Monday Evening Open Thread – Always check

Hello everyone reading, or in the case of some, pretending to read, my Joycean (lack of talent notwithstanding) flow of consciousness is here again to hopefully entertain you.  First, Orson is struggling to adapt to the passing of Noir, lots of just sitting and staring, a lot less energetic, still in the grieving process.  We have started the very slow process of trying to bring the downstairs bunnies upstairs, to give her company and to consolidate our chores and to make cleaning easier.  This has not gone well so far, we are going to have to go very, very slowly.  For anyone who thinks rabbits are docile, try introducing rabbits to each other, fur, teeth and nails will fly (we did cut their nails before trying this as it ends up better for everyone) if they feel their territory is being trespassed on by other rabbits.

Enough of the Fury of the Fur, what I want to bring up is the rituals you do when you return home after a trip.  Lower the AC or raise the heat is a given, bringing in the cans from the street, going through the mail, and getting rid of the mold farms in the fridge, that sort of thing.  After this last trip, I am going to add at least one more, checking the fucking toilet for spider webs before I sit down.  I admit I was in a bit of a rush after a really long flight, but a week seems like a very short time for the spiders in the house to build webs in ALL the toilet bowls.  I assume they did so because with us gone, the toilets became the only source of water in the house for the bugs, so the spiders trapped the water hole.  Go spiders!  Just not in the toilet, doorways, or in cabinets where I will be walking or sitting.  Was quite a rude surprise.  This summer has been hot and very moist, so the insect population is exploding as NC is turning into FL, both politically and weather wise.  Hot, humid, daily thunderstorms that clear up in the evening.  Just horrible.

Anyway, I am so looking forward to Monday Night Football, plus the football season in general for a variety of reasons, mainly so that Monday’s will not suck so damn much and the end of summer is nigh!

 

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Mid 50's geek/nerd, avid reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy, manga, Chinese Web novels, and British mysteries, cult movies are my thing (have you seen Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter?)
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Brick Meathook
Redshirt

Jon Stewart just dropped an f-bomb on Daily Show. We can swear on cable TV now?

ballsofsteelandfury

I’m pretty sure you always could

SonOfSpam

The rules have WAY relaxed over the last 15-20 years.

We can even cuss on the internet. DANG!

Mr. Ayo

Who’s going to be the first brave soul to provide a BOTG review of Elon’s new LA restaurant?

SonOfSpam

The only review I’d give is how it felt to spray paint NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF on the wall

ballsofsteelandfury

What are we talking about? Link please!

ballsofsteelandfury

Just checked it out. My reactions:

Location: Relatively close to work. Could easily go at lunchtime

Food: Seems like standard diner food. Not sure about portion size, but they seem Goldilocks (not too large, not too small)

Pricing: Some items seem like bargains while others seem way overpriced. Example: $13 hotdog and a $5 buttermilk waffle.

I may check it out this week.

Last edited 7 months ago by ballsofsteelandfury
Mr. Ayo

Lucky you. Just tried and Elon’s website is down.

Brick Meathook

Let’s have DFO SoCal meet-up at this place.

SonOfSpam

Spencer Hall just called it “Cracker Barrel” and boy howdy am I ever pissed I didn’t think of that.

Mr. Ayo

Yes! That’s where I first saw it and he’s as always 100% correct.

Redshirt

Bengals’ owner Mike Brown wants Shemar Stewart signed – Heavy Sports

Cincinnati Bengals Owner Worries First-Round Pick ‘Could Be in Jail’
Now, I know this sounds racist, but knowing Mike Brown it could easily be accidentally racist.

SonOfSpam

“I dunno where he is, could be in jail, could have taken a job picking watermelons, could have gotten stuck on a ceiling where some joker taped up velcro, dagnabbit, he needs to be with the rest of our chattel!”

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Coulda gotten in a fight with some damned Br’er Rabbit…”

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SonOfSpam

I’m such an ignorant baby in that I didn’t understand what percentage of people want to go back to Song Of The South or perhaps prior.

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

With how hard it is to bond or pair bunnies, or so I’ve read, I don’t think we’re going to get another one and try. Good luck with it AaH

litre_cola

Cowboys reddit is delicious right now with JERRAHS presser today.

Brick Meathook

Why? Did he resign? Sell the team?

BeefReeferLives

I’m throwing out a wild ass guess that Jerrah said a bunch of crazy shit.

SonOfSpam

Got a 45 year old bottle blonde to give him a handy during the event.

ballsofsteelandfury

DING DING DING!

ballsofsteelandfury

He talked shit about his own players.

