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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Uggs - One Step Above Crocs

 Your love is like  chewing popsicle sticks


Street Work - Day 149 

5 minutes before the alarm went off, the noise started. It was earlier than normal. I'm not sure if I'd rather hear the road equipment or the guys tearing each other a new one. As I set up for work, the air horn started. By this point, these 'coincidences' stopped annoying me - I just shook my head. I think one of the behemoths was in reverse for a while- it kept blasting out BEEP BEEP - BEEP BEEP, which translated, means GET UP, YOU DOLT. This repeated for about 10 minutes. I prefer the less abusive warnings of my alarm, which doesn't really speak to me at all, unless you don't count my sad wail at having to get up now. NOOOOOOOOOOOO! If I could hook their machines up to the coffee machine, I'd have it made. It's only a matter of time til the Great Hammering Device starts. If I have a lot of meetings, somebody's roof will need repairing too.

Wife's internal children rushed to the window, because this is like Christmas for them. They're fascinated by Truck Ballet. They're telling me what the guys are doing and how they are doing it. This is a very different experience than mine...

HER: Well, first they have to rip up the street. They use a truck with a curved arm that dumps into a dumptruck. It's 3 long and 2 short when the truck is full. Did you know they have to call a towtruck if someone didn't move their car?

ME: God, I wish that would get quiet. 

HER: they were talking... one makes $50 an hour and the other guy $120

ME: God, I wish that would get quiet. 


Today I identify as  tapioca pudding


There have been many really talented and funny people who just can't get good roles, like Chevy Chase, Jack Black, and Wayne Brady.


A former eBay security official who pleaded guilty for his role in a cyberstalking conspiracy has asked for leniency in sentencing while blaming his actions in part on a "drinking culture" at eBay that contributed to his alcoholism.

They forced it down my throat! They were responsible for me mailing a bloody pig mask....

Meanwhile, job applications went up 150% at eBay.


  • Olympics opening ceremony director sacked for Holocaust joke
  • in 1990


Covid: China rejects WHO plan for second phase of virus origin probe
Says that checking if the virus is man-made and escaped from their lab is racist 


  • The jungle-trekking Covid vaccinators helping to protect remote Indian villages.
  • it may just be me, but if you have to build bridges and cross hazardous trails to vaccinate remote villages, perhaps you can leave them alone, because they're obviously not coming in contact with the Flying AIDS. They're more in danger from the people saving them.

this year alone Huawei has spent $1.24m schmoozing US officials – more than double the $470,000 spent over the whole of 2020. If the current level of activity continues, this year's spending is almost on course to match the $2.99m Huawei spent in 2019.

Never mind the tech that phones home to China - just throw more money at Congress....


UPDATES
  • game changer is only getting worse
  • ...EVer has let go a bit
  • caramel has yet to lose its salt
  • that's what I'm talkin bout has jumped the shark, but nobody told it
  • future ban: crazy (that's crazy stupid)



Flying AIDS news 

Coronavirus: Was US money used to fund risky research in China?

Communication around masks is still terrible

Covid vaccine: Eight-week gap seen as sweet spot for Pfizer jab antibodies

We. Have. No. Idea.


  • A Faceyspaces group dedicated to gardening in western New York state is celebrating a victory over the company's algorithms after having been repeatedly threatened with censure and deletion due to use of the word "hoe".
  • Democratic bill would suspend Section 230 protections when social networks boost anti-vax conspiracies
One of these is egregiously illegal and immoral. Guess which.


About the car..... 

Our car remains at the collision place, where they're working on it.
We are still driving the rental.
This satisfactory situation could not be allowed to continue.

Rental place calls and says we should give them $1500 so we'd be paid up.
Errr.... no. In no way should that add up to $1500.
Rental Guy tells me that's true, but the insurance stopped paying for the rental two weeks ago.

Two weeks ago?
Wasn't anybody going to clue me in on this?
Was it some sort of secret and I didn't have a Need to Know?

