Life to Come

Still not in a creating mood. Or a writing one, I should say - but a day off seems unpossible. 

But I have had this screen shot for a while and was about to delete it and thought.......ehhhhh.....why not?

I don't have any of these things at 62+.  I mean, the only debt we have is the house. Though I have only had three drinks this year, so "almost" no alcohol.  My main courses are healthy, but I still really like white sugar. 

This might be a 'sad but true' meme. 

But at eight, I was a few years away from heavy acne. I still had a purple bike with a sparkly purple banana seat. Who said my dad didn't know I was gay?    ....he didn't........but the man couldn't resist a bargain and I'm sure boy bikes in purple were heavily discounted. 

My friends at eight years old are long gone. 

Not dead. Well, I don't think. After high school, we never talked or saw each other. Or......and there is the possibility that they did and I wasn't included. We not even peripheral FB friends. I'm assuming they're out there......but I couldn't be bothered. 

Eight. It's been a long roll downhill since. 

Song by: the Killers

Affair of the Heart

I really really really really really really want to thank that CEO and Chief People Officer for a somewhat much needed internet distraction. 

Sure sure......Congress ok'd the defunding of NPR and PBS while we were looking at two people trying to hide at a Coldplay concert. They payoff was not equal, of course. 

I mean, if I went to a Coldplay concert, I too would not want anyone to know either. 

We know I'm cheap frugal, so you know I wasn't parting with $$$ to see Chris Martin & Co.  .....even if the company was probably being expensed for it. 

You know, if they showed no reaction to the kiss-cam, or whatever it was, no one would have even noticed them. Martin would have never correctly guessed they were having an affair and no one would have put 2+2 together. 

Probably. 

Instead, they've just became meme fodder (well and unemployable) that took off like no one's business. And many were A or A+. 

Possibly no one did better, or quicker, than the Phillie Phanatic. 

It was one of the first I had seen and it made me smile. Ditto with the Elaine Dickinson and Otto Pilot one on top.

I feel bad-ish for their spouses and children - though Show and Tell is gonna be killer this year! Doubtful this a first cheat for either of them. Or who knows, maybe they all have open relationships, but then why the duck and cover.

As cynical as I can be - and oh, can I be - I assumed it was all just to get that guy's company in the news. The news items were talking about it like we should already know about it - and I think we just don't. Nor have I looked. Though I have seen former employees from former companies for which the CEO headed and heard horror stories about imploding start-ups and the losing of funds for those employed. 

Sure, start-ups are risky, but this guy's track record isn't great. 

If nothing else, we know how Chris Martin is gonna start his probable holiday letter at the end of this year.....

Song by: Rick Springfield

It's Now or Never

I don't know what to tell you.  Let's go out with a bang on this one, ok.  I am hoping it's the last one I do. 

It is the last one of these that I'm doing. 

Should he win, I might just 86 this blog - or only post photos of guys. For my mental health, I cannot comment on shit this guy does should he be voted in. As Cat Stevens once sang, "It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it."

It is. 

Hard to ignore, and will be impossible to document another four years - or however long the regime lasts until the rebellion. 

To mix my metaphors, I'll burn that bridge when I get to it. 

Since this is the last political meme post hurrah - it's the longest. 

And it took me a long long time to assemble. Not due to the amount, but due to the content. Every 2-3 pics, I had to take a break, as my bum out time to recovery time kept increasing. Seriously, it took me multiple hours to assemble this post due to that. 

Washington Post and LA Times did not endorse "anyone".  NYT did. 

And if you've ever truly read the NYT - they are absolutely not a liberal paper. It has the rep of being one, but that assumption is just false. 

What a sleazy fuck.  And a dangerous one. 

His followers say the quote isn't in context. There doesn't need to be if he says anything like this. It's wrong. It's inflammatory, at best. It's deadly at worst. 

I am NO fan of Cheney.  Yes, she stood up where / when others wouldn't - but it's the ONLY time she's done anything morally right in her career.  Still, her response is not wrong. 

Seriously. If the guy were a minority and violated their bail constraints, they'd be back in the slammer or at least forfeiting every cent of that bail money. No one can tell me this guy doesn't get special treatment.

It's sad that it is necessary for a sign like this to exist. 

But you probs read the headline of a 77 yo (maybe older) female who voted for the first time, as her husband died.  Yes, he did not allow her to vote. But we're not the Taliban, right?

....oh, wait......

I didn't write this, but it applies to me. I'm sure to many others as well. 

(and while I get the point, the sentence structured is just awful.)

Three Hitler / Nazi related ones in a row!

The Dude with a Sign is not wrong. I'm tolerating them, as hopefully it will pay off and soon (hopefully), they'll be over. 

One of my goals when in NYC was to stumble upon the Dude with a Sign. It did not happen. 

And even better dude with an even better sign(s).

My friend Markie has a BLOTUS piñata. 

He plans to fill it with delicious candies and beat the fuck out of it. I love this. 

I love Bradley. 

I don't get this, but it was posted in Brooklyn, so it's probably important and true. 

Or someone from Erie PA visited Brooklyn and is fucking with everyone. 

#accurate.

Bigger than some islands. 

Unfortunately, so many don't think about their daughters or granddaughters. Or don't care. 

I'm not sure which one is worse. 

Give this person the key to the city. 

Shep, doing his part avec Halloween cats. 

Bailey's stunt double doing their part.

FUCK.  YOU. 

Hey everyone, let's make fun of his Indian family! Let's see if he thinks that's ok. 

The next seven are from my neighbors. g-d fucking love them!  The corgi one a few above was also a neighbors - and they don't even have a cogri!

Trying for a little levity. 

I'm not sure I succeeded.

NOTHING encapsulates this election more than this image. 

Sorry to bring everyone down today. But this last meme post had to be one. 

Song by: Elvis Presley

He Wasn't Man Enough for Me

I think you all know we are going to be a little McDonald's heavy this week. Hopefully the last, or second to last of these things.  g-d knows, it was a bountiful week with all of these. 

But guess what???  McDonald's has really fucking stopped any Project 2025 talk.  I mean, like to zilch. He's a dick, but he's a crafty dick. Don't let his seeming lack of intelligence fool you. 

Here we go.........there's a lot to get through. 

.....and btw, the McDonald's in question has multiple health violations. So......it's a good metaphor. 

And what I have not seen:  someone needs calculate the amount of time he "worked" there, use minimum wage, and show him what the gross and net pay is for that shift. And ask him - in front of everyone - can he live on that, and how. 

But the media won't do that. They won't even do the calculation. 

100% accurate. 

I'll be honest, I don't know (nor read) all of what he said about Arnold and his dick. Or why. 

And I'm not sure I want to. 

I haven't even found time to write about Rudy. And by the time I'm back from being away, that moment in history will have past. 

But I love the judge who is just fucking Guliani's life. Love it love it love it. 

Yes, it's from January or February. But loving that Harris is using this now. 

I love that someone who publicly defaced a subway wall themselves got defaced. 

Pic: by me

I'm not going to victim shame, but honey - you needed to release that info months ago, at best!

I know I've been avoiding news, but I had to read the Atlantic article. 

It's bad. Of course. But the sources are unnamed and slim. Categorical denials from anyone / everyone else mentioned in the article. 

And there it is, indeed. 

No Lies Told. 

EVERYTHING about this tracks. 

I LOVE Kumail. 

Don't ask me why - but this is my fave for the week. 

Song by: Toni Braxton