tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385128972024-03-10T13:03:49.820-07:00My Golden ApplesA Few Thoughts Now And Then On Sublime ChaosCliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.comBlogger371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-38969241514599650832024-03-10T13:03:00.000-07:002024-03-10T13:03:06.970-07:00EVERYONE MUST ENJOY THIS MODERN RICE<span style="font-size: x-large;">EVERYONE MUST ENJOY THIS MODERN RICE </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AMkt-JXKT8FA0arwRyJZgCLXnDjz8ZaZDpjYpJc9uLOce3P06DdRdt3iAnF87tdNkEJV7OppyHKxG_uXaqsomcoj0aKWQuzSfeBUiFSfijD1H5Xa5auTQGpD7twfnAq2axbR8G9-oczU4gJS2N8jjY4i4lgIjsImPe7oiBSJoCE3OgSRtCzG/s1548/Screenshot_20240310-155827_Threads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AMkt-JXKT8FA0arwRyJZgCLXnDjz8ZaZDpjYpJc9uLOce3P06DdRdt3iAnF87tdNkEJV7OppyHKxG_uXaqsomcoj0aKWQuzSfeBUiFSfijD1H5Xa5auTQGpD7twfnAq2axbR8G9-oczU4gJS2N8jjY4i4lgIjsImPe7oiBSJoCE3OgSRtCzG/s320/Screenshot_20240310-155827_Threads.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I post this just to demonstrate what Order looks like to most people.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-27881344196114325882024-02-04T20:19:00.000-08:002024-02-04T20:19:58.463-08:00Masterful!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJxRmTgK_0f-ppxb9SxzQdC3o9AOM8Cw6AuVavLPdvSON5AlLdr00Tqr7uWqGmT2JDunSj7H7osse0qrTa0oSpJ_jnO1xyhk_EnFHkHNlvJNMpbCC9Y4Q8tcx7JeXE-DmSyIMVQkjd03s_Rfj8qsP0oJBWmS3qhoOpdv6T-gfz8N3OZoX045B/s761/IMG_20240102_114950_583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="761" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJxRmTgK_0f-ppxb9SxzQdC3o9AOM8Cw6AuVavLPdvSON5AlLdr00Tqr7uWqGmT2JDunSj7H7osse0qrTa0oSpJ_jnO1xyhk_EnFHkHNlvJNMpbCC9Y4Q8tcx7JeXE-DmSyIMVQkjd03s_Rfj8qsP0oJBWmS3qhoOpdv6T-gfz8N3OZoX045B/s320/IMG_20240102_114950_583.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-9384967279239127352024-02-04T07:45:00.000-08:002024-02-04T07:45:20.103-08:00Ponder This, Will You?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmx5o5T-Ez0zzA-5ACfaouEX1SuvSumgzF7uV7nLJS9UTEoKTbG3VfTgH5fARonGQVP4FODu_CknYvbcuOiLKGNb44gucde-47lSe5gyEZ1BMkmXX-Y0Zo1YB0Pae02IF7NsiYRuKinmW0AYHsZ2GIEYv-BjCddOIEnPX-7GFIc0PxdnZyBXM1/s1092/Screenshot_20240203-090827_X.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="896" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmx5o5T-Ez0zzA-5ACfaouEX1SuvSumgzF7uV7nLJS9UTEoKTbG3VfTgH5fARonGQVP4FODu_CknYvbcuOiLKGNb44gucde-47lSe5gyEZ1BMkmXX-Y0Zo1YB0Pae02IF7NsiYRuKinmW0AYHsZ2GIEYv-BjCddOIEnPX-7GFIc0PxdnZyBXM1/s320/Screenshot_20240203-090827_X.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-72207925312020764042024-01-05T12:50:00.000-08:002024-01-05T13:02:44.463-08:00Apple Roller Of The Year, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I really struggled to choose this year. I seem to say that more sincerely with EVERY YEAR THAT PASSES, but this was a very, very tough year. I went with this guy, though:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYXZidm5odGYxajgxbmI2NXI1MDZpbHpwdjA3aHRjNWtnZjg0NWtzaSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/ktfInKGOVkdQtwJy9h/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYXZidm5odGYxajgxbmI2NXI1MDZpbHpwdjA3aHRjNWtnZjg0NWtzaSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/ktfInKGOVkdQtwJy9h/giphy.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">JOE BIDEN has been rolling ONE APPLE AFTER ANOTHER this year, mainly by KEEPING HIS HEAD, which appears to drive his opponents crazy. The way they talk right now, they can't even seem to tell him from President Obama OR President Trump. They accuse him of being a senile old man AND the head of a criminal family benefiting from his children's ill-gotten gains AND the mastermind behind the January 6th insurrection, which was apparently an attempt to overturn an election the Democrats had just WON. I know, right!? The more you listen, the more confused you get. Great stuff!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">His decisions, in the face of all the conspiracy theories and hate, have been pretty CALM and SENSIBLE. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The results have been pretty GOOD. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He was able to declare an END to the Covid crisis, and much of this year has been spent by federal employees chasing down the people who ripped us all off, to the tune of GRILLIONS of taxpayer dollars, by making phony claims against the Covid Paycheck Protection Program. (That's more about imposing Order on Chaos, of course.) Other branches of the government have been busily PROSECUTING the insurrectionists who assaulted the Capitol building. