Patches sunning in the window
… and cooling off on the floor
Pickles: “My turn”
Ah Sun-day 🙂
Evolucion
iPad 2001 Pro
David Bowman studies their destination on his iPad Pro while enjoying a delicious meal.
See also Giant iPad Spotted
Patches
Octomore 7.3 Review on Malt-Review.com
If you have followed my blog for any length of time, you know that I dearly love Bruichladdich Octomore hyper-peated malt whisky. I bought a bottle of the Octomore 6.3 and 7.1 from thewhiskyexchange (could not find locally here in Texas) and ended up buying a second bottle of the 6.3 to hold in reserve. The 7.1 was good, just not 6.3 good. I haven’t found 7.3 online yet, but I will most defiantly be searching for it.
Mark at malt-review.com just reviewed Octomore 7.3 Check it out
As it stands, the Octomore 7.3 is still very good. I liked 6.3 – I like this one a lot more. It’s lost the earthiness and replaced it with more elegance. And it’s the first Octomore I might consider as a more social, sharing, great night dram – as opposed to something more brooding and introverted, which have felt typical for the rest of the range.
I am looking forward to finding me some 7.3 🙂
As much of a fan of smoky, peaty whisky that I am, I realize that smoky whisky may not be for you. For those of you that do not like smoky whisky (or even if you do like it), I encourage to first read my OCTOMORE 6.3 post, followed by my OCTO X Whiskey Review post. I hope you will get a chuckle.
“Touching” Videos of Patches
Patches does a very gentle and sweet thing when she wants attention. She walks up and gently touches you with her paw … almost like a dog giving you its paw, yet different. Maybe it’s her way of showing affection. You be the judge.
Like most things in life, I never seem to have the camera ready when I want it. I had to shoot a lot of video and then edit it down for the above two scenes. To see them again just refresh the webpage.
Croch et al.
A mashup of Crochet and et al. Pronounced more like Crōsh et al or Crōshā al … and less like crotch et al … although sadly the latter sticks in my mind. I made up the name so I have no one to blame but myself.
Croch et al. Is the business name I just created on eBay to sell the afghans, scarves, hats, etc. that Mrs has been working on lo these many months. We have been led to believe that they are high quality, the yarn itself certainly is. I am not looking to get rich from this as much as offset the cost of the Mrs hobby. Regulars to this blog know that she suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and diabetes. Since she can no longer drive, she is a shut-in. The crocheting keeps her busy.
The et al. (Latin for and the rest) is for anything else we want to sell. Of immediate interest is her Grandmother’s Fostoria glassware and tableware that we have rarely used and would like to sell to someone who appreciates it.
I am clueless regarding selling stuff on line. I guess that WordPress also offers payments through PayPal … and I may eventually go that route … but for now I figured that eBay has the edge. I am just looking for a way to assure that I get paid and a way to assure potential buyers that I’m not going to rip them off. This will be pretty low volume stuff. Once the Fostoria is dealt with, the volume of crocheted goods will be small.
Stay tuned for more details …
Full House
Pill Pack
This is truly disruptive technology
Haiku #101010
What is the answer?
Ah, but what is the question?
Haiku #10
Patches
GoPro on Mars
MacGyver on Mars
The Martian 3D
I just saw The Martian in 3D on the wide screen.
Excellent. Seriously excellent. The cinematography was superb. So was the acting. Although there was scrupulous attention paid to the scientific and technological aspects, it did not in any way overshadow the human drama. There was humor. There was frustration. There was elation. Aspects of Apollo 13 and Castaway were strong. There were even reminisces of 2001 A Space Odyssey (without the monolith, monkey men, or crazed computer). I would see this again in the theater.
I previously posted that I had listened to the unabridged audio book. The movie was true to the book, somehow condensing 10hr 53min down to 2hr 21min without loosing anything. Yes, yes the book goes into much more detail on the underlying science and isolation of Mark Watney, but you can read the book later.
GO SEE THIS MOVIE IN 3D
GO SEE THIS MOVIE IN 3D
Under the covers
Where’s Pickles?
Got up this morning late for work. Hillary is chasing me around the kitchen … “mew, mew, mew, mew“.
“OK, ok. Do you want cookies? Yes? Where’s Pickles?” No Pickles. I shake the bag of cookies. No Pickles. Shouting and shaking the cookies, “Pickles … cookies! Pickles?” Still no Pickles.
Now I am getting worried. Each of the cats has been locked in a closet and forgotten at least once. They run in when you aren’t looking and hours later (when I go hunting) I find them.
