I Had A Nice Time ....

I had a nice little break. Since my Friday through Sunday posts can be done ahead of time, I enjoyed the weekend, and then Carlos and I had a boatload of errands to run on Monday and Tuesday, so I extended my weekend a couple of extra days just to putz around, get tings done, and relax.

Saturday was Cup Day here in Camden. Out little town is the Steeplechase Capitol of the World and twice a year we have races in town, though last year, both events were cancelled. When we first moved here, Carlos and I attended the Carolina Cup, the Spring race, because it was something new. Carlos grew up with horses, so I was interested in his take. We walked down to the paddock to see the horses come out before the race and you could see what majestic animals these racers are. Suck gorgeous creatures … until after the race when they return to the paddock drenched in sweat, heads down, often coughing up blood because, as powerful and fast as they are, these animals are not meant to be run that fast, jumping hurdles with a man on their backs. That was our first and last Cup Day. This year we had a leisurely lunch--with Paloma Rosas, a delicioso tequila and grapefruit soda concoction--at Masa Street food.

There was yardwork to be done on Sunday—followed by a pitcher of Bob-a-Ritas on the deck—and blowing leaves off the driveway, trimming several giant holly bushes, and cutting tree branches. And then, because of where we live, all of that had to be hauled away by us on Monday and that was a chore. I think we made about ten trips to the Recycling Center with our yard debris. I ended the day sipping cock-a-tales and wondering about hiring a yard service. An acre piece of property with all the trees and shrubs and fencing and so on, can be a lot of work, even for the two of us.

On Monday Carlos was once again back at rehearsals with the Camden Community Band for the first time in over a year, and man he was excited. Almost as excited as me! I had a nice evening home alone for a change, doing the little things I like to do which mostly amounted to doing nothing but sitting still and relaxing. I loves me some Carlos, but I also love time to myself and this past year has seen little to none of that, so it was a welcome, pleasant, strange feeling.

Tuesday was Errand Day since I wasn’t working, trying to get all the little things done; banking, stopping at the vet to get Tuxedo’s special diet food for his kidneys; and that’s a nice chore because everyone at the vet’s office asked about Tuxedo and how he's doing. That was followed by a stop at Lowes for leaf bags—the de-leafing never seems to end at Casa Bob y Carlos from the literally hundreds of trees on our property—a new sprinkler for the back lawn which has recently been reseeded. There was banking, and a quick stop at the Mulberry Bake Shop owned by our friends Peter and Fran, who are set to retire next month. So we stocked up on Cranberry Pistachio scones and Jalapeno Cheddar bread, and chatting with Peter.

So, I took a couple of days off, basically to get some chores dine and recharge and relax and refresh; nothing bad, and nothing sad, but now I have stuff to say.

Stay tuned …

Okay, So I Lied ...

It appears I'm gonna need one more day and then I will be back because I have lots to say about stuff ...

I Got ...

 It's one of those times when life gets in the way and so, for today, I got zip, zero, zilch, nada.  Nothing bad, nothing sad, just ... nothing.

See y'all tomorrow.

The Funny Papers

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I Ain't One To Gossip But ...

While the entire world revels in the reboot of Bennifer let us not forget the sadness that is Alex Rodriguez.

A-Rod is not doing well lately, y’all. I imagine he spends his days cutting JLo’s face out of pictures, deleting her photos from his phone, and painting himself as a victim. But this week he took that extra step into self-pity when he posted an Instagram picture of a family dinner with his two daughters and made sure we saw that he had set the table for six … the three empty spaces being for JLo and her kids.

How sad. How sad that she dumped him because he was ALLEGEDLY cheating on her so she could ALLEGEDLY start making her move on the next guy.

How. Sad.

 

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Ricky Schroder, has-been actor, MAGAt, Thing #45 supporter QAnon conspiracy theorist wingnut harassed a Costco employee over the weekend for refusing to allow him inside the store without a mask.

When the Costco supervisor told Schroeder that the store’s mask policy remained unchanged despite last week’s new federal guidance for fully vaccinated Americans, Ricky went all Butt Hurt White Man Victim:

“Didn’t you see the news? You didn’t see the news? Nationwide, Costco has said you don’t need to wear masks.”

