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tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Oct 30 17:49:38
our team won...fuck this windshield
http://twitter.com/DrewGoretzka/status/1454545930963890181
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Oct 31 12:02:43
Two men in Afghanistan have been detained by authorities after shooting and killing some wedding guests over music being played.

http://www...ghan-wedding-gunmen-stop-music

send in Kevin Bacon
Cherub Cow
Member
Sun Oct 31 23:01:45
He definitely needs to get the old folks in that town to understand the healing power of music.

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"our team won...fuck this windshield"

I love the comments fighting straw men and struggling to make it a tribal issue to score points — pretending that people would not condemn this riot like any other XD

Chirping cats:
http://imgur.com/gallery/EpivWqQ
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Nov 01 10:35:42
Weird Al - "Just Following Orders"
[October 26th, 2021]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4a1fhDAWcE
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Nov 01 19:42:50
Really good DailyDose from today includes a canopy-parachuter getting *really* close to rocks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca106INl9Y0
He also features "Girl with the Dogs", whose cat-grooming videos have been getting into my suggestions a lot in the last few days (pretty hilarious)
Cherub Cow
Member
Tue Nov 02 04:01:58
A representative "Girl with the Dogs" video from April:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aofe2Fo9yAM
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Nov 02 11:18:30
that's quite an agreeable cat
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Nov 03 21:52:20
new google robot
http://www.itemfix.com/v?t=cicyz9
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Nov 08 00:14:35
Jurassic Park but with a Cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W85oD8FEF78
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Nov 08 05:16:18
Wow! That was amazing work.

Video of that stolen tank:
http://imgur.com/gallery/s9bneZ2
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Nov 08 05:19:35
Looks like that happened in 1995; the video was just really high quality. A U.S. Army veteran, Shawn Nelson, stole the tank and went on a rampage until he was shot and killed.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Nelson_(criminal)
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Nov 08 05:50:46
lulz. Playing possum in a food bowl:
http://imgur.com/gallery/C0m6Bkp
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Nov 08 05:52:45
Robin Hood cat steals cheese for a great feast:
http://imgur.com/gallery/tBw2VNc
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Nov 08 12:07:24
impressive opossuming... though kinda broke character when she touched the ear


looked like a Litter Robot in that house of cats & cat-related accessories, i assumed cats would be scared of going in after seeing it move (rotate), but maybe they do work (also seems like it would feel cramped)
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Nov 08 12:10:35
one of them beasts from Ghostbusters:
http://www.itemfix.com/v?t=l6lc5w
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Nov 08 21:40:31
“A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.

Elaine Marie Thomas, 67, of Auburn, Washington, was the director of metallurgy at a foundry in Tacoma that supplied steel castings used by Navy contractors Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding to make submarine hulls.

From 1985 through 2017, Thomas falsified the results of strength and toughness tests for at least 240 productions of steel — about half the steel the foundry produced for the Navy, according to her plea agreement, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. The tests were intended to show that the steel would not fail in a collision or in certain “wartime scenarios," the Justice Department said.

http://www...business/article255656871.html

her whole bloodline should be exterminated
Carly DB
Member
Wed Nov 10 08:35:48
Owl Kitty edits are all so good!
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Nov 10 16:17:51
hello Carly!

there's a detailed look at all the work going into that Jurassic Park Owlkitty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIoMT1WX4U

the other 'behind the scenes' ones don't seem as detailed... but the footage for:
"Billie Eilish + OwlKitty - Bad Cat (Behind the Scenes)"
has some good excited cat wiggling
Carly DB
Member
Wed Nov 10 21:00:57
Thanks for the link! I've watched it already though. I'm a little obsessed with them. I also have a black cat so I guess I like seeing a black cat in the limelight. :)
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Nov 10 21:28:26
I have a black cat too... though shorter hair, butt definitely less fluffy
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Nov 10 21:31:32
Masked Singer has screwed me again... group A dead to me :p

go Banana Split! (of group B)

(also that new instant Take It Off button was a bad idea... why would you want a possible favorite axed early)
nhill
Member
Wed Nov 10 21:39:46
ugh how can you watch that junk (Masked Singer)
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Nov 10 23:51:43
it's the new MTV
nhill
Member
Thu Nov 11 00:21:25
sad.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Nov 11 12:00:37
more human-tipping:
http://www.itemfix.com/v?t=6isqcw
expect the unexpected
Carly DB
Member
Fri Nov 12 00:56:47
I simultaneously want to watch that show because it's ubiquitous and don't want to watch it because it's reality tv. Exactly how I feel about "Nailed It" except that I care a little less that it is reality tv.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Nov 12 11:13:21
a sample (spikey haired weirdo singing a ballad):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWt2ucSOYFg
most costumes are a more recognizable thing :p (he was just "Thingamajig")

