Ray Ewing
The Almighty: “How About This? See The Griffin and a Winged Cherub on the Side?”
Human: “Meh.”
Straight Line of the Day: They Say “Garbage In, Garbage Out,” But According to the Conservation of Energy, Wouldn’t Some of the Garbage Remain in the System?
I Don’t Know How I’ve Never Heard This Saying Before Today
“Well, G’night Oppo, I Guess . . . “
Friday Night Open Thread: As I Remember It
As I remember it:
My gearless bicycle was a P-51, and the neighbor’s bike was a “Nazi Jap Zero.”
The neighborhood had Nazis around every outbuilding during war games with the neighborhood kids.
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I was able to plump down in a chair with a drink in my hand without ever spilling a drop.
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Kids made way on the sidewalk for older folks.
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That guy in front of me in the post office line first arrived at the counter.
Captious, This!
Could a word describe IMAO better?
captious /kăp′shəs/
adjective
- Marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults: “a captious scholar.”
- Intended to entrap or confuse, as in an argument: “a captious question.”
- Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Perhaps “ebullient”:
Adj.: Short for “electronically bullient,” which is short for “electronically bull-salient.”
Liberal Tries To Cross Country in EV Using Power From Overhead Lines — Gets Exactly Half a Pole’s Length From Home
Straight Line of the Day: Wrong Ways To Store Cheese: …
I Was Storing Cheese All Wrong. This Simple Fix Keeps It Fresh for Days
CNet | August 05, 2025 | Pamela Vachon
Informative article, actually.
“If you see it molds up a little bit, generally you can scrape off that mold and it’s no problem,” says Montez. Because of the lack of water content in cheese, food mold can’t penetrate it very deeply like it would with many other food products. “Look out if it’s black mold or something like that,” he says, “but the thing is, it’s rare that a piece of cheese becomes unsafe to eat. It’s going to become unpalatable to you long before it’s unsafe.”
Bond Girlathon Friday : Results for 7/25/2025 : New Matches for 8/8/2025
Hey, I actually woke up in time to post these matches, woo-hoo!
Results
| Teri Hatcher | No Preference | Luciana Paluzzi |
|---|---|---|
| 211 | 0 | 37 |
| Molly Peters | No Preference | Cecile Thomsen |
|---|---|---|
| 117 | 0 | 93 |
New Matches for 8/8/2025
Match 1
Maryse Guy Mitsouko (Mademoiselle La Porte) vs Denise Richards (Dr. Christmas Jones)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Maryse Guy Mitsuoko | 1 – 1 – 0 | 201 – 10 – 276 |
Actress: Maryse Guy Mitsouko Nationality: French Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965) Synopsis:
Mlle. La Porte was Bond’s French liaison during his attendance of SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar’s funeral. She informs Bond that Bouvar passed away in his sleep, and as the two leave the funeral she ends with “Is there anything else our French station can do for Monsieur Bond?”, to which Bond replies, “Later, perhaps.”
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Denise Richards | 2 – 0 – 0 | 315 – 1 – 180 |
Actress: Denise Richards Nationality: American Bond Movie: The World is Not Enough (1999) Synopsis:
Christmas Jones was a nuclear physicist working for an international agency that decommissioned nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union era. After Bond helped her escape from an explosion, Jones helped Bond investigate a bomb travelling along Elektra King’s oil pipeline. She discovered that half the plutonium was missing, which helped Bond discover King’s intentions in time to stop her. The two spend Christmas together in turkey at the end of the film.
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Match 2
Mie Hama (Kissy Suzuki) vs Halle Berry (Jinx)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Mie Hama | 0 – 2 – 0 | 109 – 5 – 312 |
Actress: Mie Hama Nationality: Japanese Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967) Synopsis:
Kissy Suzuki was a ninja working for the head of the Japanese secret service, Tiger Tanaka. She had a mock wedding with James Bond, who underwent surgery to disguise himself as a Japanese fisherman, so that the pair could explore a quiet village without being noticed.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Halle Berry | 1 – 1 – 0 | 218 – 2 – 253 |
Actress: Halle Berry Nationality: American Bond Movie: Die Another Day (2002) Synopsis:
Since Die Another Day was the 20th Bond film, and marked the 40th anniversary of the series, Jinx was introduced in the style of Honey Ryder, rising out of the sea in a bikini, with a hunting knife attached to her side. Jinx worked for the NSA and was assigned to kill Zao.
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Just Sit at Home With Your Monitors, Losers
Nova Scotia sets up hotline for people to snitch on neighbours caught violating ban on hiking, camping, fishing
Western Standard | 6th Aug, 2025 | Jarryd JägerNova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has announced a province-wide ban on forest-based activities in an attempt to prevent wildfires.
… “Effective 4 p.m. today,” Houston said, “we are restricting travel and activities that really aren’t necessary for most of us — hiking, camping, fishing, the use of vehicles in the woods are not permitted. Trail systems through woods are off limits.”
