@janallmac @th3j35t3r: Suboptimal by design.

He's a weasely dipshit loyalist. As @JolieSaboteuse posted once about (I think) some other gubmint official, "He's thicker than a submarine door."

@th3j35t3r

@TG2: Crapped out?

2/2: ...into college either by grades or by way of football scholarship. He had outstanding warrants for strongarm robbery, amongst other similar crimes, at the time of his death. The kicker is that, like many of the others who turned into assholes in middle school, he was from one of "the good families".

An old school pal mused way back in college that Boyd's name was a typical criminal name you read/heard in true crime stories/documentaries:

Boyd Lee Rinehardt.

Yikes.

1/2: A few minutes ago I learned whatever happened to a guy I was friends with from 1st through 7th grade but who, like other friends from that period, turned into an asshole when he went from playing in the band to playing football. In 2004, he kidnapped his mother and stepfather, holed up in his house, killed his stepfather, got into a gunfight with a multi-county sheriffs' taskforce, and killed himself rather than go to jail.

Apparently, he'd turned to a life of robbery after not making...

@redenigma: I go to YouTube Music for that.

: YouTube and other online platforms being so absolutely, cravenly desperate for content and for users' time is what's driving me to spend less time online. Regular YT videos, plus Shorts, plus Games, plus PPV movies, and all and in such a glaringly desperate layout designed to split attention and run users down rabbit holes is a legit turn-off, just like Facebook. There's a difference between multitasking and being scatterbrained.

#neurallyatypical #theweirdkid #residentalien

: I found an alternative to Goodreads, one that is not owned by Jeff Bezos.

StoryGraph.

I exported all of my Goodreads information/dats over to it and then deleted my Goodreads account.

#sorted #books

@ajho: No, alas.

@janallmac: Yesterday went really well, and I wanted convenience today also.

#AwwwMan

: from Ep. 1 of "A Ghost Story for Christmas" from 1971

"The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"

#MRJames #CoSoSpookiness #ProperLegend

: Weatherfolk say it's going to be a rainy, dreary, cold day hereabouts, and frankly, I think that's dumb. I will have to alter my plans for the day, which I think is also dumb.

#phooey and also #dammit

: Chicken Frickasee
courtesy of Chef John

#CoSoCooking #CoSoFood #noms

https://youtu.be/mCNH9rn2OS0

: I am sharing this because I know all of you been wanting the answer to this burning question.

#CoSoMaths #maths

https://youtu.be/uMfnJ6TJinc

@hapkidogal: It'd be nice to see her in the pokey.

: Cornbread.

What is it?

Well, let Townsends tell you it.

#CoSoFood #history #noms

https://youtu.be/xIF5UquWUSc

: Bonjour, #CoSoNauts.

I am awake and was awake at 4.40 AM EST, and I wondered why I was awake at such a time, given how ridonkulously tired I was when I went to be and still kinda was. Then I noticed two things:

1. It was quite chilly, and
2. it was raining.

Osteroarthritis says good morning. It isn't awful but just uncomfortable enough to be awake.

#goodmorning #covfefe ☕

@FreedomATX: Yep. It's a variation of the classic "Blue Ribbon Commission".

: today's vinyl acquisitions