“I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff wrote. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt.”

First of all, ironic.

Second, why the fuck was Michael Wolff advising Jeffrey Epstein on PR?

We rarely get snow in Texas; we get a solid sheet of ice that covers everything. The city also doesn’t plow, and nobody has snow tires because it’s only going to be a day or two.

Yeah, southern drivers don’t know how to drive (in or out of snow, really), but places like Denver and Dallas have such different experiences that it’s not really fair to compare them. It’d be like mocking Alaskins because they’re miserable in 90°F; they don’t have the AC to handle what is incredibly mild weather to me.

Not saying you’re mocking or disrespectful, I’m just on my soapbox.

Blasphemy to say that a trumpet can aspire to C.

It’s a proud B flat.

I’ve never read The Grapes of Wrath before, but now I’m about a quarter through it.

You can tell that Steinbeck really lived that hard depression life and had an abiding love for the other people who did too, warts and all.

Good talk.

My bad, I didn’t know that you loved Reddit so much.

…but you’re the one complaining that you don’t like Lemmy? Why would they leave because you’re unhappy?

It used to be that they’d put baseball games on broadcast TV.

Now you basically need a subscription to watch the team in my area. It’s like they don’t want anyone to see the games.

My cousins in Colorado have a hay barn about the same age that’s dug partway into the mountain. The smell inside is rich and earthy, heavy but sweet; the kind of scent that one can always faintly recall.

I’ve got a couple of wool ones for winter camping. They’re so cozy.

I’m not a luthier (although there is a com for that that you may want to cross post to), but I believe maple necks can come in finished or raw varieties. Do you know which this one is?

You have to spring for the french fry cuffs.

The Fly was the first Cronenberg movie I’ve seen, and it blew me away. I’m definitely going to look at the rest of his movies. I’ll probably watch The Reanimator next, because Jeffrey Combs is a national treasure.

I’m really intrigued by those Fulci movies, too. International films often have a way different perspective, and that’s always interesting to me.

I forget that The Shining was an 80s movie, it feels very 70s in it’s execution. What a picture though.

The only other I’ve seen on your list was Return of the Living Dead. I loved Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, and this one wasn’t at all what I was expecting. Still a fun campy horror movie though.

I’ll look into the rest, thanks for the recs.

Jeffrey Epstein?

Don’t tell anybody, but I never saw Evil Dead, only Army of Darkness. I should really fix that! I love Raimi’s style. He’s definitely a b-movie director who knew how to get the most out of his budget.

I’ve never heard of Basket Case, but, like I mentioned, I love b-movies. I’ll check it out!

Maybe I don’t understand what you mean, but it seems pretty reliable to me. In what way do you envision it failing? Lasers or mocap would seem to make it less reliable due to the required processing.

And hey, Mike Johnson is keeping the Epstein investigation files sealed during this shutdown. So chin up little MAGA, your pedo president is being protected by you getting stranded in the Des Moines airport.

Money money money
Must be funny
In a rich man’s world

I sized her up when she covered for Trump for his first impeachment.

She’s a lying, manipulative, amoral climber who will do anything to advance her profile.

Her helping try to overthrow the government on Jan 6 showed that I had her figured right.

She’s one of the worst vipers in the whole nest.