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WV born in AZ half the year, veteran, hillbilly, cat servant.
Have a 22 year old blog: https://www.balloon-juice.com
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hey y'all what is a respectable tip to give to valets/bus boys/concierge/whatever in the San Diego area? 5? 10?
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
hey y'all what is a respectable tip to give to valets/bus boys/concierge/whatever in the San Diego area? 5? 10?
actually might not be totally bad to drop off boxes of masks at food pantries
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November 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
actually might not be totally bad to drop off boxes of masks at food pantries
look people I am an alcoholic can someone just tell me when we're too far gone and it's ok to start drinking again because there is nothing to lose that's really all the analysis I need anymore at this point
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
look people I am an alcoholic can someone just tell me when we're too far gone and it's ok to start drinking again because there is nothing to lose that's really all the analysis I need anymore at this point
drinking the left over milk/oat milk/soy milk out of the bowl when you have finished the cereal- especially if the milk is still cold. That fucking rules and there is no denying it.
there's this dude on tiktok that does nothing but make his own lists of "stuff that rules" and he films them all from his closet and he is 30 years younger than me but damned if I don't agree with a lot of the things he says rule
-when an older black woman calls you "baby"
-unlimited chips & salsa
-when an older black woman calls you "baby"
-unlimited chips & salsa
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
drinking the left over milk/oat milk/soy milk out of the bowl when you have finished the cereal- especially if the milk is still cold. That fucking rules and there is no denying it.
I had to go to the fat people store (DXL) in Mesa to get pants (because are we really supposed to expect 55 year old men to remember pack pants when moving from WV to Arizona for six months) and in under ten minutes got myself locked out of the dressing room in my boxer shorts ask me anything
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I had to go to the fat people store (DXL) in Mesa to get pants (because are we really supposed to expect 55 year old men to remember pack pants when moving from WV to Arizona for six months) and in under ten minutes got myself locked out of the dressing room in my boxer shorts ask me anything
personal foul: Unnecessary roughness
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
personal foul: Unnecessary roughness
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
I know I have said this a bunch of times but every time I have a bowl of cereal at night, sitting in my chair, not being fucked with, no one texting or calling, I feel like I am at the height of at peace, like that scene in Pulp Fiction
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I know I have said this a bunch of times but every time I have a bowl of cereal at night, sitting in my chair, not being fucked with, no one texting or calling, I feel like I am at the height of at peace, like that scene in Pulp Fiction
it would be so cool if someone would just explode from their own hubris just utter that final lie or piece of outright idiocy, break out a what you think is a duper's delight, and then just explode outward into a billion pieces like Mr. Creosote after the wafer thin mint
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
it would be so cool if someone would just explode from their own hubris just utter that final lie or piece of outright idiocy, break out a what you think is a duper's delight, and then just explode outward into a billion pieces like Mr. Creosote after the wafer thin mint
for years my parents accused me of going into the pantry at night and eating snacks and leaving a mess. This continued for years, and suspiciously continued while I WAS IN THE ARMY IN GERMANY, yet I still got blamed.
Eventually they caught the cat, Mr. Puff Puff, eating a twinkie at 2 am
Eventually they caught the cat, Mr. Puff Puff, eating a twinkie at 2 am
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
for years my parents accused me of going into the pantry at night and eating snacks and leaving a mess. This continued for years, and suspiciously continued while I WAS IN THE ARMY IN GERMANY, yet I still got blamed.
Eventually they caught the cat, Mr. Puff Puff, eating a twinkie at 2 am
Eventually they caught the cat, Mr. Puff Puff, eating a twinkie at 2 am
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This is a situation where crossing the streams would be catastrophic
Good morning. In the past 24 hours, more Americans have Googled “felching” than have searched for “turkey recipes”
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is a situation where crossing the streams would be catastrophic
I would change my name first, but yes.
Why has no one learned that when Isaac Chotiner comes calling you damned well better act like you are talking to god himself, Gus Fring.
Why has no one learned that when Isaac Chotiner comes calling you damned well better act like you are talking to god himself, Gus Fring.
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I would change my name first, but yes.
Why has no one learned that when Isaac Chotiner comes calling you damned well better act like you are talking to god himself, Gus Fring.
Why has no one learned that when Isaac Chotiner comes calling you damned well better act like you are talking to god himself, Gus Fring.
