Oh my god oh my god OH MY GOD! The baby’s coming! The baby’s coming. Don’t just sit there you guys, the fucking baby is coming!
Or are you not quite as excited by this as the world media seems to think we ought to be? I mean, they even have “live video” (though given all the hubbub over a few grainy topless sunbathing photos, I’m assuming the video is from outside the hospital and not of the actual birth).
I suppose I can see how this might be somewhat of interest in England, but for the rest of the planet? I mean, there are like 370,000 babies born every day in the world, and I really couldn’t give a shit about any of them (except for maybe on those rare occasions when they happen to be born to somebody I know – and, frankly, I didn’t really care all that much about most of them, either).
I see that the nation of Dubai has shown great mercy and magnanimity in pardoning a Norwegian woman for the deeply offensive crime of being raped (or as they call it in the Arab world – and Texas – “having sex outside marriage”). I think we ought to reward them by selling them some fighter jets or tanks or something.
My friendly advice to you gals out there is: stay the hell away from Dubai (or Saudi Arabia, or Afghanistan, or Pakistan, or…).
Another place to avoid would probably be Cleveland, where it appears you’ll either be kept chained up in some nut’s house or wind up dead and rotting in a garbage bag. Might want to stay off of roller coasters in Texas, too (actually, I’d just avoid Texas altogether – especially if you want the right to decide for yourself what medical care you’re allowed to have access to).
So, it’s Monday again, which sucks. On the bright side, the weather is cool and the air is dry, and we’ve actually been able to sleep with the windows open for the past couple of nights. I really would have preferred to stay in bed for another hour or two this morning, to be honest. But duty calls.
Besides, the baby’s coming! :yippee:
It’s noon. It’s 82 degrees and going down. It rained last night and the flowers and the trees are all looking happy.
I watched a bit of Morning Joe. He was actually doing a good job of telling off Hannity and some guy from the Wall Street Journal who wrote that hoodies are the uniform of thieves or something. Meanwhile there were peaceful protests in 100 cities this weekend. Poor Hannity and the other right wingers. They’ve been praying for riots and, once again, their god let them down.
They just need to say there were riots and violence. It’s not like their viewers are gonna look elsewhere for evidence to the contrary.
Juror B37 and the Acquittal of George Zimmerman
Dennis Farina dies at 69.
Always liked him. Too young.
Breaking news on the baby front:
Breaking: 52-Year-Old Bullwinkle Statue Lifted Off the Strip
:rofl2:
Nate Silver’s genius isn’t math. It’s journalism.
By Ezra Klein, Published: July 23 at 11:58 am
From the Guardian…
Ooops. I wish Spitzer could take his place in the mayoral race.
Weiner admits more `sexting’ behavior after gossip mag prints accusations
I think Spitzer is running fot the right job, comptroller. As for mayor, Bill DeBlasio is a decent guy.
You are correct.
I am reeling about Tweety constantly invoking Giudi as a great mayor when talking about Weiner’s indiscretions being disqualifiers that should make him bow out of the race. It seems to me that if it had not been for 911, he would have been discarded in the bin of disgrace at the end of his term. I don’t think historical hindsight will be kind to him even in that crisis.
George Alexander Louis: Royal Baby Name Announced :yippee: :turkey: :pup: :banana: :blues: :dancers: :rofl2: :sheep: :sammy: :fire:
A cross between George Costanza, Jason Alexander, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Must be Seinfeld fans.
I guess we can always call him GAL for short.
Prince GAL!
I have finally found a bird feeder that feeds only birds. Neither the raccoons nor the squirrels are able to use it. But, then there are the grackles, those black birds that fly around in huge flocks. Once they arrive they eat so much that I need to refill the feeder every day. When there are no grackles (thank goodness they migrate) I refill it every 4-5 days.
The juvenile cardinal seems to have learned to eat from the feeder. It’s about time.
And, the seagulls, who had disappeared from the east end of Long Island for about 2 weeks, seem to be slowly coming back. Where they went, I do not know and I have not heard or read anything about their absence from anyone. But, for those 2 weeks I did not see one gull anywhere although they usually are everywhere and in great numbers.
Amanda Palmer drops her kimono in a feminist “fuck you” to the Daily Mail
:boobs: :rofl2:
I really don’t get the whole “nip slip” and “wardrobe malfunction” shit. Especially since the Huffington Post seems to have so much of that nonsense lately (I know Arriana sold out, but still) . I mean, I’m a straight male, and I certainly appreciate the female form, but I’ also not 13 anymore, and I find all that shit juvenile, offensive, and, frankly, just plain dumb.
I mean, fer chrissakes, haven’t we progressed past Beavis and Butthead?
Murdoch built an empire on it with his tabloids through the decades. I think she nailed it.
AT&T Park gulls vex San Francisco Giants
Hitchcock must still haunt the Bay Area.
I recall seeing birds at the stick so not sure about the noise theory. Hope it’s not rat poison like NYC. 😯
SP, what kind of feeder did I you get? I’ve been looking at them. Thanks for the Amanda Palmer vid, Vern. :fist: