Archive of entries posted on June 2026
Straight Line of the Day: What Are a Few of Your Favorite Things?
Babesleaga Delay
Saturday Night Hootenanny
Cartoons and Memes : Saturday Night Special
Inspirational Thought for the Day: TV
Definition:
Taedium Vitae:
Ennui. Irksomeness of life. The inanity of sublunary things has afforded a theme to philosophers, moralists and divines, from the earliest records of antiquity: “vanity of vanities,” says the preacher, “all is vanity!” Nor is there anyone, I suppose, who has passed the meridian of life, who has not at some moments felt the nihility of all things.
— Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia (1794–1796)
Straight Line of the Day: What Are the Canadians and Irish Up To?
Canadian PM Carney to visit Dublin and Mayo next week
RTÉ News | 7 Jun 2026 | Jackie FoxCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will make an official visit to Ireland next week….
His office said that during his time in Ireland, he will focus on deepening Canada and Ireland’s longstanding cultural and people-to-people ties and expanding relationships across agri-food, digital innovation, AI, pharmaceuticals and climate.
Welcome to IMAO! Better Take an Hour Break
Friday Night Open Thread: I Just Heard They Faked the Moon Landings. If True, Isn’t That Disturbing?
Straight Line of the Day: I’ve Set Up a Ten-Minute Sit-Down With My Congressman. What Should I Ask Him?
Early-Breaking News
Bond Girlathon Friday : Results from 6/5/2026 : New Matches for 6/12/2026
Hello, we still going with this? I hope so.
Results from 6/5/2026
| Denise Perrier | No Preference | Mie Hama |
| 94 | 3 | 34 |
| (16) Izabella Scorupco | No Preference | Akiko Wakabayashi |
| 128 | 1 | 44 |
New Matches for 6/12/2026
Match 1
Tsai Chin (Ling) vs (4) Famke Janssen (Xenia Onatopp)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
| Tsai Chin | 0 – 6 – 0 | 252 – 9 – 844 |
Actress: Tsai Chin Nationality: Chinese Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967) Synopsis:
In the opening scenes of the film, Bond is shown in bed with Ling, as the two discuss why Chinese girls taste different from all other girls. Ling gets up and presses a button that rockets the bed upwards into the wall, and two gunmen enter the room to kill Bond. It is later revealed to the audience that Ling was helping to stage Bond’s death in order to keep his enemies off his back.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (4) Famke Janssen | 6 – 0 – 0 | 864 – 8 – 284 |
Actress: Famke Janssen Nationality: Dutch Bond Movie: Goldeneye (1995) Synopsis:
Xenia Onatopp was a henchwoman working alongside the traitor General Ourumov. She stole a Tiger Helicopter, a new prototype that was resistant to electromagnetic pulses. She then helped Ourumov steal the codes and launch key for the Goldeneye satellite weapon from the Severnaya Space Control Centre. She killed the staff and programmed Goldeneye to destroy the facility with electromagnetic pulses that wouldn’t effect the Tiger. She flirted with Bond and tried to kill him on multiple occasions, but Bond ended up onatopp.
Match 2
Karin Dor (Helga Brandt) vs Serena Gordon (Caroline)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Karin Dor | 1 – 5 – 0 | 365 – 10 – 790 |
Actress: Karin Dor Nationality: German Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967) Synopsis:
Helga Brandt was a SPECTRE henchwoman who pretended to fall in love with Bond and switch to his side, only to try and kill him the next morning. For failing to kill Bond, Brandt is killed by head of SPECTRE Blofeld, who drops her into a pool of piranha fish. Helga Brandt was very similar to prior Bond girl Fiona Volpe, as the producers tried to replicate their prior success.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Serena Gordon | 1 – 5 – 0 | 405 – 15 – 674 |
Actress: Serena Gordon Nationality: English Bond Movie: Goldeneye (1995) Synopsis:
Caroline was a psychological evaluator working for MI6. She was sent by M to evaluate Bond, who took her for a drive in his Aston Martin DB5. Bond drove very fast and engaged in a race with Xenia Onatopp, making Caroline very uncomfortable. After screaming at Bond to slow down, Bond came to an abrupt stop, and seduced Caroline with a bottle of Bollinger champagne hidden in an armrest. The two proceed with a “very thorough evaluation.”
Straight Line of the Day: I Can’t Prove It, But I Suspect…
- … that when street-corner protesters hold up their signs from exactly 11:00 to exactly 1:00 and then go home, it is no mere coincidence. They are being paid.
- … some liberal group, somewhere, gets residuals every time the “B” in “Black” is upper-case. Capitalization is key in a market economy!
- … women secretly lust after me.
