggs anymore.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

25 Beamer’s kid went South Carolina and Franklin has the Hokies now. One of the kids in my church is going to VaTech.

Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:36 PM (dJCmT)

26 I love my new cat Chloe, but she can be a bit of a handful when she's full of energy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 07:36 PM (FZ29D)

27 French live stream score on TOUSI. 3 fatalities. 1 arrest.
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 02, 2026 07:34 PM (NxbVa)
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I repeat. Last week Pope Leo presided over an outdoor mass with 800,000 participants and a prayer vigil with in a packed 80,000-man arena that featured a parade of French saints and the crowd went wild when Louis IX and the Crusaders showed up.

But I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:37 PM (ZOv7s)

28 So here it is. Drink up, and toast Ace for the fine week he's given us!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

It has been an excellent week indeed!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:38 PM (2WIwB)

29 Cool road.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 07:39 PM (viF8m)

30 Some were complaining about fast food burgers sucking everywhere, and I mostly agree.

But Freddy's Steakburgers hamburgers and shoestring-sized fries are awesome. Their frozen custard is good, too.

And I just had a Sonic burger for dinner.
They have their Smashburger line that's a decent burger.
I had the Bacon Smashburger, and it's tasty, especially with their chili cheese tater tots.

They also have their original style burgers, not as wide as flattened smashburgers, but still thick & juicy.

And Sonic has plenty of milkshakes and Blizzard ice cream.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (6ydKt)

31 I love my new cat Chloe, but she can be a bit of a handful when she's full of energy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 07:36 PM (FZ29D)
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Last night my daughter's cat escaped into the garage, and I only found out when I hit the garage door button and she raced away from it. I shoo'd her into the house. She's too old for that kind of crap.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

32 14-0, HOKIES!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (wh7vU)

Granddaughter of Diogenes is a s Hokie.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (2WIwB)

33 I had my ears cleaned many years ago. It actually felt great.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (CHHv1)

34 Funny how no one talks about eggs anymore.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Because that can't go unchallenged

....

Eggs are at least somewhat reasonable and stable priced these days. I still miss when they were half the current price, but I can have three eggs and toast for less than a dollar if I make it myself. Right now that kind of frugality is essential.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (aJQbY)

35 By the way, what's the exchange rate for AceBucks into Quatloos?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (brIJB)

36 I was not aware that Paula Poundstone was running for US Senate.

https://x.com/PatrickRuffini/status/2106094186990887384

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (/OKHJ)

37 "I had my ears cleaned many years ago. It actually felt great.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm"

Every seven years for me. No, wait, that's my pipes.

Posted by: Spock at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (MWfyi)

38 35 By the way, what's the exchange rate for AceBucks into Quatloos?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (brIJB)

20:1

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (6ydKt)

39 XL eggs are under 2$/dz. Gas is 4.19. People would switch to 4$ eggs and 2.50$ gas in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (4c58h)

40 John's weather forcasting scam

Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

41 Liam Nissan is a funny screen name
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:31 PM (xaJZb)

French/Japanese pornstar.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

42 You can live on eggs and hot dogs for quite some time and I am proof of it.

Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)

43 French/Japanese pornstar.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

Thought he was Irish/Japanese?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)

44 By the way, what's the exchange rate for AceBucks into Quatloos?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (brIJB)

20:1
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM

Is that the same as in town?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

45 42 You can live on eggs and hot dogs for quite some time and I am proof of it.

Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)

At the same time?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM (6ydKt)

46 Is that the same as in town?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

So I've been told.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM (6ydKt)

47 My kid did three months on rice and chicken hot dogs.
Then, my wife found out.

Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM (4c58h)

48
Yes, well, here we are again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM (eRlcH)

49 Thought he was Irish/Japanese?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)

You know, it's not a very funny joke anyway- Less so if I have to explain it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

50 The dog was only gone two days. Not quite an old Disney movie.

Nah, if it were a Disney movie, they'd have made the dog gay or something.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 07:46 PM (vTZFs)

51 French/Japanese pornstar.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

Thought he was Irish/Japanese?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)

Goldstein. Tonto Goldstein.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at October 02, 2026 07:46 PM (wVcYX)

52 That Taiwan earthquake video. The driver of the car didn't have too many good options. Picked the 'I hope this tunnel doesn't collapse' option.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:33 PM (wh7vU)
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Reminds me of my first car accident, spinning out on I-96 on Christmas Day 1993. I remember three thoughts crossed my mind:

I'm going to be late.
I'm going to mess up my car.
This is a really cool way to die.