I called Insurance. She explained to me that we have $1,000 for rental and we were past it. 
That part didn't seem to be Need to Know.
So I mentioned that we'd just be starting on the $1,000 if it didn't take them three weeks to get the car to the collision center.
We have never had a problem with our insurance. 
In this matter, they didn't so much drop the ball as slice a chunk out of it and put it up somebody's nose.

more misadventures as they occur.....

just remember... this could be you. We do it so you don't have to.








Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Neon Insanities

 Your love is like  feral wombats


The House is currently brawling over vaccines. Naturally they have their own supply, but the bickering is fun. Some haven't reported getting the shot, some won't get the shot, some like to watch things burn, and the rest of them are banging gavels and asking when they can get back to screwing America in person


  • No, the toothbrush is not heavier after it's charged



Today I identify as  some sort of delicacy involving testicles




The Netherlands (anywhere under my first girlfriend's clothes) and Ireland have suspended use of the Astra/Zeneca vaccine over blog clots (and blood clots). At this point there is no direct connection between the vaccine and the blood clots, other than people began clotting and had cerebral hemorrhages after they got jabbed.



The Big Answer came from the Vatican over gay marriage: in a two page explanation published in seven languages and approved by the pope was "No". The answer prompted shock among Catholics and non-Catholics the world over. The explanation was that they could not bless sin.
Still nothing on child molestation.


  • An anti-mask airline passenger was charged after urinating in the cabin
  • the passenger demanded his money back from the Donald Trump School of Charm


In San Antonio, TX, a ramen noodle shop was vandalized days after its owner spoke out against ending the state's mask mandate.
There is a ramen noodle shop? 


  • a Florida woman pretending to be a plastic surgeon was arrested after a bad nose surgery
  • there was a person in the chair when the police made the arrest, but the janitor came in and finished the surgery.



Today the president  planned the first major federal tax hike since 1993.
Allegedly over 50% of you voted for the old guy, and now I have to pay. Thank you very much.
Strip the pork out of the government, THEN we'll talk tax increase. There is not a responsible bone in any body in DC. Tax and spend and tax. And you keep voting for them. The libertarians would be slashing government, not raising taxes.


  • The Oscar nominations are out.


Survey says!
The average single is masturbating three times a day amid the Flying AIDS lockdown. 3 in 10 are masturbating more than once a day. Only 14% are doing it once a day. 34% had their best orgasm ever. I'll buy all these statistics, but the one about 26% saying they're watching more pr0n is just silly. On average, singles haven't had sex with someone else for over 4 months. Married people are saying, "Only four months?".

America's Governor, Andrew Cuomo, reports he is not getting it at all, in spite of allegations from most of female New York. His ex wife slept in a locked bathroom during their divorce. The dogs ran when he got home. The housekeepers wore chastity belts. His garbage got picked up at 1am if there were female sanitation engineers working that night. Biden and Pelosi have stopped short of calling for his resignation (because his name isn't Trump). 


Kentucky continues its reaction to being last on the best states to live list.
The state senate approved a bill that would make insulting a police office a crime. Some senate members were deeply offended, claiming it was unconstitutional. Let's see... is it legal to talk to the police? Of course it is. Is it legal to say less pleasant things? Well, yes, but proving your point will probably earn you a night in jail or a ticket for something or other. The bill's sponsor is a former policeman. His next bill will make jaywalking a death penalty crime.

I always wanted to make not using turn signals a death penalty crime. No free speech issues there.


  • The NCAA has called foul on a Virginia Urology ad campaign. Apparently "Vasectomy Mayhem" is too close to "March Madness" and people are too stupid to understand the difference. 
  • It looks like Vasectomy Mayhem could do us some good


Breonna Taylor anniversary protest marches happened.
During the peaceful events, 2 protesters tried to destroy a police car and got run over because the car decided it was mad as hell and wasn't going to take it anymore. Several businesses in Hollywood were 'protested'. Yet another peaceful protester smashed up an outdoor seating area of a restaurant. Armed protesters blocked traffic in Louisville, and arson is suspected after a fire in a vacant church.

Peaceful protests have broken out in Tigray, where hospitals have been vandalized and looted, almost collapsing the healthcare system.


