Mrs Whiggins

Well, to quote the Lake Travis Football Parent contingent from the DT thread about bullying: boys will be boys. They aren't mean to suffer (like women).

Oh sorry, you mentioned that in the gin post and I skimmed too quickly. I'd just sub it in for the sloe gin as it doesn't sound all that different. You might also just make a gin and tonic with it and see what kind of flavor profile it has? ( a super quick tonic: 1 1/2 ounces gin, pour over a tumbler filled with ice, add tonic to top then squeeze a fresh lime into the drink, give a stir).

So, contraception leads to infidelity? Huh. Does he somehow believe that men never cheated on their spouses prior to contraception? Oh! He means wives were becoming unfaithful because somehow men have NEVER brought home chlamydia, crabs, gonorrhea, herpes, hepatitis, hiv/aids, HPV, NGU, PID, scabies, syphilis, trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis, CMV, etc. prior to hormonal birth control being available. With regards to his comment about men "devaluing" women; who is trying to treat women like chattel, Rep Wichgers? STAY OUT OF OUR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS, you arrogant ignorant prick.

This may be why I missed your question--the pic doesn't load for me. Here's the link to the Drunk thread where I posted a few sloe gin cocktail recipes.

Ooooo, we love sloe gin. Two of the brands that you can find in the US that we like: Plymouth is our favorite followed by Hayman's. If you've got Dekuyper it's not going to be quite the same but it'll do. I'd love to try some of the brands that are more common overseas. There are some out of California that are supposed to be good but we haven't sampled them and I've not had any luck finding Sipsmith in our area. So, with sloe gin you can drink it neat. The Plymouth (of the two we have) is best for this IMO. Cocktail recipes under the spoiler for space.

The scrutiny continues. What will Snowflake do? Ted, not the dog. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/watchdog-groups-say-texas-sen-ted-cruz-brazenly-violated-federal-election-campaign-act/ar-BB1llSeE Watchdog groups say Texas Sen. Ted Cruz 'brazenly violated' Federal Election Campaign Act More at link. I'm of the opinion that nothing's going to happen with this. the FEC has been sidelined for over five years, I used to follow the chair, Ellen Weintraub on Twitter before Musk ruined the platform ( I had no account but hers was public). She was a by-the-book kind of official but that only works when people actually read the book and agree to follow it. Yeah, that's gone.

Parsley and cilantro? That's some great chimichurri right there; just made some from the garden this weekend to go with the steak spouse grilled. Yum. I'd love to grow blackberries but right now am keeping things a little ....less. Got a lot going on so sticking with the basics. Our beans have come on and the first crop will be harvested soon. We've had lots and lots of salad from the lettuce which is still going as long as the temps hold. Cukes and tomatoes have blossoms. Beets and carrots doing well. I haven't got the basil in yet though.

Okay, so I have no idea what is going on here but no matter what, rep for the junior cheer Sonic quote because I just lost it.

Woah, woah, woah. I thought all attorneys were frequently dicks. Except mine of course. And maybe the ones on Surly.

I watched the video above by @chainsaw and Michael Knowles would benefit from a course in the appropriate use of how one uses air quotes. His technique is so poor. How can he claim to be a RW "conservative" if he cannot coordinate his hands to properly and emphatically use air quotes? I mean, come on. You just lift the hands and use the fingers and 'air quote' as you're speaking. Don't half ass it Michael. Lean into it. Also, 1220 is the supposed year that Ghengis Kahn and his army took Bukhara after laying seige to it causing 30,000 civilian deaths. Knowles probably sees himself as some sort of pasha but he's more like the weird foot fetish guy in House of the Dragon. Finally, @YGIFS you responded as I was typing and my apologies for lashing out; I know you are trying to raise your family in what is rapidly becoming a period in history where women stand to lose so much in what turned out to be a short short period of time where they (and society) could perhaps realize just how much they can offer the world beyond what men have deemed acceptable for them to do.

We had some good news today and were celebrating. Martinis!

No. There is no "get" on this, nor is there justification. I may be two martinis deep tonight on my thought process, but the idea that modern day judges "get" anything on the founders is just bullshit. They want to manipulate what they want by cherry picking phrases in order to use their power to enforce what they have deemed is what the founders wanted. As if. I understand your point, but they, like other originalists, conveniently ignore that which they proclaim to be fact is rather subjective and that they only hold that power because we have "given" it to them. Because we are stupid. So, uh, yeah. Mrs. Whiggins needs to calm down.

^^^Just came here to post the quotes from that talk. Good leg work and rep to you!

I couldn't locate the photo after a brief search, but there's one of former president Obama and the Easter Bunny, (taken by the WH photographer, Pete Souza from behind) while the duo are standing on the porch. They are in shadow and after viewing the shot, Obama had remarked, "Two of the most recognizable pairs of ears in America." Being unafraid of some self-deprecating humor is one trait that a leader ought to possess.

Um, no. Making a bad situation worse when it has real impacts is just, no.

I'm at the beginning of the trial preparation chapters and that's been fascinating to read regarding the attorneys and the paths for defense/prosecution. It was such a tragedy and like you, I was too young to absorb it all when it happened but the author does a solid job of recreating the timeline and background.