The car was messed up but fixable, and would go on to die a noble death taking out an imperfectly parked police cruiser some years later, resulting in a $100 ticket for failing to maintain adequate stopping distance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)

53 https://youtu.be/nGy9uomagO4

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (6ydKt)

54
Gas was $3.59 today. It was $0.30 higher 10 days ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (eRlcH)

55 Ear wax is tasty. Why waste it like that?

Posted by: Cerumen Stew at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (Fn+3X)

56 Yes, well, here we are again.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM

The usual, Monsieur?

Posted by: Garcón, with an impeccable Parisian accent at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

57 14-0, HOKIES!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (wh7vU)

Granddaughter of Diogenes is a s Hokie.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (2WIwB)

So was my Old Man.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (wVcYX)

58 I love my new cat Chloe, but she can be a bit of a handful when she's full of energy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 07:36 PM (FZ29D)

My Chloe is 17 years old and she talks a lot. She is sort of deaf, so she talks loud in her old lady voice.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 07:48 PM (rbvCR)

59 Ok, that ear thing made me gag. It's almost worse than those damn Navage commericals.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 07:48 PM (3ImbR)

60 If you make it all around the bases with a female Hokie, are you a Hokie-pokie?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

61 You can live on eggs and hot dogs for quite some time and I am proof of it.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)
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Just hot dogs works for me.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (ZOv7s)

62 And for people who don't like The Police

https://youtu.be/BHOevX4DlGk?

Stewart did some amazing work in that one.
My fav song of theirs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (6ydKt)

63 Last supercell vid:

"Man, that's a big storm."

"Yeah, lots of lightning."

"Let's go stand out in it and take selfies!"

Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (vTZFs)

64 Went up Monday. Cheapest gas I’ve seen is BJ’s New Castle, De, 4.07, almost 20¢ cheaper than here. Millsboro is only a nickel less than here.

Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (4c58h)

65 Gas was $3.59 today. It was $0.30 higher 10 days ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM

$4.59 at the Salem, OR Costco last night.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 02, 2026 07:52 PM (Wql2z)

66 Millsboro is only a nickel less than here.
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM

What about Brattleboro?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)

67 If you make it all around the bases with a female Hokie, are you a Hokie-pokie?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)
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Yeah, but then she turns you around and you find out what it's all about.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:52 PM (ZOv7s)

68 Stewart Copeland is in the new Neil Peart documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPAJytx3juY

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 07:53 PM (/OKHJ)

69 The red-and-white stripes on a windsock allow you to judge windspeed with a glance. Basically, each full band held straight by the wind equals 3 knots or 1.5 mph.

Do jerksocks employ a similar principle?

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at October 02, 2026 07:54 PM (2Cs0H)

70 $6.79/g Reg.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 07:54 PM (RIvkX)

71
Granddaughter of Diogenes is a s Hokie.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (2WIwB)

So was my Old Man.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (wVcYX)

__________

One of the former curates at my parish got a degree in aeronautical engineering at VTech, then spent two years in the Air Force before going to the seminary.

Our pastor was a helicopter technician.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:54 PM (eRlcH)

72 The rains are easing off. We've had about 3 inches each day the past two days. Cooler temps ahead, at last!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 07:56 PM (wVcYX)

73 "At the same time?
Posted by: SpeakingOf"

Have you never had a hotdog omelette? The ketchup is what makes it.

Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)

74 Nobody even knows what a Hokie is. How can anyone like them?

Posted by: Just Axin' at October 02, 2026 07:56 PM (Fn+3X)

75
Tropical Storm Central has predicted 385 of the last 2 storms.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:57 PM (eRlcH)

76 Goldstein. Tonto Goldstein.
Posted by: Just The Punchline

Way I heard it, it ended,

"But my friends call me Bubba"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 07:58 PM (aJQbY)

77 Have you never had a hotdog omelette? The ketchup is what makes it.

Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)

No, closest is ham in an omelette.

