Rejected video for Fetterman vs. Oz post
Aug. 5th, 2022 11:56 amI found funnier videos with the same content for Colbert and MSNBC on Fetterman vs. Oz in Pennsylvania.
Here's the video.Drum corps Twitter: Does thinking of the #Connecticut #Hurricanes playing “Mariah” when I saw the path for #hurricanehenri make me a bad person? https://t.co/1TVwEnZsuJ via @YouTube
— Pinku Sensei (@pinkusensei) August 21, 2021
People on Twitter were wondering what band and song to play for Inauguration Day. The obvious choice was "Peaches" by Presidents of the United States, to which I replied, "also this:"
The tweet has 6,256 impressions and 154 engagements. One never knows what will get people's attention.
The tweet has 6,256 impressions and 154 engagements. One never knows what will get people's attention.
A new top tweet for the month
Nov. 23rd, 2020 11:45 amOn Twitter last night, I responded to a tweet quoting King George III singing "They will tear each other to pieces, Jesus Christ this will be fun, Da da da dat da dat da da da dai ya da..." with "Needs the music for full effect."
After only 10 hours, it already has more than 5,000 impressions and 100 interactions. The tweet I featured yesterday has a little over 3,000 impressions and 99 interactions. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Top tweet of the month so far
Nov. 22nd, 2020 05:07 pmHoarse Whisperer on Twitter shared a link of one of Trump's lawyer's husband singing a song making fun of evolution while dressed as an ape. My response was "If I want to watch musicians making fools of themselves singing while dressed as simians, I'll watch these guys."
It's now my most seen tweet this month less than a day later.
It's now my most seen tweet this month less than a day later.
Brave Sir Robin
Oct. 26th, 2018 04:29 pmMy comment on The Duopoly Swamp, Version 2,746. (Or Thereabouts) at Booman Tribune.
That reminds me of a scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the scene with Brave Sir Robin, with subtitles.Yes, I'm a geek.
Saved comments for August 2018
Sep. 1st, 2018 01:32 pmIt's the start of a new month, so it's time to post the comments I left and saved at other blogs here.
My comment on Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 76.
The bar/cafe is open
I couldn't find a Blue Nile cocktail, but I was able to find a White Nile Martini.
I'll be looking for a Buddha drink next. Wish me luck. In the meanwhile, the bartender is taking requests.
I was gunning for a Buddha drink and I found several. Today's target is The Happy Buddha - Cocktail.
Here's today's target, the White Buddha Cocktail.
Here is one last Buddha cocktail video, Fat Buddha | Cocktail Offer.
( More comments about booze, music, and politics behind the cut. )
My comment on Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 76.
The bar/cafe is open
I couldn't find a Blue Nile cocktail, but I was able to find a White Nile Martini.
White Nile Martini by our expert mixologist, Ben Reed...A Blue Nile drink is something that should exist, but apparently doesn't. Maybe I should create one.
I'll be looking for a Buddha drink next. Wish me luck. In the meanwhile, the bartender is taking requests.
I was gunning for a Buddha drink and I found several. Today's target is The Happy Buddha - Cocktail.
How about a refreshing adult beverage for this hot summer? Try making The Happy Buddha.I'll have another one tomorrow.
Ingredients:
a few mint leaves
2 shots of Pear flavored vodka
a splash of lime juice
ice
sweet green tea
Here's today's target, the White Buddha Cocktail.
White BuddhaDon Durito noted the rare ingredients in the last recipe. This one seems to have even rarer ones. Sorry about that.
2 oz Hangar One Buddha's Hand Vodka
1 oz St.Germaine Elderflower Liqueur
1 oz White Cranberry Juice
.5 oz Lime Juice
Flaming Orange Zest
Edible Flower
Combine all the ingredients, strain, orange flame zest then discard, float a lime wheel with an edible flower.
Here is one last Buddha cocktail video, Fat Buddha | Cocktail Offer.
