The bad part of being the guy who comes in the week between Christmas and New Years to keep the labs from burning down is all of other people’s work that you need to do. The good part is you can do it in the order and in the way that you want.
First alignment: Saturn-Sol-Luna. “A Great Ending.” Great in this case meaning “large” or “profound,” not “happy.”
Second alignment: Mercury-Sol-Mars: “Tidings of War.” This doesn’t have the auspicious aspect of last week, but is not necessarily bad. It has a tangential relationship to the ending mentioned above.
Third alignment: Jupiter-Mercury-Terra: “News of Home.” Good for expats and homebodies. Also big changes at the TSA.
Luna in Libra. Change and stability. A generally unpleasant sign when things at cross-purposes are forced together. Hangovers will be bad.
Venus in Scorpio. You should probably recognize this one by now.
Jupiter and Mercury in Sagittarius. Changes in firearms law.
Mars in Pisces. Bad luck involving fish. Be particularly vigilant in maintaining your aquaria.
The Sun joins Saturn in Capricorn. For those of us not born under the sign of the sea-goat, we will experience Gold and Lead. Problems will be particularly intractable. Expect defiance, and for subtle tactics to fail. Your enemies will have more resources than usual.
Sorry for the downer forecast. PLEASE don’t pass out around people who will draw dicks on your face or steal your wallet, car keys, etc. If you’re hosting a party and a friend-of-a-friend shows up, make sure they leave at the end of the night and lock the door behind them.
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83 responses to “IFLA: The “Holy Crap, it’s Friday already?” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of Dec 30”
First?
Oh, and where is Gemini’s horoscope?
Here, I’ll try. The moon is out back, the Saturn is in the parking lot, Pluto is getting hassled by mickey . All this means you’ll probably have a good day today, as long as you maintain a good attitude and everything you try to accomplish will work out if you try hard enough. How am I doing?
The moon is out,
The spirit’s bright,
We’re here tonight,
And that’s enough.
Why’s Mickey hassling Pluto? Pluto should be his best dog friend now that he found Minnie was fucking Goofy.
Did the stars foretell that “Jugsy” was going to stamp her feet like a spoiled child and demand hungarian goulash?
Cause I’m cooking….
Mmmmmm goulash!
It turned out pretty good, too.
https://youtu.be/qAzMGAYf0ZE
Our NYE dinner party has gone from small, to intimate, to just us. Everyone else has gotten sick. At least I don’t have to worry about random thieving, dick-drawing strangers… just OMWC.
Which means you have to worry about random thieving and dick drawing…
I’ll text you wine bottle photos. Then you can call me an asshole.
We’re drinking Krug.
We’re drinking Cedric Bouchard and Rioja that’s older than you are. We’ll see what happens if we need more.
My condolences OMWC.
Hopefully your new job will bring you more money and you can afford some new wine to drink.
We had brand new Romanian wine last night. At $6, it was a splurge.
Well, have a great dinner by yourselves then.
When are you heading west?
At least you get to have some moderate winter weather to get acclimated to PX. Arriving in summer would probably be shock to the system.
End of January.
Makes it easier for you and OMWC to be intimate.
I read that as “be inmates”.
Our NYE party is the better half and two of our chillens.
Smoked Tri-Tip sandwiches with a reverse sear are on the menu. Probably play some board games and Jackbox TV games. Its were we allow our kids to be truly expressive and dont restrict language or jokes.
It is a good way to find out just how much your kids know.
reverse sear? Like on the inside?
No party for me. I may stay up to midnight in part because I’ll watch a movie or two to get them off my DVR. Dad will probably go to bed before the ball drop.
I’ll be surprised if I make it to midnight. Maybe I’ll soak in the hot tub.
Yeah, I normally work 6-2:30, so staying up that late doesn’t normally happen.
Wifey and I plus another couple are smoking something in the pellet grill and watching the various fireworkd displays up and down the coast.
Also big changes at the TSA.
Prediction: Not the change we want. In other words, the TSA gets shut down.
I’m on jury duty this week. I have a four day weekend and report back on Wednesday. I survived void dire so far and likely will be juror number 12, so, deliberating status. My job pays full pop , but I have to use an hour of vacation per day to fill out the time. I work 9/80s. It’s like a vacation, almost.
You didn’t use the magic words, apparently.
I’m glad I saw this
Forgot I was supposed to check if I’m supposed to report for jury duty this upcoming week.
No trials this week so no need to report.
Making braised lamb shanks today. In the Duth oven. Rubbed with paprika, salt , pepper and browned in butter/evoo. Then onions, carrots, celery cooked soft. San Marzano tomatoes, wine and beef broth to deglaze. Chuck a bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, cinnamon stick, and nestle the lamb shanks back into the pot. Bring to a boil and cover. Theni to a preheated oven for 2.5 hours or so, until the meat is bone tender. Meanwhile, roast a garlic bulb in the oven, and mix that in with parmesan and put that into buttery polenta. Stir olives into the braise after removing it from the oven and give it a squirt of juice of half a lemon.
Evan Williams and ice. Wine as necessary.
