I don’t know why the phrase, “Omigod you’re going to make me watch Italian cinema!” pops into my head right now.
God Bless You, 2Pack! And God bless those gorgeous Italian ladies…
So, aside from insanely hot Europeans, what is there to talk about?
Current Events
This week culminated with Trump telling the Ukrainian president that he’s got no cards and he should be kissing his ass for supplying Ukraine with weapons. I mean, he’s not wrong that Ukraine has very few cards, if any, to play and that they’re pretty much depending on US help to hold off Russia, but that probably could and should have been done behind closed doors instead of in a public meeting.
I’m guessing that there’s political posturing and then Ukraine will give us minerals and give away territory because if they don’t, Trump will make sure Russia controls ALL of Ukraine. Stay tuned.
( that’s more of a cooch slap than a butt slap)
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Sports Update
The golf tournaments from last week proved profitable! I got a closest to the pin in one tournament and won $55. In the other tournament, I finished in the money and got $22.
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Goals Update
Since today is the first day of March, I’m going to take advantage and provide the two-month update on where I am:
GOLF GOALS: Lower my Handicap Index to less than 21, Shoot an 18 hole score of 89 or better, Win a tournament, and finish in the top three of my club championship.
UPDATE: My Handicap Index started the year at 26.7. It is currently at 26.7 after going down all the way to 26.6. I came really close to 89 last week! I got a 91 but that included a Snowman on the 18th hole. 89 was definitely within reach! In that same tournament, I finished third overall. Again, I was VERY close!
FITNESS GOALS: Do one NFL Combine Bench Press Rep (235 lbs), Get a PR of 300 in Squat, and run 2 miles in less than 23 minutes (Army standard for my age).
UPDATE: My first opportunity to get new PRs will come in March.
WORK GOALS: Get 5 non-performers to either quit, retire, or transfer, Get 3 mentees promoted, and institute a company-wide cost-saving measure.
UPDATE: 2 non-performers are gone and 1 mentee got her promotion. The cost-saving measure is in the process of being implemented. I won’t claim it yet.
INTELLECTUAL GOALS: Read 5 Christopher Moore books, create a 7 episode minimum series of fiction, and do a creative visual project.
UPDATE: I read The Stupidest Angel, Lamb, and the three books on the Vampires in San Francisco series (Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck, and Bite Me). I’m currently reading Noir. Y’all are reading the fiction series every Wednesday. I am in the process of getting a lunch scheduled with Brick to go over our visual project.
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In this space, I will tell you what I’m drinking as I type this post. Today’s drink is: Earl Grey tea with French Vanilla creamer. Yes, I’m feeling quite Euro today.
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Your weekly Psych gif:
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Your weekly hot girl pic:
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Your weekly music video:
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One last thing:
Seriously, every time I see this, I start laughing. I may continue posting it every week. Hat tip to Brocky:
On one hand kinda annoying that I can’t get away from hearing about Trump, on the other, everyone here realizes he’s an idiot
Great look for the rest of us in the general population.
After dinner, my wife asked if I could clear the table. I needed a running start, but I made it.
Grazie and great hustle on the goals Buddy. We all do better with positive focus in our lives.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGqr3-4x3eq
This is either Oklahoma or northern Texas.
https://ibb.co/67GhfHhm
https://ibb.co/Kj1dfysh
The second one is clearly either Texas or southern Oklahoma.
Oh shit!
Know what I watched the other day?
Emperor of the North Pole.
Lee Marvin
Ernest Borgnine?
Hobos just gotta survive man!
Scotchy would love that movie
There’s a dude on the Cronulla Sharks who is pretty damn good at ruggering
And the season open is live right now from Las Vegas. I think they’re in the Raiders stadium
Watching Aussie basketball, sponsored by Fake Burger King
It’s the NBL finals apparently!
Dynastic dispute in the fast food kingdom?
It’s called Maccas!
This one is Hungry Jack actually (it’s a subsidiery or something of burger king so the similar logo is legit). I guess there is more than one claim on the Burger Throne!
I think Burger King is hungry jacks and McDonald’s is maccas. Bunch of illiterate criminals.
They call it Chazzwazzers there
They got knocked down, but they got up again?
They’re in the left and the lorry.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSp-t2fXXg
Holy shit, the SNL open was actually amazing.
