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- August 30, 2021
- Ed Asner passed
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Ed Asner died on August 29, 2021, at age 91.
If ever there was a television legend it is him.
The list of roles he portrayed approaches 500 and extends from before my childhood into the future.
Of Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant derivation, he was was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family and given the Hebrew name Yitzhak.
Be all of this as it may he was also a Kansas City native and American to the core.
I best remember him as Lou Grant on the Mary Tyler Moore show. Back in the day this was the type of fare available on television.
There was an attempt by the media to produce quality which became lost somewhere around the writer's strike of the late 1980s.
Unfortunately, all they attempt any more is woke bull crap and boring reality mess.
Suffice it to say that Ed Asner, being a product of the McCarthy era was politically subdued because of a fear of becoming black listed. All these actors who think the world requires their various opinions on politics might take heed.
The incredible body of Ed Asner's work, the portrayal of characters which were part and parcel of our youths, and the comparatively mild nature of his poltics has endeared him to many, including me.
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- August 30, 2021
- So much for PODS
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Mom has cancelled the business with PODS with extreme prejudice.
We were attempting to change the storage from my premeses to their storage facility.
The extra $114 monthly triggered her nicely and we are now pursuing other options.
Anyway, the bottom line here is there is a dreadfully expensive business model in effect and now; needless to say her possessions cannot be placed in a PODS container.
She feels preyed upon.
I would however point out that the young lady in the PODS office closing out our business was very polite and helpful.
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- August 29, 2021
- Blogging for Hate Mail
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This blog doesn't generate a lot of comments. It does, however get me a few hate mails periodically via my contact form by those who don't want to afford me the opportunity to respond on some specific blog entry they found personally offensive.
In actuality, this rather gives me pause in the big scheme of things because a person afraid to pursue another within that medium they find 'offensive' is a coward.
Thusly, I read the emails then discard them as a rule because were the person serious they would have leveled their attack on the blog itself instead of a cyber 'arbiter' medium as it were.
Some would view this as a form of harassment ... but can you really be harrassed from another when they can't even pursue you on the specific venue from which they take issue ? I view it all rather like some misbegotten game show.
The comments though not positive, roll off my back like water from a duck. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat me in the department of abusive, foul, and hurtful language as well.
So I sit and indulge those emails once then set them free in the ether of the bit bucket seeing how they can't be recorded for posterity in the blog proper.
Such is life. Such are cowards. Boo !
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- August 28, 2021
- The PODS thing
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We did the PODS thing to collect Mom's remaining personal effects prior to her vacating her old premeses — which approaches the end stage of being sold on the real estate market.
So the PODS company hit my payment card and and gave me a 'window' for delivery of the container from 7:30 am through 10:30 am ...
Of course they missed it by an hour. My exhaustion got the better of me and I shot an email out just as the guy pulled up.
Don't get me wrong, the delivery guy was just great and I've made efforts to control my triggery self. So I'm left feeling like a whiner but it all worked out. Isn't that typical.
Anyway, the tree limbs were more in the way than I anticipated so instead of a 'far right of the driveway' we had to settle more for a 'dead center' and call it a day.
I'll be giving the limbs a bit of a trim around the container prior to pick up. The lack of concrete driveway at my house is causing the plans to evolve further.
The deal is we load it and they will bring it to my house and drop it off. There it will sit until her new dwelling is complete. The construction is in full swing but still early in the process.
Hopefully we'll have all this by year's end.
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- August 27, 2021
- National Pots du Creme Day 2021
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I am a connoisseur of egg custard. I don't go for the phony mixes by companies like jello and such. I go for the real thing made from scratch with curds and a texture as close to heaven as you can get — and I could eat gallons of the stuff.
Sometimes topped with carmelized sugar à la creme brulee. More often not as I am a custard purist.
I used to get the best egg custard at a restaurant called Morrison's located in the Dutch Square mall.
This establishment became a different entity called Picadilly but it was the same food at the same place under a different name.
The restaurant left the area long ago, as did all of the other iterations of the 'cafeteria' like S&S on Gervais Street. Along with them a good balanced meal to be had away from home left as well.
The egg custard did not change with the name. The same dish at the same restaurant at Columbia Mall across town used a cheap imitation product likely derived from an instant pudding mix.
They never fooled me once and the lack of skills became so evident in the production of the egg custard that I rejected dining at that location entirely from then on.
Real egg custard is known as Pots du Creme. In United States August 27 is National Pots du Creme Day.
Pot de crème is a loose French dessert custard dating to the 17th century.
The name means "pot of custard" or "pot of cream", which also refers to the porcelain cups in which the dessert is served. I have always called these cups ramekins because it was from where I had my first taste of really good egg custard.
The dish is often imitated but to we who know it well those gastronomic cheap shots are widely rejected.