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He made some real PROGRESS on lowering prescription drug costs and at last count, only 8% of Americans had no health insurance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He signed the biggest military spending bill EVER, not surprising in light of the ongoing attacks on Ukraine and Israel, with more than a little retaliation involved. NOBODY'S WON YET in either conflict, of course. I notice there's no comment on the spending bill from his opponents, the party of big military spending. But DISCORD BREEDS DISCORD. I expect this stuff to continue as usual.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The American economy is pretty stable, with NO RECESSION happening despite YEARS of dire warnings, including the LOWEST unemployment rate ever, the CRIME rate dropping too for crying out loud, and inflation finally starting to slack off too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the light of all his successes, he's also announced his intention to run for president again, which has sent apples rolling EVERY WHICHAWAY. Even some of his biggest fans think he's too old to be president again, even though he makes more sense when he talks now than Reagan did at the start of his first term, when he was years younger than Biden is now. Trump is rather younger too, and he stopped making sense DECADES ago. So maybe age is just a number, huh? I have to say I'm PLEASED with how it's making the voters and pundits act like HEADLESS CHICKENS.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some of the other contestants from 2023:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_792452-T2/images/I/51CiKgJ0OWL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="542" height="800" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_792452-T2/images/I/51CiKgJ0OWL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Barbenheimer was a personal favorite for me, honestly)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/businesstoday/images/story/202307/elon_musk_and_the_new_logo_x-sixteen_nine.jpg?size=948:533" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="450" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/businesstoday/images/story/202307/elon_musk_and_the_new_logo_x-sixteen_nine.jpg?size=948:533" width="800" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Elon Musk again -- sigh!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/6752ced/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3933x2622+0+0/resize/630x420!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F8e%2F1f%2F0cc8903d4ed08164f738554577d0%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1570155825" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="630" height="420" src="https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/6752ced/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3933x2622+0+0/resize/630x420!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F8e%2F1f%2F0cc8903d4ed08164f738554577d0%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1570155825" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Special counsel Jack Smith)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28bdb31c5f18d8b07930ff980cdadad345dc9d03/59_0_1800_1080/master/1800.jpg?width=620&dpr=1&s=none" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="620" height="372" src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28bdb31c5f18d8b07930ff980cdadad345dc9d03/59_0_1800_1080/master/1800.jpg?width=620&dpr=1&s=none" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(the king of toxic masculinity, Andrew Tate)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://baptistnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/story-article-1200x500.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="800" height="333" src="https://baptistnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/story-article-1200x500.jpeg" width="800" /></a></div><br /><span>(Bridget and Christian Ziegler, at the center of the Moms for Liberty sex scandal)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://e3.365dm.com/23/12/1600x900/skynews-hamas-gaza_6384274.jpg?20231206145125" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="450" src="https://e3.365dm.com/23/12/1600x900/skynews-hamas-gaza_6384274.jpg?20231206145125" width="800" /></a></div><br /> (and of course Hamas, who destabilized the Middle East even more than we probably thought possible)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR, EVERYONE!