No keptchup for breakfast food for me.
Had cousins who put ketchup on french toast.... turned me off the idea forever.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:58 PM (6ydKt)

78 Dogfight Vick was a Hokie. Hadrian must not like that.

Posted by: Me Too, Neither at October 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Fn+3X)

79 Had cousins who put ketchup on french toast.... turned me off the idea forever.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:58 PM

You know who else doesn't like things put on French Toast?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

80 But putting the left foot in, then out, then shake it all about?
Gross.

Posted by: RI Red at October 02, 2026 08:01 PM (3A2L5)

81 That’s a bit out of my range.
Bruce Smith was a Hokie.

Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 08:01 PM (4c58h)

82 You know who else doesn't like things put on French Toast?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

French guys from Jersey?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (6ydKt)

83
Virginia Tech is in a really lovely location. Unfortunately, "really lovely" does not mean "economically prosperous".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (eRlcH)

84 Hotdog omelettes are not for breakfast. They are for dinner when there is nothing else.

Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

85 81 That’s a bit out of my range.
Bruce Smith was a Hokie.
Posted by: Accomack

Met Bruce Smith a few times. His progeny went to the school I labored at in Virginia Beach.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness III at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (Fn+3X)

86
Andouille sausage and eggs. Now that's good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 08:06 PM (eRlcH)

87 Fun Hokie Fact:

The Virginia Tech College bass team was founded in the 2006–2007 school year, and won their first national title that same year.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)

88 Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow. Everybody needs a bosom.

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow. Everybody needs a bosom

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow. Everybody needs a bosom

https://youtu.be/5LBnMRWeV-E

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:08 PM (6ydKt)

89 Nobody even knows what a Hokie is. How can anyone like them?
Posted by: Just Axin'

Some kind of bird or turkey. Dunno. It's pretty dumb. Just like that Stanford Christmas tree.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:08 PM (jJdaW)

90 Pretty sure NE got some rain out of this storm. We did. And eggs will get cheaper as we move towards Thanksgiving. Theyrestock to egg house to be at peak for the holidays

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 02, 2026 08:08 PM (bkuEU)

91 Possibly The Cars best guitar riff:

https://youtu.be/j-dfrHkaXuE

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:10 PM (6ydKt)

92 "Nobody even knows what a Hokie is. "

Twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Now we know at October 02, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

93 Some kind of bird or turkey. Dunno. It's pretty dumb. Just like that Stanford Christmas tree.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:08 PM (jJdaW)
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Stanford held itself as the anti-school, with the deviant marching band that got one show before it was broken up for misbehavior. They used to use just the block S, but added the tree as branding went national. Michigan State also used a block S, but have leaned more into the Spartan helmet, which replaced the S on our field.

Old-timers like me still have the S baseball hat.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

94 English super cell: Check this out!

Nebraska Super Cell: Pfffffft.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:13 PM (Riz8t)

95 Don't know if it's been mentioned already, but the footage of the Taiwanese monorail is sped up, so it looks like it's closer to a crash than it really is. Watch the cars in the background.

If that was real time, I'd never get on it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Riz8t)

96 According to Bing, a Hokie is a loyal fan. Coined in 1896.

There's two minutes of my life I won't get back.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:15 PM (jJdaW)

97 POV: You're driving on a mountain road in Taiwan when an earthquake hits.

We've seen a few things.

Posted by: Farmers Insurance at October 02, 2026 08:15 PM (l3cgK)

98

Hokey Wolf and Ding-a Ling

wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokey_Wolf

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 08:15 PM (Cqx++)

99 I did not click the link. I am better than all of you.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2026 08:15 PM (nEUC6)

100 68 Stewart Copeland is in the new Neil Peart documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPAJytx3juY
Posted by: Mark1971

He was friends with Peart. In that documentary (which is very good), Copeland said that The Police considered Rush 'the establishment'. Both Lee and Lifeson laughed at that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (wh7vU)

101 A Hokie is a neutered turkey. No, I don't know why they would choose that as a mascot.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)

102 Sounds like Imtiaz Mahmood is a Gerbil Worming True Believer.

Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! I am having a celebratory eggnog. Got another crusty old Yang Poon generator back in running order, Had to boil out the fuel tank with caustic soda. Tank rocking back and forth on my firepit, flames coming out the ports, and spurts of brown goop as the water boiled . It looked like Satan's percolator. But the tank cleaned up, and the sumbitch runs!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 08:17 PM (n2qDf)

103 I.knpw if your from Muskogee your proud to Hokie

Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)

104 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! I am having a celebratory eggnog. Got another crusty old Yang Poon generator back in running order, Had to boil out the fuel tank with caustic soda. Tank rocking back and forth on my firepit, flames coming out the ports, and spurts of brown goop as the water boiled . It looked like Satan's percolator. But the tank cleaned up, and the sumbitch runs!

