If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

I thought this was a joke. I was wrong. Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky' – do cities have to be so sexist? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/06/upward-thrusting-buildings-ejaculating-cities-sexist-leslie-kern-phallic-feminist-city-toxic-masculinity Oh Guardian, n...

Anyway - downloaded (x1 - at least).

Bhurzum wrote: ↑ is there an instrument more nerdy than the theremin?

I take it that you have not had the opportunity to sample the pleasures of the sackbut in any of it's various forms.

July 6th, 1971

Although some may prefer Joey Ramone's version...

I'd thought that Ennio Morricone was a long time dead...

...but in fact he is only recently so.

Matt Cavanaugh wrote: ↑
MarcusAu wrote: ↑ As long as they just mouth the words, or mumble along there will not be any trouble.
Exemptions include polyphonic rap and lip-syncing to Born This Way.

Some of these churchs are bit more progrressive that from what I recall. Must be a UU denomination.

As long as they just mouth the words, or mumble along there will not be any trouble.

Plus, be aware that losing parents when young isn't unusual - I lost pop when I was 17 (he was 47), ma when I was 26 (she was 51) - it sets you apart, but it can be a way to grow more quickly. To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. In your case a l...

I think I read somewhere that time is like a crystal matrix.

People still exist and will forever - though in a someone less accessible state to those of us that have carried on.

...and how is Dog, Diet and something else beginning with 'D' going? Diet is mostly postponed. I've only been able to maintain keto or one-meal-a-day for, like, 2 or 5 weeks at a time-- until I default to girlfriend's shopping & cooking habits. Bend her to your will and rage against the machine. Go...

Service Dog wrote: ↑ Put the kids to work. And unionize them. then Child Labor can collective-bargain against the Teacher's Unions. :character-cookiemonster: :character-grover: :character-oscar:

...and how is Dog, Diet and something else beginning with 'D' going?

(If I may non-sequiturize for a bit).

I think that leaves Mel Brooks and Bob Newhart as the sole surviving comedians of the era. When they go, it will be extra sad because it will feel like the era of funny for funny's sake, socially conscious but non PC comedy has truly ended. Ah well - we must stagger onward rejoicing - as W H Auden ...

Democrats loooove to complain about 'private prisons' as-if the state-run prisons are excellent. In reality, the 'private prisons' complaint is a way to signal that prison guard unions won't be challenged by Democrats. If the unions are serious about improving society-- they should oppose the Teach...

Looks like Carl Reiner finally caught the big one...

Lsuoma wrote: ↑ Oh, and I've heard that the most vilified part of the routine was when MM kissed the darkies.

It's Daphne's mum Gertrude from Frasier.

"That Bastard Moon, I'll make him eat both his own buttocks"

KiwiInOz wrote: ↑
Brive1987 wrote: ↑
Zippity is also racist.

Some people just don't like freedom.

The American head of state doesn't seem all that sinister...

...in comparison I mean.

One that puzzled me was Debra Soh. It seemed like he was interrupting her constantly. It felt odd listening to it. It didn't seem like she was a non-talkative guest and he was trying to make it more interesting, and he wasn't disagreeing with her. It just seemed like he kept interrupting. It's poss...

I hope I'm not doxing but there is a Chris Keating with an account on SoundCloud.

That should set some toes tapping even for apathetic Australians.

So this has started to infect the company I work for. It's a small, private company; maybe 40 people. Mostly Australians, but we have 4 Americans. 3 of the Americans are pushing to change the long standing "Master/Slave" terminology we've had into our software since the beginning. None of the Austr...

May go for a walk near the White Cliffs this weekend. Bluebirds optional. But they probably always were. (Doubly so since not many have seen the point of mentioning the passing of Dame V.L.). Not even optional. When the American lyricist, Nat Burton, wrote the song, he did not know that bluebirds w...

Glenn Loury: 'We're Being Swept Along by Hysteria' About Racism in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp4fg9PWuhM&feature=emb_title I've been listening to Glenn Loury for a while now on the 'Blogging Heads TV' YouTube channel. It seems fairly unlikely that he will convince anyone that does not...

May go for a walk near the White Cliffs this weekend.

Bluebirds optional. But they probably always were. (Doubly so since not many have seen the point of mentioning the passing of Dame V.L.).

Lsuoma wrote: ↑Dildo Bugger

Soddit.

Also Denny O'Neil also - if anyone is keeping score.

Thank you for the egg-vice.

What with cutting down on bread - I though I might treat myself on the weekend (or at some point) to Bacon, Sausage and Egg in a toasted brown Rye Bread sandwich.

Anyway...is anyone feeling old?

What is the easiest way to cook an egg - with the least amount of fuss and cleaning up?

And is there a gadget to to it?

Yes, I'm pre-emptively ruling out a micro-wave.

I suppose it might come down to a pot of boiling water.

And it's green tea in bags that I'm drinking.

I can't even see the leaves to read them.