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-69317813752303254082023-12-23T21:19:00.000-08:002023-12-23T21:19:42.122-08:00Thought For The Day...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij38ogOK-dp9l9SbKTNAUEMnoA1J5blwE6zeUWcR5FMrvP8sRK2Pe32JVMMUwhVhunFObIR44BNvAEVCX8nPi0g6skxtxHrtggTfp1GQSiH_GwZY0OEg0v9xRWAJMgW-OwoTxSbV8p4rhBtzSl5mjHXAm5q6_nNgQ2tbtNiFLfH5uDR_6SNYpM/s1339/Screenshot_20231224-001822_Threads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij38ogOK-dp9l9SbKTNAUEMnoA1J5blwE6zeUWcR5FMrvP8sRK2Pe32JVMMUwhVhunFObIR44BNvAEVCX8nPi0g6skxtxHrtggTfp1GQSiH_GwZY0OEg0v9xRWAJMgW-OwoTxSbV8p4rhBtzSl5mjHXAm5q6_nNgQ2tbtNiFLfH5uDR_6SNYpM/s320/Screenshot_20231224-001822_Threads.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-83153865603229477172023-12-19T19:06:00.000-08:002023-12-19T19:06:51.749-08:00Discord Makes The World Go 'Round!<p> Seriously, where would we be without it!?</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZzHMoB5cQ7FMebQFPTVaZW-buroLOvIRFPmGWuT1-dEmF1puuA0g8u6IsjtvdR2r18cUFg8ARLkBl2Bv4hzvO7-j-pCBFOjh3dAFfrGNnT0ywo7dQC_KIKKcA_Qz1jPtsf8b3mqLlT1Wz9m_V5qWdHZIoDrC-Ty_BBFAqpR4BtyOxf5kCskz/s990/Screenshot_20231219-205037_Chrome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="990" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZzHMoB5cQ7FMebQFPTVaZW-buroLOvIRFPmGWuT1-dEmF1puuA0g8u6IsjtvdR2r18cUFg8ARLkBl2Bv4hzvO7-j-pCBFOjh3dAFfrGNnT0ywo7dQC_KIKKcA_Qz1jPtsf8b3mqLlT1Wz9m_V5qWdHZIoDrC-Ty_BBFAqpR4BtyOxf5kCskz/s320/Screenshot_20231219-205037_Chrome.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-92080698778051532382023-11-27T18:47:00.000-08:002023-12-19T19:08:23.890-08:00I Just Stumbled Across This Tidbit...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nDQY8RAp2Asj-lkt9adwo-G_c5wdZCaAu7EWI9uvvXNI8kNd76Mn8ECXdADTmektrpWJtjlTAPlbe9dFNLR5y0zvMkd0W1kIuTLtBb24Xp1z5iEF2gL7Ag0Rc1UzBgA2JFpFOSEI4iu2i5Pp4bhrWCz3wjM7EZxyJIS5MZvTsIMShKLHxV7A/s1080/Screenshot_20231127-212729_Chrome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1080" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nDQY8RAp2Asj-lkt9adwo-G_c5wdZCaAu7EWI9uvvXNI8kNd76Mn8ECXdADTmektrpWJtjlTAPlbe9dFNLR5y0zvMkd0W1kIuTLtBb24Xp1z5iEF2gL7Ag0Rc1UzBgA2JFpFOSEI4iu2i5Pp4bhrWCz3wjM7EZxyJIS5MZvTsIMShKLHxV7A/s320/Screenshot_20231127-212729_Chrome.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I'm finally reading Christopher Darden's excellent book on the O.J. trial, IN CONTEMPT (ISBN 0-06-039183-9), and it mentions something I never knew before. The utterly notorious gloves that had half the country arguing with the other half for weeks were made by a company named...<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">ARIS. </p><p>Google did not reveal how the company got that name, but I have to love it. And how can Eris herself not love it too? It's as if someone took her name, the name of her twin brother Ares, and ran them through a blender. God of War, mixed with the Goddess of Discord...</p><p>And from there that SPECIAL BLEND came up with the gloves O.J. wore when her killed Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown.</p><p>Which led to probably the most discordant trial in our nation's history.</p><p>I'm learning so much about this trial in here! I never realized that most of the months-long proceedings were SIDEBARS, arguments made out of the jury's hearing. I never knew that both sides knew going in that the jury was dead set on saving their hero, O.J. Simpson, from the Man whether they thought he killed anyone or not. I never knew how many jurors dropped our as they went along, one because he worked at Hertz and had met the defendant at some sort of work function they both attended. </p><p>I'm not even all the way through the book yet. But it's a real atom-smasher of a story. PROOF POSITIVE that if you ever seek discord, chaos and confusion your best best is to do some COURTWATCHING.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlqr7d3bXyUUyDXELo2dN74DMbXvvFIyIRw1qghN74qtWvE7BMSdBqTENW0RBMYzhuHCiuUltBtbF7QlFQJgGW6igN3xH-TN7Z_KyJW-3M-TXU_9vS514a2dYwt1mv64pPJqKD1ruhSiAa1NDg6H7C-C5LiqIK6DJ536KYp7a9SRmwFWV6xRc/s1264/Screenshot_20231127-214420_Google.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="793" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlqr7d3bXyUUyDXELo2dN74DMbXvvFIyIRw1qghN74qtWvE7BMSdBqTENW0RBMYzhuHCiuUltBtbF7QlFQJgGW6igN3xH-TN7Z_KyJW-3M-TXU_9vS514a2dYwt1mv64pPJqKD1ruhSiAa1NDg6H7C-C5LiqIK6DJ536KYp7a9SRmwFWV6xRc/s320/Screenshot_20231127-214420_Google.