GhostOfTomJoad

Just got Peacock today for the game. Watched first two episodes of Poker Face and will stick with it. Premise is solid & lots of potential.

In the end the scan that I sent her was essentially decorative. As his daughter, my aunt can easily get access to the forms she'd need to get her into the ALA. I can't prevent her from doing that, and if she is going to try and run a sugar daddy scam there or something similar then the poor sucker victim must be damn near deaf and blind. On the positive side at least the Legion will get her forty bucks dues.

So the sequel which they'd hope to release in time for the 40th anniversary of Spinal Tap's release was delayed due to the writers' strike. Filming begins next month. Paul McCartney and Elton John have cameos. Can't wait gif goes here.

We've got a whole fryer in the crockpot that will be used for tortilla soup tomorrow. Tonight is pork stir fry and chocolate brownies for dessert (had to pick up some Samuel Smith's Chocolate Stout for the recipe). We've got an assortment of other soups & stews in the freezer ready to reheat as needed.

Yeah, just got my curbside & everything was there. The gal who dropped them off told me that people were there shopping at 6AM when she showed up for her shift but nothing too crazy so far (Lakeline & 183).

Educate me, please, on American Legion Auxiliary membership. As in, why would someone want to suddenly join late in life, what are the benefits, etc.? I understand the basic purpose of AL and VFW as essentially fraternal organizations for ex-military/veterans and to raise money, do some good in the community, etc. But what benefit would an Auxiliary member get from joining? Backstory: my 68 YO aunt --who has been a lifelong fuckup and con-artist-- reached out to me via FB Messenger yesterday asking if I had my Grampa's WWII dog tags or military papers that had his SSN on it. She was DESPERATE to join American Legion Auxillary in Florida and said that she needed a DD214 (which the military didn't issue until the '50s) so she needed her dad's SSN to get this form. She asked my dad (her older brother; they hate one another) for this info and although I know he has the tags he lied, told her he didn't, and to contact Fort Snelling in MN where their parents are both buried to see what info she can get that would prove his military service. Grampa died ten years ago, and Gramma followed 3 years later. My dad and his sister settled their humble estate and have had almost no contact since. My grandparents had 4 children total. My dad was the firstborn. Then came my uncle (died of cancer in his 60s when his parents were still alive), another aunt (died in '63 at 13 of Lupus), and con-artist aunt. At a very young age she learned to capitalize on the death of her sister and being the only daughter, and over the course of her the next 50+ years she'd use that sadness & guilt to go to her dad & get help--usually cash--whenever she needed it, which was monthly if not weekly. Gramma admitted to me before her death that she disagreed with Grampa giving her so much money over the years. My grandparents were both children of the Great Depression. Grampa worked at a power plant as a maintenance supervisor after WWII and made an honest living. They were comfortable but certainly not rich. Gramma told me with some shame that they had given my aunt north of $150K in cash over the years plus two gently used cars over the years. My dad & his brother saw much of this & it chapped both of their asses. This still didn't prevent my aunt from declaring bankruptcy in the '00s. My dad took great joy in telling her that "the bank of Bob and Martha is officially CLOSED" when he completed his duties as executor & all accounts were settled. Anyway, back to the other day. I told my aunt that I had a copy of his WWII honorable discharge papers that included his Army serial number, an 8-digit ID. I scanned her a copy of the front of this paper only (not the back which contained more personal info). It has his name, the serial number, and date of discharge (11/4/45 at Camp Hood, Texas). It was about an hour after I sent this I get a nervous call from my dad warning me that she might want some info about Grampa and to not give her anything. Fuck. Too late. So I get an earful from the old man just because. Now, I didn't provide her anything of importance or that she couldn't have likely gotten on her own as his daughter. I believe the Army serial numbers have no value. And even if she somehow got his SSN out of this, that would have locked as soon as my Gramma received the transfer of benefits on his death. So now that I've lost everyone with this long diatribe, did I fuck up? I can't imagine that even if she has enough documentation to join the AL Aux in FL that she can do anything nefarious or benefit in any significant way. Maybe she's trying to find a way to rent a cheap hall for her equally fucked up son & daughter to use for a wedding. Or maybe she'll finally marry her fiancee of over a decade, the guy who is the father of their 25 YO daughter. Oh wait. He's still married to his first wife and living in MN (not a bad plan for him; he only has to visit my aunt once or twice a year).