Pantry? No Pickles.
Laundry room? No Pickles.
Under-stairway closet? No Pickles.
Bedroom closets? No Pickles.
Has Number 2 son left for class? Walk out the the back door through the laundry room. His car is gone. Did Pickles get out? (He is an indoor cat only). I yell into the back yard, “PICKLES.”
NO PICKLES
Now I am really worried. I walk back inside. Back through the laundry room. “Pickles???????”
Open the door into the kitchen. Pickles is looking up at me … dazed and confused. “Where were you? Cookies?” “M’yawow” I take that to mean yes. So they get their cookies.
Mrs yells something at me from the bedroom. She had spent the night dozing in the third zero-gravity chair she has in the bedroom (sometimes she sleeps better in her chair). After I had been shouting COOKIES for a while she noticed something stirring under the covers. Pickles finally emerged groggily from a deep sleep.
Then I remembered. Pickles had jumped up on the bed in the middle of the night, damp from playing in the shower. We run the AC cold and he was cold. He crawled down under the covers next to me and passed out. I had forgotten about him.
Musings
Some 40+ years ago I developed a deep abiding hatred of hypocrisy. This has been the foundation for my views on politics, business, religion, and interpersonal relationships. I have mellowed much since then. Life rounds off the sharp corners.
Option 2 is wise. A lot to be said for compassion …
Life makes hypocrites of us all at one point or another. Two choices:
- When it’s not your turn as the villain, be that nagging/obstructive voice that wallows in the enjoyment of pointing out others’ hypocrisy…Or.
- Fully integrate this knowledge. Intuit when it is constructive to point out hypocrisy and when it serves no purpose, and it is better to just be compassionate. Because you know: You’ve been there, you’ve done that.
Yet Lower
Nap Time
Procrastination
Procrastination starts as a joke, but I’ve seen it corrode the souls of those who say “Tomorrow…” or “Maybe next time…” Seeing people die or degenerate into disease…mortality is real. You can ignore it, deny it, or run with it.
I don’t believe that I have to attack a bucket list, but I do believe that I should honor my dreams by doing at least a little bit for them each and every single day.
Snuggling
Patches snuggles up against Hillary as they both nap in my lap.
SSDD
Same Station Different Day
Get Lower …
This is the gas price at the quickie mart near my house.
Blue Buffalo
If you have been reading my blog long enough, you know that the Mrs suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and diabetes. She is a shut-in and cannot cook. So the cooking, shopping, cleaning, etc. by in large fall on me. OK, so we got a maid who comes for a few hours, one day a week. That helps some, but still leaves me with a lot to do. I also have a full-time job (at least I have a full-time job – for that I am thankful).
Anyway, in an effort to get a grip on things I signed up for Amazon Prime. It’s fantastic, I never have to leave the house to shop. I can order everything I need from Amazon and get it shipped free to my door within days. What I love most is that everything is ALWAYS in stock and I can find even the most obscure items or brands with ease. I also have Amazon Subscribe and Save, which let’s me schedule automatic re-supply shipments of the necessities of life (you name it, they gots it).
So now I had everything but food squared away. I suppose we could subsist on MREs, but we wanted something healthier, cheaper, and better. We discovered Blue Buffalo. It is fantastic. The food is delivered once a week. It is fresh food that you prepare with step-by-step instructions. All natural ingredients, no by-products. Three different two-person meals at a price that is cheaper and more convenient than delivery or even fast food. Healthy. Nutritious. Delicious. Seriously, you should check out Blue Buffalo.
Oh wait, did I say Blue Buffalo? I meant Blue Apron.
War.swf #5 – Falling Right Outta the Sky
AS45, we hardly knew ye …
A Combination says ‘Hello’ to the Defiant’s cowcatcher.
“Captain,” said a square-headed robot that was part of the navigation crew, “We’ve sent an SOS to the Mint Chip. She’s too far away to launch an attack, however.”
The MUNS Mint Chip is a ginormous airship that serves as a flying aircraft carrier for the robots. Capable of carrying enough planes to flatten a city, the semi-rigid ship is the flagship of the Mechanikii fleet.
Unfortunately, the Mint Chip was way too far away to send its fighters to assist the Defiant. The carrier’s load of Pixico P-X3 Crate fighter planes would run out of fuel by the time they reached the battle.
“How much longer till it’s in range?” barked Montezuma.
“200 Joops.”
