F.O.A.D.

Whatever it is, I'm not interested. Now go away.

In Fourteen Hundred & Ninety-Two, Columbus Sailed ...

My goodness, some people really do hate America. Where do they get such bad attitudes?

Actually, Kurt, it was thousands of years.

Ah, no wonder there was no mail today.

Wrapped up w/ a bow on it.

Sad-Ass Sat.

When America was great, damit!! Nostalgic re-runs, if any of these have been run before, from the hard-drive.

Note the church steeple dominating the town.

And transgenderism is socialist, as droning idiot J.D. Vance just told us. Bonus track:

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.

Friday Freak Out

And tab-clearing.

Jeff Simmons, a Real Mother.People I know:

Inscrutable, dense, manic, bizarre, intense, aloof, schizophrenic,” once wrote Option Magazine. The Wild Stares, formed in Boston in 1979 by Justin Burrill and Steve Gregororpoulos, joined by Fran Miller Campbell toured Europe and the U.S. several times, releasing many recordings along the way and relocated to L.A in 1988 adding drummer Kyle C. Kyle before morphing into W.A.C.O. in 1993.

Accurate description.

There will always be an England: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

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!

Thursday Tab-Clearing

Advertising Analysis W/ Connie Clausen

This commercial is in my "Non-Sequitor" bookmarks, so I was amused to see this:

Analyzing the Persuasive Elements of a 1961 Coca-Cola Commercial

Ms. Clausen, by the way, had better things to do than be a "low-level actress".

Monday Memorial: Brother Brick

At Jeff B.'s birthday, 2 August 2009.

Phyllis Beane-Wahl, Brick, some guy I remember but not his name, a pathetic woman-hating alkie,
a Mexican apartment dog, several unknowns.

At The York, 16 January 2012.

Brick, a horrible person who abandoned me to homelessness whose name I will not print,
Phyllis Beane-Wahl, & that guy again. Must've known Brick.

Popular Season For Songwriters

100°F-ish autumn, that is.

More Serenades

In honor of the heat wave. Oddly, I didn't steal it from BarkBarkWoofWoof, but heard the Joanie Sommers version on the radio, & the Coltrane-Hartman take was recommended by a robot/algorithm/something.

That Blowed Up Real Good!

“This sinking exercise not only validated the power behind U.S.-U.K. offensive weapons but delivers a clear message to adversaries that the U.S. Navy and Royal Navy remain a ready allied force,” U.S. Navy Capt. Kelechi Ndukwe, Commander, U.S. Task Force 65, said in a news release.

So the U.S. & Royal Navies are able to sink a sitting duck that's neither moving nor firing back w/ only three different missiles & a torpedo. Not sure how impressed I am.

[Details at USNI News]

Autumn Serenades

Ms. Sommers is best-known for her Top 40 hit, "Johnny Get Angry".She doesn't mean Johnny Hartman should get angry.

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.

Mr. Know-It-All

How Your Gov't. Worked

But Not Any More, Not That It Was Much Better Then

Don't forget the hideous racism that was still enshrined in law. And the sexism. Filthy hypocrites.

Monday Modeling Story

Angels Season Over, Chargers Lose Again, Dodgers Win 100th In 10 [UP-DATED]

Looks as if the Angels, Chargers & Clippers will all suck for the foreseeable future. How are the Raiders doing?
3-0 is how. Pick a winner!

Baseball, however, looks to be sucking up to a loser. Good rant from Nancy Nall: What is this crap, Commissioner Manfred?

UP-DATE, 28 Sep.: Lest we forget, the University of Spoiled Children's Trojans also lost, whipped 41-27. Factoid: the Angels won 62 & lost 100, the mirror image of the Dodgers' record.

Ebola Up-Date

Mostly because the editor likes the image of the sign.

The World Forgot About Ebola. The Organization Fighting It Has Never Been More Worried

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to be the largest ever.

From WIRED, possibly paywalled. Headline's all you need. See y'all in the boneyard.

His Masterpiece

Won't embed, but worth the listen, w/ live performances & alternative takes.