“To be frank, I think his world had vanished long before he ever entered it. But I will say… he certainly sustained the illusion with a marvelous grace.”
“Princes have but their titles for their glories,
An outward honor for an inward toil,
And for unfelt imaginations
They often feel a world of restless cares;
So that between their titles and low name
There’s nothing differs but the outward fame…”
Richard III, 1.4
One mistake parents make when making lunches is not keeping cold food at 40 degrees or lower to prevent bacteria. The old brown paper bag won’t cut it.
What was your first car?
A 1973 Cadillac Coupe de Ville…
My pop got it for $475 at a local car auction. He told me I’d have to pay for maintenance and gas, but he’d handle the insurance.
I delivered pizzas in this thing…
What was your first car?
Mine: 1993 Dodge Dakota. It had an automatic transmission and a big sticker in the back windshield that said “redneck” I got it from my brother.
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#UPDATE
: According to Arlington police, the suspect attempted to fire a flare gun at police while they were serving the warrant, causing a massive explosion
@BudLightSadness
I blocked. They can talk shit and play keyboard warrior all they like.
When shit gets tangy, they’ll realize who they’re up against and what’s really at stake.
Until then, imma post my recipes, my music, my memes, and go on enjoying my life and my friendships here.
So far, no nicotine fits… the patches are doing sterling work.
Bought a metric fuckton of Jolly Ranchers and bubble gum at the store today… so here’s hoping. 🤞
Why did I join?
Got married too young and had a child on the way. After a while, I got pretty damned good at my job, so I stayed in.
Two wives and a few stints as an E4 aside, I still loved it. It still remains the only thing I was ever really good at.
Here’s to us…
It was an incredibly harrowing 6 mile hike at midnight through heavy and slippery mud, but I got safely out of Burning Man. Never been before and it was fantastic (with brilliant art and fabulous music)…except the ending.
#USNavy
Littoral Combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords conducted a FONOP operation today, Dec 4th near Second Thomas Shoal.
This according to a
#PLA
Southern Theater Command Spokesperson's statement today accusing the USS Giffords of trespassing into the waters adjacent to China's
If another person says, “Blah blah blah… they want to force us all to wear masks,” I’m going to vociferously vocalize my vexation.
Can we maybe, for once, just trust the science?
There are 2 Vincents
1) “I’m glad you enjoyed dinner. Shall we take our coffee and brandy in the living room?”
2) *puts you in trunk and drives you to a pig farm in the Poconos*
Results may vary.
I’m not going to regale you with tales of what I was doing OTD 22 years ago.
I won’t vent my spleen about how I feel about my government and what they’ve done.
What I will do is raise a glass to both heroes and victims… and I will drive on.
It’s all we can do…
I’ll only say this once… because I don’t intend on repeating it.
You bring any sort of pet or domestic animal abuse onto my TL, and we’re done.
Enjoy your weekend.
Admittedly, I was a bit blindsided from seeing photos of my grandson. He looks so much like my mother, it’s terrifying.
Which inevitably made me think of my parents… both of them gone nearly 35 years now.
“Grief is love… with nowhere to go.”
-Something I heard once…
Since my old account got nuked, I’ve been putting out feelers to a lot of folks who used to follow me. Folks I thought got on well with me… more fool me, I suppose.
Haven’t heard back from a great many of them. C’est la vie.
Y’all who stuck around? I thank you, truly. 🙏
Scientists used to avoid phrases like “climate emergency” and “climate crisis.” No longer.
Escalating rhetoric comes as a new study shows there’s just six years left to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius at current CO2 emissions rate.
Please forgive me, but there’s something I need to get off my chest.
If you’re putting things on your scrambled eggs to make them palatable… then your scrambled eggs are SHIT!
I’m sorry if you’re upset, but a friend shouldn’t lie.
Woke up in a pretty good mood.
Then I logged onto this hellsite, and now I want several extinction level events to hit this shithole planet simultaneously like the fist of an angry fucking god.
There’s only so many BONJOURS I can post, y’all.
Made coffee.
Added condensed milk.
My heart stopped because the rum bottle was empty.
My heart restarted because I remembered the new bottle was still in the bag next to the pantry.
C'est lundi, non? 🙄
No. “Cowardly” is demanding that everyone bend the knee in order to make you feel validated.
It’s almost as if you were unaware of the difference between “acceptance” and “tolerance”…
Tobacco is the single greatest aid to concentration ever known.
Need a strategy formulated? A theorem solved? A war won?
At 8am, put ten guys in a room with unlimited coffee and cigarettes, and you’ll have a solution before close-of-business THAT day.
ATF personnel from Field Divisions across the country participated in
#NationalNightOut
events in their local communities yesterday. Building relationships with the people we protect and serve is an important part of accomplishing our mission.
#WeAreATF
I remember consoling my friend and colleague who had just spoken to her family. I remember telling my fellow members to take off their pins so we couldn’t be identified. My Ranger training kicked in and I remember gripping my pen to use as a weapon if necessary.
I remember consoling my friend and colleague who had just spoken to her family. I remember telling my fellow members to take off their pins so we couldn’t be identified. My Ranger training kicked in and I remember gripping my pen to use as a weapon if necessary. 2/5
For years, gun sellers have exploited loopholes in our background check system that let them sell guns online & at gun shows without conducting background checks. We have a chance to change that!
Tell
@ATFHQ
to close the gun sale loophole by texting CHECKS to 644-33!
Life is inherently dangerous and full of incalculable risk.
A friend of mine recently died in a motorcycle accident.
Does that mean I support banning or limiting motorcycle use?
Not in the slightest.
If you want to be safe, stay home. Don’t impose limits on others.
Responses to this post remind me a large fraction of Americans’ conception of freedom is that they should be able to do whatever they want and transfer the risks and costs of their choices to everyone else. Freedom comes with responsibilities. You are not entitled to our deaths.