Bobservations

A text exchange between Carlos and me yesterday …

Me: I’m leaving work. I’ll drop your book at the Post Office on my way home.

Carlos: Thank you.

Me: 💗💗💗

Carlos: How come you love me so much?

Me: I have no idea.

Carlos: Especially since I am a horrible person. [Of note: a dear old old old old old friend of his called him a horrible person because of some family situation going on]

Me: True dat.

Carlos: What? You think I’m horrible—

Me: Who is this? :::crackle::: crackle::: I can’t :::crackle::: hear you :::crackle:::

I love toying with him.

This Cat Tale, er, Tail, is from September 2009 and is entitled Rule Breakers:

We have rules at Chez Smallville. Cats can get on the beds, on the desk, on the sunroom furniture and on the living room couch. They cannot get on the counters, the tables, the dining room chairs or any of the four new chairs in the living room. And they listen. They know where they can go, and where they cannot.

So, imagine my surprise to walk into the living room and find Tuxedo and MaxGoldberg nesting in a No-No Chair! And look at Max; he's got that Uh-oh face. Tuxedo, on the other hand, couldn't even be bothered to wake up.

At least not until I yelled Geddownfromthere!

Cat scatter.

I miss those Little Devils.

How to tell the world you’re thirsty for attention without saying a word. If you're Lisa Rinna you appear at Cannes because there are cameras there dressed like Disco Bride of Frankenstein.

Here’s a palate cleanser to scrub my brain of Rinna … the other day I ordered a delivery of cake flour and the wrong thing was delivered.

Or was it?

So it goes like this … billionaire asshat Jeff Bezos went on a rampage over NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani “villainizing” billionaires so the very next day Mamdani launched a collection effort against Bezos and Amazon and recovered over $9 million in unpaid idling fines which occurred when Amazon drivers left their trucks illegally idling on the streets while they made their deliveries.

Bezos’ $2 trillion company ignored the tickets and fucked around and found out that Mamdani ain’t playin’.

Junior was getting married in the Bahamas over the weekend and his Daddy couldn’t attend because, he said, being president made it impossible—though it never stopped him from golfing or feeding his fat corroded face at Mar-Illegal—but is being too busy the real reason?

See, the real reason is that the Bahamas' Immigration Act generally restricts entry to individuals deemed "undesirable," including convicted criminals, sex offenders, and those with a history of sexual offenses … like the US President.

Makes me wonder if Junior didn’t plan the wedding in the Bahamas on the hopes that Daddy would get arrested.

In South Carolina MAGAt and  former police officer Waylon Rogers, along with Matthew Fay, Allen Folz, Paula Folz, Edward Storer, and Jeanine Storer, have been charged in an alleged child sex ring.

NOT TRANSGENDER! NOT A DRAG QUEEN! NOT AN IMMIGRANT!

Tennessee officials will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Larry Bushart who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the murder of conservative activist racist and asshat Charlie Kirk. Bushart, a retired police officer, spent 37 days behind bars before authorities dropped the felony charge against him in October; Bushart now says:

“I am pleased my First Amendment rights have been vindicated. The people’s freedom to participate in civil discourse is crucial to a healthy democracy. I am looking forward to moving on and spending time with my family.”

A win for Free Speech!

Caesar Romeo van den Idsert is an internationally recognized fashion model, six-foot-one, with blonde and blue eyes … Romeo, Romeo, Would You Hit It?

Architecture Wednesday: School Barn Farm

Hidden in a peaceful pocket of Warwickshire, School Farm Barn is an elegant and contemporary home with five bedrooms and an expansive open-plan living space. Its striking profile rises amid a half-acre garden with vegetable beds, pastoral views and a wonderful natural swimming pool.

Once used to store grains, School Farm Barn was converted in 2021 but still using hardworking and hardwearing materials with photovoltaic panels, efficient battery storage capacity, two air-source heat pumps, and underfloor heating added during its construction.

A quiet countryside road winds up to the house with the home's silhouette peering over mature hedges. Behind electric-gates is a large driveway with plenty of space to park cars, including a garage with an EV charging point and a two-car carport.

From the front the home’s roofline extends upward to form an elegant pitch and directly below is the large front door, slightly set back and framed by glazed panels. Entry is to the social core of the house, an airy, versatile open-plan living space with up to twenty-nine-foot-high ceilings. To the left is the dining area and a beautiful bespoke kitchen with discreetly integrated appliances. Part of the countertop doubles as an informal breakfast bar, and beyond are floor-to-ceiling sliding doors to the south-facing terrace. Adjacent to the kitchen is a large pantry, with additional fridge/freezer capacity, a wine fridge, additional units and plenty of shelf space for dried goods. Grounded with oak floors the other half of the space features a living space with a large contemporary Stovax log burner and large windows of varying shapes and sizes that allow plenty of light. 

The rest of the ground floor has been wonderfully apportioned. There is a boot room, separated from the corridor by a glass door, with garden access, ceiling-high cupboards, and an apple-green paneled wall; a large utility room, a half bath, and a large, serene bedroom with en suite shower room. The principal suite also begins on the ground floor. Here, a dressing room with an entire wall of built-in wardrobes and a sublime en suite bathroom with a freestanding bathtub and shower; from the dressing room stairs rise up to the private sleeping loft which overlooks the dressing room below.

At the front of the house, stairs ascend from the living room to the first floor where a long hallway ends in a cozy space built into the window frame. This floor also includes a private office and the three remaining bedrooms; one of the bedrooms has a walk-in wardrobe and a bathroom, while the other two have en suite shower rooms.

The half-acre garden that surrounds School Farm Barn is an immersive space, one that is a core part of the home’s overall experience. A large terraced area abuts the house, providing space for outdoor dining and seating, and a view of the natural swimming pool, a clean-water swimming area added under current ownership, surrounded by water lilies and carefully selected water plants.

Despite its blissfully rural setting, the house is a short distance from central Birmingham and Birmingham International airport and station; the latter runs rail services to London in as little as 65 minutes.

And it can all be yours for £2,150,000 or 2,865,000 USD.

As always click to emBIGGERate …

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