Let me guess: only essential government workers’ outdoor activities and liberal “boot camp” retreats allowed.
Houston, we’ve got a problem.
Straight Line of the Day: So, What Will You Offer the Democrats for $10 Million?
Exclusive: Democrats Plan to Spend Tens of Millions of Dollars to Fund Hundreds of Content Creators
Breitbart | 08/04/2025 | Nick GilbertsonDemocrats are planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to spin narratives on social media as part of a $110.5 million fundraising effort, according to images of slides from a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) donor event obtained by Breitbart News.
Under a heading “Urgent Off-Year Funding Needs” on one slide, it states the DCCC looks to raise $10 million for social media and content creation,
… that’s where you come in.
$20 million for “Accountability work,” $15 million for “Voter Registration,” $5 million for “Recruitment” and “Primary Engagement,” and $2 million for “Research” and a “Rapid Response Infrastructure.”
One goal is to enlist at least 667 content creators, with the aim of reaching 83 million Americans and drawing 6.6 million engagements, per another slide that focuses on content creation. The program aims to engage at least 167 “Non-Political Creators” and 8 “Vetted Creators for ads in every target state.”
Maybe here, too.
There will be what the DCCC calls a “Social Media Bootcamp” that runs for four weeks.
Sounds like fun. Weenies cooking hot dogs, group tax hikes, etc.
The boot camp, which seems to be for content creators, will focus on “Customized social media evaluation,” “Platform-specific optimization strategies,”
Joke about the Emu, and you’re in. Oppomization!
“Realtime insights on trending content and engagement Strategies,” and “Daily + rapid response content.”
Made more difficult to do when they keep crashing our site.
They even spelled “Digicommies” wrong.
Cartoons and Memes
Straight Line of the Day: Mad Libs
Bond Girlathon Wednesday : Results from 7/30/2025 : New Matches for 8/6/2025
Summertime and the voting is easy.
Results
| Britt Ekland | No Preference | Tina Hudson |
|---|---|---|
| 132 | 2 | 77 |
| Tanya Roberts | No Preference | Maud Adams |
|---|---|---|
| 113 | 1 | 96 |
New Matches for 8/6/2025
Match 1
Carmen du Sautoy (Saida) vs Grace Jones (May Day)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Carmen du Sautoy | 0 – 4 – 0 | 90 – 13 – 740 |
Actress: Carmen du Sautoy Nationality: English Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Synopsis:
Saida was a Lebanese belly dancer, and the ex-lover of agent 002, Bill Fairbanks. When Fairbanks is found dead, Bond visits Saida to find out what happened. Saida mentions that she found the bullet that killed Fairbanks and now uses it as a lucky charm belly button. Bond tries to casually steal the bullet, but after getting hit on the back by the club bouncer, he swallows it by mistake.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Jones | 0 – 4 – 0 | 70 – 18 – 810 |
Actress: Grace Jones Nationality: Jamaican Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985) Synopsis:
May Day was the girlfriend of Max Zorin, and also worked for him as an assassin.May Day killed Bond’s chauffeur, and tried to kill Bond on several occasions. Much later in the film, May Day realized that she had been double crossed by Zorin, who had left her to die in an explosion that would cause a flood in silicon valley. May Day joined teams with Bond to remove the bomb, and in doing so, met her death.
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Match 2
Francoise Therry (Chew Mee) vs Mary Stovin (Kimberley Jones)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Francoise Therry | 1 – 3 – 0 | 166 – 4 – 568 |
Actress: Francoise Therry Nationality: French Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Synopsis:
Chew Mee was a mistress of businessman Hai Fat. While visiting Hai Fat, Bond first saw sight of her while she was swimming naked in the palaces’ pool. Bond asked how the water was, and Chew Mee responded that he should come in and find out. Chew Mee had only a brief appearance, and Bond didn’t make it into the pool.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Stovin | 1 – 3 – 0 | 450 – 9 – 449 |
Actress: Mary Stövin Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985) Synopsis:
Kimberley Jones was an MI6 agent who assisted Bond in Siberia, on a mission to recover a lost microchip from assassinated agent 003. Bond snowboarded down a mountain to avoid a helicopter and a gang of hitmen skiers. When he got to the bottom, Kimberley was waiting in a boat disguised as an iceberg. Bond pulled out some beluga caviar, a bottle of Vodka and the microchip, mentioning that it would be five days until they reached Alaska.
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Straight Line of the Day: So What Have You Found Lately?
Couple Find Nazi Bunker After Digging Under Home
Yahoo! News | August 3, 2025A couple have discovered a Nazi bunker underneath their house.
Shaun and Carrie Tullier bought their home in Torteval, Guernsey, four years ago and were tipped off by someone who used to live in the house about a wartime building being underneath it.
After digging up their driveway, they eventually managed to unearth the bunker and now have plans to turn it into a games room and gym, although they will keep the original features. The bunker dates back to when Hitler’s forces occupied the Channel Islands from 1940 until 1945.