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Sometimes I’m a dick. Oh, I don’t mean to be, but my sarcastic
sense of humor comes into play and … I’m a dick. Case in point: with Carlos’ eyesight getting worse, he has
chosen to stop playing with the local community band. He’s found a couple of
other people to play with, at hospitals and churches around town, and that’s a
better thing for him. But this past weekend our community band was having it’s
Christmas concert and since Carlos wasn’t playing he asked if I still wanted to
go. I said Yes, especially because I could sit in the audience with him. The morning of the concert, I sarcastically asked what time
he wanted me to drop him off; he said we didn’t have to go if I didn’t want to,
but I said I was kidding and of course we were going. I spoke to my Dad that
day and told him we were going; I was doing chores and making Spicy Asian
Chicken and Rice soup that we could have after the concert. I planned on
getting the soup all done, then letting it simmer from 3 until 3:45, before the
concert, and then it would be ready to eat when we got home. At 3PM, I set the soup to simmer and walked back to the office
where Carlos was working on the computer, and said, again, ‘What time do you
want me to drop you off?’ He turned around and said, ‘You don’t want to go, so we
won’t go.’
Yes, I had screwed up the times, and then made stupid jokes
all day about not going, and now it looked like I was doing it on purpose. I
told Carlos I wasn’t showering; I was going to jeans-and-ball-cap it and we’d go. Long story short: we were about 10 minutes late but saw most
of the concert and had a really wonderful time. Lesson learned: don’t be a dick unless you absolutely,
positively, have the times right…or maybe don’t be a dick, period? Yeah, that won’t happen. |
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Tuxedo is amazed at the way Republican politicians like
Banks seem to lie so easily, and without batting an eye. |
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Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib, left, isn’t shy about being the first out gay player
in the NFL. He donated $100,000 to The Trevor Project organization and has now
created custom cleats for football players as part of the NFL’s My Cause My
Cleats campaign. The program gives NFL players the ability to design custom
cleats supporting a charitable cause or organization of their choosing, and
Nassib’s custom cleats highlight
The Trevor Project, featuring the colors of the Pride flag along the laces, along
with The Trevor Project logo, the organization’s suicide prevention lifeline [1-866-488-7386]
and the message “Protect LGBTQ+ Lives.” Good on him for standing in his truth. And good on Cleveland
Browns fullback Johnny Stanton, right, a self-described LGBTQ ally, who wore
Nassib’s cleats when the Browns played the Raiders and Nassib was sidelined
with a knee injury. |
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It looks like former Minneapolis Police Officer, and convicted murderer, Derek Chauvin will be pleading guilty to violating George Floyd ’s civil rights. The federal docket entry shows a hearing has been scheduled for Chauvin to change his current not guilty plea in the case. Good; you’re guilty. |
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James and Jennifer Crumbley, the
complicit parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley will have no
influence, and no insight, into their son’s criminal case or life in the near
term. According to his court-appointed
lawyer, Paulette Michel Loftin, Crumbley and his parents are deliberately
estranged, and Loftin does not plan to cooperate with the parents’ legal team
despite a long tradition of attorneys following formal and informal agreements
to share information. Lovely family. |
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Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has begged President Biden for
expeditious federal relief aid to victims of a deadly 200-mile tornado that
struck his state last week. This is the same Rand Paul who, in 2017, was one of 17
GOP senators to oppose an emergency $15.3 billion federal relief
bill for victims of Hurricane Harvey. This is the same Rand Paul who, in
2013, was one of 31 GOP
senators who voted against a $50.5 billion relief aid package for Hurricane
Sandy. Pandering fucking hypocrite. |
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Anne Rice, author of “Interview with the Vampire” and so
many other novels, passed away over the weekend due to complications from a
stroke.; she was 80. I met her at Tower Books in Sacramento
during the last century when she was signing books; I brought several and was
told she would only sign one. When I got up to the desk she remarked at the
handful of hardcover books I had and said: “Set ‘em down, I’ve got a lot of signing to do.” And she signed every single one. RIP. |
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Alex Jones, the loon who claimed the Sandy Hook School
shooting, where children were murdered, was a hoax, is now claiming that
President Biden used, ahem, “weather machines” to spawn those tornadoes in
Kentucky:
Wait, so now Sleepy Joe, can’t stay awake Joe, suffering
from dementia Joe, too old to govern so he’s the face of a shadow government
Joe, has built “weather weapons”? Bitch. Please. |
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We’ve all done stupid things to get out of something we
didn’t want to do but a 50-year-old man from Italy has taken the top prize when
he bought a prosthetic arm to avoid getting a COVID-19 shot. The man—whose name is being withheld—went through all the formalities
at the clinic, and health workers did not notice his fake appendage until she
touched it. She asked the man to remove his shirt, and immediately realized he
had been wearing a faux limb. I mean, c’mon, he paid for a fake limb to avoid getting a
free shot? Are they sure he wasn’t an American loon on holiday? |
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This week in Would You Hit It we feature Brazilian actor and model, Arthur Sales—born Arthur Sales Gouveia. That’s all you get, so Would You Hit It?  |
