Blogging as some kind of twitter methadone (like getting off smack with oxycontin, cont.)

New Twitter layout did me in.

Fuck it, I'm blogging again as part of my social media withdrawal strategy.

How in the fuck does that work, you might fucking ask and I would fucking answer by saying that on a blog post, you're not interrupted by a steady stream of new tweets. It's a more peaceful way of interacting with the news.

I could use some fucking peace about now.

AM/PM for now, I think. These are the links I tripped over this morning, maybe this afternoon I'll find something else to be offended by.

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Stolen from Naked Capitalism (or where I get all my good links):

I always liked Boris Johnson, then he went from being a big-mouthed loser nobody to Prime Minister which involved several magnitudes of Peter Principle, imho.

Looting Puerto Rico because, oddly, you can get rich stealing from the poor.

If you give money to the Democratic party directly, you are reading the wrong blog. Bernie Strong since 2015!

A gay POTUS would absolutely be cool but please god do not let it be some insufferable suburban wonk who appeals to Republicans. 

How DeepTech owned your browser.

Florida taking another look at Epstain.

Inequality.

Intelligent article about eggs that includes the startling fact that you don't lose weight when you diet because your metabolism slows down to compensate!

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From the rest of my RSS feeds:

Someone hacked the FSB (new KGB) and got a lot of files. Absolutely none of which describe any Facebook phishing campaigns. Go figger.

Note: just accidentally clicked an ad for Atoms, a shoe company that has quarter sizes for finicky feet. I'm pretty sure my feet have a natural range of at least half a size from morning to bedtime. But I'm sure these are great for skinny people. Pass on the link if you actually know one.  

Honestly cannot imagine what these links go to other than dungheaps of convoluted factoids, but yes, you can read a hyperlinked version of the Mueller Report while listening to him not testify to Congress (whether he appears or not, he will not be actually saying anything). 

More proof that a promissory note from a billionaire is not worth the pixels used to publicize it.

Pretty sure that the world's oldest batch of soup would not pass a US health inspection. So yeah, this is probably the best fucking soup in the world!

Hmm. Alternate theory for why I keep seeing mattress ads. 

I love sputtering when it's someone else doing it for a change. 

You can't explain writing style, but you can argue about it.

 Joni Mitchell.

Putin weighs in on the Skripals.

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Stolen from newspapers none of which I ever give any money to and all of which I AdBlock like crazy:

Thanks to medical marijuana, I have very nearly recovered from my addiction to reading crappy news sources like the Strib. [via The Glean because I don't actually read Strib stories I just decipher the clues in the link text]

Strib editor talks to Politifact about Ilhan Omar and all the negatives cancel out to produce possibly the best backgrounder on Omar I've read anywhere! Refugees are not like other people and there are overwhelming reasons why first generation refugees (not voluntary immigrants) should not be given jobs as armed police officers or elected to high office (local office absolutely cool and maybe ideal).

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Personal stuff:


Visited The Ginger Blossom just outside Richmond, Illinois again. They had Nepalese forearm sleeves for sale. Can't find any pix of the ones I saw which were sort of velour and came in sizes to fit people who didn't grow up carrying five-gallon pails.

These are flashy but go above the elbow and look a little too non-Norwegian. [Did I mention that this is NOT Norwegianity? Because it isn't. This is totally different and I don't even like the name of this blog but it was lying around just waiting to be repurposed and I'm sure this is more energy efficient than starting an entirely new blog. And I don't have comments so you can't correct me!]

A google was fascinating. If you do work or a hobby that results in lots of arm cuts, I'd consider buying a pair of these HPPE Cut Resistant Sleeves. See also the heavily padded Dermasaver. Or you can get red sleeves to cover up your tats because red is pretty much skin color and really I don' t know why these are red.



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Oh, and now that I'm on Blogger, I HAVE REAL STATS. If you don't read this, I will know and I will probably start drinking again which will surely result on my going back on Twitter. Which will be the fault of everyone who never reads this.


End notes: This post produced while under the influence of Chem Dawg (it was supposed to be Ken Dawg but my guy mumbles and can't spell but then again if I'd actually gotten Ken Dawg I would be the one mumbling and not being able to spell). Potcationers to the Storer Valley can pick between the aforementioned Ken Dawg, Darlin' Net, OG Kush, Sunset Sherbet, San Fernando Valley OG, and/or Green Crack. Or you can just get drunk like the locals do. Linie always in stock, various brown liquids (not beer which is BYOB), clear liquids and other stuff that's sort of in between. Wine if someone accidentally left a bottle, usually not.