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- August 26, 2021
- Odd Hair Colors
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At the beginning of my technical career the old 'punk' era in LA gave me pause with the blond tops and black sidewalls, spikes, and the shaved sides gone wild.
I would see various adornments which included safety pins, razor blades, ear and nose plugs, spikes, chains, piercings and other accoutrement I had never encountered in the fashion of persons.
These days there are odd color choices in hair color in particular. It started with females but now the males are joining in with the green and other primary and crayon shades of unnatural hair colorations.
Likely a fashion statement but also a statement of taste; or perhaps lack thereof. I keep wondering about these and their relevance to those who wear them.
I suppose some of the girls like them because they provide better contrast for their pussy hats and other emblems of resistance to conservative anything.
To look at me you'd likely say 'sour grapes' given my bald pate and white sidewalls that advancing age has bestowed upon me.
I suppose I could go with some of these odd colors like Bobcat Golthwait attempted with blond and ended up with an odd morphodite easter chick coloration.
It just goes to show you how your personal tastes will surface and tell a lot more about you than you might care to reveal.
My heart has never been something I placed upon my sleeve. These strange hair colors make me feel that other strange ideas float around with those snakes inside the heads of those who choose them for themselves.
However, as always, to each their own.
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- August 25, 2021
- Oil Change 08/25/21
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Went to Ricky's for an oil change. It was a smidge early to be sure; but this is not unusual for me. I had a persistent little squeak under the hood that had been bothering me and I had them look at it too.
Anyway, as is the usual course I was there some 20-30 minutes and he identified the squeak as unseated breather shrouding and gave me the synthetic oil change and I was on my way.
I have been doing business with Ricky since before the opening of this shop. He has always done me right and his motto of "don't fix it if it isn't broke" fits well into my budget.
I recommend him without reservation.
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- August 25, 2021
- Waffle Day 2021
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Ever since I inherited a waffle iron from my stepfather I've been experimenting with waffles at various times in an attempt to finally get them right.
Unfortunately, my waffles remain an imperfect work in progress although I must admit the taste is really good anymore. I feel that's primarily a function of the mix I'm using from The Chef's Store.
Getting the amount of batter right is my major malfunction in the process of waffle creation. Many times I get a 'fractional' waffle with thinner or even incomplete sections. Although they are great tasting they remain far less than the magnificent work of art I had originally envisioned.
Today is yet another Waffle Day.
It is a tradition that is observed in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — as well as West Columbia South Carolina and corresponds to the Feast of the Annunciation each March 25.
In the United States, National Waffle Day is celebrated in August to commemorate the date of a US patent on a waffle iron.
Often described as "bizarre" or "unique" from a holiday standpoint I take a low key approach and simply celebrate my personal enjoyment and aim to become a proficient artisan of the waffle as a form in both food and art.
The rest of you can just get a life. snicker !
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- August 24, 2021
- FDR, fascists, and communists in 1936
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On this day in 1936 32nd US President Franklin D Roosevelt gave the FBI the authority to pursue fascists and communists. Little did he know that the FBI would evolve into that group they once pursued as the enemies of the state that they are.
I for one grow tired of the subversive element in both the FBI and the judicial branch of goverment and seek a purge of the criminal element as a function of becoming what we once were.
I mean, it's already bad enough with the executive branch going to Hell in a hot mess of incompetence so stupidly devoid of leadership, policy, and ethics. This is your democrat party libtard leftists. I hope you're proud of the mess you've made.
BLM and antifa be damned. I am not going to submit to their attempt to change who we are into the lawless marxist thieving brigands like the criminal Obama and his tranny first ladyboy whom the stupidity of the voter allowed to occupy the White House.
There will be an accounting of this anti American thrust of the deep state. These people will not prevail in The Republic. Too many know what they're up to and they are for the most part identified already.
The FBI’s Malfeasance in the FISA Court during the application of search warrants and wiretaps remains both a shock and a sore in the annals of our history.
Dirty dossiers and humans like James Comey are the hallmark of that failure which is the integrity of the FBI. The failed leadership of Robert Muller. The unscrupulous likes of John Durham who are assigned as special prosecutor only to run off into hiding. Even AG Barr himself who claimed the obviously stolen election was 'bullshit'.
Who is paying these people to turn on their country ?
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has failed to remove the criminal element from the ranks of the justice department while individuals there are allowed to pursue political agendas contrary to the executive branch for whom they work.
Then there are antifa and BLM who would corrupt the nation at every opportunity with a never ending stream of nonsensical racist and senseless demands and puruits of faulty and flawed notions without being confronted by legal entities entrusted with that duty.
All in all The Republic is a mess and the leftist libtard democrats and their operatives in the justice department and FBI have wrought this situation upon us.
