Been off the grid for a while. Miss you all. Part of the absence was a 2-week stint in Spain. Have a brother in law from Salamanca (lives in the States now). He was an amazing travel companion. Showed us places and we did things that joe-blow tourist would not do. My Spanish is remedial at best. I tried, but crashed and burned a few times. Mostly just brain freezes trying to interpret. Was glad to have him there to bail me out. I cannot express how amazing that trip was.

TGIF gang

I'm wondering if anyone knows where to get a bigger cup to hold schadenfreude?

Between the EJC verdict, other related 🍊 💩 🤡 new, and the failure of the Ivanovets to displace water, I fear my cup risks running over. (Is runnething a word?)

I don't want to spill a drop.

I'm concerned that one is born with the only size cup they'll ever have. The only way to make room for more schadenfreude is to have a good long yin/yang conversation with Karma. Hoping for a better choice.

Vodka-Tonic with lime in 3-2-1.
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Happy Friday everyone!

yeah, yeah.....It's not quite 14:30 here. Been a long week though and I'm cutting out early.

I refuse to allow box-o-rocks to sleep on the bed. Well…. Maybe while I watch the football game.
#DogsOfCoso

Oh my goodness. The subliminal message here is not all that subtle. Nice job Amazon. Now even my charger isn’t adequate.

Went to have a blood draw today. Same place I went a couple weeks ago. (Same procedure, same ordering doctor, different reason). After signing in at the lab... "uh, our records say you are deceased. But we went to high school together. Remember me? Anyway, I looked over in the waiting area and saw you. Said to myself, 'yep, that's them.' " They got it figured out in a few minutes. I thanked her for getting me back to life. Told her she had me scared for a few minutes. 😎

Found it!

A current guess is that it’s part of the dealers key/vehicle check out/check in system. No definite winner yet.

Hey folks. Let’s play a game. Anybody know what this thing is? It is attached to a key fob from a used car I just bought. My lovely bride didn’t show it to me till we got home. The dealer is closed now and I can’t contact them until tomorrow. It appears to be a key of some kind. The IC board makes me think it is an electronic lock. It’s driving me nuts. All guesses and reverse image search results are welcome. Thanks!

I know it’s just a fly-over state. But it’s my fly-over state. And we did a thing. 🥰. This crowd was amazing. Had a blast.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38294591/nebraska-volleyball-sets-world-record-attendance-women-sporting-event

I think I just figured out the passcode to every MAGA phone and computer: P01135809

Thank me later. 🤣🤣

I couldn’t get myself to put this reply on the bird site. I did send it separately to my brother who got a good belly laugh out of it. So decided to share with this family as well. 😘

Dear Universe,

Please, please, please tell me someone got video of 🍊🤡💩 the minute news broke of the almost-might-be-didn’t-quite-happen-but-not-really-over-yet coup thingy.
#KetchupStainsEverywhere
#WhereAreTheCleanDepends

Sitting on the deck with box-O-rocks. Yeah, I like him but boy can he be dumb. Oh, and don’t mind the blown up chair side. We think the birds are using it as nesting material even though it’s plastic. Anyway… BoR picked his head up and sniffed air. So I told him: “I wish I could know what your nose knows.” And then I laughed at myself for being so clever. I had to. Because no one else is going to do it. 😁
#DogsOfCoso

@Museek these local stories always make me think of you.

Chief Standing Bear postal stamp unveiled

https://www.ketv.com/article/ponca-tribe-chief-standing-bear-postal-stamp-unveiled/43880102

Did I just give blood? Yes
Did I agree to no exercise, heavy lifting or alcohol for 24 hours? Yes.
Am I going golfing in 2 hours where I will do all of those things? Also yes.

Apologies, I should have said that this was a conveniently cropped version of the Reuters sketch. Hee hee hee.

I’m to understand this is the courtroom sketch by Reuters. Ha!

Not really suited to a poll…
So you have a bowl of corn chips. Small bowl for just you or a big bowl at a gathering….whatever came to your mind when I said bowl of chips…

How do you choose the next chip you choose to eat?

I was so disappointed in my high schoolers. They both totally didn’t see this very free spirited Argentinian futbal fan after they won the World Cup. 😂

I, however, am still as eagle eyed as ever.
#worldcup