Dec 16, 2019

Homemade Music

Things Have Changed --Bob Dylan (cover by Curtis Stigers)


Dopamine Addiction

A new one for me: Charlie & Ben podcast.


The sex talk is of particular interest to me (of course), but the segment following that - all about social media and the little jolts of happiness we feel when we get the thumbs up or the little red heart or whatever.

It gets a little iffy when they dive into YouTube and media control, but mostly it's really good.

Fascinating.

Today's Tweet



The genius of a salesguy who talked a suburban police department into buying a chunk of plexiglass mounted on a furniture dolly.

Maybe we're throwing just a bit too much money at solutions-in-search-of-problems, when what we really need to do is spend a few bucks to fix the fucking sidewalk.

Xmas Music

Stephen Colbert:

Dec 15, 2019

Oops

So, Eric Trump has been selling a cool new red hat, with the acronym LOPA, which he intended to mean "leave our president alone" - anywhere from $18 to about $40 online.


Urban Dictionary has other ideas.

...and my personal fave:


...but then, we look into it a tiny bit more, and what pops up - in Melania's native tongue?


Shit almost literally writes itself.


The City Of Brotherly Love

A fight broke out in a theater during the Mr Rogers movie.

We have reached Peak Philadelphia.


Dec 14, 2019

Vicenté '20

Vicenté Fox - because why the fuck not? Have you seen the guy who's in there now?



Today's Tweet



Amazingly beautiful - and bittersweet, as I can only wish it didn't remind me of what we're in the process of losing.

Dec 13, 2019

The Search Continues

Republicans on Capitol Hill are still trying to come up with something that gets them off the hook once they've screwed the pooch (and the world) by letting 45* off the hook at the Senate impeachment trial.


Today's Tweet



Eric Swalwell