Nicole Sherzinger's (& others) emotional reactions are contagious... sorta

i'm not a reality TV fan, though somehow got sucked into early seasons of So You Think You Can Dance & also a couple early seasons of Survivor & American Idol
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Nov 12 21:19:57
and Penn & Teller Fool Us if that’s reality
I stand by my choices :p
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Nov 13 12:32:23
YouTube keeps recommending more OwlKitty videos now that I've viewed some... this one particularly amusing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_HNpheUjBU
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Nov 13 22:32:06
'Brazen rat comes for cat food'
http://www.itemfix.com/v?t=2uc6hb
impressive bowl grab near the end
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Nov 17 23:40:06
Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
12 photo slideshow:
http://edi...nners-scli-intl-scn/index.html
an 'ow, my balls' one taking top prize, fitting for this era
Cherub Cow
Member
Sun Nov 21 09:11:53
"And there was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting, and I believe that time can come again!"

Owl Kitty really is impressive. Probably about time to subscribe :D

Viva La Dirt League celebrated 10 years of content today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1QF-QgODRQ
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Nov 21 14:14:54
on the American Psycho Owlkitty i'd like to see ending have an "it even has a white mark" (in place of "watermark")... ending feels off without that line

but there's some heartbeatish audio during that section to add difficulty, plus maybe no one could impersonate Bale :p
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Nov 21 14:18:03
Ocean's 80:

Three suspects were arrested Saturday night after dozens ransacked a Nordstrom department store near San Francisco in what police are calling a "smash-and-grab" incident.

About 80 suspects were involved in the crime at the department store in Broadway Plaza, an outdoor mall in Walnut Creek east of San Francisco, and they fled in at least 10 different vehicles, Lt. Ryan Hibbs at the Walnut Creek Police Department told CNN.

"A number of vehicles were leaving. We managed to stop one of them," said Hibbs, adding that no injuries were reported.

Authorities are questioning those who were arrested to determine the identities of the other suspects, Hibbs said.

The manager of a nearby restaurant told CNN affiliate KPIX that the looters were wearing masks and carried what appeared to be crowbars.

"There was a mob of people," Brett Barrett said. "The police were flying in. It was like a scene out of a movie. It was insane. ... It was a scary scene for a moment."

Police have not yet estimated a dollar amount for the stolen items, Hibbs said.

The incident followed a series of similar lootings Friday night in Union Square and surrounding areas in San Francisco, including at a Louis Vuitton store, a Burberry store, a jewelry store, a Bloomingdale's, a Walgreens, cannibis dispensaries and even an eyeglass shop, Police Chief Bill Scott said at a news conference Saturday.
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http://www...fornia-walnut-creek/index.html
Cherub Cow
Member
Sun Nov 21 20:21:42
I wonder how media propaganda might portray incidents like that to dissuade future mob theft. Like, maybe they could bring up a graphic of every person on the security footage, then show the names of every person (i.e., showing that each person was identified), then have a line saying how they were charged and/or convicted. It would be an especially strong statement if 100% of those who stole were prosecuted, since that would show would-be thieves that mob anonymity won't help them.

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Sweet car wreck (turn sound off; it's filler music):
http://imgur.com/gallery/pbrRVjP
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Nov 23 16:28:21
turkey crossing guard:
http://twi...en_/status/1463213853152587785
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Nov 23 19:09:51
"End Times preacher Sharon Gilbert says that an alien imitated her husband, and then it tried to have sex with her, and then it claimed to be Xerxes, and then Jesus got involved, and then the alien turned out to be a reptile with a posse of gargoyles."

http://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/1463220147993329670

big, if true
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Nov 23 23:59:04
some mob burglary video:
http://twitter.com/hurd_hurd/status/1463345497326768128
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Nov 24 12:30:38
sadly, i will be giving up my flipphone... i tried to renew for another year & it said phone wasn't 'VoLTE compatible' & would stop working in Feb, so now getting a cheap smart phone... i guess soon i'll be walking into fountains like the rest of you people...
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Nov 24 14:14:18
Steam Autumn Sale - today to early on Dec 1
Cherub Cow
Member
Fri Nov 26 11:10:40
Yes! Big sale. I've accumulated a few things in my Wish List that have all seen some major discounts:
- Mad Max
- Witcher 3
- Dying Light
- Metro Exodus
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Death Stranding
- Visage

I've let these slip past previous sales, but it may be time to clear them.