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-6771698350766860052023-11-18T06:53:00.000-08:002023-11-18T06:53:36.512-08:00And I guess Eris called her boys home that day...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVgx-1J4pHdEbv35OM8Zoch5QFRfRfJ0qOB2G3tzH4sAd6o8TaaCmH2Hp0HGBz-SBpfqTBqWXVLURF0nLP6yYv_tLgjVbqgK9vkxYy80inw5NMwY96ms59L995rmNYyxdTrLSjeDRuA8zazWKxIZzKVhzZIHWfqctrqoVPwgowEGKV8PocakQ/s498/Screenshot_20231118-091401_Google.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="498" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVgx-1J4pHdEbv35OM8Zoch5QFRfRfJ0qOB2G3tzH4sAd6o8TaaCmH2Hp0HGBz-SBpfqTBqWXVLURF0nLP6yYv_tLgjVbqgK9vkxYy80inw5NMwY96ms59L995rmNYyxdTrLSjeDRuA8zazWKxIZzKVhzZIHWfqctrqoVPwgowEGKV8PocakQ/s320/Screenshot_20231118-091401_Google.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-17950896300146001582023-11-18T06:20:00.000-08:002023-11-18T06:40:18.461-08:00A Little Late For Veterans' Day...<p> ...but I picked up THE SOLDIER'S WAR (by Richard Van Emden, ISBN 978-0-7475-9873-2) to read on Saturday, Nov 11th and found this little poem which really captures the whole conflict perfectly:</p><p>"History Of The War"</p><p>A Trench,</p><p>A Stench, </p><p>Some scraps of French,</p><p>Some horrible German vapours;</p><p>A Shell,</p><p>A Yell, </p><p>No more to tell,</p><p>Bar a paragraph in the papers!</p><p><br /></p><p>-- Private Frank Pope, 10th King's Royal Rifle Corps</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq8yoQU_sf5rgDM6nYAQXotLS7JjB1yx8A1jMPH3Z_GxID7Qod74-ki7wzs7_8AdhOFLxRYtRpYOGL7LCND6Q-4PvdWn98jJox0uyhhMxIWqUi3LZ27OqdLa6gqcmhyKefV8SmcoSnR7ne5wvo65TdcWr_4_4V6vyMGlzQAmn0h8Wbuc1Xwaf/s934/Screenshot_20231118-091054_Google.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="934" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq8yoQU_sf5rgDM6nYAQXotLS7JjB1yx8A1jMPH3Z_GxID7Qod74-ki7wzs7_8AdhOFLxRYtRpYOGL7LCND6Q-4PvdWn98jJox0uyhhMxIWqUi3LZ27OqdLa6gqcmhyKefV8SmcoSnR7ne5wvo65TdcWr_4_4V6vyMGlzQAmn0h8Wbuc1Xwaf/s320/Screenshot_20231118-091054_Google.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Rest in peace, if you can, everyone.</p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-34423338412966865762023-10-13T14:00:00.002-07:002023-10-13T14:03:09.078-07:00FAIRY TALE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8db0bb_5c0f7c28c526406f994e4ab320d84737~mv2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="526" height="800" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8db0bb_5c0f7c28c526406f994e4ab320d84737~mv2.webp" width="526" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>WELL, THIS ONE WAS A SURPRISE!</span><br /></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: large;">Stephen King's latest doorstop, I mean novel, has a regular guy stepping unexpectedly into ANOTHER WORLD that looks suspiciously like Oz -- poppy field, Emerald City and all. He's questing for a supposed fountain of youth that will save the life of his elderly dog. But aside from this, he finds 2 other things that only readers conversant with this book will understand:</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.lastwordpress.com/sites/lastwordpress.indiemade.com/files/styles/product_image/public/products/Principia_0.jpg?itok=u12qz4v7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="750" src="https://www.lastwordpress.com/sites/lastwordpress.indiemade.com/files/styles/product_image/public/products/Principia_0.jpg?itok=u12qz4v7" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Almost the very first thing he finds in this strange land, called Empis, is THE CURSE OF GREYFACE. Most of the people he comes across are blighted with gray skin and deformed faces. They find it hard to make themselves understood when they speak. Moving gets harder and harder. They're not pretty to look at. In short, life for them has become a straitjacket affair rather than the happy romance they once knew. SOUND FAMILIAR? Yeah, baby, it's right in the pages of the <i><b>Principia</b>.</i> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Something else he finds, much farther down the road to the Emerald City, is a character named ERIS. If you know your Stephen King, you realize immediately that she's ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS, because the author never describes her to us. (If you don't know: King only really describes his villains, and you never find out what the protagonist or most of the other positive people in his stories look like. This novel is no exception to that rule.