Happy Thanksgiving, American Glibs. Happy 4th Thursday of November, International Glibs. I’m getting onto a well-oiled family gathering on my mother’s birthday. I’m not gathering with her. She and my father took in the Taj Mahal for her birthday. So I’m happy she’s doing something for herself. We’re gathering with my mother-in-law and some cousins.
The balloons made it out at the Macy’s Parade today. (t/w autoplay) For some reason this last classic example of department store demand-driving advertisement still seems like classic Thanksgiving for me.
Climate change fixing Leaning Tower in Pisa.
A Black Friday sale aimed at the Glibertariat
At the Grauniad, more projection than a movie theater from “centre-left” heroine Hillary Clinton.
Its the 40th Anniversary of a Thanksgiving classic
One researcher argued in an August article published that sex robots will actually improve marriages, since they’ll remove sex as a potential issue of conflict in relationships.
Color me skeptical.
It works the same with porn.
Call me old fashioned, but sex is an important part of a marital relationship. Don’t see how outsourcing it will fix things more than it ever had.
I agree. I was being sarcastic. That researcher must not have much experience with people.
since they’ll remove sex as a potential issue of conflict in relationships.
Yes, just like washing machines removed laundry as a potential issue of conflict… Oh wait!
“…remove sex as a potential issue of conflict in relationships.”
And they will shit gold bricks too, right?
According to my friends from high school Hillary and Obama are center right. After all she doesn’t think immigration is a well of diversity magic.
Maybe in the UK
Turkey lurky dooooo!
Anything to defeat the Trumpkins, I guess.
That scene from WKRP never fails to elicit a belly laugh.
The Macy’s parade has become unwatchable for me. It’s turned into a low rent stage show with bad lipsinking. Milli Vanilli is embarrassed for them.
You know it’s true…..
+1 searching high and low
30 years since the album was released in Europe.
Never seen it, or plan to.
The parade, that is.
“Oh the humanity”; black humor at its best.
Yes, you know it’s true.
At least nobody’s blaming it on the rain.
Fun fact- a filipino I was in the service with when that song came out thought it was “blame it on lorraine”
/thread-fayul
There was a Pat Benatar tune in the 80s where she sang, “Stop using sex as a weapon!” Until I learned the real lyrics I was sure she was instead singing, “Stop News at Six, and the Weather!”
So she wasn’t the bubble-headed bleach blonde who comes on at five?
I’m known among my friends as the guy who always mishears song lyrics.
I thought Nugent’s “Cat Scratch Fever” was actually saying “cats scratch paper”. Why would it say that? I don’t fucking know; that’s what was so puzzling to me.
I thought the line from The Lion King “I’m gonna be a mighty king so enemies beware” was saying “so centipedes beware”. I thought centipedes might have been a character in the movie or something…?
Another fun fact: Mishearing lyrics like that is called a mondegreen.
What is it called when the lyrics are poorly pronounced producing much mondegreen?
Or is that also mondegreen, being the other half? Wouldn’t a full mondegreen require both?
A famous mondegreen is hearing Creedence Clearwater Revival’s hit song as “There’s a bathroom on the right.”
“‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy” may be the most famous.
At my gym they used to play this endless loop of little known pop songs that I guess were supposed to pump.you up. One which I finally learned was called “King of my Castle” I was certain they were singing “No way to stop me, going to pee in my bathrobe.”
The problem with them is that once you have one you can never get it out of your head even after you know the actual lyrics.
My favorite: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s “…revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night” = “wrapped up like a douche, another rotor in the night”
Bingo jet had a light on.
Fleetwood Mac: “just like that one weird dove”
The Macy’s parade has become unwatchable for me. It’s turned into a low rent stage show with bad lipsinking
It was particularly bad this year. All parts of it sucked. They focus waaaaaaaaay too much on the shitty plays that are going to be on Broadway, every damn float has to have some no-name singer poorly lip syncing some idiotic rendition of some unheard of song, and the announcers sucked ass this year. Creeper or no, Matt Lauer was the glue that held the coverage together. The commercials were overwrought and sappy. Even the singers I had heard of were phoning it in, with possible exception Of John Legend, who sounded like Sinatra.
