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Now most of the US can play!
Welcome to the new Normal! So glad you selfish assholes, namely the Greatest Generation and Boomers, who continued to favor cheap gasoline, we are having the super-hot weather a month early! The added bonus is how you can’t escape it … Continue reading
Posted in Austintatious, Ecology, Science & Technology
Tagged Climate Change, Current Events
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Back to my workplace yesterday was pretty good
I’m pretty lucky since I got to volunteer for the gradual plan for the next six weeks but I dread it may be pointless as another strain hits the Northeast a handful of Moontower Comedyfest guests tested positive. I think … Continue reading
One World Theater sold
Another live venue bit the dust thanks to the Pandemic as this nice little place has been gobbled up by a rich asshole who claims to be a benefactor; he also acquired the Saxon Pub and is involved with the … Continue reading
Posted in Austintatious, Concert, Music
Tagged Current Events, Jazz, Local Venue, Pop, Rock
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My arguments about DST got partial traction!
Well…if you read the article from the most trusted publication these days, The Guardian, it seems the US Senate is oddly in agreement to making DST permanent, which I think it should be. As depressing as it is getting up and … Continue reading
How Daylight Savings Time feels for about two weeks
It’s baaaaaack! The idiocy of us setting our clocks forward to “save” something other than stress, sleep, time, etc. Once again it is my bi-annual diatribe on why this shit needs to end but I did do some poking around … Continue reading
How March 2020 v. 3 Feels
Of course, I was pretty fat two years ago but the graphic of Kermit is a more accurate portrayal regarding my frustration with trying to lose the stress-eating weight I gained last month. At least I didn’t break my March … Continue reading
March ’22 edition of The Stupid! How it burns!
This masterpiece of Amerikan Exceptionalism (aka Ignorance) was spotted by the great and lovely Holly Frey of Stuff You Missed in History Class. Holly threw in the comment on how she must resist the urge to engage this MAGAt at the … Continue reading
The Russian Invasion is putting the squeeze on the EU
From my friend Jeremy earlier today when he went to fill up for a trip to referee a match at a place I figure the trains don’t get to easily or at all. To give you a more American understanding … Continue reading
Texas Independence Day, what irony
While Ukraine is up against a pretty brutal invasion from a Russian dictator, the “great” state of Texas has some parallel elements with the ongoing struggle between the two Slavic nation states. Firstly, the Texas War for Independence was similar to … Continue reading
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Tagged Current Events, Opinion, Pre-Civil War US, Texas
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Well…I guess Putin is…not sure, but the invasion is a pisser
I readily admit I was wrong about Putin and Russia. I didn’t think he’d go for a full-scale invasion. I figured he was going to continue his Crimean strategy of having Russian regulars hide their uniforms and pose as local … Continue reading
A little jab at Social Media and American “expertise”
Cute little dig at really the world to some extent but I wouldn’t say the argument about vaccinations versus the tensions involving Ukraine are apples to apples. With the former, there’s a problem of Idiocracy causing too many to not … Continue reading
Six Million Steps!!!
Pedometer announced I cross the six million mark! Getting to this quickly after hitting five in August I credit to the house remodel, moving around the hotel and several trips to Costco. Nothing like the latter will put on a … Continue reading
Gen Con & San Diego Comic Con for Dumb Bros & Proud Boys
I can already smell the horrible mixture of Axe Body Spray, Teslas and Failure. I’m not exactly sure the world needs more “Alphas” such as these clones. Obviously, the people behind this gathering in the Mormon Vatican have never read Brave … Continue reading
Earth reaches its 2022 perihelion!
Despite it being Winter in the Northern Hemisphere and colder than Hell lately, Earth passed through its closest point to the Sun. I always thought this coincided with the Winter Solstice back in December but that is when our planet’s … Continue reading
A solid piece on how America is heading toward Fascism
Jason Stanley’s piece in today’s Guardian will fall on deaf ears much like Bob Garfield’s two-part podcast about the American Right’s long game of 40 years to topple democracy. We know these two will be dismissed right away by George Will and … Continue reading