I am officially old enought that my social media feed is targeting me with black friday deals for... cpap supplies
and god damned if I am not gonna check them out because that shit is expensive and every first night with a new mask and tube is special like a first date
and god damned if I am not gonna check them out because that shit is expensive and every first night with a new mask and tube is special like a first date
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I am officially old enought that my social media feed is targeting me with black friday deals for... cpap supplies
and god damned if I am not gonna check them out because that shit is expensive and every first night with a new mask and tube is special like a first date
and god damned if I am not gonna check them out because that shit is expensive and every first night with a new mask and tube is special like a first date
settle a spousal disagreement- it is not absurd to drive 5 hours round trip from La Jolla to El Segundo just because you have been singing a certain song for 35 years
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
settle a spousal disagreement- it is not absurd to drive 5 hours round trip from La Jolla to El Segundo just because you have been singing a certain song for 35 years
there's this dude on tiktok that does nothing but make his own lists of "stuff that rules" and he films them all from his closet and he is 30 years younger than me but damned if I don't agree with a lot of the things he says rule
-when an older black woman calls you "baby"
-unlimited chips & salsa
-when an older black woman calls you "baby"
-unlimited chips & salsa
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
there's this dude on tiktok that does nothing but make his own lists of "stuff that rules" and he films them all from his closet and he is 30 years younger than me but damned if I don't agree with a lot of the things he says rule
-when an older black woman calls you "baby"
-unlimited chips & salsa
-when an older black woman calls you "baby"
-unlimited chips & salsa
steve is snoring like a jet plane with asthma I can hear him in the next room and went and watched and he is snoring and licking his whiskers and lips
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
steve is snoring like a jet plane with asthma I can hear him in the next room and went and watched and he is snoring and licking his whiskers and lips
Honetly you can just straight up sacrifice him and hell I will throw in his wife
What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Honetly you can just straight up sacrifice him and hell I will throw in his wife
this reminds me of a story I read about his campaign, that when the learned they were doing poorly with the black community they... went out to black communities and engaged them.
So Mamdani wants better transportation, so he goes to a bunch of people who know public transportation.
So Mamdani wants better transportation, so he goes to a bunch of people who know public transportation.
Say what you want, but Mayor-elect Mamdani's transportation transition committee is absolutely fantastic. Having a roster of people who have written reports on how to make subways cheaper, along with the biggest pedestrian and transit advocates in the city, makes me very happy.
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
this reminds me of a story I read about his campaign, that when the learned they were doing poorly with the black community they... went out to black communities and engaged them.
So Mamdani wants better transportation, so he goes to a bunch of people who know public transportation.
So Mamdani wants better transportation, so he goes to a bunch of people who know public transportation.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
again the doj doesn't really care whether or not comey was convicted, all they really wanted was the indictment to continue Trump's lies about the election
when everything you do is performative, the performance is everything
when everything you do is performative, the performance is everything
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
again the doj doesn't really care whether or not comey was convicted, all they really wanted was the indictment to continue Trump's lies about the election
when everything you do is performative, the performance is everything
when everything you do is performative, the performance is everything
arizona peeps- heading from tempe to san diego/la jolla for a week- you recommend just avoiding the ten altogether and taking the 8 the whole way, and if so, where's a nice place around yuma to stop for brunch?
CC; @cherylrofer.bsky.social
CC; @cherylrofer.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
arizona peeps- heading from tempe to san diego/la jolla for a week- you recommend just avoiding the ten altogether and taking the 8 the whole way, and if so, where's a nice place around yuma to stop for brunch?
CC; @cherylrofer.bsky.social
CC; @cherylrofer.bsky.social
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
Look- I love that Kelly is fighting back and that everyone is rallying around him. But from my perspective, as a veteran, this is really problematic the difference in levels of support for Kelly and the leeway we grant veterans.
We mythologize vets and treat them with over the top reverence
We mythologize vets and treat them with over the top reverence
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look- I love that Kelly is fighting back and that everyone is rallying around him. But from my perspective, as a veteran, this is really problematic the difference in levels of support for Kelly and the leeway we grant veterans.
We mythologize vets and treat them with over the top reverence
We mythologize vets and treat them with over the top reverence
friends don't let friends read matt stoller
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
friends don't let friends read matt stoller
yeah that's what women want
what the fuck is this shit in what way shape or form is having more kids the solution to anything in the modern era what is this 1840 did you lose a couple to rickets on the wagon train and need to feel fulfilled again so time to knock up the wife?
what the fuck is this shit in what way shape or form is having more kids the solution to anything in the modern era what is this 1840 did you lose a couple to rickets on the wagon train and need to feel fulfilled again so time to knock up the wife?
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
yeah that's what women want
what the fuck is this shit in what way shape or form is having more kids the solution to anything in the modern era what is this 1840 did you lose a couple to rickets on the wagon train and need to feel fulfilled again so time to knock up the wife?
what the fuck is this shit in what way shape or form is having more kids the solution to anything in the modern era what is this 1840 did you lose a couple to rickets on the wagon train and need to feel fulfilled again so time to knock up the wife?