Dances with Pucks

Greg is just jealous that HE can't be Wonder Woman.

Backlit kitty showing just a glowing aura of their fur and whiskers. The text says, "Hello darkness my old friend."

Regardless of SAD, I prefer standard time.

Welp, that telegraphs that the shooting in the streets will start.

Go buy blaze orange vests; hopefully, their training will keep them from shooting you.

(Syntax: They are giving immigrants bonuses?)

All I can think of when seeing the Lincoln bedroom bathroom is, "man, imagine wandering in after taking a sleeping pill or while drunk. It's so disorienting, there's no way you wouldn't fall over."

Also. Tacky. Also, I hope those walls can support the weight of the marble (if it really is).

All of it for those interested. It's out of order, but I don't care. bsky.app/profile/neph...

So many words. Like I said, I think he's suffering from religious dementia, but there were soooo many opportunities for others to stop it. It's absolutely appalling to me that no one, of everyone involved, knew it was an issue and shut it the fuck down.

Finally, generously, I hope that the designer gets the help he needs because that post sounds like a mental health crisis or religious delusion. I'm not making excuses for the inexcusable, but something is seriously wrong with him.

The designer, the school, the company that used their truck to pull the float, and others have all apologized and said that they didn't understand the meaning of Arbeit Macht Frei.

Open the schools, rebroadcast Shoa 24x7, stop making apologetics like Boy in the Striped Pajamas, make Nazis scared.

I'm sorry, as someone who always uses alt text, the screenshot of the screed is so long, it won't fit. Here's part of the mess. "On the float...I leave you with this one final allegory...there were chains....but who noticed as I intended that the gate at the back of the grave plots was hanging open??....swinging freely in the breeze....a chained gate on a graveyard to Christ will be as a spider web on the rail road track torn asunder by a passing locomotive. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 "a loud command.....the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise" We truly live in a different world these days! Things don't always mean what you grew up thinking they did. I was saddened as I typed a simple search during the writing of this and was surprised that entering "The Dead Shall Rise" came back leading to "The Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver" rather than what I thought would certainly be an obvious connection populating with scores of scripture verses. I have not adapted with the times. In that I have erred and will gladly offer this apology for not realizing there were other ways to interpret a part, especially without knowledge of the whole. My thoughts simply did not go "there" and as you can imagine I was horrified to find that I have offended anyone much less put those closest to me in jeopardy and caused St Joseph's to come into question at my fumbled effort to make a positive spiritual message out of a float for them."

Apologies again, here's part of the text, "I was considering the spiritual connotation that to all of us...right around that middle aged "Juke Box period" we are faced with life challenges of "getting by" and the race to accumulate! We strive for the house...then need a bigger house...then the bigger house needs a boat...then the big house needs a boat and must be ON the lake...newer cars....longer vacations lead to even more exotic locations....better tools....better clothes and better tans...better schools and careers, on and on...the LIE of...IF I just work harder I can be "happier". IF I achieve more; then I will be truly "there". Yet...in reality....when we reach the end and time lays our heads down on the pillow of eternal rest...we won't be judged by how nice our our house is, we won't be judged on how many tools we have or where we sent our children to school. What WILL matter is how we used our time...if we do NOT fall prey to the "LIE" but stay rooted and grounded in a relation ship with our maker who GAVE us gifts before we needed them and a roadmap to meet him one day! The final words on the float were, "The Dead SHALL RISE" AND "Death is but a passing through a door that opens to a new ETERNAL LIFE" !! That IS the good news of the Gospel!! These words matter more than any other I could have shared! I WISH these were the words that instinctively dominated our conversations!

"IF you ask me...this phase of life...where we are somewhat in charge or our own space and actions doesn't last nearly long enough...OR perhaps because it such a great spot, it just passes very quickly by ~ almost like a vapor! Next came the entrance to a cemetery. Life is moving us along from phase to phase. Halloween Express had the perfect 97" lighted archway with lanterns at the tops...I widened the trailer early on to accommodate that prop!...I liked being able to get color and light up purposefully that high off the deck for the sake of "interest" and attempted to order their "Halloween Manor" version. In the same way....I had been looking for a collection of tombstones and did some traveling to get the collection. Met some neat folks who appreciated the effort and vision as I discussed the purchase with them and potentially using it on a float like this. When it came down to it...I discovered I could get far more realistic "previously used" tombstones than I could ever hope to cut from my own Styrofoam or make forms and cast with my own resin. Conversely....as the 30th approached swiftly it was a matter of dividing time across items that could be purchased for less money than it might take actual "time" to build. Alas, I could not find any new or "used" cemetery entrances available in time and began making my own."

