TROUBLE SPAWN
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017
As the weather warms, these insects are going to rise up across the South and the Midwest. That means millions of people are living in areas that experienced the path of totality for the eclipse and will experience the path of totality for the cicadas. You win some, you lose some.
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Morning Brew's Opening today
Good morning. And so it begins: Cicadas are emerging in South Carolina. In Newberry County, their mating calls have gotten so noisy that residents are calling the sheriff’s office wondering why they’re hearing a roar or sirens.
Remember, cicadas are loud—like, as loud as a jet engine. And this year, the US is getting a double whammy, with Brood XIX and Brood XIII emerging together for the first time since 1803.
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Minhowkin WOD
pep·per
[ˈpepər]
verb
peppering (present participle)
sprinkle or season (food) with pepper:
"I salted and peppered the beef before I browned it"
(be peppered with)
cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items:
"the script is peppered with four-letter words"
haunts he swears he'll pepper me"
ON COSO, WE DO PEPPERING, WE JUST DO IT WITH JOY. YOU COULD SAY WE'RE JOYFUL PEPPERS.
ON this date in 1792 - The guillotine was first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple fell thru a Time Portal into a mob yelling "Off w/ his head; Off w/ his head..."
When the blade fell and the Boyz saw Nic's head bobble down the platform, they turned and looked for the next portal.
Bun turned to P and said "Be careful w/ what you ask for..."
ON this date in 1590 - The Sultan of Morocco launched his successful attack to capture Timbuktu.
Part of the Sultan's loyal horde, Bun Man and Mr. Purple (whose first name is Tim...) were ferocious in the attack gaining the honors for the day for most killed.
As honors go, the Boyz shared in the spoils of victory.
They went into town for the feminine spoils and well, Bun Man bucked one and Timbuktu...
Maybe I missed it...
Where are those examples again?
Where cutting corporate taxes
led to economic growth?
Now, that's what I'm talkin' 'bout...
What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?
Scottish Terrier pups for ya today...
HOLDIN', CARIN' AND LOVIN'
Ken-Dogger: Guys, what are you doing? You've got a nice bed over there
Chet: Dude, we gotta look out for each other
KD: Why's that...
C: Yesterday, there were 5 of us, today 3...Tomorrow, I don't know
KD: But people come here, take you home and give you a great home with love
C: But I lose my family...
KD: Dude, most of the time, we're just pawns...
C: So I'm lovin' and holdin' on to my peeps
Morning Peeps,
Keep an Eye on Where You're Headed
Historybook: Workers break ground on Suez Canal (1859); The US declares war on Spain to begin Spanish-American War (1898); Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald born (1917); HBD Al Pacino (1940); HBD Renée Zellweger (1969).
"It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts."
- Ella Fitzgerald
So, we're in Vegas with time to burn so the Mikster always chooses IKEA for browsing fun and Os&Es, so I get to go to Zen Leaf, one of the local dispensaries.
It's a natural trade-off. IKEA gets her high, you get the drift.
Well, don't ya know, I get a discount of over $100 on product today.
I gotta tell ya, no drug dealer I ever had gave me a discount.
I swear there's a department in IKEA, a most well-respected department, where the Employee of the month gets to come up with make-believe Swedish names just to screw with Americans.
ARE YOU READY?
Mammal lifespan leaderboard
Rank the following mammals according to their average lifespan, from shortest to longest.
Wolverine
Weasel
Bowhead whale
Humans (1950)
Humans (2022)
Elephant
Brown bear
Western gorilla
Minhowkin WOD
di·a·logue
[ˈdīəˌlôɡ, ˈdīəˌläɡ]
noun
conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie:
"the book consisted of a series of dialogues" · "passages of dialogue"
Similar:
conversation
communication
interchange
discourse
verb
NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
take part in a conversation or discussion to resolve a problem:
"he stated that he wasn't going to dialogue with the guerrillas"
ON COSO, WE DIALOGUE WE SEEK TO RESOLVE, NOT INFLAME.
Spotify made a lot of money in Q1. The streaming music giant grew its revenue last quarter by 20% to $3.8 billion on a record $180 million in profit, it announced yesterday. The smash report comes after Spotify cut costs last year, which included laying off more than a quarter of its workforce. The company also raised prices in 2023 for the first time in a decade as it further expanded beyond music into audiobooks and other categories. Spotify shares soared ~11% following the news.
S: MB
ON this date in 1961 - U.S. President Kennedy accepted "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple had been on the mission and were captured and would spend 8 years in a Cuban prison.
It wasn't all bad, the cigars were great, they had great views of the whitest beaches in the world, and the jailers were all hot, Cuban senoritas--The Boys were extremely upset when their time ended.
and I think Victor should go check himself out with his physician to make sure everything is fine before things start falling off on the man."
They shoulda let Victor Maitland rot!!
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TROUBLE SPAWN
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017