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"sadly, i will be giving up my flipphone... i tried to renew for another year & it said phone wasn't 'VoLTE compatible' & would stop working in Feb, so now getting a cheap smart phone... i guess soon i'll be walking into fountains like the rest of you people..."

That's how it went with me :/
I kept getting service messages saying that my basic-B pre-paid flip-phone wouldn't be supported anymore, so I ended up getting an iPhone about 6 years ago. It still works, so I'm back to refusing to upgrade :p

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Cute fluffy cat:
http://imgur.com/gallery/ih4Kmls
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Nov 26 16:02:19
the black demon box has arrived... w/ cameras on both sides & microphone listening...

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on Steam, i got Wasteland 3 (Wasteland 1 was a great C64 games, couldn't not get sequels :p)... also got Clue/Cluedo to keep the brain slightly pointy

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speaking of old games, this is like the oil slick in Spy Hunter (old game):
http://www.itemfix.com/v?t=a6emu0
(a black rectangle that would make those hit drift sideways til crashing... my favorite weapon :p)


hmm... my phone is also a black rectangle so this post has come full circle
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Nov 26 21:45:00
shoppers fleeing for their lives:
http://twi...ert/status/1464339244202266624
#blackfriday
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Nov 27 12:04:14
vehicles on the pass of Caradhras (in summer time... or after global warming since the Third Age)
http://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1464515469516234757
TheGrimReaper
Member
Sun Nov 28 00:34:38
Hmmm
Cherub Cow
Member
Sun Nov 28 07:03:33
lulz, yeah, Grim :D

FYI to catch you up in case it's been too long: the Twit threads are random stuff threads. It's like General Talk within General Talk. It's GeneralTalk-ception.

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"vehicles on the pass of Caradhras"
D:
That broken-looking section reminds me that a road washed out here during a flash flood years ago. It made a nice drop... kind of reminds you of how one weather event can really mess with your sense of permanence ;)

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Family convinces grandmother that they're taking her to NYC to see the Rockettes, but they take her to get euthanized:
http://imgur.com/gallery/geXAgzV
Cherub Cow
Member
Sun Nov 28 09:58:44
This semi-realistic lightsaber fight scene has been making the rounds:

"To The DEATH"
[Corridor; October 24th, 2021]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAzY28C8Syc

You have to ignore the bad acting from fish-out-of-water janitor girl and her acting partner, and also ignore the sort of stupid story they try to build in the short time frame... but it comes from the Corridor Crew's attempt to give a more realistic portrayal of how lightsaber mechanics would work (omitting force powers for the moment).

This is the behind-the-scenes and explanation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp-D-488Yxk
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Nov 28 12:45:12
the grandma scene feels like it should end w/ her standing in line with the Rockettes struggling to perform w/ them


Lets Game It Out spent a really long time in Hydroneer again (& developer seems to be noticing his actions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if_2PTZKsEo

(& he was a bad prison guard in the prior video)
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Nov 29 01:24:47
lulz. The "wanted" sign was a nice touch :D
I suspect that pretty much no one would play that game if he hadn't made fun of it :D
It also seems like he's heading into a psychotic break. This one was even less structured that other ones ;D

I just offered to buy an Internet-only Steam friend a copy of Tarkov, so I'm pretty sure they're trying to figure out how I'm trying to hack them, lol ;D
(i.e., "[Why would someone just *give* me something??]")

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Mountain climber life hack:
http://imgur.com/gallery/BddkQwG
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Nov 29 02:06:19
maybe they’re prisoners being put in sky cells


why does drinking water after having cranberry sauce taste so bad...
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Nov 29 05:53:59
Something about cranberry over-saturating the taste receptors and water resetting those receptors (removing the cranberry) while the water/cranberry solution simultaneously re-activates the receptors in a terrible ballet of unbinding and rebinding of cranberry? ;D

I think it would taste better if sugar bound to receptors better, but sugar tends to wash off the receptors more easily than cranberry, so you end up tasting *just* the cranberry, which is gross by itself. (This is just a guess; was too lazy to Google for confirmation.)