Damn, sounds good. It’s almost like something I used to make with beef chuck roast.
Yeah, I make it with beef chuck/pot roast, ox tails, pork butt, whatever braising meat is in the freezer. Last time we went to the butcher we got lamb shanks, so Sunday stew will be lamb shanks.
And sometimes served over rice, or mashed potatoes, egg noodles, whatever. Sometimes I’ll put baby potatoes in the braise and just serve it that way.
Just bought some beef round cubes with some vague intent of throwing them into my new Instant Pot with some other things and seeing what happens.
Cubes aren’t round; if they were, they’d be spheres. :-p
That sounds wonderful.
Have they fired Ron Zook yet?
“Mars in Pisces. Bad luck involving fish.”
Sorry dolphins fans.
*goes back to watching the fish being squished*
Hmph as a Buffalo fan that’s the one game I would want to watch but not my market any more.
Great rivalry. The teams have managed to suck together for a long time.
Also, three players have been ejected, so far. The biggest shit stirrer was among them (bye kiko), so I’m guessing that’ll be the end of it.
Stream it on your phone for free on nfl ap.
Yahoo also has an ap that streams nfl for free.
Wait, for real? Then why do people pay for packages to get access to the games?
Dolphins are mammals.
I was waiting for this comment. Thank you.
OMWC and SP— I wish you the best of luck in AZ. Mr. Mojeaux and I speak often and fondly of our time spent together, and we were hoping you’d move here, but I can understand why this is a better move. SP, I hope it’s easier to get your credentials back in AZ than in IL.
Congratulations!
We had a great time with you guys! But if you decide that you need time in a blast furnace, our doors are always open to you.
Two guesses why this is “news”.
1) It’s Trump’s fault
2) DeBlasio said this proves the city needs more money for housing
Now to read the article and find if either of my guesses is correct.
You’re right about the two guesses. LOL
Not two gases?
Fun fact- the IDLH (Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health) limit for Chlorine gas is 10 parts-per-million (ppm) and the Existing short-term exposure guideline (EEGLs): lists 3 ppm for 1-hour.
I was also going to go with:
1) she’s blonde
2) has great knockers for the picture
The knockers are fake.
As a wise friend (who had a penchant for strippers) once told me, “Tres? If I can put my mouth on them, they’re real enough for me.”
I see the picture and then her name is ‘Dominique’
Of course it is.
“it was the dumbest thing I have ever done”
This is the only part of the story I don’t believe.
Relevant
OT: File under – wtf?
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/a25373207/fur-pubic-hair-oil-laura-schubert/
Marketing idea- sell competing product under the name ‘Beaver Sap’.
What the hell is she doing with pubic hair?
This one weird trick.
From the “shit that never happened” files:
No pics?
Geez
I should quit. That was supposed to be in response to Q’s story above.
I knew where this was going and was already laughing by the time I punched in. I wasn’t disappointed. Why would she even ask,
unless it was all BS?. Food, staff lounge, dig in.
“Oh, what a thoughtful surprise” as she picks up a paper plate
But the racism didn’t stop with coworkers, Bryan charges.
“Do you remember Aunt Jemima?” a student allegedly taunted her in 2016, she said.
This led to other kids shouting “There goes Aunt Jemima!” and “Do you have any maple syrup?” in the cafeteria, according to the lawsuit.
Clearly the kids were too young to know about Uncle Jemima
“Do you remember Aunt Jemima?” a student allegedly taunted her in 2016, she said.
She’s married to Uncle Ben, right?
She put up with that for 17 years? Who is going to buy that?
‘Shit that never happened’ indeed.
Man, the little effort the Packer defensive players are giving I could probably move faster than that.
SP is… not in a good mood.
So she’ll be rooting against Baltimore later?
That goes without saying.
They should have fired Zook at halftime.
I’m kind of envious of the Packers. They finally ditched their bumbling mediocre head coach. The one who was stale a good 3-4 years ago and coasting with a franchise QB and a lousy to mediocre at best division. Sure, it’s a lost season, but you at least have hope going forward.
As a Steelers fan, I’m stuck with a guy whose sole redeeming quality at this stage is that he looks cool in aviators. I’m here left hoping for some reason that the Cleveland fucking Browns can do the dirty work for them. Even when the team is 13-3, I know full well that Mike Tomlin’s far too stupid of a man to go into New England and win a meaningful game. Hell, he can’t even get them to that point.
Packers winning would only increase the chances that they do something stupid like making Philbin the guy.
Except that they need a serious OL rebuild. And linebackers and TEs.
Choice between Jets and Giants here. LOL
When’s hockey? Ugh, 8:00….
I’ve been a fan of New England sports for long enough to remember when each of the four major teams were laughingstocks of their respective leagues, so I try to enjoy the current golden age I’m in without trash talking.
Most New England fans were obnoxious trash talkers even when their teams sucked.
That’s just their natural state, it’s not their fault.
Dammit! I just had an outbreak of columnaris and lost 8 fish before I got a handle on it. Leave my fish alone, stars!
One of my fish just died as well. Not Adahn is a fish assassin.