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And who is Eris in this story? She's a woman he barely knows, except that they both find themselves in the same bad spot. He tells us nothing about her -- age, race, hair color -- except to point out that she, like the protagonist, is FREE OF THE CURSE OF GREYFACE. She ends up fighting at his side in a fairly desperate situation. After the fighting is over, she makes a fairly random offer to him, and he randomly accepts. I have no idea why she offered or why he accepted. THAT'S ALL IN KEEPING WITH EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT ERIS FROM THE <b><i>PRINCIPIA.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">For further information, you can either read these two books...or consult your pineal gland!</span></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-20455631940258209492023-09-02T05:10:00.005-07:002023-10-13T14:04:12.974-07:00Can You Hear It?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWjmx88rQZs9_IFyDiw2MGe95TaZxwmbfjlFAFYFme20HilBwoxzvEW_yFEQircW7E6jC4AKulOUlv6Zngi-oIgkQ52QYvLK6tygCMTBYIRm-UdPJHoahAd6D5vUG28XOOilNocV5mlwaIbzBSl3UF44FL_d2P1sdwIGI1btnv_oupWJ-MK9r/s1056/Screenshot_20230901-220119_Threads.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1056" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWjmx88rQZs9_IFyDiw2MGe95TaZxwmbfjlFAFYFme20HilBwoxzvEW_yFEQircW7E6jC4AKulOUlv6Zngi-oIgkQ52QYvLK6tygCMTBYIRm-UdPJHoahAd6D5vUG28XOOilNocV5mlwaIbzBSl3UF44FL_d2P1sdwIGI1btnv_oupWJ-MK9r/s320/Screenshot_20230901-220119_Threads.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>This is the sound of one hand clapping.</i></span></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-38054921915412181442023-08-22T03:59:00.004-07:002023-10-13T14:04:42.071-07:00This Is Exactly How You Do It...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT9YIqP1XVlzLCGXS3XRmdbAbZmpyuidVzO56EWlshIMiUH24xD1QihPG-bKauX30LpGdu3dkpYTCKVkek8NOnhK_pBCGyVetik1cJSW3hv8BpOxepQDAWRl7YEI123emJEbekKjLXzmagpjKZs69hOU2-trmpf8Zls24eQWgXu8tR9UKLOK3/s906/Screenshot_20230822-065648_Threads.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="847" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT9YIqP1XVlzLCGXS3XRmdbAbZmpyuidVzO56EWlshIMiUH24xD1QihPG-bKauX30LpGdu3dkpYTCKVkek8NOnhK_pBCGyVetik1cJSW3hv8BpOxepQDAWRl7YEI123emJEbekKjLXzmagpjKZs69hOU2-trmpf8Zls24eQWgXu8tR9UKLOK3/s320/Screenshot_20230822-065648_Threads.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">TAKE HEED!</span></div><p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-90877483533247844662023-08-15T18:53:00.002-07:002023-08-15T18:53:20.472-07:00One Of Life's Perfect Moments<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNmqF4IHHyWPP9blL0hps-ADvmcw8gJ-05aCI3zB4P1BNWKNKu90Q33n01Ftnw5xpmvw6w54tdxTU1NnvJCC7MWEy7EznT6jEnwQjpOqg_mW1j7EebMHdQwQWm70UZCzpZxG-65csaQMi47DgK-6rx0pfhjueF0GyVTsLwO3oGIZliQINMUvY/s1022/Screenshot_20230812-144119_Threads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="889" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNmqF4IHHyWPP9blL0hps-ADvmcw8gJ-05aCI3zB4P1BNWKNKu90Q33n01Ftnw5xpmvw6w54tdxTU1NnvJCC7MWEy7EznT6jEnwQjpOqg_mW1j7EebMHdQwQWm70UZCzpZxG-65csaQMi47DgK-6rx0pfhjueF0GyVTsLwO3oGIZliQINMUvY/s320/Screenshot_20230812-144119_Threads.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-80504447938798289112023-08-04T21:21:00.001-07:002023-08-04T21:21:40.111-07:00This Shows Real Respect For Our Lady Of Chaos...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIegO3JlDtDcVqYLoc0zxCr2dBbQin2mnIHI3u3Kt4m8NWkX6tL_wuVI2S5NExWSgfvy-sT0dQrO_i0YMp0mlnJlL5arvNxqQcjkhnXXyC-AyTOCs2BfzF5LovqG88d9KGBiw6q7Ej2QHp5c5VgWOuFkfGKOVJPRRuMLpJT93nYkfaxBBJmzT/s1160/Screenshot_20230805-001638_Threads.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIegO3JlDtDcVqYLoc0zxCr2dBbQin2mnIHI3u3Kt4m8NWkX6tL_wuVI2S5NExWSgfvy-sT0dQrO_i0YMp0mlnJlL5arvNxqQcjkhnXXyC-AyTOCs2BfzF5LovqG88d9KGBiw6q7Ej2QHp5c5VgWOuFkfGKOVJPRRuMLpJT93nYkfaxBBJmzT/s320/Screenshot_20230805-001638_Threads.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>HERE'S ANOTHER QUOTES FROM THE SAME ARTICLE!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWVzes5GHSSUkqtfgikvyemW1VTNSFF-pD8kdcMWa9-NpEjN4-bIR6ZxITQpjNQ14HLDqI5JlvtSYYwXcvmjCcDasUACwtCLdTjYMf-uL3jHC1Da4j4RzjFaXAMasfsDckwWLxc1g8UHOmVQbwRVtkA9an0NWC3FwDRehgmMV_brymSNIrr3r/s1080/Screenshot_20230805-001607_Threads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1080" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWVzes5GHSSUkqtfgikvyemW1VTNSFF-pD8kdcMWa9-NpEjN4-bIR6ZxITQpjNQ14HLDqI5JlvtSYYwXcvmjCcDasUACwtCLdTjYMf-uL3jHC1Da4j4RzjFaXAMasfsDckwWLxc1g8UHOmVQbwRVtkA9an0NWC3FwDRehgmMV_brymSNIrr3r/s320/Screenshot_20230805-001607_Threads.