Random Musings

Well, well, well, the people of the land Down Under, in a non-binding postal survey on marriage equality, voted YES in a landslide vote.

Members of Parliament are expected to quickly introduce a marriage bill that could see legalization of same-sex marriage as soon as Christmas, but as always … haters gonna try …

Last week Carlos had an appointment with an eye doctor to have some glasses made that he can use to read music; his regular glasses don’t help, they are used for reading and there is a difference in head tilt and distance from the page for music.

Anyway … the doctor came in all blustery and busy-like. He had a mop of curly hair and hideous shoes; that was all I noticed. He spoke to us for a moment and then he left the room and Carlos said:

“He’s kinda cute.”

And I replied:

“Good thing we’re getting your eyes checked. Just in the nick of time.”

Yeah. Not cute.

Keeping up the Not Cute theme …

People magazine has named Blake Shelton its 2017 Sexiest Man Alive. Really, People? Last year it was The Rock, this year it’s Blake Shelton—coincidentally his initials are BS—so who will it be next year … Carlos’ eye doctor?

Is it too much to ask to get an actual sexy man up in here?

This could almost … ALMOST … get me to shop at Walmart:

In 2015, Henry Walker decided to buy a watermelon at his local Walmart store, and once inside, Henry found the watermelon of his dreams and then the nightmare began.

He stepped forward, plucked the watermelon from the pile, unaware that his foot was stuck in the wooden pallet beneath the watermelons. He then turned, still unaware of the stuck foot, fell, and shattered his hip.

Naturally, because Henry Walker is not at fault for stepping onto, and into, a pallet of watermelons, he sued Walmart for negligence. His lawyers argued that Walmart had a responsibility to its customers to provide a safe environment and should have known the wooden pallet could cause injury—even though fifty-nine-year-old Henry Walker didn’t know that—and last week, a jury agreed with Henry and awarded him $7.5 million in damages.

When last seen, Henry was headed to McDonald’s for a hot cup of coffee in a cup with a loose lid …

TLC has officially and finally severed ties with former “Counting On” star, and Duggared Husband, Derick Dillard after he repeatedly made transphobic comments about one of the network’s other stars, Jazz Jennings:

“We want to let our viewers know that Derick Dillard has not participated in ‘Counting On’ for months and the network has no plans to feature him in the future. We want to reiterate that Derick’s personal statements do not reflect the views of the network. TLC is proud to share the story of Jazz Jennings and her family and will continue to do so.”

The decision came after Dillard spoke again about Jennings, arguing that he doesn’t believe anyone can change their gender identity and refusing to use feminine pronouns when discussing Jennings:

“I pity Jazz, 4 those who take advantage of him in order 2 promote their agenda, including the parents who allow these kinds of decisions 2 be made by a child. It’s sad that ppl would use a juvenile this way. Again, nothing against him, just unfortunate what’s on tv these days.”

I pity illiterate Fuckwads whose only claim to fame is the fact that they sperminated a Duggar daughter and continue to propagate that Children For Cash mentality of that family.

Go back to being a barista, Derrick and STFU.

In another win for Free Speech, advertisers are fleeing rightwingnut, and _____’s Head Ass Kisser, Sean Hannity’s Fox News[?] show after his skeptical coverage of the child sex accusations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

The exodus comes after Hannity tried to downplay the multiple accusations against Moore and actually suggested that sometimes children can give consent to have sex with an adult.

Yeah. Children. Sex. Adults.

So, at least five companies—Realtor.com, biotech company 23 And Me, Eloquii, Nature's Bounty and Keurig—announced they were done running ads on Hannity’s program. Keurig’s announcement on Twitter sparked a #BoycottKeurig campaign and spurred tons of rightwingnuts to smash their coffee makers to the ground and then posting the pictures on social media.

Seriously, Deplorables are dumb, because now Hannity has changed his tune and demanded Moore answer the allegations or drop out of the race.

Huh. Sean Hannity changed his mind because he agrees, or because he was costing Fox News money and the network can’t afford any more lost revenue after all its payouts over its own sex abuse scandals.

What is it with Republicans and conservative news outlets and sex scandals?

Speaking of Deplorables … one year after electing that Fat Bastard, the vast majority of Deplorables have no regrets. In fact, 82 percent of those who say they supported ____ last year would vote for him again if they had to do it over.

Seriously? Did they cast their votes and then just stop paying attention?

The only good news is the 18% who wouldn’t vote for him again; at least some of them got a little wiser.

Good news? Here’s some … many people on Puerto Rico may not have electricity or access to drinking water or be able to work in the nearly two months since Hurricane Maria struck, but some on the island are still receiving a paycheck because their employer knows what’s right.

Yup; even though Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the island’s infrastructure, and forced TJX—the parent company of  TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods—to close its doors temporarily, the company has been paying their employees nonetheless:

“Based on the devastating situation in Puerto Rico, we can confirm that we have continued to pay our TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods Associates on the island. We believe it is the right thing for us to do under these circumstances.”—TJX vice president of communications Doreen Thompson

TJX’s conduct was first flagged by Iván Meléndez when he posted a grateful message on Facebook thanking Marshall’s for paying his son, even though the store that employed him was closed, and remains closed, because of the storm.

Perhaps we should all head out to Home Goods and buy a Keurig, you know, to kill two birds with one stone.

A week or so ago, I visited Mistress Maddie’s place on the interwebz—

A Day with the Mistress Borghese—and spotted From The Candy Shop, featuring Davide Zongoli, up there, an acrobat, dancer, model, and eye candy.

I’d seen Zongloi before and remember seeing some shots of him that reminded me of my own post, #TuxedoInABox from earlier this week:

#ZongoliInABox

Nice.

Colin Kaepernick was last on the cover of GQ four years as a quarterback on the rise.

But, after a simple act—kneeling during the national anthem—changed everything, and cost him his job, Kaepernick is back as GQ’s Citizen of the Year for his activism and resistance.

And making a much sexier cover model than that other guy … and he rankles The Deplorables.

Just sayin’...