November 24, 2021

Please, I'm eating

November 23, 2021

I just ordered Winter Solstice cards

to launch the War on X-mess.

What are you doing to prepare for battle?

November 23, 2021

I went to Trader Joe's this afternoon

and there was not a frozen green bean to be seen.

Obviously there are going to be a lot of green bean and mushroom soup casseroles lurking on tables on Thanksgiving. The horror!

November 22, 2021

Person of Interest in Wisconsin Parade Rampage Had Just Posted Bail on Violent Charges

The Daily Beast
Pilar Melendez
National Reporter
Updated Nov. 22, 2021 10:52AM ET
Published Nov. 22, 2021 10:29AM ET

A person of interest in the SUV attack that killed at least five and injured dozens more at a quaint holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday has been identified as a 39-year-old who recently posted bail on reckless-endangerment charges.

Darrell Brooks was taken into custody as a person of interest and was being questioned in connection with the Sunday evening incident involving a red Ford Escape that plowed through barricades and into the crowd, sparking panic and unleashing mass bloodshed, NBC News first reported. The sprawling disaster left members of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies among the dead, and at least a dozen children and a priest among the injured.

NBC News cited five law-enforcement officials who also noted investigators were looking into the possibility the Milwaukee resident had been fleeing an earlier incident involving a knife fight at the time of the Sunday parade. Brooks has not been charged with a crime nor named an official suspect in the Sunday incident, but the Associated Press also reported Brooks was a person of interest, citing two officials.

Public records show Brooks has a significant criminal history in Wisconsin that spans over two decades. This past Friday, he posted a cash bond in connection with charges including resisting or obstructing an officer, bail jumping, recklessly endangering safety with domestic-abuse assessments, disorderly conduct with a domestic-abuse assessment, and battery.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/darrell-brooks-named-as-person-of-interest-in-waukesha-christmas-parade-attack?ref=home

November 3, 2021

Facebook re-changes its name to Mucil

I'll take definition number 3

mucilage
myoo͞?sə-lĭj
noun

1) Any of various viscous, water-soluble polysaccharides produced by certain plants, algae, and microorganisms.

2) A sticky substance used as an adhesive.

3) Moldi-ness; mustiness; rottenness; a slimy mass.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

October 30, 2021

Tonight is Goosey Night

It's the night before Halloween, when kids and teenagers roam around soaping windows, ringing doorbells and then hiding, throwing toilet paper into trees and so on. Here's some information about it.

Excerpts by permission of the author, from her blog offeringstone

"If you grew up anyplace in the U.S. other than Passaic or Sussex (and possibly Bergen) counties in northern New Jersey, you’ve probably never heard of Goosey Night. Goosey Night always takes place on the night before Halloween, October 30.

...

When I went to college some 40 miles south, in Middlesex County, I found out that Central Jersey folks called October 30 Mischief Night, and had never heard of Goosey Night. Some years later, in 1977, a magazine called N.J. Monthly published an article about the many localisms that distinguished the speech of New Jersey residents. Among other things, the article said you could tell what part of New Jersey someone grew up in by what they called the night before Halloween. I don’t recall the details, but in some parts of New Jersey it was called Cabbage Night (Bergen County) or Tick Tack Night (Trenton area). Years later I read that this was called Devil Night in Detroit. Goosey Night was confined to Passaic and Sussex counties, and maybe a few spots in Bergen County. And none of us had the faintest idea where the name came from, or what it means.

...

Other names for Goosey Night include Corn Night*, Doorbell Night, Mickey Night*, Trick Night*, Miggy Night*, Mischievous Night*, Egg Night, Moving Night, Beggar’s Night, Damage Night (Cincinnati, OH), Mat Night (Quebec, Canada), Mizzy Night (Liverpool, UK), and Hell Night. Those marked with asterisks come from Yorkshire, England, along with Tick Tack Night, mentioned earlier. Tick Tack Night has an interesting origin, having nothing whatever to do with tiny breath mints.

...

So where did the term Goosey Night come from? My best guess is that it evolved from the custom of guising or mumming, which dates back to the Middle Ages, when it usually took place during the Christmas season. Guising means dressing up in disguise."

https://offeringstone.wordpress.com/page/3/

October 29, 2021

Meta: Facebook's new name ridiculed by Hebrew speakers

BBCNews

Facebook's announcement that it is changing its name to Meta has caused quite the stir in Israel where the word sounds like that for "dead".

To be precise, Meta is pronounced like the feminine form of the Hebrew word.

A number of people have taken to Twitter to share their take on the name under the hashtag #FacebookDead.

The emergency rescue volunteers Zaka even got involved, telling their followers on Twitter: "Don't worry, we're on it".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-59090067

October 28, 2021

Metamucil changes its name to Facebookmucil

CEO admits the move was difficult, since both firms deliver crap

September 15, 2021

Saudi Arabia camel carvings dated to prehistoric era

BBC News

A series of camel sculptures carved into rock faces in Saudi Arabia are likely to be the oldest large-scale animal reliefs in the world, a study says.

When the carvings were first discovered in 2018, researchers estimated they were created about 2,000 years ago.

This was based on their similarity to reliefs at Jordan's famous ancient city of Petra.

But a fresh study puts the camels at between 7,000-8,000 old.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58570259

September 3, 2021

Saw this and HAD to share

Buzzfeed has an article with some bizarre Australian news headlines. This:





Link: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jemimaskelley/australian-news-headlines?origin=web-hf