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I am THRILLED. How did I not notice before tonight that they gave this name to the latest iteration of Covid?</p><p><br /></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-89647710008572711532023-07-29T07:03:00.003-07:002023-07-29T07:03:56.767-07:00Yeah, that's quite true...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnB0WAn9XEnm_G7rECCiAtyGkrG2fhqH8kVHfZggvP2FJbz1Xl5Sn0F636SIh3QTmkp9m-6_RWa-tQpVFNE9DMEHDuu9fNTe4MV0S7hKeVx9FCdl1_tPNzKz08QxR2j9B5o6DLmuyc3F2jR7D0zVeOiEyaEo_JtIfvZxoJjsfAbcQBEd3LPVw/s1020/Screenshot_20230729-094807_Twitter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="867" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnB0WAn9XEnm_G7rECCiAtyGkrG2fhqH8kVHfZggvP2FJbz1Xl5Sn0F636SIh3QTmkp9m-6_RWa-tQpVFNE9DMEHDuu9fNTe4MV0S7hKeVx9FCdl1_tPNzKz08QxR2j9B5o6DLmuyc3F2jR7D0zVeOiEyaEo_JtIfvZxoJjsfAbcQBEd3LPVw/s320/Screenshot_20230729-094807_Twitter.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-80212418790780256172023-07-06T03:49:00.002-07:002023-07-06T03:49:32.699-07:00An Image For You To Gaze Upon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__rZUuTvOAwUEy7szT2xOBNFUDpdQ8jDObnKwJOdfcxlEHlhZK1SQvsDaRmoyZapdQSsHIS3JM5tUUTuO6KCVWSuQIBqUk1HDuRwv90ZIp3oYCdVNzQt63QUT4ywg1dshH4h5rjinxgHckCjY9PJK3dW76nEYMkY6cao5Sb9EcDltQdEy-gVS/s1080/Screenshot_20230706-064735_Chrome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__rZUuTvOAwUEy7szT2xOBNFUDpdQ8jDObnKwJOdfcxlEHlhZK1SQvsDaRmoyZapdQSsHIS3JM5tUUTuO6KCVWSuQIBqUk1HDuRwv90ZIp3oYCdVNzQt63QUT4ywg1dshH4h5rjinxgHckCjY9PJK3dW76nEYMkY6cao5Sb9EcDltQdEy-gVS/s320/Screenshot_20230706-064735_Chrome.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-50356583460596820012023-07-02T05:54:00.001-07:002023-07-02T05:54:16.462-07:00A Thought For The Day...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIi8YsUJxoFLdm60S3153mHjxuijBFx4oiOPPVJeTyFADr3Dol4a9rO0URJCyRKDY3HLYgILjx0xc3Ip7o7vx-lCMsJURaJPbvPrWgF_OZhRb80m1sPUd6b5QPrvxHrjC9YmTblYWyOoPN9wdZhRYZKj4rfpvBHwcG_JO3s2_3-UBoN3UxL6N4/s1080/Screenshot_20230702-085221_Twitter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="1080" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIi8YsUJxoFLdm60S3153mHjxuijBFx4oiOPPVJeTyFADr3Dol4a9rO0URJCyRKDY3HLYgILjx0xc3Ip7o7vx-lCMsJURaJPbvPrWgF_OZhRb80m1sPUd6b5QPrvxHrjC9YmTblYWyOoPN9wdZhRYZKj4rfpvBHwcG_JO3s2_3-UBoN3UxL6N4/s320/Screenshot_20230702-085221_Twitter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This is so right. Wait, that must mean it's wrong. I mean...</p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-26656809782697371562023-07-02T05:49:00.003-07:002023-07-02T05:49:39.653-07:00Promising Contender For Apple Roller 2023!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBUVX4mwEoBafo5nJ-Q-eux8_F-WRCyC8WJEVIiAn40waaFAmr1D8GMmBvNzxBkWly1orcz7NLr-xrDMHIaUbSV7PdIIW0h2CtLGdzYBBak8HzJrlQKkjJLqqnU0nY7QrcYmcfqdqMbrhzip1rSO6x_GMkh20qdjTOBtKSgFRVJHLno7-wmLfj/s915/Screenshot_20230702-083952_Twitter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="915" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBUVX4mwEoBafo5nJ-Q-eux8_F-WRCyC8WJEVIiAn40waaFAmr1D8GMmBvNzxBkWly1orcz7NLr-xrDMHIaUbSV7PdIIW0h2CtLGdzYBBak8HzJrlQKkjJLqqnU0nY7QrcYmcfqdqMbrhzip1rSO6x_GMkh20qdjTOBtKSgFRVJHLno7-wmLfj/s320/Screenshot_20230702-083952_Twitter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>The Internet is all -- you should pardon the expression -- a-Twitter about the social media platform's apparent SHUTOFF NOTICE, delivered by Google, apparently after Twitter decided not to pay the bill for its server access. Many of their functions shut down for most of a day; nobody could look at posts or respond to them, although, oddly, many continued to post blindfolded. This is how Musk himself commented on the overturned applecart:<div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Lldg9vb5GCLlxd0p7MXk8BMDwLVLuY4-CTBA7ZZZBUIZmrnhX74RGdb_9jn3Xr7_0CcYpXLNWYTOxpX-A4shX-ae7MKBn3xOJ2h62rvIhu57zf7vts39jIuJGFsamWmZmfQ3ubZ5sIUz2Gb_baVKMe9IH8TXPhuyRKk_1W22blzQSDupin2g/s1404/Screenshot_20230702-084549_Twitter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1076" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Lldg9vb5GCLlxd0p7MXk8BMDwLVLuY4-CTBA7ZZZBUIZmrnhX74RGdb_9jn3Xr7_0CcYpXLNWYTOxpX-A4shX-ae7MKBn3xOJ2h62rvIhu57zf7vts39jIuJGFsamWmZmfQ3ubZ5sIUz2Gb_baVKMe9IH8TXPhuyRKk_1W22blzQSDupin2g/s320/Screenshot_20230702-084549_Twitter.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><p>"Irony," indeed, is the WORD OF THE DAY. Did he even hear how funny he was here? You can never tell if this guy is kidding...