( More comments about booze, music, and politics behind the cut. )
This is the most popular tweet I've ever written. It has 425 likes, 10 retweets, and 10 replies. All because I told KFC UK and Ireland to be glad Wendy's wasn't in their market, because they are ruthless, at least on Twitter.
As for the rest of the replies, there are so many that Twitter won't show them all to me without a lot of work. I'm not that ambitious this morning, so I'll spare myself and my readers the effort.
I revealed something about myself in two of the reply threads. First, I used to work for Wendy's 1979-1980, so I know how they make their chili and will still eat it. Second, I know not to mess with redheads like Wendy because I was married to one. Key word, was.KFC UK & IrelandToo bad @Wendys doesn't have UK locations. I'd dare you to get into a Twitter fight with them.
Verified account @KFC_UKI
Jan 3
McDonald’s leader Ronald just stated he has a “burger on his desk at all times”. Will someone from his big shoed, red nosed regime inform him that I too have a burger on my desk, but mine is a box meal which is bigger and more powerful than his, and mine has gravy! #nuclearbutton
As for the rest of the replies, there are so many that Twitter won't show them all to me without a lot of work. I'm not that ambitious this morning, so I'll spare myself and my readers the effort.
Ray Stevens' "Shriner's Convention"
Nov. 5th, 2017 01:10 pmYesterday, I wrote "I have one more teasing post planned for tomorrow. Stay tuned." Here it is "Shriner's Convention" by Ray Stevens for
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ecosophia .That's enough of posts having fun with Freemasonry. I'll return tomorrow with a new project.
The Stonecutters Song
Nov. 4th, 2017 11:01 amTwo days ago, I posted A march for the Archdruid as a response to ecosophia writing about Freemasonry on his other blog. I'm not done teasing him. Greer/ecosophia mentioned the conspiracy theories around the Masons in his post. Here is the most recent famous parody/satire of those ridiculous ideas, "We Do" AKA The Stonecutters' Song from "The Simpsons."
I have one more teasing post planned for tomorrow. Stay tuned.
ecosophia writing about Freemasonry on his other blog. I'm not done teasing him. Greer/ecosophia mentioned the conspiracy theories around the Masons in his post. Here is the most recent famous parody/satire of those ridiculous ideas, "We Do" AKA The Stonecutters' Song from "The Simpsons."I have one more teasing post planned for tomorrow. Stay tuned.
A march for the Archdruid
Nov. 2nd, 2017 10:17 pmOver at his blog, John Michael Greer, who has an account on Dreamwidth asecosophia , has an entry up about Freemasonry, among other things. Yes, Greer is a Mason. I might have something to say in a comment there, but right now I just want to play some music for him. Here is Rancho Bernardo HS - Nobles of the Mystic Shrine - 2011 Arcadia Band Review from Music213 on YouTube.
From San Diego, CA Rancho Bernardo High School Royal Regiment performing their competition march entitled Nobles of the Mystic Shrine by John Philip Sousa at the 58th Annual Arcadia Band Review Festival of Bands on Saturday, November 19th 2011.
ecosophia , has an entry up about Freemasonry, among other things. Yes, Greer is a Mason. I might have something to say in a comment there, but right now I just want to play some music for him. Here is Rancho Bernardo HS - Nobles of the Mystic Shrine - 2011 Arcadia Band Review from Music213 on YouTube.From San Diego, CA Rancho Bernardo High School Royal Regiment performing their competition march entitled Nobles of the Mystic Shrine by John Philip Sousa at the 58th Annual Arcadia Band Review Festival of Bands on Saturday, November 19th 2011.
I'm not above trolling my own commenters
Aug. 13th, 2011 05:46 pmIn the comments to A dead cat bouncing on a rubber floor, I praised new commenter Narb Xorbian for his constructive criticism. He responded with "Narb likes pretty pictures. And jello." My comeback was "How about pretty pictures of Jell-O?"
More "pretty pictures of Jell-O" at This one's for Narb on Crazy Eddie's Motie News.