Without spoiling anything, welcome back Mike Myers!
…and Shane Gillis is single-handedly ending the world’s water shortage with his flop sweat. Right-wing friendly monologue is not going over all that great! Surprisingly!
Right-wing humor is hard to pull off. You almost have to go for the joke that get them to nervously laugh. Christopher Titus’ “Amerigeddon” was the best example of that, though Trump and Hillary are low hanging fruit.
I have to admit that “Vikings called Greenland because it was covered in ice and Iceland because it was covered in grass to confuse their enemies and now Trump is falling for it” was kind of good.
Okay, now I’ve moved on and its like driving slowly on the Interstate so you can gawk at the horrific car crash on the other side of the expressway.
Agree, the Iceland/Greenland bit was good.
I may have walked to the suburbs. Will probably uber back
I would normally say use caution but I’m sure the Nuclear directional small impact disabling device is fully operational.
First East Brisbane brewery is pretty damn good, so worth it. Oh and rugby recap just came on!
No food here so will move on once I finish my taster though
And suburbs don’t seem to have the Sunday surcharge!
JD Vance and family flee to ‘undisclosed location’ due to angry mob after Zelensky fallout
Can’t we go four years without a sitting Vice President fleeing from an angry mob?!
I don’t actually mind with this one
We did! Four years and fifty-three days!
We were due
More of this. Much, much more.
My son’s take was that the Secret Service just said he was at an undisclosed location and he still went skiing, because no one was going to tell the difference between him and all the other pudgy white guys with ski helmets and goggles.
LAX, with glamorous El Segundo in the distance. El Segundo is home to many exciting things, including a restaurant and a gas station.
https://ibb.co/b56ggwtc
Welcome home.
This city is making me hate electric scooters even more than I already did
Everywhere here seems to have a 10% Sunday surcharge. Really irritating even if stuff is still cheap in this fake Aussie money
Even worse is that it’s pronounced “Sundare” which is why I can never go there because I’d just make fun of their lack of “R” understanding and get my gollywomper kicked.
Don’t let yourself be lured into a seemingly friendly game of knifey-spoony.
I think that means you don’t have to tip.
It’s Australia, they don’t tip anyway
They hate tipping even more than the English
This can be taken two ways. Aussies hate tipping more than they hate the English, or Aussies hate tipping more than the English hate tipping.
And both can be true.
The fried pickle chips were good, but it was not even half a pickle’s worth. Stopping in at the hotel before off to next brewery where I will get actual food. Looking at Hiker Brewing and Future Magic, both about 30 min walk away
Airplane wine over Oklahoma, earlier today:
https://ibb.co/DPn4vm2W
Sorry you had to experience flying over Oklahoma.
Better than being in Oklahoma. I once spent three day in Tulsa. Longest two weeks of my life.
Worst Heel Turn of the Week: John Cena or the United States of America?
Cena was less predictable.
Oh, lovely. WVU is on national TV for everyone to watch this inevitable disasterpiece.
Also,
It’s 10-8 thirteen minutes into the game. RIVETING!
That’s pretty exciting actu…Oh, wait, this isn’t baseball?
Maybe just a typo but the NFL combine bench is only 225 lbs (2×45 per side plus 45 bar) so you’re 10 pounds closer to your goal already. Good on ya. Feet on the ground!
Saw a clip of someone doing 49 reps of that weigh. Wtf.
Yes, feet on the ground (helps keep the butthole covered while you’re otherwise distracted)
I’ve gotten good at looking right when crossing the street, so I will probably get hit by a truck as soon as I get back to the US
Could always just look both ways before crossing the street. I don’t trust drivers so look both ways
I usually do as well, it’s more of a ‘which direction first’ thing. But still pretty sure about the truck
Dublin had directions to look on the street so drunken American tourists would pay attention.
Barely worked.
Hey, you got back in one piece.
Much better. Got a schooner of the 7% cashmere IPA and ordered some fried pickles. I went with those as opposed to the poutine as they are a vegetable and therefore the healthy choice
Ok, the pineapple jalepeno sour is freaking amazing. Might bring some back with me since I’m already checking luggage
Decided I hate Felons Brewing, it’s set up like a food court and the beer available is uninspiring and overpriced. On to Sea Legs Brewing!
That’s some good hating. Efficient.
It’s been too long. I have to RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!
