Nice to see the polar bears getting work - their habitat is fucked, but at least they've got the Super Bowl gig

I have a decades-long allergy to the Patriots but I like Shiv Ramdas, so I am an obligate Seahawks fan today

I made limoncello again - a double batch this time - according to a recipe from cuoredecioccolato. Unfortunately the two steps of the process are separated by three days, and I forgot to double up the simple syrup. The result was... well, astonishing. This evening I fixed it, and dag nab it's good.

On a whim, I bought myself a vertical mouse for $7 at a bin-liquidation store a couple weeks ago, and I regret to inform you... this thing is actually awesome. My wrist is much more comfy this way, and I no longer accidentally randomly click on stuff just because my fingers get tired. Recommended.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

My sister just now, calling from the dentist's office where she just got some bad news: "I'm looking for sympathy! I already _know_ where to find it* - that's why I called YOU!" *in the dictionary, etc.

Hell, I don't even know the way there

This past year or so, I've become more and more angry at Peter Jackson for leaving the Scouring of the Shire out of his adaptation of LotR.

Christmas Card From a Hooker In Minneapolis - Tom Waits youtu.be/a1v7HakNz4E?...

This was like Operation Neptune: a long-ass day.

This popped back into my mind yesterday and you know what? It STILL cracks me up.

New karaoke video - Leonard Cohen's "Anthem". It's been stuck in my head lately for no particular reason... 🎶I can't run no more With that lawless crowd While the killers in high places Say their prayers out loud But they've summoned They've summoned up a thundercloud They're gonna hear from me🎶

Nacht und nebel. They just can't resist playing the old classics, can they?

Yes, that Egyptologist _does_ have preternatural flatulence. I'm afraid it's the curse of... Toot Uncommon.

So - how's YOUR day going, on a scale of 1 to "I just barely saved my glasses from falling into a public toilet"?

ICE kidnapped 5 people from my community this morning. I don’t live in Minneapolis. I live in LA County. They’re still here and their still brutalizing.

found an alternative to TikTok called Reading A GD Comic Book

Trump's relentless bullying of Ukraine presented as a "peace process" is making us sound like broken records. Like, how many times do we have to say that asking Ukraine to withdraw from its most fortified region in exchange for another useless Budapest memorandum offer is a dumb proposition?

And Pahlish, also MN based, have Melt Ice for sale and the proceeds go to the family of Renee Good.

If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund

You may not agree with everything you read in our paper. But we trust you to read it and decide for yourselves. That’s why we print statements from powerful people we like without printing the facts showing those people are lying to you. You can do that part. We trust you.

There's a real pleasure in refusing to do things you really don't want to do - I call it a nopamine hit.

physicists are obsessed with big naturals otherwise why look so hard for the higgs bosom?

’Tis thought, my lord, that you took bribes

Would you believe... it's a phone case? Of course I'm buying it; if nothing else, it will make me laugh every time I pick it up.

I was running cable at a client's office yesterday; one of the front-desk staff said "That looks more like a two-man job." I replied "Well, you're looking at the two men. Of course, I _am_ trying to lose some weight..."

I was trying muster the motivation to call my congressman, but before I could, I got a call inviting me to his telephone Town Hall. In progress now.

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

Bonus: people who voted for Trump won't even get the joke.

Call me elitist, but if you don't get a reference and your reaction is to get annoyed rather than to take a moment and look it up, you may not be my audience. Everyone starts out ignorant; staying that way is a choice.

"So - apart from the chapped hands - how was the play, Mrs. Macbeth?"

Yes, I felt that. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

donuts make my brown eyes blue

Got some prime drip

Every day I remind myself: I am enough. It's working: everyone else says they've had enough of me, too. #AphorismsForTheStupidTimeline

At long last, vindication

Been drinking wine from Dāo (highly recommended) and suddenly recognized the song that's been stuck in my head... youtu.be/IBrm0Zb31P0?...

They say that when all you have is a hammer, all your problems start to look like nails - but they never mention that when you just need to pound in a nail, almost anything can be turned into a hammer.

I'm sure I'm the last to notice, but this morning I realized that the word "maintenance" literally means "hand holding" and it's sorta blown my mind.

Is it just me, or does "demonym" seem like it ought to mean a warlock's work name?

🎶For might makes right And 'till they've seen the light They've got to be protected - All their rights respected - Until someone we like can get elected.🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhZ...

finally, we're living through precedented times

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

The night is dark, and full of bite-chus.

All of our cats were born on the street, and each of them has the habit of "following in front of me" and acting like they're scared I'm chasing them. It's usually cute, but just occasionally it irritates the hell out of me.

Fortune favors the bold. Luck favors the italics. Prosperity favors Helvetica.

"Sue year, sue me" - shysters, probably

"Gnu year, gnu me" - Richard Stallman (or a wildebeest), probably

Reunited with one of my favorite kitties.

Confession: although I generally like their design aesthetic, and (so far) the quality of every one of their products I've used has been top-notch... I am too much of a child not to crack up every time I see their name. www.smeg.com