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My brother-in-law went from asking me (semi-trollingly, but still) if unions were obsolete in May, to organizing his workplace for the Teamsters in July, tired of being jerked around. Never underestimate who you can convince... :)
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beard
I think it's impossible to get a barber to trim your beard but help you try to grow it. My beard trimmer has been dead for about two years, so instead of trimming my own beard in a way which let me grow it ( https ( Read more... ) -
THE BLACK
Black Sails is SO GOOD!! Just finished Season 3... Love the philosophizing between Silver and Flint so much. :)
I was perusing Wikipedia on Charles Vane, Woodes Rogers, Edward Teach, etc. today... So much of the actual or supposed history woven into the writing of the series, it's fun. (I must say I did not picture a bewigged Charles Vane ( Read more... ) -
vocal fries
If there are still men out there complaining about women and vocal fry, show them an episode of the triple-battered Black Sails and tell them to shove it...
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Drummer's voice echoes, special to sabotabby
I spent a lot of time on the road in the last two weeks, so I listened to a lot of CBC Radio, and God (!) bless them, they're the only national non-native institution in this country taking Reconciliation seriously. On two different shows, I listened to strong indigenous women speak. One of them was Iskwe, who I believe is a musician, who also DJs ( Read more... ) -
Elementary season 5 end (some kinda spoilers)
WTF was that? This was the most unsatisfying story arc of the whole series. Suddenly Sherlock has a secret friend who's not introduced to us and never explained, until the end, with the most lazy excuse of all time. The whole plot with SBK ends up being convoluted and the resolution unsatisfying. This ain't no criminal mastermind ( Read more... ) -
Michelle Wolf
...actually totally bombed. Her jokes had good kernels but she can't time a joke to save her life. That Sarah Sanders Huckabee line sounds good on paper but just didn't have the timing live. ("she lies!!" huh okay.) If the Republicans had ignored the speech, no one would be talking about it ( Read more... )
