
Thank you for the update dear Ellorum
Will you come to the arc Artumnal ?
it would be great if you can stay at my place
https://xkcd.com/1649/magicmarty wrote:Well, just thinking of all the oil and other hazardous liquids that are piped and otherwise moved about the country
Cereal dust is awesomeRatty wrote:I think I'll make a short Kahlua and cream. I just ate about a cup of cereal. You know that loose stuff at the bottom of the bag? Well, next box of frosted mini wheat that I open I'll just stomp it to dust, add a quarter cup of powdered sugar and eat it with a spoon. Dry. It was yummy.
Mmmmlucky420 wrote: Cereal dust is awesome
Elliot wrote:*comes down the ladder from the rooftop hot tub*
Good morning! I do believe I fell asleep up there!![]()
I'm not the least bit worried. Because.... Worrying doesn't do any good!
Sure, the next four years are going to be interesting. And yes, I know about the "ancient Chinese curse". But our political system definitely needs an overhaul, and you know the saying about having to break the egg to make an omelet.
So I'm thinking... four years of Trump ought to break enough eggs for the population to finally rally. There HAVE to be millions of us who did not vote, or voted for a "3rd" candidate. Four years from now, I expect we will have most of them mobilized to turn the country around.
Meanwhile.... We now have proof of... well, either one of two things, or both:
A. An immense number of Americans are SO desperately disgusted with the dysfunctional system that they voted to break as many eggs as they possibly could -- even without a kitchen to make omelets of them.
B. An immense number of Americans are... stuck in a self-reinforcing loop of illiteracy, hooliganism, mind-narrowing, lemming-following, incomprehension, alienation, mob-culture, religious doctrine, misinformation, lowest-common-denominator, false-hero-worshiping... downward spiral of despair, of which they are not even themselves aware.
That's as far as I've been able to think this morning.![]()
*pours himself a glass of orange juice, savors it; walks out into the sunshine, whistling "Don't Stop"*
Hey there Helitac!!helitack wrote:Glenlivet on me for all. Celebrating our new President
yeah, they are really shining examples.Dr. Pyro wrote:After seeing those low-life idiots rioting in Oakland yesterday, I am more convinced than ever the Occupy Movement suffers from Dunning-Kruger Effect. What moron would run out on the freeway, get hit by a car, then when the motorist goes to help, smash her car windshields? What am I missing here?
ThisElliot wrote:Rioting and looting in Oakland again?
Decade or two ago, in my trucking job, I sometimes picked up Gatorade at their bottling plant in Oakland, off East 14th Street. That's such a rough neighborhood... the City has since changed the name of the street in hope of shedding the stigma.
Well, since I visited there from time to time, I noticed when that street was in the news.
An Oakland ball team (football, I think, but don't quote me) lost a match, in response to which... fans of that team rioted and looted in their own neighborhood.
So I'm thinking... this must be an indication of how frustrating life is in some communities. That is... for patently irrational behavior to lurk so close to the surface.
I live in an old trailer-house on a dirt street. But I must be very very fortunate.
I'd say the "patently irrational behavior" is much more than frustrations from living in Oakland......though I could easily see that as frustrating......Elliot wrote:Rioting and looting in Oakland again?
Decade or two ago, in my trucking job, I sometimes picked up Gatorade at their bottling plant in Oakland, off East 14th Street. That's such a rough neighborhood... the City has since changed the name of the street in hope of shedding the stigma.
Well, since I visited there from time to time, I noticed when that street was in the news.
An Oakland ball team (football, I think, but don't quote me) lost a match, in response to which... fans of that team rioted and looted in their own neighborhood.
So I'm thinking... this must be an indication of how frustrating life is in some communities. That is... for patently irrational behavior to lurk so close to the surface.
I live in an old trailer-house on a dirt street. But I must be very very fortunate.
or lack of self reliance, love of hyperbole and drama, self entitlement, anarchy, parties, narcissism, ..........Elliot wrote:Oh, I agree. I just didn't feel up to writing a whole thesis on inner city poverty, racial discrimination, and so on and so forth.
You my dear, are a peach!Aurelia wrote:Dear Lucky,
Everything you say is perfect
Come visit