So my wife put in the HEB curbside order last night for me to pick up at my usual 7AM Saturday slot. Those pics above are making me nervous that I'm going to get a text tomorrow at 6:30AM saying "due to u foreseen circumstances we don't have one fucking item in stock for your order. "

The fucker was found guilty of sexual assault less than 6 months ago and his poll numbers have only gone up. The story vanished from the headlines less than a week after the conviction. We. Are. Properly. Fucked.

The Boeing shift away from safety started before he took over, but fuck if Jim McNerney and his Jack Welch playback from GE didn't ramp up the sacrifice of QA & safety in exchange for profits all the way to eleven. That dude did possibly irreparable damage to two American manufacturing titans-Boeing and 3M-and collected $25mm+ a year to destroy cultures of safety & manufacturing excellence built over decades. Fuck him and all Welch disciples with a red hot tire iron.

Yep. She's absolutely grudged rubbed one out to Hunter's dong pics. She was having 3-ways with crossfit dork guys, for shit's sake. The thought of her getting spit roasted by a coked up Hunter's hog leg had her flicking her bean with great anger, boys.

I'm sure @closetojumping is waiting for just the right time to reach out to his 'Bama friends to find out how they're dealing with this. I thought one was even a member of Saban's administration so hopefully they find a soft landing spot. The big question is, does 'Bama have deep enough pockets to compete in the NIL-era post-Saban? They've been THE standard for the last 15 years so don't expect them to disappear into irrelevancy like Nebraska, but reality is about to slap them pretty hard upside the face.

Same thing with "tje". Drives me fucking nuts [emoji2959]

Remember when Trump inherited our military 🪖 whose stock was so depleted by Obama our soldiers and marines didn't even have bullets for their guns? I 'member. This was, of course, bullshit.

I've wondered why those cops left as well. Is it possible that the tactical police team that were on scene immediately after the shooting were there to replace them and had given them the signal to move out?

Cosmi's nobody's bitch. He's gonna be there all day, Parsons.

Yep

The War on Christmas is too seasonal. Dotard's now claiming there's a war on Christians! Unhinged piece of shit.

Yeah, when Jack tweeted a long post about why he supported the orange fuckface prior to the 2020 election that was the last straw even for my 79 YO dad who idolized Nicklaus. Jack tried to play the "I'm just a simple midwestern boy from Ohio, and I don't always like what Trump says but he's had to put up with so much crap and despite that he's the most diverse president I've ever seen! So vote for him unless you want America to become a socialist country!" angle. My dad, who never discusses politics & is pretty moderate, was extremely anti-Trump. He's also anti-social media so he heard about Jack's tweet from one of his golf buddies. He actually called me and had me read the entire tweet to him. He was stunned, and his reaction was simply "well...that's disappointing." Fuck you, Jack. Your golf course architecture empire has been built on all kinds of shady deals and labor that cost less than the dirt moved at resorts all over the world.

"It was horrible. Gotta get over it. Isn't Melania a babe? Yeah, she's smoking hot...wherever she is. Probably taking care of a sick parent or something. I dunno. Tragic. But I won another club championship the other week. It was amazing. Nobody could do..I mean, Jack Nicklaus came up to me, tears in his eyes and said..."Mr President, your round today was better than my final round at Augusta in '86. I mean, in my prime I never struck the ball as well as you did. My 18 major championships can't hold a candle to what you accomplished against Guido the upholstery wholesaler from Syracuse and that orthodontist with the funny name."

So Mike's getting interviews for positions he's not qualified for how? It's not like a screener is giving him a shot at a marketing director at a tech company. Is he implying he's not qualified for McDonald's?

FYI she's on Threads if you don't want to link to Elon's shit app.

Proud of the team. Wish we would have won but definitely would have taken 12-2 w/ a B12 championship + CFP appearance in August (I think I had us with 2 regular season losses in the pre-season poll). Not drinking a drop & watching from my sofa helped my condition immeasurably this morning although I still only got a few hours of sleep (probably didn't need that cup of coffee at 7:30pm). [emoji869][emoji869][emoji869][emoji869] and here's to bigger & better success in 2024 and beyond.

Keep fighting, boys! Nice catch for the TD, Mitchell [emoji869]

Go fuck yourself.

Home cooking for the Chefs with that bullshit intentional grounding call.