Friday Finger

In my identity as the "Chasmanian Devil".

I have so many of these & I despise everything so damn much, I should post two a wk., but some wks. I can't be arsed to do one.

Moment Of Truth

Will It Or Won't It?

It will. Whew!

Too long for Blogger, forced to load it to YouTube.77 bones used (+ s&h) clean, all details accounted for & well broken in. Crawls & runs just fine. An Atlas Classic, Chinese-made, not Austrian, this livery & road number were released in Sep't. 2008, MSRP $139.95, up $35 from March 2007, & up 40 simoleons from April 2003 - May 2005. March '26: $209.95 or $329.95. Why I buy used. The sticker on the box, from MTHC (Mark Twain Hobby Center?) reads "Used As Is $48.15". The parts list claims the lights (currently not working) are LEDs, & that there's a light board, which should make DCC installation relatively easy.

Glamour Shot

I have more boxcars than I need & not enough reefers, stock cars, tank cars yada. There's also a possibility I really don't need more than five zebra-striped locomotives for a 9'x7' layout. STOP ME BEOFRE I PURCHASE AGAIN!!

Now I must wait until Tues. for the turnouts I ordered from Yankee Dabbler two damn wks. from next Tues. the 13th! Had to call them & read them the Riot Act, got some double-talk about what's in their warehouse & what's w/ their distributor, & the incompetent buffoon did notify me he'd send the turnouts immediately. After they fucked me earlier this yr. I resolved not to do business w/ them again, but it was the only place that had three of the turnouts I needed. When will I learn never to trust anyone, anywhere, about anything? P.S.: When you're delaying me & not infoming me why, don't get allpissyoif I use some salty language. Unless I specicfically ask Gawd to damn your useless ass to hell, saying "goddam" about some bullshit you're perpetuating is not a "curse", you illiterate dipstick!

Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même

Dry heat.

Remember, this is inside the bunker. However, I have yet to perspire.

Still On The 'Phone

"Her wrist surreal, a heart and winged skull, lettered 'Life & Love Pass Swiftly'"

NB, kids: Vampires are not all fun & games.

Monday Modeling Story

Taking A Break

Resting for the next lap of the proverbial rat race.

Fall cleaning 'phoning it in: There are items scheduled through the end of the month, mostly crap from the hard drive. See y'all in October, maybe ...— 30 —

State Of The Nation: Beat To Shit

Ed Cara / Gizmodo:
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
Fox News:   Nearly 3 in 4 Americans are battling the same exhausting health problem, CDC reveals

Erica Sloan / Washington Post:   Americans are tired. Women and young adults, most of all.

What? You think mature male citizens aren't fucking sick & tired of the Gawddam non-stop bullshit too?

I've noticed plenty of exhaustion: Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinquo.

In conclusion, we're all exhausted:

Anniveraries

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters celebrates 20. Pen-Elayne on the Web, 24!

Pretty sure I'm going to knock it the hell off if this dungpile or I make it to 20. (3 May '27 for this inanity; I'm so far past 20 I may not wake up tomorrow, let alone next yr.) Talk about a waste of time, energy & effort on my part! I should be kicking myself for being such a fool.Stupid, stupid, stupid!!

Follow Up

Sunday I linked to a tale of woe & suffering caused by robots. It all came out to the injured party's satisfaction, but only because he has a large audience, a few of whom had a way to contact an actual human at Mall☆Wart; a way or ways which will no doubt soon be as useless as trying to deal w/ a brain-dead pseudo-intelligence. And one must wonder how big the rip-offs were & can only imagine the agonies they must've endured to get an e-mail address or whatever the contact was.

No Thing Thurs.

Not a damn thing.

Weds. Already?

Oh, fuck me, thought it was still Tues., have nothng scheduled & no effing inspiration whatsoever. And in exactly a month, I will turn 73, if the gov't. hasn't killed me by then.

Typing things has become a drag, like gravity, or having to breathe. Damn you, autonomic nervous system! Let me be!There. That should hold the little bastards.