“Two hundred Joops?! We’ll be dead by the time they get here!”
200 Joops is the equivalent to about a half an hour on…
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Get Low, Get Low
What these brands mottos should really say…
Truth in advertising …
The world of advertising is a powerful and manipulating place, but hwo wonderful would these brands really be if they told DUNDUNDUNNNNN the truth…
‘We will take hours of your life by uploading cat video after cat video’
‘We will make you think you can dance…you can’t (and susan from work will video you trying to)’
‘Yup, we’re just basically really expensive flavoured milk…’
‘Come into our shops, feel bad about yourself and lose your ability to bw okay with daylight…’
‘You know you want it! You know you want to see Karens lunch for the 6th consecutive day in a row…’
‘We dare you…try not to eat a whole pack…just try’
‘Come follow our wise and wonderfulrude sales advisers and we’ll contour the shit out of your face…’
‘I hope you enjoy a broken screen, ooh our inability to stay unbroken ia just so appealing’
‘Come…
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CR7
Quantum goodness … AND … time travel 🙂
War.swf – Bad Things Are Happening
Freshly pressed Sci-Fi
Check it out
The date and time of this tale is unknown.
All we know of this tale is the location: A small moon, many lightyears away from our planet. The moon’s name is Sesiqui. Something is afoot on this little orbital rock.
While a wide variety of sentient creatures live on the fertile and life-supporting satellite, many of her residents are robots.
The robots on Sesiqui aren’t like any other automatons. Built in giant factories, they are programmed to make choices depending on their environment; this mentality makes them surprisingly similar to humans. Led by a paranoid, equality-crazed chancellor named SE1A, the robots banded together to form a proud nation known as Mechanika. Mechanika is a union of people whose vast cities and farms reach around Sesiqui like the arms of a bear.
All moons have a dark side. However, that isn’t always a bad thing. On the other side of Sesiqui sits the Free Republic…
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Mercy in Darkness
Epic Russian Dashcam Video
An oldie, but a goodie. If you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you.
See also
Cats Vs. Zombies
Cats Zombies nuf said
Everyone can stop making zombie movies now because this one IS EVERYTHING.
You: “Hey wait, didn’t this blog sometimes post movie reviews?”
Me: “Totes! I have just been swamped with life/the universe/EVERYTHING lately and haven’t had time to watch, much less think about much! I’ll get back to the movies just in time…. for HORROR MOVIE MONTH!! WOOOO!!!!”
SpaceX Dragon on Mars
Via Twitter
Artists Conception
Me? (Ow)
A conversation with Sir Edmund Hillary.
Shizzle, Inc is on Amazon Kindle bestseller list!!!
Shizzle, Inc.
Fo shizzle my nizzle!
Two chapters in and I can absolutely recommend it …
Aaaaaa!!! I was just climbing into bed to start working on my blog tour spreadsheet and decided to stare at my Amazon link one more time. I’m tired after a full day of spreadsheeting and bullshitting at work, so I thought seeing Isa’s face would give me the much-needed boost. Then I noticed this:
This must be some kind of a mistake, I thought. So I clicked on a link, which took me to Top 100 Paid Titles in Humour. And there she was, my creation, with a number 72 next to it:
I’m speechless. Good thing that I can still type, so that I can “say” thank you to those who bought my book. Regardless of what happens next, you’ve made my dream come true.
Big, big hugs.
Ana
Everyone’s Doing It! The dangers of streaking in your own neighborhood
This is hilarious.
I streaked once. In college. For my 21st birthday. At midnight. In December. Wearing only hiking boots. In the snow. I almost got away with it until someone yelled at me out of the dorm window.
Oh and that other time outside the Siberian banya (steam bath). Not so much streaming as cooling down.
Cookies?
Pickles and Hillary get cookies
I just started uploading videos to YouTube in addition to my Vimeo account. Not yet sure which one I prefer.
(The kitchen is a mess)
Don’t google ‘Autocorrect Fails’ if you have anywhere to be soon…
The joy of autocorrect and/or dictation on the iPhone/iPad.
I once dictated a letter to some old family friends who happen to be staunch Baptists. Thankfully I proofed it before sending. When I tried to tell my wife about it it, it took about a dozen attempts before I could get through it without bursting into eye-watering laughter.
Actual message: She is suffering from an MS exacerbation
As dictated/autocorrected: She is suffering from excess masturbation
or don’t want to pee your pants laughing.
i hate autocorrect, autocorrect makes me sound ducking stupid! But I do have to admit she’s been pretty kind to me unlike to these poor and unsuspecting people…
There are worst ones but I can’t risk my mum telling me of soo….