  • DMT, a powerful psychedelic, is being tested as a potential cure for depression in England
  • By coincidence, untold numbers of people are coming out as depressed


The National Transportation Safety Board blasted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for its permissive regulation of driver-assistance systems, specifically Tesla. Foregoing mention of the Tesla's propensity to burst into flames, they were more concerned about lax safety practices. The National Safety Traffic Board called out the National Transportation Board Administration for no practices at all and the National Driver-Assistance Explosion Agency was born. It will report to the National Highway Plane Landing Bureau, for safety programs when damaged planes try to land on highways. Land with the traffic, not against it.


  • Live music is coming back to New York. Musicians are serenading passers-by from inside abandoned shops, through the glass windows.
  • right after they pull Governor Cuomo off any female band members


We have Ebola. That's right, there's an outbreak in Guinea. Guinea is located just south of New Guinea. Genetic study shows the virus may have hidden in a survivor for 5-6 years. The unnamed man/woman came down with Ebola 5-6 years ago and was vaccinated with the Astra/Zeneca/Pfizer vaccine, which appeared to neutralize the Ebola. Little did they realize it was hiding behind the left kidney. When doctors checked to make sure the Ebola vaccine was effective, it moved behind a lung, until x-rays were ordered, at which point it hid under the right big toe. Whenever you see a discoloration under a nail, it's Ebola, hiding. You never know when it's going to pounce, but you will know when it has pounced. You start to bring up your internal organs (and toenails) through your nose and mouth, going into an infinite loop and infecting everyone around you and their toe or fingernails. It is always best to avoid people bringing up their liquefied internal organs, per the National Highway Safety Association.


  • another thing I love about MS Outlook: when it brings up an email under the main window and you can't bring it forward
  • I was only 15 minutes late for work today because of the Windows virus. All I needed to do was start the machine up. HA! One doesn't just start up a machine... there are tests... checks.. updates.. calls to Aunt Marge.. I shall just have to get up 30 minutes earlier in case Windows occurs.

I don't get this: Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xaomi was put on the Huawei (ban) list by the government and sued. There is a temporary hold on the ban. The company said the ban was "arbitrary and capricious," and deprived the company of its due process.

Errr.... what due process is a manufacturer owed? Huawei was banned because we don't want Chinese Spying Stuff in our networking gear. It was the right decision by Trump. Why, now, can't we make that decision elsewhere? What am I missing?


If you use SKY ECC for your encrypted messaging, you had better stop. Belgium and the Netherlands broke the encryption and monitored 70,000 users. The CEO was arrested under Racketeering laws. Essentially he was arrested because his secure messaging service was used by criminals and wasn't secure enough to keep governments out.

They will not stop til they have everything. Almost everything isn't good enough. For the time being, use protonmail.com. We are doing nothing wrong by wanting the privacy guaranteed us by the Constitution. Also: don't say anything in email you wouldn't say out loud. Somebody is or will be listening.


  • A Faceyspaces study says a small group plays a big role in pushing vaccine skepticism. How did they discover this? By looking at your posts. They will not stop mining you. Will you stop letting them?


It's the little stuff, always.

I'm watching a Britcom called Raised by Wolves. I didn't really want to hear the songs I heard until "Show Me the Way" by Peter Frampton. It was the studio version off the Frampton album. Give it a listen - you'll hear a lot of the songs from  'Comes Alive' and a few more. Great stuff. Old stuff.









Sunday, March 8, 2020

Remember Fruit Loops? Why?

Making a more accurate pregnancy test for humpback whales.
YOU be the one to put the damn condoms on.



Know what I hate?
Everything.



  • Drivers of expensive cars less likely to yield for pedestrians, study finds
  • Is this supposed to be a surprise? Give me the money and I'll give you a study about how air is likely to cause breathing.


New AMD supercomputers will help NOAA predict the weather.
Yeah, but can they train it to be wrong every day, like the people on tv?



  • Timex is releasing a GPS smartwatch with 25 days of battery life
  • Don't you already get solid spying with Faceyspaces?


Uber tweaks its app to improve those pesky pickups
Also provides prison record of driver and whether you're more likely to get assaulted or murdered.