I would sprinkle some Holy Water on it, just to be sure.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:18 PM (Riz8t)

105 A female stork lost her mate but can't feed herself because she's brooding over her eggs. So the locals are feeding her.
===

Should have let her die, and recover the eggs. She will torture and eat most of her brood otherwise.

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 08:19 PM (AKptf)

106 Prince and the Revolution
(Puffy Shirt Central):

https://youtu.be/l7vRSu_wsNc

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:20 PM (6ydKt)

107 Pitt has come back. 17-14, Hokies!

Hokies are the mascot of Virginia Tech. It's a wild turkey. I have no idea why. Too lazy to look it up. There are a LOT of wild turkeys in that part of Virginia, so it makes a bit of sense to use them as a mascot.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 08:25 PM (wh7vU)

108 A Hokie is a neutered turkey. No, I don't know why they would choose that as a mascot.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)
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The University of Michigan's hype song is "Mr. Brightside" because nothing raises your spirit like watching your girlfriend getting nailed by another dude.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)

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She will torture and eat most of her brood otherwise.
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 08:19 PM (AKptf)

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Is that typical stork behavior?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 02, 2026 08:27 PM (CDKoa)

110 101 A Hokie is a neutered turkey. No, I don't know why they would choose that as a mascot.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)

I can't find anything on the intertubes that verifies that...

Posted by: Farmers Insurance at October 02, 2026 08:31 PM (l3cgK)

111 off insurance sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 08:31 PM (l3cgK)

112 I saw a weather forecasting stone in front of a house in a village in Norway. What amused me was that the sign was in English. I wondered if it was picked up in US or Canada on a holiday.

Posted by: Decaf at October 02, 2026 08:31 PM (5BOLF)

113 A Hokie is a neutered turkey. No, I don't know why they would choose that as a mascot.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)

I can't find anything on the intertubes that verifies that...

I went to VPI my freshman year, and that's what we were told at frosh orientation.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

114 And who can forget this banger from 1985 that's at 1 billion views.:

https://youtu.be/4N1iwQxiHrs
(The Outfield - Your Love)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:32 PM (6ydKt)

115 A Hokie is a neutered turkey. No, I don't know why they would choose that as a mascot.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)

I can't find anything on the intertubes that verifies that...

Would YOU own up to that?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

116 Got another crusty old Yang Poon generator back in running order, Had to boil out the fuel tank with caustic soda. Tank rocking back and forth on my firepit, flames coming out the ports, and spurts of brown goop as the water boiled . It looked like Satan's percolator. But the tank cleaned up, and the sumbitch runs!
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Am I alone in having no idea what any of this means?

Posted by: Sorry not sorry at October 02, 2026 08:33 PM (W3Srb)

117 The University of Michigan's hype song is "Mr. Brightside" because nothing raises your spirit like watching your girlfriend getting nailed by another dude.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

So a cuck anthem. That makes sense.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:33 PM (jJdaW)

118 Am I alone in having no idea what any of this means?
Posted by: Sorry not sorry at October 02, 2026 08:33 PM (W3Srb)

Boiling caustic soda, aka sodium hydroxide aka lye, works a treat for boiling out nasty crudded-up fuel tanks. Dissolves the nasty-smelling spoiled gasoline, and takes the rust off the metal too. The solution turns brown and syrupy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 08:37 PM (n2qDf)

119 Capn Steeeve goes over the NTSB prelim rpt on Prime Air Miami debacle, released yesterday, front page on ntsb.gov
youtube.com/watch?v=h9EJFE_7Cos

AFAIK, we still do not have the CVR audio or transcript. Only a "summary" of it.

Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

120 "Boiling caustic soda, aka sodium hydroxide aka lye"

Wear safety glasses. Maybe rubber gloves.

Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:44 PM (Jr5Lq)

121 87 Fun Hokie Fact:

The Virginia Tech College bass team was founded in the 2006–2007 school year, and won their first national title that same year.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)

Is that "bass" the fish, or "bass" the oversized string instrument?

Posted by: a.moron at October 02, 2026 08:44 PM (X5Jzz)

122 Hello! Home from First Night Fairhope, it was pretty quiet with sprinkles out there off and on, but we got to listen to a little music, had a very nice glass of white wine. Now home and my animals are letting me know they are not thrilled I left them alone this evening.

Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 08:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

123 NaOH is deliquescent, so keep your lye dry. Try.

Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

124 NaOH is deliquescent, so keep your lye dry. Try.

Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

125 Ooops.

Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

126 Say, does John have a weather app?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 08:47 PM (wpRMV)

127 NaOH is deliquescent

I mean, we all did things we regret when we were young.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:48 PM (Riz8t)

128 And someone just hit our mailbox. Sigh.

Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 08:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

129 And....Pitt scores a TD. 24-21, Hokies! Good game on ESPN right now. Almost halftime.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 08:51 PM (wh7vU)

130 NaOH is deliquescent, so keep your lye dry. Try.
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

Heh. It sits in a pail in my compressor room, and sucks moisture out of the air in there. Bucket is half full right now. I got about half a dozen scoops of the viscous liquid on top of the mush, and some of the mush. Added about 3 gallons of water. It may be sloppy but it still eats rust and nasty hydrocarbon slime.

I avoided getting any on me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 08:52 PM (n2qDf)

131 Archimedes

Strong base chemical burns are worse than strong acid chemical burns.

Acid coagulates the skin and other proteins. Bases keep moving in.

Except for the week acid Hydrogen Fluoride. It only dissolves glass and flesh. Killed a student last week, in a university lab accident.

This has been your lab safety PSA.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:52 PM (u82oZ)

132 123 NaOH is deliquescent, so keep your lye dry. Try.

Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

I had to go look up the difference between "deliquescent" and "hygroscopic", and now I know. Thanks for prompting me to learn something new today.

Posted by: a.moron at October 02, 2026 08:52 PM (X5Jzz)

133 128 And someone just hit our mailbox. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper

Sorry, Lady. It's Friday night. Had a buzz on all day.

Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High!! at October 02, 2026 08:53 PM (Fn+3X)

134 128 And someone just hit our mailbox. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 08:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

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*sigh*

That used to be me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 08:53 PM (wpRMV)

135 s that typical stork behavior?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 02, 2026 08:27 PM (CDKoa)

Absolutely. Wanna see some videos ??

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 08:54 PM (AKptf)

136 HEY, THAT'S FEDERAL PROPERTY!

Posted by: Robt. Hoover at October 02, 2026 08:56 PM (wpRMV)

137 The Disinformation Expert said, "...equals 3 knots or 1.5 mph." Keeping us on our toes! Of course, 3 knots is about 3.5 mph.

Posted by: bradc at October 02, 2026 08:56 PM (frcSa)

138 "[HF] Killed a student last week, in a university lab accident."

That's awful! Here's the story at C and EN:
https://tinyurl.com/432bppwb

Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

139 136 HEY, THAT'S FEDERAL PROPERTY!
Posted by: Robt. Hoover

I checked. Nothin' but past due notices in there, anyway.

Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High! at October 02, 2026 08:58 PM (Fn+3X)

140 J handled the mailbox. At least they didn’t drive off, so there is that. It’s crooked, but not on the ground.

Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 09:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

141 '"deliquescent" and "hygroscopic"'

I see those scenes in BB where they're dumping 50lb bags of the stuff in the pot, with dust rising (at least one scene without PE worn.) I never saw lye dust before, but I guess that's because I never bought it by the 50lb bag before. Unless it's magic paper, I'd expect the bag would get wet very quickly just sitting on the floor.

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

142 J handled the mailbox. At least they didn’t drive off, so there is that. It’s crooked, but not on the ground.
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 09:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

but...Halloween is weeks away ! what is that all about ?

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 09:04 PM (AKptf)

143 There is not a lot on fluorine’s chemical habits because most chemists know better.

Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 09:04 PM (4c58h)

144 I repeat. Last week Pope Leo presided over an outdoor mass with 800,000 participants and a prayer vigil with in a packed 80,000-man arena that featured a parade of French saints and the crowd went wild when Louis IX and the Crusaders showed up.

But I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:37 PM (ZOv7s)
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I watched a video of the event. It looked like St. Louis IX and St. Joan of Arc were represented in the same group. When her name was announced, the crowd went wild.

Number Two on the Celestial Hit Parade was St. Therese of Liseux.

Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 09:06 PM (rj6Yv)

145 I see those scenes in BB where they're dumping 50lb bags of the stuff in the pot, with dust rising (at least one scene without PE worn.) I never saw lye dust before, but I guess that's because I never bought it by the 50lb bag before. Unless it's magic paper, I'd expect the bag would get wet very quickly just sitting on the floor.
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 09:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

That dust is not something I would wanna be around.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 09:07 PM (zZu0s)

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