</p></div>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-41383020838795073302023-05-11T20:47:00.003-07:002023-05-11T20:47:21.311-07:00Just A Thought, But A True One<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BIqs-DFKe1vvEhxNL4SaZWtLMvEBx8So0HiU9xFH6-vz-hIDnaKm7SUUAOItlPaTTZmJIGbgzD_PHrOUhfb9lCWrYzGVD52ftljiwckxk6roDkUyyIZCPu92rVVnwOVOOuknMT5ANJcrPhaZ469T0wddC5xpPuL8vh-PV7gTtQXd1xJHtg/s793/Screenshot_20230511-234223_Chrome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="793" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BIqs-DFKe1vvEhxNL4SaZWtLMvEBx8So0HiU9xFH6-vz-hIDnaKm7SUUAOItlPaTTZmJIGbgzD_PHrOUhfb9lCWrYzGVD52ftljiwckxk6roDkUyyIZCPu92rVVnwOVOOuknMT5ANJcrPhaZ469T0wddC5xpPuL8vh-PV7gTtQXd1xJHtg/s320/Screenshot_20230511-234223_Chrome.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>"Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour, than prudence, deliberation and foresight can build up in a hundred years."<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Edmund Burke</p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-79151185076229874472023-04-27T20:02:00.004-07:002023-04-27T20:04:11.234-07:00A Very Special Tribute To A Very Special Man<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AnwgbH0TPbI" width="320" youtube-src-id="AnwgbH0TPbI"></iframe></div><p><br /></p>Yes, we've lost Jerry Springer, a man whose name became a BYWORD for undignified public discord when fistfights, chair-throwing and humiliating DNA test results became regular features of his talk show. Here's one of his most heartwarming segments. Let's watch together, shall we? <p></p><p>Reverent silence is discouraged.</p><p> </p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-68137012950125043832023-04-26T18:26:00.001-07:002023-04-26T18:26:22.486-07:00An Image For You To Gaze Upon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaitog37OG41SWNRL0yXTx0CXugWo-aLfbH8aIhOIKbz7wh7LznVewC7STu3-lELe2BsCA4chMgXVzZ5QAAUn6RG1C77J4C08c79B-Ozv-jEeleIEvd6GvHc53b8QyKa_A1RKSs4yzhHL9QxrtKemAujTAWUxlqwgjbrYvw2ntZTSzu3mgcg/s1080/Screenshot_20230426-081325_Chrome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1080" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaitog37OG41SWNRL0yXTx0CXugWo-aLfbH8aIhOIKbz7wh7LznVewC7STu3-lELe2BsCA4chMgXVzZ5QAAUn6RG1C77J4C08c79B-Ozv-jEeleIEvd6GvHc53b8QyKa_A1RKSs4yzhHL9QxrtKemAujTAWUxlqwgjbrYvw2ntZTSzu3mgcg/s320/Screenshot_20230426-081325_Chrome.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-46773203623114267652023-02-05T08:47:00.001-08:002023-02-05T08:47:07.594-08:00Just An Inspiring Image For Today<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3Law4-YMOeb3xFehMx1IkxcYSUBTWqQSF_SQqMrvw5u6lupFuDq3TG-y83NIPSv7aVPEh_1crLB15zK4HonFBWHniFuXbVHsaRNcWWFXbgw-arls8KW22-jKeKRoWf1L6PHDxzSbR2dUwtI5zfUcTUM7E2r2z9f42q2-RtP3PHuHc9dPWA/s1090/Screenshot_20230205-114453_Chrome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1079" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3Law4-YMOeb3xFehMx1IkxcYSUBTWqQSF_SQqMrvw5u6lupFuDq3TG-y83NIPSv7aVPEh_1crLB15zK4HonFBWHniFuXbVHsaRNcWWFXbgw-arls8KW22-jKeKRoWf1L6PHDxzSbR2dUwtI5zfUcTUM7E2r2z9f42q2-RtP3PHuHc9dPWA/s320/Screenshot_20230205-114453_Chrome.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br /> I WONDER WHERE THIS DRIVER FINDS THEM ALL? Are they custom-made, maybe?<p></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38512897.post-7427233471098903692023-02-03T16:09:00.009-08:002023-02-03T16:12:49.111-08:00Apple Roller Of the Year, 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/images/2022_Roberts_Court_Formal_083122_Web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="533" src="https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/images/2022_Roberts_Court_Formal_083122_Web.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WAS THERE ANY OTHER REAL CHOICE THIS YEAR?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The current line-up of the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court has been rocking the country to its foundations with every new decision, NOT LEAST the overturning of <i>Roe vs. Wade,</i> which sent every American scrambling to, I don't know, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. In the time since, 13 states have leaped on the chance to outlaw all abortion access COMPLETELY, and many others have scrambled to pass new laws enshrining the right to abortion in their constitutions. If the stakes hadn't been so high it would have been FUNNY to see billboards go up all over my own state concerning Proposition 3, which would (if voted in) have taken Michigan back to the days when Roe was still in force. This is the one I saw the most often:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://michiganadvance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_3240-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="600" src="https://michiganadvance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_3240-scaled.