"Next in my vision we discover the sweet tooth in our early teens and who at that age doesn't love a milkshake a banana split, hamburger or fries and onion rings. I wanted to "nail" this as well so I created onto the diner tables actual movie set realist food, much of it made especially for this Sham Rock n Roll float by the folks who service the movie production companies and for Hershey Food Chocolate Company. Who would have guessed chocolate truffles melt under studio lights! I wanted by this section of the float to show an attention to detail and a capture of the theme that would be a tough act to follow! I had 3 full table settings + but it felt crowded...There were even Menus for the Shamrock Diner! Under and around the tables begins the diner-esq black and white floor leading up to a larger than life Juke Box which was a piece I was thrilled to say I built myself utilizing all sorts of different mediums and props I had at hand to capture the look. It was a challenging task but I really enjoyed going for the illusion of a real life Wurlitzer! Just for the record, (pun intended) a number of parts used in the construction actually came from real Wurlitzer old stock...an example being the song selection play list tabs on each side. These days it's all iTunes and Ear buds but there was a time that older folks walked to a Juke Box and inserted quarters for a few songs. Maybe over a more serious dinner or meet, date and marry to music played on one of these lost to time devices! These were the "original playlists"!! Truly "middle age" stuff. I was elated at how this piece came together so much so that I named it "Whirl-It-Sir" a take on the original brand that held the distinction of being most recognizable and copied! This was the anchor to the Sham Rock-N-Roll theme selected for the float. Sadly...anyone who has undertaken a task like this will understand when I say the vision had to be curtailed to make the starting line up so "Whirl It Sir" fell off the wish li"

The "artist" who created the Arbeit Macht Frei float explains himself and his vision. (walls of Facebook text and not a single word about the sign, but w/in context MAYBE it was proselytizing?). These will probably show out of order, but it won't make more sense in order.

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What day is it? What time is it? Why are the Avs playing? Stop confusing me like this.

Also - Go Marty, Go! Congrats on getting your extension.

#GoAvsGo #MartyParty

Niedermeyer is spitting bars off the dome, as the kids say. 🧵

Unmasking the Creeps, Ghouls, and Weirdos Attacking Abortion 10.30.25

Anti-abortion activists are claiming women's miscarriage remains, naming them, and giving them funerals.

Don't miss @kylietcheung.bsky.social's on the utter fucking weirdos of the anti-abortion movement

jessica.substack.com/p/unmasking-...

keeptheshuttle.org is trying to stop this expensive, destructive, and whacked political move.

The Strange Saga of the Great Texas Space Shuttle Heist Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to destroy a near-priceless American treasure,” one historian says

The "big beautiful bill" continues to baffle. Why are we spending $85M (some suggest it will run much higher than that) to DISMANTLE and move the Space Shuttle to Texas when it could be spent on... *throws hand in the air.

Polostan (preorder) Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Imagine my excitement to learn that a signed, special, limited edition of Polostan is being printed. I get my "Buy button" finger ready as I open the link.

HOLY FUCKBALLS.

Screenshot from LinkedIn. Poster Ed Hills comments on an article about Swalwell wanting to destroy Trump's ballroom by saying, "Will Elected Dems, with obvious Severe Mental Illesses like this below, also demand that White House urinals that Trump might have peed in for 8yrs also be destroyed, and will they demand removing all White House door handles?? Plus-with Trump now 100% securing our Border, will Dem Mental Cases demand letting back in tens of Millions of unvetted Illegal Aliens? Literally, mental cases. INQUIRING AMERICAN MINDS WANT TO KNOW?" Transcribed exactly as written. All of the (sic) in the world.

Interesting how Ed connected urinals with the ballroom. You are so close, Ed. He does disrespect and soil everything.

You’ve got my vote.

Americans love their Orphan crushing machine. I doubt it will move the needle much.

I currently live where all my neighbors speak different languages. I much prefer it to when all my neighbors were MAGA - I started putting that home back on the market within 6 months of moving in, loss be damned.

I feel this in my soul. It’s so strange. Mentally list all the fresh new hell of this administration then do adulting lists. I’m at sally jobe now so you know how my day is going.

A therapist once asked me what motivated me. I fired back, "spite," without even thinking about it. I started laughing because it was true, even after giving careful thought to the question. Always was, probably always will be.

Thank you, past me, for leaving just enough pasta and salad leftovers. Exhausted now me really appreciates it.

Dear tomorrow me, make sure to use those avocados tomorrow and make real dinner, ok? Future you will be really happy.

(Tulane officials have since said that while the monkeys are aggressive, they were not contagious and all but one have been caught and euthanized. I liked this original take better, however.)

Sure. Why not.

Image is a partial screenshot of a graphic showing countries's reputation rankings from 2024 to 2025. The US fell from 30th place to 48th of 60. Most other countries show moves up or down that are 1-3 places. A selection of others are: 44 - Qatar 45 - India 46 - Algeria 47 - Kuwait 49 - Kazakhstan 50 - Columbia 51 - Ethiopia 52 - Nigeria 53 - Saudi Arabia 54 - Bangladesh 55 - Israel 56 - Pakistan 57 - China 58 - Iran 59 - Iraq 60 - Russia

I'm not surprised. I'm heartbroken. Dropped 19 places in one year, putting the US below some of the most oppressive countries in the Middle East and only 11 places above Russia.

www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-count...

Ask any Libertarian about her, and you'll also get wild responses.

I forgot to hit stop and ended up accidentally listening to it 3-4 times. I'm now in a terrible mood going into my non-founderfied DnD campaign.

Sorry, DM, my charismatic ranger is now a murder hobo for this evening's festivities.

YouTube video by ZachTheBold There’s an XP Bubble | DND Short

If Techbros, "founders", and LinkedIn Lunatics ran DnD games. I was torn between laughing and table-flipping.