It is our duty as patriots to make them regret each and every aspect of the stupid perverse spin on jurisprudence, sexual identity, the false reality of unscientific and baseless societal claims they would place upon us, the incessant pursuit of entitlements for nothing, and the criminal element such as the memorials to a drug abuser who died from an overdose being falsely accused on a policeman doing his duty it all entails.
These transgressions of logic and history and the law cannot stand.
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- August 23, 2021
- Happy Birthday Vickey 2021
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B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y
Be the best you can be,
Imagine what you can do,
Remember who you are,
There's nobody like you,
Honor your past,
Dwell on your heart,
All you need is love,
Your birthday is a start.
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- August 22, 2021
- The Howard Stern Radio Show premiered in 1998
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On this day in 1998 The Howard Stern Radio Show premiered on CBS to about 70% of the US radio audience. Not being a part of the US radio audience, I missed it of course.
Howard Allan Stern is an American radio and television personality, comedian, and author best known for his radio show which grew in popularity after being nationally syndicated on various radio platforms.
He describes himself as a media "King" since 1992 and while I do appreciate his humor and insight into the human conditon I personally feel that some of his work is in bad taste and there are segments I found revolting.
However, he doesn't pull any punches regarding others or himself and I can always respect that. His first movie was quite enjoyable as I recall.
His books and movies have just added to that pile of money he earns each year from his various endeavors.
Anyway — love him or hate him, Howard Stern is a force with which to be reckoned in the field of media arts and public consumption.
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- August 21, 2021
- Mostly False Advertising
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I'm really not big on the junk food thing. This being said, a snack isle pickup pretty much left me feeling justified in my avoidance of these empty calories. The fact that I am left feeling 'suckered' as well is neither here nor there.
I went to the local grocery today and one of the items I picked up was 'Crunch n Munch' which is some spin on crackerjacks with bigger popcorn and a different coating ...
and no peanuts.
Yes, the box said that there were both popcorn AND peanuts in this buttery toffee mix but alas, if there was a peanut I missed it and the only peanut material I saw was dust at the bottom of the mylar bag inside the box containing the product.
So I supposed the gist of the matter surrounds caveat emptor: let the buyer beware and I need to stop being so gullible while traversing the grocery store aisles behind my little cart.
Just because they say the product contains peanuts you may not be able to prove it to yourself. The sugar overload couldn't have been good for me, either.
Anyway, guess who has bought their last 'Crunch n Munch' ever.
Boo !
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- August 20, 2021
- Joe Biden accepted democrat's nominaton a year ago today
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Prior to stealing the actual election with too many irregularities to count and underhanded manipulations at every turn — their nominee, the intellectually and morally corrupt Joe Biden gave his acceptance speech over cyberspace for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
To add further insult to injury he has been on a continual downward spiral, hiding in his basement during the campaign while his minions ran ripshod over the entire election process and the justice department and FBI stood idly by and allowed them to do so.
These people have wrecked the entire country in less than a year.
So now we pay for the stupid demented democrat president accompanied by his pseudointellectual wife, his highly inadequate self absorbed vice president and every misstep, bad decision, and utterly moronic presence as the chief executive where:
• the borders are over run with illegals, • inflation is ballooning, • gas prices are through the roof, • stupid criminal BLM and antifa agents are allowed to proliferate as the 'strong arm' of the democrat party, • numbskull sickos who ignore biology and claim to be a sex that is impossible run wild; and • sex workers, perverts, and other unsavory characters are actually invited to instruct school children • who find themselves drowning in a stupid mix of what is referred to as "critical race theory' but is in actuality purest idiocy.
The fortuitous rise of militias may be the only thing that can save us.
Be not proud democrats for your administration in the White House has brought ruination to The Republic and eventually you will be made to pay for your misdeeds.
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- August 19, 2021
- Lies vis-à-vis Incorrectness
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My good friend the late Dewitt Casey, whom I miss sorely to this day though he died 24 years ago used to try and 'check' me on various statements made to him on a wide range of topics as we discussed so much at length each week.
Once he called me down as a 'liar' when I turned out to be incorrect on one rare occasion — and he seemed to almost take glee in the accusation.
Oh the humanity. So I smiled and said Dewitt, can I not simply be "incorrect" and not a "liar" if you please ?
He suddenly stopped smiling and looked oh so seriously regarding me with an aire of pondering and said:
"Why yes. You can just be incorrect."
So there I stood having been wrong in an assumption but my good friend reconciled the incident as incorrectness instead of lying.
I think our friendship grew exponentially that day.
In all that I am, all that I've done, and have become since he departed I still really do miss him and that company, conversation, and friendship he brought to my life and shared unconditionally.
You never know just how badly you'll miss a friend til they're gone. Anticpation is nothing compared to that sad stark reality which pervades your very soul.
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