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This made me look up the wording of the ballot and yes, a little of it did seem kind of vague. The rest of it was not extreme at all, but exactly what I've been used to all the years I've been aware of the abortion issue. Others were <b><i>far </i></b>more entertaining, believe me. Take a gander at this one:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media1.metrotimes.com/metrotimes/imager/u/original/31457543/img_3236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="800" height="573" src="https://media1.metrotimes.com/metrotimes/imager/u/original/31457543/img_3236.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here's its fraternal twin:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/graham-media-group/image/fetch/f_auto/q_auto/c_scale,w_400/https://media2.metrotimes.com/metrotimes/imager/u/slideshow/31456825/img_3230.jpg?_a=ATO2BAA0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="400" height="209" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/graham-media-group/image/fetch/f_auto/q_auto/c_scale,w_400/https://media2.metrotimes.com/metrotimes/imager/u/slideshow/31456825/img_3230.jpg?_a=ATO2BAA0" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the record, your honor, PROP 3 DIDN'T MENTION EITHER ISSUE. But that's what opponents saw in the wording, as if voting it in would allow 7-year-old kids to start getting vasectomies and sex-change operations in secret. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're not in Michigan: Prop 3 won handily. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">AND THEN THERE'S THESE TWO.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1240w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2022_11/3541988/220318-2x3-virginia-thomas-clarence-thomas-ew-134p.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="534" src="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1240w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2022_11/3541988/220318-2x3-virginia-thomas-clarence-thomas-ew-134p.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas and his lovely bride, Ginni, are now up to their eyeballs in the January 6th debacle. Ginni was not actually part of the mob that attacked the Capitol Building on January 6th but she was actively encouraging every blame fool idea they were acting on, airing her views on social media before, during and after the insurrection. Now she is under considerable pressure to EXPLAIN herself, and it's hard to believe that her life partner and best friend DOESN'T KNOW A THING ABOUT IT. To me, the funniest part of this scandal is the fact that one of the agenda items of the far right at the moment is the overturning of <i>Loving vs. Virginia,</i> the SCOTUS decision that made it possible for any (heterosexual) American to marry any other, regardless of race or ethnic background. If these people succeed in their plans, their marriage may suddenly be NULL AND VOID.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And meanwhile, there's Brett Kavanaugh.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5bad691d59f95b2ce7bed0f6/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/FordKavHearings-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="533" src="https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5bad691d59f95b2ce7bed0f6/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/FordKavHearings-8.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This guy has been QUITE A DISAPPOINTMENT to right-wing types, doing his best to FOLLOW THE LAW as ANY JUDGE ought to. He hasn't been that wing-nutty at all. As someone who delighted in his weepy histrionics during his confirmation hearings and was<span> QUITE MIFFED to hear later about the TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TIPS CALLED IN ON THE GUY'S BAD ACTS THAT NOBODY PAID ANY ATTENTION TO as Christine Blasey Ford was testifying against him...well, I'm mildly satisfied with him so far.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I still miss the Notorious R.B.G., but things are staying QUITE INTERESTING. I look forward to more apples from theis crew.</span></span></p>Cliffie, The Lemming Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897213497288333632noreply@blogger.com0