Live look at Mr. Spiro when that all went down (all credit to @THUJONE)

Thanks for the description. I thought the OP was referring to a Malt and Bailey which is when you mix Guinness and Bailey's Irish Cream (in a cold glass so the Bailey's doesn't curdle) cause if you drink a bunch of those everyone's crazy but no one cares because you're all besties until you puke.

This right here. He will say whatever it takes because Winning.

2024: The Year of the Dragon Narcissist(s)

Slight derail from the tragic thread topic, but I'm curious about fake crying from the pulpit. I this something one practices prior to the sermon to improve? Is it a method form of preaching? Do seminaries of certain branches cover this in a class? How does the congregation 'rate' and respond to the crying exactly? Join in? Three times does seem a little excessive even for an event of such import as Easter, so were the tears of joy? Anger? Sorrow? Each one for a different paragraph? I'm being a bit cheeky, but the homily/sermon (IMO) is the message that is often relatable to the particular event/theme as well as meet the needs of the listeners to inspire them. I don't think this preacher would find me a good listener to his sermon.

Anecdotal but nonetheless I've also observed a frequent refrain by either prospective/current parents/students on campuses that my student/myself has a higher test score(s) than X student. The assumption is based upon the race of X student (black) regardless of whether said parent/student actually know the score or not or even what qualifications are required for admissions. The assumption is that they don't deserve to be there because their student is a top student with top scores and blah blah blah. The same parents frequently lament that the state unis don't give out money to their offspring even though their child is a top student with top scores. I did the math on this (maybe in another thread) after reading this one parent's complaint on A. Certain. Message. Board. because their child was top ten percent and auto admitted to that school but not really offered any $$ like they thought they would be (full ride). If the freshman class is 10,000 students and one takes ten percent of those students (as one does at the HS level) and hands them a $1000 scholarship that is still a lot of money because that is $4 million dollars (4 years) plus each year is another class. Schools like A&M and UT do give out funds for the top students, but some parents are delusional. So the parent/student "feel" cheated somehow; despite not knowing much about admissions, nor the background of X student(s) or anything else. The parent went to THIS school and therefore so should their child and X student won't have the appreciation for the "culture" of the school, and on and on. As a parent of a (now degreed) female STEM student, I observed this a lot with regards to her qualifications (in a STEM field) and observed that POC had it much much worse with respect to those assumptions.

Ooof, been there and so has my spouse; always an interesting night when one has to suddenly paraphrase, skip over pages...I can't recall if these were mentioned in one of the rec threads on books for children, but I know that ours enjoyed Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Wonder Book and its sequel, Tanglewood Tales. Hawthorne with his prose, re-wrote the Greek myths and tbh my spouse discovered that the language of the era in which Hawthorne wrote gave our children something beyond the story. Granted, these are of a different time period than TOAFK, but the sci-fi/fantasy genre has parallels with these durable myths. One that my youngest asked for repeatedly was the classic Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. Shakespeare w/o the adult content essentially and it suited his nature that he loved the tragedies most of all. I also can't recall your child's age? You've already read *Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh? The Dark Is Rising?(Susan Cooper) The Chronicles Of Prydain? My husband likes(d) Robert Heinlein and I think he read a bunch of his juvenile books they picked up from our library, but then our library weeded their collection and despite my protests, got rid of a bunch of their older books for children. I realize there are space issues, but one of the positives for those older books were that the content tended to be slightly more suitable for younger precocious readers who may not yet have the life experience for today's young adult fiction. Plus the language was of benefit for their vocabulary. Call me a square, but I was a firm advocate that children don't necessarily need as much instruction in what our current language is as much as they do seeing/hearing what and how it has changed over centuries. It opens up the expansive possibilities for their own forays into writing and understanding the human experience and how to communicate that is both practical and art. If you happen upon your local library (not during a storytime when they're swamped), I very much recommend talking to the childrens/young adult librarian as many of them love to connect patrons with the books they seek. Our librarian was fantastic for this because the feedback from our family and other families helped them form their collection beyond the basic book orders. It also inspired more than one book display which was fun. (When I volunteered for our elementary school library, that was one of my tasks and it was a delight to watch the books disappear and be in high demand--one of my faves was a spring baseball/softball display because I could go way back in time to author Matt Christopher (The Kid Who Only Hit Homers) to modern nonfiction to novels where baseball was featured but not the main theme (The Girl Who Threw Butterflies). Good luck! I love that so many parents read to their children; it is and hopefully always will be time well spent together. Ours enjoyed it long past the age at which they could read even the harder works for themselves. *Forgive me for not going to the other thread and checking on what y'all have already read. Another fantasy novel (and references to Norse mythology) is The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen (Alan Garner) but it comes with some caveats. The version matters as the 1960 publication is the one most often found as the author made changes for a republication that critics thought improved it so if you can find the 1963 text, it's better written. The author later disdained his own work, but many current writers have said it inspired them.

Many college athletes don't need to be aware of those threads because they already know exactly how those fuckers think and feel about them. They've lived it their entire lives.