Get tickets!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1058061389696752&set=a.364366489066249
Already done. Stupid monthly season ticket withdrawals.
Sure
I’m halfway through The Brutalist!
It’s been damn good so far.
Was supposed to do a brewery tour of Brisbane today, but it was canceled so I’m gonna do my own brewery tour!
First stop, Felons Brewers
Blackjack the card game or blackjack the weapon? Either way, have a bitchin Sunday!
That’s awesome that you are going to hang out with some rugby players who wear the #2 jersey!
I am genuinely shocked by how NSFW the original image search for “rugby hooker” ended up being with the SafeSearch filter setting at “off”.
LIAR!!
Chrome might be different, but what came up here on Edge was pretty eye-popping.
Turns out RTD is just a rugby hooker tease
Random YT Cooking Guy: “I peel the fibrous exterior of celery stalks before I use them in any recipe.”
Me: “Jesus Christ. Goddamit! Son of a Bitch! Bastard. Fuck! How? How have I never come across this before!”
While that may be a good idea, I feel like “peeling fibrous celery exterior” is a gateway drug to “stabbing random drifters” and oh wait look who I’m responding to, never mind eh.
Someone needs a de-gloving-just sayin’.
Yeah, cause there are plenty of hours in the day to spend peeling fucking celery.
Or carrots or potatoes. Bastards! All of them!
Found a funny:
49% of Troy was like “they tried to kill us yesterday” but 51 were chanting HORSE! HORSE! really loud
Anyone who’s not ashamed and disgusted by Taint-Licker Vance and his Leather Daddy, directed at one of the 21st century’s very, VERY few heroic figures?
FUCK. YOU. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Just. FUCK. YOU.
In happier news, I discovered this band over the past 48 hours, and I am enchanted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_OM5XXxwSw
See/hear also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3TaLPVuiJs
Also…we’re about to find out just how powerful we’re not (economically). Minor things are starting, like Norway not letting our warships refuel. Major things will start up, like Canadia becoming part of the EU either practically or in reality. The UK parliament is formally discussing UnBrexiting in a few weeks. One thing Trump HAS done is strengthened Europe’s internal ties. We’ll see whether the big pussy backtracks on the March 4 tariff thing.
I like what the president of Finland said recently. Basically that Europe has to get its shit together.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t really ever seem to happen.
Does having a vastly lower murder rate and percentage of their population incarcerated count as “having their shit together”?
Also, no bankruptcies due to medical issues.
Also, free/cheap education.
Also (Hungary, Italy, Belarus, Serbia excepted), no fascists in charge.
It’s okay. We are saved.
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GOP Sen. Murkowski says she’s “sick to her stomach” and worried Trump is “embracing Putin”
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Phew. Glad she’ll save us just like she prevented Hegseth or RFK or Tulski from being confirmed.
Yes, after many hours of deep thought, introspection, and most importantly, prayer, Sen. Murkowski opted to side with the President, because she was assured he’ll be better next time.
Again.
I lambast Chuck Schumer, rightly so, but Murkowski is just absolutely useless. Her
I’ve heard Susan Collins is concerned.
Again.
Are we placing major economies on the Bristol stool scale now?
Also, California BY ITSELF is the sixth biggest economy in the world. And we are in HORRIBLE shape.
Sorry, but yes we are pretty powerful economically.
EU should impound every scrap of American military equipment on its soil. First I heard of The Canadia joining the EU, that would be a smooth way for Britain to de-Brexit.
The US economy grew the way it did BECAUSE of our position as free traders and various “soft power” operations around the world. Tiny investments (in terms of expenditures) that paid back 10-20x over.
An isolationist America will be lucky to avoid a sustained, significant economic depression.
Yup. USAID pays for itself in many many ways (like…American farmers/companies providing stuff), and it’s a tiny part of our expenditures.
But dumb people think we’re somehow saving money by ending it.
A recession is inevitable at this point, just waiting to find out how big/bad.
It’s gone be YUGE, the biggest you’ve ever seen
Long enough that I’m gonna regret having such a small place in Hawaii.
The (1994) was confusing. This is a brand new band, and yes, I’m in.
Good discoverin’ Hippo!
Look, there’s a ton of great moments here, including Lalo Schifrin’s score but when the bad guy actually fastens his seatbelt in 1968? You know that serious shit is about to go down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y08omSxeZGA