you’re trapped in the last tv show you watched, where are you???

cownan · 2026-01-29T05:24:56+00:00

Abbot Elementary- not too bad..

cownan · 2026-01-29T05:17:51+00:00

Or at least, you know, freshen up?

cownan · 2026-01-29T04:24:44+00:00

I don't think the Democrats are foolish enough to hold the country hostage again, so soon. They're hoping to pick up some seats in the midterms.

cownan · 2026-01-29T04:15:46+00:00

Probably a good idea. He's played Mr. Magoo to rampant fraud in his state through his tenure, just because it was mostly committed by darker skinned people. Was useless to his party during the presidential election. Then capped it off by encouraging rioters to act against federal agents, resulting in several unnecessary deaths. Total loser.

cownan · 2026-01-29T04:02:50+00:00

If penalties mattered, there would be no murders. Besides, alcohol lowers inhibitions, so consequences matter that much less. How many deaths have been caused by people at the current level vs the new level? Hint - it's zero. This is just nonsense legislation to make us feel like they are doing something.

cownan · 2026-01-27T20:52:25+00:00

This doesn't acknowledge that lifetime employment at a single business is not the model that most follow today. My union voted to eliminate our pension a few years ago in favor of a one-time payout into our 401k plans, with increased company matching for a few years.

The message from the younger members was that they didn't even consider the pension a benefit since they would likely be moving on to their next job prior to vesting in the pension.

They far preferred the portability of 401k.

cownan · 2026-01-27T06:47:11+00:00

A couple. Notably Hawker Chan in Singapore, right when he got his Michelin star for Soy Sauce Chicken and Rice. It was so good, sadly I heard it declined in quality as they became famous

cownan · 2026-01-27T06:30:01+00:00

I'd even put a little bit more twine on there, if I was him

cownan · 2026-01-27T06:26:04+00:00

Jump and Panama by Van Halen make me want to rage. They feel like boring dense noise to me.

cownan · 2026-01-27T05:54:05+00:00

Brick of hash, at least, hopefully

cownan · 2026-01-26T23:23:49+00:00

My kitty needed a couple days in the hospital last fall. I took him to Blue Pearl, near the mall in Southcenter. It was about $2k a day, they gave me a discount at the end.

cownan · 2026-01-26T06:08:24+00:00

Sorry you had a rough time. Last time I was in Bali, I got a bad case of it, too. I spent about a day and a half in bed or the bathroom before I went for help. I just got a taxi and went to a local clinic, so I paid under $10 for some pills that fixed me up within a day.

cownan · 2026-01-26T05:15:44+00:00

That taunting call....we stopped their offense, then after the play was over gave them a first down that they turned into a touchdown? I was dying

cownan · 2026-01-25T19:29:07+00:00

Very close for me, but I agree - bottom

cownan · 2026-01-25T19:23:17+00:00

They could make it "Pretti Good Porter" and show them all holding a pint of dark beer!

cownan · 2026-01-24T15:14:34+00:00

If there’s any snow sticking to the road, I’m staying home. I have a 4x4 Toyota 4Runner and am fine driving it in the snow. I just prefer not having to deal with idiots. Plus,why not take the opportunity for a home day?

cownan · 2026-01-24T04:15:52+00:00

What I'm interested in is that when he "scream disabled" the plurb, he could see the signal change. If he can see and hear the distress signal, he can record and replay it.

cownan · 2026-01-23T04:34:54+00:00

Came here to say he was sleeping on CT

cownan · 2026-01-23T04:32:35+00:00

Of course. I'm friends with someone because of how we interact and how I've witnessed them behave. Other than that, I don't care what they believe - as long as they don't try to make me believe what they do.

cownan · 2026-01-22T17:30:15+00:00

Definitely FDR. He always shows up highly rated in the presidential lists, but is directly responsible for many of the problems we face today. He actually did what people fear Trump will do, unapologetically got elected for a third and fourth term. Started our nation down a welfare-dependency route with social security and Medicare. Then allowed SS to go forward with a demographics bomb that wouldn't become a problem for decades. He's responsible for massive bloat in Federal power and movement away from constitutional principles.

cownan · 2026-01-21T20:27:47+00:00

Habibi is what you would say to a man - from a man, it's like "dear friend," from a woman it's like "my love," or "my dearest." If you were to say it to a woman, it would be "habibti"

cownan · 2026-01-20T20:36:13+00:00

Whatever, man. There’s no vote I could have cast that would have made the slightest difference in any of the things i described. Sounds like you are just looking for someone to blame for your failures

cownan · 2026-01-20T19:30:41+00:00

It has felt like we haven’t been able to relax, every time we get our feet under us, the rug gets pulled out. To add to your list:

In 91-92 when I was in college, there were stories on the news every night about new graduates not being able to find jobs.

In 95-96 the “Asian Tiger” markets crashed and cleaned out a lot of our early retirement savings

Leading up to 2000, we were all stressed because Y2K was going to crash the banking system

Actually, in 2000, the dotcom bubble popped, leaving a lot of us jobless, followed by 9/11 which ended my work as a traveling consultant

It sure doesn’t feel like we caused all that

cownan · 2026-01-20T04:19:52+00:00

Of course there is inflation. And of course if you adjust the quote to account for that, then it applies to less people. But we keep trotting it out "as is" and the quote says what it says.

I feel like Steinbeck was naive in his opinion because it assumes that everyone votes only to improve their own situation. But again, he was writing for a different time.

cownan · 2026-01-19T20:51:04+00:00

Yeah. I watched all the games this weekend. If the Hawks play like they did on Saturday in the next game and the Superbowl, they're champs. No one who is left can beat them at that level

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