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TANSTAAFL (There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) [The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, sort of]

You’ve just leap into Reverse Centaur land. Time to update your resume and find another place to work.

I still think she should walk into Trump’s NYC HQ with a deputy and movers. Start with the CFO’s office and clean out all the computers. Then the server room. Then Trump’s office.

You’ll likely need a SWAT team to hold the on-site security in check. And move quickly before someone can get a bank to issue a cashiers check. The drives in those servers will be worth more than the judgement when sold on eBay.

Don’t laugh. A guy did this to either Wells Fargo or BofA during the 2000s. The “mistakenly” foreclosed on his home which didn’t have a mortage with the bank. He cleaned out most of a branches computers and office furniture before the branch manager gave him a cashier’s check.

Any socks that do this get repurposed to apply shoe polish. There are other uses, but that’s the one I recall using them for last.

My neighbor and her entire family came back from a boat cruise with COVID. Somehow, I don’t think sending them this would be appreciated.

Guess I learned something since my Hight School Physics Teacher wrote in my yearbook “You could benefit from learning more tact”.

Even entropy isn’t what it used to be – Solomon Short

Right after Melon Husk bought Twitter, I posted something about Howard Schultz (CEO of Starbucks) while he was questioned about his anti-union activities in front of Congress. I wanted to slap the smile off his face into next Tuesday. That got me a 7 day ban. I didn’t log in for a month. When I came back, my feed was just as nasty. I moved everyone I followed to Mastodon if they had an account. Same with Facebook. That was over 2 years ago. When BlueSky started using their posts for LLMs, I deleted my account.

Mom told me this story about a little old man that a reporter saw praying against the Western Wall (of the original Temple) in Jerusalem. The man was there for over a week during the morning and afternoons. The reporter wanted some insight into this man’s devotion, so he asked him about it.

The old man pondered the question then said “In the mornings, I come and pray for peace. Then I have a bit of a nosh and come back in the afternoon I pray again for peace.”

“Well, given what’s happening right now, what’s that like?” asked the reporter.

“It’s like talking to a wall.” said the old man sadly.

Does Nutella count?

I wonder if this was taken during the coldest winter he experienced in San Francisco during the summer.

I read that some cities are putting garbage bags over existing Flock cameras. Would that work in AZ where it’s so hot the bags are likely to melt?

Those sorts of people still have access to cans of gasoline and more motivation to prevent such places from existing.

I’m reading Laura Franko’s BROADWAY REVIVAL again. A Broadway actor and composer uses his brother’s participation in THE SLINGSHOT, a time machine for historians, to go from 2077 to 1934 and prevent George Gershin from dying of a brain tumor. He brings 2077 drugs to do it.

https://www.amazon.com/Broadway-Revival-Laura-Frankos/dp/1732523924

I don’t have a laudable goals, but if I could, I’d pump Jim Hensen full futuristic drugs so he didn’t die. The world can always use more rainbows.

They sent him a gift basket full of sand and a crocket mallet. And a nice infographic on heavy card stock show how he can pound the sand up his ass with the crocket mallet.

Their PAs thought that a piece of rope so he can hang it and attempt to piss on it when it’s swinging would be to hard for the guy to figure out.

Were these people stupid enough to purchase the phone with cash or a check and not a credit card? I’m sure VISA, M/C, and AMEX will refund the charge and do a chargeback. If they were stupid enough to wait more then two months (most companies have a 60 limit on contested charges), then they deserve to be shafted.

You gotta remember that OR was where a local city thought the way to get rid of a dead whale on their beach was to blow it up with dynamite. Left cars in the parking lot crushed by 1000lb chucks of whale blubber. Imagine filing that insurance claim. Anyway, this is just their grandkids keeping up the same tradition of mediocrity.

I’ve been using black beans instead of red in chili for years. It’s a matter of preference. I think kidneys have a thicker skin. Black or red beans get creamy the longer you cook them.

NEVER BUY STEW MEAT. It’s usually round steak (gluteus) which gets tough when you cook it unless you use meat tenderizer. Buy center blade chuck steaks and cut it up into large chunks as they shrink. CostCo has them. Safeway probably not. And why would you buy from meat counter that stinks?

Don’t just toss everything into the instant pot. It doesn’t brown which creates flavor. Brown the meat in the pot, then add the spices for a minute to let the “bloom”. Water is fine but a dry red wine is so so much better.

At the very least buy the right meat and brown it. That will make all the difference.

My cat had the same reaction to the electric can opener before they had pop-tops.

Sadly, they’re gone now but I imagine every time I opened a pop-top can of anything, they’d come running into the kitchen.

A friend pointed out the pineapples are bromeliads. This “flower” demonstrates it.

When a friend’s parents passed away, he came over to start packing up their house. He found tartar sauce that could vote and little onyx-like bricks of partially consumed cream cheese in the fridge. The spice rack contained Owl Spices which were donated to the state historical society.