We’re in NYC for Thanksgiving and we walked through the big parade character balloons being inflated last night, truly rather cool. We weren’t supposed to be allowed through but my wife convinced the cops that we lived on the block. Today we woke up late and were going to blow off the parade but decided to walk over at the last minute, and were able to catch the last few floats, including Santa. It’s the only time i’ve ever seen the parade in person in my 58 Thanksgivings. The short viewing was all I needed, but I will admit those few minutes were rather magical. When Santa went by I briefly felt like a little kid again.
You’re a Glibertarian. *Of course* you never matured!
3 days to defrost a 12lb bird… what color is the sky on Planet Butterball?
Fleshtone?
For you Glibs trapped with people you don’t want to be with or missing those you do want to be with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Ppc3jz3GE
The Redskins are not looking good so far in “Jerry World”
The dinner is done, and cleaned up. The families were here, there is a pile of leftovers in the fridge, and I’m killing off the end of a mediocre Pinot Grigio my parents brought. The beer was a hit, and more people believed me that the Mild would pair better with the turkey after the meal was eaten.
Best part of the day was that the girlfriend’s grandmother always talked about how beautiful my turkey was, but that I couldn’t carve it. I pawned that duty off to either my brother-in-law or my dad in the past. But the grandmother brought me a piece of the newspaper that she cut out for me that talked about how to carve a turkey. So I figured I should carve it this year. The current thought is that I should laminate the newspaper cut out, and put it near the turkey in future years.
Always handy to have a set of instructions nearby.
At least, that’s what my spousal unit told me on our wedding night.
*Looks at the comment this is replying to, expecting the sex robot article*
“turn her over, she’s upside-down!”
So what’s the secret sauce for carving a turkey?
It was the “modern” carving method, where you break the turkey down after it’s done (drumsticks, thighs, wings, and breasts) then instead of slicing the breasts, you cut them into chunks so that one person doesn’t get the slice with all the crispy turkey skin on it. I’ll find out in the next couple of weeks if my carving was better.
The problem with most instructions for carving a turkey run into the same issues as the old “How to Draw Your Favorite Marvel Heroes!” books. They start basic, and then end with, fill in with detail and shading. The detail and shading are what makes the character look like a person, and not a series of ovals. The hard part isn’t in the mechanical steps, it’s in the knowing when you’ve popped the joint out, and how to run the knife through it.
Yo, homie- if you find yourself down here tomorrow, this is for some reason big news:
https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/chicago-brewery-selling-rare-beer-dayton-black-friday/tnuq6PbCNQkZpnW2Yqh7RI/
Oh, I’m aware of the Goose Island Bourbon County Stout release. I’m planning on heading down to Hoppin’ Frog for their Black Friday release and chicken and waffles. Then swinging by Crafted to pick up the girlfriend’s mead club subscription.
But if you want to meet up, I’ll be in Canal Winchester at the BrewDog Dog House in a couple of weeks.
The in-laws are gone… the house is quiet. I’m still stuffed at 6:05 PM (God’s time), and the new dog is starting to warm up to us. She does have an interest in the new cat, but doesn’t chase her. Instead is is more of a Mexican stand-off.
About to crack open some ale – all the numbers came back excellent for my physical so it’s time to inflict some damage.
Here is a pic of our new dog: Emma
Obviously part Lab – any guesses on the other half? Pitbull?
*new cat = new to her. Old to us.
“part Mississippi leg-hound, Clark”
When I also meant to link Mississippi Leg Hound .
That is an adorable dog! I agree that it looks like there’s a little pit in her.
Big dogs and cats have the best relationships when they become friendly with one another!
Another shot
showing the body. (note – is not my vehicle, pic is from adoption site)
“Obviously part lab”
I am not so sure. The head shape is identical to several varieties of cur down here. I have two dogs with nearly identical color patterns but they aren’t curs. I would be lying if I said I knew what her breed is. I can tell you this…the broad skull doesnt guarantee it but is indicative of high intelligence. She is pretty.
