How are you guys spending the weekend? I’m doing some antiquing down in Strasburg, VA. There’s cute little shops and a country bar. Should be fun; I’m excited.
Florida Man
Ron DeSantis bans African American studies class from Florida high schools
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/19/ron-desantis-bans-african-american-studies-florida-schools
He kicked back in Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6. Now he has ‘regrets.’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/19/pelosi-office-desk-richard-barnett-testimony/
Stonks!
Feds seize almost $700 million of FTX assets in Sam Bankman-Fried criminal case
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/20/feds-seize-almost-700-million-of-sam-bankman-frieds-assets-in-cash-and-equity.html
Sprots!
Andy Murray left fuming as he’s not allowed to use toilet during five-set marathon at Australian Open
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/tennis/andy-murray-toilet-break-australian-open-spt-intl/index.html
Impressive Toad
All hail, ‘Toadzilla’: Giant toad in Australia could be world’s largest
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/20/toadzilla-cane-toad-australia/
Have a great weekend!
I hug goats. It doesn’t pay much, but the benefits are great.
Excellent.
We need more farm animal photos!
Coming soon. It’s been pretty rainy and grim around here, but we’re getting close to shearing season and then lambing season, so there will be plenty pics.
I was getting a tattoo once and I asked the guy if he had ever fucked on upreally bad or misspelled a word, etc. He says no, but one time this woman storms into the shop and accuses him of misspelling her kid’s name on her husband’s tattoo. He had saved the design, and the paper where the husband wrote down the name, so he pulls it out and sure as shit, the husband misspelled his own kid’s name.
The kid’s name was Bort?
Get your popcorn ready…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/secret-brett-kavanaugh-documentary-on-sexual-assault-allegation-premiering-at-sundance-director-claims-fbi-fell-woefully-short/ar-AA16zgz6?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7133e7a8602e46c280820455df1710ea
I can understand Andy’s anger and frustration. On my recent West Coast trip, I was in Vancouver. My friend and I went to a bar to hang out and talk with another former classmate (and good friend of mine.) After we left the bar, I regretted not going to the bathroom before leaving.
As it was a bit of a haul to get back to my friend’s house and I didn’t want to wet my friend’s car interior, we ended up at the bus terminal. Unfortunately, the homeless problem has become extremely bad in Vancouver. Worse than I’ve ever seen it (I’ve visited Van quite often before 2011.) Partially to real estate pressures, but also the failure of good intentioned policy with poor execution/delusions. Thanks to business reaction of the homeless problems (apparently fears/victims of vandalism and drug use), I got turned away from various places (I asked) to use the bathroom when I wanted to go real bad.
In desperation I ended up literally peeing in the corner… of the foyer of the bus station’s police office.
When a person’s gotta go, they gotta go.
Dude. You get a pass from me. Presented without context:
1. An abandoned gas station in downtown Orlando.
2. A landscaped median in a suburb in Atlanta.
3. A national park in Sanibel that locked the doors after sunset.
4. A potted plant at friend’s house (still a friend, surprisingly).