The supervisor calmly tells the wingnut that he’s wrong:

“Costco always goes above and beyond when following the law, and the mandate in California has not changed—”

Schroder cut him off:

“Oh, if they allow us? If they grant us that, our kings? The people in power? You’re going to listen to these people? They’ve destroyed our economy. They’re destroying our culture. They’re destroyed our state. And you’re just going to listen to the rules? I’m getting my refund.”

Schroder then shrieked at his, um, fan, as well as “everybody” in California to “get their refund” from Costco:

“Give up your membership to Costco until they remove this.”

Jason again reminded Schroder that Costco was following state law but Schroeder wasn’t having it and stormed off like the pissy little used-to-be that he is but, you know, as the story went viral, he had a change of heart as people took him to task on social media, and he crawled back to Facebook to apologize to the supervisor:

“I’m not upset with you or anyone in the position that you have. I understand that you’re following their laws and rules. I was trying to make a point to the corporate overlords and sorry that I had to use you to do it. If I hurt your feelings, I apologize … But I do think independence from medical tyranny is more important than hurt feelings.”

Medical tyranny. Corporate overlords.

Clearly Ricky still has that Silver Spoon shoved up his ass.

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More Bill Gates? Well, in addition to being on speed dial with Jeffrey Epstein, Gates apparently had a habit of asking female employees at both Microsoft and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation out on dates. And while it appears that most of those attempts, which were called “clumsy”, ended in rejection, a confirmed affair with an employee led to Gates being investigated by the board of Microsoft a year before he stepped down.

Back in 2019, the Microsoft board investigated reports that Gates “sought to initiate an intimate relationship with a company employee in the year 2000.” Bill then issued a statement admitting to having had an affair “almost 20 years ago which ended amicably,” but swears it had nothing to do with him stepping down from the board a year following the investigation.

And, as if that doesn’t show what a snake Gates was—even though most women rebuffed his advances—there are reports that between 2011 and 2014, Bill “met Epstein dozens of times” ALLEGEDY … and this is rich … for marital advice.

All the money in the world and he wants y’all to believe he asked a child raping sex trafficker for advice om his marriage?

My only question now is, who gets custody of the vaccine chips that have been embedded in 130,000, 000 of us?

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Remember the Goop vagina candle? The one she claims smelled like her cooch?

Well, apparently it was a bomb, and I don’t just mean that it didn’t sell like hot cakes. Apparently the Paltrow Pussy Scented Candle is also incredibly dangerous because one man named is suing Goop because he ALLEGES the candle exploded in his house.

There was, um, Goop everywhere!

Legal documents say Colby purchased the $75 candle online in January, lit it for the first time in February, placed it on his nightstand, and then says that three hours later the candle became engulfed in flames and exploded.

Colby says there was a “limited warning” on the Goop website that cautions not to burn the candle for more than two hours but says Goop should warn people that the candle could cause injuries if it exploded, and he wants $5 million.

Now, this isn’t the first time a customer claimed the vagina candle was an explosion hazard. Jody Thompson says her candle blew up when she lit it and that it “emitted huge flames, with bits flying everywhere.” She described it as an “inferno.” 

Now, I have questions … why was Colby, a man, in need of a vagina-scented candle? Does he not get the real thing? Does this mean Paltrow’s cooch is a lethal weapon? If you light a match near Paltrow’s crotch, will she burst into flames? And more importantly, who buys a candle that smells like cooch? 

But, if you did, or would, purchase such a thing, I'd like you to know that this fall you can buy the Bob's Sweaty Ball Scented Road Flare! Nothing says 'Stop, and help me' like the smell of sweaty balls.

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I Didn't Say It

Tim Ryan, Democratic Ohio Congressman, tearing House RepubliQAnons a new one for voting against creating a commission to investigate the insurrection at the Capitol:.

