Happy National Doughnut Day! We have one spot to get donuts here, located in the next small town down the road. They are pretty good but we usually reserve them for special occasions because of the trip. I miss Sugar Rush from back home. Fucking delicious. In Southern Cali the Yum Yum donut shops were solid. Great apple fritters. Where is your favorite doughnut spot? (If you say Dunkin, you're banned) It's also National Hug your Cat Day. Show us your pussy (cats)! I am about to go round 2 on coffee. Fasting bloodwork is a bitch and has made me realize what weak wuss I am. Good thing I "cut down" on coffee awhile back or this headache would be disabling. Happy Friday, idiots!
The guy who bought the imaginary sculpture should report it stolen just to be completely brazen about it.
Always donuts with you. Cicada fuck fest around here. Finally in the middle of it. Apparently two types of fungus can turn them into drugged out zombies. One contains a meth derivative and one is psilocybin (magic mushrooms). Lucky little fuckers.
Anything that big with an exoskeleton needs to be treated with “The Thing”flamethrowers at first sight. Looking like HR Giger designed them, gigantic, screaming like scoreboard buzzers in the tress.... fuck ‘em. I don’t care if they’re “harmless”, they are horrific.
I think they’re cute. Barely able to fly. Sex craved maniacs. Wholly similar to human 17 year olds. Makes me depressed as it lets me know how old I am given I was a freshman in college the last time this brood was out. IM OOOOOOOLLLD!
I've never experienced this before, and those fucking things are EVERYWHERE. I fostered a puppy and they got so loud that he wouldn't go outside during the day, he'd just sit on the step and whimper....after he got done tormenting and eating a few dozen of them.
Happy Weekend everyone! Man... had a great week. Work went great. Great weather called for the weekend. Got a nice buzz on after some amazing bbq'd fish for dinner. Yee fucking haw!
I’m heading down to the Atlantic City Beer festival today with some old friends. They go every year and I join them every couple of years when my schedule allows. Looking forward to trying a ton of great new beer.
I’ve got three gigs between tonight and next Saturday in addition to work and meetings. Gonna be a busy week, which I generally dislike. The good news is there’s just 10 days I consider working before Summer vacation. First order of business is to get the lawn mowed finally.
Thanks, man. From what I’ve read, postpartum pre-e is especially dangerous because it can sneak up quickly undetected and then women just drop from having a stroke or seizure because of it. She had severe pre-e (BP in the 200/100 range) with our first kid that required induction at 34 weeks. She only started getting it this time around at 38 weeks but it was pretty mild. Then yesterday it shot up to the 170/90 range and her blood work showed her liver enzymes out of whack. She’s been on a magnesium drip since yesterday and feels like she has a flu, but luckily her BP has generally stabilized with meds. If that holds, we’ll go home tomorrow. I don’t think we’re having another kid after this.
My sister had severe pre-e and had to deliver at 26 weeks after almost stroking out. It was uncontrollable and they had to induce her. Pre e is no joke and I'm glad your wife is under care and being watched. Take care of each other. I hope she is able to get on some meds that keep it under control so she can get healthy and back home.
So a live update. Having dinner before the drinking starts. Dr. Frazier Crane sitting at the table behind me.
Some scammer made a deep-fake video of my friend's wife yesterday for some bogus cash-app that steals money out of your bank account when you click on it. It wasn't as good as those Jim Carrey deep-fakes, but it looked pretty convincing. This might be something to look out for.
There are some Tom Cruise deep fakes that are insanely authentic looking. The guy who does it really sells it by nailing Cruise’s mannerisms.
Here’s the “explain it like I’m 5” video on deep fakes. Surprised it hasn’t become a mainstream political thing with qanon tards and the like shouting “DEEP FAKE” at every unflattering video…
Shit. I've mentioned before that I'm on the lookout for an old farm house in a fly over state. I found an awesome place: 8 acres, turn of the century house, nothing but corn/wheat fields for miles. The nearest town is 40 miles away. I made a cash offer on it. All is well except my girlfriend doesn't like it. Apparently sitting on the porch watching fireflies sounds like a good idea until you realize there isn't another human around for miles. I love my girl, but I love the idea of living in the middle of nowhere in a cool old house too. Decisions...