The Billy Joel YouTube account has been trickling out videos from his old shows. I had the opportunity to see him locally but was so badly hurt from a workplace injury that I couldn't make it out. I fear I missed my last chance. What a legend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNQd...

Did I mention that you can get 200 keychain whistles on Amazon for $18?

Lowe's just delivered 160lbs of bird seed to my door about 90 minutes after I placed the order. So if you have an emergency that can be fixed with 160lbs of bird seed, I recommend Lowe's.

my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue

Me and my bsky bubble

All of my romances have been, BY DEFINITION, My Chemical Romance, because everything has chemicals.

You miss 100% of the Hamburgers you don't Help.

A reminder how ICE treats priests.

For some reason my Discover Feed is full of painted fingernails. I'm not a Nails Guy, but I do like pretty colors.

Even the dumbest jocks in my police academy class all those years ago could tell you the difference between reasonable suspicion and probable cause.

Misread Genshin Impact as Gershwin Impact. I'd play that on mobile. It would probably be an "I've Got Rhythm" game.

“But we’re not ready to have that conversation.” No, that’s where you’re wrong. I’m always ready to have that conversation. I’m always ready for any conversation. One day, I started talking, and I have yet to shut up. I will likely die mid-sentence.

I do not give a single frick about post engagement. I'm here to have fun and be nice to people.

🗃️ Imperial German strategy doesn't get roasted enough.

I had a beard for seven years before I put beard oil in it and brushed it and... I probably should have done that earlier than today.

MPLS is the 17th largest city in the US, and they're having to divert ICE from Chicago and other places just to run their surge there. That's why they have to focus on one city at a time, and they still don't have enough boots on the ground. This is not sustainable for them.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of ICE hounded out the door

Ok but for real our national anthem is just shitposting. It's just like "hey remember that flag I put up yesterday? The one you keep shooting canons at? Guess what assholes it's still there!"

I think a lot about what Rich Mullins would have said about all of this.

Brethren, see the neighbors 'round you Suff'ring near the brink of woe Death is coming, hell is moving Can you bear to let them go? See our fathers and our mothers And our children sinking down Brethren, pray, and holy manna Will be showered all around

We suffered. I actually bounced off the game at exactly this moment three times before I finally returned this year and finished it. After grinding to what I thought was an unhealthy level, I still ran into trouble at the end and resorted to cheats to get it over with. Beautiful game, though.

*keys intercom* Don't spit in that cop's burger

ICE are just Fedora Troops.

The videos where ICE jumps out and whatever randos are there instantly form up to make them feel tiny are so, so heartening.

Just pointing out here that you can buy 200 keychain whistles for $35. www.amazon.com/Emergency-Wh...

Just want to point out that you can buy an Aggro Crag trophy from GUTS on eBay once in a while. You can just buy it and put it on your shelf.

It should make you sick, too, but since it doesn't I have to conclude you think big stupid men who can't think about what could possibly happen next are more deserving of their lives than people who dared to protect their neighbors. This is Civil Rights 2.0 and you're on the wrong side, bub.

I don't blame her at all. It's the correct play from her position. But it's embarrassing for us.

I... just realized that the Black Panthers are doing what the 2A crowd said they would do.

These are concentration camps. I quit my job last year because it suddenly was in support of one.

Thinking about joining one of those medieval sparring clubs just long enough to tick off all the sword guys by showing up every night with a spear. Then leaving before they start slashing my tires.

transformation

When (sadly not if, I think) someone does try to roll out on these dorks, their lack of training will have been comical if it weren't for the accompanying tragedy. As a former bacon-American: Even if there WERE elevated threat (there's not) this is not how you do this.

the anxiety posting from people is driving me nuts. there's actual logistics and constraints here. people may as well say what if trump got all the infinity stones and did a thanos snap.

Branding is wild. "Welcome to the Jungle" as a job search site? "Soylent" as a protein shake? What's next? "Trail of Tears Logistics"? "Lord of the Flies Team Building Events"?

I pulled Dr. Who (1963) for someone on my Plex server and did you know that there's A THOUSAND FRICKIN' EPISODES?

Pizza is cool, me and pizza go way back. We may have burned each other a few times but that’s just part of pizza’s nature

I had to figure out the Honda Fit memes, but I will say: We had a 2010 Fit Sport and that thing was frickin' amazing. We bought a 2020 later and it was a pale shadow of its former glory.

Went to a Hibachi place last Tuesday. Chef had the ridiculous squirt bottle full of water that looks like a guy peeing. He points it at me: "MORE PEEPEE MORE MONEY TWENTY TWENTY SIX?" Then indicated I should open my mouth. I politely declined. Then I got laid off on Friday. YOU WERE WARNED.

A pre-check-in form I just completed online asked for today's date in three different places.

"They'd stick to the truth if they thought the truth was enough." www.youtube.com/watch?v=FySt...

Industrial midwest, baby! You cannot kill us in any way that matters.

Waiter: Would you like any midded cheese? Me: What happened to the grated cheese? Waiter: You're at Olive Garden. Nothing's great.

Marcus Aurelius said that "Your soul is dyed the color of your thoughts." That's applicable to the death of Scott Adams both as a cautionary tale about how and why you want to be remembered, as well as our response to deaths of twisted and broken people.

This is why Shiva is the best summon

My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.