"Holy cow! Incoherence! No idea what you're talking about. Benghazi! You guys chased the former secretary of state all over the country, spent millions of dollars. We have people scaling the Capitol, hitting the Capitol Police with lead pipes across the head and we can’t get bipartisanship? What else has to happen in this country? Cops! This is a slap in the face to every rank-and-file cop in the United States. If we're going to take on China, if we're going to rebuild the country, if we're going to reverse climate change, we need two political parties in this country that are both living in reality, and you ain't one of them!"

Bravo, sir, for standing up to the hypocrisy and showing the GQP for who they are; they profess to be the Blue Lives Matter party, but not over the life of their beloved con artist criminal whiny little bitch loser.

We need you to keep speaking truth to power. Bravo!

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Ron Johnson, loon and Wisconsin GQP senator, calling the Capitol riot a peaceful protest:

“I was vilified for entering into the record a 14-page eyewitness account of a very knowledgeable observer that really laid out exactly what happened. By and large it was a peaceful protest except for there were a number of people, basically agitators that whipped the crowd and breached the Capitol, and that’s really the truth of what’s happening here. But they like to paint that narrative so they can paint a broad brush and basically impugn 75 million Americans, call them potentially domestic terrorists and potential armed insurrectionists as well.”

I kinda wish these same peaceful protestors would breach Johnson’s house, shit on the walls, steal computers, kill or maim a couple of people and then see how he acts.

Fucking goose-stepping ass.

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Lisa Murkowski, another GOPer suggesting that Thing #45 should testify before a 1/6/2021 commission:

“If you’re really making this a very broad-brush approach, it might be difficult to really get value from a specific type of commission. But again, I think this is something where you need to look closely to the details and how it’s configured. If you put together a commission that is focused on the events of January 6th, I think [the twice-impeached, one-term loser is] obviously a very key individual.”

Careful., Lisa, the GOP goose-steppers don’t cotton to women speaking out against their idol.

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Ethan Nordean, Proud Boys leader, lashing out at the twice-impeached, one-term loser for misleading his supporters on Insurrection Day and then deserting them:

“We are now and always have been on our own. So glad he was able to pardon a bunch of degenerates as his last move and s*** on us on the way out. F*** you, T****, you left us on [t]he battlefield bloody and alone.”

Nordean is among the more than 400 people who have been charged for their part in the deadly assault on the Capitol.

My question for this loon, however, is did you really think that a man who’s spent his whole life caring only about himself would have your back? If so, then you really are that stupid and deserve what you're getting.

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Joe Rogan, former comic, current rightwingnut podcaster, playing the white male victim card:

“You can never be woke enough. That’s the problem. It keeps going. And if you get to the point where you capitulate, where you agree to all these demands, it will eventually get to, ‘Straight white men are not allowed to talk.’ Because it’s your privilege to express yourself where other people of color have been silenced throughout history. I’m not joking. We’ve just got to be nice to each other, man. “And there are a lot of people who are taking advantage of this weirdness in our culture, and then that becomes their thing. Their thing is calling people out for their privilege, calling people out for their position. So, you know, it’s fucking crazy times.”

Yes, it’s about to happen. Straight white men, who run the world, sadly, will suddenly be silenced.

Check your diaper, Joe, you’re a spoiled, soiled little white cisgender baby man.

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Bobservations

Y’all know Carlos has vision and hearing issues, right? Well, the other day, we were running errands and taking our recyclables and such to the Recycling Center. We loaded up the car and, as usual, got Ozzo to come along for the ride. But Ozzo, roughly 16 or 17 years old, has become a little hard of hearing, and having his own vision issues and it's a whole thing to get him into the car. As we drove to the recycling center, I told Carlos that Ozzo was definitely his dog because they are so much alike, and that’s when I realized I had a new name for Carlos:

“Carlozzo.”

He was not amused.

Tuxedo doesn’t wanna tell y’all how to vote, but he does think you’ve been getting it wrong for years.

The Italian release of the Oscar-winning thriller Promising Young Woman has been after the Italian-language version of the film used a male voice actor Roberto Pedicini to dub the role of Gail played by trans actor Laverne Cox.

In 2021, someone thought a trans female should be dubbed by a man.

The march goes on …

So, we had the pipeline hack last week and gas shortages all over the South with people waiting in line forever just to fill up, and hoard up. I only work away from home three days a week and my roundtrip commute is 6 miles, so I has plenty of gas and wasn’t worried.