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2 more days until a new season of Sunny in Philly!!
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTGQiJ6sAxU
They show both the Philly set and some sets that were supposed to be Ireland. They did actually go on-location to Ireland for exterior shots, but I'm guessing that they filmed most of it in their normal L.A. studio.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Nov 29 12:26:46
i'll accept the 'washing away all but cranberry' theory... they are awful... i assume they must be just very cheap to produce & that's why so many cran-* juices in the juice aisle (a garbage filler to lower costs)

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An Alabama inmate whose lethal injection was halted because medical staff couldn’t find a suitable vein for the execution has died of cancer almost four years later.

Diagnosed in 2014 with B-cell lymphoma, Hamm argued before the scheduled execution that the blood cancer had progressed while the state argued that he was in remission.
("But, I'm dying already! No, you're not!")

“Doyle will be remembered for his generous and forgiving spirit and his ability to always stay positive even in the face of the most dire adversities. He will be missed by his friends and family,” Harcourt (his lawyer) wrote in a tribute.

(& possibly remembered by others for shooting a motel clerk in the head during a robbery)
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Nov 29 22:04:23
Q: bank sites that send a verification security code to phone # aren't coming in on this new devil phone (an Android)... any idea why? some other texts have worked
#luddite
Cherub Cow
Member
Tue Nov 30 04:27:56
That's a new one to me! Usually even spam texts will at least get through. I'm super unfamiliar with Android, but for iPhone I'll add business numbers to my contacts so that it won't block known numbers.
Cherub Cow
Member
Tue Nov 30 04:48:01
Box of kittens:
http://imgur.com/gallery/Q2WXXBe
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Dec 02 13:51:31
i'll just hope it (phone issue) fixes itself :p

most problems i run into are like that "When you find someone who had the same problem as you" Joel Haver video in the LOL thread

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this will kill us all:

http://twitter.com/terrill/status/1466383240223207429
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Dec 02 14:26:05
A man dressed like a ninja was shot by French police after he attempted to attack two officers with a sword in the western city of Cherbourg on Thursday, authorities say

"He was neutralized with bullets," the Cherbourg press office told CNN, however they could not say what condition the man was in.

http://www...ce-police-shot-intl/index.html
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Dec 02 17:27:29
hedgehog:
http://twi...en_/status/1466537526508888067
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Dec 03 19:01:45
A 50-year-old man tried to pass off a silicone arm as his own at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in northern Italy, in an attempt to get a vaccine certificate without actually getting inoculated.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Dec 03 23:55:12
for Succession viewers:
the full news pages from Kendall's birthday party
http://twitter.com/succession/status/1466547490711244801
Cherub Cow
Member
Sat Dec 04 11:53:48
I was confused why this "Tom" person looked so much like Matthew MacFadyen and why that arrest photo looked like a glamour shot — didn't realize it was a show until I Googled "Tom Wambsgans" :D
I think I saw a preview for that but forgot about it. Is it good? It must be if it has Matthew MacFadyen :D

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"A 50-year-old man tried to pass off a silicone arm as his own at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in northern Italy, in an attempt to get a vaccine certificate without actually getting inoculated."

That's clever. ;D
Not too many ways to avoid it once in the room, though, short of outright bribery, which would be risky (they have your info and could easily report you). Once injected, the best way would be to immediately drain blood from the injection site, that way it would only be a partial dose. Beyond that, applying high heat to the area (super hot bath prioritizing submerging the arm) would cause some of the mRNA to fail.

People will definitely start networking to find out which health care workers or shot administrators disagree with the mandates and will sign cards and put shots down the drain. Governments that mandate shots while threatening people's livelihoods are going to have to contend with these consequences. It's only a matter of time before the propaganda starts blaming hidden cabals of not-really-vaccinated people for the numbers ;)

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Sweet wreck from December 1st:
http://imgur.com/gallery/lnlfqGL
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Dec 04 12:15:38
Matthew MacFadyen/Tom Wambsgans is a great character on the show (particularly his interactions w/ Greg... which won't mean anything before you watch it but just saying...)

