In-depth chat about that here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN8z...

Chip a dee doodah! Chip a dee yay, M. Kelly red mist make it happen today... I kid, of course.
Welcome back, Mr. Oswalt!

Well, don't push your luck by changing it to 'butt chipper'.

Pretty sure that's a western leaf-cutter bee on the sunflower head, so at least we have that...for a while longer. They behave as if they know they're running out of time, which I fully respect.

He walked to the depths of the deepest burnt forest...

They suddenly vanished, as if Raptured, weapons and clothes falling to the roof. A penetrating reek of hot black pepper filled their nostrils; immense, searing peppercorns sank into their flesh. Lips tore, teeth broke, pepper poured down their throats. Theirs to enjoy, forever.

A reverse Rapture.

Enjoyed the excerpts from the audiobook you read on the podcast. Even better was your appearance on The Daily Show with Jordan Klepper, who grew more fanboi'ish by the second!

Semi-vaguely on topic, my wife cranks MST3K (which I call 'mistake' to trigger her) while she's crafting pine needle baskets, etc. On our nature walks, after I've chicka-dee-dee-dee'd and cawed a few too many times, I sometimes rue 'If I could STOP talking to the animals...' but, we're buds, eh?!

cable tangler!

Please allow me to coin 'barfunkles' for your reading pleasure.

Only if you steal from the earth and give to the rich, Robin.

Current US climate/energy policy seems built on the understanding that the author is close, but 'not quite there': the heat will kill THEM first, the poor, aged, 'losers in shithole countries'... they're all machine-gunnable rabble as far as Scump et al are concerned.

Let them eat NOTHING & die.

My next door neighbour had a Kenner Easy-Bake Oven, and we used to develop our own B&W film, but we were too dumb to combine them into something groundbreaking.
Sigh. Opportunities lost. In fairness to us, we 'were' 12 years old...

They need to learn that manners enhance compliance.

STAGGER INTO THE WOODS, FETID HOMINID, AND EMBRACE YOUR SUBSUMANCE, 'please'.

Yes please. Double that rate for 'Gateway to Mars', to slap 'DOGE-Czar' towards Realityville Station.

Apologies to all the hapless humans along for the ride on the 'Moloch Express to Optimized Throughput'.

Those 'are' the gills. Caps look like this, and are surprisingly small.

Probably the same guys who named the town my mom's from, Long Pond.

Coming soon: subscription weather-warning apps with dynamic pricing! The closer the extreme weather, the more you pay!