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The only possible cou ter to this is to enshrine the right to own a computer and internet access into your constitution or something like that.

Our constitution? They’ve got that thing hanging from a nail in the shithouse.

I read that they turned off the fire suppression system to try to avoid damaging inventory while fire fighters tried to put out the fire.

Perhaps there’s a chance that the insurance company will try to use that to avoid paying off the claim.

It had happened years before, but it happened when he was an adult.

I knew a kid in high school who was hit by a car while riding his bike in the days before kids wore helmets.

He was fucked up. He survived, but it was “learning how to walk and talk again” survival.

I also had a teacher in college who wasn’t wearing a helmet when he flipped his bike and landed on his head. He was alright as long as you think regular, crippling migraines are alright.

“Donald Trump is bombing Iran because he wants to feel powerful”

No. He’s bombing Iran because Obama made a joke about him and everybody laughed.

Suggesting he’s doing it to feel powerful gives him so much more credit than he deserves.

In Soviet Russia, it is lovin’ you.

When I was in high school in the 80’s, a kid got removed from school for bringing an axe in to kill people with.

Simpler times.

Damnit, I didn’t need another reason to go straight to hell, and then you made me laugh at that.

Many years ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with absolute proof of God’s existence. I went back to sleep and woke the next morning remembering that I had proof, but not remembering what the proof was.

Being the agnostic that I am, I have to move forward without any belief in anything and disregard the memory.

If God wants me to believe, they have to resubmit their proof of existence.

Maybe in writing. In triplicate.

I don’t know about cool feet, but this seems perfect for gout sufferers.

As long as you don’t bump into the metal rod.

Molokai

The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

Not Noah Wyle, although I agree that picture looks like him.

There is no question that I’m definitely one of the luckiest wage slaves you’ll ever find.

Well, I probably won’t. My employer has been around longer than the United States. Unless the bubble takes out civilization as we know it, we will probably ride it out.

They went through a pretty devastating financial loss about a quarter century ago. That was their existential crisis. It refocused management pretty forcefully on making sure they never have to have layoffs again. They may forget the lessons eventually, but I see no signs of it so far. They were still paying bonuses through the pandemic.

We also don’t have shareholders to appease which makes it easier.

I’m hoping the bubble bursts soon so I can get some cheap drives.

We have a standard poodle. He’s being trained as a service dog, but he’s not there yet.

He’s getting better, but when he first arrived, he would bark like a maniac anytime someone new entered the house.

We had a painter come in to do some work in our bathroom. He got upset when he heard Leo start barking because he had a traumatic experience with a dog.

Then he saw Leo was a poodle and he was suddenly ok.

I know Leo is all talk, but he’s still a dog. Under all that fluff, he’s basically a Doberman Pinscher.

She suffers from severe depression and ADHD, but I don’t think she has bipolar disorder. Her sister died due to bipolar disorder, which might be what you’re thinking of.

She is, apparently, still on Reddit occasionally. I saw a post from a few days ago in which someone was saying that she’s working on a new book (no idea if that is true or not).

Song of the South. Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, etc.

A Disney movie that Disney doesn’t want anyone to remember because of the inherent racism. Using stories that originated during slavery, but setting the movie after the war to try to take the curse off.

It’s damn near impossible to get in the U.S., but easy to access via the high seas, and Disney uncharacteristically won’t go after you for it, because they don’t want to draw attention to it.

It incorporated some innovative techniques for blending live action with animation and has some value in terms of history of cinema. I don’t think it should disappear completely, but I do think it’s important to view it critically.

Personally, I found that apart from the racism, a lot of the writing and acting in the live action sequences was so absolutely terrible it was painful to watch.

I think it’s mostly for the dad joke:

You can tune a piano, but you can’t tune a fish.

She’s just very young in the other picture. It’s from the second episode of the first season, “Deep Throat”

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