& it's got a good theme song

it's about a very rich unhappy dysfunctional family scheming with or against each other (or see other descriptions :p)... it's on HBO


also, Matrix 4 supposedly will be on HBO at end of the month (i think it said 'for 1 month' only)

& i recommend "Barry" [HBO] more than both of those... 2 seasons out... season 3 interrupted by pandemic but seems to be in production
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Dec 04 18:47:48
A 30-year-old man jumped out of an airplane as it was taxiing at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport Saturday.

"Initial reports indicate that while the flight was taxing to the gate, a Customer onboard exited the aircraft via a rear galley door," Southwest Airlines spokesperson Dan Landson said. "The flight's Captain stopped the aircraft and notified Air Traffic Control (ATC)."

It is unclear how the aircraft door was opened.

The man landed on the tarmac and made his way to the fire station, entered the building and locked himself inside a dormitory room, Keller said.

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http://www...ps-airplane-arizona/index.html

maybe he heard a T-rex approaching
Cherub Cow
Member
Tue Dec 07 00:17:52
"It is unclear how the aircraft door was opened."

Hmm... my understanding has been that those doors can still be opened with the emergency levers when the plane hasn't pressured the cabin yet. That might be one of those situations where they can't do much about that possibility (the possibility of people opening before pressurization), since adding additional security would mean compromising safety. At best, they could make it a protocol to have a flight attendant posted at the door during taxiing. I'm sure the flight crew will be super psyched to have their labor spread even thinner... If a dress code were brought to airline travel, people might behave better ;D

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"& i recommend "Barry" [HBO] more than both of those..."

Yes! Barry has been fun. I think we talked about it in some of these threads. It's been funny seeing the real-life actors pretend to be bad actors who want to be good actors. It's like a Pirandello play. I was almost worried that Sarah Goldberg ("Sally" character) was *actually* a bad actress, but she was in "The Night House" movie and seemed to handle the role realistically. (That's a good movie, btw).

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A good Daily Dose from today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3y1UGV2Mls
It recaps a couple things that were already posted here, but highlights were refrigerating turtles and a very professional "meow" XD
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Dec 07 00:22:40
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales typed the words "Hello, World!" after launching Wikipedia on January 15, 2001, and the moment has been immortalized in an NFT that is being sold by Christie's, the auction house said in a statement.

Christie's estimates that the NFT will sell for $100,000-150,000

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...the world's gone nuts
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Dec 07 00:29:39
notBob: "Hey Bob, I just bought the moment a guy typed two standard test words!"

Bob: "Um, cool I guess, can I see it?"

notBob: "No"
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Dec 07 00:33:01
i'll wait for the NFT of them registering the domain name
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Dec 08 14:03:13
Saudi authorities have conducted their biggest-ever crackdown on camel beauty contestants that received Botox injections and other artificial touch-ups, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Wednesday, with over 40 camels disqualified from the annual pageant.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Dec 08 19:50:57
“Passenger in 13A is breastfeeding a cat and will not put cat back in its carrier when flight attendant requested.”

~Delta flight crew requesting assistance upon landing
Cherub Cow
Member
Thu Dec 09 07:19:08
"Christie's estimates that the NFT will sell for $100,000-150,000"

Paying that much for an NFT of two words is a sure sign that someone has more money than imagination. :/

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Instagram for rising celebrity-cat "Friendly Noodle":
http://www.instagram.com/friendly.noodles/?hl=en

I can't remember if I've posted this before, but Noodle's hooman also has a work-in-progress painting called "Cat Chorus" (or "The Chorus")
http://imgur.com/gallery/17YdwcJ
The artist was adding 3 cats almost every work day for a while, but she seems to have taken a little break to work on other things. This is the type of thing I'd have framed :D
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Dec 09 12:44:58
she could probably sell a lot to vet offices, far more interesting than the cat posters my vet has :p
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Dec 10 18:21:36
brave bear & cautious bear
http://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1469255630355673096
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Dec 11 12:21:23
wind damage
http://twitter.com/bclemms/status/1469662822795816968
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Dec 11 12:58:11
a new Lets Game It Out (a revisit of Planet Coaster)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhcM5GGaLYw
some standard fare, but seeing people flying always enjoyable
Cherub Cow
Member
Sun Dec 12 01:06:56
"Eat up, coaster beasts!"
lol.. That's great :D
He put a lot of work into this one! Definitely lots of fun moments with people-splosions.