Another Saturday In The Murder Capital Of The World

Well, that was certainly full of information. Thank you so much, AP.

Friday:

Teen boy among 6 dead including suspect in Michigan shootings; girl survived

Just 'phoning it in now. Easiest stories in the world. Angry asshole(s) w/ a gun or five has had it. Then, the body count. This fucking country is beyond absurd.

Friday 'Phone-In

"Hello? Hello? Anybody there?"

Made It To Saturday!

After enduring yet another interminable wk. of stultifying boredom & unspeakable horror. Not that wknds. mean a damn thing to me, other than as a vague marker of time.

Some all-time classics on this."That should hold the little bastards." Not even 'phoning it in, telegraphing it. Sending it by drum, really.

Anyone Seen Montag?

The Burned Over District hasn't posted anything for almost three months. Anyone know what's up? Or even care?

Last waltz from montag?

Worst case is what I expect will happen to me; I'll turn green & die in the bunker & no one will notice or care until decomposition & the dump begins to smell, or until the rent goes unpaid.

That's me; w/o meaning, interest or concern to anyone but the parasite slumlord, whose only interest is in extracting his pound of flesh every month. Considering what my existence has been for the past 70 or so yrs., I expect no better from the lumps of insensate tissue that comprise the dominant species on this miserable planet of fools & charlatans.

Yes, I made it about me. (Not much to work from.) And you knobs everything about yourselves. Why should I bother being any better than any of you?

Doesnt Know Anything

Can't stop his fat ignernt mouth, either. Ohtani has barely played the outfield,

Shohei Ohtani has played the outfield, but only sparingly in the major leagues. He made 7 brief defensive appearances in the outfield (6 in right field, 1 in left field) during the 2021 season with the Los Angeles Angels, totaling about 8 1/3 innings without recording a putout.

Earlier in his professional career in Japan with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, he played the outfield much more frequently, logging 64 total games across left and right field before shifting to strictly pitching and designated hitting.

but Lumpy has to make him the best outfielder ever. Fat Gay Don likes Ass. Football or greased-up, almost-naked furrin men hugging & hitting each other, so he doesn't know a damn thing about American sports. I hope he hasn't cursed the former Bums of Brooklyn w/ his ignorance. At least he'll probably be too scared to come to L.A. for home games during the Series.

Very Excited

Not sure I can stand it! Assembled something electric that works as intended! Only took about an hr. & a half to make the 10 connections. The switch machine's been sitting around for yrs. because the power pack I had didn't have AC terminals for accessories.

Even better, it works when attached to the switch.

Will it work when it's back in the track? No reason to think it won't, but we'll have to wait until it's painted to be sure.

It Arrived!

Delivered at 1025, US$78.95, plus $32.94 S&H & $10.90 tax worth of plastic & nickel/steel from The People's Republic of China. Now I will cut it open & show you every item, one at a time. NOT!! Sweet Blood of Jesus, what is duller than an "unboxing" video? This is all track, nothing interesting, & now I have to paint all 24+ linear feet of rails & ties before I can try my luck laying it.

Want a mind-numbing video of that?

I am disappointed that the Postal Service didn't put it on a 'plane but trucked it across the country. Expecting some interesting plastic & electronics Fri., which left N.Y.C. this a.m.; maybe the P.S. will send that on a 'plane. I can at least hope for Thurs. delivery, air mail or not.

Jeeze, I'm like a consumer. When did that happen?

Further Proof Of The Existence Of A Kind & Loving Gawd

Got up at noon, felt like vomiting, had dry heaves & bile. Felt like crap, went back to sleep at 1400 & slept unil 1800. Jesus certainly 💘 me, does't he?

Now, some pictures of clouds & birds.

If there were a just gawd, birds would have pecked out your eyes that refuse to see & ripped your lying tongues from your ugly mouths long, long ago.

Tuesday?

When I saw it was in Chino yesterday p.m., I figured it would be here today. But the estimated delivery date hasn't changed. Nonetheless, it's on the FedEx vehicle, so step on it, Jesus. My patience grows thin!