Did I understand that she is from the south?
Oh, I am a dummy. If she has retriever in her her toes should be webbed.
Supposedly an Alabama dog somehow brought up to Michigan… ??? Weird.
Woah – she is the spitting image of so many Blue Lacy Curs – could be!
Hunting dog and I’m not a hunter, which is too bad. She freezes and “points” when she sees a rabbit in the back yard. Also not a barker at all.
https://www.101dogbreeds.com/blue-lacy.asp
30+ year pit owner, not seeing any pit in her.
This should be our dog hoping Dad will spoil him with some leftover turkey.
What a fur ball!
Did it work?
He knows Dad spoils him and I don’t! Every night at the dinner table he sits staring intently at Dad.
He got some turkey at the dinner table, and some more as Dad was carving what was left.
Sweet face!
Might be some Pit Bull or possibly American Bulldog.
Your new dog is cute.
Thank God, home at last.
“Europe must get a handle on immigration to combat a growing threat from rightwing populists, Hillary Clinton has said, calling on the continent’s leaders to send out a stronger signal showing they are “not going to be able to continue to provide refuge and support”.
Says the woman who pledged to flood the US with ME invaders if elected. Get a load of this bitch. What she really means is that the goal is the same but slow it down so we dont get as much push-back.
“Climate change fixing the leaning tower in Pisa”
Sounds legit. After all, there is nothing climate change cannot do
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/globalwarming2.html
Well, it’s nice of her to admit that the Leftist stance on immigration is not based on compassion or natural rights but rather on a desire to shift voter demographics in their favor.
Glassware is all clean (beer clean) now; well, except the glass I’m using now. The surprise hit of the day was the mocha panna cotta, started with 7, there’s only three left now. The other hit was Crokinole, a dexterity board game that I may have another game column drafted up for (if anyone is still interested in board games).
I’m interested in the mocha panna cotta.
How about Mocha Chocalata ya ya?
Pretty simple recipe:
1 cup + 2 tsp coffee
2 cup heavy whipping cream
1 pack unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup sugar (I used vanilla sugar, if you don’t have some, you should have a container dedicated to this)
2 oz. grated dark Belgian chocolate
[Optional] 1/2 tsp each of vanilla, chocolate, and coffee extract
Bloom the gelatin on the 2 tsp of coffee, and mix until it dissolves.
Then mix the 1 cup of coffee, whipping cream, and vanilla sugar in a heavy bottomed pot. Bring that up to a slow boil, whisking occasionally (watching constantly). Turn off the heat and start mixing the chocolate into the hot mixture a little at a time, whisking to make sure that it melts and is incorporated. Once all of the chocolate is mixed into the cream, turn the heat back on, and bring to a slow boil. Then kill the heat and mix in the coffee/gelatin mixture.
You can either put this into individual ramekins or into a large heat safe container. Let cool to room temperature, then cover and put in the fridge for between 4-48 hours to let set.
Panna cotta is a very versatile dessert, you can change out the flavorings fairly easily. As long as it works well with cream, you can put it in there.
Panna cotta is a very versatile dessert
Agreed. Dunno why people don’t make it more often. Although in our case, it’s because desserts are reserved for special occasions.
I’d blame ignorance more then anything. It’s such a simple dessert to make, and it’s sad that more people don’t realize it exists. Hell, I didn’t know it was a thing until a recipe from BeerAdvocate (that I started tweaking almost immediately).
A gag response when the drinker discovers the lipstick on the rim of the glass is not his.
Shit. It’s worse when you don’t wear lipstick.
Jugsy showed up with a MinPin she volunteered to dog-sit for over the weekend. Hilarity has yet to ensue.
Teach it how to bark the “N” word.
Give ‘er!
Seriously. You won’t regret it.
Clicked, can confirm the lack of regrets.
“Exxxxxxxxxcellent, Smithers!”