"brave bear & cautious bear"
A Festivus MIRACLE!!! \:D/

"wind damage"
Wow... kind of cool that we see things like that in such crisp detail now ;p

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ObiWanFoShobi on YouTube also does funny game videos. In this one he plays "Icarus" and keeps killing baby animals ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RFwAm9Nuuc
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Dec 12 11:58:16
how are you supposed to feel good about killing the baby -or- the mother :p

also pretty sure he DID mean to burn down that house...
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Dec 12 17:56:56
http://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1470141286502080519
^i imagine they hoped for more fighting... this just seems kinda sad
Cherub Cow
Member
Mon Dec 13 10:46:41
K–12 teachers aren't human, so we need to make it worse for them ;)

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"also pretty sure he DID mean to burn down that house..."

Absolutely he did XD

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Cat finds a basket with good bite feel:
http://imgur.com/gallery/F1RcG8q
Cherub Cow
Member
Tue Dec 14 10:44:31
GLITTER BOMB 4.0!!!!
*Ron Paul "It's happening" meme here*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c584TGG7jQ

It includes more SF smash-and-grab thieves, though nothing too satisfying there. SF might need another Dirty Harry movie to set it straight ;)

Since they blurred some people but not others.. I'm kind of wondering if the non-blurred people signed releases or something... which raises more questions.. like... did they sign releases under threat of legal action, or do they not see a problem with being outed as criminals? lulz
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Dec 15 00:54:21
i like the upgrades & the planter box hiding it at night but doesn't seem to be causing enough terror yet

i'd like to see more of the "irresponsibly dangerous speeds" stuff :p

or how about flinging out cockroaches
Cherub Cow
Member
Wed Dec 15 08:14:02
If he wasn't trying to be so good-natured, he'd definitely be on the terror track :D

..I do wonder if smash-and-grabs would decrease if thieves kept detonating claymores ;D

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That thing with teachers grabbing money for school supplies might work better if it were more like this human claw machine:
http://imgur.com/gallery/T8qQjta
Cherub Cow
Member
Wed Dec 15 08:18:35
Comments suggest that this mustang was probably vandalized with spray-foam by the owner since he knew that his car was being repo-ed:
http://imgur.com/gallery/hB1gmza
..that makes sense, since someone was able to get inside the vehicle and went through the trouble of opening the hood. If it was an angry 3rd party, they probably wouldn't have been that detailed.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Dec 15 23:50:31
perhaps an ex-spouse who lost it in a divorce


A+ for that claw machine girl using her mouth :p seems like maximum success
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Dec 16 00:54:35
"
Obituary
Renay Mandel Corren

El Paso, TX—A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday.

Of itself hardly news, or good news if you're the type that subscribes to the notion that anybody not named you dying in El Paso, Texas is good news. In which case have I got news for you: the bawdy, fertile, redheaded matriarch of a sprawling Jewish-Mexican-Redneck American family has kicked it. This was not good news to Renay Mandel Corren's many surviving children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, many of whom she even knew and, in her own way, loved. There will be much mourning in the many glamorous locales she went bankrupt in: McKeesport, PA, Renay's birthplace and where she first fell in love with ham, and atheism; Fayetteville and Kill Devil Hills, NC, where Renay's dreams, credit rating and marriage are all buried; and of course Miami, FL, where Renay's parents, uncles, aunts, and eternal hopes of all Miami Dolphins fans everywhere, are all buried pretty deep. Renay was preceded in death by Don Shula.