Love ROHN
(Thanks autocorrect)
The Books Are Available!
Some more reading opportunities …
I said I’d get it done, and I did!
Virago
VIRAGO – A high-fantasy novel long on action. light on magic, and inspired heavily by the Watch books of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, as well as HBO’s television series The Wire. I describe it (like every other person explaining their fantasy novel to non-fantasy novel-reading friends) as ‘Games of Thrones-y, with 75% less murder and 100% less rape.’
The Secret Wilderness
THE SECRET WILDERNESS – Inspired by Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories and my own research into Medieval and early American history, this is the prequel to Virago. You do not need to have read it to enjoy Virago, although it does explain a lot of things about Adelaide and Neville’s past. I will warn curious readers that it borders on Grimdark and doesn’t have much of the comedic moments of Virago.
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Thin. Lite. Epic.
The Trip
Still one of my favorite TV ads …
Listening to Alana Davis’s Carry On during drive time
Click to the original and watch the video. Synopsis: An American businessman sells his stake in his company (or other assets) to take a trip into space.
“Robert, it’s not too late to change your mind.”
“No, my bags are packed.” [lastnight? preflight?]
One of my favorite ads on TV.
Music by Alana Davis
Available on iTunes
Dancing with the Bears
The summer of reblogs is almost over …
Author’s note: This post is part of the Welcome to the Future series of essays. If you haven’t read Welcome to the Future, I suggest that you start >> HERE <<
Author’s second note: I wrote the bulk of what you are about to read three to five years ago, when I first decided to start writing. It sat ignored and ‘unloved’ for many years. Time to show it some love…
I’ve learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
It’s them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.
Joan Baez (Bob Dylan) – With God On Our Side
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it’s been.
Grateful Dead – Truckin’
You see, George, you really had a wonderful life.
Frank Capra –
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Top Five Overused Phrases On Social Media
I tried to read this to the Mrs but was laughing too hard to get through it on the first attempt …
Social Media is a tepid pond filled to its foamy brim with best intentions disguised behind a whirlwind of characters and dancing emoticons. I must ask you something: do you like seeing an overly ambitious timeline powered by overfed and undernourished phrases on social media? Cool, me neither. Assembled below is a *Not so completely serious* list of the top five overused pop culture phrases carelessly farting around on a social media platform nearest you. You’re welcome.
1.) “You’re a gem”
To a jewelry man, you know, a bonafide rock man, this phrase certainly must make them smile. “You’re a gem” No you’re a gem. I mean it! Seriously you’re a gem. Holy shit a gem just spoke to me. Am I dreaming. Oh my God I’m not. Oh shit. Wow, a rock just spoke to me. Fuck me, was I drugged? You know what? I was drugged…
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ECHO Chapter 1
Hell’s Club
I found this on the WordPress blog Late to the Theater (see previous post)
ANTONIO MARIA DA SILVA AMDSFILMS
My God, it’s Full of STARS…
This is absolutely amazing. Everyone should see this. If you like it please, please reblog this on your site too …
What if every club in the cinematic multiverse intersected at one, single point?
BEHOLD. The greatest action/sci-fi/crime thriller/horror film mashup in the history of EVER!
Seriously, I could not stop laughing and clapping and grooving. Every time a new face popped up I was like ‘NO WAY BUT YES!’
Made by this genius: ANTONIO MARIA DA SILVA AMDSFILMS
#260 Others
Lines with signs has a way of pointing out the obvious, yet only obvious once pointed out. Each post is succinct, yet deep.
SCDD
Same cats, different day
The Law
WHEN POWER IS ABUSED
When a man who works for the CIA makes 1,000,000,000,
Drug money to buy guns for a war that makes many people rich.
What crimes are committed here in our government agencies,
Crack cocaine distributed throughout the city of Los Angeles for sale.
From the FBI, CIA, and other orginizations there is abuse and corruption,
There is no law when those whom make the laws and enforce them break them.
Who do we trust when we know we can not trust our countries leaders,
It all makes sense as not a thing makes any sense when corruption is a disease.
A man, a journalist sacrificed everything for what he believed in, he lost all,
Gary Webb did accuse a higher power of wrong doing, their knowledge of crimes.
He lost his wife, backs of co-workers were turned on him, wrong were many,
Never again as a journalist, mysteriously died alone…
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Contrafactual 