And finally from what I can tell belief in god or the supernatural is considered either irrelevant or a net good by most people here - so there's very little support (on whatever level) for such organisations any more. At least in these parts. Where do you get that idea? As best as I can recall, th...

Secular Student Alliance is beyond parody Contesting Secular Male Supremacism to Build a Better World Register for this event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qS-xNCCESweuMGHCvg79HA Alex DiBranco began her work on right-wing movements more than a decade ago with a focus on the Chri...

It appears there might be good reason to not dead name anyone...

ROUGH DRAFT OF MY LETTER TO MY KID - ... My advice (for whatever that is worth) - don't send this. Delete your copies & delete the post (so that it cannot be found by a word search). The housekeeping stuff stands in good stead - and what behaviour you expect and your obligations to her. But other t...

Though there would be Unity.

I sometimes wonder how a Mitford family reunion would have worked out.

fafnir wrote: ↑ Damn! Screwed that up good and quoted myself :-)

Not to worry - being as you are mythological - just about anything you say will be dismissed as a figment of someone else's imagination anyway.

You might think that covid isolation has caused desolation - but for others it's been inspiration...

If I recall correctly - there were seven fat cows followed by seven thin cows...

...one of which was playing the trombone.

Crazy day... My daughter messaged me and wanted my comment about Trump's tweet regarding "looters and shooters" and did I think he was racist. I said I didn't think he is particularly racist and that he is an ass and a blow hard. She told me that my comment has finally convinced her that I am a rac...

Hunt wrote: ↑ "Five Gun" doesn't have the right ring to it.

"Son, You're one bullet short of the half dozen".

As Foghorn Leghorn (or Senator Claghorn) might have said.

Keating wrote: ↑
Wed May 27, 2020 12:39 am
Crap. You weren't supposed to notice the sparrow.

I know.

I saw a sparrow today.

Even though they've been quite rare in London in recent years - there's probably no special providence to that.

But it's nice to think that in their fall (or controlled flight) to the ground - someone noticed.

I used to be pretty active with fellow atheists. I donated to FFRF, AA, CFI, and AHA. They all went off the rails and started spending my money on stupid shit. I save my money now and don't donate to any of these groups. If I really wanted to give money to communists I would just donate to the Comm...

Brive1987 wrote: ↑ PZ looks like a fat mess.

Not much has changed.

Are you following him on instagram or just popping in from time to time to see what he is up to?

I've been locked in so would have probably not been able to celebrate it anyway - however I still managed to miss World Turtle Day (again).

Which was yesterday - Saturday 23rd May.

People with St 'Whatever' in their names tend to remind me of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.

But that reference may be slightly out of date.

Does anyone here support (financially or otherwise) the AAI, the FFRF or any of the other various atheist or secularist activist organisations? Or did you support them in the past and stop? If so for what reason? Curious minds want to know - and after all I am what some might call a most curious ind...

The Recant of Roe was brought to you today by the right wing evangelical network. Is this the part where the more reactionary contrarians start on about how the case was rammed through in defiance of states rights - and was a clear reinterpretation of the constitution? For my part - the number of d...

...or non-governmentally mandated handicaps such as death.

Not just in general, but rather specifically in the case of Fred Willard.

(I'm guessing that a government mandated handicap would be the other one - ie Taxes - which would seem to be more of a suggestion when it comes to Amazon).

Keating wrote: ↑ Wouldn't the baby be the one who's closest?

If your baby does not drink cold milk - boil it.

Since the FT popped up (so to speak) - is anyone worried about the malign influence of 'Big Tittie' on society?

Starting at 22 min for the curious...

Good Gxxxy* - but it looks we have lost Little Richard.

*censored for the sensitive

screwtape wrote: ↑
MarcusAu wrote: ↑ I still may ask you sometime about my feet though...
Pes planus, based on your avatar.

Seeing as the last physician I consulted thought it appropriate to suggest a couple of rounds of trepanation and then swallowing a live dormouse - I'm glad I sought a second opinion.

I'm not snapping at you, MA... I did not think you were - and in any case from what I can tell you have more things to worry about at the moment than my delicate sensibilities. I still may ask you sometime about my feet though - the NHS don't have not been much help in the past - and are now active...

...I can't imagine anyone takes 'content analysis' very seriously. It's reading between the lines, and the problem with that is that you make up what is written between them. It can seem clever and insightful, and maybe give sometimes a hint, but it is not anything like solid enough to be given in ...

Well, I can agree with her on that.

In fact the whole fuck economy seems to be in rather a bust period.

This current outbreak doesn't seem quite so surreal since I started to distinguish between 'corvid' and 'covid'.

Brive1987 wrote: ↑ On what basis do we ‘deserve’ Marcus Aurelius?

...or anything.

The one I'm thinking of died in plague.

Perhaps I should have take more time to choose a 'nym.

Other philosophers were available...

Hope your 25th April biscuits were good Kiwi.

Sometimes I think we are living in one of those satirical distopias (or distopian satires) like the one in the Robocop (1987) film.

I wonder if Phil will be so keen to set up a vid conference once he realises what most have been cogitating on for the past year or so.

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