I was hoping to meet with my father before work and put some hotdogs on the grill this morning. Unfortunately, that could not come to pass, and I gave him this formal Filial Statement: Dear Mr. Old Man, I greatly appreciate your initial availability for a barbecue schedules to take place at 12 today at your place with Siracha. I was looking forward to having lunch with you. Sadly, based on the tremendous distractedness and open apathy displayed by your most recent statement, I feel that
https://milwaukeeflag.com/ Yes. Yesyesyes. Milwaukee needs to listen to the people on this one. Have you seen their current flag? Plus, this current one is so good. People have even printed it off and begun hanging it out about town. Similarly, Sioux Falls has no flag, but there is a popular movement to adopt one. I have gone to church right next to a flag factory, and they have the proposed flag flying outside on their parking lot. Go look it up. I might discuss that one tomor
Just double-checking my math. Flag A has proportions 5:3. Width is <w> and height is <h>. There is a white star with five points, all spaces 72o apart.. All convex angles are 36o. All concave angles are 72o. The circumscribed circle of the star's outer points shall have a diameter (1/10)w. The circumscribed radius of the star's outer points is <r>, and the inscribed radius is <r2>, To coordinates of the star's center are <3r, 10r>. To roughly describe that to
It's okay to break this news to kids. However, telling people that America isn't #1? Completely off limits. You're never too old to stop believing this. England has suave accents? America has suaver accents. France has a nuclear carrier? America has more nuclear carriers. Germany has good cars? America has better cars. Denmark has the world's happiest population? America has a happier population. Plus we're free. Russia is really big? America has Texas. The Soviet Union put man in sp
See, that's good flag design, right there. A child can draw it, and it limits itself to basic colors and geometric shapes. it uses its space quite nicely, has meaningful symbols, and shows a clear connection to its heritage through design similarities with other significant flags, namely Old Glory. I designed a formal flag for my currently flag-less town and ordered the appropriate nylon fabric to piece it together, and hope to present it to my city council before Labor Day. It did not take
All hail the one at the center of everything! One Kevin to rule them all. One Kevin entwines them. One Kevin to bring them all And in his Number enshrine them. Do you have assurance that you will go to Kevin when you die? 24601
My goodness, I hope that this is true. Unless you're Luke Skywalkering me. Please don't Luke Skywalker me. The Last Jedi went exactly how we thought it would go. Basically, like Empire Strikes Back. Bad guys gain an upper hand, but the movie ends with a glimmer of hope as someone looks out into the stars. Of course, Rey wasn't necessarily genre savvy, so she didn't know that, and Luke's criticism was pretty valid in that context, just not necessarily when it's directed toward the audience
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When the first Avengers came out in 2012, many people remarked that they had seen it without watching any of the movies building up to it, and they could still follow along with everything. It still felt like a complete film, and every character made sense. I cannot say the same for Infinity War. The size of the cast has finally caught up with these movies, and I do think that you should see the films leading up to this in order to understand this universe. Someone in the group of friends t
I go check my email. And Yahoo! News has a headline explaining the ending to Avengers: Infinity War. Nice going, guys. Not everybody saw the midnight showing, you know. You suck. You really, really suuuuuuuuuuuuuck. 24601
The heat of the Moruga Scorpion Pepper mixed with great flavor for an all-round excellent sauce. It just came in stock at TheHeatonist.com, and I bought two whole bottles. I can't really swallow exotic textures, but I can stomach most any flavor. I also bought a bottle of the Blazin' Sauce with Ghost Peppers from Buffalo Wild Wings and plan on using as much of it as I can at barbecues over the summer. By the time I get to using The Last Dab, it should be mid-August. There are some people I know
Some people act like the people who were there to see the original 1977 STAR WARS are the only real fanbase and that they are the main fanbase, that Disney is capitalizing on STAR WARS because 70's kids are where the money's at. Look, I hate to break it to them, but the median age in America is 38 years old. Most people living today were not alive when the original came out. STAR WARS is not successful today because the 70's kids are such a powerhouse demographic. It's a success because STA
I've alluded to it several years ago on this blog before, but anyway, someone recently asked me what the dumbest thing I've ever done was. It's often hard to answer questions like that, but after high school I began to consistently answer it with the same example. My father once dared me to go streaking during a blizzard. It was thirty degree below zero, plus wind chill. I followed through on his challenge, and ran nearly a mile. It gave me frostbite, and I nearly lost my toes. So in my
Governor Mark Dayton just signed a proclamation, as seen here, declaring April 21 to be Prince Day in Minnesota, in commemoration of the untimely passing of the artist formerly known as Prince. Minnesotans are encouraged to wear purple in honor of The Purple One on this day. 24601
So, I recently decided with my latest visit to Buffalo Wild Wings to just straight-up buy a whole bottle of their Mango Habanero Sauce. I also told a former Army Ranger who hates spice to to never leave his food unattended. If he does, it will end up tasting like habanero. And I want him to know that it was me who did it so that he doesn't take it out on someone else. He nodded and said, "Thank you for letting me know ahead of time so I know exactly whose ******* to whoop." A friend of mine
I will read to him or her from The Complete Lojban Language and A Grammar of the Ithkuil Language for my own amusement. Perhaps to put him/her to sleep, but also to instruct him/her in the ways of logical conlangs. I might also read from various math and science textbooks that I never got a refund on in college. 24601
Man, I hope that it works out between them, but knowing how realistic Roseanne can get, it probably won't. So glad to have him back, though! I hope that he shows up more in future seasons, especially once Big Bang Theory wraps up! I was also up for a major surprise when Estelle Parsons showed up as Beverly Harris. I did not see that coming. I didn't even realize that she was still alive. She's actually 90. I'm impressed. Not too many people come back to play a major role so prominentl
Congratulations to Desiree Linden! I saw the news this morning that she was a serious contender, and came home after work to find out that she had won. Very happy for her . 24601
It's exactly what it sounds like. I have to admit, as a non-musician, I find this pretty impressive. I have no idea if it's impressive if you actually understand musical theory and whatnot. But he definitely managed to use chords that made the Star-Spangled Banner sound rather Slavic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAzUlJd4yg 24601
Go for the Pentagon nest in the center. Always take control of that. Some people are aggressive and want to start chasing down enemy players once they've established control, maybe push them all the way back to their home base. Note a good plan. Don't be a Loki. Be like Tony Stark. "We've got one advantage. He's coming to us. We have what Thanos wants. So that's what we use." Seriously, when you have the Pentagon nest, you may be surrounded, but it's super-easy to find your teammates when they a
