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Welcome to the weekend, kiddies!
Okay. That's enough. We're done for the week. It's all you now.
History of the blues
Ask your boy
Fair Comment
Player Two
Melfort girl
More here: A weekend of cowboy boots and music salutes
Unscheduled Musical Interlude
Wait a second
Portmanteau
No Smoking
"My prayers are with Queen Elizabeth and her family at this difficult time ..."
WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin tweets condolences following death of Prince.
- from The Lapine.
Thanks, Gary!
The Ganzfeld Effect
DO try this at home!
Welcome to the weekend, kiddies
Take a few minutes to remember Prince. Watch for him at 3 minutes 30 seconds.
Then, wow.
There are no mistakes, just chances to improvise
The ugly truth of war
This ...
... and THIS: The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People In North America
Tweet Of The Day
The Wages of Sin - #cdnpoli https://t.co/CG38gGzjuj
— albertarabbit (@albertarabbit) April 20, 2016
"The brutal tools of control used initially in distant parts of the empire - in our case militarized police, drones, suspension of civil liberties, wholesale
surveillance and mass incarceration - migrated back to the homeland. This is how most empires die. They commit suicide."
An Open Letter To My Friend
On Socks
I used to steal my old man's socks. He must have known, but he never said anything.
I think my feet eat socks. And since darning is a thing of the past, whenever I find the inevitable holes, the socks are consigned to the garbage bin.
Every now and then, when my supply dwindles, I put them on my list for my next trip into The Big City of Melfort.
Last week I stopped in at The Bargain Store! - my go-to source of socks and blue jeans - and picked up a couple of packs.
(Little Miss Higgins knows Bargains!)
Anyway.
Yesterday I cracked open the first pack, withdrew a pair and put them on.
Outraged, Ted. Betrayed and OUTRAGED!
I'm not sure what they are called. Anklets? Ankle-less? Short Socks? The goddam things don't even cover my ankles, let alone hook up to my long johns!
WTF?
In whose world could this be considered a good thing?
The sock manufacturers world, maybe, who can turn out a sock using half the material and can foist it on the fashion-conscious (read "idiot") consumer. And anyway, IS this the fashion? For women, maybe. This I could understand. Apologies to my feminist sisters. But for men, I can see this as nothing more than a devious premeditated ripoff. And the packaging contributed to the scam, Ted. There was NO way to see the shortness of the bastards until you opened the cardboard packaging. So help me, I'm going to start looking for a store that will allow me to try socks on prior to purchase. Like shoe stores do with their product. Decent, honest, principled shoe stores.
They don't feel right, Ted. I am wearing them right now and they do NOT feel right. And I'm not sure I can abide them long enough for my feet to eat them. Dad would have hated them.
Kills me to have to do it, but these bastards are headed for the landfill.
Lesson learned.
Thanks for listening.
Regards,
Pissed Off In Gronlid
Letterbox
More HERE: The Controversial History of Letterboxing For Movies On Your TV
Full screen. Turn up the volume.
High Velocity Aerial Filming from Peter Degerfeldt Blue Sky Aerial on Vimeo.
Rick's Rant
Thank you, Cliff Claven
Actually, the term "cutlery" only refers to the knives.
Forks and spoons are "pokelery" and "scooplery".
You're welcome.
Just because you believe in it
H/T Trapped in a Whirlpool
Welcome to the weekend, kiddies
Go get 'em.
Animal Courtships Performed by Humans
Girl on an Escalator by Charles Bukowski
"We did not ask for this room or this music; we were invited in.
Therefore, because the dark surrounds us,
Let us turn our faces toward the light.
Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty.
We have been given pain to be astounded by joy.
We have been given life to deny death.
We did not ask for this room or this music.
But because we are here, let us dance."
- Stephen King, 11.22.63
Welcome (BACK!) to the Dead Dog Cafe
Season 1, Episode 1
Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs.
QOTD
"Where do you begin telling someone their world is not the only one?"
- Lee Maracle, Ravensong
Spanish Civil War (July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939)
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With a tip o' the hat to Lord Vanscoy
Mouse Rescue
Welcome to the weekend, kiddies
So Do You See A Bear Or Do You See A Duck?
Karma defined
Tweet Of The Day
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to this dreamy fuzzle-mug!!! pic.twitter.com/qhB88VWZn0
— Brent Butt (@BrentButt) April 1, 2016