@doctor-phibes said in Sowell: @george-k said in Sowell: Regardless of your political leanings, this comment transcends all: https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1470404410186600448?s=20 Wise words for the 'old reality', however nowadays I quite like Zoom meetings. You can stare at people's knockers the whole freaking time and nobody can tell. The whole freaking time! Try doing that in a normal meeting. Jeffrey Toobin agrees.

@doctor-phibes said in Whamageddon: Sometimes I honestly feel as though I've inadvertently stumbled into an old people's home. Welcome! Your room awaits you. Have you taken your meds yet, or should your nurse administer them to you? If you need to have your pills put into a daily dose container, that can be added to your care routine for an extra fee.

@copper said in When Texas’ New Anti-Abortion Law Inspired California …: @taiwan_girl said in When Texas’ New Anti-Abortion Law Inspired California …: In my nave opinion, maybe the second amendment does not cover this. Yes, the amendment protects the right to have a gun, but does not protect the right to use it foolishly. Yes, murder is against the law Some democrats don't want to enforce the law But in general, murder is not allowed And neither are just about any gun related violent crimes you can imagine Dude, you don't need to freaking kill people to use a gun foolishly. I had a business dinner with a load of Texans - they all got completely shit-faced drunk on appalling beer and invited us back to their enormous house where they discharged multiple firearms at 1 o'clock in the morning, killing cans and bottles galore. Now, I'm not a professional psychologist, but I would contend that they were fucking idiots. Constitutionally protected, of course. Abe Lincoln or that Washington guy would have been proud of them.

@bachophile 555

@copper that is awesome! Looks like a real good time!

@xenon said in Most random email I received today: @klaus said in Most random email I received today: @xenon said in Most random email I received today: That’s a real industry (buying time with experts). The rate is a little on the low side, you can ask for more. ($1000 is pretty typical for corp execs, the company that organizes it keeps half) Look up GLG, I think they just went public. You don’t think it matters that I know nothing about the area? Ha! I spoken to people through services like this. A small, but still surprising, number of experts have no expertise. Well, someone has to fill the seats at the tables which establish our settled scientific consensus.

Outback is good. Or at least good enough.

@doctor-phibes said in Coffee and Tea: @aqua-letifer said in Coffee and Tea: red-blooded 'murricans South Americans or North Americans? Neither, I'm talking about American Americans, the only ones Trump says who matter.

Armadillo eggs rock. But I don't consider that a stuffed pepper.

But explain this to me… https://nypost.com/2021/12/12/omicron-appears-to-evade-some-protection-from-covid-vaccines/ So if you finished your vaccinations a month ago but are not due for your booster for another 6 months, then you are at risk since Omicron evades “those” antibodies, but if you were vaccinated 8 months ago and now get the booster (which is the same as the original shots, no?) now you do have some of the right antibodies? Does your body start producing a different antibody after the third shot? That makes no sense to me.

@axtremus said in No "Brandon" on balls: you can always write onto the goofballs yourselves with a marker Excellent solution! And when the golf club won't let you in with that written (ahem) on your balls, you should build your own golf course. That'll show 'em!

@kluurs said in Here she comes again: He seems to possess something that few politicians have - and that is authentic sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made!

@george-k said in RIP Anne RIce: @lufins-dad said in RIP Anne RIce: glittering vampires What the actual hell is that? Best vampire stories: Dracula - read the Bram Stoker version; it's wonderful Salem's Lot - a masterpiece of horror, story-building, suspense, and horror. Let The Right One In was pretty great, too. A shining example of how pacing alone can tell a story.

@jolly actually, "Hello CNN+" That's the paid service. Did he not renew his contract because of Carlson? How long before he hops into Cuomo's slot? Bartiromo will fill his?

Throckmorton's law of live music: "Any band that has an upright bass is going to be good." "Get it, Mama!"