In James Howard Kunstler swims against the stream on marriage equality, I pointed out three areas, marriage equality, hard currency, and immigration, where Kunstlers ideas didn't square with his self-professed liberal identity. I emphasized his issues with immigration policy in Happy 4th of July from James Howard Kunstler's Tea Party!, in which I commented on the following passage from My Tea Party.
My tea party would reduce legal immigration to a tiny trickle and get serious about enforcing sanctions against people who are here without permission...The truth is that neither party really wants to do anything about the extraordinary influx of Mexican nationals because they want to pander to a growing segment of Hispanic voters (or secondarily want to maintain the pool of cheap labor for US businesses). My party does not believe in unbounded multi-culturalism. My party also views the lawlessness of the current situation to be corrosive of the rule-of-law generally. My party views the global population overshoot problem as a condition that requires a more rigorous defense of US territory, sovereign resources, and even whatever remains of American common culture.One particular paragraph of my response bore directly on this paragraph.
There is already an answer to the Tea Party based on critical thinking. It's called the Coffee Party...They quite agree with Jim about the major parties being hostages to political money, and would also agree about many of his goals. The only thing they would not agree with Jim about would be severe restrictions on legal immigration, as Annabel Park, the Coffee Party's nominal leader, is Korean-American and would not get on board with any policy she sees as immigrant bashing.Given that background, it should come as no surprise that Kunstler himself would bring up his zero tolerance stance on immigration, however indirectly, and that I would jump on him for it.
Old Allen Ginsburg got it right fifty years ago: "America, go fuck yourself with your atom bomb," he said. Even back then, in the age of purple people eaters and the weird neutered figure of Ozzie Nelson lurking in kitchen with nothing to do but drink endless cups of coffee, all was not so well. Freedom to cruise for burgers turned out to be a pretty trashy thing, considering all the blood and sacrifice that preceded those days of fun in the California sunshine. Look at California now: Nathanial West Meets Aztlan (coming soon on home video). Who put that locust in my burrito?( My response caught a lot of fish, including one that I kept and am putting on display as a trophy. )
Above originally posted at Crazy Eddie's Motie News.
Encyclopedia Dramatica is no more
Apr. 17th, 2011 05:22 pmThe news we have all been waiting for.
Geekosystem: Encyclopedia Dramatica Is No More: OhInternet Rises from the Ashes
by Robert Quigley | 9:36 am, April 15th, 2011
From 2004 to 2011, Encyclopedia Dramatica was one of the few resources out there for people who wanted to learn about the strange culture of the Internet. The open wiki was always anarchic, and frequently racist, homophobic and otherwise offensive — indeed, last year, the Australian Human Rights Commission threatened it with legal action over an article that “encourage[d] racial hatred against Aborigines.” In more recent years, Know Your Meme, which was recently purchased by Cheezburger Networks at a low seven-figure valuation, picked up the slack in educating readers about Internet arcana, as did meme-savvier blogs. But Dramatica, for better or worse, remained the one outlet that covered many topics that more mainstream outlets feared to touch, and frequently exposed the dark underbelly of Internet happenings on which other sites tried to paint a cheerier facade.
Last night, visitors to Dramatica’s home page found themselves automatically redirected to a new site called OhInternet which appeared to have more in common with the new, slicker generation of Internet culture trackers than with the unvarnished, offensive Dramatica of old. Some fans of Dramatica wondered if this was an elaborate troll or an April Fool’s joke; visiting Dramatica’s old IP address, 208.99.87.133, gave a message that was interpreted by some to mean that Dramatica was only temporarily offline. But the redirect is permanent, Encyclopedia Dramatica founder and current OhInternet primary contributor Sherrod DeGrippo told me by email, and OhInternet is here to stay.
Encyclopedia Dramatica is no more.
( DeGrippo says that the biggest difference between OhInternet and Dramatica is that the new site has moved towards 'a more toned down content style and a streamlined design: Shock for shock’s sake is old at this point and we’re looking forward to the future and how things are evolving' )
Looks like Ms. DiGrippo has grown up and decided to sell out. If so, the pressures of commerce did what the pressure of law could not.
Above crossposted to we_love_nebris and ontd_political on LiveJournal.
