Midsummer Miserable Musings – Open Thread

The exciting and sexy teams are our of the Women's European Euros, so we are back to "square root of fuckall" status. Here is a conversation topic you may consider, or ignore altogether.  It finds genesis in the following song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FTvnbTuIKU Pondering my favoUrite lyric...what IS the last classic rock band's last solid

Sexy Friday – 20250718

TGIF! As you read this I'm going deaf standing next to the starting line at the drag strip. Remember to wear earplugs at loud events, folks. Your future old self will thank you. Word Count Filler Time Speaking of cars, let's learn about a couple failed ones. Brigs & Stratton Hybrid (1980) That's right,

Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 2025-24

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I'm going continue the bit with the lists. Tonight, I present to you a list of things I like that start with the letter T: Titties (obvio) Toreos (specifically, the structures) Touchdowns (which I'll miss this year...) Trains Tushies Tacos Television (even if it's now over Internet) Tantalizing (the adjective) Tee times Trips Themes The The I could go on. However, I

Onward, Perverts! Open Thread

Some really beautiful squadrons (Iceland, Belgium) have sadly gone home.  But others remain, lining up to eventually be throttled by Spain. Speaking of Spain, they finally quit playing with their Italian food yesterday, so Nor-vay gets a pass.  Neutral Milk Hotel will instead be Spain's quarterfinal victim.  Our Valkyries get Italy, who

Sexy Friday – 20250711

TGIF! Fuck Microsoft forever. Spent all day fixing an Exchange server that got fucked by an update that just randomly installed itself this morning. First of all, those updates are supposed to only be applied on Saturday night, and secondly, and most importantly, that update shouldn't fucking cripple the server.