BeefReeferLives

/insert Fry “Shocked, not really that shocked” gif here

Doktor Zymm

I was at CVS today to pick up a prescription, and I was going to grab a couple other things while I was there, but everything I wanted was behind those locked anti-shoplifting doors so I went home and ordered from Amazon instead to save me the 2 minutes of human interaction. Are they really losing so much money from people stealing contact lens solution?

blaxabbath

I looked up the name of head of ad sales at the local conservative news talk channel. Then I incorporated it into my comments about Trump and all the other pedophiles banding together in their time of crisis. Now I’m banned from the site.

Guess I’ll have to get another fake email and start all over again….

BeefReeferLives

Pro tip: Don’t use TRUMPFUCKEDKIDS as your username this time.

Brick Meathook

Try: 😛D0NALDLIKESLITTLE80YS8UTTS😛

SonOfSpam

The emojis let everyone know you’re here for fun!

Doktor Zymm

Go for the IP ban!

litre_cola

Now there is 2 reasons for a VPN!

blaxabbath

It is an ip ban.

Well they can still fuck off. Bunch of fucking child rapists working in media ad sales anyways. Everyone knows it.

Redshirt

Related to Spamson’s latest banner.

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SonOfSpam

Yeah that’s amazing.

Gatoraids

more shocking he didn’t die today, he’s not in jail or he’s not in the Cabinet yet.

Redshirt

As a reminder, Germany is simply Florida with slightly more Nazis.

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SonOfSpam

You sure about that stat?

Also, is the kid dead or does he have a great icebreaker story?

Redshirt

Serious Condition.

SonOfSpam

Ok, so it’s funny.

Doktor Zymm

Can’t find the gator in this story?

Jimbo

Needs moar meth.

scotchnaut

My post-swim salad of choice?

A mix of 75% romaine and 25% iceberg

A rough diced orange pepper

Cubed Monterey Jack cheese

Two diced mini cukes

Six halved cherry tomatoes

Some Texas Toast croutons

A touch of ranch dressing

A touch of Russian dressing

A few cracks of pepper

That’s it.

Gatoraids

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a classy bet for avoiding the cramps

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I thought the purpose of swimming was so that I didn’t *have* to eat salad.

Jimbo

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BeefReeferLives

Thanks for the update on Orson! Hope she is able to adjust. Lots of information out there on grieving & re-pairing bunnies, and it sounds like it is deffo not a cut and dried process. Some even recommended taking the bunnies to a new, neutral site to meet, but only a month or so after the loss of the partner.

Doktor Zymm

Wichita has a golden business opportunity!

Brick Meathook

I’ve decided from now on to always wear a vest. Suit vest, sweater vest, golf vest, photo vest, reflective vest, utility vest, armored vest, gorilla vest, inflatable vest, vest vest, edible vest, it doesn’t matter. If it’s a vest I’m wearing it.

SonOfSpam
BeefReeferLives

One might say that you were ‘ahem’ invested…

/ducks thrown beer cans & whiskey bottles

Brick Meathook

Can’t wait to see what’s in the latest edition of LOU REED magazine. Hopefully more info about Lou Reed.

https://ibb.co/ymt16zXv

SonOfSpam

What’s he been doing lately? Composing?

Doktor Zymm

Well, he was creamated so I can’t say ‘decomposing’

SonOfSpam

Lou Reed is neither Velvet nor Underground, discuss.

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Doktor Zymm

And Dostoyevsky doesn’t mention him in “Notes from Underground”
Not even ONCE

BeefReeferLives

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Gumbygirl

Compost

Horatio Cornblower

I see Rolling Stone is continuing its longstanding tradition of allowing female artists to appear on their cover so long as the artist removes most of her clothes.

SonOfSpam

pretty judgmental for a guy who keeps a sex dwarf

Horatio Cornblower

I don’t “keep” him; Lowratio is free range.

Redshirt

It’s progressive if the women disrobe, but it’s objectifying to acknowledge it?

Am I correct? I’ve missed the last couple of PC Meetings.

Last edited 7 months ago by Redshirt
SonOfSpam

It’s progressive for women to empower themselves by disrobing, and then you’re gay if you don’t grab em by the pussy.

Mr. Ayo

Please lower your voice so I can finish all over this cover.

BeefReeferLives

Anthony DiCurtus’s bio was pretty good, if you’ve got some time on your hands.

scotchnaut

This goes out to Sean, Dave, Raf, Kelly, the other Sean, James, Buck, John, Cosmo, the dude that hung himself eventually, Jimmy and all the other guys whose names I can’t recall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGDBTLT9__s

litre_cola

I moved away 29 years ago and I still have 4 friends in my hometown. My wife states if I had met those lads as an adult that we wouldn’t be friends.

blaxabbath

Yeah but she says nobody likes you in Canada.

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

I disagree, litre’s great

Gumbygirl

Julian, Ricky, and Bubbles.