RLR

Please never let my somewhat-economically-comfortable ass fall into the category of "Mr Fair-Weather-Revolutionary"

And I said a summarized version to everyone I chatted with at the airport bar

While stuck for a bit at the airport, I am reminded of the sage words of D4: "Sometimes life ain't convenient. They saw a chance to take power and they seized it"

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*chef's kiss*

Enjoy your baseball team tomorrow. Even if they are terrible. Even if they make you mad and frustrated. The offseason is long and the world is full of horrors. Even very bad baseball is better than waiting for spring.

WNBA coaches:

taking a piss and getting a snack during the 2001 a space odyssey intermission. god this is civilized. this is paradise

A colorful illustration inspired by the Norwegian fairy tale "The Three Billy Goats Gruff."

Trip trap trip trap

The photo features Guy Lafleur in a red Montreal Canadiens jersey, number 10, skating with a stick, captured in a dynamic, motion-blurred pose. The text "LAFLEUR!" with a star is at the top against a black background.

In 1979, at the height of his fame, Lafleur released his album Lafleur!. It consisted of him reciting hockey instructions accompanied by disco music.
After the 1978-79 season, the Canadiens dynasty ended. In 1979-80, Lafleur had 129 points in 80 games.

🧵9/16

Realizing Left & Leaving didn't make it to the next round = Weakerthans on repeat tonight

Sunny, exterior porch scene. A hound dog sleeps on a couch, her nose rests on the corner of a half-completed crossword puzzle

Taking a pause to appreciate: coffee, crosswords, and snoozy dogs in the sun

I just love the silly things that happen to be written in a sing-songy way (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)

Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And I says to her, I says, oh shit, you’re right. So I bought like fifty thousand envelopes. Filled the house with ‘em, toes to tits. It was horrible. We couldn’t take a step without tripping over a box of envelopes. We were going crazy trying to use them up, to make a little space for ourselves. Used them as toilet paper, coffee filters... it was a terrible time. Please don’t ask me about those goddamned awful envelopes ever again. Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut on buying an envelope

Really hoping Bsky has the juice and I can just share them all in one spot from now on. So it goes.

Year one (originally posted on that OTHER site)

Year two (originally posted on a different site)

Year four in #Kenosha

What is Canada's Favourite Album?
ROUND THREE

We have 224 albums from the 1960s to 2020s, grouped together by their release years. Matchups chosen randomly
Two polls per day. Winner moves on to Round Four
CLICK LIKE ON PHOTO TO VOTE

1. Left and Leaving
2. Whoa, Nelly!

Interior train station with a high, curved ceiling. Sunlight streaming through intricate skylights hits a marble floor

Exterior train scene - Amtrak engine on tracks

View from a train window - water, sky, and trees

A person holds a crossword puzzle and their lap, legs extended

Trainin' it today

anyone who’s said “thank god” after catching that late night train or bus is also more pious than every republican

anyone who’s ever taken late night public transit is braver than every republican

Large, orange stuffed snake at a carnival game stand on the mighty midway

Antique tractor with massive wheels

MN DNR fish pond at the state fair - there are many fishes and many spectators

Close but failed MN State Fair Bingo card - samples include: Ride the giant slide, eat something on a stick, crop art, and visibly frustrated parent

Tired and happy

People entering the gates of MN State Fair under a blue sky

Happy place

Overhead shot of a large pot of tomatoes on a counter, wooden cutting board, and a small cucumber in a front pocket of someone wearing jeans

Another one! (and bonus tomato processing)

STATE FAIR MASCOT RODENT FAIRCHILD GREETS YOU WITH OPEN ARMS

It’s just you and me and everybody else in Minnesota, Fairchild!

Two weeks since the last Sluggo Saturday :-(

Fawn colored hound dog laying on grass. Her head is up and ears are back attentively at a recent noise and/or smell. White hydrangeas on the background next to a grey wooden fence

Dog back home

A sadly orange cucumber in the front pocket of dark green pants. There are hydrangeas and grass in the background.

We've been travelling too much this summer. Got back late yesterday and our one good cuke looks more like a squash :-(

THE HOME RUN THAT COMPLETED BYRON BUXTON'S CYCLE!!!!

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.