New wifi vulnerability only affects over a billion devices. Not to worry.
Unpatched security flaws open connected vacuum to takeover
Internet of Flaws for me, please. A huge frickin slow motion train wreck.


  • Faceyspaces once built a phone that could only be used by right handed people
  • Death is too good for them.


Speaking of Phrases You'll Never hear, I heard this in a meeting today:
"Oh, good, lefty's here!"



Today I identify as   a weather-worn, dilapidated fence post.




  • Boeing acknowledges "gaps" in its Starliner software testing.
  • Boeing is going to acknowledge "gaps" in its ticket sales.



If you've ever awakened on a weekend and said to yourself, "I could really enjoy designing some shirts," and who among us hasn't, here's the site for you.



  • Yes, recycling plants are catching on fire, and lithium-ion batteries are to blame.
  • I can't imagine why, with all the cell phones and electric cars. Within a few years, the greatest hobby will be going to recycling plants and waiting til they explode. Extra points for predicting the right one.



Yes, Hillary Clinton will soon have a podcast, too, like the Obamas and Rick Cruz,
But will it eat babies too?



  • Today in irony: Clearview AI, who slurps up everyone's data and does facial recognition, was hacked. In fact, it lost its entire list of clients to hackers.
  • Please do not mistake the loud cheering for sympathy.


Ubuntu 20.04 default wallpaper revealed!
Holy fuck, Batman - I've been waiting months for this! Can you imagine? I may not sleep til it hits my computer.

These are the same people who got sexually aroused when they found out they could change their phone's bootup animation.



  • Any regular reader of ThermionicEmissions, their children, and various pets know about my feelings for rap/hip-hop. Today I read that Public Enemy (formerly Public Enema) has parted ways with Flavor Flav (real name Marvin Grossman), over a rally for Bernie Sanders. The 'band' said Flav (real name Harry Belafonte) refused to perform for free, citing Bernie Sanders' mantra that everything will be free when he's president. Flav (real name Chandra Wasigvvtghasingh) discovered he's really a republican, after being asked to perform for free. Flav (real name Epigastric Coronavirus) is the rapper on the right, with the hubcap hanging around his neck.
  • Founding member Chuck D (real name Eunice Dubrowski) had the only wise words of the day, in spite of being at a Bernie Sanders (real name Ronald Reagan) rally: "Voting is [as] important as washing your ass in the morning."
  • Asked for a response, Bernie Sanders (real name Old Transvestite) said, "When I am president, washing your ass in the morning will be free."


I am a huge fan of JFK. Not for his achievements, not because of his assassination, but because of his exceedingly comical accent. We haven't had an exceedingly comical accent in the White House since. I wish to make clear that Bernie Sanders' accent is nowhere near comical enough to walk by the White House.


  • Faceyspaces is suing data analytics firm OneAudience for developing a software development kit that spies on its users. Reached for comment, Faceyspaces said, "If there is any spying to be done, Faceyspaces will do it."
  • Faceyspaces privacy tools are riddled with missing data. We here at ThermionicEmissions are shocked.


Coming up is Rare Disease Day.
So go out and get yourself a rare disease. One that science can't cure.


  • How streaming music services saved the industry
  • I guess no one thought about putting out quality music....


lefty's Libertarian Minute

Congress is giving small ISPs $1 billion to rip out Huawei and ZTE network gear.  I was the one who said DC (and the entire country) should rip out Huawei network equipment. If you're on a secure network, it ain't secure with Huawei gear. Now we (it's your tax money) are spending $1 billion to bail out small ISPs. I never really studied economics, but I don't think this is how it is supposed to work. We bailed out the auto industry, which we shouldn't. We help the poor sports team owners build stadiums. Where is our bailout? It should come in the form of greatly reduced taxes. Taxes that won't allow Congress to give out a billion here, ten billion there, and even more in foreign aid. If Congress wanted to set up a fund, to which whoever wants to can contribute, that's perfectly ok. This is Bernie-itis: free bailouts! Free money! 

Nothing is free, Bernie.. it all comes from the people.