But a co-worker said she had filled up her car and bought three extra-large gas cans and filled those up, too, because, as she said, “You never know.” I smiled at her little dimwitted face and asked:

“You’re still sitting on over a hundred rolls of toilet paper from last spring, aren’t you?”

Judging from the look on her face, I was right.

Joel Osteen was on the Today show saying:

“Don’t focus on what you have or don’t have.”

This from a man who owns a mansion, Ferrari, and a jet, and who took a $4.4 million federal PPP loan. This from a man of God who had to be shamed into opening his church after a hurricane for the people who were displaced from their homes. This from a  man whose net worth is estimated at $100M.

Perhaps Joel focuses too much on what he has.

The other day Carlozzo—gosh, that makes me smile—and I drove out to Costco for our Every-Five-Weeks-Shopping trip. We get out there early to avoid the crowds and the morons, but, apparently, at least one moron had the same idea.

I was standing in the meat section, looking at the pork tenderloin. We usually buy a large one and cut it into pork chops ourselves and save a couple of bucks. While looking, a woman came right up to me, right up on me, and reached in front and around me to grab a tenderloin. I backed up and gave her a look and then she inched onto me, which, sorry, I couldn’t help myself:

“Excuse me? Am I invisible?”

She gave me a look like she had no idea what I meant. Cut to Carlozzo and I headed to the checkout, and as we near a checker, I hear a voice alongside me, saying:

“I’ll just slip in ahead of you because I have just a few things.”

I turned. It was the moron. I said:

“No, thanks, I’m already here.”

She looked at me. Something clicked in her pea brain. She remembered. I felt better.

Alabama lawmakers ended their legislative session without a vote on one of the most controversial bills before them: a measure to outlaw gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors.

Now, before you go all ‘Woo hoo Alabama,’ let me tell you that the bill died because it was placed at the end of a debate agenda and lawmakers were tired and ready to go home.

It wasn’t the idea that the law would have been hateful and hate-filled, it’s because politicians are lazy and hungry in Alabama.

If you still don’t believe the GOP is terrified of Thing #45, howsabout this: he has ordered … ordered … the GOP to resist setting up a 9/11-style bipartisan commission to investigate the MAGAt riot at the Capitol in January.

Imagine the outrage from the right if, once out of office, Obama had given the Democrats an order. That says volumes about the complicit GOP and what they’re willing to do to this country for a con man.

Fuck.Them.All.

This is Hugo Soriano Tudela, a model from Spain. That’s all I know about him, and that’s really all I need, know what I mean?

Architecture Wednesday: Almirante Reis Apartment

It’s small, it’s open, it’s quirky. I love it. The Almirante Reis Apartment, a rehabilitation of an attic in a 1906 building in Lisbon, Portugal, is just for me. This apartment sits in the attic of the old building, with vaulted, wooden ceilings, beams, dormer windows and I love every eclectic inch of it..

The apartment is not quite 1,000 square feet and is basically one room, with a bathroom hidden behind brass walls. But it’s not just the modern bathroom walls, or the modern kitchen it’s the irregular stone masonry wall, the wooden beams and pillars of the roof, which are all original to the building and revealed just for this space.

The apartment was initially very partitioned and with low ceilings, but the raising of the roof and knocking down of the walls immediately transformed the space. The living is at one end of the space, with the formerly closed kitchen space, now a fully open space with large kitchen countertop and dining room sits in the middle of the room. A smaller sitting area is just beyond the dining table.

The relocation of the bathroom to the middle of the apartment makes it possible to free all the windows for the central space, though the bathroom does get sunlight through a tunnel skylight. And the bathroom stands out from the rest of the attic as it is covered in polished brass to reflect the spaces around it.

The bedroom, at the other end of the apartment, is open to the rest of the  space, but can be closed off by a golden velvet and silk curtain that runs along the extension of the brass wall. In addition, at the far end of the bedroom, is a small sitting area beneath a  window, with its own fireplace.

It’s not a huge space, though the open ceilings make it feel larger, and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love it because it’s different, and small, and in Lisbon.

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