Because she was my mother, the death of zaftig good-time gal Renay Corren at the impossible old age of 84 is newsworthy to me, and I treat it with the same respect and reverence she had for, well, nothing. A more disrespectful, trash-reading, talking and watching woman in NC, FL or TX was not to be found. Hers was an itinerant, much-lived life, a Yankee Florida liberal Jewish Tough Gal who bowled 'em in Japan, rolled 'em in North Carolina and was a singularly unique parent. Often frustrated by the stifling, conservative culture of the South, Renay turned her voracious mind to the home front, becoming a model stay at home parent, a supermom, really, just the perfect PTA lady, volunteer, amateur baker and-AHHAHAA HA! HA! HA! Just kidding, y'all! Renay - Rosie to her friends, and this was a broad who never met a stranger - worked double shifts with Doreen, ate a ton of carbs with Bernie, and could occasionally be stirred to stew some stuffed cabbage for the kids. She played cards like a shark, bowled and played cribbage like a pro, and laughed with the boys until the wee hours, long after the last pin dropped. At one point in the 1980's, Renay was the 11th or 12th-ranked woman in cribbage in America, and while that could be a lie, it sounds great in print. She also told us she came up with the name for Sunoco, and I choose to believe this, too. Yes, Renay lied a lot. But on the plus side, Renay didn't cook, she didn't clean, and she was lousy with money, too. Here's what Renay was great at: dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, dirty jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and buying dirty magazines. She said she read them for the articles, but filthy free speech was really Renay's thing. Hers was a bawdy, rowdy life lived large, broke and loud. We thought Renay could not be killed. God knows, people tried. A lot. Renay has been toying with death for a decades, but always beating it and running off in her silver Chevy Nova. Covid couldn't kill Renay. Neither could pneumonia twice, infections, blood clots, bad feet, breast cancer twice, two mastectomies, two recessions, multiple bankruptcies, marriage to a philandering Sergeant Major, divorce in the 70's, six kids, one cesarean, a few abortions from the Quietly Famous Abortionist of Spring Lake, NC or an affair with Larry King in the 60's. Renay was preceded in death by her ex-boyfriend, Larry King. Renay was also sadly preceded in death by her beloved daughter, Cathy Sue Corren Lester Trammel Webster, of Kill Devil Hills, NC, who herself was preceded in death by two marriages, a fudge shop and one eyeball lost in a near-fatal Pepsi bottle incident that will absolutely be explored in future obituaries. Losing her 1-eyed badass b**** of a daughter in 2007 devastated Renay, but it also made her quite homeless, since Cathy pretty much picked up the tab. A talented and gregarious grifter, Renay M. Corren eked out her final years of luxury (she literally retired at 62) under the care, compassion, checking accounts and, evidently, unlimited patience of her favorite son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Lourdes Corren, of world-famous cow sanctuary El Paso, TX. Renay is also survived by her son Jeffrey Corren and his endlessly tolerant wife Shirley, of Powell's Point, NC; Scott Corren, and what's left of his colon, of Hampton, VA; Marc and Laura Corren, the loveliest dirt farmers of Vernon, TX (seriously, where is that); and her favorite son, the gay one who writes catty obituaries in his spare time, Andy Corren, of - obviously - New York City. Plus two beloved granddogs, Mia and Hudson. Renay was particularly close to and grateful for the lavish attentions of her grandaughter Perla and her great-grandchildren Elijah and Leroy, as well as her constant cruise companions Sam Trammell of Greenville, NC, and Adam Corren of El Paso, TX. Renay took tremendous pride in making 1 gay son and 2 gay grandchildren, Sam Trammell and Adam Corren.

There will be a very disrespectful and totally non-denominational memorial on May 10, 2022, most likely at a bowling alley in Fayetteville, NC. The family requests absolutely zero privacy or propriety, none what so ever, and in fact encourages you to spend some government money today on a 1-armed bandit, at the blackjack table or on a cheap cruise to find our inheritance. She spent it all, folks. She left me nothing but these lousy memories. Which I, and my family of 5 brothers and my sister-in-laws, nephews, friends, nieces, neighbors, ex-boyfriends, Larry King's children, who I guess I might be one of, the total strangers who all, to a person, loved and will cherish her. Forever. Please think of the brightly-frocked, frivolous, funny and smart Jewish redhead who is about to grift you, tell you a filthy joke, and for Larry King's sake: LAUGH. Bye, Mommy. We loved you to bits.

RIP RENAY MANDEL CORREN 10 MAY 1937 - 11 DEC 2021
"
http://www.fayobserver.com/obituaries/m0028451
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Dec 16 00:57:05
zaf·tig
/ˈzäftiɡ/
adjective informal•North American

having a full, rounded figure; plump (typically used of a woman)
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Dec 16 23:57:57
8 30-min MacGruber episodes have been released on Peacock
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Dec 19 13:13:05
"An Idaho sheriff is facing charges for allegedly threatening a church girls' group at gunpoint during a Thanksgiving ding-dong-ditch activity gone wrong"

sheriff's version:
he had received threats from one guy & harassment from another, then that night:
"When his Ring doorbell camera activated a second time, around 8 p.m., he heard yelling and went outside in his socks, long johns and a t-shirt with a gun in hand but no flashlight.

The sheriff said he saw a vehicle coming back down from the end of the road and stopped it, before opening the driver’s side door and grabbing the driver by the hair and pulling her from the vehicle.

