DagwoodIII

Work isn’t a panacea.

I was a shy introvert and got a job in public medicine. I learned how to interact with a broad variety of people, ranging from senior staff doctors to homeless folks.

I went from being a shy introvert to a glib introvert.

“The Road Less Travelled” by Harry Turtledove.

A spaceship lands on the White House lawn. Our scientists are positive that it’s not from our solar System; it must have a Faster Than Light drive of some sort.

The military is ready to face them, but the generals have little hope, because if they have FTL, the rest of their weapons must be equally advanced.

The aliens come out on horseback, shooting arrows and throwing spears.

Turns out, every other race in the Galaxy has FTL, and we’re the schnooks who never figured it out.

Oh, sweet innocent child.

Back after 9/11/2001 the GOP pushed two ideas at once. First, that Bill Clinton had missed numerous opportunities to go after bin-Ladn, and that Bush Jr. had only been in office for nine months and couldn’t have know what a threat bin-Ladn was.

https://youtu.be/9UJphNPwDfk?list=PLhGipfv0juZWw5lM_NyhY1n32UXVSn37Q

1940 animated version using rotoscopes. One of my favorite versions of the Man Of Steel.

So, Supes is an illegal and he had a kid with another guy?

Also, the kid is dating Miss Martian, who is also an illegal alien and a shapeshifter who can become a boy if she wants to…

Get me my Bat-Shark Repellent!

Poor Supes has been retconned since he first appeared. For a while he could shapeshift and turn invisible.

I like how he calls out the people who will do nothing because ‘cops and Nazis are the same thing.’

How many of these idiots have child support warrants out on them? Any hostile interaction between cops and Nazis is a win.

Check with the local parks department. There are nature hikes that teach people about the local biology.

You shouldn’t pick a news source based on the fact that it agrees with you.

You should pick it because it actually gives you information.

Thanks for the suggestion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero:_The_Biography_of_a_Dangerous_Idea

One of the most annoying books I ever read. Every page made me feel stupider and more uneducated.

How many anime fans does it take to change a lightbulb?

FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON DRAGONBALL Z!!!

When do you think tax cuts for the rich are going to start ‘trickling down’ to the rest of us?

When Reagan came into office, ‘middle class’ was still one Union job supporting a family fo four. In those days, $1 million was a vast fortune. By the time Bush Sr. let office, ‘middle class’ was enshrined as two jobs to run the house, and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.

Joke.

My buddy had gotten a job in a posh part of town. He told me that one of the unexpected benefits was that every woman he saw was dressed to impress with perfect hair, makeup, and clothing.

“Joe, you gotta get over this sick fetish you have for women who bathe every day.”

I’ve been using “16 of one, a dozen and a third of the other” for a while.

“I, Claudius” great BBC series featuring a young Patrick Stewart, Brian Blessed, and Derek Jacobi as Claudius. Based on the novels by Robert Graves. Even if you aren’t into history, they are a great example of doing a great show on a tiny budget.

https://youtu.be/Z7XRX1UBooQ?list=PLlwzDYw6zp2D6DxLR8zGz1i_7764DYSVQ

[joke]

Two students are talking and one says that according to the book she’s reading, mentally healthy people can recall stuff from before they knew how to speak. She asks the other what his earliest memory is?

“I remember being very nervous the first day of high school.”

I was fifty pages from the end of “Foucault’s Pendulum” when I quit. Zero regrets.

Unless it’s for a course or career training, there’s no reason to stick with a book you don’t like.

Quitting means you have more time to read the ones that will feed your soul.

You might like the PBS series “From Jesus To Christ.”

https://youtu.be/JN8FM1NCOSk

[off topic?]

Old joke. Back in the day, condoms were made of sheep intestines. One day a student was brought before the judges on the charge of having sex with a prostitute. The student claimed that by using a condom he had not actually had sex and should be freed.

The judges told him that the penalty for sleeping with a prostitute was a 15 shilling fine, but the penalty for having sex with a dead sheep was a hundred lashes.