Rowland said he asked the driver "who the f*** are you and what the f*** are you doing" a couple times before finally telling the woman to "get the f*** out of here."
"


church group's perspective:
"
Interviewed separately by investigators, the driver, a woman and youth group leader who had long been Rowland’s neighbor, said the sheriff did not recognize her that night.

She said seven minor girls, between the ages of 12 and 16, were in the car with her delivering "thankful turkeys," made by tracing their hands and writing messages why they were thankful for certain people. The sheriff’s wife was one of the intended recipients.

The girls were to deliver them by "taping a turkey on the door, ringing the doorbell, and running away before the recipient knew who had delivered the turkey," according to the affidavit. Nearly caught by Rowland, the girls returned to the car "giggling" and "laughing," but as the chaperone drove past Rowland’s residence, he had firearm in his hand and waved her down.

She noted that when the car door opened, the inside of the car illuminated, showing that seven minor girls were inside. Rowland lifted his gun and pointed it at the driver, as well as at the front passenger seat where two of the girls were seated and then back at the driver.

"Get the f*** out of the car," the sheriff instructed, according to the woman. As she motioned to put the car in park, he yanked her by the hair. She attempted to explain they were trying to deliver something for his wife and that she was his neighbor. But Roland allegedly lifted the gun and pointed it at head, about two inches from her forehead.

"That’s when I really got scared because the gun was still at my head and he didn’t know who I was," the woman told investigators, according to the affidavit.
"

http://www...youth-group-indian-reservation
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Dec 20 22:38:35
just finished Spiritfarer... the most heart-wrenching game i've ever played :p
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Dec 21 23:22:19
'Matrix 4: The Search For More Money' should be available on HBO Max today (Dec 22)

or in theaters if you're old school
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Thu Dec 23 21:46:09
my Matrix 4 review
[SPOILER]
that Indian woman was really pretty
Cherub Cow
Member
Sat Dec 25 05:50:54
I'm hearing good preliminary reviews that make me optimistic about the direction the Wachowskis took. I'll likely be watching it at a friend's for Christmas. Speaking of which..

Merry Christmas!!
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Dec 25 13:27:23
Merry Christmas!
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Dec 26 14:11:03
the future of abortion:
http://twitter.com/profgalloway/status/1475192656129150981
Cherub Cow
Member
Sun Dec 26 15:57:11
That is how Ivan become strong in Russia. When older, he will jump from apartment building into snow bank. :)

kitty cat:
http://imgur.com/gallery/Q9VwmEU

..
Oh, I watched the new Matrix.
Pretty good! It didn't have a strong purpose to it, but it had a lot of great lines that made me wonder if the Wachowskis were actually going *anti*-woke, which was cool. I'll probably watch it again before any significant review, though..
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sun Dec 26 17:56:43
i think the message was just because the matrix was a movie doesn't mean it's not real, so you should jump off a building or guzzle any red pills you can find
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Mon Dec 27 12:14:30
Yearly Dose of Internet (2021):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7tikkWLBE8
(possibly all repeats from his earlier posts, but apparently i missed a lot)
Cherub Cow
Member
Tue Dec 28 06:02:58
"i think the message was just because the matrix was a movie doesn't mean it's not real, so you should jump off a building or guzzle any red pills you can find"

Lulz. I *was* joking with friends about how this Matrix might convince people to jump off buildings :D

..
Fresh "Let's Game It Out"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfB3ll3oQs8
It's pretty neat. He uses VR for this one, so two hands at a time.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Dec 29 00:06:20
the VR must not be very immersive if not feeling compelled to throw eggs around for several minutes
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Dec 29 00:10:18
In a now-viral tweet on Sunday, Kristin Livdahl said that when her 10-year-old daughter asked the Alexa voice assistant on their Amazon Echo for a “challenge,” it suggested the child do something lethal.

“Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs,” it said.

An Amazon spokesperson told HuffPost via email that as soon as the company became aware of this error, it quickly fixed it.
Cherub Cow
Member
Thu Dec 30 05:28:49
I hope they fixed it by making it more lethal ;D

..
This video made the rounds again via "The Dodo" a few days ago (Youtube: watch?v=r4xp1nq_suc ), but this appears to be the source video — purchased by Viral Hog, which claims that it occurred July 5th, 2020:
(Man frees osprey from fishing line; osprey seems to understand that it's being helped and/or it's in shock)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvKH9A2dLf4
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